Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-06-24
NeScil!a Valley Difficulty.


pletely annihlate our sister nation. Com.
bining al the qualities of skilful plottel
and an unprincipled coward, he sways tho
weak minds of the Spanish Mexicans a.
easily us the maddened wind the placid lake
Ever since his name was first heard in the
military ranks Of his country, he has kept
her in one continual state of fermentation;
and it was only few years since that foam
ing and frothing she ovcrhowed her banks
with her poisonous saliva, and the United
States were forced to dam up her sides to
prevent her from spilling all out. 1t seems
that she has forgot that bit of instructions
which should have been indelibly stamped
in her memory, and is now again seeking a
repetition of the same awful lesson
Mexico, are you mad
Thou might hold a serpent By the tongue,
A Gagged lion by the mortal paw,
A fasting tiger safer by the tooth,
Than keep in peocf that hand which thou ost hold.
For the last eight months the whole Of
Mexico has been the theatre Of one contin.
ual revolution. Outawed rebels, dissatis-
fled with their form Of government, (and
we don't know as.we can blame them for it, }
have overturned the whole country and
banished their President. The rabble have
called Santa Anna from his retirement and
placed him at the head Of the Government.
No sooner does he graphic the reins, than
he prepares for war, devoting his entire
time and attention to increasing the army.
And without the shadow Of proyocation
he sends one Of his generals with one
thousand men to take possession Of tract
Of country the title to which is in dispute.
In the very first start he violated the treaty
of peace entered into between the United
States and. the Mexican Eepublic. Article
2lst of said Treaty expressly provides that
if in the Interpretation of any stipulation
in this treaty, there shonld any disagreement
arise, either country should not 'fresort
to reprisals, aggression or hostility of
any kind until the government of that which
deems itself aggrieyed should have maturely
considered whether it would not be better
that it should be settled by the arbitration
# commissioners appointed on each side,
,r by that of a friendly nation"
The circumstances of the spute are very
nipple. In running the boundary line between
the two countries misunderstanding took
place between the surveyors as to the in
terpretation of certain portions of the treaty
in relation to boundary lines. Thus has it
remained for some time. The whole par
tculars are very lengthy we cannot go
into recital, but can only say that there
is dispute between the two nation as re-
CARDS the boundary line. Gen. Lane, our
territorial governor for New Mexico issued
his proclamation declaring the acts Of the
surveyors repudiated by the general Gov
eminent. Santa Anna then sends on his
army and takes possession of the disputed
property. President Pierce and his cabinet,
after having the subject undsr serious ad
yisement whole days and nights, sends Gen.
Garland to the scene of action with pleni-
potentiary commission and with instruc-
tions to take possession of the disputed
territory. The question now comes will
this lead to war? Well let US sec; there
is Gov. Trias with his thousand troops oc-
cupying the very ground which the United
States Government has ordered General
Garland to take possession of. Will Gov.
Trias reslsts If so will Gen. Garland use
lompulsion Now we Americans that are
well posted up as to the manner our country
conducts its affairs, can perceive but one
course to pursue.
We should be sorry, indeed, to see the
friendly relations of the two countries a
sain disturbed, for we know too well the
result. Another war with Mexico will end
in her irredeemable annihilation,yet it seems
inevitable. The act Of Santa Anna send
ing an aimed force to occupy that disputed
territory was an imprudent, insolent and
foolish movement. What consumate fol-
"! What unparalleled madness ! The
weak, sckly, fragile liliputian powers of
Mexico challenging the United States to
battle We do sincerely hope we shall be
disappointed in our anticipation of the re-
suit of this dispute, but we fear for the
result. Our government will protect its
own no matter what may be the consequence.
II is time something should turn up to make
Presidents, for our stock is getting quite
low. Whatever may result from this ex.
element, the United States can have the
consciousness of not being the aggressive
party.
cy Considerable excitement resulted
from rumors of rising of the slaves in New
Orleans. The supposed ringleader was ar.
arrested on the 18th inst, and made comics
SION of plot to burn and plumber the city
Twenty other arrests were made. Late &c
counts contradict these, and represent tn
whold affair as hoax.
Cry LoAN.--The vote on the loan o
$4,000, in Dubuque, was carried in the of
frmative on the alst inst, by one vote NOR
than the requisite ma;ority, the affirmative
being Ill and the negative 65.
Ey- We are obliged to Hon. A. C. Dodg
or ssMap indicating the proposed cours
f steam navigation between San Francisc
and Shanghae.'
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