The Greensborough patriot [December 19, 1846]

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VOL.1 .MI; VIII. , GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, DECEMBER 19, 1846. XUMBEK 38
Published tOcckln
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Ihe |i ;;•..-.
cord;* oi lite I kepartmeni of State contain conclu* months ago, has boon received from the Mex can
rive proofe of numerous lawless nets perpetrated mnii*ter;" an! lhat ••fin not one of ou^pubhi
upon the property nnd persons oi our I i.izens by complaints bM satisfaction net-n given ur offered;
Mexico, and of wanton insults to oui national dag. that b.n one nf the cnfiNf personal wrong ha
rentNO of April the eleventh, I94S, it was ex-f State constitutions, and puiced a military dictator
preesly siipuUud by ibe tilth article of the con-1 at the bead of rnvi foment.
.-rably con
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
frltoif-ciUztrti •>[t'nr S, ,ufr
ttntofthe //..'." (jjjfcpr^/'.;'./'[ ■
In n-Ml'in i« ymir lahara^aWth" «.-rrirv <.f j',..
■ is a subject nf conpratillation that .<:■■
tasre^n no period in our past history, wh rrr.ll
.• I'lf'iienta nl i,«i- ■■:" prmpf*ri:y have ' ••rn tn
iilly developed. Since your!.,-: .•■■•.:.»n, noaf-
, • .' ■•pi-ii'n'i-iri has VMied mtr rtrmiry: gen-r-
i! go M In-1' !: In* piev nl■■ ! ; nVidnoce haj
T"OWII--*I I lie l il i'ie hiob.iiidmun : and labor
I la* interpoi lion nl our government to obtain re
areas was ■: iin n i opatn invoke I* ur dei circum
stances n bich no nation i ugbl lo ■: iregard.
il was boped tint iheae outrages would erase
an ! thai Mexico wou d be i itrained by ibe lawi
ch re| i I tte th • cnndui i o| civilii «! i iiiom in
iheir intere mrse wn'i each other after the tr» ity
of am ir, c ipum -. on I riav'gatii n ol ibu fifth of Executive, communicated
\pn"I. Iii II! " . n■ >rid i I I between iha two re- greas, in tha meaaoge ret
public* : lir. ihia hope anon proved lo hi* vain.—
ftie course of si t ire ;:• I coiifii cation »<J the pro-i
lit .. ; ibe violation of iheir per-
- an ; lb • inanlia to our i! is punned by Meii-
: (previous tmh L time were tcareely suspended
tiered, uWihnt but fourcoaei dement ofall daimi ol ibe
ixeni i I tin* United Stales *»
itinu ni the thirtieth ol Jjnuaiv. IM3i thai " a
new Goovantion aball be eniervd into lor the *. I-tvernmeni
an \ < il
not the republic rl
Meiico wbicb were not Gnatty decided l-v !)<••
late commission, wjiinfa intt in ibe city of vVoab-ingUriitind
of uil ewims of the government and
citizens t i .Mexico against the Uuited >'.du ?."
In cytilornnty with thi< atipnlation* n I bird ca i-j
vention was euncladed anil sti;aed .a il..- city ol
. Mexico un the tweniietb of November, 1*1-1, by
1 ibe p! 'iiipotenliariea ut tha mo govcrnmenta, by
»« con.>; i.-i.n-iMtii me, H L ,xil rrillj,:„„ nai ,!irj. for ascertatnino ami
) 'and conatdenngthaepirit [ |lnriDfl ,.„.M. ,|,lin<. |TI Jan«ary. HJI. il.<-
hern
of boi. descriptions* QU* »' u'l those formajly pre
tented, and earnestly pressed( baveasyei been
decide I upon by the Mexican government."—
President Van Buren, believing vliat i: would be
vain to make any farther attempt loobtain redress
by the ordinary means within %* power of the
ibis opinion to Con-rred
to, in which he
IAHI: ' Oihst careful anJ deliberate examination
of the cootwnts." (of tha correspondence with the
r.-wanl,
• rapftllv
s. I It-
; r vi
eleui
tire |-ui
or ml-'
the c, ii
'i. C"|l.
the I..1.
justify
In a ap
• nil its I ranch) - in r - it ing .•> amp
while I'ducotion* science, nnd the aits i
enlarging the mean! ol i ciifl liappi i
pmgreas of onr conniry in hcrcareer«f ffi n i -
not only in ibe raM extension ol nur terntom
i inits nnd iha rnpi-l increase of our populiition
but in res-mrcea nnd wealth, rtVi-f in lb** happt
rondition ol our p-opl-, is without rxnmple in tin
history of nation*.
As the U'i«!oin. srreni'tb. nn I beneficence of
our free ins'itution* are ntilVMf.l, every day »<ld*
Iresb iiiotivi.« io cuntrn:nient, aiidfreab incentive*
'o patrioiiyin.
Our devout and nincere ncknmvledginenia ore
ill o to the gracious! Jjver of ::II L""^!. for the nu:n-
I i rless 11 ^sings whwh our belovrd country < n-j-
»ys.
It is a source of high vatisneion to know that
the wlatione of the Untied Btatea with all other
unions, witn a singleexcepiion, are ofllwsnoal
.-iniicaltb' character. B ncerely oitachrd io the
n ilicy of peace,early tdopti il am! Mentlily punned
by this gntemment, I hire anxiously deafen to
i-nhivate andALerish friendahip »nd commerce
Kvivh every foreign power. The spirit un»l habits
(.1 tho American pi-njile are favorable to the main-tmnncc
of such internoiional harmony. En ad-hering
to thi* wise policy, a preliminary and par-amount
duty obviously COnsJBni in the protecinm
ol onr oalionnl intt-n-sls from encroachment or »-i-
Tifire, and our national honor (rout reproach.—
These mu^i be mnia^nined at any bnxard. They
mlmit of nocnrnprfltuise or m-glect, and must b.-
scrupulously am! constantly guarded, hi their
vigilant vindication, collision ami conflict with for-eign
power- ma .• sometiinrs become unavoidable.
Such haeneenour scrupuhnM mllierntceto the
rlictatos of justice, in nil foreign intercourse* thai,
• boughsteadily given©} rapidly advancin,-in prns-lu
rhv A;- | o vi r.we h iveiiojast cause oTcnmplalnt
40 any n.uion, and have i I.J eyed the blessings el
peace for more than thirty \eirs. Progi a policy
MI sacred lohunnni'.y.aiid sosalntary in KsetTeds
upon onr pbluieul sy^em. we should never b*- in-
*:ucd rolimtarily lo d,pa/i; ^^ jgm
•i ii I f period* although the treaty ic
I• iin* * !■<• rights aol dm;.'5 of the respec*
* thai ii ■ Imj u i its to mi understand
■ ll in. i : less ii,:i - seven ye in
ion 11 il il lr< My our grievances
Moxicaa governrar
manifested by the Meiican government, it has be- coneention wa» ratrm*djiy tha Senate of the I
come my painful duty to i :tum lb ■ subiect, as it t Ml(.(| sMn ,. (l iwtf amurrdinents, whtcli
iiii'.v" itandsi to i
decide upon the lime, the mod
of redress." rial the I i
ii r adopted compuisort mi •' ur< ■■
a J into their own hat Is, all ourd
UrTiculiies, s id
them the more
re !r.->-
itions ror redress, the wan- under limilar provocntions«committed by any oi
i of the outrages upon the the j iwerfuJ nitivni of Europe, would base been
innoi
it, m tbe opwion of Pres
ident 11 :kson, thev should no ! mger be endured
la hii un i IO I H ngn - in februarv, 1837% !.<
, i -ei !■ i iliein to 'ii^ i- ■> aid 'ration "i thai holy, hi; the i fleet t>» complicate il
■ml lei ii I that •« The i >nglhol time since some n u !< r -III amicable icitl meat ol
ol the injui N have been committed, the repeated embirran :..-- Thai iuch mem
njn
t m cbnraci r • wBpm
Mpperty and persons of our citixens, upon the offi- promptly resort* I to by i!i I nit* IStai
cers sn .';! i,; K the United SuieSi indi pendenj of be doubti.!. Th«' ns'i wal honor, an 1 t ■ pi ser
n-cei t ..i>uIt»to ibis government and peopht by j vation of tbe national character throughout *.;.
extraordinary Mexican minister, would worlJ.ni will a* nur own ti'lf-r ip«ct, and tb«'
n th i l\-s ol all nations |iuaiedi;.i.' war." protection due M i»ur own citizens, wonl I have
ni of kindness and ibrbearanc", however, rendered »ucli u re*i liasl••*"t>;**J3','- ''"' ',l"
he nci aimemb-d reprisals as • milder mode ofre- lory of no oieHixed nation Us inodom times has
Bess, He declared thai war should not be used presented, within so bnvl a pemd. so many wan-a>
. remi dy "by just and genemus nations coa-1 ton nttackaupfln llie honor ol it? flag, and upon the
iidiau in their strength I r inj inea eommHsedi ii property and persons i '• iw ciiixvns, as had at thai
it can be honorably avoided." nnd added, "iibas tone been burnt" by the United Stales Imm the
occurred to me ihat. co-i>i lering th'- present em- Mexican authorities nud people. ISai Mexico
bnrrnsseJ condition ol th >i country, wa should set was a suter republic,on the North American con
w\\\\ both wisdom and moderation, by giving t« linent. occupying a territory contiguous to our
Mexico one mure opportunity lo atone fur ihc part, own, and was in u feeble sn ! strae
before We take Koreas in'n our own hands. To
num.it belongs, to nianii'eail) reasonable in theii aba racier. \ \
s, and the measure ,, ...,r,......, ibe nasendinvnts propniel lathe
Iiates»ni thai lime, govermr.eni of Mexico, lbs same evai ons, dilli-laken
i uress cubies.and \ny% were interposed which bare
' - v »••' ; tbe i liey of that c vet ».;<■ ni t •■
ieo wool! probably bav 'ii_' i nee o -j »i-1 - A ardi the ( :,.;■ .j 8 sire. It has not yet i
rd.andtbe existing war have been averted.--1 CKj,.u vt-luther it would or woukl not accede.)
Magnanimity and moderation on our port only ihem. although the subject lias been rejK-al■-.. _.
pressed Uj*on .:> cuosioeration.
Mexico has ihns violated a second time tin
faith «■' irej'iee. bv fuiling or refusing t.» carry in
By s *"•>■ ; ■ g decree viA Congrssi lubser-
\ui>: io ibe will DI ibed l it) r, the sevi i i] SMK
constj .• ma wen* abolished, and tbe States ihem
•elvrs < livened ui »(in r-- dejiarunenn ol
Ceo ral I lov rnmertt. 'rhe peo_4e of Texas w«
unwilling tosubmiilo this usdrpsnion. 1' -i •
lance t i mch it raunv becaaj u high duly. 'J'ex-s
was l"'i ;. al»i Eved from all allegiance to lb*
' 'entraJ < Ion rnmvnt ol Mexico '■ in ibe in mieni
bat government bud abolished her Si ir com
11 i, an I its | .. ■■ substitu'e I au arl ■
an I .! ij '.i Central0 ■ mm •'■
■ : ich w m ibe principal ci s of i ,*• 'i'.-\ . i
revolot n. T neop! : '!' ' _■ out ■ I
mi rd upon r isuinc *• and tlew ! ..-.-. 11 ,;
mi : r. re important anl^'xcuing events, how-i
.. • py did n"*. omil lu pi M V lb ir 1.'- n ■
on a secure and permaovni andation. Tney
eli ■ :i 1 m< ml i p In s cam . « lm, in ibe
u of Mai .' IH,i u< ! .i KII ;: ild.'clii I
r "political countxion with tbe Mexic
nai n ho ■ •- \ rn ;, an I ibai the pi pie
IVxas do now constitute i I au*, KOVKKMUS, mil
IM • PI \icr : RKPl BLH . and are I illy
with ail ti
l;in". in l!ie estimitiou of the civilised world. nn.|
:. fact, none the less an muVpenneni power I"
i " Spun ^*ill claimed bei as a colony. If
Spain bad continued until ihe present period to
asri r ihal Me' ico w is one of her colnniej in r-■-
llisn .i.anot her, this would not hoej made
her a . ur changed the fact nl her iiio>|»ennViii
»ience. 'i-•■.:■. at the'period of her anne^a-lion
to the It,.'- J States, b*MV the same relai'on
11 M, ■ ic > i! ti Mextcn 1 t ! borne u» Spam f<r
m my tears before Spain acknoulerijreu her in-
■(i . with tin* important dtflereiicj—
'.'(.! fore the annesainaiel ! e- :•■ luthe I'iuted
Bial va • "in»ii(i II..Hi.!, Meiw i ber>etf, by a
a*t of her govi rnmeni, I * - * ■ i scltnowled^ed
the independ nee ol Te>ni as a nation. It i^
•.■;•.!',. ■ p act "t r< rogni • * she prescribed
i ■ ■ h i wfrch r'io had no power or authi rity
i ,r -.'. ii it 'I PJ ni - . mid rmt annex hersi If
I > any other !' iwer; but ihi* could ma detract in
,-g - from the recngniisM which Mexku
then mrle of her actual indopendence. Upon this
»tatcment of facts. It i« iwird tor Mexico
■ , i' i | rctej t f»r io nmi fit ing hoslib'tta
i* still J
.:„!., Lind attribuu
avoid all misconception on tin part cf Mexico, a?
well 01 io protect our uuu iKiti'Kin!cliiracUr Irom
reproach, this opportunity should !<• given with
ihe avowed design and lull preparation to lake
immediate satisfaction, ii it should not be obtained
on n ref-pii. i of the demand for it. Totbisend,
I recommend that an act be pasted aulborixing
rvprnaKandlhenieol the naval forcv of the L*
led Btaies by the K\
•iif ice them in tho even* ofaieTusol by the Mex
ican government to come io an amicable adjust-innit
of tha matters MI controversy between us,
upon another demand thereof, made from en
board one'of our vetsela of war on the coast of
Mexi« '
<
ili-m
Inion;
.il these conai lemtiona; it u presumed! in lirced
Congress to forbear still longer*
Instead 11 laltiirj i^dresi into our own hands, n
new negwiaiion was entered upon with fsirprom-ises
vn ths pan of Mexico, but with the real pur
toeiKc: the sixth in tele oftha convention ol ian«
nary. I- !■>.
8>*< is the liisl ry of the wrongs which we
! iv.- s.ilf r I ii I natieatly endured irom Mexico
in |onp >■ ••■r. "i teasa. So lar Mrom sf-
:,.:■' reaounable satissantHin for iha injurii>»
sod msuhs we lind home, a (leal aggsavatioa of
th* ni consis4 in !»>' (net, thai while the United
s pies, *n\i HIS io prpaerva a pood understanding
with Mesir ii, have b"en constantly, bui vainly
employed in seeking redress for past wronm
newoutragei were constSBItly occurring which
hav • c Hiti'iued to increase eurraoses ol complaint
and to -w I! ih.' n»n "inl of our deiamds. While
the cum ir <t ihe Untied States wersaoodoci-in?
i lawful commerce with Mexico undei ibe
■ «j ir H.■ v ..' i tr :. y i>: •* ann!
novigatmn." in my ol them has
ch properly
helonp t' ind»'|>end ;■: n'ttiun*." They a!.» a-d
ipted for ttiei • • sniuent a liberal repnh ic t;>
Ci»li||ituti o. Ahiint the game tine1, Santa Aim i,
ihen the dictator of Mexico, invaded Texm a ith
i ii imer» is ir»;iy lor Un* pnip.se nl fcub.uuig her
p. ople* if I enforcing nbt uience lo bis arbitrary
a;(i despotic goveromeiit, ' 'u the twenty-Tin*! ol
April, |V..i, lie was ue'l by theTeXMICHiZeO'Sol-diers,
and on ihotdny was ocjiieved, by thein,
the memorabb) victory of Ban JaciuiA by which
they eonnuered their independence* Consid* r-ing
the numbers engaged on the resm cine sides,
ry does m>i ucoiJ s more brmiulil ;:i; i >v*.
in.T.I. i Santa Anna bims< Ii not among the IT-In
the month of May. ItCJO, Santa AJ.I.IT-.--
knowledged, by a treaty with the Texan authori-ties,
in >he ir.o.i s hum form, ei!^» full, entire.
commerce, and a" ' |'»ri c: indepedence of the republic of Tex-sutK-
red all the n**" 'i* tma bn was ihenn prisoner ofwur,
- which wnnlJ have resulted Irom open but il is finally tree that he lind failed loiucnn-war.
This treaty, instead of aflbrding protection qwTexas, and hnd mei wild signal defeat; Uiai
to our citizens, has been the means nl ineiinw kit outlioiiry had not been revoked, nnd thai by
; eta M!J the porn f Mexico, thai tluy might
po ilw e'tont has proved, of indefinitely post- b*', as thev have been in nu:n;'rous msUnces.
poning I be ri'paraiion w J
which v\,i* so justly due.
UUJV than a iear's delay
• demanded, and
This magot ration, afti
resultr I in the eonve
Sgalnst Mexico, to (Mfnfthe ileventh ol* J\nnl I83U. "for the ad
jnatmeiil of claims of CRiseui Af the Uuited Stales
of America upon the goveriimebt o£4be Mexican
repuLlic.*' The jdiul tjjurd »/t cominwt^u.
ptunderetl oi their property and d. prived oi their
personal liberty tfthey dared insist on their rightj.
Hnd the unlawful se»X ir-s of American proper))'.
I the violation f'p'-rsonal liberty of our en;
nue of this trea'y he obtained his personal r*
k'ose. Bv it ', stiiitM wen- sulp^nued, n I tbe
armv which had invaded IVxai und< i his com*
inai.l returned En putsuanc* •'• i!.;; arraiigeuwni
anmol ated, to Mexico.
pVnmthc day that the bottle of Son Jarintn
7IT..-. io MV imthing i ihetnsultstoourOag which was lung hi until the present boor, Mexico bo*
have occurred in'''
o:i th.' hi .'it tt'M.th
hate COHDtilU*t*d U
the two coiintne«.
aied by this conveuiioil to examine mil decide
upon these claims was not organized until the
month ol August, IS 10, and under the t-nis of w ffolata her most
lomuttttccs of both bouses ol Congrass.tonbkh ibe ccnvenimn ibey were io terminate ibeirduiies p|und-r cur citixens
message of this Preaiuent was referred, fully ( wiihin eighteen months Irom thai time. Four o!, mffOwtbeilr persons
lain. I his views of the character of the wrongs lnt. eighteen months were consumed luprelimina-1 redress,
«h we had suflered Irom Mexico, and recom- ry discussions on frivolous and dilatory points amj pjgheat duties winch every government owes
uded ihm another| demand for redress should . raised by ihe Mexican cumnUMionera; sod it atas | t^t, citizens; and the rortsequtneu has been,
bVforeoutboriling war or reprisals. The n((t until tbe month of December, I"*!1', tbatnwuf that many "i tb-.n h«ee bee« reduced Iron
never possessed lhe> powei to reconbuer 'J't-xas.
In the language of the Secwtflty of tftnte if the
United States, In a despatch to our minister in
Mexloo, under date of the eighth of July, ISIS,
• Mexico may have chosen to consider, and may
y It choose to consider Texas n> having been ut
ail times since I-'IT*, nnd n* ;■'!!! cuimning, n re-have
failed to perform one of the first U iiious province ; but the world has Lien oblig-ed
io lake a very ddTercnl view of the Rtatlef,—
I'roir. the lime ol the battle of San Jaciuto, in April,
tCLthu priwnt momen*, lexm h:;s exhibit'
11 rti «»i Matico,taki u place
,• would themselves long since
'ale cf aciuil war between
In t-t l-»ng siillering Mexico
solemn treaty nbligatinns,
ol t!u ir property, nud im-ixiihou*.
alhinlmg ilieut uny
I the foil ! Stati.-, that Tea
U ! par; n| !i ; :. n. ory.
But there are those wl ■. < c rlinc s'l ibis to
h • true, n»surae the ground thai lh> true western
fi lundury of Texas ii ;!"■ Nni ces, ii stead nf Ihe
Hi i' !ra i !;■; an i tine., ihere.fmv, |M marching onr
army In the east ban!i of ibe latter ro-.-r. we p
-■! iheTexin line, nnd invaded the territory uf
Mexico. Asimpleatat mcnl of fact*, known* to
.•»i :. v. ;1! c:ji:t '«*; :v, 'y n t'-il" Mitban .i*-nn«|»ti' i
Texas, as ceded lo the ITioted Sis'es by Pianee,
in IMO,}, has been always elotmed a- exiendmr
west t'i the Uio* irande oi |lm Uravo. This hot
I is established by the outberity ol c-m ir"*teiiii-nent
statesmen at a j enod u hi n ;!.<■ «pi< 'tK*n«ns
as well if not bell r ni■■!. r •■; d lh;:o ii i* at prrs-ent.
During Mr. JilTerson'a hdniiuisirntien,
M >*r-. Monroe and t'inckney, who hnd keen
sent on a SJ.*«C.U! mission m Madri I. charged, a-ne-
pg othef things, with the vljuHmeni uf the
boundary betwurn the two c'liitnes. in ■ note
addressed Io the Spanish Minister ol*"fnT. n»n A»-
fain* underdute of the (weniy-eighih o* Ilfonarv*
|N0S, osSerl lliat the boundaries ol Louisiana, us
ceded lo ih«*l iiiiid States by France, "are tbe
liver I'erdidoon ihe east, and the nver Hravo on
ihe west;" and IIH-V add that "the f-ict| and prin-ciples
which justify Ibis cuiieltwon an- so tnti&
factory lo our govrrumi nvas lo convmen^H lint
the I'uiu-d S.a'es ban n><t s better rifbt to lb-i.-
l.iinl o! Ni*w ' if!. ans.Mnderlhe O'STMM refern- ;
' '.' ■ v ! a-.r ' i •.!■■■ « h(.'e .t..=trictrf|i#ptOrv
u'. !i It above described."
Down to the conclusion of the Plori l.t'lreaiv
,u IVbruary. 1010, bv which this lerrilor*
ceded to Spain, lie: L'nited Siaiis seeprled
in,in.'.in.- ! th« ir t rnii al ri-bis lo llw exte
In ihe inmnh H lime, |^|s. during MVlsWrPf-oilministrdiion,
Information having beenfecei'.••>,
thai a number of foreign adventurers bid land-d
at l islveston, with the avowed purpose of forming
a settlement iu that vicinity, « special nessnnger
was despatched by theyovirnmen: of ihe ITniled
States, with inslructior.s irom the tfeer-tnry of
eniy.
rteW
extremity, we might hove appeal, d lo tin
civilised world for the justice of our Cause.
1 deegt il iu be my duty to present tit you on
ihe present .ccasiop. a r-nVn-.-d r- view ol the
injutwi we had SOStnjned. •>; llw causes ivhich I* d
lo ihe war, and of aaprngnvrtnee its romuienci-tnenl.
This is remlered ihi* niuri- n -ces.sary be-cause
of '.he misapprehension* which have iu Mime
ckiwit prevail.-d aa to i - en 'in and '.'U" charac-ter.
The war has b«. n r-pr-s- nted as unju.-t
and unneceasary. and as one of aogr.ssiun on OUT
put UponjLwfH* a id i; juretl enemy. Such er-rnnensis
vn w>. llioi gh ei.lerimned by but few,
have been widely nnd extensively cireuJsted not
only at bonie, but havu been spread throughout ' x (\;'i;;f'
Mexico aid the Whole K I:! I. A ni ire t ildual
means could u H have been devised lo encouraga
the enemy and protract the war than to advocate
eight cents,
pire when
claims which
be immediately adopt* J us may be. WcefSary lo
vindicate the honor oi the Country, and insure am
pie reparation to our injured citixens,'
Tbe Committee on Foreign Affairs ofthe House
of ffi'pn'icJMSn$Pr*nuade a similar recommepda-lion,
I i tin |r report, they say that they ".full)
concur with ihe t'resideni that ample causa exists
for taking redress into our own hands,and believe , s>ighl Cei
that we klmuld be justified in the opinion ofoljii r
nations for taking such a step, iiui they are
willing i'» try ihe experiment cl nnoiler demand,
mode in the most solemn form, upon the justice
of ihe Mexican government, before any tuitber
rocpidtngs ere nd »pt< a.*
nee of opinion upon the subject it U -
ieved iu bivi- existed in Congress ^tii tiiut lime.
Ine Executive an I f^egndative deportments con-acre
were pei-.'in : befoi
commissiuiV expired
United B itei agsinstMi KICO— ca
il long ' i*l ire the annexation of Ti
J been examined and awarded tq ,||- AmenaW t niontand yi*vanimated
lv ihe American comraisajonerstand had not I.
allowed by ii"* Mexican commissioners, amount
ing in nine liundred and iwentyH*igbi ihouaand
■jx hundred and twenty^ *>■•• dollari and eighty-upon
whictl he diJ n.>t decide, aft _-
at hu authority i. id ceased *» ith ihe iei.ni-nation
of ibe joint commit ion, BeSHiei these
claims,there were others of American citixent
amounting to three million three hundred a.id
iii ut)-six thousand eight hundred and tinrty-tcvcri
the I ive ol; 'ace, an ' s magnanimous mo lerati u.
we did not :\ lopt those meastiri sol redress a bid .
i r | .- 11 rcumstancef, am ike justified resori
ofinjored
dull .rs and IIVJ cents, which had been submitted ■„. ,',.. ... re m II
o ihc board, and upon which they bad not time m il.e camel and
the United Slates, or its governn
favoring the i< I els «I T 'xas. 01 d
v. h vessels, anununition, nnd inotiey. as il ibe
wai fr the 1 'tluctk n of He] rnt nee mTexos I a !
been c istantly prcat'cui >i lv Mextrn,and lu 1
FucCM prevented by Ihese influences frun n-
I--M!." In the same i|es| itch the Si-creiary ,.
in* ana nation t f Texat to the Unite ! S,i-.t. . Blaic nflimit thai ••oince I *I7 ihi I nited ::; itei
rnnstit'uied nn jun cause of offence in Mexico, base regarded Texm ;».- in independent sover-
I in nn lext that it did so is wholly inconsistent, eignty.aom ch ni Mexi •'. anu thai trad and
■nd in enncihiule wnh well autheniMau<d facts conn, vie- with Ctttxnscd a government at .1 ir
pi.m. ct' 1! with the revolution by which Texat with Mexico-cannot, wi ihataocmin,
tuereasH d
endenl ol Mexico. Thai this may as an intercourse ' \ w ha h assistance und succi .*
ii may be | roper to udvvit oi- given 1 * Me**can rent Is. The w hole run 1
ibe -;.;..:■
\i j,.> will
.., ■ 1 hi
ulk
n«n! 11 ^ive ilirminie nmn
w iihin ihe I'l-i. d Stater*
no permanent si l'!en,. nl to f*>
r any nvlbority nlher ibnn ihe r
'■eighth of -b.:.-. CS4J
II
curredl and yet such has bi-t'ii our iorb-'urauo
(nd Idbi-n-ta ibrir r.r.is.-. and u,u, gi.oilwm „„.,,),.,;„. ,„,„ri.s,.rvi. ^.^ „„„ M.nico. ih.l
•jA and fnmhirt.
in pmerve ('*arr
•a id ,M n.iiir.iri. . ,|:1. «r.„,., of which urethra complained, ami
Il.,,,»ulce<4 pauwm |T,.!,• .nd .*•'■■•< " " „,.,,,;;,. rj!1. ,.,..,. .:,„,„ proUraing. •
.|nitih6 2rv»lb0dMfourjfc.o).l«ha..-i «...., ^ •,„,„ anrri,nwii .„ „.:, day, buladdi-lu
deCi le In fure tht ;> final sdju
rhesumoftwo million twent'
■ hundred and ihiriy-mne dolk
!.t cents, which had bei naward
such obsticles m ihe way uf ihe gov
iTo-ecut :.g ihe war iilCCessfblly. but hi
tiit-mselvi-s 10 be eilJineiitly puinoia . a
lo vin-!.ciie iheJftSuuniry'a honor am! ;
nt in
own
ady
Is nf
any -acntice- •'fte alachly and pro n; mess «\ ,'lt
•vhich our vnuQteer forces ni. bed i • ihe Ii ■ ! en
ili.'ircouinry's call,prove not only lie if pntri.'tisin,
bui their deep convtcifon thai nui 1 au»e is just.
The wrongs which we have mil.nd Uon\ Mex*
icu almost ever since abv bviame an iiidependeut
power, and ih- paiunl endurum ■ n ith wh < !i we
have borne them, are without u |mralk'l ui ibe Ins-lory
of modern CIvilBled ua'ioiis. There is r a-son
to behave lhat il ihese e.roiigs had been re-sented
and resisted m ihe tr.-t 1..stance, the pr< s-
. nl war might hav<- been avoided. 1 hie ojtiage,
however, peiuiitttd to pass with impuniiy, tiliiiost
. r. jsarily enepurngrd the perpetruiii n 11 anoiii-
- r, until Bl btht Mexii" set'lied 10 iiltribule In
■■ eaLue^s and iiideCWoll on our ; »rl n lorb-arance
iii 1 was the fjspring of lUOgm uty, and ol
- m< ere di'fllri :J preserve fnuudly reiuiioHs " itlt
.. -.-ler.fi'pubiic.
.Scarcely h ,d ,\b x.eo whie.rd In r md-p-nd-
■ i-ce. wliichjih.- I'liii.-d Siaii s wi n* the first mil*
ong the nutmns lo acknowledge, \\ hen the cnm-inented
ibu ^\^t^'Hl . I iit-ult and spoliation, which
'■ has ftl'l ;.im ; ti t., ,\. i )\,i (,;:,:.-us rn^ i-gul
in lawful con.uieice were impr.Mm-d, their
ease! seed, and « ui i' 14 in»u it d in her |
1 money e.ns wanted, U>eWl • »eixn.ru and
conn sen 1 ol oui 1 .--rclam vt *.. u ,.i, | the in ur-
.... ■ ce; nnd if iu . ( . :,
• ■ , ,- I .11 1me neCesjui
ivi . iu I orew • • 1- : .,. ,. -
MeXM in raj
,. ■ .'.'.■ n
1 . ■ I
.- ■ 1 .
1 : it.
louil causes ofcomplaint, ol an aggravated char-ict<
r, have over since I■• en accumulating*
Shoiily after these j icceedings, r. s|Miciul mea-leul
w thousand
•mil sixty-to
the rl iMii-
Hfits* was a InfUidaied and ascertained debt due
by Mexico; about which there could bv no dis-pute,
and wbicbsbe was bouud M pay accord
I i ■>■ history of the principal ol Mr. de Doeanegrsi remarks rui
b mod t-lotbe
terms of the convention. Bonn sftei
final award* for ibis amdunt bad been madu
Mexican government asked for * postpone-that
it would be inconveiu«
mi ut at ihe tunefctipuiatinl
bearingUindoi:-'.'. rards a sister republic, which
Mi XICU has so J.jug nbu^d. Ihe I nr.- 1 State.
iirnnr.lv d-ii:]'!!"'! uiili her r»trn-!. A second
r. nvi'i.:;.)ii w;t» aoc-r lio'.ly r.-:n lo I -d bet'
ll.e l.l 1 -;ov.-..IT:!.•■;■,- ■■! Hie 'i,.'.. i of J.iH
!•«;:;. wh.coi.; t.Ms ... ■■■ i.i'.i.i *. iii it "This
new ..rrui.o :ii ».' i.* . ine.i'd 1.., . U.r thn acem'n
ABU," li\ ihe itrii.s ol ilii: con
w in. :;
undi r
I 1 W,
Apr I.
Is. ;..i:
tender was despatched to Mexico to make a linal |,mentol ibe tune of making payment, 11
:-,-;. i for r dre.'.s; arid on the iwenlii tli of Ju-ly,
I•>:;;. ibe demand was m 1 ie. Tiie reply ol
1 tie Mi xienn goveri mi ut I ears date on (he iwen<
■y-niiiih 01 the same month* and contains assu'
ranc< 1 ol the "anxious wish" ol tho Mexican gov>
eminent ••not to delay the moment ul that Hnn
and cnuiiamV adjuttinent which is lo lerminnti
the exikiing diilicultiea between the two govern
«.i i..»;' mil "nothing should to hit undum
which may contribute to the moot speedy and modstion ol A
. ■/...! Ie determination of ihe tubjeds which
have riseriuusly engaged the utlentimi ol Liiu A -
merican ^uvemment ;* lhat tho "Mexican g
rrnmeiit tAould adopt, as tho only guides :
londoct, lliv plainest principles ul public right,
ihe sacred obligations iui[KRieil I., international
law, iiiuj tl.e rehcious faith cf treat; ; .;
"wbaleei r reason and justice may d dale cespi c-
Img eurh case will be dune." Hie nsArance
UrHI urthel -lieu. Unit the ih :;is»»!i Os^i: * lli
i-.iit gnvi mini nt upon each cause ul complaint lot
a| eli rei r. H Ii 11 bei n d n md E, should I
eomiiunicaud to the :;uvi rnmeui <i ibe I : • d
ihe Mexicun in.i.i-i.r ;;' U'aan:,
Tin ■■ lerun B: >urani ■ s, in an .werMoui
II, n II r redress, wer ■ di >i . u I I 1' n
In 111. t ■■'■ ■ r. Mex •■> ol 111m liurtln rd day.—
i i.i \ nn lim n. in hi 1 nni •• ■ ■
<'.,. . ,, . nl ihv tilth nf I :-..'.
.' • >. iuj Ii ibe . 1 ■■ 1 ■■■nit 1 , ' ■ r
1 : ■;;■.-■■ . ar.il "m in re ill ■■
led cs |UM . mgs, he - 1 ■ « foi
\] .iu govern ni' at, a 11 suinn
, . . ul nal .■ '. » II>| 1 .
I ol nn.i
even's 1 f :' a" revolution
!', xas' unatiiuli d » portion nf the nn<
vince oflsnThoiana, ceded lo ihe I 'nite ! 1
!■*. r-.Jio the year IX«. In lite yt
i!iu i 1/1 ■ 1 Slates. I y the Florida tieoiy.
> nirt nil 1 iot p n ol Liuisinna within the present
; nits of Texas; and Mexico, by the revolution
which separated her from Spam, and rendered
. her sn independent nation, succeeded to ihe rights
nftl !i r country nver this territory. In it,-'
., 1 . ... ■.; vicu established a federal c
11 make the pay- 1.. .,. under v. hic!i^-»i
In me spiril I n- 1 in (used »#l u irrtmbi
v, niwn, all the murri »t due on the nv u •
had b 1.1 inn lu 111 l tvi r 11 the » ■ in 1
ihe conventin 1 ul ihe i*l t'nih of April,
was tube paid tothem nn thetliirti Hi ol
IVW, and "tbe principal ol tin taul awai
themierebt ucci ing ineretm." was 'ipulate I I ■ greatprm pie HI human liberty. I U-thesov.
»• 1... pmd in h*e years, 1 iijmil i.istalmeiii« even i uy 1 e 3 ate re Ie 1 ually and eeseii
Oiree nioiuhs.1 .Nnlv iciuiidiut; this new con-1 naily in -■ n»i* of the indivi
1 ... , us enured . . 1 at the reipirsl nl M* xt- ipose 1 1 1. ■ govi rnmeni un el ll
• " J 1
Uarrassi 1
l...- lltl r-til
ihe purpose 1 rei ring o r Irom 1 Hi-nt,
me -. liiiuoti have only riCeivi I
1 one on the llurlietii ui Api . le»W.
1 : the 1-. my inata 1 11 tltliuugh
I oh - . thu led, and cot
; Mexico iu our 1 tvn 111 md
> Ui I II
. ■ . . Ill I ..
1,,1 f lm ml ,ud
'..■-•■ d le 1 rent). \ • • "... . -..
me 1 ver 1 . . :i, . , .
ha 11u IHM igen . I : !
; and reluj anymeul 11
I .•'.:.
. , ihe peculiar < I witn
■ n ■■ . it 1, LUtl ; ■
J.i cti 11 as 11 the independt nee 11 Ti .-• had ■■ 1
111 j 1 ■- been acLnmvledged. It I nn been neknowI
loies by ' —it was ni know k-d^d 11 l"'i sgninstilH 1
r l*»l ;, mon tr 1 »and proti'at of Mexico; and m il <:
i d -I : 1 ibu rr-s 1,1 any rn;» .'" - . • '. if '•■ ; ifli Mr. I'.I- I. ■■
ranegra conn l.i i»,flow m'ce n ll si 1
, gniti m. 11 11 ibs flVi nt still I fii .; *un
integral pnrt of the territory of the Mexii in r -
public,' but he I inpot b.ii understand that il
i'niied Su i*s do not ro regard it* '1 be real com-
:i'u- plaint o! Mexico; iherelore, 1^. in cul nance,
e- Mexican republic w is neither more nnr lesstbnn t com| lamt cuoinot ihe
r 1; sovereign Suites, < ■ - red . on «.t Ti 1 in indej •:. lence. It w.-r b
a federal Union Similar 10 thought rather late ta repeal that complaint, and
not nuns just to confine it 1 > the United Si iles, iu
the exemption ol Kn.imd', Kranee,nt d Belg im,
und s the l.'nhed States, having been the it-'
10 ncknnwli*dgethe !nde|N'ndence ol .lexicn h-r-sell,
are to be blmned for setuns s .:m;l' I 1
the recogni nnofthatofTe as." And he 1 Id d
lhat"ihe < tj ition, public livnties, ami ih-atws
oblige the ['resident to leg -r! 1 e\as as
independent State, and iiatern »rj st no purl
territory of Muxico." 'I'exas had been ...
independent State, with an organized Rovern
m nt. defying the t»ower ol Menieotooveii ir<
-1 .- m iner her for morei Ihon ten year* befi 1
Mexjrocotnaienredlhe present war sgoinsl tl
; - ,t.... Te 1- had ::i»- n sui h evi len •
,,. fturMolberabih-.y iu maintain her *r <■>'•' "
... . 1 1. lent n w th •: ■'
n .....; v n ci 11 11 l st '"••■- • •"[ on*.v l)'
,|W , niuil Siil.> bui byseverol of toe prlUCipa,
f Lurnpe. Tin M! ; ve»l hud intern:
mul nnvi;- itwu
n*n.' A* l..te OS la*' etffJith e| July, |9av
.'■ r. inr) . f Sit.le <.' iheA'i.i'" ! > is. in « 1 '•■
I lo 1 ur fiiuiotes* in M \ . <>. mar:
:'. '. ! \ t!,c Florida treaty <;' l-l!'. tbeterr.i ry
us fae w< l os the llio (<ranue v as pttnC.rw J w
Spn!n. In i!..tt Bole he states lhat. "by Ine in *
t; ..i the :••• i-'y-recnnd ul l'eliairy^ |s|'», |,,
: Men ihe I n ..-.l ;.' i:,A aid .''pain.'lbe ? .ui-
\\ .1 • :> . , '! : f ' »' i l.e Ol |„, indipy letwe if':.
!;r-. j 1, '..':«. ! ;• !■» iha' p- r:ad»*fCon^.:ii r .1 •
.- .-I.■[.:;*..:. '. .; ! 1 ■< n 1'! i 1 ! ;n iVsta* ; • '■ 1 ■
; ". b.lAteil the Sabme and tne KmCiri*1
, , r. confutM-il to Spuin b\ the iira'y. ii|
. ' • v ;■ ir :■ '■• l 1 l|.nl l .' ' 1 I 1 ; r .
and luchgrt' t.oi p rnua i m I -• ul . 1 m, vi
in . I ui-iJe by the Spanishuu:!;ortti«s tn l.tvu 1
r izi in (. ihi Unit) J : la 11; r j !i -\ :.-i 11
0 Ti .' 1 ■ • 1 invi fami'ns, I l< m tin
< 1.1 c .Vi\ .
0 Spain ,
Slither
.1 . I p|M
1 „• r-r,
. ■ l.-er \) 1
• 'rated together in
(...r own. I". ich ol inr.-.' States had its own exe-
CUUVC, legiilature, and judiciary, and l«r oil.
except fed *r.il purposes, was as indepenuewi«•
ih-- neiier.il government, and that ol the other
g iu-*, a-1» iVm.aylvaniaor Virginia under our
Texas sad Coahuila united nnd
.., . .*■ Mexican States* T." Suite
cii, iiu 'tey udopted, and which wtu
ipproveil . tin Mex11 in confederacy. ■■ lulled
M ley v
, I'oileJ £
HI ; .. .-". 1 ■ 1
. .1 , da in !;•.:!
'i! e Te 01 -... i. Ii wrt c <I.
i-",ir ds treaty. <. 1*1 •. em! rac
now claiiue ; by ll ■• ."':...• ..; I
Nuecvs nnd tbe \'%.-i Urande,
Te>n» always rUiined ibis rn
! ouad iry, and iu liertn -ly 11 u Ie with :'
111 in May, ISJO, he reroyni.-ed 11 01
•he contiitution which TtfxaaJBtlopied i.
!'•:/..• taloii land i ;ri* 1 r.tit. ij .-;i
urgamxed extending neslul ihe Xlj ri
(*. ■ _'r< s< oi IV. as 1.11 tie' tilth . f %\'
I V , [ itu i
.nlry
tl P
let
: 1 .
\:...ci..
t. ni
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il
!f
I pi-
UioCi
If bitUli
free and independent of the other th
d ol every oiliur power
■nd proclaimed the
"Ai
i Te*ws-nde
11 in.il
r>y. u.d by •!.. p
ill. ir ■■ ci».l and |n-tii n i,
i Kiintry up to that l uundury
. 1 more than 11 ie • ear*,
t \,. 1. •. i" i, I option . 1 1. 1
uexflUon ;i> uhe id il e Bib
.1 s rti >! and 1 >er 1*1 J 11
act la th line the bet ft . ■
wh>eh \h del .
litl 1 n.s • nrci ' ,
. iid 91; lie ;, <• n iV
nr.i 1 ion " iner 1
I 1.. 1,. .i
nhich intertei.id I
111 11 mini ! in
1 ef our I
ill . 0C;» ol -
,Ti
11
10 thai on !,r ibe fi leruh
1 .■ ol IVxa 1 ou •: all
i,j' m, h-ne l» -o *• 1 IUM I I ) Ihi
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... tl cul . i-
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'in in b'dve
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with IIIT. Tbi-y hml r.c.-in I -rilinr.
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