Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-07-21
From ne Naf,snal Tnfelisgssesr.
CONGRESSIONAL ANALySIS--SENATE-
THURSDAY, july Is. 1912.

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i CONGRESSIONAL ANALySIS--SENATE-
THURSDAY, July ID. 1912.
After some morning business Of the u
sual sort, the correspondence between this
lGoyernment and the Mexican was taken
up, as communicated by The President OF
the United States, under the call al the
beginning oil this week. Il consists, as
the reader is already informed. at series
Of letters between the Secretaries Of State
of the two countries.
The answer Of Mr.. Webster, which IS
before our readers of large, is u very able
and complete, but calm. exposure OF the
folly OF what the Mexican Minister alleges
AGAINST the faith and the amity OF our
public demeanor towards his Govern
ment.
This exposure rests on two main points:
LIST, the Justice, moderation, and even IN.
diligence Of our conduct towards Mexico;
IDLY, the gross wronglulness Of her acts
and the violence Of her language towards
US.
The Secretary shows, 10 the mastery
manner Of which he is SO capable, that the
facts oewhich Mexico complains are not
such as TO warrant her displeasure; that
these are individual acts, not national
ones; that they have been discouraged
by our Government, as far as it was in
its power to do but that citizens migrIt.
ed when they pleased, into Texas or any
other country With which we are at peace,
nor have we any coerclye power by which
10 hinder them. We had, in common
with England, France and Holland, re.
cogniscd the independence of Texas and
from that moment we could no longer pro.
hbit our people from going thither, and
ceased to be accountable for their acts
done from that territory. For these Tex
as herself was alone responsible, if, indeed,
any warlike operations had, from that
State, been carried On against Mexico ;
but there have b. en- none. Texas has
no. invaded Mexico, but has maintained
only defensive war, suspended ON her
part whenever tho cessation oil Mexican
attacks permitted II.
The Secretary then recites the early
and constant regard which this country
and its Government have manifested to.
wards Mexico, from the dawn Of her in.
dependence, our carly declaration in her
favor, and the sincere and kind nmity
which we have maintained towards her,
in the face even Of the most serious viola
tons Of our national rights.
He contrasts with such conduct that oil
Mexico towards us; her violation of her
own laws and treaties towards our cili.
zens visiting or sidenl in her territory
hcr rapacious spoliution Of their property;
her violent ou.rages against their persons.
The fact is then apparent that Mexico
POUNDS her nenacing complaints against
us, aud her charges Of petidy, upon acts
done by private persons, our citizens no
longer, flom an Independent territory /;
while on her own part, II is the Cavern
ment itself which lramples tn our citiz ms
AMI violates the mos, solemn treaties. Tie
compare the respectful, the friendly Ian
guage which, in our whole intercourse
with Mexico we have held, and our mol.
Grafton and patience under continual in
jurits, with tho causcl, SIS violence and
ndignily with which we have been al
most constantly repaid.
Thus far the first letter and reply The
Mexican Secretsry's second is that which
has lately appeared in print. 1t adds to
the hostile tone of the FIRST the indgnity
of being communicated, in all it's dis
graceiuness aud terms, to the foreign
diplomatic agents resident in Mexico, md
the graiuitous indecencv of being thus
published only ten days after the former
one was sent of, and long (of cours") be
fore it could even be received by the Pow.
er TO whom II was addressed.
Mr.. Wehstrr's second letter comments,
briefly but strongly, upon these facts, and
character rs the language Of the lotter,
not less than the mode and time Of its pub.
!icatiun, as every way "unjust and indie,
corous." Ic considers the charges a.
gainst our Government as "derogatory TO
the character Of the United States, and
highly offensive" The threat that, il
our conduct is persisted in. Mexico will
regard it as amounting to direct hostility,
is met precisely as it should be--,hat is,
with very brief declaration 7" that the
United States, having performed all their
public duties towards Mexico in relation
to Texas, have no change to make in their
conduct, and will make none"
A communication fellows, from our
new Minister, General Thompson, to the
Mexican Government, on occasion of Mr.
Bocanegra's last letter, to which under
the circumstances Of its publication in
Mexico, our envoy considered sn imme.
diute reply necessary, in advance Of the
more regular and authoritative one which
was to be expected from his Government
He urges, in the main, the same topics of
vindication which the Secretary Of State
had mean times adopted.
lie denies any violation towards Mex
leo on our part Of the obligations of ma.
tional law. That such is the fact, is a.
bundan,ly shown by the absence Of all
complaint except the totally unfounded
ones as 10 Texas. He insists on the uni
form kindness and courtesy which we have
observed towards Mexico, 10 the midst
even of fifteen years Of continual national