Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-07-02
Affairs at Santa Fe-

1t is with feelings of profound sadness ,h,,
we are Obliged to record the disgracefuI nro.
SSeeulhgs oil our troops under Col. Price n,
SANTA re. Their conduct has been charac.
'eIlHeu oy Inc grossest INSTRUMENTATION: thew
P'uhoer at their pleasure the defenceless Mey.
ioah' ana give TO his complaints no answer
blows. u'sgIaceiui
In al the abandonment of military license.
me soldiers pass the day, and tio,s occnnv
'he night. About one-ffih of the whole con-
mand have died from the effects of dissina-
lion' No order prevails, no attempt at coer-
c'oh is made; "the soldiers''-savs one ar
count" are never drilled or mustered. and
rom me highest officer to the private SOL
fusion.' O'e "nu coh-
The license they accord TO the soldiers. the
IIMDeS PIac'lce themselves. They keep gam
oing,"eIlS and groggeries-ocrupations TO
".e so"e OF tEem, perhaps, were formerly
accustomed, before they assumed The s,iiI
more disgraceful part of marauders. ninnder.
sls and murderers. They cheat and brow.
peat The natives by day, and when niobt
comes, flown with insolence and wine. ~
'hey resort to the fandangos, and give full
scope TO their unbridled passions.
me officer In command, Col. Price. bpt
ia'e a Loco-Foco member of Congress, either
from sympathy, Indifference, or fear Of hq,ng
popularity, winks at all the excesseS of The
soldiery. "o
rms IS no exaggerated statement Of Ours
1t is the sober, melancholy truth. if dis.
patches are to be relied upon, or the accounts
OF dIslnterested writers.
! ne Indians are another source Of constant
ai",ni ana disaster 10 the miserable inhabi.
tdntS AGAINST tho ,x-,-
mes Gen. kearney promised them the am
plesecurily of HE forces-a promise which
ne has never even attempted to fulfll-and
one perhaps. the performance of which the
deceived and much abused Mexican would
nor now sollcit-f for he has more cause TO fear
MS civilized, than his barbarous foe.
Inc great distance Of these officers and
troops from the Government Of the United
states, may produce a feeling of impuni,y on
thelr part; no immediate punishment thew
know can reach them, and, if hereafter their
conduct should be subjected to inquiry, they
may rope to escape from censure from p0Hii-
cat sympathy with their acts; their command
ing olhcer having received his appointment as
a leward of political services, and his conduct
having been therefore adopted in advance
by the Administration which he helped to
sustain.
VINO can wonder at the Instruction of the
1%nsuited, outraged, plundered inhabitants =
have they not cause for their hatred of our
name and authorityl Have we moi justified
their attempted vengeance?
we cannot tell when or how this disgrace
ful state Of things will terminate whether
exhausted by diseases consequent upon bru-
tai dissipation, the volunteers will gradually
perish, or, whether by the unanimous action
OF an Infatuated population they shall be mis-
erabIy cut oil in all the insecurity of their Sc
curity.
II, In place Ct those who return on expira-
ton of their enlistment (if any do return!)
other troops are TO be sent out, cannot the hon
est public opinion of the country be brought
to bear with so much concentrated energy and
potency upon this imbecile administration as
to compel it TO direct to Santa Fe such troops,
whether regulars or volunteers, as shall not
disgrace themselves, their country, and hu.
mainly itself!-Tribune.