Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-10-27

day, in cold blood, these Caribs, from an )
impulse of superstition, and after the mans
ner of savoges, and as practised in the days -
Of Homer, have hung up these men as a. q
holocaust-they have themselves. said it
to the names Of the general or generals, .
whoihere fell And inawhat manner did
theyshang them9 Noosing them by the .
Snecksas they stood upon the ground, ,andso .,
suspendingihem .iaat they died dssby inches"
stranged bytheifown weighi--the mode
adopted being such that their horrible agony
lasted more than one hour. A spectacle
worthy OF such men, Or rather of demons
escaped from hell! This they did with
eighteen OF these unhappy men, and among :
them the brave Captain Refill, whose head :;
they stuck upon "a nike md planted as :
Churubusco. To six others. who proved
that they had not voluntsersd, sssn
impressed, they give two hundred lashes-
each. and compelled them 70 dix ,he. zsayst
of their companions!
MExlcANs-Thesc ara q the smenswho
call US barbarians. and say they came "
civilize us these are the men who have
plundered the houses OF the surrounding
villages; who have stolen children from
their families; who have slept in the inches
devoted TO the sacred deadj who have with
blasphemous reyelry, clothed themselves in
the ornnmentsaof altars; who have othrown !.
| upon the ground the body sof Jesus Christ.
| and have made themselves drunk in driRk-ai
| ing out of the, sacred vessels. Accuised.
may they be Of all Christians, as they are
of God! 3 r z II @
CONFERENCE.-The supreme govern.
| ment commanded its commissioners, as you
have seen il already published, that they =.
| should inquire of their commissioners first.
| of all, why they had brought war upon our
republic with blood and fire? what injuries
have we done to them, that they. should
thus seek to revenge thernsel*esas JHsir -
mode If confusion at not being able to reply
TO these inquiries, and of notifying their DIS
pleasure because we would not consent TO
an ignorninous peace, has been to lightuP
anew the flames Of war, to sendsus from the
Kings Mill day before yesterday our as
sassinated counirymen who had IN no man
ner offended them, and 10 glut their diabpli-
cal ruge upon the deienceiess men whom
they had in their power. ,.rr..,.....- :....
MExlcANs:-The supreme government.
conjures US in the name Of our dignity a.
men and Of God himself, that we should all
unite by one unanimous and continued
effort to revenge these great. suirages, 70
yield never to dsmny, md to wage thu.
war. without truce and without relsn,ing, Z.
May remorse seize upon every selfish or.
cowardly Mexican who cannot say to him a
self that he has fulfilled eyeryad duty. as O.
public officer and good ci.izsn;, who has
not contributed by every means in his
power towards this war-with bis person. .
,..L IL ..,n. acH n
part Of his fortune, with his labor, ranintain:
ing number Of soldiers, by aiding every
way those who fight, and who has not u
employed the means which God has given
| him for his service, and that Of the country
in which God has placed him, that His:
hinges shall not be cast down, nor His holy
name biasphemed. SO z3 &1<9 ~ =.
Mexico. September 10, 1s47. -, .>.
The Mexicans appear in general msas
sure to have laid aside tbs consempiibls
boasting strain in which they formerly
spoke Of Americans before they had tried
their prowess in the .6eld.. They Il hays
assumed a somewhat now ,deprecating, and
demonstrating attitude. 1t would appear
that they have learned nothing OF our views
from the negotiations and correspondsnee
which have so recently taken plncc :. tha
full details Of which, saws, Mr.. Trials con-
| cluding letter, have been spread before the
country. We find such. articles as .ths
following in their papers, written in. iha
most earnest spirit. We translate ons OF
leaders Of the Diario del Gobierno aiisr
the battle of The Kings Mill ), 81, Is
! Questions for Scott. Polk, fir that part
of the people of The United States in faror
IF h. q IL r
the ,corid. .> :s .,s5s.a a.eI35 u.,ls aee-=s
What is the cause wha, the impellink
motive, that the United States Of America
have brought plllhge, desolntion and death
upon the Mexican republicl ? gaT'7i ssass'.
.< " hat offence has this republic commit
ed Z = '7a ~: 81 5t-' ,7-s 1eiS7
What reasonable or just sindoes that gov :
ernment entertain, to gnin which il has ~
dopted measures so barbarous and TN :
worthy Of Christian and civilized people q
Does it suppose that by such conduct.
worthy Of freebooters and savages, it can
vindcate rights which can be only legally
asserted by means OF pacific negotiotionsH
From the conduct pursued by the An,eri-
ean government, what can possibly er,sue
but n war at once interminable and Of
extemination, inasmuch as the Mexican re-
public is determined to disappear from the
catalogue of nations, rather than conssRste
humiliation and disgrace2 = =: + szsIg
This indicated very clearly to our m ind, >
that the Mexicans have had surfeit Of
fighting. though their blind obstnacy 10 by
no means subdued. The very next article
in the Dia rio before u.s., is letter from the
governor of Guanajuato TO the M mister Of
Foreign Relations, acknowledging the
receipt Of u letter announcing the deter.
mination of the government to submit to no
concessions which shall compromise Mexi.
can honor. The Guiana juato official ap.
proves this, determination Of the central
government, and tenders the. assistance Of
that State, in money and men, to the full
extent of its resources. 's''s -"
From the State Of Jalisco, too, ,awez have
like accounts. The official proclamations.