(MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR.) Collection of 20 Mexican newspapers on the war with the United States. 20 items, sleeved in a binder; generally minor wear, a few key passages marked in pencil; a few with modern private library bookplates in margins. Various places, 1846-1848
"El Telégrafo." Includes on page 2 an open letter to the English and Irish immigrants serving under General Taylor, inviting them to defect to the Mexicans. Also includes news that Taylor refused to retreat back across the Nueces River. Puebla, 1 May 1846.
"Alcance al Num. 32 del Provisional." Includes of pages 2-3 a speech by Angel Trias, governor of Chihuahua, pointing out the moral inferiority of slave-holding United States: "Another nation, greedy, daring, vain with its prosperity, unworthy of being called free, because men who are not white are publicly sold in its markets, now pretends to dominate us, imagining that we are weak! That we are divided: that we are despicable, that it is easy to yoke ourselves to the yoke of his detestable power. And what about the Mexicans who alone recovered their independence: who drew the attention of the civilized world for their prowess . . . would now allow their political existence to be snatched away, would they submit to receiving the outrages of their enemies, would they settle for being slaves when God made them free?" Chihuahua, 27 August 1846.
"El Defensor de Tamaulipas." A scarce northern newspaper (3 holdings on OCLC); this issue includes President Anaya's blanket emergency draft order: "All Mexicans capable of bearing arms are called to military service." An editorial promises "perpetual war until we punish those who have profaned our soil." Ciudad Victoria, 22 April 1847.
"Alcance a la Epoca." Discusses numerous Comanche attacks on the northern frontier since the fall of the Mexican government. San Luis Potosí, 19 November 1847.
"Alcance al N. 1 del Estandarte Nacional." Includes an essay against the peace treaty: "Only the sad disappointment of the periodic machinations of those men remained, who, under the name of moderates, plunged the country and its riches into the abyss: to this knowledge, to the persuasion of power, of the offended honor and of the frightful future that awaits us." Aguascalientes, 1848.
