Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-09-04
FUR Their MEXICAN ACCOUNTS.
From the New Orleans Picayune Of tho lsh

FUR Their MEXICAN ACCOUNTS.
From the New Orleans Picayune Of tho Is h.
Accounts from the city Of Mexico come
10 US piece.meal. Mr.. Kendall's letters
and some papers transmitted by him, give
the latest intelligence but there were in
tervals in the narrative which from time TO
time we find the means to fill up. The &C.
counts received at Havana by the Grea.
Western, which left Vera Cruz on the Isl,
inst. furnish a little information, and we de.
ticias Of Jalapa, received by the N. Orleans.
From these we proceed to construct An in.
telligibie statement OF affairs.
| The reader will bear in mind that Mr..
Buchanan's recent letter was submitted by
Santa Anna to Congress. On the 18th Ju
ly committee reported on the subject,
and recommended that the despatch should
be returned to Santa Anna. Congress, by
decisive vote, sustained this report, which
we translated and published few days
since. We now learn from the correspon.
dence Of the Diario de Ia Marina, that on
the 18th oil July the Foreign Secretary
transmitted a new communication 10 Con
gress. The point oil it was briefly stated by
Mr.. Kendall in one OF his late letters, but it
is so important that we give the fuller yer.
sion of it from the Diario.
The Secretary tells Congress that il that
body is unwilling to assume the responsiblli.
ty OF answering Mr.. Buchanan's despatch,
neither is Santa Anna DESTROYS Of taking ii
upon his shoulders. He says in the first
place that there is a doubt as to the con.
structlon OF the law and that this should be
cleared up. The government did not con-
suit Congress to know whether the execu.
tive could take the initiative in negotiations
there was no doubt about that but the
executive desired to know whether Con.
gress wished him to entertain the overtures
profiered. The dignity Of the nation re-.
quired that some reply should be given to
Mr.. Buchanan's letter it was the business
Of the executive to make that reply, but he
desired to make such reply as should ex.
press the views Of Congress. Ii was more
urgent upon Congress TO express their
views, as, by the law Of the 20lh OF April
last, i, was expressly declared that peace
should not be made with the United States.
The government is thus placed in position
where il can not act. These points the
Secretary dwells upon at length. He then
goes on to say that the executive is not ig-
norant Of the wishes of the nation, nor can
the nation be in doubt as to those OF the ex.
ecutive. That even in the moment OF his
defeat (alluding to Cerro Gordo) Santa An
mas sole thought was how to save the cap
toI, and that in the course OF single month,
as if by enchantment, he had aroused pub
lie spirit and raised forces sufficient. for its
defence. But, continues the report, that is
| M thu cpact;on tha 20 shall he
executive listen, or not, 10 the American
representative? Nor can the question be
evaded by saying that Congress is not an
advisory body, tor it has been continually
acting in that capacity since it terminated
its laburs Of amending the constitulion.-
To this the Secretary adds: "Some may
say to themselves, what the government
wants is that we should relieve it from its
embarrassments.' True, gentlemen, that
is precisely the case. The government,
knows what its powers are, and as to them
it has no occasion to consult Congress. 1t
knows too, its duties but notwithstanding
that Congress and the inhabitants Of the
capitol, the nation and the whole world are
witnesses OF the manner in which he has
discharged those duties, yet the chief Of the
executive is the object Of the most absurd
suppositions on the part OF some of his
countrymen and even Of public iunctiona
ries. This has extended so far that the cry
for war has been raised and an effort made
to inspire distrust Of the General, the Pres
DENT" &c. &c.
In conclusion, the Secretary says tina,
the government is prepared for the war
and to push it forward to the extent Of it,
means that it is confident OF triumphan,
defence Of the capitol, but that the future
God only can determine. The executive
insists that Congress should make an ex
press declaration whether it is the will o
the nation that the government shall no,
listen to any kind OF proposition made on
the part OF the United States.
So far as known at Havana, Congress.
had made no reply to this, nor had they
acted upon it all. The Boletin at Jalapa
Of the Sd August, says that they have seer
the Diarao del Gobierno to the last day o
July, and they republish one article from it.
not specifying the date OF it., but we prsume
it TO be very late. The article is importan,
as showing the views Of the government
1t is a professed resume Of a series of art
Giles, the conclusion OF which are but re
iteration Of the views Of the Secretary
The official editor holds that war is not the
normal state OF nations that in the due
course Of time, peace must be concluded on
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