The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-17
For the en,on.

IFrom Vera Cruz papers to the aaih OF September
General Herrera, the newly elected President of
Mexico, took the oath Of Office before both houses
Of Congress, assembled in the hall Of the Chamber
Of Deputies on the l6th Of September, the anniyer
sary Of tho national Independence. The topics of
his inaugural address are Of general nature, and
treated In the manner usual in such papers, with
perhaps somewhat less Of the Characteristic bombast
OF the Mexicans. In the following paragraph, the
intention Of the Mexican government TO attempt the
recovery OF Texas is reiterated; a
"The preservation and ameiora,ion Of the army,
and its morality and discipline are as indispensable,
in every nation, ~ the essential and necessary
objects of its constitution-that is to say order and
tranquility in the interior. And this necessity is
new the greater and more urgent with US, we are
to be occupied in the defence Of territory, the
recovery Of that part Of it which has been usurped
from us, and in ave6gng the outrages and injuries
done to the generous fankncss, TO the conhdng sin
certify Of the nation to the honor and dignity, and
the independence and sovereignty Of our country.
Such, and of such magnitude and urgency are tho
duties which the republic has now TO discharge; and,
IN proportion to Them should be the zeal and energy
OF the executive for improving the condition of tho
army, OF that republican portion Of the nation which
wieds the armed force, and, without which, neither
It nor the government could fulfil duties vital and
sacred" r b
The address presents lsmentabe picture Of the
condition Of the Mexican treasury, which General
treasury he says, "laws have object the govern
ment must be wholly inactive no branch of policy
can be followed OUT the administration of Justice
cannot be maintained 10 It's present condition.
institutions, whether Of necessity or benevoence, be-
come null, and even ridiculous; the army cannot stir;
the territory usurped must continue forever, and
the hope Of recovering it being once lost, then fol-
lows the successive and gradual loss Of the whole
country; and Il shudder TO say it) Mexico, with SO
many elements of abundance and greatness, will
disappear from the sight Of Independent nations"
The President Of the Chamber Of Deputies replied
to the inaugural address. He said that the Next
can people "behcld with grief rich portion Of their
territory usurpcd; their most incontestable rights
wounded; their dignity despiscd and insultcd They
desire to vindicate these great blessings; and any
resistance, any obstacle, which may be interposed,
is the result Of spurious interests and not OF the
national will. 1t will be necessary to conquer
them with strong hand, and such will be the prn-
cipal care Of the government"
The government paper, the Disrio del Gobierno,
profits by the Of the national anniversary,
to appeal to the patriotism Of the people, and excite
them to a struggle for the recovery Of Texas.
II is stated in the Vera Cruzana, Of September
81 that General rista expecting the arrival of
go, 0OO which had been despatched to him, in or
der to establish his head quarters on the Rio Grande
and that General Meja had marched to take COM
mand at Matamoras. ~
A letter from an officer in General Paredes's ar
my preends that great part of il is in an admira-
BILE condition; and that "ios Ymkss' (the Yapkees)
will be afraid to show their teeth before them