Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-01-29


/ MENlCO-Tbe yor dd Puebia. leading
Mexican paper, gives a sad picture OF the con
lditiOn oi that Republic. OF the aimni.tra-
ton q! the departments il says:
I The pen al jeremiah could not adequately
desciibc the fearful ravagcs recently commit.
Tod by the Wild sayagcs On ouT frontier settle
nrn,s. We have received papers from Saiillo,
! Monterey, Durango aAd Zacatacas. In those
I departments inc knife and the fipbfind turn
entire villages into rivers OF blood and heaps
oi ashes. There op constantly enacted those
irightiul tmsctics 80 often noticed. - often
b lanentcd. there are t'lt the awful effects OF
ol that guilty neglect, that deadly apa uIy, that
lcthargi. slumber Of our goycrnmcrI--a liv-
Icg shaulc 20 CivJHation. To religion, TO hui
mIiIiy -ihetc the wretchsd inhabitants prsy
with imposing looks. bat alas! ia vain. hos
projecting arm To save their " NCs and ,laugl =
tors from pollution anu murder. Year follows
ycaT and brings 40 relief. no respite To the
dTcadt6l sacrifice OF thousands ot human VIC
tins. The press oi the departments is filed
with SuppliCauUns To pot stop TO such afro
cites--but thcy iall ON deaf ears; meanwhile,
tubutcs, nonopolics aud custom houses are
KEEP, ia full ionUc.'
The annexation of Texas j. referred TO as a
thing beyond recall. Texas is gone" siys
THIS Mexican paper, ''gone forever aud beyond
redemption to o0T natuml enemies, the Anglo
/ Americans. who know bu, too well how TO
estimate Us at our true value" la view OF the
future destiny OF Texas "a a part OF the great
American Republic confession Is estoried
from the MeXicau journal, which it saws is a
bitter enc indeed, and adds
That Department, wr,stcd from us by ON
act of u.urpaiion aud pcrhdy never before
teqnallcd, viii at once star, OH new career OF
Improvements and proSpeuty-saie from saw
age inroads, arbitrary cxactions, unjust pro-
q hibitions aal monopC lies, fertile soil will
I pentIiully reward the honest labor Z, { the hus-
bandman, the mechanic arts will flourish.
each citizens will b. ircc TO arm himself for
las own and lbs comtry's defence. and each
VIII have the night 90 practice, unInolested, the
I religion which lis conscience dictates. Tex
as, Dy pinouncing her separate sovereignty.
I VIII cease TO b., % heretofore, country of
outlaws. and become a part OF a powerful ma :
ton, who's, growing prosperity will shed its
! bcuehCiCnt influence over the new territory. -
Such y the destiny OF that Department. sever
ell from us aud now forming part Of the Am
erican Y ior. The tendency ofBn example
80 pemicious l. clear To all
! This acknowledgment II followed by init
nations, open and without Concealment, that
| Texas j. not the only loss which threatens the
Mexican Republic. Tamaulipas, New Leon.
! Co,huila, New Mexico, Chihuahua, Durango,
Lacaiccas and san Luis, arc declared TO BE- in
a condition almost ripe for rcnouncing their
| conneAion with Mexico. The idea OF north
em Republic, 20 b. formed ont of these prov
inces, i, spoken OF a. design long entertain
Ell and now approaching consummation. The
weak men OF the central Government. its i'm
becility and corruption, lis Abandonment of
the Interests OF the departments, leaving them
exposed, delencelcss, 10 the attacks OF the In
diuns, and concerning itself with them only TO
levy contributions an1 exhaust their rcso urc =,
have well nigh eNtmgui,hed the sentiment OF
nationality among ths influential men of
northern Mexico, who are growing into the
con, lotion that no change can render their
condition worse. The eXamulc OF Texas
shows them that there is change which may
render their condition much better
Upon the whole il would seem that Mexi !
GO, incapable OF SELF government, OF scli-de- |
fence. without any principle OF unity, with !
out any sanative elements of virtue or vigor,
corrupt To the very core AMI torn by dissen-
sions, cannot much longer pursue even the
form and scmblan,e of nationality What
events her future history may disclose we
canno' undertake 10 predict; but that her ia
turc history will b. brief one without dig /
nifty or any manifestation ot greatness is as
certain a. that her hns! downfall will b. in.
glorious