East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-12-13
EAST SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, DECEMBER l3, 1860

slightest effect Indeed, so confident had
the Mexican authorities become Of oui
patient endurance that they UNIVERSAL,
believed they might commit these out
RACES upon American citizens with abso
lutte impunity. Thus wrote our Minister
in 1856, and expressed the opinion tha
"Nothing but q manifestation of the
power Of the government, and of it'
purpose to pnnish these wrongs, will avail.
| Afterwards, in 1887, eamo the adop
tion OF o new constitution for Mexico
the election of a President and Congress:
under its provisions, and the inaugura
ton of the President. Within one short
month, however, this President was cx
peeled from the capital by a rebellion ol
the army, and the supreme power Of the
republic was assigned to General Zuloaga
This usurper was in his turn soon com
PEELED to retire and give place to Gener
al Miramon.
Under the constitution which had thu.
been adopted, Senor Juarez, as Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court, became the
lawful President Of the Republic, and il
was for the maintenance of the constitu.
tion and his authority derived from il
that the civil war commenced and still
continues to DO prosecuted,
Throughout the year 1858 the consti.
tutional party grew stronger and strong
er. In the previous history of Mexico a
successful military revolution at tho cap
ital had almost universally been the sig
nal for submission throughout tho Re-
public. Not 80 on the present occasion.
A majority of the citizens persistently
sustained the constitutional government.
When this was recognized in April, 1859,
by the government Of the United States,
its authority extended over large ma
jority of the Mexican States and people,
including Vera Cruz and all the other
important sea. ports of the Republic
From that period our commerce with
Mexico began to revive, and the const-
tutional government has afforded it all
the protection in their power.
Meanwhile the government of Miramon
still held sway at the capital and over
the surrounding country, and continued
its outrages against the few American
citizents who still had the courage to re-
main within its power. To cap the eli
max: After the capture Of Tacubaya, in
April, 1858, Gen. Marquee ordered three
citizens of the United States, two of them
physicians, to be seized in the hospital at
that place, taken out and shot, without
crime and without trial. This was done,
notwithstanding our unfortunate coun-
trymen were at the moment engaged in
the holy cause of affording relief to the
soldiers of both parties who had been
wounded in the battle, without making
any distinction between them.
The time had arrived, in my opinion,
when this government was bound to ex.
ert its power to avenge and redress the
wrongs of our citizens and to afford them
protection in Mexico. The interposing
obstacle was the portion of the country
under the sway of Miramon could not be
reached without passing over territory
under the jurisdiction of the constitution
al government. Under these circnm-
stances 1 deemed it my duty to recon-
mend to Congress, in my last annual
message, the employment Of sufficient
military force to penetrate into tho in
terror, where the government Of Miramon
was to be found, with, or, if need be,
without, the consent of the Juarez gov
ernment, though it was not doubted that
this consent could be obtained. Never
have | had a clearer conviction on any
subject than that of the justice as well as
wisdom of such policy. Mo other al
tentative was left, except the entire
abandonment of our fellow-citizens who
had gone to Mexico under the faith of
treaties to the systematic injustice :,
cruelty aud oppression of Mirsmon's gov
ernment. Besides, it is almost certain
that the simple authority to employ this
force would of itself have accomplished
all our objects without striking single
blow. The constitutional government
would then ere this have been established
at the city of Mexico, and would have
been ready and willing, to the extent Of
it's ability, to do us justice.
In addition-and / deem this most
important Observation-Disclosures gov
ernments would have been deprived Of
all pretext to interfere in the territorial
and domestic concerns of Mexico. We
should thus have been relieved from the
obligation of resisting, even by force,
should this become necessary, any at
tempt by these governments to deprive
our neighboring republic of portions of
her territory; duty from which we could
not shrink without abandoning the tradi-
tional and established policy, of the
American people. ! am happy to OBJ
serve that, finally relying upon the jus
tice and good faith of these governments,
there is no present danger that such a
contingency will happen.
Having discovered that my recommen-
dations would not be sustained by Con-
gress, the next alternative was to ac-
compish, in some degree, if possible, the
same objects by treaty stipulations with
the constitutional government Such
treaties were accordingly concluded by
our late able and excellent Minister to
Mexico, and on the 4th of January last
were submitted to the Senate for ratf-
cation. AS these have not yet received
the final action of that body, it would be
improper for me to present detailed
statement of THAR proviaions Still /