Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-07-12

AID requesting mat me Prslaehl q! ieAdS
would seud similar orders 10 the different
officers commanding The Texan forces.
And whereas the President of Texas
lhas fcit justified, from the dispositions
ievinccd By this AZ, or The President oi
Mexico and tho ua'urc Of those ''isposi-
tons. IN adopting the proposed measure,
aud orieriue the cessation Of hosiiiltics on
the part Of Texas:
Therefore, be i, known, that !. Sam
Houston. Presiden, Of the Republic Of
Texas ani Crnm1nder in Chief of tic
Army aud Nav Of Tie sunc, do here
by declare and proclaim tlrau an Amisl;rc
is establishc'! between Texas and Mexico,
TO continue during the rcndcncy 81 ncco-
.iciinrs between n. iwn countries far
peace, aud until due notice oi 40 Inicn-
zion 20 rcs.irc hos,i!.!ics tslonld such az
Intention hereafter DC entertained by either
! pas!yi shall ha2e seen formally annnun-
ced through i,cr Britannia Majesty $
Charge d' +gairS nj Tic respective CIV
erpmcrrs, aut the rcvnca'ion Of this pro
c!amaiou; and all rilirccs commanding
the furcc- nf 'rcyas. nr ac,ins by auihori.
~ al ihis Gov rImcGi. nre hereby ordcrci
aud commanded 10 observe The same.
In testimony whereof | have
(L. s.) hc-cunrn SC, my hand. and cau-
scd the Great Seal Of the Repu5-
lie 20 hc affixed.
Done nj Washington. the fifteenth day
Of June. a. D, isi3. and Of the lndepcn-
Jcucc OF the Republic the eighth.
SAM HOUSTON,
BY The President:
Arson Jones. Sccre,0ry Of State.
i, will he seen that the English Minis
ter a, Mexico has been mediator in this
n!lnir-Nuch is said about the uiicrinr
views of IL. English government in its
interference in The affairs Of TeKus. Tier
design to effect the abolition Of negro
slavery there is said II be oue OF the lea
ding motives that promote her 10 take so
active m in'rrcs, IN ,ha, quarter. BE
thai as !, may. uuii! facts are more fully
dcve uped We arc wiling to give the
officers ol The British gnvcrumcnI--his
E>cclleucy III, Rrirsh Minister a, Mexico,
sir. Duvlc am! CAPS. Elliott, the B'itish
Caar.r-d' Affairs n, Icxas--rredit for
cood intentions. 'vhe propositions from
Santa Anna fcr the armisticc were
h-ou.ht,o Galveston by lie British brig
Sc,lIa. which arrived there on he 9th uIr.
The only ia',ani'a we have OF their na-
,ure or purp,r, is the following. from the
Houston Telegraph Of the I'd Of Juue.
Th. editor say>:-
I'VE have uur seen The communication
Of the BRUSH Minister. hut va under
stand from u respectable source thai The
propositions are Ear more favorable to
Texas than thpS. previous! y sent by Sun
Ia Anna. and brought by Judge Robinson.
They are. hnwcver. 50 vague aud lndefl.
ui,c that we urc al a loss 10 know whether
he is Disposed To acknowledge the iudepen-
t!cnce oi Texas. or :ucrcly 10 reucw ncco-
tiuIions for Texas 10 rc'uTn TO the McXi-
ran ccnicdc'acy, and again become q"
integral parl Of that cunn,rv-we cannot
say republic. l,appears tha, Santa An
na has cautiously avoided making any
statement over HI, own signature by
which he even IL the most indirccI man
ner Acknowledges the :rdcPenIenco of
Texas. but addresses his Communication
through the British Minister. apparently
To avoid making any open admission that
he is disposed 10 treat with Texas as IN
independent State, and leaving it for fu-
ture Ne eoria,iors 10 decide whether he will
entertain any propositions for the uncon-
dilional Acknowledgements oflhc indepen-
dcnee of Texas"
Again the editor ofIhc Telegraph says
aud there seems to be q prophetic
piausihiry in his preluiscs-aSau he
says
1T needs but the dulles, in:eIcc, To
perceive thai Mexico vii! not rclinluish
her claims 10 the territory west of The
Nuecrs Without violent struggle; md we
can only expect TO uainiau our claim toi,
by force or hy purchase. Mesico has now
possession u. that, three hundrcd Of her
troops are uc,uily Stationed east Of The
Rio Grande. When our commissioners
meet those Of Santa Anna, even Il the
latter are disposed TO achncwicds The in
dependence Of Texas, question will i'm
nrdia;ciy arise IN 10 the limits ol icxas;
our commissioners will i,rsi,, on extending
the limits OF Texas to the Rio Grande,
those Of Mexico to TIE Nueces: nnd thus
contest will spring up which Mexico will
doubles: refer TO Great Brilains m!nisler
ns her mouth piece. The darling policy
of Great Britain " i'll ;hcn be called irio
reuusirion; and Texas mny either he
compelled to purchase this territory. by
assuming part Of he debt owing by Mex
leo to British l,nnd holders, or, what
would be nore agreeable IN England, will
be compelled to receive his territory only
upon The CONDITION lha; slavery shall not
he allowed in IT,
a rumor had reached Washington
that Colonies Harded and Sniyely had
captured the Santa Fe traders wthnn,
b!oodshcd The amount of booty taken
is said 10 be upwards Of Two hundred thou
sand dollars.
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