The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-15

draw down upon their own heads. However much
they may be disposed to procrastinate any final is
between the two countries, it is impossible that
the United States consent to remain in their pres
ent position much longer. Congress will assemble
in less than seven weeks, and it will be for their
wisdom to decide on the course which il becomes
them to adopt, unless Mexico should change her
counsels, and propose pacific mode for adjusting
the differences between the two countries.
DEFENDERS OF THE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE
AND ITS LAWS
We extract from the Mexican paper " Ell Amigo
del Pueblo" published in the city Of Mexico Of the
9th utimo, the following official correspondence
touching the voluntary enlistment Of the defenders of
the Mexican independence and its laws:
'sDEpARrMENr OF GuANAJuAro,
"Guanajuato, Aug. 81, 1845.
'sWe have received for insertion in the COL
umns of to-day's paper the following official docu-
contain, we publish, emitting our editorial upon the
matter"
STATE DEPARTMENT.
[cIRcULAR.l
"Mosr EXCELLENT SIR: The supreme government
having occasion for the regular troops of the depart
ments his excelency the President ad interim orders
me to inquire of your excellency what is the pro-
gress of the enlistment ofthe defenders of the indie
pendence and its laws, under your command; at
what time did it commence; how many have enlisted
themselves; and to what particular branch of service
did they attach themselves! Also, his excelency
the President desires that your excelency should
point out the difficulties, if any, that may come
under your observation in relation to said enlistment
and the most effectual means overcome them; the
government desiring solely the security and public
tranquility OF the nation.
81 reiterato to your excelency the assurances Of
my consideration
''God and Liberty
''MExIco, Aug. %, l845.
(Signed,) ''PENA PENA.
To which the following answer was made by the
governor of the department of Guanajuato:
"DErARrMENr OF GuAsAJuAro.
s'Mosr EXCELLENT sin: have received the cir
cular of your excelency of the 23d inst, showing
finds itself for regular troops of the departments;
also asking information in regard to the state and
progress Of the enlistment of the defenders Of the
independence and its laws, under my command, as
well as the time at which it commenced, the number
of them, and to what particular branch Of service
they attached themselves. Also, requesting me to
state the difficulties, if any have arisen in the pro-
cess OF said enlistment, and to suggest the most
efectual means in order to obviate them.
ain the first place, have to say that, Immediate
IY on the receipt OF the decree on the 6uDleCt,
caused it to be published in the Prdencia which is
the only paper in this city. 1t circulated in all
the districts of this department. and everything has
been done in order TO stimulate the patriotism of its
citizens, and that they might enlist themselves in
the abovenamed militia but, up to the present time,
none have come forward; and the governmental
sembly is actually occupied in devisng the
ry means with view of trying whether, with addi-
tjonal efforts their part they procure the
istmcnt Of the citizens. think, however, that this
stimulus 1H not be cro,cnsd toith any happier
silh
the greatest difficulty that offers tselfin the regua-
tons adopted by the supreme government, and
which appear to me to be invincible, unless they
have revoked at least changed, of the arti-
cles. have written at some length on the subject,
in friendly letter which took occasion to address
to his excellency Don Luis g. Cuevas, your excel
lency's predecessor, who assured me that he had
shown my letter to his excelency the President Of
the republic, and promised that my reflections there
on would be taken into consideration. But, up to
this time, have not seen any result except that the
defenders should DO raised
'sThe Inconvenience which then stated to the
above named minister are the following, viz:
"lst. Those that grow out of article LIST of the
said regulations, which require that the enlistment
should be voluntary one.
sThe people, particularly in the interior, are on
unfrendly terms with the militia, account of the
extOrtlOn6 winch nave Deen DrdCuScu upon Lnctn ny
the bellgerent troops at different times, and on ac-
count of personal suferngs endured under military
orders The Villagers whose duty il was to maintain
the public tranquility and the local police, were
forced at sundry times, to leave their respective VII
lagos in order to render their services to the troops
cipating in the most dangerous and inconvenient
campaigns with the regular troops. This is not the
worst of il; for when they were no longer needed,
they were ordered home without any compensation,
without credit for their services, and during which
many became sick or wounded.
"This painful experience made the people regard
with horror this species of local militia, and prefer
rather being veterans; and, although the latter con-
dition subjected them, in the commencement, To-
greater atigues, nevertheless it had the advantage
Of assuring them of compensation. The difficulty
just mentioned will occur, in consequences Of the or
der Of the supreme government, which intended to
take from this capital part Of it's city militia This
result has been produced by Withdrawing the citizens
belonging to said militia, and enlisng them as de-
tenders.
"2d. Equal difficulty exists in the ID article of the
regulations of the supreme government, which re-
quires that no journeyman can enlist himself IN the
defenders This difficulty is TO be considered under
two aspects: the first is physical impossible
ty, and the second moral one. II consists in
this,--that there are places, Gas il happens among
miners or agricultural people,) whose population
amounts to two or three thousand souls; but the in
dividuas, not (sricty speaking) journeymen, per-
haps do not number more than dozen; hence,
in such regions, with the exception OF the supcrn-
tendent clerks &c, and among the agricultural pco-
pie, proprietor and some other person, all the rest
are journeymen. Hence it follows that in such
places the militia will be reduced to eight or ten
persons, whose number, being too limited, will not
be of any advantage, fer they must attend every
day, both to the military service, and TO their usual
1.-THE moral impossibty Of whish spoke, con-