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sI. WIN rap'oNy ana oec,sioh, IN order 10 sus'
te,. W! "a.'oha' cause oe'ore Tue whoie wor!u'
winch 10 observing U.s. ana wn'ch VIII NIX ns
eyes upon u.s. 10 see whether we are worthy 10
De regarded as nation, or only TO be conquer.
cd horde OF savages. The government has
been unable to resist the calls Of duty, or the
unanimous voice Of the nation, and is decided
BY necessity TO engage in war. The Minister
of Foreign Relations has already submitted his
proposition to declare war and, without doubt,
the national Congress will decree it, in obedl.
ance to the wishes Of the republic.
The government must, however, repeat
what it already stated in its report Of the 18th
OF April-that everything is disposed and pre-
pared for war, and that nothing is wanting but
pecuniary resources, in order to execute with
celebrity the dispositions OF the government
These resources are urgently required; and
the republic will hazard its political existence,
II 1t suffers many days to elapse before grant.
ing them. The appropriations must be very
large, propOrtioned 10 the enormity and urgen-
cy Of the expenses which are rendered neces-
sary by a foreign war The funds necessary
for this war cannot be obtained by the common
and usual means the actual situation OF the
country requires the application OF extraordna-
ry, and perhaps oppressive means, which, under
no other circumstances, could be borne. A
loan, either national or foreign, Of fifteen mil
lions of dollars, presents the only means Of car
rylng on the war with glory, and to fortunate
conclusion, and in order to obtain this triumph {;
after which, the present system OF the political
world gives to people the right to be lndem-
Diied tor the losses ana sacrhces OF war; 10
winch II mas oeen 'n'quhousy ProVokeu' ing
proposition OF TINS loan may De new ground
TOT unjust oPPos't'oh 10 t!'e government 1s
ministers VIII resp1lu ot'''e .,ie ''a.lo''' tne
courts, ana 'ne who'e woru' 10 .n's ca'u,rhious
imputaton; put Tor inc present. tne adm,h's
tratioh is ehdeaVorlng not 70 save themselves
out 70 save me repuDnc. ne government, III
compliance wAn us au,y, ana accoralhg 70 .ne
inspirations OF us conscience tneh repeats oc'
lore congress- tha' tne ,huepehuehce o' tne la-
ton Is IN DANGER ana mat Mexico Will 'heV"a'
0iy suner an me ev''s OF 'ore'en hVas'oI'' VII.
!ess tne authorNy DC granteo 10 we eover,',cn'
70 contract loan OF h''eeh milnohs t o, uo'i"ts
win as lntie gneVunce as posslole. Inc gov
eminent will moreover say that IL its op'nlon'
cede every other resolution which the Congress
If Texas which il f abou, 10 take into consid.
Grafton. Some restrictions should doubtless be
imposed on the government as to the use OF TINS
Som Of Congress Than to ,hc government to fix
those restrictions. .sI can only assure Congress
that the resources which the government may
30 ,hs .,cred ohec, - wb;eh tho D,,;on 70.
quires them to be assigned-to the defence Of
its honor and the preservation OF its 'ndepen-
Conclude bv submitting To the deliberations
of the august Chamber of Deputies the meas
ures indicated in the following propositions
tract loan. ei,her national or foreion. which
may bring into the treasury the disposable
u 4.eeh .,,, n,t o. uo u. H. .
ted bv this loan. and the paymept Of the inter-
est, the government will hypotheticate all the
ICY e, -, 'me "ao'o" ''o' a''ea's "ypo'"e''"
Third. The government will present to Con.
gress an account Of every loan which it may
~ ,he h 10 .e " Ia anu
such loan is devoted.
LUIS DE LA ROSA.
The Water Witch. which was exnected
to bring the declaration of war. has arrived
al New Orleans. having left Vera Cruz the
5,h inst, but no declaration of war had been
made. 1t is said. however. that 10000
Mexican troops are on their march to Tex.
as, and it was supposed to be the intention
of government 10 possess themselves of Tex.
as whether war was declared or not. Whc,h
er these troops exist anywhere but on paper
in orders and official reports, is perhaps
questionable. The Ministry had presented
to Congress for deIiberation two PROPOSE
tions, one for declaration of war, and thu
other for a loan Of $15,OOO,OOO to recon
uuer Texas; and both we're under discus
sion. M. de Ia Rosa, the Minister of War
argues resoutely in favor of both resolutions
He says that there is no altcrna alive for Mex
leo, but of war, with all its disasters and ca
iamlties, or infamy and slavery. The Cour
rier dcs Etats Unis, however, says that tn,
Minister wants war, but wants the fifieer
millions of dollars more and he even sub
mits that it is his eaperuess for the dollar
that makes him 90 ready FIR war 7, seam
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