Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1847-10-13

In the last Lynchburg Virginian, we meet will
an interesting letter from an officer connected witt
the Virginia regiment, and who is said to be a MAJ
of high character, in which the region about Mon
terey, from which place he writes is thus describ
ed
''Here am i, at the seat Of war, in this much
coveted land, this land of Orange Groves, where
delightful odours fill the air. and flowers sprino IN
III luNuriant beauty at ones feet wherever he ma
turn his steps-this land of promise, to gain which
mighty nation has sent forth her armies and NV
erS OF blood have flowed. Such il is i'm fancy such
the advocates for the extension of the area of free
dom" would have it be; but all ! the reality! II
ever there was people humbugged, wofully, mis-
erably, egregi0usly humbugged, that people is the
'iree enlightened, patriotic people of the United
States Of North America When man first puts
his foot upon the soil of Mexico, he involuntarily
eXcaims, Great God, is it possible that the people
OF the United States fighting for such land as
this" and he asks himself where have been p
From what source have derived my information T?
How in the name of heaven has it happened that
never until now heard, that from the Nueces To
the Sierra Madre, 1t was but one vast desert, with
here and there oasis, nurured by artificial means
ei such is nevertheless the case Ii ever there
was country upon which the hand of God was
laid IN anger, This Is the country. We found it
parched, burnt 10 crisp by Il drought Of seven
months duration; and when The rain does come,
IL falls in torrents and rains all the time until the
supply is exhausted, and then there is drought u
gain; and what little cultivation there is is sustain
ed by irrigation. Every bush is full of thorns.
the frogs have horns, and the sand produces burrs
spontaneously. Yet not only is our blood and mo-
ney forced out freely gain possession of this coun
try, but the nation Is To be cOnvulsed. and the u
mon threatened, on account Of your '.Wilmot Pro-
visos."-My God Mr.. Wilmot need not trouble
IN lnyp H., ~. 1,
Rio Grande, unless it be fugitive from Justice,
who will betake himself to this country To plunder
the few Mexican towns that are kept alive in it
like hot house plaEts.'
a wag in the army has said that lhe United
States ought never TO make peace with Mexico.
until she will agree TO take back all we have con
quered, and Texas to boot; and assure YOU there
Is hio" SOUND sense In THIS saying than you i'm
agine."
There is one point of view, too, in which this
important question has not heretofore been consider
ed-or at most, mere suggestion has been made
IN regard To It, The Republic of Mexico like our
own, which, IN It's great outlines was the model of
lis original political organization consists ola Con
tederacy Of States, each, like the members of our
own Union, sovereign within lis legitimate sphere
of action In addition To the fact therefore. tina;
the Constitution of Mexico expressly denies TO the
Central Government the power 20 cede away any
portion of the soil of the Republican interdict
which may not have been without its influence i'm
inducing the rejection of the terms said to have
been proposed by Mr.. Trist-it may be asked what
right has that Government to sell any one ofits
States, or any portion of any of them, more
than our Federal Government would possess at the
close Of war, TO annex Vermont TO Canada or to
rc-annex Texas TO Mexico? There is not a man
in this Union who would not rise in arms against
any Administration that would usurp the power 10
blot single Star from our flag-and only by an ACT
OF usurpation could it do So And as the Mexican
Contcderacy is framed and fashioned after our own
the ''rghs Of the States" OF which it is constituted
are not less comprehensive in this particular, MOI
the duty to respect them less binding upon the Cen
trail Government Should il. therefore. consent {,
the cession Of California, New Mexico and portion,
of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, &C., or either of them
it could really confer no title TO the conoueror OF
purchaser, las the might be- without the pre-
vious cotemporaneous assent of the State SO trans
terrcd in whole in part.