Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-10-20
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j i NUN M EAlCO,
| The .4rn,istice Terminated--R Battle at III,
| City Correspondence betueen Gen. Scot
| and Santa .Anna-P Propositions for Peace
! Sc. rejected.
The accounts of the Battle at the Cit,
of Mexico are all from Mexican sources
and we think there is not much Deepen.
dence TO be placed in them. That there
was hard fought battle before the Amer
can Army was permitted to take posses,
sion Of the City, there can be no doubt,
but as yet, we have not seen any Ameri-
can accounts of the battle; we therefore
refrain from publishing the Mexican ac.
counts, hoping that before our paper goes
to press we may have something more au-
| thentic.
The following is the letter of Gen. Scott
terminating the armis'ice:
HEADQUARTERS, Army of the United States.
September 6, 1s47.
To his Ercellency the President and Ge,,er.
aim Chief Of The Republic Of .lisrico.
The 18th and 18th articles of the armis-
tice or military convention which l had
tho honor of ratifying and exchanging
with your Excellency On the oath rl:.,
sIipulates that the army uEder my COM
mad shall have the privilege of obtaining
supplies from the city OF Mexico. There
were repeated violations of these articles
soon after the armis,ice was signed, and
n have now good reasons for believing that
within the last "a hours, If not before,
/ the Sd article of the same convention was
also violated by the same parties. These
direct breaches 0. good faith give to this
army full right to commence aostilites
against Mexico without giving any notice.
| However, | will give the necessary time
/ foran explanation, satisfaction, or repara.
tiol. lf,hese are not given, hereby for
naty notify you that i. do not receive
the most complete satisfaction Oh al. these
points before IL O'Clock to morrow,
! shall consider the armistice as ternina, cd
tromsthat hour.
lave the honor TO be your Excellen-
cy's dOedient servant,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
To this Santa Anna made the following
reply:l
To has Erce'lency Gen. Winfield Scott,
Com'hanter IN CHIT Of The .1rmy Of Ike
ITy.;Ied>E,tee
SIR: 81 the note oe your Excellency
under thin date, learn, with surprise,
,ha. you outsider that the civil and militia.
~ aothor hes of Mexico Aave violated az
ticles 7, l3and CT Tie arm;s,ice which
were concluded with your Lxcellency
on the 24L of last month.
| The ciyll and military authorities Of
! Mexico I'D e not obstructed the passage
OF provisions for the American army; aHG
| if, at times, their transmission has been
retarded, it las been owing to the i,nprr-
| dence OF the american agents, who, with
out having aFevious understanding villa
the proper authorities, gave occasion for
popular outbreaks, which it has cost the
| Mexican Government much trouble TO re-
press. Last night and the hight before,
the escorts for the provision train were
ready to start and were only detained be-
cause Mr.. iarIous, the agent, desired it.
The orders given 10 suspend the inter
course betweenlthe two armies, were ad.
dressed To- privaie individuals, and no, to
the agents OF the army OF he United States
and were intendGt purposely to expedite
| the transmission y provisions to the army,
and to con!ine the intercourse TO that OBJ
lect exclusively. IN return for this con.
duct, your Excelehey has prev ented the
owners or managers of the grain mills IN
the vicinity CT the city, from furnishing
any flour to the CITY. which is a true
breach Of the good falth your Exceilency
had pledged NE.
1t is false that anylnew work or fnrtiti-
ton had been undertaken, because one or
two repairs have oolv served to place
them in the same coIidition they were in
Ola the day the armistiee was entered into,
accident or the convenience of the mo-
ment having caused the destruction Of the
| then existing works. You have had car
y notice OF the establishing o: the battery
covered with the mud walls of the house
Of Gary, In this city, atd DID not renon.
strate, because the peace OF the two great
Republics could not be made to depend
upon things grave in tt Themselves, but of
little value compared to tile result in which
all the friends OF hunaniiyland of the pros
perliy of the American Continent take SO
great an interest. There is pnme obscu.
rity in this sentence, which it is probable,
is owing to typographical err"rs.-Eds.
Pic.
1t is not without great grief and even
Indignation that have received COMMUNE
cations from the cities and villages occu-
pied by the army of your ExcelIency, in
relation to the violation Of the temples
! consecraled TO the worship Of God; to the
! plumber of the sacred vases, and TO the prn-
lanation of the images venerated by the
Mexican people. Profoundly have | been
affected by the complaints of.falhers and
husbands, OF the violence offered to their
daug hters and wives; and these same cities
and villages have been sacked not only
in violation of the armistice, but Of the
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