Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-05-24
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Correspondence of tho Missouri Republican.

NANrA -. NeN MoNicn, March Ia. lsif
1enilemen ! When Gen. keafney, under Mr,Polk,
orders established the hema phrodiie gycn,nent-ha
military and hall civil ihs country, (a province n
ken ifum Mexico and called /, territory ii the United
states he did mol orcsee many OF the rvenis which have
since occurred. Together with many others who came
here with HIM, the General VIVA mistaken IN regard io
The character If this pcope Accustomed al home 10 a
"puat'on who can appreciate human liberty and human
progress he did MT anticipate internal difficulties, nor
suppose that The non OF itee and jus, which
he seemed nj least toprniler would be- rejected by any
portion oi The Now Mexicans. S TO all his strictly
military arrangements, they made (il no, t,r the
purpose) capable Of the effect Of suppressng domestic IN
sureeiun; though may have been that this tapablily
anrse mol so much tr'm expectation that tho trpops
would ever he called Ia such duty from the neces-
sy OF posting them IN the POSITIONS assigned. IN order 10
sustain the anlnals. and also 10 prole tho MeAieans
while maceable, agans, their Indian enemies.
II IS important, IN writing ofhogs here, that we treat
Mexico Ind W. ., ,"sa S a even tho aenef
al aud accurate attenuation o Col benton. for the re-
soncccs If his province greatly ,yenatd Aswas
ihr case in Texas before the expedition in 1911. the
character Of this people, their feelings aud views. We're
misunderstood III tho United States for IL was sup
posed that they leas, willing, If net dcsrons. to
come under government. And another existed
IN regard 10 the amount oi military tarcc which II was
supposed Mexico could draw from tins prosIncc during
the war.
For these reasons the military wall political and
Col. Benton advised aud Mr., Polk ordered. an amy
10 he marched 10 this province VIZ CAME (nay we be
iorgiven)-wL sAw--wr eoNauknfol
Possession taken by the General, in the name Of
the uniled States 1t was but military possrssion,and
was only expected to he such But the semn farce
enacicd Of administering the oath OF allegiance 10 ,he
un,ied States with nearly two thousand American sol
ders. with loaded arms. around each Village, aud lO
pieces oi ordnance ready III fire into II. No wonder The
Acade. under such dunsa would swear hy tho whole
ralpu d,rn If suin has huu fled
reached the capital, or he too, with row of cannon
fronting his p3aco. would have been made IA citizen Of
the United States in the face of the law which declares
that no subject OF foreign power AZ war with The Cntod
States can, during the war, become citizen. lie
would have been mc,morphosed, by speech from the
General (and oath. probably taken with menla rrs
ervatlon that II should be broken convenient,
into an AMEnIcAN CITIZEN. by virtue OF MI Poa 5 or
ders and here on foreign soil himself allen enemy
would have been entitled to the protection of the United
States government fully any native horn or duly
natntazcd citizen and patriot IN the States Such
the doctrine implied in all the Generals aols; but II
did not lead at once 10 lis practical consequences sui
f,red il 10 pass.
There was sort of inr,yegnun, in the government
here when reached the capital Some civil govern
ment necessary for the convenience oi the people
and. very gnod was, in fact established. II was
right enough thai crimes against natural laws aud go
mnras. should be- punshcd that rights civil and social
rather than poItirai should b. projected aud laws or
this purp pnnulged by the conquefng general
We saw the Necessity for this arrangement. during the
war o unl doins here could be- examined by the
peoples representatives n homc. The movc by The
General was b.d enc. but, under tho circumstances,
"'9 49,. ~" '' " - " 40 it,i,ed S,ai,a far IN,
, ,'" W. ~ -, =, ,,,.,,,.a AL , marshal Sc |
a's'''c' W ~" ''N y, II 1872, a. . ua,, ,,,,,.,hl.
'''' o",' - NH a ye,v L,.h souudnp lille and
y"""s ee"''','a WI :: H.. aea;,;,, H., la, s,oco no
never eNP.,'' =" "t .'', ,h,, ,h,, n IN, irn,od
States should have any pecuniary claims against any de
/ LII, bo m, uh he
"9"c"' o'''''Is w, 800, ,o ,,a.h,oe,v IN,
forcing 'oe" os''g w ''"' na,assary e., aha, NM
courts "n'cn we soo" " :. ,h. "r,.ss IF ,h in,,od
I1ses ~ was l',, ."'"L" 'l, ~, - ;n, NJ M.,
o,a"s N"'''' -" .' ~" :, e, !, nj, 4. -, ,,,,n
'eo' ""' eve, wa, W 49, o n, s,,,,,, s,,ch
some may nav ''o"s' " f.,;,s .r,n,nl, IN
purposes, "hen 'hefe was "o w 9e,.o", ~ ,
VOWED except 'ha' no a,'''"'9 !" 'o"'"''''" VI '
app,a.eo",, we ra''o"- .,.,u ,,,ssi,Io Win,
But we d'd mol 'hen regard rs n''oy p'''p' wa
Is now history 'of s"'o me VI e'on y
the aspee, oil a'aifs mas enans'u very su
i'is,mct Attorney VINO was s's'o'u 40 J, aa
the territorial app"osg"s, !" ' w ~" Tcra
IS now ac,ins par VI 10 '''''o ~ ~ Wv 800
though sun ""po''a"' Pfo no,', , ,o na~o,
cutos' IN inc courts h't' h'"'V no''S WIZ ~, NV.
citizens OF The nifd States VINO owe "''' ~ a"
against The United STATES
The contamination u me "a"nesan"' o 'n'S pro
vince to the Cnlon by Mf fo'N Is eh'n'y o''o'' US y
One Mex can has Already pee" eo',s'c'eo"
lie was inn",'o before me cou'' u, 10 ~" ~
was found ghy oi rou''seiii"g o,e 'ao ''"P ~ ~
into'' anu Oh li'e nun son',"eeu " ", "''s 80
The peiIi'on on me 'noge hno o'"''s' ' =, ~ 80,
sentence mas "'e" p'''Po".''y % s -, III ~,
the wh lie case can De ree'eu !" lue'oo"' .1;