Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1847-11-17
Correspondence ofthc .Nsv York Herald.
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The trial of Lieut.. Col. Fremont has brought out
already many important facts IN reference to the late
civico military operations in those good for nothing
territories, (saving, always, the bay of San Fran
cisco)
When Gen. Kearney proclaimed his "glad Ii
dings of great joy, To the half naked mongrels OF
New Mexico; when he baptized ,pem under the
''siar spanglcd banner citizens of the u States
when he stood On the tops of their mud houses and
announced their adoption into the great family ot
the Yankees, towntull of c"pper-s skins at time
when he issued his promunciamentoS ut Liberation
to the grcascrs Of Santa Fe; when he drew up
civil code, and erected territorial government for
a country claimed by Texas to be part of that
State, but population tina, no Texan had ever
seen, save rs prisoner OF war, we all thought, in
this part OF tho country that the General was act
ing beyond the margin of his strict instructions
| The "pub. does" brought out in this Fremont in
vcsiiga,ion show that Gen. Kearney acted under
specific ordcrs-that he obeyed them 20 the letter,
and that his conduct approved, as it deserved
TO be; and we shall doubtless learn a great deal
more on the suhec, before this trial is over.
"A few poor cacherOcs on the irrigated margin of
Del Norie few poor wild Indians. mixed up with
lot of poor, lazy halfbreed Nlexcans in Caliior-
mia, owe us their eternal gratitude. Great deserts
had to be crossed To reach them the mission of lib
GRAFTON was sent forth 20 them; but they believed
not that the warkc array of Gen. Kearney would
be for mission of peace, and they dcurred 10 his
good ollices-so he beat them into submission and
at the point of the bayonct, proclaimed these degra-
drd and miserable barbarians, ''rcc and accepted
citizens of the United States and all this under i'll
siruciions from the War Department The War
Department instructed Gen. kearney to reduce tho
people by arms to liboriy-thcn to swear them in
then To make government for them-and then
E to stay awhile TO see how the wrcched grcasers
took the charitable prcscription-and then TO CONF
home.
The journey of CULVER to the Brobdirnags-
the adventures OF Snbad, the s,ilor-he urea
South Sea bubblc-the Yazoo speculation. were al
pretty reasonable and practical things, compare,
with ihis liberty crusade the sands and volcan
&c mountains of New Mexico and Cali fornia. hunt
ing up magnificent regions of fertility that only OK
listed in imagination.
What IA counir- for the extension of the area n
freedom All that country proposed be anncxe,
by Mr.. Trisi! What a region for slave laborl-
Bare sands and rocks volcanic debris-drouuh, f,
nine months i'll the year, and snow or rain the re
naming three, during which time on the coast
1.-THE rain 1t raincth every day" and all night lone
A we do understand that distinguished officer q
t me army whose name we prefer not to gvo. ha
declared these new acquisitions, for Il line thou
sand miles southwestward from the Northern Tex
> as frontiers proper, 10 be not worth the mules tina
Z nave persisted from starvation in crossing them
, But Gen. kcarney was sent out, and he wen
, ont-hc was instructed and he obeyed: and if tn
country explored turned out to be GOOD for NOTHING
II was no fault OF his. Great country, out there
r great country for the Missouri compromise and III
Wilmot proviso.