Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-12-25


Union and D.sunion hure npon ,hY rcst,ll. Nh Clay
e. ed tia, II believed ~ such thiag lie el, rem.
,iucrd, he sail that the people would ls:rn To rrs-
son IA aIeununf, au'l ~ di~pt>~ouate appeal mos,
wiIimsl, an with uuiver~aI respect. pl,unlo. he
did no. fear. aud he WISHED the Senator from Sauh
Carolina would Instead % opposing th. rccrp,iorpi
petitions. bun, IN lnnr Hrsouuu thai every mean
brr OF Congress slintd br called 10 order b, the PIE
,idlng officer when lac made alisou 10 ll,rilon
For him>efhe would jnin heart and liand in the SUI
porl oi such tnted> ltt','
MENICO AND THE UNITED STATES.
For the better understanding of the mutaal caur,
OF complaint, existing between the governments u.
ihr lnl,ed States ,nd N-Nieo, sclrcl Tin, NOM.
M portion of tho correspondence, rocem, com.
mnricaicd BY HE Prcsilru' 10 Cnngtc,s, rnllJ,m,
HE main features ol this controversy. ,loNrby
both Of the par les To 1t. 1t viii be seen that II the
United STATES eumplaiis with just caus ol Men.
can oulrages Mexico complains. If with les, j1rc
cert. My not vi lout sulnc mhaute ol FlapalhlrE
af american asercseio 5. Md. >trcr rrnnsS
;onelins tlai feature OF he Presidents message
"nell treated OF Mcxitaralair> have hccr someMht
ni>nil r,tnod, we TAXI Tins occasion .ur.elr.
.ishi bclorc the puIIie u relation l"rtln.
1t Is unfortunate, Than, hene,cr controversy
r,srs with torrign gneurumeni. every thing LIZA
M lad AID dl>pas,ouatr Investigation ct The tlcS
connected with ii, is di>cotntrnaneed; and II, lnf
son;h, the President happens S9not at war. rsrry
one who asks that W. look into the au'r bcofo vs
draw the sword and WHO insist upon ii that orrfv
cxcrton shall be made to mrintaIn honorable
pence before blood Is made 10 flow like wafer, IS ~
down as 4 cftven-hedrtrd pnlrrooa. else a. d'i-
cirnt IN patriotic feeling For ourselves We sPun
such M impnalion With ihc contempt which ID
Wills .tt prci,ldnc to an, superior stftrsh
OF nerve, any excessive love OF country. VIC hofe
,tc are not 80 exceedingly d, fcictt in either. 10
hesitate, when proper occasion arrives 10 advocate
a resort to RIMS. Bat are 10 believer IN the 20
li'y OF war, in the abstract; and nolhin. short Of II.
absolute necessity, to vindcaic naioal rights OF
hrnrr, N Justly a>,acd, and obstiuaely persisted IN
and uiiauned ton, shall even induce /, to raise OH
vocc in its favor. Com. Decaur's toast, "Our c"u@
try always in the right Lut our country. ,lrh"
wrong" Is very proper one at'er war has brrgd~
clarcd bat not ielole. Prior 10 thai last appeal"
should examine and weigh all the facts IN lhr 1r
bcioIe make II, shou:d. like Crockett. "Ae' ~"
uc are iishf'-aI d. being sure OF this, then '9or
head"
Tina; Mexican officers have p.rperarl outrIsf'
upon Anlctiran citizens, attacked American rom
mcrce, and eoufscated American property. appear
10 be linden liable and That she owes Us relaraoh wi
these wrongs, is equally eear-although many oil h'
causes Of complaint arc frivolous, aud sor o. the"
nniourded. ;ut the delay in making this rep IaI'o'
even where PREPARATION is due, does not Serhio''
has been mnch the effect Of deliberate lnitH"'
10 sInlcae a, from absolute inablii, to 'e"'ss
WI lip nj try
ny, accompanied by not less frequent changes N 'o'
organic structure Of its governneni, well as IN I'M
persons of its rulers, and the total pros,raon Of "
commerce AS well as Of rs internal industry, M' "
most bcg2arod That empire. and deprived II Of :"
means. even il II have the will, to atone tor the ~"
rieS ncrpctractl by us officers and agents, but u'"
ways in It's name, and still less Frequently b, i''g
lhorlty. Nations thus circumsianced, will, Iktp"
yldual debtors, evade direct answers and pro''''"
long as possible the day Of settlement, by all NV
liiile devices of which the diplomatic b's'"f. I"
world Is 50 fun OF examples. This may b" no f''
Tor hen but it Is view of the question VINO" '
well induce us TO Try he vinne of turf!ct a '"'''
ger before we resort to soDes-e.pecialIy "s"'
hound of the stones may infct more injury "po" W
selves than their direct aim will upon Mexco--"n
mach as commerce, Of which she has none
be exposed 10 the depredatlons of pirates, s'''n4
der the Mexican flag, who will ihrons the "'"P"' :
line onr maritime frontier, as soonas decH'""
war shall be ISSUED. .
But we have heretofore remarked, MeN''
also cause of complaint against us-an' am l.
this fact should not induce TO wnhdra" w. A
lnaiids for reparation. ii should make us Pa's' I'd
we commence hostilitics against her. we '" at
embark in awar, as we are required to so 'h'' u,
Of chanccrv with clean hands We sh"''' IN.
atoncmen Tor njuries done, before We ASA" ,oa.
her for injuries received. Let us satisfy NV NJ:
plants If Mexico, either by aton'ng "f 'p'"' ,Jd
nonsrrating that they frivolous aud UNI corr
before we cens,,rc her for failiog 10 we" o' os
plants in the same Iish, in which they sppe"
and, viewing them. making sneh r.