South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-05-13
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Texas. THE UNITED STATES
AND MEXICO.
correspondence of the N. Y. Daily Express.
NEW OaLEANs, April "a,

NEW OHLEANb, April ~.
In the Diario del Gobierno.de Mexi-
co, OF the I'd April, 1887, it is stated
that the Secretaries of State and of Wan
presented themselves in Congress two
Hays before, and that the former man
Vested to thassassembly the fact that,
pythe Bee Of New Orleans, ofthe 18th
March, 1t appeared that the u. States
tlad recognised the independence Of
Texas, and named Plcnipotentiary
near that new Republic that although
these documents could not be consider
ca az completely official, yet, appear
lngln journal of the Government of
Loulslana, the thing could not be doub
ted; and that this being an act which
attacks and oifends decidedly the SOW
erelgnty ofthe nation, the Mexican Go
vernrnent is forming Protest against
the measure. Immediately following
this editolialnotice is copy ofan a,ti-
Gle from the Bee, under the head of
Recognition Of the Republic of Texas.
:: Then fellows copy Of the speech of
the Mexican Secretary of War. lie
tells Congress that this event has been
dextercusly prepared many years / X;
that they have been witnesses of the
management and intrigue with which
the United States have tenaciously en-
deayored, 10 acquire part Of the ter
ritory OF Mexico with the same Panic
faith with which they obtained the Flo
ridas. He further charges tae L. s. with
preparing armed expeditions to aid the
rebel cosonists; with insulting Mexican
vessels, conducting them to American
ports, land there treating themas pirates,
while the true pirates displayed new
and unknown flag in the same ports, &
received every kind Of assistance and
protection. He says that the reclama-
tons Of the Mexican Government d.
rected to the Cabinet of Washington
were followed by equivocating an
swers, the only object Of which was to
gain some time while they advanced in
The prosecution of their known designs.
That they had also invaded Mexico
under pretext of indian hostilities and
called insulting the communications of
the Mexican Minister On that subject.
That nevertheless the American Pres
dent, in his special message establishes
certain principles relative to the recog-
milton of Texan independence, all of
which had been violated by their sub
sequent conduct. That jackson, in his ]
message, talked Of reprisals, menaces
Mexico with war for supposed offences
against the United States, thus CONVEX
ting the relation of the United States
from that of defendant to plaintiff, to
justify the meditated asgressions.
The Secretary ofWar thus proceeds:
I'm this state Of affairs the Govern
ment protests, in the bosom of the ma
tional representation, tha the rcvosl1i-
ton of the independence of Texas]
will have no influence against the
rights Of the nation, nor debilitate the
vigor with which it will know how to
sustain itself. The Mexican soldiers
are already prepared to march upon
this ungrateful soil, and we hope that
the God of battles will concede to the
nation the triumph ofhercause, because
tits also the trial of Justice" After
some sentences Of Mexican bombast,
he finally concludes: "Senores! the
Mexicans will conquer or they will
cease to exist y
The Diario del Gobierno, of April
Sd, contains copy Of an official letter
by the acting Secretary Of State of
Mexico, dated the 3lst of March, to the
American Secretary of state at Wash
ington. 1t is nothing but an abridge-
ment of the remarks made by the Sec
rotary Of War in the Mexican Con-
gress.
INTEGRITY OF THE UN1oN.-A Conven-
ton of the friends of the Integrity of the u
Mon assembled at Harrisburg, Pa. on Monday
week, and nearly every countyiin the Key
stone State was represented. After becom-
ing organized by the appointment of Judge
Baird, of Washington county, as President,
twelve Vice Presidents and four Secretaries,
the Convention proceeded to the business be-
fore it. A committee was appointed, accord
insly, to prepare and present for considera-
ton an address and resolutions, expressive of
its opinions. On Tuesday, John K. Kane,
Esq, the chairman Oft this committee, repor-
ted, with suitable preamble, the following
resolutions, which were read and adopted
q. after which the Convention adjourned SINE
DIE:
Resoh,ed, That the Government of
the United States has no constitutional
power whatever over the relation of
master and slave, in any of the States
Of the Union.
Resohed, That whether Congress
does or does not possess the right OF le-