The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-05-04

Texas.
Correspondence of the Hersld.1

MArAGoRDA, March 81, 1872.
The Position of Ieras-Ihe Conduct of 1felfco to-
wa'dsthat Country Call on the People of'the INIT
cd States and 7sras
TExIANs:--
Your soil has been desecraied by the unhallowed
feet OF the ruthless and barbarous mercenaries OF
that arch-flend IN human shape Santa Anna, the
dictator OF Mexico; at the same moment three
hundred of your fellow-citizens are laboring in
chains in the city of Mexico at the most servle en-
Payments, which the most mischievous invention
can hatch, TO degrade, to humiliate, and to torture
Humanity is shocked at the treatment they have,
and are now receiving at his hands, and shall we,
who have the endearins connexion with them of
fellow-citzens of free Republic shall we, with
the apathy OF an enlightened people, incapable OF
estimating the blessings they are now deprived Of
and which we now enjoy, resign them to their pro-
tracted suflenngs their cruel fate which is literally
death by inches, without making united, despe-
rate effort for their liberation and restoration to
their friends and honest Shall we not make
united, desperate, Il mighty effort to punish the
late hostile Mexican incursion into our country |!
Not contented with Cutting his nhuman vengeance
tue unfortunate survivors of the Inflated Santa
Fe expedition, this savage leader nvades the sane
tity Of the tomb, and with sacraligious and living
tongue, pronouncing your fathers robbers and
thieves the citizens of father-land are also by
this disgrace to common nature, treated with the
same brutality az our brethren and felow-citizens-
and despite even in instances, of the passports
OF the acknowledged agent of his own government
Shall the bad faith, the treachery the pcrfdy the
murders OF this lniauItous monster still go unpunsl-
edl Shall not rather our whole people, who have
been 80 often duped by his arts, be aroused and
proceed against him, until they have swept him
fromthe earth, and made to be extinct the savage
nation of which he is the chosen chief The en-
ightened state Of the human mind in the nineteenth
century, torbids that power should continue to be
vested in hands, whose only use of it has been it's
abuse, by degrading, expressing, and toruring hui
man nature. 1t would be acting tratorously to our
own cause--to it's best intcrcsts-,o the names Of
our fathers-the honor Of our native country, and
humanity, were we not in our might to arouse in
their defence, and proclaim to this proud boaster
and revelcr in human misery and it's degradation,
that, in place OF allowing him to plant his eagles on
the banks of the Sabine, we will, with the Divine
aid plant our banner; with the single star, on the
battlements OF the MOntezumas. The present il,
by Divine blessing. a propitlous moment. Indeed,
1t would seem as II appointed by the Divine dis
poser, that our arch,enemy should at such time
commence His upon our tTOnter, when the
United States full to overlooking with provisions
for the austenance of an army, and have also, from
the distressed state OF commerce there, a large
number of the population Of their cities unemploy-
ed and they have motives, not of secondary
nature To those Of the TEXANS in the determination
Of the exeerables :"hbelIer,'' the raducer, and
the villifer Of their fathers, their country, and
| themselves. 1t is arden,y to be hoped and
believed, that the people of the United States,
whohave been thus furnished with just cause of de-
tesaion and utter adherence of this cruel and vii
famous lbeller, and who are our kindred by birth,
will rush like mighty torrent TO our aid in 40 holy
wsrfare, and thereby appease the insulted spirits OF
their santed sires by hurting from his boosted emf
nence this unhallowcd rcvcr of the peaceful dead
1t is considered that at this unctmc the vocation of
the husbandman is OF vital importance to tho peo-
pie of Texas that OF the soldier; for should agrcu
ture be neglected that provisions for the supply
our entire population for the ensuing year would
have to be imported, il would etiectuay break ur
| the country, which would have to be abandoned
for most of its inhabitants are utterly unable tC
meet heavy expenditure. II IT, therefore much
to be desired and eminenly essential that in draft
ing or forcing the militia that due regard be had
to this all important confederation.
HARVEY KINDRIcK.
THOs. STEWART