Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-11-18
sTRouDsBURG MONROE COUNTY NOVEMBER


have never been under the jurisdiction OF Tex
as. This TO me was an uRs0rmouniable bafri.
er..-l could no. place The country IN that posi-
tion." ,...,-5s ...~..s.,s ). I,,a 81
With these views widely disseminated among
ihe People, Mr.. Polk was elected, and the sue
cess of Anne xa,ion in some form secured. But
Congress took good care no, to leave any chance
for pretending thai by Annexation we had a.
greed to maintain The preiensions Of Texas TO
be extended TO the Rio Grande. The joint
Resolutions con.enting 10 Annexation express.
ly provided that
"Said State shall be formed; subjec, to the
adjustment, by this Government Of all questions
Of boundary thai may arise with other Govern
men,s," &c.
Ye. id Tho face OF This broviso, Mr.. Polk
gave the order for tho advance Of our Army
from Corpus Christi on the Nueces, where it
had remained uhmolesled for monks, TO the
bank of the Rio Grahde The following 10 the
order tran lnii,ed (Jan g. '46,) TO Gen. Tay-
lor through Mr.. Secretary Marcy Of the War
Depar,men,-no a whisper OF ]. being COM
mniCdteo W SouS'OoS, 'uc" :" eS'sO"
II am directed by the President to instruct
you TO advance and occupy, with the troops un'
der your command, POSITIONS on or near the
east bank Of the Rio del Norte, as soon as II
can conveniently be done, with reference TO The
season and routes by which your movements
mus, be made. Frum The views heretofore
presented TO this department. II Is presumed
Poin, Isabel will be considered by you an ell
| gible position; this point, or some one near II,
and points opposite Ma'atnoros and Mier, and
in the vicinity Of Laredo, are suggested 10 your
consideration" -ala
This order was obeyed: and the result Is be-
fore us. Our Army was me, al The Sal Colo
RADIO creek, between The two Rivers by Mex
lean force under Canales, aud warned no. ,o
prosecute It's march, which of course was dis
regarded. Arriving a, the mouth Of The Rio
Grande, Gen. Taylor found ,ha, the Mexican
authorities had just abandoned the post, (Sar
tsabel) setting 6re TO the custom house.
Thence he proceeded up the River and took
post opposite Maamotas, the capital Of ths
Province Of Tamaulipa,. He Arrived there OF
The 2Sh of March, iS46 and on the 9Th Apri
following reported his obedlence Of orders I,
the War Department., in le,iet which says:
'.On our side battery Of four eighteen poun
dsfs will be completed, and the guns placed il
battery to-day. These guns bear upon the pub
lie square of Maiamoras, and within good range
for diminishing the town. Their object can
not be mistaken BY The enemy"
THE ensmy,' do you hear! No, shot ha
been fired nor man harmed by The Mexican'
bu, Gen. Taylor is neither dssembler nor
fool He saw he had been sent where fgh,inI
alone could maintain his position, and he mad
dispositions accordingly. On the 18th Of .ha
month mos, intelligent, officer Of our Army, II
: perfect Inconsistencies that he was sayin
anything remarkable, wrote TO the ". Y. Splr
: 1t of tie Times, as follows:
Camp opposite Matamores, April le. lS46
"Our situation here is an extraordinary one
: Righ, n the enemy's country, actually occupy
ing their corn and cotton fields, the people
The soil leaving their homes. and we, with
3 small handful Of men, matching with colOfs fly
ing and drums beating, Tigh, under the guns q
one of their principal ciies displaying the staI
SpdNSIcu UduucIs 10 "' cf'~''oS' N'~o' ''N~'
: very nose, and they, with an army twice ou
] size at least; 81, quietly down, and make nj
4 the leas, resistance, not the first effort 10 driv
|. the invaders of. There is no parallel TO it,"
Do you hear again. The enemy's country
. the people Of The soil leaving their homes
and ye, no, the frs. effor, 10 dive the invader
off, And i, was not ,ilI after the Mexicans ha
; (orcibIy and repeatedly demonstrated aga'n'
!. this shameful invasion aud been virtually 'ol
TO help ,hemselsss.-.no, TILL after Gen. Tayle
had blockaded the mouth Of the River, so as
stop the subsis,ence of the Mexican artny---n'
j. till ouf dragons under Col. Thornton charge
! superior Mexican force which had not moles
: ed ii..-hat actual hosiliiies were commence
: = by The Mexicans. Such is the state OF FAC
q ON which Mr.. Polk shnouncced that Amer
e can blood ha. been shed On American soa
u and Congress grasely resolved that War o.
. lists By the act Of Mezico." Was there ever