Weekly national intelligencer., 1847-06-12

Norte) as part Of The United States, and under
the of the Territory Of New Mexico" that
he is instructed by his Government to respect the
religious institutions of New Mexico, protect the
property of the church, and preserve their rell-
gous rights" in the ampest manner" that he
is to respect the rights Of private property that he
is to defend them from the hostile Indians that
they must aid him in enforcing the laws (of the
United States y that all who have left their homes
through dread of our troops, or to fight US, must
return TO them forthwith: that, if they do not,
81 they will be considered as enemies and traitors,
subjecting their persons to punishment and their
property to coniscation that " il is the wish and
intention Of the United States TO PROVIDE FOR
MEXICO" (all Mexico) a FREE GOVERNMENT, with
the least possible delay :" that the people New
Mexico will then be called on TO exercise the rights
of freemen in electing their own Representatives ::
that meantime the /" existing laws will continue in
force and the actual magistrates remain in Office"
provided they comport themselves as good citizens
and :" take an oath of allegiance to the United
States !" that the General " releases all New Mex
leans from their allegiance TO Mexico:" that she
hereby claims them citizens OF the United
States = that +" such as are found in arms or instl-
eating others against the United States will be treat
ed accordingiy." NoTE. "Accordngly" means
hung, has been since abundantly explained by
practice. Finally, the proclamation says that
Gen. X. will, for the present, /" be considered Go
vernon of the Territory"
1t is not little curious, in comparing these two
last proclamatons, to observe special differ
ence: the nearer to the Presidents person, the
absolute the civH powers which he assumes and
the farther from that presence, the stronger the re-
Egious authority he puts on. In California he lets
men off from being hung for not coming back to
their houses when they are bdden in New Mexi-
co he does not in Santa Fe he "protects their
church " and their religious rights in the amplest
manner;' in Monterey of the Pacific he abollshes
the supremacy of the Mexican faith altogether.
Yet, again, his royal will deals diversely in other
particulars California he at once constitutes
State; New Mexico but Territory: in the for
mer, every body (black, white, red or mixed, and.
bond or free) is at once full citizen of the United
States in the latter, the boon is only distant and
specve-when he shall have "provided for
Merico free government, similar to those OF the
United States" In other respects, supreme power
is exerted with an even hand: he appoints what
shall be law and who its officers in both countries.
For the present, continuing their old laws and Off
GERS, he lets Mexico legislate and appoint for
United States Territory; but presently he will be
even with them, and do all the aw-giying and dis
tribute all "the spoils" himself.
1t is true, the Government, through its organ
IL. -. III l.r.,, ,,,
rity for these extraordinary proclamations. The
dsavowal is, however, contradcted by prior and
by subsequent facts. We are, at this moment
gagged in showing that the affirmative decar atoms
of this Administration are deceits and why should
its Negative ones be more candid 7! No: as we
have already urged in regard to Commodore SLoAr,
SO of the of Gen. KEARNY both expeditions
were very deliberately planned at the Navy and
War Offices were executed atlesure; were looked
on as certain to secure to us two easy conquests,
themselves with the expected glory and popularity
of their acquisition) no doubt at first the utmost
foreign objects of the war; In both quarters,
Mexico was known to have slender forces, the in
habitans believed to be ready to hail sway,
and that sway, therefore, to be certain of perma-
nence. Is it, then, possible that regular subjuga-
tion of two large countries-new to our language,
our laws and almost any other-should have been
projected and executed without any instructions to
their conquerors to the civil order which to
be set up in them Were the officers of our army
and navy-unaccustomed to any but military rules
to be left to their own discretion, their own inexper-
ence Incapable we ho'd this Administration, we
consider such improvidence impossible. On these
matters the commanders must have been furnished
with instrucons-probabIy, indeed certainly, even
with proclamations ready printed, for they were is
sued instantly on the act Of taking possession-a
good deal sooner than they could have been printed
in Monterey or Santa Fe, where there were then
no printing presses. WE'LL as we have said, being
furnished with instructions, officer could have
dared to set up a Government not in conformity
to them. So much for facts preceding the proca-
and now for facts subsequent to them.
They have been dsavowed: have the officers IS
suing them been punished or even censured for
such fragrant usurpations! The very contrary
Gen. KEARNY has been promoted and sent on as
Governor Of California. He has, then, incurred
no loss of confidence But has the Government
annulled the regulations, the laws, the authorities
which il has disavowed! Nothing of the kind, in
California; and, in New Mexico, some seven or
eight months after the enactment of these strange
laws, they have lately been enforced in their most