Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-06-10

emigration be free or constrained Every violation o The
law regulating passports will be visited with Inc utmost
penalty ul The law 10 mat case made and PROVIDED ;;
Done Munrovia his twenty sixth day OF Fch'uaIy IN
, the year Of oar Lord ON thousand eight hundred ana
!" 81 fifty three, ani Of The Republic The !iiih
J. J. ROBERTS.
| BIZ he President H. TEAGE Sec'y Of State
| MEXICO
The Washington Rrublic traces the circumstances winch
indicate Santa Annals Osity 10 the United States ana me
means BY which he scts 10 concentrate national hea an
make his own aumOsI efficient possible VIZ: oy ue
grading The States int military departments; py HaNns
their Governors but sercras DIVISION responsible 10 him
self as commander in ei by directing the State revenues
10 be paid into the GENIAL treasury; by recognizing ard
strengthening The mali nal army; by exhunng the d!len
soldiers Of the Republ and evving the feelings which
their fate occasionrd b. ordering the trial Of those who
gave aid 10 the Ameacan invaders and decreclng amer'
can sympathy TO be political crime. The Republic in
further sustaining its yson quotes from Santa Anna
official organ The nrSG which thus seeks 10 revive The
national courage ana the necessity OF despo
tsm:
1.-THE Mexican rcpu!ic was not vanquisled by General
Scott nor by his sot.'s; they neither so numerous
or powerful .Ibdue nation numbering seven mn
lions of nhahants Mexico conquered because far
from having good sslsn OF government she was ruled
by system express devised 10 divide her sens, that iley
might be weakened mi their nationality destroyed Sh
was conquered bccau that system everlasting source
of intestine discordad placed suhdivdcd power in the
hands of scshncss ni ignorance consgang good citi
zens 10 oblivion Sh conquered because honest men
became the subjects unmcriled contempt &c, &c
The political pncIl.. Of The United States held
sponsble for much Of The msnrlunes OF Mexico: They
suggested the adoptn the date Of national birth Of
system which has tsroyCd III, and when they saw that
The fatal seed had produced its bitter fruit when they
that alrcnG sufficiently divided and sufficiently
weak and dspri:cd Hey send their gons 10 invade he
soil which aud our misortunes had abandoned
10 then This triumph ,hcn Of the American arms in
our country was thcr0c owing Ia The Of their
armies nor the OF their splacrs. u the sa!
Of their generals but he audacy of their policy which
cunniagy Infused int Of 1921 The idea of Fr'c
raj system ipudentl declaring against and invadin
us when tho dssovn. action Of their system had
destroyed every eemn' Of resistance. Enyabc glory
The same Universal considerably and states that
Gov Lane Judges of lie by lhc past and believes that
"the enterprise Of sut.sng Mexico will be easy il
in Si7. He vi! ind nothing i'll l-I7, and
the may how e lsnn he has 10 anticipate waa Ill
happen in 1883 BY III Of Si1 We had then
"ihng not even hopcsno~ We have The reality Of our po.
Ica system, and co'rGncnuy glorious hopes nn rro.
'pe inspired with such opes will neither abandon
submit TO foreign domlarion without a struggle"
Again, Santa Anna, rough his organ makes ds.nc
issue with the goverDml Of the United States as 10 The
disputed territory Of M.Ia
:, The Republic refers all these "thc preliminary
dilions of waT nut ~ 10 be wascd By Santa Anna long
may bc personal eciut and
, cure good money comromsc.
The Union notices lis article and trusts and believes
the conclusion Of the Rpubc in regard to the war is pre-
mature and without ad lIatc foundation"
We sincerely houc ihl we NAV avoid collision with
Mexico with whom w'shoud be happy liberal trade
and uninterrupted commercial und social intercourse That
such is the anxious desc Of the administration and tha! ii
will show The greatest ifbcaance weak nation
1 ertan no doubt Our pnions confirmed By the fol-
lowing well considered tlicle in The Union:
1t is not TO be dispute that the procedure OF Gov a5
taking military pnssessI pl the hesa valley is both nsO
lent and foolish Granll that be said Of the enormous
blunder committed ny NJ Bartlett in runnn. his boundary
all The ntdli nal complication the gro"
ing out OF The wholly Unauthorized aud illegal approval nj
that line by the Sccretar the Interior stl it is The
less that under the cay line has been run whi,h
The Government OF the urd States can rightly recognize;
Tor this PLAIN ana conclvc rcasontha the treaty makes
The Joint signatures OF c surveyor and the commissioner
an Indispensable condn precedent TO the validity the
recognition Of the line There no pretencc anywhere
that this condition IN hsase Of Mr. Bartle line has been
complied wlth Hlhot touching, therefore, the merits hi
this line il is manifest its osnition by our Govern
ment would be in deiea The treaty To This be added
the unispurd fact that he Congress OF the United Statcs
has formally and fully cpudated The line as run by Mr.
Bartlett And beyond this and il possible still more 10
the point stands The adtonal fact that the Alcsia valley
has always belonged 10 lev Mexico and was pa; "i
r New Mexico lranscrreuo the United States by the treaty
In this state ol fcts, apears armed occupation
OF the valley BY the ean troops is wholly violation Of
The rights OF the u Stats and of every principle Of nternl-
tiona law. II would be nsocnce if perperued by any
ton. When perpeated,y MEXICO it is insocncc
and folly.
Yet il by fo,ws thai there must be val
Mexco-poor, weak dls'actnd wholly mercy-a nI'
lion TO "hich war WIN he United States must be- annl'
lon-Is IN no position asily provoke TO ultimate hl'a'
sures either te governnO the people of the IT, States
lruc se uy once otass she has heretofore passu'
the limits OF all feaSonab: urbearance but il is nercrie
less true 'ha towards e the natural policy OF The Cnc"
States - inc p'hcy iobearancc and OF peace IL -
therefore, on all accounts be hoped and believe
il is TO be expected that response 10 such n sp he
GleXican authorities will pon duo rciectiun abandon ic:
purpose Vi holdns hc AsIla valley by The qn.s
ton al Issue Is question boundary under exist
treaty stipulation IL {, its face question be settled
by negotiation What is ,nuwn OF the tends I" an
thorzr as we believe econ cusion that il may be so SCI
tled 10 Tue advantage bothof Mexico and OF the u ohe
Undel suc' circumstances il is only crminal- az"
surd IN le hshes' degree for ras for Santa Anna "
insist upon settling the quson BY force
While therefore, do lot look for war with Mcxicn u
yet proper 10 say mat by regard The seh"S
Of Inc McSilIa valley by ra as an admissible procesnhe
we 90 nor perceive i"w ttlcr the people or the soN'
mrn OF the Unted State. can subm, to il permanent
disposition OF that ,eoy II i. true that the question
has been complicated BY OF The late adniIns,
ton put oe 'hs as I may be, entertain no uo"o
from a! mar mas been announced of the foreign pollcy
this administration that a suitable measures have nreauy
been aKen ana VIII In iuure be taken, 10 place ts "
question: both before The aexican authorities ans ;e people
!! Of inc Oni'ca o'ates, In IL proper position.
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i THE BRITISH DOMINION IN INDIA.-Hintoslan
is divided into three parts Ist. The British DOMINION p'
pcry SO called in which he British power paramount
2L The tributary or depedcnt States governes oy h'''
princes. 81. The independent States
Hindos,an embraces 1911 sl3 square miles with p'p