Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-10-05
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.ho.NDIY MORNING.. OCT. 5. 1876.
TlIE MENICAN RESPONSE

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wire IL the tel tai Mexico decired entertaining any
overture fr Peace. un our land aad naval irc.. wen
wnhdn~n. The of.c,I organ broke its mysieriou,
slcnre, tie % u. and let US k,,w the real ,,,s
o the case-sz: thai lnr Governmental indeed thor.
be even dc frcio Government J1,, n,w-uj M,,,r,
without accepting rejecting the pr,p son fr n. MI.
alton, of suggesting any preliminary ship on our mari
had announreI It's mieatIin rerf the ov.r.ut. ,u,a
"hch inerls On The q Ii December rx,
In ano,b.r arHice. lhe Editor rrinalk-
Nv arr able IN tut an md. in "A M re explicit mua-
her Than we lave hllhlrto be, abb. Ia do II, all nys
and all doubt ab III t dispatches by ,,r Pfnctron
ihr p.rpdn1 PARA Taph gives the rue yeI.Iu If ,.
irii stcou the rtcls, iutm the Su,. nee whrh
has taken place between The Two republics We p,rs,rp
VII be made kn"wn at M dsianl day. The is, ul III.
matter Is, that The Ne Mean government ha, positive
" d'rined our o'rflnfe--1pf has stt accepted up,n
c"ndlllons-shr Asn'lt,r refused nor arcrpr-n ii su,
has rttffed our proposition Ia HE constituent Cununs,
:" December, Ia decide the wh"lr lrslluh.
I'VE unable II say how lar Santa Anna parficp,
ted ~ lhS answer. WE undo rSand itis f..ly ~.
transmitted by General r. lhe Secretary ri Fr,,oo
At,lTs and III unly ahi DAYS elapsed rlNrru IN, ~.
cep :" the eltr al Secretary al Stale and lh- r.p,y
oi hc NJ X can m'nsle Bal though Sin'a Anna p,nh
no have h'en consulted ab 'ut The iorn al reply ,.t
The chafactrfW II seenS 10 correspond the general
pHrclPr " hr hr Processes 10 have laid Down for hun
Selt-nl uro"lng himself upon HE shes OF The p,,-
pie aud Ui The Constituent Gong Tess
We Lad u night 10 expect frank and prenp, answer
10 oar LIBERAL answer 10 our liberal ahd aratnaus prop
silun III nreoarIun. int he .nu Mexican uoy.,n.
mebi drrines 10 With The advice and concurrence
81 the Congress al De 'ember. hus three II ouils will
tlap between lhelI letter and The meeting o Conrr ,ss
How l''nI they SPIN ou their jlscnssiou fore hry
adv Sc the executive government. man can conIr-
lure Another nnnlh perhap might pass by. And
thus should have irui months consumed in ld. and
unavalng prorrastlnatn. This is sur ~ in he usual
dllatory yle # Mex lean neeolaiIor. Bn, in the mean
time, What sagarlous WiIlIcan hesitate as Ia HE
courSr Inch uaht 10 pursue"
Tie iii nal organ is Doubtless inuc,, bet or aco,,n
ted than We pretend 10 be-, with lhs terms of the com
pac, between and Santa Anna by which
he was permitted 10 enter bockaded port We cannn,
>ay how far Sana Anna may have pledged himself 10
make leace immediately upon his landing. Saeaeiou,
he Is it is hardly be prrSnm,l. however lial he
would render hIasei ob Of dl,lris 10 hi, cnun.
'rymen, by prompt negotiation with The ppa or wheel,
they feared and hated and the connivancr of " hch
his return 10 NJ roiurnshrd such reasonable ground
fr suspicion of con-on We cannot therefore say.
With he Union, Mat I'VE had right expect frank
and p,onp answer onr liberal and pratnltous promo,
position for negorlaon." The history If all our nepo.
afonS win Nj xico. und,r successive Adminsra IONS
shows that irtnkness and prnmptule the nation
al characteristics, and that frankne-s is
PERSONAL attribute Of Santa Auna. We a,e not dlsap
pointed, therefore, in The receivrd
We think in entire conturniiy with the principles
laid down Tor his guidance by Santa Anna To submit ry
cry thing 10 I've hlonal Mil. as manifested in Gun.
>irueat Congress- fairy chosen. We do see inIee
IN his present critical safe, What else he could do We
believe he Is disposed for pence and that he viii
'nIh his prcges. II Is apparent. however, that 10
mnInalo his ascendenry and 10 increase his Influence he
must hnmur the rrevan. temper III The people and
cne the Army, and To these Is k bitterly and with
more than MeNlcan grandogpr0re abmt ihs graspin!
ambition aud perhdy Ut the North Americans. t. this
necessity, Ne refer his late procamaliun The Array.
wherein he talks about defending. the saceI rights u
natio ANY, aad promises that The Nation shall BE-
Told vlndlrat"d Tor HE numerous onraees she has
'aned9 Aud To his We also refer the plriotIc eHh"r
laonS 10 the people oi the NJ xicah lfnas in his inter.
Isl 10 ,ll back the tide ofcntqaes and yahr laur-is
upon the banks Of The S,biue. Advances muu be
'ade Tor his peculiar position. We believe h. sincerely
wishes ir peace. ard Mil 10 what he can to ats in il
but, ii peace be- Incompatible with The preservation Of h,
power, neither his pledges Government, nor his
'e"se o. Ills which aw All his connry from the prosecn-
non o the war. will avail 10 hasten paclfca,n Santa
Anna's patriotism runs parallel with his sefhness and
ambition.
We may not then expect dcfiniivp answer to or
poslon before the last of January il indeed $, early
Prudence and sell respect require That host ,s shnuIl
IN the meantime, be vigorously prosecuted signal
defeat o the Mexican Army and little appearance at
activity IN our sqnalmn. would he the best possible me-
raj suasion IN favor OF immediate pacifcaon The
squadron IN the gulf far has done considerably wore
than nothing. We do not blame the Comm .ander We
think Commodore Conner has been hardly dealt with by
he and off ,rs under his command who write ft
he press. His inactivity may have been the result Of
sr'ct"nS. II ST., 1t Is high lime different policy
should be pursued. Let the Government fiji out with all
possible desl a'eh, two three slips oI the line and
make an attack upon San Juan de Ulloa Every town
IN the Mexican coast, worth p0ssessnu might long
since have been taken II one-'enrh part of the money,
slnandeIed upon the volunteer forces had br,n spent up
on eqnlpPlng squadron sufficiently strong. We re-
gard the attempt Ia reach Mexico by the route of Mon
'erey, as utterly furile, and have ue idea it will be
pfosernrd. II would have cost far less 10 place Gen.
hyloTS Army at Ianpco ihan Al Gawargo, whilst It
would have been within less than half the distance r.
The apal that il nnw is; and wnnId have been far
more accessible 10 supplies from Nv OrI.ans II the
INVASION OF central Mexico is seriously contemplated. We
have no doubt Cen Taylor will yet have 10 change his
plan Of operations
/ he necessity of prompt aciiun is ncncated by the
limited period ir which the volunteers entered the SET
vice II Is apparent that reliance can be placed up.
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