Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-06-17


der, too, is equally as bad; in the last bat.
lie between Santa Anna and Bustamente,
which lasted the whole day, not one can.
non ball in a thousand reached its aim
they generally fell about halfway between
the opposing armies What would they
think Of such fights as we had on the nor
thern lines, when Miller stormed the En-
glish battery, or when, in the language OF
Gen. Brown, Gen Jessup "showed himself
TO his friends in a sheet Of fre"2 | do not
think that the Mexicans are deficient in
courage; or it might be more properly
said that they are Indifferent 10 danger, or
the preservation of life which is really
so worthless to the most of them. But
with the disadvantages TO which | have
adverted, the reader will not be surprised
that in all the conflicts with our people, in
which they have been more or less engo-
ged for the last thirty years, they have al
ways been defeated.
There is a great mistake, think, in the
opinion which is general in this country
OF the great ascendancy Of English lnhn,
ence i'll Mexico. Its true that Mr.. Pack
enham had much influence there, which
his great worth and frank and honorable
character will give him anywhere; bu,
my opinion IS, that the general feeling of
the Mexicans towards the English is I'M
friendly. They have a well grounded iea-
lousy of the great and increasing power
which their capital gives them and if the
feelings Of the Mexican people were con.
suited, or the opinions of their most en-
ilghehed inen, England is the very last
power to which the MeXicans would trans.
fer California, or any portion of their ter
rltory. am quite sure that they would
prefer that it should be an independent
power, than 10 have any connection or de.
pendance of any sort upon England. The
most valuable Of the mines are owned and
worked by English companies, and at eas
Two thirds of the specie which is exported
goes into the hands OF the English. The
British government keeps TWO officers, or
agents 10 Mexico, with high salaries, to
attend to this interest alone. 1t is with the
money thus derived that the English esta.
bIshments on this continent and in the
West Indies are supported.
The amount Of the specie annually OBJ
tanned from Mexico, is more than one.haIf
as great as that which is kept at one time
in the Bank of England The stoppage of
this supply would very much derange the
whole monetary system of England on
this account, it is to be apprehended that
in the event of war between the United
States and Mexico, that England would
very soon be involved in it. If the coast
of Mexico should be blockaded, England
will demand that the line of steampackets
to Vera Cruz should be exempted from its
operations. These packets, although com
mercal vessels, possess a sort Of quasi ma
tiOnaI character This, of course, our 90.
vernnient could not concede; and the 10.
terruption of the regular supplies of the
precious metals from Mexico, would be
most dsastrously fet in England. Know.
ing all this, was well satisfied that all we
have beard about England stimulating
Mexico to declare war against this coun.
try, was ridicnIously absurd. Such war
would injure England more than either of
the beIlieerenIs. All her interests are OPP
posed to it, unless, indeed, she intended 10
participate in that war. | have the best
of reasons for saying, that there is no other
power in the world with which England
would not prefer to engage in a war not
that she fears us--but because such war
would be, more than any other, disastrous
10 her commercial, manufacturing, and all
other industrial pursuits. England has no
single motive for a war with us.