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meni Of our troops 10 tho Rio GrSnde. VIVA
should We think Of any nation that should pub
licly assign, as a reason for invading the Unite,
Staies, the violence OF parties amongst Us, anl
their thrcais Tor promisssl Of what they were GO
iag 10 dol Towards the Gloss Of the Oregon
controversy, 80 happily adjusted last year, threats
uf seizure and occupation Of "ihe whole ot Ore
gon," or at least Up tn "hiy.iour iouy' were
made without stint. They were siereoiyped for
our newspapers aud bccome the rallying cry Of a
Large parry among US, OF which our President
was the head. How barharous and forever inia.
nous would not have been held the conduct ol
she British Ministry and Government, had they
made these threats an excuse for sending over
their floating batteries 10 lombard our cities, or
even, with Pors mp aud IomP'ons Out, to anchor
sbrsass OF thsmi
ForzrutH.-To overthrow the existing Gov.
ernment Of Mcxico-to vipdcaie the freedom Of
Ihs press and reinsiate Santa Auna in the chief
suihority in thai country.
ssWE CONE" saws the proclamation to the
People Of Mezico," prepared at Washington,
under The eyo and direction Of the executive, and
issued at Msiamoras by General Taylor, accor.
ding to his orders from tho War Department.
ave come to ocsrihroD the tgranis who have de.
siroyed your libsrlies." Who these "lyranis"
were, and what the "liberlies" were which they
had Destroyed, is thus stated. "YoUR GOVERN.
NEST is the hands oil tyranlS and usurpsrs. They
have" done this and that, and among other
things, deprived you of the right Of suffrage,
Destroyed the lib3ry ofthc press, dcspoiled YOU
ofyaIraru'." 81. AMI again: "Already Thy
[th, iyrants] have abolished tbs liberty Of tha
press Sc and -Tea ing, in conclusion, 'Mcxi-
canS, We mlII Waai "a enemies and ereTihroD
fis igraa.s; who, Will, they have wrongcd and
in5uteiu', have deprived you ofyour liberly,"
6S,. From which dacaraIioaS in this Manlles.
10 by our Executive Government 10 the People
of Merico il wolll seem that our Army was
marched into VI xico. not upon any allegation
10 ihem) oriuva5 on by her territory orrhe Uni.
ted States but TO overthrow the existing Govern.
Tncnt Of Mexico. 10 rJSiori the right of suffrage,
uad, above all to protect the freedom Of tn pres.
in this foreign and Did mortal man ever hear
ofa war BY one nation upon another for such Oh.
jocis az these! Would any one believe thai this
nation has been reused into foam Of excite
ment, and that It's gallant sons have been called
By the tens of thousands from the pursuits Of
peace INFO the bloody fields of war and the pes
ient regions Of dls,aSe, for any such objects,
hId not those obiectS been thus openly and plain.
Iy avowo under the hand aud seal OF the Exacu.
tive Of the Uniled S,arOsl
Bat this is not all. closer scruliny will
show thar in this Proclamation was hidden anoh-
er obj ct, the patriotic motive of which we do
not mean TO draw in question, but the legality
aud morality Of which, it rnuN b1 admitted, are
more than merely questionable. We mean the
cooperation of our invading army with Santa |
Anna, we'll understood both by him and by our
Administration to overthrow the existing Gov.
efamaa, Of NJ axlco for The purpose Of replacing
SIa'a Anna a. The head Of that GIrcrnm'nt. A
design so Wild a scheme so exotic, policy SO
f,r,igl to tha g}aillofthii Goytrnmant-so op.
posed 10 all III, maxims consacruol by the
wisdom Of tn. Fathers of the R2public-ought
not, W. admit, - b, sISp p}ctcl ulon light grounds
nor believed but upon strong proof. We pro.
ceed TO cou,c the circumstances which have
fars.l u2pn our min III, unwilling conviction
OF this ubusj--or mistaken use, a' the roadlr
pleaIes-by I'll, Administration Of tho power
which the People have in its hands.
To rscur TO ,ho Manifesto addressed by this
Government. through tho Commander Of our
Army, to tho People of Mexico: "Parades has |
announced that war exists b'Iween us+ This
war. thus first proclaimed by him, has been nck
nowodgei as an existing fact by our President
and Congress" DC. "lour Government is in
iha hands orlymnt5 and u3urpar3," &c. "lt is
vonr military rulers who have reduced you To
This doplorable condition. 1t is those tyrants
&C., some Of whom have boldly advocated
nonnrchicaI Government, and would place
European prince upon lho tho throne Of Mexico.
ave come 10 overthrow the tyrartI who have
DESTROYED your Hb,rics"--mcaning tho liberty
of the prcst, &c., aS ablvc. "All who arr s1du.
cel into the arms Of your Dictator tho actual
Government OF Mexico shall be treated N3 enc
mics" &c. And, in conclusion, says tho Proc.
lama'ion:
"Maxcan-, va must treat as enemies and
oreriir0W tbs yrIntS, who, whilst tn y have
wrorgai and in4uIlcd Us, have deprived YOU Of
your liberty; but the Mexican people who ~
main neural during the contest shall b. protect.
cd against their military dcspots by the RepWIi.
rGa arms of TIC Union"
That common parpoe existed between our
Administration and The exilcd Mexican Military
Chehain, the Obj ct Of which was, by his suppo
sed remaining hold upon the sodiory of Mexico
on n. one hand and the advance of our armies
into Mexico on III other, 10 overthrow the "ty.
rants" and the "m .l,ry de5pots" actually in
power w 'hN '"u"IN, "Pl'"'P'' VII ''' 'aCt "I /
III, "ProcamaIon,' is also evident from other
crcumuunces. For example, in the "PIan" of
u "Proaunciama sant by Santa Anna To b,
diHrbuIel by his friends, in Mexico TO all lhs
-
This Ga,cmant ha4 no foundation that we
know Of Oath, contrary, on the 4th Of May, |
tone moath before tn preparation orour Prpca
maon) va Gnl pub!,hd in III, "Uniln" Pa.
r.i3s' Manifesto OF April 81, from which W. cx.
tract tho following:
"Ihtcc NIT right, dec are w1r. 1t Is Tor
the august Congress of thu Nation, ~ soon ~
they a,J .mblc, to tax into consid,ralion all the