The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-03
From the New York Journal Of Commerce
THE LATE REVOLUTION IN MEXICO.


Wepublished a day or Two since a short account
Of the overthrow Of Herrera by Paredes, and we
furnish below full statement written by officer
Of our navy, who was an eyewitness of what he
describes. Ii was furnished to the Pensacola Ga
Zette ...f
CAS- several very important changes have re-
Gently taken place in Mexico, having more or less
bearing upon our relations with that country, pro-
pose TO give you a brief account of them, which
cannot fail 10 interest your readers, well az the
public generally. We took down TO Vera Cruz
Mr.. VIM. 8. Parrot our Mexican secretary Of le-
CATION, who bore dispatches to our minister. Upon
our arrival at Saer6cios, found that Mr. Sldell
our mnister) had preceded us some ten days. He
had been received with every demonstration Of re-
spect by the authorities at Vera Cruz and had pro-
ceeded on his way to the capital. Lieutenant Ken
nedy Of the st. Mary's accompanied him with a
view of bringing back his dispatches for the govern
ment. After Mr.. Slidell had been some days in the
capital, he formally notified by, the Mexican
government, that il could not receive him in the ca
pacity in which he came-which was that of envoy
extraordinary and minister Observation-Disclosures
government not considering itself bound by the
promise 1t had made US Of receiving special minis
ter, charged with the negotiation Of the Texan diff
Guilty, TO receive the usual minister resident sent
from one friendly pswerto another, the reception
Of the latter would imply state Of friendly and pa
chic Intercourse which does not exit The gov
eminent, however, did not require that Mr.. SldelI
should withdraw from the country. On the con-
rary, it gave him permission to retire to Jalapa--a
pleasant little town some sixty miles from Vera
Cruz--there to await the farther instructions Of his
government. Such was the state Of things when
the st. Mary's sailed, and the above was, no doubt,
the substance Of Mr.. Shdell's despatch to the gov
eminent by that vessel In the mean time the coun-
try on the eve Of revolution, which broke
out the day after the the st. Mary's left. 1t
will be recollected, that General Paroles command
ed division Of the army, called the ''srmy Of the
reserve" and stationed in the department OF San
Luis Potosi--the department adjoining Tamnulipas,
in which latter department Tampieo is situated
which army destined 10 second any movement
that might be made by Gen. Arisia who COM
handed the northern frontier. IL we may Judge by
the tone Of the correspondence which had passed
between Gen. Paroles and the minister of war; and
which has been published in all the Vera Cruz
papers, his troops, as well as those of Arsta, were
exceedingly anxious to commence the war upon
Texas; to enable him to do which, he imporr ned
the government for the necessary supplies which il
denied him, under one pretext other, although il
had, as Paroles alleges, ample funds for the purpose
in the five million loan authorized by Congress.
The army grown tired Of the state Of inactivity
which the government had reduced it, naturally be-
came disafected. The opposition press famed the
spark Of dsaffectiou into a fame. The most We
hement and bitter denunciations were, every day,
launched against the administration charging it with
every species of corruption, fraud, POPULATION, and
even treason in entertaining the design of reopen
Of Texas, New Mexico, and California; and after
the arrival of Mr. Sldel il alleged that this gentle
man came among them empowered to offer cor
rupt bride Of five millions of dollars, the price of
their dshonor and treason. These attacks followed
each other in quick succession, and writ
ten with warmth and ability. The following eX
tracts from the "Veracruzana Lbre," will give you
a just idea Of the tone of the opposition press gen.
orally, which as they say is the tone of the whole
Mexican people:
"'No! The sale of Texas shall not be consumma-
ted, neither under the pretex of settling boundaries
shall the per6dious Yankees extend their rapacy
to other departBepts not less rich end precious.
Let them keep their infamous bribe of FIVE or six
millions of dollars, as the valiant Mexican army
does not deal in such opprobrious transactions with
the enemies of its country, and il resolved to defend
to the life Of the last veteran the integrity of the ter.
ritory, and the national honor
"The disaffection which had been thus gathering
head, broke out into open rebellion and revolution
soon rs the arrival of Mr.. Sdell was made known
at the head quarters of Gen. Paredes who forthwith
issued his pronuneiamento, or manifesto against the
government. This pronunciamenfo was reechoed
by the Notifications and garrsoned towns soon as
received-the train having been well laid, and the
match no sooner applied than the explosion took
place almost simultaneously, all over the country
the city of Mexico even the very seat Of the gov
sounded his first bugle in its spacious vaey-not-
withstandng Herrera had taken all the pr ecautons
in his power for the defence Of this last stronghold
ofhis party Indeed, he used his authority so arb-
rariy as to give Just Of offence to tie citizens,
seizing upon the public money without warrant of
law, suspending the liberty of the press, levying
forced contributions, and matreatng and arresting
many Of the principal individuals. Among others,
the Archbishop was forced to take refuge in Tacu-
baya, and Almonte secreted himself in the city.
"The news of the revolution reached Vera Cruz
on the morning Of the Odd December, and in a few
hours thereafter, we astounded by the reports
Of the heavy guns of the castle, and they gave
hearty response to the grto of their companions Of
Potosi The fleets followed the example of the cas-
tie; and salute from the steamer Montezuma, with
the English flag at her fore, and the Spanish at her
mzzen, announced its determination also to adhere
to the ronuncamenfo. In the city of Vera Cruz oc-
CURED the only resistance we have heard OF. This
city ia garrisoned by two thousand troops, One
hundred of this number, with colonel at their head,
stood fast by the government, took up their arms
and marched out OF their barracks, firing volley
they passed upon those who remained, and killing
a captain and Two soldiers. They then formed in
public square TO consider what course they
should pursue. But finding themselves alone in
their struggle against the popular current, they
tnued their march, and strange to say, were per-
mtted to do 80, unmoested, into the open coun-
try; ....,,- =, IL. ,..;,., - -.
country. The administration Of General Herrera,
who succeeded Santa Ana, having continued just
one year ! To show you how much the arrival of
Mr.. Sldell had to do with bringing things to a cri-
Sis extract the following paragraph from the
iest o. the garrison at Tamplco, announcing their
adhesion to the movement Of Paroles.
The officers here assembled are convinced that
the administration does not intend to prosecute the
war against Texas, thus setting defiance the will
Of the nation, and that with the greatest assurance
in the face Of the whole people, is actually treat
ing with the government of the United States for
the sale of Texas and for aught we know, the Cal
flor Mas also; and that therefore il behooves the
my and the people to depose an administration
which has so little regard to the national honor
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