Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-11-11
PROM THE NATIONAL isTELLIeEscEs.
TO THu EDITORS.

clafnaion Of the Governor Of Mexico 10 us
Inhabitants. You truly say Of i, that for It's
/ lofty and untsrnGed tone it would do honor &c
any page Of Roman annals. II you had
known Mr. OLAeuIBEL, the Governor, as
4 do, you might have added that these annals
would be searched in vain for a nobler exam
( pie Of lofty and disinterested patriotism. j
I there is a man alive who is capable Of enact
+ ing the part Of CURTIS il is FRAEeisco Ola
ouIBEL He is a distinguished and hard
working lawyer, and has always been oppos-
ed TO SAaTA ANA, and never would take Of
I fee under him in the palmy days Of bis pow
/ err. He published, some five years since, a
/ his own expense, small newspaper calleC
Ell Diablo Cagl.eio, (,he Lame Deyil,) dedi
Gated entirely 10 the unmeasured denunela
ton, rldicue, and exposure Of SASTA Anna
then at the height Of his power There wa;
no Office which he could not have command
ed as the price Of his adhesion, bot there wa'
none which be would accept, preferring TO live
/ IN humble and yirtnons poverty upon his pro
fessional earnings He was the head o. th,
/ party called Egaltados, on those devoted to lhii
country and its institutions. The object Of hi
idolatry is WASHINGTON, and he always wear
a miniature likeness Of him 10 his bosom-un
like almost every other Mexican gentleman
who wears costly jewel. On the Fourth o
July and other festivities OF the Americans If
! Mexico he was always an invited guest, anc
the only Mexican who was | venture the
assertion that no American ever applied L
him for an act of friendship and was refused
How idle 10 talk OF peace party in Mexico
when such man as he breathes nothing bu
eternal war--war TO the knife Since Koscr
usKothe world has seen no subliIner specta
Gle of
"a brave man struggling with the storms of fate
And nobly falling with falling State"
If there were but one such man in Mexico
would not break that one great heart for all
the lands of the Republic.
The note Of the Mexican Secretary Of State
to the Commissioners, and also their note to
Mr.. Trist, are touchingly pathetic. Courte-
Gus. even to Kindness subdued, despairing,
yet firmly resolved, they say we cannot cede
New Mexico. Sentiments Of honor aud deli
cacy, more than calculation Of interest, for.
bid ii. No portion Of our people are more de-
voted, in the nationality Of their feelings, or
have made SO many sacrifices on that account.
We cannot consent to sell Them, like cattle. for
money. Never Let the nationality Of the
rest of the Republic perish with them. Let
US perish toge,herl
Noble sentiments! which must End res
ponse in every patriotic heart. Would we,
under like or under any extremity Of suffer
ing, transfer 10 foreign Power one Of the
States of this Unonl Is il not urged as one
OF the strongest grounds OF our claim 10 the
country between the Nueces and the Rio
Grande that it was coded to Spain by the trea-
ty Of 1919 without authority. as our Federal
Government has no power to cede any por-
ton OF our territory, and that such eesson is
VOID, although we have received as the equiA-
alent territory which is now Que Of the States
ofthe Union, and which, for the same reason,
cannot be restored2 In our case il was mere
ly establishing a boundary which before was
indefinite. This could only be done by treaty.
and no State Government could make such
treaty; and, therefore, it follows, too clearly
10 be argued, that il was one OF those interna-
tional affairs which devolved exclusively on
the Federal Government In the case Of
Mexico the line Of boundary as TO New Mexi-
co and California is not disputed-both are
States Of the Mexican Confederacy, which we
demand shall be ceded 10 US. Nay, more !:
the Mexican constitution positively lorbids the
alienation Of any territory. Under the guar
anty OF that constitution the States of Califor-
MIA and New Mexico entered the conlederacy,
and we ask the Mexican Government 10 VIC.
late this guaranty. and sell those States and
their people for money, The Mexican Gov
eminent Is conlederacy Of States like our
own. Could we constitutioualiy do such an
act! is there any pressure of circumstances
under which we would DO ii? It cannot
come TO good, Let US be warned by the His.
tory OF all previous conquerors, nations or IN
divlduals, from Rome to France, in our own
day-trom ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, an idiot grazing
the fields, TO Napoleon on his desolate rock.
Has not the time arrived when Congress
should demand OF the President distinct and
specific statements Of the objects Of the war,
and the mode and the extent Of its further pros
ecuiionl So repeated have been his mistakes
that he certainly now has no claim to the
blind confidence Of the country But for the
performance, not of one bot a succession Of
miracles, the armies Of Scott and TAYLOR
would both have been sacrifced-no thanks
70 the Administration that they We're not
Never has there been heard such burst OF
Indignation, loud and deep, as would have
pervaded the whole country, if those results
had happened which, but for a succession of
miracles, would not have happened.
! said long ago that, TO obtain any practical
results by an advance to Mexico, an army Of
fifty thousand men was necessary. Who now
will deny that proposition With adequate
garrisons and the road kept open, how much
public property and how many lives would
not have been saved If any concessions
were 10 be obtained by force from Mexico, it
would only have been yielded TO such an over
powering army. The handful of men which
we now have in the capital only stimulates
and encourages further efforts. If Gen. Scott
had left Vera Cruz with thirty thousand men
do not believe that any resistance would have
been offered or one American life lost in battle.
have also said that the occupation of the CT
y would retard instead Of expeditng a peace.
We shall see
VIII now venture two other predictions
LIST. All efforts TO procure funds from the
Mexicans TO pay the expenses Of the war, TO
any considerable amount, will end in failure.
Goods may be sent there and the duties paid
on them, but when The drawback is deducted
Tor goods so ID our own army very little will be
Left As TO levying contributions in any other
way i cannot be done, for the simple reason
that they have no money. They are aspoor
indolent, and unproductive people There
are not tweniy wealthy Mexicans in the whole
Republic. 1t the property Of the Church is
seized, that property consists mainly in hou.
SEES IN the cities and cStataS in tho cour,r,,