The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-08-07
CITY OF WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING AUGUST 1850

not. then. without any personal knowledge Of them II
bound 10 form bis opinion entirely from their military
history, and the bright luslre OF their lone
The conclusion that their remoeness rendered 1t i'm
proper that he should rely upon the people OF Texas for
volunteers was fully justified by subsequent facts which
will be presented The senator from Texas, who has
seen service himself, knows well any one that
with opposing army before hostes had commenced,
and when the hope was still entertained that he might
avoid cosonl say that under such circumstances he
knows as well as any one that militia not the most
desirable force he knows well as any one why a
general instead OF volunteers should ask for regular
crus to strengthen his command when Il was necessary
TO preserve the sctest order in his camp when, to
carry out the policy OF concailon il was essential to
have troops who would implicitly obey orders, both in
sight and out OF sight and that be should have troops
they Tell in with any OF the inhabitants Of the country
they would neither wantony offend nalreat them.
were 1,sr % %nc u usd him
considerations, however that he did present Con-
fined TO- the view which the senator from Texas has
presented in extrache fact that the militia OF Texas
loo remote from the border to be depended upon
there is nothing TO have provoked attack to have
Warranted even complaint That opinion was fully YER
ied by the delay which followed his call upon Texas for
troops when collision became inevitable. When it was
apparent 10 him that conflict must ensue, then.
ly as he became convinced Of that fact, Ap 26 s46 he
wrote TO the governor OF Texas and OF Louisiana, and
called upon each of them 10 furnsh him with four eg
mens. Now, see what follows. Did the Texans, the
senator says they would have done rally his standard
;siana TInon ne answsr !" bs rcw q, da
cison as to the Justice or lhe Injustice Of the conclusions
to which the senator from Texas has arrived This call
was made upon the same day both upon Texas and Lou
isianawas answered by the arrival OF part OF the LOU
siana troops upon May 20h, and on May oath the other
detachment arrived But the first notice that find OF
,ne a,vai va ., any lexan oIPs was on June s4!h one
only being encamped at Point Isabel for purposes Of
organization:
HEADouARrrRs, City Of Matamora., May "a, 1876.
81. Ih.va - ,aoor, -. r,a III. a.v :, "a, sni,b
win the battalion 81 The s, nan,rv the Washnron req
ment Of The Louisiana volunteers, and company Of VOL
unteers from Mobile. Another of Louisiana
below and viii probably arrive this evening
tomorrow; Ihis command was accompan,a rom The
NOUN o. !he ise ny .ne s'eanpoal Neya ~mch sue
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Some volunteers have arrived M Brasos Santiago from
Tennessee presumed to be Of the twelve months quota
but have received no repot from their commander The
volunteers who previously arrived from New Odeans
have nearly al moved 70 baIri except Two regiments at
nis place ana sna nting them up the river as soon as
sa PloGulc P ~ nans pSaoh' wncn IN, sn awal.
vs ano ., Th @ sns , T a ,u
ed near Point Isabel and are now oraanzng under he d
recton Of the governor
We have authentic intelligence from the interior of
Mexico The army at Lnsres Z believed to be moving To-
wards Monerey, mnch reduced IN numbers by deserion
aea sickness, iunoea ina. "a y ~ tne nsad
ia u ~ 80 soa s =, ~ ~ ,g a - , - w. s
70, ne head ~ i h, ,e @ ~ h @ Iollae
on which we can safely RELY -
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withdraw every reiiecton mat ne mas made Does ne
IN tne nrsl piace ma nat lnai ieel was moi written
peoie 'ne usnsra, enc naa commanS o. me e1an .rooss
The bol nnu tIial hsteao q ciueos " cAeIcse
iroops 10 be mustered INTO vice before e kad
the authortv from The War Departmentl Does he not
find further Thai he caei upon Texas a, the same time
that he called mon Iousana and tha, about n month
between the arrival of the troops OF those
States, Then / ask him. In The face of all these facts
whether he will still persist in his assertion that the
ounion quoted by him was uniounded that il was re.
Election upon Texan troops and that the Texans were
waiting 10 ioin al n moments warning the Generals
standard and 10 punish the Mexcans The senator who
fact which subsequent events established most fully vet
converted il into stigma upon the people of Texas
Whv air II renured ingeniiy Of the hehest order t
find any reflection in this upon the people OF Texas II
REQUIRED 10 censure TO see in Il ANYTHING else
than simple declaration OF fact which the world knew
il was then unknown that Texas was sparsey settled
her borders constantly invaded by savage foes,ha she
was occupied in the defence OF her northern and western
frontiers when The army OF the United States was ordered
10 Texas 10 protect her from invasion BY Mexico But
out of this simple extract from letter which was sup
ported by facts such as have mentioned. he not only
draws The construction Of stigma upon the people OF
Teyas but he maxi Il basis for gor6calon OF his con-
sttiens of Texas which | am sure the people would
never have applied 10 themselves Who are thew Are
they not emerans from States of this Unionl Did not
the revolution of Texas spring from the energy, the
courage and the free principles which emigrants from
the United States had carried into Texasi And II they
States must be by the infusion OF that blood which
the senator from Texas seems so much himself despse
thai of the original Mexican inhabitants In this alone
can thew differ from other people OF the United States
Il strange 10 me that senator who himself was at the
head Of The revolution had the glory have been the