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roll back the surge of invasion beyond the Rio
Grande, into the heart of Mexico herself.

roll back the surge of invasion beyond the Rio
Grande, into the heart of Mexico herself.
Mexico may trust for her protection to the media
ton of England and of France; but the unsiates
manlike conduct of those courts in regard TO Texas
their improper intermeddling against us, and III,
part which they have taken, directly or indirectly
through the redoubtable Mr.. Commissioner Elliott
on the part Of one of them, and the indis
Greet Sahgny on the other, strip these two
great powers Of any moral force which they
might be disposed to exert, and must preclude them
from discharging the Offices of mediators. They may
operate upon Mexico, if they think proper; but the
United States cannot consent to accept the mediation
of two nations who have hitherto taken so active a
part against us in regard to Texas.
Translated from the Courier des Eats Unis.l
PACIFIC ATTITUDE OF THE AMERICANS AND MEX.
iGANs, ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RIO GRAN ,di,.
PROBABILITIES OF PEACE, AND PossiBlLITiES
OF WAR-RECALL OF THE FRENCH MINISTER
TO TEXAS.
For more than a week. the question of peace or
war has not advanced step. We are without
news from Mexico and from Texas we only re-
ceive contradictory rumors Nevertheless, IT is veW
probable that the correspondence which the other
day announced an army of eight thousand Mexi-
cans near Matamoras, was not better informed than
Gen. Gaines had BEEN for the last dispatches from
Gen. Taylor to the government at Washington as
sert that there are no movements Of troops upon
the Mexican frontier, and there is every reason to
expect that the threatened INVASION Of Texas will
not take pace--at least not without long delays.
Another correspondence, dated at Houston, Aug %,
expresses the opinion, and adds: "Ihe few Mex
lean ragamuDns scattered in the neighborhood of the
Rio Grande in the most miserable condition." As
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of Aransas it had advanced as far Corpus Christi,
where ii was gradually receiving renforcements,
which would soon swell its number to five thousand
men. Nor peace threatened. from this quarter;
for Gen. Taylor, far from advancing, had formed an
intrenched camp, in which he was determined to
remain until the enemy should have taken the Of
fensive. This is all we asked of him; and now that
see, on either side, indisposition to precipi-
tate matters that might bring fortuitous cois-
ion, we have still stronger hope that the result of
annexation will not terminate in bloodshed. We
know that this hope is not entertained by persons
who are better situated to appreciate the men and
matters OF Mexico, and who assert, very properly,
that if we must not be alarmed at the Boosting of
the Mexican government neither must we trust to
its apparent besitaons. This is true: but there is
fact, which to supersedes the bellgerent pa
cifc desires of Mexico--it is her pecuniary impo-
tency. Until this obstacle will have been removed,
we have only to fear some act of patriotic folly,
or some skirmishes, but we will not believe in a
positive war
This act of folly, however, which the Americans
might take advantage of to go farther than their le
gitimate defence might justify, is even possible It
depends principally, as we have already observed,
upon the popular feelings which may result, upon
the subjec: of annexation, in the last presidential
elections. None of the candidates for the presi-
dency-Gen. Almonte no more than Gen. Herrera
ARE seriously DESTROYS of war; and all their cries
to arms were but an electoneerng rallying cry Bat
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stronger than that of Interestingly have seriously
taken the promises Of vengeance and victory made
to them, and demand of the new President the full
flment of them; who, placed between revolution
and war, would be compelled to make at least an
appearance of aggression against Texas, by send
ing to the Rio Grande bodies Of troops, who
overrunning the provinces there, to seek a
subsistence which the treasury of Mexico is I'M
able to provide for them. This, however, could be
but an inoffensive demonstration, because war
is possible without money. Victory would not
shield the Mexican army from this impossibility;
because Texas, to the interior Of which they would
have to venture, not of those countries where
a conquerng army would find subsistence. Once
more then, looking at the question in its most
acing aspect, there danger Of war; and if the
belligerent event that we have pointed out should
be realized, it would only he necessary for the
Americans to keep upon the defensive, to bring an
nexation to n favorable termination.
The maintenance of peace finds new guarantee
in the evident antpa,hy felt by the English governs
ment to a struggle between the United States and
Mexico We have long forescen this antipahy,
even when British diplomacy seemed most strenu
ously to press Mexico into q war. The last papers
received from London, prove that were not mis-
taken in foreseeing, so far off, that England to whose
egotism everything else must yield would not hes-
tate to impose upon Mexico acts Of cowardice after
having made her commit acts OF lmprudence. We are
certain that the cabinet Of ST. James will exhibit
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into the scabbard, and not to furnish the United
States with pretext to advance into Mexico and
California, as it did to make it draw il TO prevent
them from entering Texas.
We now sincerely hope that the diplomatic innu-
ence Of Great Britain will triumph with the Mexi-
can government; and will also applaud the efforts
which our diplomacy will certainly make to repair
the errors committed in that deporable affair of an
nexaon; where, to save Texas, the whole of Mex
leo has been compromised. Upon this subject we
must state fact reported in the Paris papers by the
last steamer. II is the recall Of Mr. Salgny, French
minister to the government Of Texas. This recall,
announced by paper, has not been contradicted,
but has given rise to many and various comments.
Some have construed it into disgrace for Mr.. Sa-
lgny; others have only seen in 1t necessary con-
sequence Of annexation, which, destroying the Tex,
ian nationality puts an end to all international rela
tons We believe that there is some truth in both
of these suppositiops for we have good reasons to
think that the cabinet of the Tuilleres has not, in
every respect approved the too active, and especial
" the too clamorous, conduct of Mr.. de Saligny.
But, after all, it was only an excess of ZEAL which
does not merit disgrace; and he would not thus sud-
denly have been required to leave his post had not
the dignity of France mpelled her not to await the
withdrawal of her representative until the republic
Of Texas had terminated the agony Of her suicide.
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