Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-05-06
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
From tho baltimore .lmericdn.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE,

lntlmatiuns in letters from Washington arc very re-
quent and apparently not without authenticity that now
proposal Of peace has been forwarded by our government
10 Mexico The chief clerk OF thu State Department,
Mt ftlst supposed 10 ba the bearer of the overture.
The terms OF this proposal Indicated by report are
exciting 10 runder then acceptance by Mckee, rh-
er doubtful For example. 1t isgsen out that our line
of boundary is To run as iar South rs Puas, including
all ol New Mexico aud upper California. ali oi thhua
hua. all of Sonora aud parts OF Iamaupas, toahuila
Durango aud lover California Why not 90 10 tho Sierra
Ma're at once
The line of the Rio Grandc far as tho Passo del
Noric. aud thence To somo point tho Pacific which
would give tho harbar Of san Fmnclsco would be a
line which Mexico might be disguised 10 conclude an ad
Iustment upon. HIVE Insist upon further dlsnemhefs
mrnt protrae,ion of Ihewar Is ltkcly enough
The loa OF annoNlue inhabited territory, occupied
and cultivated by iutelgn peope-ioregn III language
and III race habits, usagos aud assocatons's as 10
pugnant 10 the wishes Of on people. We believe as II Is
certalnl, adverse To the spnt oi onr institutions a
hse population Incorporated INTO onr political system
against their wthe thing upon the very lace OF It Is
AT with all the principles upon which our Mon aud
it's Institutions Of republican sell government are founded
Iu extend anneNaun then, aefoIs the ko hranda, NJ
this time, would. evidently, be- premature. Ire coah
Try beyond would have 10 be governed hy military oocn
patton by force should have 10 send Ia chihuahua,
and other places. Governors with proculsuar authority
"a beautiful illustration al lrcc,omi
In speaking On tins subject ui AaAation ono should
lock at the tendencies of things, and without Insisting on
preferences must reupld the Inevitable. 10 many the
whole business OF annexation IA dspeasing, But II we
cannot havt Thugs would wish we must take TIN IN
RS they are. and he prepared Tor what Is To come.
In expressing the belief, then, that annexation beyond
the Rio Gnndo would be premature at has time the III
tmaun is undoubtedly implied that II would not ho IN
soasunahlc period hereafter Well; that ~ our
meaning. And the reason is that the northern States OF
MrNeo lying between the Rio Grando and the Sierra
Madrc, IN due oi time becono 80 Atacrcan-
lzed that Nation will come Of their own moton they
viii seek lt-nsei ltand viii II not be Effected
The conclusion oi the ploseut war VIII leave many
elements of Aunlu SaNanlsm IN that part OF Mexico.
Matamoras aud Canargo, Monterey. Sallllo and Chi
huahua occupied 10y our ifaups, Will retain not only the
effects ol the occupancy III an Increased activity hnd en-
trrpise INFUSED by our eonac aud example, but they
Will have also many American resi- 'ons who Will settle
permanently there. When peace Is established there
viii he immigration to those salubfons regions where
delightful cllnaie prevails throughout the year. Illus
viii the ties If utilization grow up and strengthen be
tween that portion OF MeNieo aud Our Union, and thus
annexation may naturally iotw
The unity ol the yally III the Rio Gundei IN geo
Or ,phcal point of view would require in the end, the
conjunction Of that part which extends 10 the Sierra
Madre Beyond that bold and rugged chain OF mountains
new geographical CONGREGATIONS extend having thor
own alliuc5 The compact portion OF Mexico. the IN
cura Mexico with lis special individuality nation.
Is found yond the Sierra Mndrc. The Northern de
palments have hung loosely appendages of the
bdy polite rather than part aud parcel OF II. The
central government has always found itself unable to de
tend them from the hostile sayagcs.
Viewing annexation as prugrosa, which having once
started, 90 unu SOME terminus reached where
it, Progressive Impulse may be exhausted. whore II
will 18th reaclyo biifers thai must stop s further
advance we confess a s4eilude avoid all Lon
addansl war ard violence IN the Of the inevitable
tendency.
Lei VA allow time to WORK for us Instead Of the sword
III war spirit IL now sallatod sick. The nation APP
plauds The achievements OF lis brave soldiers, aud is filled
with admiration then herosm, while a sluddcr Of
pugnanre felt the necessity which causes tho slauph-
ter of miserable Mrxlcans defending their soil from
sion aud their homes from the intrusion Vi loo.