Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-18
nv. w. . General government

A correspondent of the States and Oni0n
.wr;,as from Corpus Christi, Texas, as fol
lows:
Will YOU please inform US where we will
cd .6s Government of sAe JDied STATES or that
norton of it having charge OF the deienc@s
r. The frontiers The reason of the inquiry
I. that some years ago that government
entered into a solemn compact with The re-
nnblic of Texas, for valuable consioera-
lion. which Texas paid. to protect her border
sgs;nt Indians and onr negro property
ssa;nst ali foreign and domestic aggression.
Fer since then (and now Mexico gives a
..c,,re asvium to hundreds OF our negroes,
~hiIa the Indians, with perfect InpuuIiy,
r.vaoe our border and aid in killing our people
c.rrvino off women aud children, aud driving
In onr settlements. While these things are
going on. we learn that the United States is
about engaging in another contract With
Mexico to "protect her; yet only the other
day the citizens of Brownsville, TEXAS, applied
10 The United States authorities TO protect
their lives. and prevent their town from be-
ing burnt and the reply was: Ire general
commanding deeply regrets his entire inabll-
inv TO render the assistance you solicit"
The citizens applied to Hezico for PTofecticn,
and Z" the National Guard " Of Mexico passed
over to our side and occupied Fort Brown
mot long since abandoned by the I'M ed
Stater.) to protect the al. izens of the United
States.
without entering into an elaborate discus
sion upon the isolated assertion Of sages, long
rince sleeping the sleep that knows no waking
this side the grave, we would respectfully
suggest the opinion that there Is In these ex-
listing facts a screw loose sOlnew there, and we
naturally feel uneasy, first because the Uni
ted States government should fulfill her con-
tract with US before she enters into a new one
with Others This il due to good faith, aud
especially as she has not got the means To
project, us, how can she protect Mexico!
Second. If she has the means, she has not
fulfilled her obligations TO protect us. Then
10 10 natural to conclude she will deceive
Mexico, or any other party she can treat with.
1t is about time that the General Govern
nent, If we have one, was doing something
towards discharging its duty TO Texas. For
some months the Western frontier Of that
State has been the theatre OF border war
which threatens to become a war OF races.
The few Americans who inbabit the country
on the Rio Grande have been in constant
peril, their numbers being gradually decima-
ted by the bullets and knives of Mexican
and Indian assassins, and they have appealed
in vain for timely aid TO the authorities of
Texas and to the commanding General Of the
United States forces in that quarter. BY this
time, it is probable Brownsville has been
taken and sacked and its American citizens
imprisoned or murdered. Rumors to this eff
feet have already reached New Orleans.
The Governor of Texas has, it is true, des-
patched force of seventy men, and the
President an artillery company of City, to
NJ. l. Lao h.
place, if their numbers were sufficient for that
purpose. General PALFREY's Brigade of
Louisiana Militia is ready and willing to go
to the rescue of their Texas neighbors, but
the means of subsistence has not been provi-
ded; and it appears cannot be provided in
New Orleans, city which promptly sent re-
lief Of our beleaguered little army of occu-
patton in 1876. Why has not the General
Government furnished the necessary subsis- |
tence and transportation for PALFREY's
brigade? As it seems not to have United
forces to protect the frontier of Texas, it
should not decline to accept the preferred as
sistance OF the Louisiana Militia. Possibly
neither the present Governor of Texas, (SAM
HousToN has not yet been inaugurated) nor |
the President of the United States desire 10 |
afford protection to the Rio Grande settlers.
The troubles there may be regarded as likely, |
If not promptly arrested, to furnish pre- !
text for another war with Mexico, and the |
acquisition of more territory from our silly. |
turbulent neighbor. A lille breeze with |
Mexico may be thought necessary to pact |
hcation OF the political atmosphere of the
nation, which is just now particularly un-
wholesome-to democracy. Well, we shall
see