The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-05-09

two-ffths Of all the branches OF go
eminent. including nearly a majortv
Of the members of Congress, and n.
executive. were quite DESTROYS OF hay
ing that country annexed 10 ours
They knew that upon the ratifcattoo
Of the treaty of peace. nineteen out 81
twenty of the persons belongings >,
the American army would stand dis
banded. and would be absolutely fr,4
from all obligations to remain in to
army another moment. 1t was en-
tirely true of all the new regimer:>
>called regulars, OF all the volunteers
and eight OF ten Of the rank and file
of the old regiments. Thirty-tlrea
and a third per cent were to be added
to the pay of the American Officers
and men retained as the nucleus a
the Mexican army. When the War
was over the government oyerwheln-
ed me with r~einforcements. after
there was no possibility OF fighting
another battle. When the war COM
menced we had but ~one-fourth % the
force which we needed. The No.
cans knew that the men IN my arnv
would be entitled to their ~discharge
they supposed If they could obtain
my services / would retain thes.
twelve or fifteen thousand men and
that l could easily obtain one hundred
thousand men from home. The hrpa
was that it would Immediately cause
annexation. They offered me one mil
lion Of dollars as a bonus. With
salary Of $3.50, 600 per annum, and
five responsible individuals to become
security. They expected that annex
alton would be brought about in a few
years. or, If not, that / could organ
lie the finances n straighten the
complex affairs of that government.
1t was understood that nearly a ma
jority Of Congress was in favor of an
neXation and that 1t was only neces-
sary to publish a pronunciamento 10
the fortresses. all The arms Of the
country, their cannon %foundries and
powder manufactures, and had pos
session of their ports of entry. and
might easily have held them in our
possession If this arrangement had
would have brought Con-
gress right over to us and with these
fifteen thousand Americans holding
tie fortresses Of the country, all Mex
could not have disturbed US. We
might have been there to this day Il
IT had been necessary. l loved my
distant home. I was not in favor Of
annexation OF Mexico to my own
country. Mexico has about eight mil
lions Of inhabitants and out Of these
millions there are not more tina
one million who are Of pure European
The Indians and mixed races
about even millions. They
are exceedingly inferior to our own.
AS a lover Of my country I was 3p-
posed to mixing up that race with
our own. This was the first objection
on my part to this proposition. May
plead some little love Of home, which
gave me the preference for the soil Of
my " country and its nstitutionsr
come back to die under those institu-
tons and here l am. / believe ! have
no more to add in reply"
IT'S interesting to speculate what
would have been the effect Of General
SCOTS having accepted the PROPOSE
isn't it?
It might have prevented our war.
1t would have prevented the Maximil-
Ian fiasco; and ever the present Mex
can emute might have been improb-
able.
Any way, it showed General Scott
patriot, M "a great man. a.
General Lee one called him to Col
Pendleton and his son Custi,
(told me by Colonel Pendleton).
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