American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-07-29

4 PROCLAMATION OF GEN. TAYLOR TO THE
MExIcANs. The following proclamation, ad-
dressed by Gen. Tay lor to the people of Mexi-
CO, was crowded out of yesterdays paper:
To the People of .Mtnco. After many years
of patient endurance, the United States are at
length constrained to acknowledge, that war
now exists between our government and the
government of Mexico. For many years our
citizens have been subjected to repeated insults
and injuries, our vessels and cargoes have been
seized and confscated, our merchants have been
plundered, manned, imprisoned, without cause,
and without reparaton. At length your gov
eminent acknowledged the justice ofour claims,
and agreed by treaty to make satisfaction, by
payment of several million of dollars; but this
treaty has been violated by your rulers, and the
stipulated payments have been withheld Our
late effort to terminate all difficulties by peace
ful negotiation, has been rejected by the Dicta-
tor Paroles, and our Minister of peace, whom
your rulers had agreed to receive, has been re-
fused hearing. He has been treated with in
dignity and insult, and Paredes has announced
that war exists between u.s. This war, thus
first proclaimed by him, has been acknowledge
ed as an existing fact by our President and
Congress, with perfect unanimity, and will be
prosecuted with vigor and energy against
your army and rulers; but hose of the Mexi-
can people who remain neutral will not be mo-
Tested.
Your government is in the hands of tyrants
and usurpeIs. They have abolished your State
governments, they have overthrown your fede-
raj constitution, they have deprived you of the
right of suffrage, destroyed the liberty of the
press, despoiled you of your arms, and reduced
you to a state of absolute dependence upon the
power of a military Dictator. Your army and
rulers extort from the people by grevous taxa
ton, by forced loans, and military seizures, the
very money which sustains the usurpers in
power. Being disarmed, you were left defence
less, an easy prey to the savage Camanches,
who not only destroy your lives and property,
but drive into captivity, more horrible than
death itself, your wives and children. 1t is
your military rulers who have reduced you to
this deplorable condition. 1t is these tyrants,
and their corrupt and cruel satellites, gorged
with the peoples treasure, by whom you are
thus oppressed and impoverished some of
whom have boldly advocated monarchical
government, and would place a European
Prince upon the throne of Mexico. We come
to obtain reparation for repeated wrongs and
injuries; we come to obtain indemnity for the
past, and security for the future; we come to
ON6IlIlIOW tlIS Ny EdILS WuO nave ubSLTOycu YOUR
liberties, but we come to make no war upon the
, people OF Mexico, nor upon any form of free
gevernmentthey may choose to select for them
selves 1t is our wish to see you liberated from
despots, to drive back the savage Camanches
} to prevent the renewal of their assaults, and to
, compel them to restore to you from captivity,
t your long lost wives and children. Your reli-
gion, your affairs and churches, the property OF
your churches and citizens, the emblems OF
t your faith and ministers shall be protected, and
remain invoate Hundreds of our army, and
hundreds and thousands of our people, are
I members of the Catholic Church. In every
State, and in nearly every city and village OF
our Union, Catholic Churches exist, and the
5 Priests perform their holy functions, in peace
3! and security, under the sacred guarantee of our
constitution. We come among the people OF
4 Mexico as friends and republican brethren, and
e all who receive us as such, shall be Protected,
whilst all who are seduced into the army oil
G your Dictator, shall be treated as enemies We
! shall want from you nothing bnt food for our
4 army, and for this you shall always be paid in
: cash the full value. 1t is the settled policy Of
b your tyrants to deceive you in regard to the
e policy and character of our government anc
s people. These tyrants fear the example of oui
d free institutions, and constantly endeavor tc
u 'ioiNP o9SiI cut pui POSeSJ ullu lupHe YOU VIII
II hatred for your republican brethren of the Anne
: rican Union. Give US but the opportunity tC
: undeceive you, and you will soon learn tina
j all the representations Of Paroles were false
Vt and were only made to induce you to consen
n to the establishment of a despotc government
In you rstruggle for liberty with the Spanisl
g Monarchy, thousands Of our countrymen rsket
9 their lives and shed their blood in your defence
g Our own Commodore, the gallant Porter, main
: tanned in triumph your flag upon the ocean
g and our Government was the fist to acknow
o ledge your independence. With pride and plea
g sure we enrolled your name on the list Of indie
g pendent Republics, and sincerely desired tina
Q you might in peace and prosperity enjoy al
Q the blessings of free government. Success or
the part of your tyrants against the army of the
$ Union is impossible, but if they could succeed
it would Only be to enable them to fill you
It towns with their soldiers, eating out your sub
stance, and harrassing you with still more
grievous taxation. Already they have abolish
ed the liberty of the press, the first step to-
t wards the introduction Of that Monarchy
t which 1t is their real purpose to proclaim ane
U establish
: Mexicans, we must treat as enemies and
d overthrow the tyrants, who whilst they have
r wronged and insulted us, have deprived you o
your liberty, but the Mexican people, who re
main neutral during the contest, shall be pro
tected against their military despots, by thu
It Republican Army Of the Union.
4. TAYLOR,
D Brevet Maj. Genl. U. s. A. Comd'g.
Ma M H. Al