The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-08-28
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
SATURDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 90, Is47.
Arrival OF Paroles I'm Mexico.


have received by this evenings southern mail, furnishes
us with intelligence three days later than our last adj
vices We lay these extracts before readers The
most interesting item of intelligence is the arrival OF Pa
redes in disguise at Vera Cruz and his sudden departure
penetrate into the interior, and, perhaps to the capital
The New York papers had previously announced mat
Gen. Paroles, ex-Presdent of Mexico arrived at Ha-
the It'll instant, in the British steamer from
Southampton, and would proceed to Mexico IN the next
steamer 1t was thought he had important dispatches"
He had arrived from Paris; and it is impossible for us
to ascertain at this time for what precise purpose he had
visited France, and with what political views he has re-
turned to Mexico 1t now appears that he had left Ha-
in the British steamer for Vera Cruz; that he
travelled under assumed name, and the captain OF
the steamer processes to state, stranger to hmself
although consul at the Havana General CampbelD
was appzed OF his departure and notified the command
ing officer at Vera Cruz of the fact Ii unfortunate
that consul did not instead of transmitting his letter by
the mall send confidential agent in the same vessel, TO
aprize the governor Immediately his landing; and
thus Paroles might have been arrested before he left the
city The letter in the Picayunc sufficiently explains the
in which he had entered and left Vera Cruz, and
the modification of the Americans learning his es-
cape and the correspondent enters into some specu
ations of the effects which his sudden return to
Mexico may produce upon the destiny of that country
1t is scarcely necessary for to attempt any elaborate
speculation upon the ultimate consequences OF this event
But we may be excused for saying that on the first
blush of this matter, it would calculated to prolong
the war, and prevent an immediate consummation Of
peace The government of Paredes before he super
seeded by Santa Anna, was every knows unfriend
y to the United States The message of the President of
the United States to the last Congress contains various
evidences OF the hostile spirit of this leader 1t informs
that when minister Mr. Sidell reached Vera Cruz,
in November, 1915, he found that the aspect of affairs
had undergone unhappy change. The government
of General Herrera, who at that time President OF
the republic, was totering to its fall. General Paroles
"a military LEADER had manifested his determination to
overthrow the government of Herrera by military
luton; and one OF the principal means which he en-
poyed to effect his purpose, and render the government
OF Herrera odious to the army and people of Mexico
by loudly condemnng It's determination to receive min
lister OF peace from the United States alleging that it
the intention of Herrera, by treaty with the United
States to dsmember the territory of Mexico, by cedng
away the department of Texas The government of
Herrera believed to have been welldsposed to pacific
adjustment OF existing difficulties but probably alarmed
for its security and in order to ward of the danger
of the revolution led by Paroles, violated its solemn
agreement and refused to receive accred minis
er and this, although informed that he had been invest
ed with full power to adjust all questions dispute be-
tween the two governments.
"On the 3Oth OF December, 1916, General Herrera
resigned the presidency and yielded up the government
to General Paroles without struggle. Thus revolu-
ton was accomplished solely by the army commap Ny
Paroles, and the supreme power Mexico passed INTO
the hands OF military usurper, who was known to be
bitterly hostile to the United States"
Scarcely hope of adjusting our difficulties, even at
day. of preserving peace with Mexico, could be
cherished while Paroles remained at the head of the gov
eminent He had acquired the supreme power by a
military revolution, and upon the most solemn pledges TO
wage against the United States, and to reconquer
Texas, which he claimed revolted province of Mex
ico He had denounced guilty OF treason all those
Mexicans who considered Texas as no longer consttu
ting part of the territory of Mexico and who were
friendly to the cause of peace The duration of the war
which he waged against the United States was indefinite
because the end which he proposed of the econquest of
Texas, hopeless Besides, there good reason to
believe, from all his conduct that il was his intention to
convert the republic of Mexico into monarchy and TO
call foreign European prince TO the throne"
There other proofs of the hostile spirit of Paroles
The Presidents message states further that the deter
mination of Mexico to rush into hosties with the
United States afterwards manifested from the whole
tenor of the note of the Mexican Minister of Foreign
Affairs to minister, bearing date the twelfth of
March, 1916 Paroles had then revoutionized the gov
ernmen and his minister, after referring to the resolu
ton for the annexation of Texas which had been adopt
ed by Congress in March, 1915, proceeds declare
that fact such this or, to speak with greater exact.
ness, notable act of usurpaton, created impc
ous necessity that Mexico for her honor, should
repel with proper fmness and dignity The supreme
government beforehand declared that it would look upon
such act a beH and, as a consequence of
this declaration, negotiation was by its very nature at
an end and war was the only of the Mexican
government.
cit appears, also, that the fourth of April follow
ing General Paredes through his Minister of War issued
orders to the Mexican general in command on the Texan
frontier to attack our army by every means which
permits To this General Paroles had been pledged
TO the army and people of Mexico during the military
revolution which had brought him into power On the
eighteenth of April 1916, General Paroles addressed
letter to the commander that frontier in which he
stated to him. at the present date suppose you at the
head OF that valiant army either fighting already or pre-
pairing for the operations OF a campagn and sunnosiny