American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-05-09

trade ana tbr noner published in this city Mer-
honts and citizens generally should be aware OF TINS
important fact
IMPORTANT News FROM MExICo-1he Body
Of COL Gross Formd-.AduanCe Of The Iue1tcanS'
We give on our first page, later and highly i'm
,,ortant news from the Army on the Rio
Grapde. 1t will be seen that Col. Truman
Gross, gallant offieer and worthy citizen
of Prince Georges county, in this State, has
fallen victim to Mexican treachery; that
Gen. TAYLOR ha demanded the murderers; that
= norton of the Mexican army had crossed the
Rio Gfande, and that Gen, Taylor had received
orders from the Mexican General to move off
in Sc hours, otherwise he would be fired upon.
This intelligence, we think, leaves our Gov
erpment no alternative but to demand at the
lannon's mouth what it has again and again
filled to receive by forbearance and submits
sion to insult and wrong. The war should,
when once commenced, be "carried into At
RIGA" and Mexican treachery and clustering be
taught lesson that will not soon be forgotten.
The probability, however,, is that the "degene-
rate sons of Washington" have already admin
isered 4 chaslisement to their deluded oppo-
nents, which will bo sufficient to bring them to
their senses The next arrival will tell the
tale.
The UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND. The
Union of Thursday last "stops the press" to
publish under the head of "Momentous," an
extract of letter from an American in Lon
don, dated April Is. From the heading given
to the article by the Union, we expected to
find something of extraordinary interest; in
stead of which we discovered nothing but the
opinions of the writer, that Sir Robert Peel
will retire from office so soon as he shall have
succeeded in effecting the change proposed by
him some time since in the corn laws-that he
will be succeeded by Lord Palmerston, who,
having succeeded in reconciling the King of
France to his elevation, will embrace friendly
measures with that country, and hostile ones
towards the United States. ''In bis newborn
zeal for the welfare ofFrance," (says the wri-
ter of this "momentous" letter. che will at
once seize upon Guizot's "balance Of power"
doctrine in North America, and use his posi-
ton and his talents to consummate the most
desperate purposes at any time contemplated
by England or France TO check our growth
or diminish the influence which our insttu-
tons are exercising over the nations of the
EARTH
This would be a sunmerset indeed. Lord
Palmerston has been nveterately opposed to
France, and this was the main reasen why
Lord John Russell could not form a ministry
including him in it; and now he is expected to
unite with France against the United States.
This is n.eIe twaddle-idle gossip, undeserving
ofattention. We have yet to learn that France
has hostile feeling towards this country, or
that she would desire to depress us to the ben
fit of England.
The writer 'most sincerely regrets that
there should be so slight a prospect for adjust
ing the Oregon question before Peel's admin
istratlon is at an end" If proper measures be
adopted, (and we suppose that they have been)
the Oregon question may be settled even dur
ing the continuance of Mr.. Peel in office, brief
as the writer suppeses that period may be-
The "Nouce" it is understood, has been sent
TO our minister in England, and in the form in
which it passed Congress, including the pre-
ambe; and it is stated, that MIR. McLane has
been authorised to settle the matter on the ba-
sis of the 49th parallel Of latitude From the
opinions expressed in the English prints, ii
would seem, that the British Government is
prepared to negotiate upon that basis, so that
little remains to be done but to reduce the ar
Gangement to form. We hope that neither
party will be so foolish as to quarrel about
stTaws We consider the matter in fair way
of settlement, whether Sir Robert Peel OF
Lord Palmerston be the Premier of England
But we think we have satisfactory clue t.
the opinions Of the writer, mentioned above, il
the following sentences of his letter:
"Thus we have been carried, by the limidi
ty of the Senate, to the brink of precipice
where war with all Its horrors-its demorai2
ing Influences beheld in the distance. Tn
arguments against our claim in that body, an
the various propositions made there to adius
the question definitely, regardless of the opr
ions of the Executive, have rendered diplOmac
upon the subject mere mockery. Added t
these difficulties, which the administration hO
to encounter, is the press of the opposition
which seems to have no holier object than I
invalidate our ownership of the territory, al
to impugn the motives of the President for il
sisting on our rights"
What he here designates 'the tmidity of IL
Senate, the people of this country consid
the tUisdom of the Senate-and, but for the e
ercise of that wisdom, war would have bee
rendered much more probable. The writer
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