Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-12-21


tary usurpers after another; and such has
been the condition of insecurity in which
their successive governments have been
placed, that each has been deferred from
fnaking peace, lest from that very cause,
rival faction might expel them from pow
er.
Such was the fate ofPresident Herrera's
administration in 1845, for being disposed
to listen to the overtures of the United
States, to prevent the war; as is fully con.
hrmed by an Official correspondence which
occurred in the month of August last. be.
tween him and his government a copv of
which is herewith communicated. :, For
this cause alone revolution which dis
placed him from power was set on foot
by Gen, Paredes. Such may be The con-
dltlon OF insecurity ofthe present govern
ment.
There can be no doubt that peacable
and ,well-disposed inhabitants of Mexico
are convinced that it is the true interests
OF their country to conclude an honorable
peace with the United States; but the ap-
Prehension of becoming the victims of
some military faction orusurper NAV have
prevented them from manifesting their
feelings by any public act.
The removal Of any such apprehen-
sion, would probably cause them to speak
their sentiments, and to adopt the means
necessary tor the restoration of peace.-
With people distracted and divided by
contending factions--and a government
subject to constant changes, by success
i've revolutions, the continued successes
ofour arms, may fail to secure a satisfac-
tory peace. In such events, it may be-
come proper for our commanding gener-
ais in the field to give encouragement
and assurance ofprotection to the friends
of peace in Mexico, in the establishing
and maintaing of free Republican Gov
eminent of their own choice; always vii.
ling to conclude peace, which could be
just TO them, and secure to US the indem-
nifty we demand.
This may become the only mode of
obtaining such peace. Should such be
the result of this war, which Mexico has
forced uponus it would thus be converted
into an enduring blessing to herself At
ter guiding her torn and distracted by fac
ton, and ruled by military usurpers, we
should then leave her, with republican
government in the enjoyment of real in
dependence and domestic peace and pros
perity; performing all her relative du.
ties in the great family of nations, and
promoting her own happiness by wise
laws, and their faithful execution.
If after atfording this encouragement
and protection,-aiter all the persevering
and sincere efforts we have made, from the
moment Mexico commenced the war, and
prior to that time, to adjust our differences
with her, we shall ultimately fail, then we
shall have exhausted all honorable mean s
in pursuit of peace, and must continue to
occupy her territory with our troops, ia
king the full measure of indemnify into
our own hands; and must enforce the
terms which our honor demands.
To act otherwise in the existing state
of things in Mexico, and to withdraw our
army without any peace;-would not on
ly leave all the wrongs Of which we COM
plain unredressed, but would be the sig
nal for new and fierce civil dissensions,
and new revolutions, all along hostile to
peaceful relations with the United States.
Besides there is in danger, if our troops
should be withdrawn before the peace
should be concluded, that the Mexican
people wearied with successive revolutions
and deprived of protection for their per-
sons and property, might be inclined to
yield to foreign influence, and 10 cast
themselves upon some European Monar-
chy for protection from the enemy and
suffering which would ensue. This. for
our own safety, and in pursuance of es-
tablished policy, we should be compelled
to resist. ... '...'
We could never consent that Mexico
should be thus converted into monarchy
governed by foreign prince. .D
Mexico is our next neighbor, and her
boundaries are conterminous with our
own, through the whole extent across the
North American continent, from ocean to
ocean. Both politically and commercial
ly, we have the deepest interest in her
regeneration and prosperity; indeed it is
impossible, that with just regard to our
own safety, we can become Indifferent to
her fate. 1t may be that the Mexican gov
ernment or people have misconceived or
mlsconst:ued our torbearance and OBJ
jects, in desiring TO conclude an amicable
adjustment OF the existing difficulties be-
tween the two countries. She may have
supposed that we would submit to terms
degrading to the nation: or they may have
drawn false differences from the supposed
division of opinion in the United States on
the subject Of the war; and may have CAL
culated to gain much BY protractng it
and indeed, that we might ultimately aban-
don it altogether, without any indemnity,
territorial or otherwise. Whatever. NAV