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The Daily Dispatch: November 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], The importance of defending Brownsville, Texas. (search)
es. The foreign merchants at Matamoras are English and German, and are friendly to our cause. They have not made any extensive arrangements for importations, owing to the unsettled state of opinion concerning the raising of the blockade — if it should not be done they will import directly to Matamoras. The Mexicans are neutral, the officers, civil and military, profess and exhibit every desire to co-operate with us in making peace and good order on the line, and we have aided in stopping Cortinas from his forays in Texas. The Mexican population on this side of the river are quiet, but not to be relied on in case of invasion. By virtue of commissions from the Lincoln authorities, two or three hundred Mexican guerrillas could be mustered into the service of the United States, and depredate on and destroy the stock interests of Western Texas. Once in possession of Brownsville, we could not readily dispossess them. It is 250 miles from the dense settlements of Texas and a dreary