Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-15


ter, it is as clearly wrong.
mot only do the laws Of the United
States prohibit its citizens from engaging In
and fitting out hostile ornaments from our
ports or territory, against the territory OF a
friendly Power, but the laws Of nations and
principles Of honor and justice are equally
opposed to such proceedings. Yet in the
face Of the constitutional duty Of the Presi-
dent, under the solemniiy ofhis official oath,
and with a full knowledge OF the fdcts, all
the arrangements for this warlike expedition
are allowed TO progress with IMMUNITY with
in our territory, and without the slightest
effort on the part Of our rulers TO interfere or
prevent il, not even TO notify the parties that
they could not be allowed TO proceed In such
an undertaking! .
"lti is as the Inieiigencer justly observes
one OF the residuary consequences OF the
Mexican-Texan war, and is TO be added to
the other evils which the policy OF Mr. FOLK
and his party have entailed on the nation.
We learn that there will be no lack OF means
and a probable over supply Of physical force,
Tor the object in question, and as soon asthe
heats Of summer have passed we shall see an
armed force recruited and organized, within
our limits, in a time of profound peace as
sembled on the Rio Grande, with the OPEN
ly avowed object of invading and dlsmem-
bering the territory Of a sister republic. No
doubt they will divide out the property and
lands OF The country on the same plan as that
adopted by the Normans in England. Ihos9
engaged in the enterprise pretend TO justify
their proceedings on the plea that the expe-
dltlon is undertaken at the instance and re-
quest Of the people of the country, who are
DESTROYS of separating from the Mexican
Government and establishing an independ-
ant republic. The pretence is too shallow to
be worthy of even a passing reply, as we
venture to say that not one in a hundred,
probably not one in a thousand, of the inha6-
ltants in the territory will know that such a
step is In contemplation, until they find their
peaceful homes invaded by an 'army with
banners
" One thing. at any rate is certain, that
the American Government is publicly, as it
was previously privately notified of the fact,
and II it allows this fragrant violation Of at
tack upon the Mexican rights to be consuma-
ted, it THE Executive1 must hear the whole
responsibility and the odium of the transact
ton in face of the world"
The N. O. Delta openly advocates this
lawless and wicked enterprise, and processes
that is originated by a generous wish to raise
the wretched Mexicans from their hopeless
condition, to glory and prosperity. and will
be conducted only by peaceable means. 1t
says, in reply to the l~ntelligencer and Bull
letin:
The CANT about The horrors of The Wer;-
rdn-I ernn u6r is BEHIND THE AGE. il
sprung from the old iealously of the North
against the South. The former whilst poss-
esslng a boundleas prospect Of expansion,
wished TO hem in and restrict the latter with
in certain metes and hounds. Unfortunately,
cant has It's devotees in the South as well as
In the North. Through this medium. North
ern Jealousies and sectional ~rivalries are al
owed 10 Influence the views and opinions of
our own people. We should resist and TRAM
PIE upon any such infuencss
=" Discarding all distractions, we ask the
Bulletin If the introduction of American arts,
principles, and institutions into Mexico,
would not greatly improve that country, IN
crease its wealth, as well as that of the world
at large, and enable us to secure perfect
peace on our Southern frontier Is not this
a desirable event, if il can be brought about
by peaceable measures? Is it not desirable
~ the view OF political economy, as we'll as
OF philanthropy, that a desert waste should
be redeemed from sterrility, and made to
bring forth fruits for mans support and en-
Joyment! Is it not desirable that a people
now groaning in ignorance and i~dleness,
should be turned from their ways, and lie
made cultivators instead Of cumberers of the
earth
These are certainly noble objects for hu-
man ambition and enterprise. 1t would ad-
NIT OF much argument whether such impor-
tant and Philanthropic purposes would not
justify the employment of a certain degree OF
force. But as no such result is contem-
plated-as the whole plan which has just
blazed on our contemporary with such frey
and bloody terror, is intended 10 be peaceful
and political in its aim and purpose, and moi
warllke, 1t is unnecessary TO examine the
question. whether in this case, the end would
not justify means such as the Bulletin charg-
es are TO be used.
These fair professions and the pacific char
acier Of this proposed invasion, will be bet
ter appreciated after reading the following
extract from the Galveston News, given as
the last intelligence from Tampico.
"The citizens of 1'ampico. we learn, are
unanimously in favor of the new Republic
of Sierre Mardre. They have organized in
to a sort Of military force-completely armed
and equipped-for the defence of the city,
they keep up a constant guard, and do not
permit the Mexican soldiers, of whom there
are about one hundred in the neighborhood
TO appear in tine streets after a certain hour.
Capt. Wells informs US that it was under
stood at Tampico that an offer lad been made
to Colonel De Rrssy to return to that place
with one thousand Americans to aid in es-
tablishing and defending the new Republic,
and it was believed he would accept. A
bounty Of one hundred thousand dollars was
to be paid them, besides their usual monthly
pay as soldiers. The people of Tampico
were represented as looking foi their arrival
with confidence. The force there already
organized and equipped amounts to six COM
panies-four ofin:antry and two Of dragons.
Two Of the infantry companies are composed
Of Americans and foreigners, one Of Span
isrds, one Of Mexicans."
This new scheme Of violence and fraud