The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1846-12-30
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Government Of GeneralfH Herrera. Il was
ialso well kno wn$ that but little hope could
be aniertained,ofaa different tssresujt5dfron,
ilienerPl ;Paredes, an case thelrevoluiionary
meYemeDtwhich heWas prosecuting should
lproye isnc ccessful. as was highly probable.
;Fhs pa rtisans of PaEedss;l as our; winisier;
in Ile, referred Ia, states, breath ;
ed lle fefcesi hostility against the United
States s,denounced,t he proposed negpliaiion
US trseason,o and openly called upon The
troops and The people to put down,the Gov.
ernment of Herrera by force. The recon
lquest Of Texas, AMI war with The United
States. were the escircumstances existing,
when. twas deemed proper tn ordcn1thd
Iarmy.anderalhe command. Of G enerala lay
orss totadyances to ,,he western frontier or
Texas, and occupy q pasi.ion on or, near
the Rio Grapde. ,;,f sas .s.;s hcs .,.7e.. /
The appEehensions Of q; contemplated
Mexican. asion; have been since fully
Justified by The event. The de.ef,pinaiior
Of Mexico 10 rush INTO hostililies With The
United States was ,afterw1rd manifested
from the whole tcrorlof The note of, The
Mexican Minister Of Foreign Affairs Is ibi our
minister, bearing date Of Tic twelfth 'of
March, 1916, j, Paredes had then rcvolu!
|lionizel the government md his, minister,
after referring to the resolution for annex
alton Of Texas, which had been ndop,edby
our Congress in March 1s45, proceeds 10
declare that "u fac. such as this. or, to
speak with greater exactness, so notable
an ,act Of usurPallon, created an iImperious
necessity that Mexico, for her own honor,
should repcl It with proper firmness ard
dignity: ,l'he Supreme Goyernment had
beforehand declaredlhal IL would look Up!
on suchan act as casus bflii3 and, US us d
consequence or this DECLARATION. negg1atiia4
tion was BY its very nature, u, an end, antl
war was the only recourse Of the nj exican,
government" t'Es s." ziie 'e s2- ''si
II appears, alsp, that on the, fourth Of
April following, General Paredes lhrough
his minister Of war, issued orders 10 the
Mexican General in command OH The Tex!
an frontier to "at.ack our army ~ eY-
iery means Which war permits" TO This
Gen. Paredes had Been pledged to The army
and people Of Mexico during the military
revolution which had brought him into
power. On The eighteenth Of April, lS46,l
General Paredes addressed a letter 10 the
commander on that frontier, in which he
stated 10, him cat the present date sup
pose you nre at the head Of that valiant
army, either fighting already, or prepar-
F.,
and, supposing you already on the lhea.;
ussembled,it it is Indispensable thai hostili,ies
be commenced. yourself taking the inltia-
tive against the enemy" " s1t
The movement of our armyto the, Rio
Grande was made by the commanding gen
erul under positive orders to abstain from
all aggressive acts towards Mexico, or
I nd To Il n
tions between the two countries as ,peac G.
full. unless Mexico should declare war, or
comm: acts Of hostility indicative or a
state OF war; and these orders he faithful
ly executed. Whilst occupying his posi-.
,ion OH the cas-, bank Of Tie Rio Grandc,
within the limits Of Texas. then recently
admitted as one Of the States, Of our Uni
ON, the commanding general Of The Mexi-
ca n forces, WHO in pursuance Of The orders
Of his government, hadcollecled large ar
my on the opposite shore Of The 40
Grande, crossed tho river, invaded our ter
ritory.and commenced hosllilies by attack
ing our forces. r ia .,5 r
Thus, after all The injuries which we had
received and borne from NJ Mcxico, and after
she had insullingly rejected minister sent
TO her on a mission Of peace, and whom
she had solcmnly agreed 10 receive she
consummated her long ecoursc Of outrage
against ourscountry by Commencing an Of.
fensive war and shedding the blood Of our
citizens on our ownsoil.
The United States never attempted to
acquire Texas by conquest. On The con-
lrary. at an early period after the people
|of Texas had achieved their independence,
they sought 10 be annexed to The Unitcd
States. Al general election in Septem-
ber. 1886, they decided with great unanim.
|ity in favor OF /" annexation" and in No.
vember following, the Congress Of The re-
public authorized the appointment Of u
minister to bear their request 10 This gov
crnment. This government, however,
having remained neutral between Texas
and Mexico during the war between them
and considering il due to the honor Of our
country and our fame among the na tions
Of the earth, that we should not III this
early period consent to annexation, nor
until it should be manifest TO the whole
world that the rcconquest of Texas by
Mexico, was impossible, refused TO accedc
10 the ovcrlurcs made by Texas. On the
l2,h Of April, 1914. and after more than
seven years had elapsed since Texas had
established her independence, treaty was
concluded for the annexation OF that re-
public TO the United States, which was re-
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