Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-10-26
The spirit of Mexico.

,.r the breaking off OF tho late negoua'iohs--
r., n O. Picayune OF the 9Th, hiss extracts from
.,;ous Mexican documents and papers. These
=, h,eatbe the bitterest Hostility, and Indicate
-, dogged and per>sstent opposition to the de-
r or, adn,in straton. We are unable
,,;.k- all Of them, bat what we give beio"
~ enable our citizens form some estimate
- the time and means il will require for Mr.
po,K and his Cabinet TO effect what they seem
.ow 90 be aiming at-the subju CATION oil all Mex
-. and give al the same time some hints OF the
.misble, harmonious and fraternal spirit winch
r;,I uervade the Union when the contemplated
.nne.ation of twenty remaining Mexican States
.halI have been accomplished
Tn. execution Of the Irish deserters was made
-. .ub;ect Of an i,n,re supplemental number
~ The Diario del Gobierno of the 10Th uit. IL
;.;o the form Of an address 10 the Mexican Peo-
.,.. without any signature, but evidently paTta-
King in some measure of an o,hciai character
:, ,ives us the exact number hung and otherwise
,unished. At TO the mode oil the punishment
.,toyanee must doubtless be made for exag-
geration After speaking Of the Legion OF ~
Patrick being made prisoners, ana the iruit'sSS
efforts made by the lady of the British Minister
and others to procure their pardon, the ADDRESS
proceeds Gin. Atlas
.WeU, then, will yon believe 1T, my country
men this day in cold blood, these CaT4bs' lfoih
on, j,,,,,I,, OF ..p.r-tiiion. and after the man
-. nf snv,pes and as practised IN tho days OF
Uomer have hung up these men as holocaust
they have themselves SAID ito tfe names Oh
,ha general or generals who there feil! ana IN
,vb,f manner did they hang them Noosing
,be,n BY the neck as they stood upon the ground'
and so suspending them that they dicd by hc1-
es" strangled by their own weieH'' me itono
,dooted being such that their horrible agony las
td moro tban one hour. spectacle worthy OF
.,ct men, or rather Of demons escaped from
hell. This they did with eighteen OF these IN
bappy men, traitors ana among thein the pFaFe
Capt Refill, whose head they stuck upon a PIKE
and planted at Churubusco. 10 SIX othefS, VINO
nroyed that they had not volunteered but been
,,noresscd they gave two hundred iasLcs each,
and compelled them to dig the graves o. their
companions!
U,ricaHs: These are the who call us bar
barians and say they come to ciNilizc u.s. these
are the men who have plundered the houses OF
the surrounding villages, who have stolen chill
dren from their families, who have slept IN the
inches devoted to the sacred dead who have with
blasphcmous revelry, clothed themselves in the
ornamen,s Of ,he affairs, who have thrown ~.
made themselves drunk IN drinking out OF me
sacred vessels. Accused may they De ol all
Christians as they are of God
t,ouutyymen: The Supreme Governme mt COM
,nnudcd It's commissioners, as YOU have seen -
already published, that they should hqnife OF
their commissioners first OF all why ,hey NJ
hrougbt war upon our Republic with blood aud
Gr.9 what Injuries have done 10 thclh mat
they should thus seek TO revenge 'hemsoIves:-
Their mode of conceating their confusion al not
bcinp able to reply to these inquiries, ana OF sat
,scvinr their dispieasure because we would not
cousent to an igncIninious peace, has been TO
IiCht up anew the flames of war, TO send uS,iFom
the Kings Mill day before yesterday our assiS-
s,nated countrymen who had III no manner OIL
4 a., opH Ia
uyou the dcfencelcss men whom they had IN their
power.
lures MS in the name of the honor of our race,
in the name of dignity as men, and IN the
name Of God himself, that we should all unite,
by one unanimous and continued effort TO revenge
these great outrages, TO yield never TO dIsIhay'
and to wage war without truce aud without re-
lentinp. MAY rcmorsc seize upon every selflsh
and cowardiy Mexican who cannot say to hIni-
self that he has fulfilled every duty as public
officer or Il good citizen; who has not contributed
by every means III his power towards ms war
with his person, with the influence o. his posi-
tion W ith part of his fortune, with his labor,
by maintaining number of soldiers, BY aiding
every way those who fight, and who has not SO
employed the means which God has gwen hiin,
for His service and that of the country IN which
God has placed him, that His images shall not DC
cast down nor His holy name blasphemed
Mexico, September 10. lol1.
The same spirit seems TO prevail elsewhere
The Diaro contains letter from the Governor of
Guanaj uato to the Minister of Foreign Relations,
acknow Lodging the receipt of letter announc-
ing the determination of the Government to
submit to no concessions which shall compromise
Mexican honor. The Guanaj uato official APP
proves this determination of the Central Govern
mcnt, and tenders the assistance of that State,in
money and men, TO the full extent of its resour-
ccs.
From the State Of Jalsco, too, we have like
accounts. The official proclamations, which
issued upon the receipt of the news of the
battle of Churubusco, or San Angel. the Mex
leans term it. breathe TO the knife. They
"must never lay down their arms SO long
single American poutes the soil of the country
their remains must be consigned to the same
earth in which reposc the victims of Pao Alto.
Resaca, Monterey, Angos,ura. Cerro Go-io and
San Angel. Providence has reserved for Jalisco
the honor of humia!ing the American pride
Let u.s." says the Governor, "give the world
casion TO say, 'Jalisco the cradle Of liberty
of the Mexican Republic, and the tomb of the
conquerors Of the North But, in the issue
of the struggle should be unpropitious, it only
remains for the Jaliscans to find a common
grave with their enemies, and an ndmirng pos
terity will cxclaim, 'Jalisco lost her indepen-
dence, but linked her honor with her tomb
We will conclude our extracts to-day with
translation of an address by Santa Anna, issued
upon the resumption Of hostilites: