Democratic banner., 1847-02-08

revoked by the General on the ground that
he was not afriend to the American cause.
Did Gomez obtain the above information
while he was Gen. SCOTS aid?
A Washington letter in the N. Y. Com
mercial Advertiser, thus refers to the a.
bove publication:
Col. Totten, chief of the engineer de-
Partment, has gone to Mexico, secretly
and with despatch.
If you wish to know the whole plan of
the new campaign against Mexico, YOU will
find it in the Spanish paper, published in
New Orleans, by Senior Gomez, called La
Patrta. Senior Gomez obtained it proba-
bly, from good authority. He was. I he
liere, the aid-de-camp Of Gen. Scott, for a
short time.
repeat that the plan is correctly given.
and that through it you will know as much
as the Secretary Of War knows. Those
whose official relations entitle them to know.
tell me thati it is the pLan.
The following is from the DoAur .psvs-I
p4per 4 neutra! Journal published at Phila-
delphia.
CONTRAST.
The British journals are very severe mn
on the United States, for waging a defen-
sive War against Mexico. They denouncc
it as a war ofagsrcssion; begun by us with
out Prorocation, for tho purpose of con-
quest;.and they speak of our rapGcity, as if
we were The only nation that ever invaded
the soil OF another nation. We have fire.
quently Offered these dcnunciations in con-
trast with the proceedings orthe British gov
eminent in India and China, for the pur-
pose OF showing that even were we liable
to such lmputations, they could not come
with the best grace from the British. OF
all European nations, Hry ougL: to be the
most reserved in haunting others with ac-
erosion, as they do not own a single pos
session beyond the island. of which thew
have not robbed some other nation. Yet of,
all European nations, are they the most CEN
Sorius towards others.
We have lately seen an article in British
~l1urIal published at the Cape of Good Hope
containing some comments upon the war
winch the British government have been
waStnG, io7 some time past, against the Ka-
mrs. These pcapic are savagcS, who were
frs! Invaded by the Dutch. and afterwards
pY The English, and therefore very naturally
regarded the white race rs robbers. and are
very naturally vinlictivc against them
And IKE all SavagcS. especially when liar
r>Scd hy powerful and unrc!cnting invaders,
they arc GINNING and trcachcrous, orposingi
ny Stratag"m, enemies whom they cannot
r;iSt successfully with open force. The
br'tisA Journal TO which we allndes, says
The kiir& have lost al claim TO clelmency
moderator or consideration. Their bust
ness was 70 submit a. discretion to the mar-
dates 0! The Covcran:; and filling 10 do so,
iiS cXctllcncy had a clear daty to perform,
namely to compel them by force of arms
! 0 make adclnand upon the kairs TO dclir-
or up a c~"rtain number Of cattle, &C., %instils
them with notions Of The rights OF prOpcrty;i
whereas they nave not only forfeited all
rights Of property, bat their lives also, and
Sioaid consider it = mere matter of grace,
II a single mead Of cattle be loft III their pos
session, and thcir lives be spared" This
% saragcs AS having forfeited all rights Of
lie and property. "ui ~ say that lcavingl
item ans tIrinC. even ..fe vas an act ofgrace
nccdiSe t'Iey GId not SUBMIT 10 a foreign
woke, is I Iitlc beyond anything in Arneri-
can annals; however mumCrous examples il
may find in European, & especially British.
let the British; i]orrna:, while daily applying
such doctrines, 20 the ~IIindoos, Chinese,
Kairs, B2rncsc, New Hollands and New
Heaandcrj, dcnouncc uun r0p0rity and
"ggrcy,irr >pirH in 4 defensive war!
II The court house in GiIcad, Calhoun
county, Illinois, was destroyed by Gc afrw
days since. The records aud papers We
saved.
DREADFUL TORNADO IN VIRGIN
LA.-Thc Norfolk Herald learns that the
countries of Matthews and Gloucester were
visited on the 18th lust, by a violent lorna
do of wind. One house was entirely des-
troyed in Matthews, several others unroofcd
and fences and trees in every direction
blown down. In East river, some damage
was done to the shipping, and along the
whole line Of the river, numberless out
houses were blown down. Mr.. John Dan.