Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-09-06
.IBERAe, 1915.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
TEXAS AND MEXICO.


4 TEXAS AND MEXICO.
! oriani Increment of Troops-Requisiiioa for
uea on our Gorernor-T The Call Rcspoaaedio.
About ii o'clock yesterday forenoon business
I ,Nus out Of our Office; d as went down Camp,
I on 10 the post office, we saw citizens grouped
"Iher at every corner, talking inlently about
then knew not what. They seemed elaled
high spirits; and as they consisted promis-
sly of both wings and democrats, we knew
The cause Of their rejoicing must be some
: more than mere political party triumph
Gu two met, we could hear one tell the other,
h = Significant smile, TO sharpen "Uncle Alex.
Ter" (the big sword(, and the latter would re.
I'd his friend how necessary II noU was Tor him
LIrnish up his old rife, ''rUggednuzzle Bess. :"
soon learned
What had caused this great commotion
The city through"
was, at the time wo speak of, publicly and very
nerally known that the veteran, Gen. Gaines.
)mmandlng the Southern military division of the
nlted States, had made demand On Gov. Mou.
on for one thousand men or more for the nation
p. service, and that the Governor promptly made
I grlslllor on Gen. Lewis. commanding the first
d. saa g Louisiana militia. for the required
'7rr VIZ: two regiments of volunteers of ten
companies each-one of them to consist of mus
keteUs and one of rIilemen, and Two companies
artillery with eight field pieces. The requisi.
no was Of course Immediately responded to, and
bo pu, forthwith into execution.
/, was the knowledge Of this fact that caused
the excitement amongst our citizens which we
have attempted 10 describo;-i, WIS this tia, made
them seem us il
Their souls rsrs in arms
And eager for tho fray!
We understand that the whole Of tho artillery
force Of the city-a most effective and well arm
ed corps-haye volunteered their services, and
that they have been accepted. Our gallan. UNI
formed infantry companies are not. in tho mean
time. hsIIessIy resting on their arms: calls for
meetings Of the officers of the Washington Reg-
ment and Louisiana Volunteers may be seen in
our paper Today. In fact, the question will not
be "who will be suffered 10 remain at home?'' bu,
who will bo permitted 10 enrol themselves
amongst them, the defenders Of their countrymen
beyond the Sabnel" Before to-morrow's sun
ascends the meridian. the draft, in mercantile
phrase, viii 10 honOred, and were ii numerically
ten times the amount which il is. il would 10 met
With !he same alacflly ann good viii
Ills movement Is SAID 10 be consequent upon
authentic information which has reached General
Games, of the advance of 10000 Mexican troops
to II point within eight days march of General
Taylor's quarters. We are Not aware of the
precise disposition which is obe made of the vol.
unieer force; the great body of them. we believe,
90 10 reinforce Gen. Tay'or's command.
We. like tho rest Of our citizens, have no ap.
prohonsion for the result. If conflict comes,
the vain and puslIIanimous notion which exciies it
will inevitably be tho sufferers. Should their le-
mertty carry them to such length, we trus, they
will be met n! the outset by force that will teach
them the prowess of our people, and how ridicu-
lously U,opian is the idea that leads them TO be-
lieve they can cope with us in arms any moro
than in arts. This humanity, us well as valor,
demands of us; for, by a decisive stroke-one
thousands of poor wreIches who may be dr"s
ged in chains from their homes, will, seeing he
utter hopelessness Of their cause, save their lives
by at once making. in double quick time, an ad-
rance backwards. Whatever the strategy or ma
noByefing of our enemies, lot them taf provoke
bostililes, and victory will certainly be found
folded in the flag OF our tnIen.