Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-15


bafbarians and say they come to civilize US:
these are the men who have plundered the /
houses of the surrounding villages, who have
stolen children from their miles, who have
slept in the inches devoted to the sacred dead. |
who have, with blasphemous rcyelry, clothed
in the ornaments of the affairs, wh>
have thrown upon the ground the body of Je
sus Christ, and have made themselves drunk
in drinking out of the sacred vessels Accur-
sed NAV they be of al! Christians, as they are
of God!
Countrgmen The Supreme Government
commanded its Commissioners. as you have
seen it already published, that they should in
qulre of their Commissioners first of all, why
they had brought war upon our Republic with
blood and fire what injuries we have done
to them that they should thus seek TO revenge
themselves Their mode of concealing their
confusion at not being able TO reply 10 these
inquiries, and of satisfying their disrleasure
because we would not consent to an lgnomln-
lous peace, has been to light up anew the
flames of war, TO send us from the Kings Mill
day before yesterday our asSassinated country
men, who had in no manner offended them,
and to glut their diabolical rage upon the de-
fenceless men whom they had in their power
Mericans i! The Supreme Government
conlures us in the name of the honor of our
race, in the name of our dignity as men and
of God himself, that we should all unite by
one unanimous and Continued effort to revenge
these great outrages, to yield never to dismay,
and 20 wage this war without truce and with
out relenting. May remorse seize upon every
selfish or cowardIy Mexican, who cannot say
10 himself that he has fulfilled every duty as
a public officer and a good citizen who has
not contributed by every means in his power
towards this war-with his person, with the
influence OF his position, with part of his
| fortune, with his labor, hy maintaining num-
Der of soldiers, by aiding every way those
who fight, and who has not so employed the
means which God has given him for his ser
vice and that of the country in which Cod has
placed him, and that His images shall not be
cast down, nor his Holy name bIasphemed.
MEXICO, September 10, 1S47.
The Mexicans appear in great measure 10
have laid aside the contemplate boasting strain
IN which they formerly spoke of Americans
before they had tried our proves in the field,
They have assumed a somewhat new, depre-
eating, and demonstrating attitude. It would
appear that they have learned nothing
OF our views from the negotiations and cores
pondence which have so recently taken place
concluding letter, have been spread before the
country We find such articles as the follow
ing in their papers, written in the most ear
nest splrit-we translate one of the leaders OF
the Diario del Gobierno after the battle of the
Kings Mill -
"Questions for Scott, for Polk, for that part Of
the people Of the United States IN favor Of
the. 1car, for all that nation, and for thu
arorld
"What is the cause, whatthe impeling mo-
tive, that the United States of America have
brought piIIage, deso:ation and DEAN upon the
Mexican Republic
What offences have this Republic commit
ted
''What reasonable or Just aim does that Gov
eminent entertain, to gain which it has adop
ted measures SO barbarOus AMI unworthy O
christian and civilized people?
''Does ii suppose that by such conduct, wor
thy of freebooters and savageS, it can vind!cat'
rights which can only be legally asserted by
} means of pacific negotiations
, ''From the conduct pursued by the American
Government what can possibly ensue but
: war at once interminable and of determination
inasmuch as the Mexican Republic is deter
minel to disappear from the Gaia ogue of ma
} tons, rather than consent to humiliation an
( disgrace -
This in !icateS very clearly to our mind tia
the MeXlcans have ha sultet of fighting
though their blind obstinacy is by no means
su' dued. The very next article In the Dlarit
before us, is a letter from the Governor o
Guanaiuato to the Minister of Foreign Re!a
tons, acknowledging the rece pit Of letter an
nOuncing the determination of the Government
, TO submit to no Concessions which shall! com
a promise Mexican honor. The Guanaiu at'
official, approves this determination of III
+ Central Government, and TIN !erS the aSS;Sta1c
OF that State, in money AMI men, 10 the full
! extent of its resources
r From the State of .Jalisco too, we have Xix
! accounts The official procIamations, which
were issued upon the receipt of the news o
the battle of Churu1uSco, or San Angel, a
f the MeXcans term it, breathe war to the knife
+ They must never lay down their arms so lon!
, as a single American pollutes the soil of th
q country their remains must be consigned It
}, Palo Alto, Resaca, Monterey, Angostura
f Cerro GorIO, AMI San Ange!-the enumera
+ ton is not ours. Providence has reserved 70
;. JAIiSco the honor of Illuminating the America
pride. Let us, says the Governor, give tn
world occasion to say, JaliSco was the era
n die of the liberty Of the Mexican Republic
n an the tomb of the conquerorS Of the North.
n But in case the issue of the struggle should b
n unproptIous, it only remains for the Jascan
! to find Il common grave with their enemies
n ami an admirng posterity will eXcIaim, 6 ia
+ liSco lost her independence, but linked her ho
q nor ujh her tomb"
o Other stuff of this nature is gwen, but nc
4 a word is lisped by which we can learn wheth
= er Paroles is in Guada!alara According t
+ the last accounts received. instead of being a
o the heal of 5000 men on the Puebla route, b
4 was endeavoring to drum up recruits throug
: JaiscO.
n From Tamaulipas, too, we have an allress
# suggested by the late renewal of hosliIites.
j encourages the citizens to rally once again fo
q the contest, which may be determined by an
other effort. The Governor finds good dea
q of encouragement in the partial successes c
q their arms in resisting Gen. SCOTS recent al
s tempts upon the capital But it cannot be ne
q cessary for Us TO go further INTO detail to-da
IS to show that so far in no part of the countr
r do we detect any signs of wavering on tn
! part of the MeXicans we can see no iniica
- ton OF desire for peace. We will conclud
J. our excerpts to-day with translation of a
J. ad iress by Santa Anna, issued upon the IT
q sumption of hostiities
= The President Provisional of the. Rep,lbli
,e and Comma nder-in- Chief of the Army,