Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-04-29

CluZcUS dL1s SVuiOto VI = sot'SSt
punY Mexican general Meija, has recently de.
livered 10 tile I. ..clizens and soldiers of Mexi.
co." hwould appear, from his lofty declam'
a,ion, thai he is really endeavoring.to excite
his merlto some aci of aggression on general
Taylorsarmy. Its possible that lie does wish
10 win laurel crown; but we shall be much
disappointed in our notions of the character of
thai gallant chief, and the mongrel race he
commands, ifhis high sounding declarations
and fe,vent addresses do not, in the end, turn
out 10 be all bluster and no blood. The course
he is pursuing though, is well calculated To
rutlle the spirits OF our SOLDIERS, and to lntame
them 10 acts of hostility; when ne may be very
unprepared 10 meet such an event. Thevery
face Of pointing his guns at general Taylor .
men. when they were opposite Malamoros' aHd
while they were Oh the north bank Of the Rio
Grande was sufficient prOvocation to have
justified that general in Immediately attacking
the town and giving him battle. We are glad
to learn that though our troops did moi fire up.
on the enemy, they yet had the manhood to
stand their ground. twas circulated through
the papers, that when the Mexcans made de-
mons,rations flight, the United States army
was ordered to take its station lower down fhe
river. That report has been contradlcted by
the latest acnollnts.
The behaviour of the Mexican government
towards our Minister too, was almost srfr;-
cient cause for the commencement OF hos,illtles
against that republic; an! was such an act, as
bya Jealous nation, mis- sht have been construed
into an actual declaration of war. We have
now. we have had. and we may con,inre 10
have manifold causes of complaint against the
Mexican nalion-we have manifold grounds
for an omen rupture with that people-we have
many wrongs done to individuals. aud wrongs
done TO our government which are We, unaton-
ed for and unredressed. But notwithstanding
all these serious provocations, and notw!thSan1-
ing all these repeated indignties, which would
fully justify us in all appeal 10 the sword we
sincerely DESIRE if there be any honorable way
left us TO avoid ii, that we may not he brought
into collision with Mexico at this time.
We differ from many of Tie editors of the
South. We do not wish war with Mexico
Though the Mexicans are savage, insoent
and cowardly race yet we do not conrt strife
with them. We pity them. They ought to
excite our compassion. They are like drown
ing mcn-,hey are in conilisiou and dlSmay,
aud they are catching at every thing iha! they
think may tom.nand the respect OF other nu-
tions anu enable them 10 preserve some OF the
forms of government and exhibit some Of the
marks Of courage and pat:inisln. Let us not
trampIe npon an enemy that is unable to make
resistance. Though irsulted, we should dis
dan to seek redress from I'm utterly PROSTATE
and powerless adversary. A brave man pIties
an impotent foe-tlie coward and bully insults
and exults over, the weak, the timid, and the
unresis,ins. flour Presidents is determined to
70 10 war and if it is absolutely necessary for
us TO have a war 10 give vent To The exuberance
Of our spirit. lei us go 10 war with England II
we need blood.le;lins TO prevent inflammation,
let us fight Great Britain-we can find cause
whenever we seek forit Such contest, iiit
would not be an evidence of our prudence,
would al least he an evidence of our vaIor; and
we aie vain enough to suppose, that some glo.
~ might be acquired in strife, even with the
mistress Of The seas. Tie souls Of brave and
gallant soldiey wouldsicken at the though Of
fighting the poor, ignoraot undisciplined Mex
leans. Let England and other European ma
tions, oppress the weak, aud plunder their
towns and cities, and reduce their inhabitants
to slavery; ours will he a higher and a nobI'r
aim, to protect, and encourage, and animate The
down.trodhen and the dispirited-lo bear with
the in6rmilesinseparable from their condition,
and when fighting must be done, TO fight and
to conquer nations, over which We could be
proud 10 gain victory. Honorable men have
an adherence for war, in which a triumph
would be disgrace, and in which the conquer.
er could have nothing to inspire them in bat
lie, bu, the hopes of The plunder Of defenceless
cities.
Some contend that the Mexcans are moi
weak. but from all presen, appearances. and
from what has been exhibited by that people
foi the last eight or ten years, such n notion is
perfectly absurd and ridiculous. The State OF
Georgia alone, if she would act with half her
native visor. could overrun and subdue the
whole republic of Mexico. That imbecile ma.
ton was for several years at war with few
halffamished Texiars, and after all its splendid
parade, and gorgeous expenditure of bombast,
was completely unable to reduce this misera.
BILE handful of men to submission. II is in such
state ofcomplete bankruptcy and disorganiz.
alton that it canno, fight. The bravcst people
in the world could moi fiuhf unIsr similar cir.