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f 1 1 bio W9'liiei Ibed individual iiiterou through ' long I. fa and whoie juggling tricks have baen trumpetsT through a corrupt prott as act of pi triotis-n. Tucte poiple have been, and are Irrnt Upon dettnying tho ch trader of the country, f r mi other rutin than tin hope that jy thwarting the Executive m hit en Is ivort to renovate ih"! fit test concerns of tho (JoverrLnsiit, they, may thro the odium of tho dishonor the country is du lergo ing up r him, aid thereby fjrther theifown eel. fish view. This is the rati cause of tb iiwclipn of Conf8i, ami!i,tho disgrace whioU eurrounl tbsm. .' .. ' . Jtr .. FroinlAa Olohr.J V THE OSirjl.NtL DIFFERENCE O.N ,WHfC?l PARTIES IXTIIE JUXITED STATE DIVIDED. No lim9t frter thin tha present .to bring before 'io public tha greif prjicipk-s wVich.'ariba farina lion ofTlhs'-G veram jut, origin iled tha nnasurss w'licft divide tha nit im into iwj fml p.riies. We are n, after all tha IriuDpht of tha Dfiho-i crasy, oy tiia o'rii is and artful manage nstit or ' 'tha new m of Federal politicians, brought bark 4.1 tha gl frorfjirhicb the wo competing parties contending fur tits direction of the Government, started. " 1 r i is t - - t . '. . t M leieraiism, it every nonesi anu intelligent mm mutt centers hjis for years had-eontrol of the ank ing systsm id hie counUy' Jp very body knows that tie Dank qf the United Sfatea was the engine of Federalism, worked by alfc Diddle, who plied all itt powers to give eflect to tha designs of the loIitical leaJera of ths party. Every body knawa that the Stale banks almost universally cooperated with tha National Banks, b landing alt their po litical infl ienr?e to subserve the same cause. 1 he inanigsr of the Slate and National Banks were, i-i fact, nlinosFumversally identified, in interests and ;!assifid by pursuing similar professions. Tbey were merchant, manufacturer, capitalisttsj holding stock, and lawyers in tha employ meat of the banks. These nieii, for uiing the train band of Federalism, Nave bruoght the currency aud credit oftbe coua try to its present condition. .. These moneyed fhen thee paper credit men -liiese credit system men--huve led the van in' att the speculation, both anion tho States and individ' iiajs, which bas brought on tha country .the debt nnd embarrassment with which it is overwhelmed. This party, under the Adams and Clayadmioistra tion, proposed the gigantic system ol internal inr -KVeroent w hich, being rebuked oy Hie election of t-eueral Jckwi, and the Veto" which he put upon it as President, waa transferred to the State I-egis I ttures by their leaders. They mat with success ri icnpoiog thuir projectsupon many of iheSutea.1 who w The bildund rath haate with which Mri C!aytro,V' r.t the Extra Seanionx In bored to oerfect cnr l.ti?ameut of the British iytoio in that which he ! . . .....i ...ii.:.. .... it i. . himself, did not ruh so openly to tho embrace of fiat corrupt G vernmeu(, which ha had advocated in Contention, and-which he had secretly resolved o impose by construction on the country, having tailed to secure it in the espress provisions of the Constitution. What Hamilton did cautiously by riegrees. Mr. Clay leaped to in the called session. He distributed the "proceeds of 'be lands, the in dispensable means of the Treasury as is now apparent, with a view to pay interest on the debts nt the 8utes, which wts the first step towarda an . absolute assumption. Ill then proposej a loan to ha; ik auiinriU.iW - - .! i i - drht: I iim M a.tw uJlnalBU r.ii(ffitEtfamW1Mti!in or whic81he.awnia acceuW to i'icreaed taritf, which ae has now prop'iacd to ored out, overtlndowing the compromise law, which was to swl'l tlvt vexed q'iesion and give to the cootenlinj sections and interests of! ;ien" the c .-iritry. Next came the Bank and the paper chy hl wn,cn lh constitution is to be the in mey svstem, which was to blot out the c ause of J model. -ti4 OwtHthNi -eaakmgwaes Vhard money -Go wlfTl'at this wasonlemplated in the Con rnineiit. i veniion, they say, is no tecret, becu its pattitajis Tint our rei. Wt may p-rceive bow j reel !y I oil the" motors are rornjirehcnHed withm tlie irouriTiroT1lo'rT Washington' Cjhtnet, from which uprang the two rent partiet juf this countrv one headed by ;eneral.llami!lon, the other by Mr? Jefferson tre g've a leuer from (Jeneral W jthington him-lf to General flontiltun. f-eaiiitolatin" all the nuints involved in that duenion. Mr. J.-ffcrson bad. in a long, labored and afW.tionale Utter, laid the!wr,') lhe government in its prewnt lrm are apprelnsions of the friendsVf popnlsr government I f' n hen joined by the two. three, .-r h til. bel'oie Pre.ileiit .Va!lington. He notified him, in inzen n,, Frd-ralists, who, though tin v .1 u-ji'ot lhl 11 lr f him wiah In ratira I.!. ns .Sscretary of State to privsto hfo, but lufose taking bis leave, he wished to puard the illustrious frewdent saintt lhe d tngerfjijs rnachinsti'ons of ;ne secretary 01 me j resury to make ours a Bri'wh Government a Government ontrolled by moneyed armocWy. (Jeneral Washington co j-.ied tnejhes Is of M rv Jefferson's letter, (nd to l-revnt eonriitirs among the members of his cabinet, nscr.iied the wjoti-nents of. Mr. JefTWaon to Mr. Matn of Virginia, )J;end sent them to General Hamilton, that he might obtain-his views on them all. General Hamilton answered in a voluminous letier, nf ahich 4 h President acknowledged the' ej)t, not cnnrrnmg which he expresd reieestiblelo pub.ie information, anil particularly 1.1 ipitiion, saying that be had not Mm to do morel that ot the conduct of their own i prewatativrtt, snangiVe'a curtoryreadinj.. That lat'er ia, at 'they w;II form the worst government upoi earth if Mr. sparks tell ot, wuhdrswn from the Washing- the means ol their corrupti.m bu not prcvuiite.l. ton papers. The Hainiltons, who have published a lf. " The only hope of safely, they say h.nt life of their father, have not 'chosen to give-the now on lift numerous repreeontation, wmch it to ropy retained,by him to the public. Mie reason for t'ii it not explained but if permtttel to malte a c'ij clure, we think a very ! principles with the present, show w much cerelic pr-ibih'.e reason iniyht he riggeMed both for thewn of republican government, and socti aditpu.i wuhoraw.at oj this impirtait document from the lion to aacroach upon or explain away liio lunue par of General Washington, at wll e j ; powert of the conttilulion in order to change it, wpprcwitm by t'tg fttii'ly nf Gutrraf ttatiiUrifl. " ioteay taconjTture.what wtml'l he the reyilt, It it not improliaMu tha', in a frank and confident ; or what meins would be resortiMl to for the cor ml letter to hit Iriend, the Chief Magittrne, who, rection of the reil. True wisdom, they ackitowl it it known, had hit d-Hibts r.f the succat of our .ede, should direct tem;ierate nnd peaceable mea republican system, Il.milton had unnotomed the . sores ; but they add. the division ol" een!ineiits and irnn .it feelnit of the Federal party in opposition : interest happens unfortunately to be so geogr iphi 10 it. A Iter the inn nj.h of Mr. J person, every ,cl. hat no mortal can say that what is iiit wise I. m)v knows that r.-dersliin has been compelled jand temperate would prevail agamtrwhHt it morn to Veil lUai.iu in tins countVy, and'it advocates jeaty and nhvipu. Thpy declare tin) ran conteni Inv9 lien compelled to approach itt ohjecta bv i p's'e to evil more incalculable t.iao thn breaking . '.nr-hling itt priiirijili ' ! "f the Union into two or wre part; yet when The 1-tter of Jwral W4,inrt,mr aiatin the j they view the mass, which opp.ed in - or giu r.iiin-lsofopnaiii.m-hel.l bv M r. J ;ll r io,"Hi,ot ' coalescence, they eonwder Ijiai it lay c:i.-fl inllie i ic!.jtivoly,i'.oi-ver, 'hal the ol,no:ou me.isuis : f mthern quarter, and mat the h gi.Uure i uve ventured on bv Hamilton, sre eerv ...... of tlmm avail- d llicmtolves of no wra..ti of aliasing it, rnracel in Mr. Clay's extra session jtjni. T .LEX.NDK1 HAMILTON. SKCRCTAilY F TUB TREASUHV. ' PfAJ'.e and enuri.lential Mov nt Veiitos, July 29, 1TW. Mir Ufa. Jm : O i my way home, and since . ruv a.fiv.il hfT", I have einlnavot mJ to learn from vMle and wtd -r-tt own, known fMHi t ihe-. goternment, the sMitii'nts which aro cutfrtiiitied.! f pilili.' nics-nirrs. There ad agr-e il.nt thuj euunfry i pr.iniierou.t and happy, but hey auem to le alarui.'il ut that system of Hiliey, atirb thfkw ; interpretali'Si of the constitution, which haBji lakeii ytaoe-m Congntt." Others loss friendly'; perhaps, f i the tlovrniri'it, nnd te' re disp'iwH tn arr.HTri ' the cmdjntoC us officers (amon w'aom ny be ; clatsedmiy neighbor and qdondam frie il C IoiihI M.J) go further, and enumerate a variety, f mittert, which, as will as I rec ill'ict, miy be adduced under the folloiog beads. ' l- " That the public dbt is grea'er thin we can postilily pay, before .nther causes of adding nW ' debt to it will occur ; and that this hat ben trtifi -cially created by adding together the whole am unt of tti debtor an I creditor si Ins of trtt aocounts, ' instead of taUm'otily their bilanuot, which could have bien puid otl in a short time. . ; 9, 'J That this aocuinitUtioa of debt his taken forever out of our power those wj s oirees of revenue, which, applied to the ordinary necessities nd exigonfliet of (overoion would htva an sSerel' them hibituiMv, and covHral ut Iro n ! hnbitualnuravirings ag liatt tax'is and 1st gather ere, teterving extraordinsry jcalls I r fttraorJiaa- rr B&iastont, which would auunste toe people to meet tbeiip. .'ft ' 3. Mt-Thttt, thougTi .the calls) for roonct hate been . no greati-r Uiah we .mutt, gonerally expect for ;ne same or eouiralont exiiticies, yet we are already ouliijCilVsiriiiti ne ympott till it produces clamor, and will,, prodaoe evasion and war on our own citizens , to coflecl it ; and.- even, to"resort to an tteiu law, tf odious character with the people, partial in its operation; unproductive, unless enforced- by, arbitrary and, vetttiout meant, and cotnmitting tha authority of the Government, in part w here resistance. is;m5tt probable and coer cion least, practtcapie' ' . trt 4. They; cito propositions in Congress, and suspect other projects on foat, still to insreate the mate of the debt. ':' ' .5 !Thoy say, thit b borrowing at two thirds1 of the interest wa murht have paid fl the nrtwcipal m two thirds of the lima -. but tnat fwn i'iwjvh. are precluded by its bamg made irre leeustble bi ih ainall portions and it long terms. .."That, this' irredeinabl quality wa givn.' to it for the avowed purpose f inviting its trlutfur to ftHfcipnaeantnefc-j .-ir-r - 7. " The? predict that th.s transfer of the ana, cipil, when completed, will negation an esnaion I of three millions of dollar annually Tir the inter., est, a drain of coin, of which as there hat he in no eiample, no calculation can be madeof.its cuate queocedUb ' , . 8. " Tbat the. banishment of our1 coin will bo completed by the creation of ten millions of paper money in the for'rn ol bank billt'.miw istuing toto circulttion. , '- , - 0. Tney think the ten or twelve per cent, annual profit,' paid to toe leixl"r of this paper medium, is taken out of the -ickett of I he people. would have had without mtnett the com it is ung. 10. " That all the'eapital"employed io paper 'peculation is barren anJ!ueless, producing, like that on a gaming tabJo.io accession to itself, and is withdrawn from commerce and agriculture, where it would have pruced an addition, to tne Common man. ' .11. "That itJwurishee in our eitiaens babila of vice and idleness instead of industry and morality. 12. "That it halurnished efleciual means of ;orqsnting sucb portion of the legislature, as t urns the be lance OWM0 boneat voters, which ever way il is directed. 13. " That this corrupt squadron, deciding the voice ofthe legislature, have manifested their' diannaitions In orl rid of the limitations imooM.I b tiia lutctilulioH no the vAerl u l iwjoimiUMii.niu.iiiiMi u.. that instrument. 14. "That the ultimate object of all this it to prepare the way furs change froVn the present P'blican lorm of government' to that of a monar- have made none of it To ellect -it-then was WnpracncableTbut' iheyare atili eager after their" ultimate attainment. 10. " So many of them have got into the legit- ! '"'ure, that, aided by the corrupt squadr n of pafer dcatersi who are at their Uevoii m, tney make a mriontv ih both houses. I 17- "The Rwblican party, who iih to pre ! SVOW It, SI stlll opOOWd to atlV Ui u. ia U Clll meot ; but, being less w to aateptiomnH limn i monarchical one, they naturally join liio? h.nn tbey think pursuing the less eil. 19. "Of all the mischiefs Ejected lo th ays. tern of measures belors umiiiiioim. J, none, they add, is so afflicting snd fatal to every honetl ho(e, as the corruption of the legislature. As it w is tne earliest of these masores,it became the intruinent' for producing the rest ; and wilt be the intruoinot of producing in future a king, lordt, and c "inn n, or whatever else th)sa who direct it may choote. vrithdrawa such a diitanee from the eye of thir constituents, sr.d thesaso difjjersod a to be mac come forward tbe ensuing year; but iiuli tn- ! msiority nf the new members b still in tlie a.n but. on the contrary, wh-nver .'Xortlirii ami ' S'mthern prejudices have cn im into co ifli. t, iti latter have aacrificcd and the l.trmor tiKithed. J 'lO. "That the owwrt f the d.ht ate in the Southern, nnd the holders U it in tho Noriht-ru diviaiijn. ' . '21. " That tlit ni-Fo lornl chauijiion-i are now strengthened in arg imeni bv ihHjiili:iiM:ut ul their predictions, whfftl hat Ikii tr'.iiyil ahut by the mofwirclncnl f.raittts aiH.nvlvM,. ,.,, having been fo"r the new government min-lv a a 'tpping stone to monarchvr hive tbeiiit'-lvea ail.ipieij' ihe very constructions t the. iHitutio'i, m which, hon sdvocaiii.g th acee.tHin-frii.-lore inn iritiunai of ihe people, they dnclarod it uututC' ptible ; srr Mtert wluto tiie republican frdenUsU, wb eapasudi ttr 4i n. govermnxut with its intrinsic merita, are i air.nel of their wuapona ( that which they denied prophecy, b'ing now become true diiatory. Who, threlorfl, can be s they ask, that those fiingt may not proselyte iui small number, which was wanting to place the majority oa tne other ti le t And thia, they adJ,"fs tbVevant M which they trembla.'f ,;V v l . w ' 1 rhnse. as well as mv .instDQrf serves ma, Are i.i he eitiiDBiits, which directly -and indirectly have been diacloted to me. To obtain liffht and to pur me truth b'log my sole 'aim, aaJ wishing to have hof ire meeiplanationsof, as well as the tomplaiott on, meaturet, n which tha public interest, harmo ny, and poaee are so deeply conearned, and my public couduct so much involved, it is my request, andju would oblige-ma by furninthiog me with vour id-as upon the ciscdotenta here enumerated j and for this purpose I have thrown them Info beads or section, ayid numbered theto, that those ideas may be applied to Choi correspondent numbers. Although I d nqt mean to hurry you in giving your thoughts on the occasion of this letter, yet, at soon as you can make it convenient to yourself, it would for more reasons than one be agreeable and very satisfactory to me." ,. ,-,' fThis summary is copied almost verbatim tram a letter, which the wrilsr had recently receivd trona Mr Jefferson. " , " , . PRAll 61IEIUFF. GIVE US OUR LANDS :. . again.". i;;. vf Il appeara that tha most illustrious of the Whig party leal theintlves called on to, undergo the pe nance which Mr. Clay, in his last speech, pre. scribed for sjhose demanding the restoration of the pQbltc lands (o the Government., Yesterday, Mr. Preston and M r. Rives felt it. to be their duty to mount Mr. play's black ram and appeal to M Mr. S ienU tq.lct them nave their lands again. And KMlay, after divers Cabinet consultations on the subjoctv the I'retidaut-bimseUV came duwa. in n a inesMage to the House, on the ssme errand. Id very lull, urgent, and anxious com munication to the Hvuse, the Executive, doubtless with th concur rence of his Cabinet, presses on Congress tho ira mediate, indmp" table necessity of repealing the distribution bib, and pledging lbs proceeds of the sales of tfTe public, lands, as security for a funded debt of fifteen millions, which be now proposes to raise. . Here, then, we have the confession by the very head of tha AdoiinUtratipn installed by Whiggery, i that the great rcfeira party stepped oil oo tbe wrong foot, ft needed no confession, however, to , auprise the nation of the fact, rifa totally hope! 7ciiiditTon"id the"credTllisnihe Goveniment and of IMiblic affurs, as depleted in the message, no-art could longer conceal from the public eye. Whig gery, when managing the concerns of the country, could not manage them at it cid the elections, by. mere professions, fl itteriug every section of tbe union iy v inous doctrines suited to the section. The Whig leaders, 10 administering the power they acquired in Congress, and the E locative station, necessarily substituted -action for profession, and , now we have the reality of whiggery in rapidly ( accumulating debt a eiokiog credit a deprecia ted and irredeemable Government paper, instead of gold and silver, fo its currency. Waa this the state of things under tbe late Administration t No. Although tbe Bank vl the Limed States, tbe great l,4ttacliuda wub, power ,aJ most jq coamand the 'in'T carded, aiidurned atl its immense weight and inftu ence against the Governmeut although the State Banks, merchants, and capitalists, allied themselves with tne mammoth currency maker and facility giver, to embarrass and break down the Admmis Irani. n at Vashingtoo although all the money- iiiongertnj tribes and corporations, finding their' nditfeat aorf financial etiont In tain "resorted to! tae in lu'ainous expedient of a universal suspension of j .pifmeota, sod aa actdal robbery ofiheTrea ,rfahsoulbioia.dated.b)U.Ujil V-C et xuch was the ability with which the Govern me it was omductod by the Democratic Adminia trau-rfi under all these mmcolliet, that it c.eme out ... . ... . i iriuoipuaiii-, lis cnjun uosiauiru, na i rvaury notes ;ib ive uir ; its iebts punctually paid in specie, wiiciever ilsinsn led ; and after paying off a nation, al d bt 'if amy five millions, and distributing t wen t. t-'hl milli nit among the States, its temporary ih i; itio-it vf alMiit five and a half millions out :aitiif were imardrd as investment nd held pr, alwio igh runniig Mly for a year tl iw changed me lice of iningt iu.a single year of Wmg vule 1 1 The public lands squandered new debt of 11 y millions run up in an extra sesnon, called without any public motive a batch of three thousand leaches fastened upon the navy, to suck : the blood of the nation proposals to increase the expenditure to great extent, both in the navy aod, annv, by law tried, able, and fat hful ministers, j and other foreign ageott brought back, and a new winii ai-nt on with new outfits the contingent esoenees in various departments increased a new tax of ait or eight million imposed, an I another threitenvd and while tlie shout of retrenchment , so.l ref rx it raited by the. .Whig powers at both lendt of tlie Avenue, we see them sink in abtuluta eh luttion uudarthe weight of their own me isuret I ; And the Treasjirv sutpendi at the moment that the poor, inituiaiiaged, never do-well corporations, ashamed or their diatimett practices, resolve to resume snd co nply with their prsr.iaet I I VVe must, howsvet, return oir thanks ft Mr. Tyler f r his new message. It it the first step to I wardt reionn whmn we nave yet t:en mimfested. At a 'declaration of repentance,' it is certainly an I riiM nl rrrnriniklmn r linne ll ar.ll M lnlln4 -r ; .. . ' . ' - ... " ' ' . ' ul salvation. THE CHINA NEWS. a Tne New York Kt press and Courier and Etqui. rer, furnish us with the following paragraphs I . A BURMESE MOVEMENT. Cxtracts from letters dated Macao, AW 26, 1841. By a short passago from i Singapore, intelligence hat j itt arrived ot, the probable immediate break ing iutof war betsieon lire king of flunnuh and tbe Dri'iah India Governmctit, and that tha fomer, with a large army, had advanced lo within a slio distance of Rangoon, whither the latter was send ing w:th all posnihle celerit all their available for ces. If these difficulties prove tube ofs serious nature ss it is thought they sre, I hero can be no augmentation ul ihe British lorce t in China for a lime time to come, and the prospect oTa termina Hon of tho Knglithau l Chinese quarrel will thus be rendered remoter than ever. We mayet learn that tit IJmjieror of Cl.i'ia has been in iieU nation with Tlmrrawadct, t .e ruler of Burmahf and if so, tlie iNepaulese will be again upon the move from their bills, and (lie already turbulent and disaff-cted triliae in Western India will receive new courage to j.craevere in their efforts to 'quit ihe.nselves of their loreigrt masters. JJ7th. Oor letter of yeaterdsy's date advises feu which appaars likely to have an important mild- enca upon the result of the war iu China. A con- siderable lorce of veaaels ol war, etoamers ana troops, dosttned fur. China, biva beeo ordered td proceed at once to J.tiijoro, ana aa euan win ue made tq check by prompt and vigorous measures, tbe hostile movements of the Uurnjeao, who may ba considered tone what formidable at enemies to the British India Government. Thus f r, wa cannot learn that tha Rnparur of China has ahownlhe slightest diipititu i3 treat with Sir U. Pottioger,, and as far as can ba aeuti. there does not appear to . be in China tha least popular feeliH i'o Um of li U BrjglnV -r .. - , ; , flANT-V ANNA TW. Tits Clobe gives the followiog circumstancu to exhibit the hypocrisy of the" .Mexican Autocrat. H It is singular that saota Anna snouiu again in vado Texas, fits 'views of his duty to Mexico have undergone a grlat change since he was in Washington, or the opimona he expressed here were deeply imbued with dissimulation. We were present at his private interview with Gen Jackson, (Mr. Forsyth acting as tha interpreter between them.) when oanta Anna doclared tnat tnere must be an everlasting separation between Mexico , and Texas. . Ho spoke of the character of tbe two ' people, and their respective positions, as rendering thia inevitable, and their recent tupture as oix that, could never ba healed. Wa remember the figure . with which be illustrated this part of his eloquent conversation, tie said that' Texas waestuen to Mexico a broken limb,o utterly incapable of a sound reunion, that amputation, was indispensable, to orescrve .Mexico itself. vVith the greatest apparent frankness, bowevsr,. ha told Geo. Jacksou, thas, under the circumstan ces ia wbi'chha "returned to Mexico, ha could not act efficiem!yjo accompl'sh what waa sodetirsble; that to sdrocafcs, in jbe prejudiced state cf feeling in Mexico, the TiidfperTdenca of Texas, rould be looked opoain fiitrf as rcasonrpurcdascd by the gin of bis life ; and that to exert his influence 1m. mediately for that object, Would only serve iq eov. er him with duihooor, and deprive him of all poFer, to accimplish whit, at the proper time, in another state-f public feeling, bo would . most eagerly coo' tribute to effect. From bis letters now, it would seem that all w this waa, hypwn'ty and that he . nourished nothing but feelings of revenga Kir his humiliation, without one gHtefuI recollect woof tha, magnanimity which restored .him to tiTe, liberty, and power. " ' , - . . Nt OsxsURS, Uareis By the' arrival of the steam ship Neptune, from Galveston, vntch she Wit on Sunday, the 20tJi'ult., we have received our files of Texas papers to tne ICih intt., and a humbrrof private letters. Da sides these we have been favored with tbe perusal - of various oficial document$, which enable us to give a summary of the news, and indicatiooa of fu ture movements' that may be relied upon. From tha fast advices, the Mexican forces, after plundering 8aa Antonio, had begun their retreat to tne Rio Grande loaded with spoils. Tha impres sion in Texas was, that tbe iovadiog army waa com. prised principal of Mexicans residing near Ills border. rhe circumstances of their being com roaoJed by Ueoeral Umoers, left oo doubt of the wUwoal saactw tethe seureieeagftwrra4wof n's last wswi.. Yew-aatsUwog-fev .roper. grade - to are menr ema rerf tbe belief twat-thwaeseeot upon the country had been prematurely made. Gen'l. Uurleson, at the need of 1,500 men was pressing forwsrd with all despatch to 6vertae the enemy, with every prospect of being able to acconv plith his object, as the tiencaiis were too much encumbered witti spoils to make a quick retreat. It waa tbe intention of Geul. Burleson to cross tha Rio' Grsndeao l maintain a positiifa in the epe'mies eountry until driven back by an overpowering fbr A body of 1,580 hundred men was' bstng cc force. COC-' ieri rated to. Moport Gan'l. J3urkM0Aw Tne Galveatoo Ailvertiser of the Slstinst., gives tho following encouraging account of the defence . n f- b of ihe ,td ofGalveswn, which is tho key oftbe iwepuonc. . . . v ' Synopis of the military movements of the last two weeks in Gslvef.ons ,'lhe brigotwar Wharton, kaa hn nrnniaiiinrd. and will ho rpad In iAi Ia r.- - . .. j t sea by Wednesday Tbe Ziata, provisioned and ' . r i i j . i i . 1 1 j rquim iar naroor ana cqbm aviance win aw ressy I to go to the east end of the Island thts day.- Two batteries ara nearly completed, and Sying artillery aufhetentfor the dewncs or vie? Island has beso mountedaad is raady Jur aervice. 'v Tha gene'ral enthusiasm of the community hs been so great that it has extended even to the fair set, and several of ths good ladies to our city, hive been industriously engaged, for ths loat few days, ia moulding b illets and' making cartridges for ths use of the army. There .Has been contributed within two weeks poet by the citizens of Galveston, aqout twelve thousand dollars in provisions, munitions of war and money. Tbe steamer Lehtte and two other vessels snnod and equipped have proceeded down the coast. V It is worthy to remark, and does credit to (be liberality of our citizens that 'the. targs amounts contributed in thit city neve been entiroly vdWe ry nothing approaching to the odious practice of impressment has b en attempted to bo practiced amongst us all has been a spontaneous free will oflormg on ihe altar of patriotism. If (his ia a spe cimen of tha spirit of liberality whtth pervsdetthe whole Kipnoiic and we believe it is the Mexi I . iu. : priwpw:t uf ctiiubtt wnh li So confident were the cilitsoa el Galveston it liemgable to defend that place, that they bive equipped no Itsa than U5 J m'tn' for the jjanornl operations of the army. The most important intelligeftne broahf by the Neptune, ia the coriaiutyof the invasion of Mexi co. Santa Anna lias raited a spirit that be can never lay. His letters to Col. Ree and (ion. (lam tlton, had reached Houston, and dispelled every lingering doubt of bis intention lo violate the assur ances madu lo President Houston of procuring tho recognition of tyxas. , The publication ef these luller, tho tone of insult and defiance tfiat pervadej them hat stimulated the' enthusiasm of the people and brought thn Governtnenio the support of the popular will.4, On the I7ih intt. Prosidont Houtinn caused the following letter, in the nature of a proc lamation, to be issued through tbe public press. fCtT or HoriroK, March 17, 1843. Pf Kt Fit t "fhe news by express from Auxtin uplothe!8ili mat., ik that lhe enemy have evaru ated SanAulotiio, after having plundered the place. Wl'bey. were laden dawn wito, luggage and march lowly. Col. liny n l.arrs"ing thorn on 1,'iuir inarch. They only march about eight miles each day. The Iroops from Austin and thoaeon (he frontier are marching to overtake arid tx-al them. -, War shall now bn waged caiimt Mexico, nor wit) welay our arms aside until as have secured the recognition of car Independence. Tflrttil then I will V?iex test U$fi&, nor wijj Jjje.nppple f Tus. at. ut ioTofce tho God of Armies. ' Vour friend, u rrc IlOylrOCs. Mr. IT. Siuort. . The poverty of Iha Gut'ernment has not,'iljn ' fur, impeded tha preparations for war- The eui. ' en contribute whatever can be spared. Svery (Din arms and euts bimaolf, or is provided witb accoutrements by tha araiatance of private iodivid. uals. o-Housiod,' tba mercbanta have tbowir open ihcur Korea to supply clothes for (he recruits. Vdi private leuers assure us tuat tne lovaaioo cf Mexico is inevitjble.,, Tbe people hays fur a on time been anxious fur it, and,lhe Goverumeol has at loDgtb come into their views. The Renubtii. has taken tbe ground she ought to bate aaaucntalriz from the beginning of her 'national existence. . We have before us art ofijeial letter of President Houston, from which we mate a few 'extract (evolving more distinctly tbe objects now in con. temptation. , " "If troops should be rauxd in ... f leave.this blank to be filled by the imagination of our readers iJior's st tbs caU of this Govern. ravin, nrcuanu iur ennquen, iuy may reiv unnn the fact, tbat Ihtf viU alLfd thrfirinUgt of the Tuian banner (a eroit tht Rio Grande and purne conquest to tht WALLS OF MEXICO I r Another extract will perhaps open up visions of romaoco to ardent njindt,so lewitching in tboir character tbat we eaanot refrain from inserting it. ti is in loses worse i ' . " The recompense tendered to our friends will . be the property captured by them, upon the most exalted and ebivalric principles of honorable war. fare, and I Ae soil tcAicA they conquer glory, victory, and imperishable fame! Mexico basin. vaded our country and ber dicUtor has .declared that the . Aglo-Sato ract thall bow to' tho will of a Dfipot I rBte. . ' ANNA. - from tl CkorUtton Mrr&rj. .. . " CaaBLiSToa, S. C, March 21. To bis Excellency . . . ' . Dos Airrono Loraj at 8am Ams. ' , j -4 ' W ' f President of the Republic of Mexico : - Sta : AljHpugb I hays not bad the honor to receive, . in manuscript, lb letter wbirb you addressed ne, through tbe gaistte of Mexico, under date of the lStb sf February, 1 feel too sentibly tins distinction not to rmake my ackpowledgmentaibrougha similar medium. However grots tne violation ot conh lence, of which . your Escellencv baa bees guilty, in pulishin j a letter marked tonjijtdiat, (which sa4yourseirhsve rei cogqizca ;) I shall take ne exception to your employing the oecvapn of vaunting your own honest,' snd cater ing for a popularity of which Jdu may sued greatly hi eeeq. When ofTered you an 4AQStnnily of five millions of itnllsrs, for a pacilicalion and boundary, bstween tlie Republics of 1'iXM and Mexico, I acted undei'a com. miaoion, which was unrevoked by tbe Government of tbe former, and qnder which I had negotiated a treaty . St mediaiioo with tbe Government of her Britannic Utj-ty, providing fbr the payment of this torn, for tho aauie objects. , . A . The supplrmeatary offer of two hundrod thoussod aollsrs far contingencies snd secret service, were to defray the cost ef running tbe boundary line, the ex pense of the rsspective legslnna, and lor ittrtt srr siee. ' You are too disciplined s veteran ia the politics of your owe country, Dot 10 anew in neceaaityssod vtl- a-iaat ma, Xau assavoiiaogM-srinperr ft sp emn. w pax. jauraeu. inc wnpiumtiiwui. auypmg tnt dseiiroed that this money tboald be insinuated at a arte to yourself I asmire your Excellency that I am too well aware of the spotless integrity ot Urn Antonio Lopet de Santa Anna Fietiocnt ut the Republic ot Mexico, to have hazarded such sn experiment on the virgin purity of your Excellency's honor. . It your Lxcelleory csn perceive impatience snd sudscity . m a, frreodly offer of peace, and a pledge ot my exerttorts-ieJ mdeewa -gslkmt" people-to- pyfivr- -millions of dollars for a realm wbicb they had sleSdy wocby story tills. which a just rcvotaUio and a tic-..,.,,.. tonouj sword conlor, I am quite content to sutler under tfieTepfOBCT-ofiiaviiiftess lH)e1rtyn7oaTs1C, Artr thus discourteoa.Hy 'disposing of myself, yoor Excellency is plessed tolsviah upon the people, to whose mercy and magnanimity you owe your lite, the grossest abuse. -ln the course i which, you say that there never was a more scsnJaloue. robbery than , lbs forcible poaeiion of thete'tntoryjof Tetaa, by its present settlers. . . , ' i uiti wrfuiirn, up, iao cuaxisrv ana guiraa- J tees, under the faith of which elrr-phen Auatm brought :jA i i : . 1- t . l. : 1 1 Its ve you furfotten, ijr, tao charters and guaran t tomnj mio 1 ciaa, wnicn in mc, invnr ana ro PT. sfSBdaloosly violsted by your eW Go- verament! And this too, towards a-mao, who rssem- i bled ia the purity of his own life, and ia the wiasout , and moderaHoa ol h;a chsracter. ihe vancratetl founder j sf the Aoglo-Amencso sf uleinsnts from the hordes of the Csmaocbse ludiaus, fTora wuoinin spneot their vaunted brave, your troops ksd so ingkiriousiy fled. Ars you nut av.arp that ooe ef the can tut ot the re volution of Texas, was your own--iisurpatMMi ! Your tyrannical overthrow ot the Constitution ot fZ3, and j with it tbe federstive'system, ef which as as integral sortion of the State o Cohuila, Texas wss a member! Hste'yoa tergotua tbat by tbe establishment of .a j central despotina on the ruio of this sy-ietn, you (or Bisbcd lbs citizens of Texss a stronger jutuftcaimq fiir revulatioa tbao u ta be fbObd is the causes wbish led , ta tbe rsatauncs of tbs thirteea North American Colo. . oies to tbe injustice ot their parent S.tate k After invi unf the young Hsrculet into your country you at- , tempted, porfJiously, to stifld him in hrs cradle, and yn have reapM tbe full harvest of tae consequences. I Von say, Sir, that when vol commenced your tne ! morable.oainpaigti, in l-J0 it-was- ilWratod-tiy a se r.?s of rirtones, uotil tjj.voccarrerice ot. wbst yu are Asaaed to cafl the tfufortunato accident " of Mao iscmt). , ' - . Your victories, Sir, if bistory ie not a greatsr novsU tat than the most authentic oT your bullutioa, constated ' in ysur belesgaring, with t Well appointed corps of three thou-wrsi -re -a. a B-nt defrn-lecf 'bv aim- nne hnn. eceu, wno sept your whole lorce lor sever.l days si hi lha run Mr nlii.l, fim.J mm ... ..). I ----. w V. m iiraii. i fci j Mian yiwtwu. slaughtered at bis post in tho still more remarkable gillantry of murdering in cold bloo! five hundred brave ' men, under the unfortunate Fannin, who hsd It id down i thsir arms to a force of six tunes their number, under i the futh or s capiiulstion which even s boideof Cab i mue Tartars would htve reeivcted. " -At San Jscintnyod were detested by the "sccidcnl' of your having more than two men to one of the band, who were led by the benefactor lo whom you owe your life, and by the still moie marvellous "scetiicnt" of his htvm ' killed in your ranks more than his whole force, and captured an amount of prisoners who otit numhered the victors. These ynur'Cxci'llrney nu.it admit sre such remarksble " sccidents in the hiatory ot war, thtt neither Mirshsl Sax in his reveries, or the grest Corelo in hia strategy, has mad the smsllest provision for their occurrence. Your Excellency, not content with affording me the ' instructive history nf your campaign, has been pfuaecd to touch a chord, which you well knew, would vibrate m 4 aerisitively throughout the civilised world when you are pleased to announce, that one ol the objoclaof your rrjpditetcd crutido against Texas, is lo extirpate .1 nestic ilavery, Jl. lore you commence your march for this purpose, had you not better emancipate the miserable .victiois of eiiipelsofyJaliw in your own country, wlm are slaves in every thing but in the terms rf' nominal bondage, and who would be inj condition of qiiahhod freedmh, if they hid half the temortl com forta of the blacks of Texas. Do. you suppose, when, debauched by power, on are ridtng rouyii slutf over the mux' ruble victims of your on ambition and cupid tty, you can hoodwink and deceive any other than inose victims of fnticisin w ho freonent Exeter Hall b A
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