The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-06-24

re9SaainEs. ad1reSsed % lie Ins,gEne and
prudenne Of ne riunOus and patriotic Co
FsEmmeml II Gsnrrsl Herrera. An unex-
ported misEoriahs dispsiled these hoPes.
sBd riOsed eErry aSenne - ~ honOrahle
adjustment. lo1r new Government dis
EngAFdei Eaur naiionAl Interests, ~ well -
IlaoSe0f Ionlirenlll America. md yielded.
moreover. 10 foTrlgn innuenees tie most
opposed n slAnxs iniereSts-the most fatal
N In fsiuFe 81 MeHirsn ideny, ard Of
thai Erpubllean system Hhirh lie United
STATES hold il duiy % pFeseHe sud %
proiert. Dnty. honor. and dignity placed
- undeF Tie necessity Of nos losing SEA
son ef whirh The naOnaEehleal parry was
fast taking advantage. As mol 3 moment
VAS IN lie list. Ne acted with . prompt
ness aud slevision suited 10 the urgency II
The ease. IN order 10 avoid complication
II interests which might render CAR MIA
Iians more difficult and involved. &
Again. in he tourse of civil war, the
government Of General PsEedcs vas over.
ihrOwR. We eoud no, hut look upon this
as a fortunate event. believing fhat any
Other administration. representing Mexico.
would be less deluded. more patriotic. and
more Prudent-iookias 10 Iiie common
good. weighing probabilities. strength, re-
sources. ard. above al, Tie general epin-
ion as Ia tie inevitable results Of 4 national
war. We were ,lereiyed-as perhaps sou,
MeSieans. were also deceiVed--in Judging
Of The real intentions Of Gen. Santa An.
m, whom sou recalled. and whom our
Government permitted To return.
Under this state of things, the Mexican
nation has seen the results lamenied by all,
and by Us most sincerely for we appre-
cisle. NJ il due. the valor and noble decis-
ion of those unfortunate men who 20 10
battle, ill-conducied. worse cared for. and
almos, always eniorredhy violence, deceit.
or perhdy.
We are wiinesses-and we shall not be
taxed with parIialiiy. as party Interested.
when we lament with surprise-llIat the
heroic behavior Of The garrison Of Vera
Cruz. in lis valiant defen.e, has been as.
persed by the General who had just been
routed aud put to shameful Eight a, Bucna
i Vista by force FAR inferior 10 his own !;
that the same General rewarded The insur-
gents OF the capital-promoiers Of civil
war--and heapcd outrage on ihnse who
had just acquired for themselves singular
distinction by resistance beyond expec-
laIiOn. and OF admirable decision.
Finally, the bloody event Of cerro Cor
do has plainly shown the Mexican nation
what il may reasonably expect, if it lon
ger continues blind TO lis real siiuaiion-a
situation to which Il has been brought by
some Of lis Generals, whom ii has most
distinguished, and in whom il has most
confied.
The hardest heart would have been
moved 10 grief in contemplating any bat
! lle-fieid Of Mexico a moment after the last
struggle. Those CoBorsls whom the ma
az" "as paul, wunouI service TenGereu. TOT
so many years, have, in the day Of need.
with some honorable exceptions, but serv-
ell To imjure her by their had example or
uakind"ess. The dead and wounded on
those fields received no marks Of military
distinction, sharing alike the sad fate which
has been the same from Palo Alto 10 Ger
70 Gordo The dead remained unburicd,
and the wounded abandoned TO the elem
ency aud charity Of the victnr. Soldiers
who go to battle, knowing they have such
reward To look for, deserve 10 be classcd
with the most heroic: for they are slim
nlated by no hope Of glory, nor remem-
brance, nor sign-not even grave.
Again, contemplate, honorable Mexi.
cans. the LOT of peaceful and Industrious
citizens in all classes OF your country.
The possessions Of The church menaccd,
andpresenteda as an allurempnt to revolution
and anarchy the fortunes of rich propri.
etors pointed oui for the plumber OF armed
ruilIans; the merchants and the mechanic,
The husbandman and The manufacturer,
burdened with contributions, excuses, mo.
noPolies. duties on consumption, and sur.
rounded by officers and collectors Of these
odiOus internal customs the man of let.
ters and The legislator. the freeman Of
knowledge, who dares to speak, persecu.
ted, without trial, by some faction, or by
the very rulers who abuse their power;
and criminals. UNPUBLISHED. are Sc, al liber.
ty, rs were those at Peroie. What, then,
Mexieans. is The liberty of which YOU
boast,
will not believe that Mexieans of the
present day wan, the courage to confess
errors which do not dishonor them, or TO
adopt system Of true liberiy-one OF
peace end union with their brethren and
ncigllbors Of the North.
Neither can | believe Mexirans ieuo.
rant of the infamy of the calumnies pni
forth by the press in order to excite hos.
hIlty against ns. No: public spirit can
not be created nor animated by falsehood. |
We have not profaned your temples, nor
abused your women, nor seized your pro-
perry, as they would have you believe. |
We say il with pride, and we confirm IL
by an appeal 10 your bishops aud the GU
rates OF Tampico, Tuxpan, Malamoras.