The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-10-22

is tor the execution of she Irish deser-
ers.-We fpd this execution made the
subject ofan entire supplementary nnm-
Der oflhe Diario del Go6irrRo of the 10Th
llt. 1t is in the form of an address to
The Mexican people, without any sigma
ture. but evidently partaking IN snme
measure of an official character. We
give translation oflhe whole document,
though we have not doubt that the cir
cumstances Of the execution are grossly
exaggerated. Itgives us the exact mum
her hung and otherwise punished;
Mericansi Among the European vol
unteers whom the American army has
hired to kill us, there are many unlortu-
nate men, who are convinced of the in
Justice of this war. who profess the same
Roman Catholic Religion which we pro-
fess. but who being harrassed by the mise
ry which prevails in Europe from tue
want of employment and the failure OF
crops, have consented to enlist. Some
Of these men, abiuring their errors and
following the noble impulses of their
hearts, have passed over to our army to
defend our just cause. From these, his
Exccllency formed the Foreign Legion,
known under the name Of the Company
ofSt. Patrick. AT La Angostura and at
Chrrubusco they bore themselves with
the highest intrepidity, and after the enc
my had gained possession Of this last
point, which was only after its defen-
ders had exhausted their last cartridges,
they were made prisoners.
The generals of the American army,
who count upon their soldiers i'll war so
Iiniquitous save through the influence Of
acts of ferocily, were determined to shoot
these Irishmen. Scarcely was this
known in this city, before every breast
was filled with horror at the thought.
His Excellency the Minister Of Relations,
in touching letter to the English consul,
the estmuble lady other Briianic Majes-
TVS Minister, various private individuals,
both MexIcans and foreigners, we our
selves, and even the ladies of families re-
siding Mt Tacubaya, interceded for these
brave men; and we expected that if they
could not be pardoned, they would at
least be spared capital punishment.
1t would have been deemed base and
repugnant TO The laws Of civilization as
practiced in modern wars to offer the
; bloody spectacle ofthe execution oflhese
men; and yet it could have been palliated
to certain extent by the part which
+, these men took in tho defence Of Cheru
Z, busco; but they had no share whatoyer ir
! ! the slaughter which was made tho day
before yesterday upon the heights the
Kings Mill Well, thenwil you believe
it my coun,rynenl this day, in cold blood
these Caribs, from an impulse ofsupersti
ton, and after the manner of savages anf
as practced in the days Of Homer, hav.
y hung up these men ms holocaust--the,
= have themselves said ito the names o
the general or generals who there fell
. And in what manner did they hang them
} Noosing them by the neck as they stoo'
: upon the ground, and so suspended then
that they died "by inches" strapgled b.
. their own weight, the mode adopted DO
; ing such that their horrible agony laste'
more than one hour. A spectacle wor
thy of such men. or rather ofdemons es
capped from hell This they did will
eighteen of these unhappy men, and a
. mong them the brave Captain Refill
= whose head they stuck upon pike anc
u planted at Cherubusco. TO six others
q who proved that they had not volunteer
ed but been impressed, they gave tw
u hundred lashes each, and compelled ther
:. - To dig tho graves Of their companions!
!, MericaRS: The.e are the men who ca
q . us barbarians aud say they come To civi
= ize us: these are the men who hav
\ plundered the houses ofthe surroundin
- villages, who have stolen children frol
. thoir families, who have slept in the ncl
~ es devoted to the sacred dead, who hav
\. with blasphemous revelry, clnhed then
!, selves in tho ornaments of the altar
of who have thrown upon the ground tn
- body Of Jesus Christ and have mad
~ themselves drunk in drinking out of III
/. sacred vessels. Accused may they b
a. ofall Christians, as they are Of God
COmtrymea; The Supreme Gover
merit commanded its Commissioners, a
you have SCENT already published, TIN
n, they should inquire of their Commission
), ers first of all, why they had brought wa
|, upon our Republic with blood and fire
a, what injuries have we done TO them til,
n they should thus seek to revenge then
- selvesl Their mode of conceaing the
"a confusion at not being able to reply
>, these inquiries and Of satisfying their di
=, pleasure because we would not conse
no to an ignominious peace, has boen
: light up anew the flames Of war; TO sol
-, us from the Kings Mill day before ye
i, terday our assassinatcd couutrymen wi
- had in no manner offended themS and
49, glut their diabolical rage upon the d
Va fenceless mon whom they had in the
L. power.
h., Mericans: The Supreme Goverume
nd conjuros us in the name Of the honor
III. our race, in the name of our dignity
10, men aud of God himself, that we shou
on all unite by one unanimous and continu
MIA effort to revenge these great outiages
~ yield never to dismay and TO wage Il
,ov war without truce aud without relentl
he May remorse seize upon every selfish
80 cowardly Mexican, who cannot say
w himselfthat he has fulfilled every duty