Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-10-20

been brought about by the act of Mexico. |
He said he had been called on more than /
Twelve months before that time rs Briga-
der General, to raise certain companies Of
and on that occasion he COM
mitted himself in public addresses in favor
Of the justice Of our cause. That the Reg
iment called into service did him the honor
Of making him their Colonel, and that
when about to take up the line Of march
across the dreary plains, nothing but pat ;
riotism and love Of our common country
seemed to fill the bosoms Of all-and the
proud determination to defend the honor Of
the United States and avenge her wrongs
scared far above party spirit. Col. D.
said he had been far away in the enemy's
for months, without access to news.
papers Of any kind, or to other sources of
nothing about what was going on; but il
he had been here, he would not have fallen
into tho wake of Daniel w ebster, (as some
Of his friends seemed to have done,) when
he came down from the East like roaring
lion against the President and this iniquit.
Gus war-and he hoped his friends would
excuse him when he told them that it was
little too late for him to do so now"
So much for the speech at Independence.
We have also heard through gentleman
Of high character, who was present and
heard Col. Doniphan's speech at Gallatin,
that he made powerful defence Of the
whole Texas question and the war, to the
great Joy of the Democrats and to the utter
conetorpotion ri tho yhios
The Platte mo. Argus says ofanother
ofthe efforts Of Col. Doniphan:
''Afer Mr.. Hall concluded, Gen. Doni.
phan was called to the stand, and delivered
a speech in his usual happy style. He
gave many interesting incidents connected
with his long march. He vindicated, tri-
umphantly, the justice of the war, which
this country was compelled to wage against
Mexico, and used arguments and reasoning
which no man dare gainsay. The war,
when it was first declared by Congress, said
Gen D was almost by acclamation; but
more recently certain politicians were de-
nouncing him for Leaving his party. He
said he had sustained the war on good
grounds when it was first declared, and he
still sustained it,
The demands Of Mexic0-Why Peace
was not made.
The Washington Union, Of Saturday,
received by express mail two small printed
sheets, Of four pages each, headed "Contes-
tachiones habidas entire ell supreme gobier-
no Mexicano, el General en- Gefe del
eiercito Americano,y ell Comisionado de los
Estados- Unidos.' The negotiation held
between the supreme government Of Mexi.
CO, and the general.in-chief Of the Ameri.
can army and the Commissioner of the
United States.) These eight pages contain
notes from General Scott and Santa Anna,
the various datails of the negotiation, and
project of treaty submitted by MIR. Trist
In commenting upon the contents, the
Union says:
'Jtappears from this statement that the
Mexicans insist upon world of indemni6-
cation-for what our army has done in their
towns and villages, and for losses sustained
by the people in the country. Even the
mischieEs perpetrated by their own gueril-
las we are to make good! AS to terrific
ries and boundaries, they are equally short
Of the mark They first demanded that no
part of the territory between the Bravo and
the Nueces was to be considered as part Of
Texas. Then, they appear so far to have
modified their propositions, that after run
ming line few leagues from the const
from the Bravo to the Nueces, they run
up the middle of that river (the Nueces) till
they strike the 9th degree of latitude, and
thence to the Pacific ocean. Mr.. Trist
submitted his project, after which, the
counter instructions Of Santa ANN, en-
bracing the boundary proposition we have
just stated, of the 5th Of September; and
there the matter seems to have ended
There is no account of the final rejection
or disposition Of these several projsts.-
Whether the negotiation died away of it.
self, or, the armIstice being broken, the
matter fell with it, does not appear, as far
as we are advised from the printed sheets
before us.
s'One impression is left upon us-and
that is that they do not confirm the reports
that we had heard Of the violent resistance
made by the Mexicans, or the great loss on
our side, or General Worth's wound
The leperos and the women figure more in
these accounts than their regular troops, or
even the guerrillas."
The New Orleans papers say that the in.
structions Santa Anna gave to his CON-
missioners were to treat with US as if they
(the Mexicans) were the victorious party,
which fact accounts for the arrogance of
their demands II in no wonder than TINT