Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1847-10-21

''Stal Hmping upon my Daughser?''-
The Harrsonburg Republican of Saturday
last contains very luminous. and no doubt, to
the mind of the writer, successful vindica-
ton of the position which he assumed in his
bunclng attempt to disprove certain statements
made by us. on the 9th ult, relative to the
time at which the Mexican government decided
that it would not receive the minister sent
from this country with full powers to settle all
difficulties then and now existing between the
the two countries. We have carefully gone
over the whole ground again, and find tina,
the statement which we made on the 9Th nit.
chat tie decision of the Mexican Council Of
government, not TO receire oar Minister, was
made known at the Department of State. be-
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from Corpus Christi" is substantially true,
in every particular. The editor admits, ''tlla,
the decision to reject was itself the actual re-
lection of Mr.. SLlDELLs" and then unqualii-
edlv asserts. 'sthat no decision to reiec,
was made till the 2lst of March, 1876" We
asserted that Mr. SLIDELL's letter, in which
he advised our government that he should not
he received, was dated 18th Dec. iS45. We
derive opr proof, from the highest authority
authority which is entitled 10 more credit, we
think, than the gratui,ous assertion of the SEN
ior editor of the Republican, or any other man
who feels it to be his highest duty to SANDER
and mlsrepresent the President. Upon this
subject the following is Mr. Po1K's language.
as contained in his Annual Message of Dec.
last. rerbmtim: "Betore these orders ,cere is
sued, the despatch Of or Minister IN .Uerico.
Transmitting The decision Of the Council of
the government Of .Ner;co, adrisine. that he
should not be receired, and also the despatch
Of our consul residing in the city of Mexico
the former bearing date on the Seventeenth, and
the latter on the eighteenth of Dec. 1886
,rere rcceired at the Department Of State"
The candid reader will perceive, that there
is not word about ''the mere opinion" of Mr..
3 that he should not be received, in the quo
tation which is given from the Presidents
message. On the contrary, it is positively as
serted, that Paroles and his cabinet had met
In formal and legal 'Council Of Government. -
and solemnly decided not to receire our Min
lister. at that or any future time And the fact
that Mr. SLIDELL was not forthwith recalled
BY his government, does not prove, as the Re-
publican foolish1y argues. that the Mexican
government did not decide not to receire him
but is evidence conclusive Of the anxious solicit
tuje of the Executive, to remove if possible,
every barrier to his reception by Parades. The
difficulty with the Republican no doubt origi-
rated in his culpable ignorance ofthe meaning
ofthe term, Council of government" It new
eroccurred to his penetrating mind that means a
council, or consultation, held by the govern
Ynent, In the same manner in which the Pres-
dent of the U. S. and his cabinet meet for the
purpose of exchanging sentiments and opin-
ions upon the various topics that may consti-
tutona!y come before them for their action
We feel confident that when our neighbor ex-
an,ines the subject with more care, and with
desire to arrive at the truth, and not to torture
and mlsrepresent, all further difficulty upon
this point will be removed-he will be con-
WINGED that the decision of which we wrote, in
cur article of the 9th ult., and which he has
most sgnally failed to disprove. was really
ecyy, mn nj csf tod IN ft,o - c.
de, date of Dec. II. 1915. and no, on the 2lst
Of March, '46. Dear Sir, do no, squrm and
twist so agosizingly; acknowledge that YOU are
Stranded upon this point, a. least. and
your candor as an honorable and unpreiudiced
opponent will appear III more credtabe ligh.
than your past course has exhibited So much
for the time a, which thisssdecsion' was made,
and the manner in which it was made.
We come now. dear reader, for the hund
redlh time since ii has commenced. to discuss
the Cause Ct the Var. The pas. course of
the Republican upon this subjec. places its ed
tors in light perfectly ridiculons. In that
Paper of the 18th ult. The war is attributed to
We insane vehemence. Of The Polktes in ia
vof annexation" In the, same article, IN
speaking of the order issued from the War De-
partment, for Gen. Taylor to take position
on the Rio Grapde. he deuounces it as pal
haolH error, not TO say crime, which the Pres
lJeni had committed, !" and declares that. .sthe
vestLs Of achich. taeyery unprecedented mind, is
the present disastrous and unfortunate war,
Ac. In thai paper of ae Cd inst. 1.-The writer SAYS
that he believes that Mexico ..wonld not have
invaded Texas at the tirne hostilties broke out
between u.s." had 1t not Lsss for TIE march Of
osr army to The RIO Gya,as. And in the
Republican Of Saturday last. The editor ac-
knowledges that he '.did say. thasthe removal
y ON amy from Corpus Christi 70 tho Rio
sea Ct S Is