Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-12-17


vi 10 bdofd the Aid OLioh hey dc,f,d
against a thfcslencd invasion. to which
hey had been opposed BY their free ter.
mtnaiion 10 sbnei ihemselvrs 10 our Union
10 compliance with The overture made 10
ilern by The joint resoluion Of our Con
gtc,s
Accordingly portion a. the army was
oftefod 10 advance in'o 1'cI~ Corpu;
ChuHi Was the position selected hy G,ncr
al Taylor. Tie ,uenmp,! at that place IA
Aog0st lSij enJ lie army remained ~
that position until the In Of March, lSiG
whsn II moved weaWatI aud Gn The 2s'h
81 that month, r~nchtd the east bank ol he
RIO Grandr opposite Mstanotas. THIS
fnovemen, was msdr IN pursuance Of orders
from tho War Tsparm'ut rsu'd on the
/ 18Th Of January 1916
Is, fore ihc,e ofteis were i"Uc1, The drs
patch OF one OF our miniScfs N Mexico
transmitting The decision Of the Council OF
} Ouvcrnmen, OF MrSieo, advising that hc
should not be received ond also the dcs
pa'eb Of our consul residing q, the city Of
Mexieo--the former bearing date tho l7th.
end the lsi,er the 18Th Of December, Io45,
i eaSsf. . - L<sh ~ .~k.-L-----s-sys-ssns my
messnge 10 Congress Of the l2th OF May
lest were received o, the DEPARTMENT OF
State These communications rendered it
highly probable II not absolutely certain
that our N lnster wO'J not be received by the
/ Governmen, OF Gcneral Hcrrcta. 1t was
also we'll known that but llulc hope could
be entertained Of a different result from
Genera Parades 10 case Of the revolution.
ary movement which he was ptosec uling
should prove successful, as was highly
probable.
The partisan, Of Parades, as our minis.
ter IN the despatch referred to states, breath
I'd the 6crccsi hostility agains, the United
States. denounced The proposed negotiation
as treason, AMI openly called upon the
troops and the people to pu, down the gov.
eminent OF Herrera by Iorce. The recon.
quest Of Texas, and war with the United
Sth'cs, were openly threatened. These
were the circumstances existing, when It
was deemed proper TO order the urmy un.
der Gcnernl Taylor 10 advance 10 the ives.
tern frontier Of Tcsas, and occupy a posi-
lion on OF near The Rio Grande.
he apprchcnsons OF contemplated
Mexicsn Invasion have been since fully jus.
tihed by the event The determination Of
Mexico to rush into hnstilities with the L.
States was afterwards manifested from the
whole tenor of the note Of the Mexican
minister Of Foreign Affairs TO our minister.
bearing date on the twelfth Of March, 1916.
Paroles had then rovolutionized the gov
eminent, and his minister, after referring to
the resolution for the annexation Of Texas,
which had been adopted by our Congress in
March, lsi5, proceeds to declare that "a
fact such as this, or, to speak with greater
eIaetness, so notable an act Of usurpation.
created an impcrious necessity that Mexico,
for her own honor. should repcl it with prop
er frmness and dignity. The Supreme
| Government had beforehand declared that
it would look upon -uch act as a cnsns
bc!h, and, as consequence Of this declar-
alton, negotiation was, by its very nature,
at an end and war was the only course Of
the Mexican government
Ii appears. also that on the fourth of
April following General Paroles, through
his minister Of war, issued orders to the
Mexican general in command, on the Tex
as frontier to attack our army "by every
means which war permits To this Gen,
Paroles had been pledged to the army and
the people Of Mexico during the military
revolution which had brought him into pow
or. On tho 18th Of April lSiG, General
Paroles addressed letter to the command
or on that frontier in which he stated to
him, lat the present date ] suppose you at
the head Of that valiant army, either fight
ing already. or preparing for the operation
If a campaign and 'supposing you already
on the theatre Of operation, and with all the
forces assembled, it is indispensable that
hostiities be commenced, yourself taking
the initiative aga.ast the enemy
The movement Of ouT army To the Rio
Grand wa. made by the commanding gen
cral under positive order TO abstain ifpm all
aggressive acts towards Mexico. or Mexican
ciil zens, and to regard the relations between
the two countries as peaceful unless Mcxi-
go should declare war, or commit acts Of
ho~tilities indicative Of state of war: and
theee orders he faithfully executed. Wills,
occupying h position on tie east bauk Of
the Rio Grsude. within the limits Of Texas.
then recently admitted as one Of the States
Of our Imon the commanding general of
the MeIieAn forces. who. in pursuance Of
the orders Of biz government, had collected
large army on the opposite shore Of the
Rio Graude crossed the river, invaded our
territory. and committed bostilties by at
lacking our forces
Thus after an the injuries which We had
received and borne from Mexico. and after
she had insultinGy regretted minister sent
90 her on misNpn Of peace, and whom she
had solcmnly agreed to receive. she consul
mated her long course Of outrage against our
country by commencing an offensive war
and shedding ths blood Of our citizen, ON
our own soil
The United States never attempted TO
acquire Texas by conquest On the con-
trATy, Al al early period after the people Of
1e1aa nd achieved th.., i,,l.,and A.