Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-05-20

Texas had determined, in accordancelWiitrr
a soIemnresolulion Of The Cong reas,ofihe :
Unitad States. 10 annex slierself TO- sours.
Union and, under lEese seircnmsta tanesss
il was plainly our duty 10, e1tenl our pros
tecIion over; her citizens aud soll
This force was conceniraled of Corpus,
Christi, and remained ihere until aftersIB
had received 5snch: Inflammation from lexys
leo as rendered i. probable. if moi cetiaiD:e;
that he Mexicans government; would dIesis
fuse to receive our envoy. ~
Meantime, Texas, by the fnal saciion off,
our Congress, had become an integr part Z
of our Union. Tie Congress of 3EexasR
by us Act of December 18Th, 1896 hads
declared tic Rio del Norie % be The bpnps
darv of ,ha, republic. Its Jurisdiction had !
been extended aud exercised beyond llhel,
Nueces. The country between TINT river
aud the Del Norte had heenrepresentedsi dsins
the Congress an,i in the Convention s0f,
Texas. had thus taken part in the 4actsof Z
annexation itself aud is now included
within one Of our Congressional districiss
Our own Congress had, moreover, With {
great tnanimiiy.b by the ACT approved Des;
cember 3lsi,, iS45, recognized ihet tcouu Il.
try beyond The Nueces as apart ffo1rsss
territory by including itawitbius sonr owp9
revenue system and a atreyeniie officer stDa.
reside within that district, has beeDap
pointed by ard with the advice and scon-f,
sent of The Senale. 1t became, therefore
of urgent necessity to provide for The de-
fehce Of tIla, portion Of our country. sAc-:S
cordingly, OF, the thirteenth Of January
last instructions were issued to,hesgeneralr-
in command Of these troops 10 occupyis,
The left bank of the Del N0rte. Thlss,
river-which is the southwestern boundary )
ofthe State Of Texas----is an exposed fron-;i
lier. From thia quarter invasion was 2
threatened upon j, and in lis immediate
vicinity, in the judgment Of high military
experience, are The proper stations for thea'
protecting forces Of the Governmental liias
addilioti to this Important considerations &
several others occurred to induce siheii
movement. Among these are the, faciliss
tiles afforded by the ports offBrazos;S Sem
tiago and the moth Of the Del Norte for
The reception of supplies by sea, the stron:.;
ger aud more heallllful,military Positions
The convenience FOR obi blaiuing a ready and
more abundan, supply of.provisions, ,asa-Ss
Ter, fuel, and forage. and The adyantagess;s
which are offered by The Del Nofte in for
wardins supplies ioisuch posts az maybe p
established in the interior and Upon the
Indian frontier. ..i 80. -. Is:
The movement of the troops TO tire Dell;
Norlc was made by the commanding gem
eral, under positive Instructions 10 abstain
from all aggressive acts towards Mexir6,o orr:
Mexican citizens, and to regard thefela-
lions between that republic and the United
States as peaceful, unless: she should sde-a
clare war, or commi, actssof hostllitysindiSs
cative Of state, OF war. Heswas speciaIst
iy directed to prolect private property andS
respec, personal rights, 8 rs. ~ ;sass:t;
The drnysInoyed from Corpus Christi
on the II!il Of March, and on be:25aIbf.s
that month arrived ON the Ieflbank fofstegfl
Del Nprie, opposite -hlalamoras wherssit 81
5encanped on q conn, ,andip Rpslt tipIi,s
siyhictl5has sine been ssireYs he9edE lSss
erec. ion al ks 8 ~
been estaBi Biished az 'oint sIsslss near sf5B
Bfazos Santiago, thirty miles iii rearsnfs;,
the ,encampiment.s me selecfioh ID his.
position! was necessarily conliaed 10 thai,
judsneD, Of llle.general in command.
The Mexican forces at Matimor6s as;
sumed belligerent attitude, aud on thess
9Th Of April, General Ainpudla; thhsn in :
command, notified General Taylor 10. .
break up his camp within twenty -four
hnIrs, aud 10 retire beyond lhe:. Niiecsss
,;,o. ,I,n% ~, a,,I ,,fEI,.
comply witb:these demands. announced I
that arms. and arms alone, must decide y
The question. But NO open act of hostility
was committed until the twenty fourth ofs
April. On lha, day, General Arista, who.
had succeeded to the command Of tho
Mexican forces, comm unicated to General
Taylor. that "he considered hoslililies =
commenced and should prosecute llem.M'E
A party of dfaSooTs OF sixty three men.
aud officers were Oh the same day deg
patched from the American camp up the
Rio del Norte, on its sIefi bank, to ascer- (
tain whether the Mexican,roops had eros :.
scd, or were preparing 10 cross the river, l.
became engaged with a large body of {.
these Ironps, aud after short affair, in :,
which some sixteen were killed and weun- !,
ded, appear to have been surrounded and !.
compelled to surrender - g
The srievous wrongs perpe:rated by
MEXICO upon ouracltizens throughout a
long period Of years, remain unredressed; &
aud sulemn treaties, ,pledgiue. .,hers public
faith for luis redress, has been disregarded:F7
A government either unable or unwilling
to enforce The execution Of such. treaties ;;
fails to perform one Of lis plainest dulies. Z
Our commerce with Mexico has been Z
almost annhilated. .lt:was formerly high 4
ly beneficial to bothnaiions but our mer-SS:
chants have been deferred from prosecuting
il by the system of outrage and cxtottion
which the Mexican authorities have pur.
sued agains, them, whilst their appeals /
through their own government for ,inden-s