The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-06-18
From the Democratic rress
Our Relation with NexicO.-Skuil we have
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force oi Mrxicans Gov Taias, who heads them.
has but executed the vi,he. uf Santa Anna, aud
the latter has oulered fresh ironps To reinforce
the former Our Admi~stfailou has sent ou;
Gen. Garland with badly Of ironp-. aud it ls .nid.
~ some quarters that hi. orders are Ia march
into the dl. pu ed terrilory aud take pusses sion in
the name of the United States. Ih.~ill mac.
| the twu governments. upon nm 'qua, footing -
| Each will have III ttuup- within tie territory
! IA controversy. occupying and huldlng il IN be-.
half Of their respective governments But il IL
At all probable ihat the soldier. # the two gov.
efnnIrnls Y ~ execute the duties respectively rs.
signed lhem without hostile col,ioni l. il not
to he expected that the government Of Nexiro
which has already announced irrg' ~ d.r-rmi.
ti"n 10 MAINTAIN her sovereignty over the Mrslla
| VALLEY. At every hazard, will quietly permit
/ Gen Garland and the forces under hl- co,imRnd
roenter upon i, for the purpose Of taking formal
po'sos'i'n l. il not much more likely that she
will regard such moyrmsn H. casuS 6eIh and
attempt 10 drive them oh by farcei 10 arrive az
satisfactory an wrr 10 these qurl.s It j. only
necessary toascertaln the Feelings uf the prr,rpt
head "i the MEXICAN g"V"rm'ht. aud the "a rnt
I" which he " III suNcr thns. ceiling 10 shane Lis
linz ulpnIcy towards the I'M cd States
That Santa Anna rnirr,ain- md implacahle
hhlt"d Of our government and people, we have
Ihe most conclusive t.srim,nV. When waited
upon by Srnor E-cohiv, IN hl, Carihap piian *.
lie. i- gav" tree expression Ia the drrire of r-.
'-ngr, whose tre- not even the Irlystion- and
solitude IT exile had been able uqurpCh ,uu,h.
ing ut ilavsnt he held free inter, nuisr with the
tuth"rltc- there. HE puruuft oi winch II L. easy
tO divine from the s,nlln rnt- uttered uton b.
departure 10y the uigsn Of Gov Grn Can-dn IN
~in,h compliments to h- returning ch eirnin
we're ingenlpusly linked with fprs.h.duwuus of
hls future pnlIcN. That p"licy IL Wa assumed
suh.taniAllv. would come difrrl, in couG It with
The Cn,''d State- II the North. ard would tend
'n unite Mckee" IN hatrtual nd-, uiih that
European government which frrm.hy claimed
her asa Dependency. FROM th- day that Santa
Anna ag.In assumed the rem, ui power W to
"ur li'ed ndVIce- from Mexro he na. let M op.
pmIun'ty pass unlmproVrd Of expressing his hos.
lllltv 10 our ir-iItuiub@ tid people lie has de
graded from lhrIr ranks .ni dismissed itoni civil
rmp,"y mrnt all Mexican tiir,rs who surrender
eu 10 American arn.s at the capture of the cspi
tol by Gen. scott Many tliizrns aere arrested
and would shortly be- tired before a court martial
for 'heir supposed friendship to the American
cause ddrrg that struggle. 1ha- there Is nn
roam 10 duUbt Nv to what are the f., lings oi
santa Anna towards u,. l. he bold enough ur
re"k''-s 'nough 40 measure sSotds pgan with
Los YaDkos
II hs. been said and with some cnor ~ pro.
hamilly, that Spanish eml--arle, hAy. long been
In. .rguug {" bring about the recall uf ; mia Au.
rs; tn.t he latter Is IN the conf l.ure oi jhr
Nparl.h G"verumrHt aud the hostile CoUrs,
winch hr pur-u-s towards our Government i at
Tie in'uIa ton "t That po~vr. C0upi-d with pro.
misses 81 CH.opcrAiiuH .huuld the emergency re
q"ueI: A. 10 the curT-r'urs. or fIl-ity Of thps.
! speculaiions, we are unable to prunuunce 1hs,
must gu hr what they NAV t- worth But il;
weighing the probabilities of santa Anna's pulic,
toward. u. ., j. well enough nul 20 ln-r 81 sht ui
/ hi- goo uu!cr.ianiinx H;h Spain and WIKI be,
West India ticponaency.
Il j. iprlh"r as,.a..d ,na, such are the di,cGr
d.mt s'rn,euls VI Santa AnHA's government, that
nn'hmg nut foreign war can tJ-e III, m lnlo UNI
Is aud he Dictator Is .uIpus,d not to uuN ng
tu restore 10 even - d-,I-ra'e rpfncdy n. thu
- perpe'ut'e hi. power, trusting tu a sutsiaclo
~ negotiation bfrr matter h.v. 4ncerd,d ~ iar
- hr wishes. However much ur little trui
thcie NAV lie m any or all of these -p,culatlun-
It cannot he denied that ,he present aspcc, of ai
fur- httwtru III" two governments T. dpci,,r.y
brIllsyranr, and Il war !, really !, sIcd by Sant,
Anna he Is now IL position 10 iuIe that al,eGna,
i've upon Us.
We hy ~ means regard 5 war with Mexico a,
inevitable. The treaty Ui Gaudt tloupr H,dalgu
provides amply fvr the prarriul settlement ui Lr
pfc-eut dispute, cr any other that may Az. hr,
tween Mexico and the Unu,d sutr- Bot 1t
woui s-tm that ii Santa Anna did not d-slr,
war he would have applied 10 tha, source Of set,
t.rmeni At rnce, instead nf takr. armed pu..,s
son of jLe disputed territory H,thou, ii,cus
mg the slhl"r, further. We append extract, from
Z Ill a. -,
IIri ihnt another war with Mexico is altogether
D,O6Atle
From The " Y Herald ofhc 6h.
Our present lmpre+,l"n Is shat there will verv
likely be another war, within ,hor, time, be-.
tws,n the United States ans Mexico. Santa
Anna appeafr To he resolved upnn II. and our
administration has had rmptug taste oi gl"ry
from the last var. The President mud lLrc,
/ members Of his cabinet shared m IT. ctuwuiuy
tnumphs, That Me.llla Valley question may
tie the nucleus 10 greater and moru c"mpch-r
sve results Than the boundary question at 40
Let II run uin war. and We do not see how We
can r".-Ihly emerge from it ,hor, Of the north
rrr boundary of Central Amrrica That bound
arv WAS n mrr. matter Of acceptance or refusal
m l5i7 hut GrHyral Scult. ~ hr SAYS himself
ihnuglt til {" refuse It, General Pierce il well
"wrtr ui that fact. And does h. not know that
there IAN increasing drslt. Among tie better IN
formed MeAcan. for anncxhtiori
From the v J. Tima # n, oM
There IL nn len ,rr room for d.ulI that ". AZ.
IN the verg of fresh .onf,icI with Mexico. Al.
ih"ush negotiation on the bnnnd,fy d,thculty u.
still practicable. and the question ~ mot ore i'm.
p"-br "f pracriul solurr.u nrllh,r Gweinnrnt
Is disposed to moderate means, Both have ap.
IL a IL.