Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-05-09

esting details that We deem il worthy to he
republished, and read by every man who
wisheB to see the State of affairs portrayed in
Ia its proper light
THE MEXICAN WAR.
Now that hostilittes have actually begun
that food has been B~ptlledzthat the United
States territory has been invaded-that the
Mekieans have invested An American army
upon our own soil, and the hrBt blow has
been stricken by the enemy. we trust TO heal
no mote prating about magnanimity-ho
more homihes upon the virtue Of fBtbeafBhte
towards a Wanting and imbeeile foe. There
IL no problem IN mathematics more abso.
latelg demonstrable than The imppssibilty Of
having a good understanding with Mexico
before giving her a sound clubbing. Aforay
upon her border, descent upon one Of the from
tier provinces with ineohsidefable advBntas
gts, such al the rastng of Matampros Of the
capture Of any small army, will not answer.
The occasion requires a substantial and on.
ergetie invasion Of The richest and most pops
ulous districts. National character demands
that The seattle Of Battle be fen near the vitais
Of Mesiop,
When Americans speak efthe imbeettity Of
Mckee, they should first look at home, and
see If the term does not beat other mouths.
Let IA examine this matter and find cut If IL
becomes US 10 renroaeh that nation with a
lack ofsptrtt OF deficiency In prowesE.
Since The accomplishment of the Texas 70.
v%uiution, Mexico has made the peFfdy OF The
United States a theme Of constant and bitter
denuuniation, This language she has been
careful 10 bring 10 our knowledge. She has
thrust Il into the ears Of our Ministers, bel.
t1HVaJ II Ia the las -. - af Fta ntUfIt1aI ,s4nril
aud snubbed the United States Secretary Of
State, and even the President himself, with
CALLING repetition Of It, To this the reply has
been, 'Hhe Is a week and vain.glorious PEG.
pie and ought to be allowed to talk" Our
rountrymen settled down in the opinion that
il was maghanimous 10 permit her TO rail-, and
~ her offensive Trades have been reuuited
with most admired indifference. She contin.
ued her denunciatiuns against Us, but by way
of relieving them Of the monotony Of mere To-
gomaehy, made most thufderous forays upon
Texas, in which she occasionally picked up
United States citizens travelling in That uoun.
try upon private business aud under the sane
ton Of a formal government. The United
States Government at one time gathered
spirit to protest against those batbarous on
slaughts but Boncanegra, the Mexican Min
lister Of Foreign Affairs. answered Mr.. Web
ster in a strain Of such insoleuee and defiance
that the American Secretary replied In a long
despatch, which was regarded dy amateurs In
diplomatic correspondence as an admirable
composition in English. This is alt we did.
Il is scarcely necessary 10 review the
passages that have taken place between
the two governments since the Annexation
Of Texas became a matter of public con.
sideration. The circumstances are too
recent to have been forgotten, and are
quite too humiliating to he dwelt upon Tin.
necessarily. Insult in every form Of Ian
guoge hns been heaped upon us. Our
public Ministers have been robbed hy ban.
ditti, in all probability set upon them by
Mexican officials. All intercourse was
peremptorily suspended between the two
countries /; and when the United States
sent a plenipotentiary there to renew
intercourse, he was refused re-
cognition and packed home with affected
courtesy, notwithstanding the mission was
got up upon IN express understanding be-
tween the parties. In all these transac.
Mexico has been the assailant, the
United States the sufferer. The viler the
and the more humiliating the in
suits of Mexico, the sublimer, the magma.
of the United States expended. In
fact, the country is bursting with the big.
of its own dignity.
True, we have had ships of war Mt Sac
and an army at tho mouth of the
.ueces, but not a blow has been struck to
resent insult. Our army has been ordered
o the Rio Grande-but what to dol The I,
.exicans have taken it as a part of our
nagnanimous policy to send troops to a
,oint more convenient for them to surround
md they have surrounded them. They
lave crossed the line in force-now skirt
he camp, pick off attachments and mur-
Ter single individuals who venture beyond
he Notifications. Taking this homeIy. {
atter-offact-view Of the past, which OIL
he two countries has the better right to /
barge the other with ~pusillanimity? 2
We are speaking now Of historical facts. u
ince the disintegration of Texas, what c
ave been the comparative successes of the ii
Iexican and American racesf The Tex n
rs have crossed the Rio Grande twice: W
nee as allies of a Northern revolutionary is
lnsement, and another tinTe as INVADERS m
That was the result Of those expeditionsl "
he first was wasted by treachery, the sec ii
IL utterly cut To pieces. The Santa Fe
,peditioa-a third expeditfon-crossed the ec
Ia Grande as prisoners. pc
Texas, however, has done better than W
E United States. That republic, whilst 70
t IN swaddling clothes, made battle, whilst th
E United States, fll grown, robustious w
d pletfioric to obesity, makes overtures- ur
tries to, so we viii take the will for the tet
ed. The nearest we have come to ma an
Il battle has been 70 supply The Mexican Or