The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1846-12-25

western IrOnlleF OF 1eAdSg 10 plOl6St nAN
defend the inhabitants sgains THE menaced
invasion Of Mexico In that message Inc
formed Congress that the moments the terms
If annexation offered by. the United States
should be accepted BY Texas, the latter be
came so far part of our own country as TO
make il our 10 afford such election and de.
fence; and that for that purpose our squads |
fon had been ordered TO the Gulf, and our
army to "take position between the Nueces
and the Del Norle,n OF Rio Grande, and to |
"repel any invasion OF the Texan territory |
which might he attempted by the Mexican
forces"
Ii was deemed proper 10 issue this order
because soon after, The President Of Texas,
in April, l645, had issued mis- proclamation
converting the Congress Of that public, for
the purpose of submitting to that body the
terms OF annexation proposed by the United
State the Mexican government made serious
threats of invading the Texan territory
These threats became more imposing as it
Dacane more apparent, IN the progress
of The question, that the people of Texas
would decide in favor Of accepting the terms
of annextion; and, finally, they had assumed
such formidable character as induced both
the Congress and convention Of Texas 10
rcquest that military force should he sent
by the United States into her territory for
tho purpose of protecting and defending her
against the threatened nvasi a. It would
have been violation Of good faith towards
the people of Texas TO have refused to afford
the aid which :hey desired against throat
ened invasion, to which they had been ex-
posed by their free determination 10 annex
themselves 10 our Union. in compliance with
rhe overture made TO them by the JONI es>
olu,ion Of our Congress.
, Accordingly portion of the army was or.
, deTed 10 advance into Texas, Corpus Christi
was the position selected by General Taylor
He encampeG at that place in August, 1916
and the army remained in that position Until
the tn Of March, 1916, when it moved
westward, on the 2sth Of that month reach,
ed the east bank oflhe Rio Grande, opposite
: 10 Matamoras. This movement was made
8 in pursuance Of orders from the War Depart
\ meni, issued on the 18Th January, 1915
} Before these orders were issued, the despatch
: of our minister in Mexico, transmitting Tx
r decision of the Council Of Government o
n Mexico, advising that he should not be re-
I ceived, and also The dispatches of our con,
: sui, received in the city Of Mexico-the for
8 mer bearing date on the 18th and the latte
a on tho 18th of December, 1916, copies G
both Of which accompanied my message L
d Congress on the 18th Of May lasi-weTe re
k ceived at the Department Of State. Thes
communications re ndercd it highly probable
n ifnol absolutely certain, that our minste
e would not be received by the Government
g, of Herrra Ii was also we'll known that BIZ
A little hope could be entertained Of diffe
X ent result from Gen. Paroles in case til
IS revolutionary movement which he was pros
IS scouting should provo successful as va
Is highly probable The paTtisans Of Parede
e as our minister. in the despatch referred L
d states, treathed the tiercest hostility againl
@ the United States, denounced the propose
IS negotiation as treason, and openly called uE
G. on the troops ard the people TO put dow
n the Government of Herrera by force. TIL
n re-conquest OF Texas and war with the I'm
ID ted Stares were openly threatened. Thes
Is were the circumstances existing, when
d was deemed proper to order the army undt
IS the command of General Taylor to advunc
D to the western frontier # Texas, and occu
a py position on or near the Rio Grande.
re Tho apprehensicns of a contemplate
|
i by the event. The determination of Mex
d co to rush into hostlities with the Unite
n States was afterwards manifested from ii
;. whole tenor Of the note of the Mexican Nil
d lister Of Foreign Affairs 70 our Minister. bea
e ing date on the 18th March 1876. Parede
e had then revolutionized the Government, an
) bis minister after referring 10 the resolutio
y for the annexation Of Texas, which had bee
adopted By our Congress in March, l64!
i proceeds 10 declare, ''that fact such as II
Il or 10 speak with greater exactness, so not
e bic an act Of usuFpaton created an imper
n Gus necessity that Mexico, for her own hor
n or, should repel il with proper frmness an
y dignity. Tue Supreme Government ha
is beforehand declared that it would look upo
N such IN act as a casus bell and, as a COZ
L. sequence of this declaration, negotiation wa
h by its very nature at an end, and war wa
'e the only recourse of the Mexican Govern
ii ment.
81 II appears also, that on the fourth of Apr
1t following General Paredes, through his Mir
e lister of War, issued orders TO the Mexica
IS general in command on the Texan frontlt
ID 10 "altack our army by every means whic
le war permits" To this Gen. Paroles hat
Or been pledged TO the army and people (
r Mexico during the revolution which ha
IS brought him iuto power. On the 18Th of Ar
ST 1910, Gen. Paroles addressed a letter to th
commander on that frontier, in which h
ie stated 10 him ga! the present date tsuppos
ID gou at the head Of that valiant army, eithe
r Sighting already or preparing for a campaign
g. aud suppoSng you already on the theatre {
oti operations, and with all the forces assemble
is tits indispensable that hostiities be con
l; menced, yourseslf taking the Initiative
a against the enemy"
err The movement Of our army TO the RI
or Grande was made By the commanding geI
y eral under positive orders TO abstain from a
a aggressive acts towards Mexico or Mexica
! citizens, and to regard relations betwee