Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1848-03-23
W hole Number 4lO.

overthrow Of the government, of Herrera, a few
days alter the rejection Of minister Mr. Slidel,
8 which adduce in this connection as strongly con-
, frnatoly of the intentions Of Mexico, as ayowtd
4 IN the documents which have just commented
, upon. II will be rccoIIected that Herrera had,
through Mr. Black, our consul Indicated 10 our
Government his willingness 10 receive our minister.
for the purpose of settling the difficulties between
the two republics by negoliatcn, Well, sir, at
This lime in the department, of San Luis Potos
where this revolution against ilelrera's governn cnt
was gotten up, manifesto was adopted by tho
army Of reserve, declaring lha, the goVernmen; Of
llenera ought 10 be ovcrlhrown. And now, sir.
mark The reason here assigned as justification for
this revolutionary movement. The manifesto JUS
Tiled The movement against iIerreTa's adminslF1.
ton, on the ground that it
} "ilad repeatedly thwarled the purpose Of The
army 10 move upon Texas, and a, the same time
allowed The army 10 be ,ilifed for lis naclion by
official journals; that it had admitted commission
er, (meaning Mr. Slidell, with whom it was en-
deavoring 10 arrange for the oss of the integrity Of
the Republic; that it had reduced the country al.
most 10 stare Of anarchy, in the midst Of which
existed, without revenue, without power, and
almost without will; lha, these evils demanded an
immediate remedy, and Tia, the Administration
confessed It's tota ncompetency and poweresSnes,,
that /; had lost oil responsibility, So necessary to a
Government, and had allow ed plenipolenliary Of
the United States 10 sci foo, in The country, and
reside in the capital. with a view to bargain for
the Independence and nationality Of the country.
for which have been made so many sacrifices"
This manifesto was adopted on the lllh Deem
Der. 1915, in which the grave charge is nude
against Herrera tina, he had permitted the AmsI-
can penipoleniiary ito SET fool in The country"
and that she had repeatedly hu0rfed The purpose
of The army 10 more upon Teras." lie, it be re-
menbsred thai iii. preceded by several months
the removal Of our troops from Corpus Christi to
the Rio Grande. and, therefore. ",he purpose Of
moving upon Texas" which had been thus ere.
pea,edy thwatcd, referred 10 The whole Of Te1as,
and not to that portion lying between the Nueees
and the Rio Gra1Ie, which gentlemen are pleased
to call the dispuled territory.
When. on former occasion. referred 70 this
revolution, and the causes which produced it, gen.
,lcmen on the other side questioned the correclness
Of the position assumed, then and now, that Her.
rera was overlhrown in consequence Of his pacific
disposition toward, The United States; and am
therefore grnGcd in being able 10 corobora;e tho
evidence have already adduccd with the decara-
lion Of Herrera himself, during the recent negoia.
iion near the city Of Mexico, in August last, be-
tween our commissioner, Mr. Trisi, and the com.
nssioners on the part Of Mexico. refer 10 the
fact, that when appointed by Santa Anna 10 aid in
conducting the negotiation on the part Of Mexico,
he declined to accept; anh referring to the revo-
luton and the causes which led to it us his reason
for such refusal, he says. in hi, mole Of 29lh Az
gust, lS47:
"Tor no other act than showing ha, lher. would
be no obstacle to his mir. Sdell'sl presenting
himself, and having his propositions heard, my Hd.
mnisration was eliminated in The most n,rocious
manner; foI this act alone tho revolution which
displaced ME from command was set on foot"
Pacheco. on the following day, by direction Of
President Santa Anna, replied to him; and so far
from questioning the correctness Ct his statement.
he says
~ no very reasons upon which your excellsncy
relies were those which led TO your appointment"
| think, then, that am fully sustained in the
position tina, the 90, crnmcu, of Herrera was ovef-
thrown because Of sbe pacific dispositions it had
manifested towards the United States. lie was
succeeded, upon the successful termination Of that
revolution, by General Paroles; who may there.
fore be Justly considered as the embodiment Of The
imbtered Mexican feeling then existing pgains,
our Government and peoPle-a fact which should
ALWAYS be borne in mind in The examination Of the
subsequent professions Of Paroles Of disposition
peaceably 10 settle the tending difficulties bctwcen
the two countries. And in reference 10 oil such
professions, from that and every other quarter in
Mexico. prior to the breaking ont Of hoses it
NAV be remarked, that upon a critical inquiry in
to the facts, they will be found 10 have made
either for the purpose Of deceving and misleading
our own Government, or in the vain effort nt JUS
tifyins, upon The record before the civilized world,
their per crseness md obs'inacy in rejecting our
ovcrtures for pacific adjustment, BY negotiation
Of existing difficulties.
We have now seen The state or waflilo feeling
and bitter luminosity existing in Mexico on Tho
contamination Of the anneAation Of Texas 10 cur
Union, and her avowed determination TO resof, 10
! the arbrement OF arms; nevertheless the Presi.