Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-05-10
NO. &c.
AFFECTING APPEAL FROM NEIGH.
BORIS.

AFFECTING APPEAL FROM NEIGH.
BORIS.
Dreadful scenes Of havoc and devasta-
ton are presented in the following new
and affecting appeal from the Represent
alive Of Yucatan, al Washington, to our
Government for its in.erposition and aid:
Commission of Nueatan, in Washington
April 3, l84S.
Hon. JAMES BUCHANAN: .e7 M
Sir-ln fulfllment of orders which
have just received from my government,
and in strict compliance with Instructions
therein conveyed to me, Ihave again the
pleasure Of addressing myself to the Sc
cfetary Of State on most important, SCI
rious, and delicate affair, which admits of
no delay, as it iseven now producing the
most lamentable consequences, especially
to unfortunate Yucatan--a country truly
worthy of q better fate.
On previous occasion have invoked
you by the sacred words or humanity, Ii
berty and civilization, all Of which quail
ties are characteristic ofthe people ofthe
United States. | again invoke you in
these terms, and Moreover, on the ground
Of policy. | request, then, the formal in
PREVENTION and the active and efficacious
cooperation Of the United States in the
matter Of the cruel and bloody warfare
which is at present the lot of the people
Of Yucatan. And if, from the tenor OF the
constitution and laws Of your republic,
the executive power should not possess
the necessary authority to arrange this
matter on its own responsibility, further
pray that this note, with all the others
relative to the subject which | have ad-
dressed to the Department of State. may
be sent into either Of the two branches Of
the Legislative power, as memorial ad-
dressed to them by the government: of
Yucatan, in the name Of the vas, popua-
ton which that government represents.
The Indian war, that atrocious and saw
age warfare, as conducted by them, with.
out sParing either sex or age, is, at the
present time, of a most formidable char
acter for Yucatan. The savaees have
destroyed four towns and more than fifty
villages; they have overrun more than
two bundled farms, and as many sugar
and cotton plantations; they have viola
ted cemeteries, assassinated hundreds Of
white families; and at last accounts. were
masters Of all the eastern and the most
Of the southern portion of the peninsula
Of Yucatau. The work Of three hundred
years Of civilization, and the improve.
ments which our best citizens have by
their labors erected, have alrdsappeared
wherever they were subject to the savage
attacks of this accursed race, who, at the
present time, are carrying fire and slaugh-
ter over the former happy homes Of the
people Of Yucatan. f -s@
Immense hordes Of this malignant race
fall with surprising rapidity on the de-
(enceless villages, leaving them heaps Of
ashes, and then withdraw themselves 10
the woods, forests, and other inaccessible
spots Of the country, evading and ,antali-
sing our troops, who are unable to come
up with them. Unburthened with tho
usual nccessaries Of civilized life, the ra-
pidity Of their movements, the ease with
which they support all kinds Of privations,
such rs it is impossible for any other race
10 give tfieifii" ain almost irresistible sup..
riority moreover, their numbers increase
in the most extraordinary manner, and
their means of warfare, far from din:n-
i,hing, seem also to increase. II is true
my government sent commission 10 that
Of the Belize to beg them to put stop to
the selling Of arms and ammunition to the
Indians; and that government replied
that it would do so. But, sir, l am nell
apare Of the condition IF my country, and
Ibelieve Mat there has been no sale Of arms
made to them. These arms ard munitions
are gircn to them gratuitouszy. The gor-
ernment Of Bazize may fully comply Nth
achat 1t has promised, and as there aciH be
no diminu'ion Of the resources Of these In.
dams, I acou7d beg TO recall to your alien
ton whatis now happening In Central a.
merica as regards the unworthy and ridi-
cuzous farce Of The King Of the Mosquitoes.
| The writer goes on 10 say that these
ravages have paralyzed the government,
neither money, arms, nor ammunition,
and that the white race is on the point of
utter extinction. Its last resort is this
appeal to the U. S., which it calls "the
foremost in the ranks Of American civili-
cation. Spain has offered aid, but It does
not come; and England is lavorably dis
posed, but as yet does nothing. Mr.. Ser
ra pleads the declaration Of Mr.. Monroe,
endorsed by Mr.. Polk that the U. S. would
view as dangerous the interference Of
European powers on our continent, as
ground Of objection 10 the Intervention Of
Spain or England. He quotes also DC.
spatch from his government instructing
him to remind the Secretary ofthe enthu-
siasm of our country in the cause DC The
Greeks, and TO say that Yucatan would
be ableto repay all advances, il once moro
restored to peace and industry
! / conclude, therefore, by asking, a the
/ most emphatic manner, ia tho name of
my government, that you would assist Il.
lst. With arms and arnnsunition 3D.