The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-10

GENERAL ORDERS

GENERAL ORDERS
To be read 10 the defenders Of Merriam liberty
,oho, under my orders, sioear 10 combat against
tyranfs'
All reopIe on earth, both ancient and modern,
hayeseen themselves compelled by the enorm
Gus weight of the oppression of unjust and
cruel tyrants, to take up arms and re-oonquer,
with fire and blood, their violated sacred rights,
re.assuming that sovereignty which, as gift of
the God Of the Universe, belongs to them. The
people are sovereign government was only
instituted to make them happy and carry out
their will. The people, then, are the grantor
and government mere agent, and the whole
world knows that when an agent, far from car
ryng out the will of the grantor, or procuring
the well-being of his interest, usurps powers not
granted to him, and takes unto himself b mas
ters property and rights, thereby causing his
ruin, no other resource is left but to remove
that bad servant, and in his place put more
faithful one.
In this case thg republic Of Mexico finds
ITSELF and more particularly the North and
Northwest portions of said republic The I'M
fortunate end of the ! st war left them in mis-
cry, and WITHOUT its richest territories and re-
sources. Their property was ne rly all lost,
without remuneration forty millions of dollars
lands, the rights to, and the possession of which
are now doubtful, and we shall have to spend
thousands of dollars to learn if our rights are
recognized. The savage murders our parents
and brothers. violates our wives and carries off
our children capNYes he desolates our fields
and robs us of our property, and the govern
ment remains deaf to our lamentations and
complaints. Its troops, far from occupying
themselves In defending or consoling u.s. rob
and murder our countrymen, under the friyo
lous pretext that they are smuggling although
these troops, when before tho enemy fly cow
ard-like. Repeated complaints, representations
and protests have been addressed TO the govern
went of Gen. Arista, and far from hearing us
he has attempted 10 humble and intimidate us
as il we were vile paves.
On the other hand, the nation j. on the verge
of preeipoe, owing to its bad governors, who
only look out Cor themselves. The public FUNDS
are not administered with honesty, and the bas-
tard influence of monot oils is more powerful
than the universal clamor of all the Mexcans
IL j. on this account that the atrocious and anti
republican system established by the ancient
Spanish monarch il sustained, and why the ex-
iatence Of the nation itself is exposed, squander
ing its immense resources, and insulting the
sovereign people. Our children are not edu
Gated and they want to discipline US n the sehoo
of military despotism, as if our fathers had not
conquered our independence and domestic lib
ety. And, what is still more aggravating to day
j. p,ai the people of the towns are diving o
hunger, the neaessares Of life are prohibited.
In short, the children of the Northern TOWNS
being tired of this oppression, resolve to swear
and do swear to sustain the twelve following ar
ticles, and such Others In accordance with these
as may be adopted by majority Of the towns
secopding this plan.
Here follows, substantially, the twelve arti
cles published above in the Guerrero platform