Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-01-28
News from Mexico.

CON- Terry, who reached Washington city, on
Thursday last, brought from Havana full files Of Mex
lean papers TO the Doth December. The Washington
Union of Friday last, makes from these
papers, but had not been able to get extended transa
lions What is given, however is highly important,
showing that the Mexicans take hope and courage
and are induced 10 prOtract the from tie threats
of impeachment of President Polk, which have been
made In high quarters here,--he gloomy and falla-
clous accounts which are published of our national f.
nances by portion of the press, and, generally, by
the factIuus and anAmerican tone of the opposition.
1t shows at the same time that the condition Of Mex
leo financially and otherwise is embarrassed TO the
last degrec-yet if the verbal account given, be
relied upon, their Congrss has resolved on bitter
prosecution of the war.
file of the " Diario" of Mexico from the first
the 25th Of December, inclusive, has been placed in
our hands, too late to enable our translator to furnish
us with any extended extracts for this evenings pa
per.
The complexion of their contents, we are informed,
Is altogether warlIke, and shows spirit of union
among the people of Mexico, or their representatives
in their Congress, worthy of imitation elsewhere;
and unfortunately for US, this spirit of union is
strengthened and encouraged by extracts from the
journals OF this country, paraded In the Mexican Off
cal in evidence of the justice of their cause, and of
the dissensions among in respect to the war For
instance, the Diarlo OF the 10Th December
upon sumo extracts from American papers, eXagge-
rating the expenditures occasloned by the war, and
the difficulty of procuring loans. 1t says: "'This
proves that the position of the United States with re-
spect to pecuniary resources, is advantageous
some suppose. The Is much costly 20
them than to us; and they compelled, therefore,
TO make great sacrifices. We infer from this, that II
MeEico makes effort, II the sovereign Congress
should grant resources to the government and If all
classes Of society prepared 10 cOntribate pro-
portion to the ergency of affairs, situation
not hopeless and ace may get Preuailouer enemies
In the same article it refers to the threat of an i'm
parchment of MIR. Polk, and says, " in opinion,
this IS highly important as At ShoUS lchat as The OPn
ion entertained in The Uniied StdteS Nth regard
TO the injustice Of the carried against Merico
In the address of Gen. Salas at the opening of the
Congress the 9th of Dec he refers TO the proceed
ings of Santa Anna at San Luis Potos where, in a
few weeks, he says he had assembled and organized
an army of more than % 600 men, part of whom had
already advanced to meet the enemy, that the
mics OF the two nations would soon encounter each
other but whatever the result may be, he says,
IS never shall there be final decisive action" He
states the why he had refused to listen to any
overtures of peace; he says that the is not one
Of ordinary character; that it is a of races
that the of it exist in the nature of things
and that the invasion would have occurred as well
under the auspices of peace during war. The
President of Congress, In his reply, does not alude
directly to the war, but says, Mexico shall not be
less than France, who able to conquer principles
and establish constitution at the very time when she
was invaded by the leglonS OF all Europe.
The Vice President Gomez Farias, took the oath Of
office before Congress- the oath Dec, and delivered
an address, in which he says the which the
public finds itself compelled to sustain against the
North American republic, shall be prosecuted with
courage and consancy, until the justice of
is acknowledged and our territory evacuated"
On the second day of the session of the Congress,
the Secretary of the Treasury (Almonte) presented
an exhibit of the lamenable state of the treasury
which the President replied that the Congress would
provide the 'to enable the executive to carry
on war in which the dignity and RonOr of the nation
are concerned"