Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-12-25
THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.
Mr.. Calhoun 10 Mr.. Shannon.
DEphRrmeNT or ST.rE. Hu }
OEfhN1 MEN Uf SIA1Ei
Washington, Sept. 10th, 1874.

Washington, Sept. lOtb, 1874.
Sir: There can be no longer any doubt
that Mexico intends 10 renew the wal
against Texas on large scale, and to
carry it on with more than savage .leroci.
ty. The loan she has authorized, and the
expensive preparations she is making, by
land and sea, are sufficient proofs of the
former, and the orders of the commander
of the army Of the north, General Woll, is
sued The 20th day Of June last, and the
decree Of Santa Anna, general of division
and Provisional President Of Mexico, on
the 1nh day Of June, 1914, of the latter.
The decree makes the generals-in-chief Of
divisions Of the army and the commandant
general ofthe coast and frontier reponsible
for its exact full6Iment. 1t was under
that responsibility, it would seem. that
General Woll. TO whom the Texan from
tier was assigned, issued his order on the
Goth June. After promising, that the war
was renewed against Texas, that all
communications with it must cease, and
that every individual, of whatever condi-
ton, who skall have Communications with
it shall be regarded as traitor, and, as
such, be punished according 10 the articles
OF war, the order announces, in its third
article, that "every individual who may
be found at the distance ofone league from
the left bank of the Rio Bravo will be re-
garded as favorer and accomplice of the
usurpers of that part ofthe national terrific
tory, and traitor 10 bis country" and
after a summary military trial, 'shall be
punished accordingly" And, in its 4th
article is also states, ''that everv indiVid-
ual who may be embraced within the pro-
visions ofthe proceeding artcle.and may be
rash enough to fly al the sight Of any force
belonging to the Supreme Government,
shall be pursued until taken or put to
DEATH"
In what spirit the decree of the 18th Of
Juue. which The order is intended exactly
10 fulfil, is to be executed. the fate oflhe
party under general Senlmanat, al Tabas-
co., affords an illustration. They were
arrested under, it, and executed without
hearing or trial, against the indignant re-
monstrances of the French and Spanish
ministers near the Government Of Mexico,
who in vain invoked the voice ofhumanity,
the sacred obligations Of the Constitution,
and'ihe sancity Of treaties, in behalf of
their counTymen who were executed under
this illegal and bloody decree e-r--,---r.--.-s
If the decree itselfwas thus enforced in
time orpeace on the subjects of friendly
Powers, and against The remUnstrances Of
I, ba;r y,,;nia,ore soroo fo;nt conos sption m n "
be formed Of The ferocous and devastating
spirit in which the order of Gen. WoIl is
intended TO be executed against the inhab
itants Of Texas, and all who may, in any
way, aid their cause, or even have cOmmu-
nicalion with them. 1t was under de.
cree similar to that OF the 18th of June,
lS43, and issued by the same authority on
the 30lb Of October, 1885, but which was
mol 50 comprehensive in its provisions or
so bloody and ferocious in it's character,
that the cold-blooded butchery of Fannin
and his party and other Texan prisoners,
was ordered by Santa Anna in his invasion
of 1885.
That decree was limited 10 foreigners
who should land al any part ofMexico, or
arrive by land, being armed, and having
hostile intentions. or who should introduce
arms and munitions Of war, to be used at
any place in rebellion, or placed in the
hands its enemies. AS savage aud outra-
geous as its provision were, the order of
General Woll intended to carry out that
of June, l643, goes for beyond. 1t en-
braces every individual who may be found
east of line drawn three miles east Of
the Rio del Norte, without distinction Of
age or sex. foreigner or citizen, condition OF
vocation. Ali Of every description whether
they resist or surrendered, are 10 be treated
as traitors, and all who flee to be shot
down. The war is intended, in short, to
be one OF utter extirpalion. All that breathe
are 10 be destroyed or driven out, and
Texas left desolate waste, and so pro-
claimed to the world by Mexico, in advance
Of her projected invasion.
The first question which presents itself
for consideration on this statement of facts
is, shall we stand by and xitness in silence
the renewal Of the war by Mexico. and
its prosecution in this bloodlhirsty and des-
olatipg spiril? In orderto answer it fully
and satisfactorily, it will be necessary 10
inquire first into her object for renewing
the. war al this time.
There can be but one; aud that is, TO
defeat the annexation OF Texas to our
Union. She knows full well that The re-
jection of the treaty has but postponed the
question of annexation. q She knows that
Congress adjourned without finally dispo-
sing Of it; that it is now depending before
both Houses, and actively canvassed
before the people throughout the whole
extent Of our Union; and ,hatit will in all
probability, be decided in its favor, unless
it should be defeated by some movement
exterior to the country. I'VE should be
olind not TO see, that she proposes 10 affect
it by the projected Invasion, either by con-
queering and subecling Texas TO her pow
er, or by forcing her to Withdraw the
proposition for annexation, and to form
commercial and political connexions with