The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-06-05

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Tie luiestueuEfrom Msxioo eslIllish-
e he Elsi. apPasenty beyand dispass.
tlaas he 6ossrnmens 81 ne Repshlir a
Teas. which 90 unwillingly lissenrd n
ihe orsnuEes e ;. annrx.siona made %
hen by ne Uniied snaes, hss seiB-
ally enirRd inio . negotiaii0n wiih he
Goyefnmsni II MsHico. IL The eveng Of
he sBecess 81 which . snnrxslion'' %
he uniied slaies. though thus fsr advan.
red. will be indekniiely postponed.
This informalion % important enough;
bul hardly lsss 80 lhsn he news shieh
has reached this city that II u esen YET
doabaful whether Mexico wili not regard
the aissmpl n the snneaslion Of Tslas.
under present circumstances. in the light
in which ilrepe1irdly declared beforehand
that IL would regard ii--as IN act Of war
By The United States against Mexico. We
trust and ne yet hope, thst other eounsels.
more favorable 20 The peace &c The warld
and 10 The true inieresl Of Mexico herself.
may prevail with that Government. But
as The prospect ol : result 80 desirable Is
By No means certain. il seems proper lhal
our irllow eilizsns generally. as well as
tkose Of ihem who are charged with the
execution az The laws. should hare iheir
attention directed 10 the sexual state of
lhinfs on our southwestern frontier. Of
which ~e incline 10 think they have u
present very imperfect conception.
Under Ibis impression we give inser-
ton 10 the following memorandum. from
respectable citizen Of the United Slsles.
who has very recently returned 60 This
country from . residence &c some twelve
yrars in the interior nf Mexico. and whose
statements. from his intelligence and the
great opportunity he has had for UNDER
standing hat he speaks or are entitled
10 more than ordinary attention.
Washington. May "a. 1915.
Messrs. EpiToRs: As 10 seems To he =
settled p,int that Texas is 10 be acompon.
eni part OF our Republic. il Is suggested, l |
observe. in one Of the N. Orleans papers. /
thai regular troops should be stationed BY |
the United States on the Rio Grande. lfI
tina, be settled point. ! coincide with him:
but l mus, disagree with him when he |
says tha, those troops will require no
commissary Department. On the con-
Tray, they will require large and we'll
organized one. The provisions for this
army have all TO be conveyed from New
Orleans; for no~here else can they be
procured. The Mexican troops nov sta.
toned in Matamoras, are, and have al
ways been, supplied from New Orleans
the only article 10 be procured in the
neighborhood being fresh meat. stock in
some abundance being procursble. but no,
IN sufiiciency for the daily supply Of an |.
army OF six or ten thousand men. Ihavs
lived some years in tina, country. and pre-.
end TO know something of its products.
passed through Matamoras In March,
where there were iwo regiments supplied
.ntirely from New 0riesns. If,he Mexi.
:ans have been obliged To buy from New
Orleans all those articles. how much more
Necessary will il moi he for us 10 supply
IN army in the same rnanneri
think that we have calculated too light.
y on the resistance which Mexico will Of
er IN our occupation Of Texas. Mexico
las very considerable army an the iron.
Ter; and the officer in command Gene raj
lrista) is active and brave. and can cross
he intervening desert with his light eavsl
y and commitimmense damage, aud retire
gain. without our presenting any obsla.
lie I" his advance or h's retreat. We have
'een induced TO believe the Mexicans a.
e cowardly, &c. | am afraid tina, we [:
ave trusted too much TO this belief. Arts. I
a had with him in Monterey in March last
wo thousand three hundred cavalry and
battalion &c sir hundred runaw ay ne
roes from Texas, well drilled in flying !
riillery tactics ready for mart hing.
The Mexican troops are much bette.
alculated for campo gns in those dry no, [,
lains than any troops We can raise. The |
'nglo Saxon race will do well enough 80 +
ing as they have plenty Of provisions and 4
'a,er, but no longer. Think Gen. Jack. v
On's campaign and the Seminole var will '
rove this. The Mexicans will rush in $
pom us on their light hardy horses, and
'hen we get ready to strike them we shall
nd that they are beyond our reach. Our h
eavy we'll fed horses will starve to death v
n those dry plains. without corn or oats, O
nd nothing 10 eat but dry grass. c
! should not be surprised if Mexico O
Mould now have an army Of fifteen ,hou.- I,
nd cavalry and flying artillery on the ri v
er between Eamargo and Monclova, az G
&C know well tina. al. the - .ps who Il
'ok part with Santa Ara have neen sen, G.
orth by.the new Goyert,rnc, I. while new 6,
'ops Tor CiUicos) har taken their places Il
Jalapa. Orizaba, GuadaIaxara, &c.
] do hope that our Government, will
rn its attention seriously to this subject,
I'd in time; for it would be grieyous to N
? worsied at the commencement by so Il
eak Government as that Of Mexico, "
rista is enterprisins and ambitious, and a,
by no means ignorant Of the resources Of O,
lis country. He has lived Ear ,,a.xn =. =.