American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-01-21
From the New Orleans Picayune.]
A MEXICAN'S VIEW OF MEXICO

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A gentleman has furnished us with trans
latlon of an article which he found in late
number of "La Vo= del Pueblo" paper pub
lished in the city of Mexico. 1t is manifestly a
clever performance, and, if we do not mistake
there turks deeper meaning beneath its plau
sbe surface than will at first strike the reader
We very gladly give it place:
The pen of Jeremiah could not adequately
describe the fearful ravages recently committed
by the wild savages on our frontier settlements
We have received papers from Saltllo, Monte,
rey, Durango and Zacatecas. In those depart
Tnents the knife and the frebrand turn entire
villages into rivers of blood and heaps of ashes
There are constantly enacted those frghttu
tragedies so often noticed, so often amentcd
there are felt the awful effects of that guilty
neglect, that deadly apathy, that lethargic
slumber OF our government living shame
10 civilization, to religion, to humanity-the
the wretched inhabitants pray with imposing
looks, but alas! in vain, for protecting arm to
save their wives and daughters from pollution
and murder Year follows year and brings no
relief no respite to the dreadful sacrifice OF
thousands Of human victims. The press of the
Departments sxflled with applications to put
stop to such atrocities,-but they fall on deal
ears; meanwhile, tributes, monopolies and GUS
tom-houses are kept in full force. Curse upon it!
Under what other Government could people
be so wretched? No step is taken, no provi-
sons made by those in power, indicating that
even passing thought is given to such trlbu-
laton.
Texas is gone-gOne forever and beye,d re-
denptton to our natural enemies, the Anglo
Americans, who know but too well how to es-
innate us at our ust value. Let us not be de-
ceived by the promised vindcaton of our
rights, so pompously paraded in public speech
es and official documents Our threats are pa
per threats, as was justly observed by of the
boldest statesmen in the neighboring Republic.
Texas, we repeat it, is lost to Mexico and here
we are forced to a confesson-a bitter one, in
deed. That Department, wrested from us by
an act of usurpation aud perfidy never before
equalled, will at once start on a new career OF
improvement and prosperity-safc from savage
nroads, arbitrary eXactions, unjust prohibitions
and monopolies, fertile soil will plentifuIly re-
ward the honest labor of the husbandman, the
mechanic arts will flourish, each citizen will be
free TO arm himself for his own and his coun-
trys defence, and each will have the right to
practise, unmolested, the religion which his
conscience dictates. Texas, by renouncng her
separate sovereignty, will cease to be, as here
totore, a country of outlaws, and become part
OF powerful nation, whose growing prosper
ity will shed its benehceut influence over the
new territory. Such is the destiny of that De-
partment, severed from lis and now forming
part of the American Union. The tendency
of an example so pernlcous is clear to all.
The numerous towns composing the Depart
ment so exposed to the depreciation of the In
dians, have become weary of supplicating in
vain for Professionalism power of endurance
IS exhausted and the spirit of nationality
which binds them to the Mexican Republic is
well nigh extnguished. Indeed when they
contrast their present destitute situation, the
dreadful future which awaits them, crushed
under the burthen Of taxation in every form,
IN daily dread of savage attacks--when they
contrast all this with the blessings Of safety
and plenty, the secure tenure of property, the
freedom of trade SO essential to develope the re-
sources of young people, all based upon in
) sttutions truly republican, it requires no pro-
phet to foretell the consequences.
We say it from the bottom Of our heart, that
we feel an indescribable aversion to the Anglo
American race, attributable, no doubt, to the
many and unmerited outrages suffered at their
hands; and if ever our country, sinking deeper
and deeper, were doomed 10 lose its independ-
ence, and we were so unfortunate as to live to
the Mahomedan yoke, rather bend our neck
under the scmitar of the children Of lshmael,
than see the odious stars and stripes waving
over our cupolas
But it were vain to attempt to stay the des-
tiny which impels our beloved country. We
see that Texas is not the only loss which
threatens the Republic. Tamaulipas, New
Leon Coahuilo, New Mexico, chihuahua, Du-
range, Zacatecas and San Luis are threatened
with a dreadful end. 1t has long since been
proposed, as desperate alternative, to estab-
llsh Northern Mexican Republic. The scheme
is kept alive, whilst the reasons which gave
birth to it are daily acquiring more weight
all hopes Of a less deplorable state of things
being annihilated. A powerful and sagacous
nation, profting by our dissentions, already
stretches out her hand to seize the prize. The
example of Texas holds out good prospects OF
success; and whilst the savages are strewing
the ground with the bleeding limbs of our bre-
thren, robblng our women of their honor, and
firing our towns, there are in those Depart
ments numbers of influential men, rendered
, perfectly desperate by their misfortunes, who
are ready to change their nationality. And
what does the Government The Govern.
ment is defunct-the consequences are obvious