American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-08-16
WAR WITH IIEyIcn,,

WAR WITH IIENICO!!
DECLARATION OF WAR RENDERED MORE
CERTAIN, IF NOT ALREADY MABF-NEy-
ICAN ORDERS AND MEXICAN BOMBAsT.
&c. &c.
The New Orleans papers received last night
bring US what they believe is declaration of
war against the United States on the part of
Mexico, consisting of official communications
from the Minister Of War and Marine Of Next
co, which will be found below They were
brought blythe schooner Rclampago, which ar
rived at the BaIize ON Sunday, but were not
made public until Thursday. The editor of
the JetIcrsunian received them from friend at
Vera Cruz, bearing date the 10th ut The
New Orleans Bee, however, has dates from the
city Of Mexico to the 10Th, and from Vera
Cruz to the cath. That paper says:
Congress was still in session in tic city cf
Mexico. Up to the 18th neither war nor non
intercourse between Mexico and the e. States
had been declared. The Extraordinary Conn-
ell, consisting Of EX Governors of the Dapart-
ments, E%-Nlnsters, etc, whom the President
had the constitutional right to convene and
consult with upon extraordinary occasions. had
been ordered to assemble Before the President
would take upon himself the responsibility of
recommending or declaring war upon the Uni
ted States, it was highly probable that he would
wait until the assembling of this Council, as in
the event of that measure being suggested hy
them, the President woud he relieved from aov
responsibility, should it, as it undoubtedly
must, terminate untavorably toward that Gov
vernment.
The New Orleans Tropic, in noticing the
contradictory statements of the Jeffersonian
and Bee, remarks:
All that can be gathered, then, from Signor
Condo IS dispatches is, that war is VERY PRoBA-
BILE; there being no evidence that it has vet
been declared. The Signor'S proclamation is
dated on the 10th, and he says, that the next
day Q1th) the declaration of war would be
communicated 10 Congress. The Bee, whose
dates ale to the evening of the 10Th, SAYS that
up TO that time neither war nor non-ntercourse
had been declared, nor had the Extraordinary
Council, summoned undoubtedly with express
reference to the war question, yet assembled.
1t is apparent, then, that Signor Condo, on the
10th, could not have been authorised to say
that the Government had resolved upon dec
larat0n Of war, when on the I9th, three DAYS
after, the question was undecided.
1t appears, too, that the brig Persian, which
has been lying off Galveston for the purpose of
carrying to Vera Cruz Intelligence oftbe ratifi-
cation OF the Annexation Resolutions, had not
arrived when the Beampago sailed. Now, i'll
the Persian reached Vera Cruz previous to the
2sti, sufficient time after her arrival must have
elapsed for her advicos to reach the city of
Mexico, aud for Che result of the Councils de- |
alterations TO yet back to Vera Cruz, TO enable
the Water Witch, which was to leave for this
port on the 2Sth or 10Th instant to bring Us de-
finite intelligence. SO that, although il is pro-
bablc, though by 40 means certain that we
shall get positive intelligence by this vessel
The Jeticrsonian under the belief that war
had actually been declared recommended that
three Mexican vessels at New Orleans which
had cleared for Vera Cruz, be seized as the pro-
perry Of our enemies,
The following are the official documents re-
fclred to above:
VERA CRU2, July q, 1915.
Dear Sir: . | have only one mo-