The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-07-15

er,,sin had a,senled To an srmstiee. Conhding in
M, representation the proclamation was mace o.
we have IL published N ths eocunsn s r.
Nasieo 10 continue do log the pendeneS ei besOua-
tions between the two counirits ior pe~.ei @u un,
d,le notice OF an intention 10 resume bostSs
such an intention hereafter be ep'eItneo 80.
oars,1 shall have been formally announced u'tDuen
bar b itaunie Msjesus charge d'ansHes a. ne re-
,peetye Governments, and The revocation oi uis
proclamation
To the terms Of the srmistiee at set form 10 inns
Droclsmation the President OF Mexico nae never s'
sn,ed hat has expressly dissented and theteiore
anon we'll established principles Of law, tlere tehS
M uslity Ia the contract, il has no binding force
Both parties must be bound, or neither
That he has dissented appears oy ihe et'es o. lle
Texian ministers, Messrs- Van Zandt aha Hehue'-
son 10 our Secretary Of State, OF the Ion oil Do!
last in which il rs stated when the snPuiaiions Az
nexed to President Houstons Procihmsuon "b'e"
.s 10 terminate the sTmitiee, were Lhaue Aho"h W
General Santa Anna through The BRUSH ohstse
dAdaires he inclined TO assent 20 them, susseslls
MAJ A. would be better hat the terms DURATION &c
should be arranged by commissioners 10 DC sppoiIleu
nv The respective goyernmepls Tor mai purpose hh
refusal then annulied The proclamation ioi u So
leo refused the terms onereo os ~ i~
bound by them. ,,.;
What did Mexico do after this MOI agreeing W
the armistice as proposed IN PRESIDENT tousou
! proclamation Of the 18th OF June, inc mins'ei 81
war Don j. M TorneI, writes despatch ITO Gen
ersl Adrian Woll commander in chief OF The army
of the north" dated the 7th Of July, IN which he
says;
"a Ia order that the armistice may be concluded 10
the terms fixed by the usage and Pracucs oil war ~
will give official notice to Mr. Samuel Houston Una
he should appoint commissioners who, Joinuy WI"
,hose chosen by Yourself may form the supulatiohs
according to the following rules 10 DC ooser''o u
your part
Then follow the rules. Commissioners were aP
pointed by Texas, and proceeded 10 Mexico TO ar
range the proposed armistce, and were expressly
instructed that arrangement they made would bt
! binding until approved by the President. They did
| make an agreement with the commissioners on The
part Of Mexico which, being submitted 10 The fresl
dent Of Texas, he declined to approve, and Tor
good reason which went to the whole question O.
! The independence of Texas for, IN the agreement
that republic is deDominsted ga department. q Ma.
CO." i his secured its prompt rejection and "tbefe
is al present subssting arrangement Of any chaf
acter bttween Mexico and Texas, as ue eAaA
ministers inform US
/ Our minister at Mexico, Mr.. Thompson, 10 t.
despatch of the ID of February last, also says
81 am Informed that the negotiation with Texas
for peace is not only broken of, but the armisuce
has also been suspended. You will remember That
from the beginning Of this matter, expressed ur
opinion that nothing would come oft. II was only
device on the part OF Santa Anna TO relieve HIM
from the difficulty in which he had involved himst
by his threats and promises Of reconquering Texas
which he knows perfectly well is impossible. There
NAV be other marsuding forays like that Of Genera
VOL retresting more rapidly than they advance
But as any regular and reasonably sufficient force
invading the country, the thing is impossible, and
will not be attempted. They cannot raise money 10
support such an army two months"
NV opinion is, notwithstanding ali their vaporing
and gasconade, that the most agreeable Thing 10
Santa Anna would be the authoritative nterposilloA
of our government TO put an end TO the war, as be
would then say that were too strong for them 20
contend with"
The truth IS MIR President, that both parties arr
so weary Of bostili,ies that state Of actual war t'
ceased TO exist b, tween them, never TO be revvec
unless Mexico shall be melted to it BY declaratIon'
here and elsewhere that it is necessary for her, 90
orler 10 keep up her pretended claim on Texas, 10
carry on '~ih respectable forces, or, in the
language Of the third resolution Of the Senator from
Missouri, "on scale commensurate with The con
quest Of the county," thereby inviting war OF Ell
termination against the oppressed Republic Of Tex
! But, Mr.. President, 1 maintain, if actual,
exists between The two powers and by rstifying th
treaty should be involved in it, and become there.
by party to IT, it would be neither unjust nor 10 .
lation Of our national faith with Mexico, thus 10
sumo such a position.
We know, sir, that Texas is oppressed; we know
her history we feel the wrongs done her anI .,
France, 10 The darkest hour OF our struggle mad
common cause with US, and espoused quarrel
so should we Texas battling for the great 10.
ciples for which We then battleo) come 10 her d
and InterPose our power to stay the hand iha, wc4
Leave her to the dust. Nsttel says:
Every nation is, on occasions, to labor for he
promotion OF others, and for securing them from &c.
struetion and ruin, as far as IT without exposs
itself too much. Thus, when neghboring nation
unJustly attacked by powerful enemy threatenIr.
10 overrun and Cypress IL, if you deferd it wilt
out exposing yourself to any great danger, unique.
tionably II IS your duty"
This is but the instinc, of mans nature to ass
the weak and oppressed and this great law is app
cable, under the limitations imposed, to all the
lions OF the world. Sir, in cur relation to Texas
IS peculiarly applicable She has strong legal claim
upon us, arising out Of The third article Of the Lou
ana treaty, which Of perfect obligation and whici
We cannot, in honor, any longer resist
by that treaty, sir we made this engagement;
" The inhabitants Of the ceded territory shall se
incorporated into the Union Of the United Stat,
and admitted as soon possible, according 10 tie
principles Of the Federal Constitution TO the en-.
men, Of all the rights advantages, and immunities H
citizens ofthe United States; and in the mean iiga
they ,oi be maintained and protected in the free eu0,
ment Of their liberty, property, and the religion wi
they profess"
That the province Of Texas was par, of Iou..
ana, ceded 10 us by the treaty and to which this Of.
-tcle applies cannot well be doubted have allul.
ed 10 the opinions of our distinguished public men
upon this point To them might be added those Of
Mr.. JEFFERSON Mr.. Madison, aud Mr. Monroe who
seem all to agree that the western limit of that ter
rtory, extended at least far west as the Bay Of
Matagorda, on which La Sale erected bis fort 30
1865.
And here, SIR may be permitted to remark TIA,
The early history Of Texas hes immediate connec-
ton with that of the State from which come. III,
inst visit TO the mouth OF the Mississippi was mad
through Illinois in 1862, by the gallant and advent.
rous La Sale, and he the first to display the lil,
OF France to the winds Of that imperial valley Pr,
ceded few years by the Jesuit missionary, the gs.s
father Marquette, who explored the river as far a.
the mouh OF the Arkansas, and satisfying himsci
that It did not empty into the Gulf Of California nor
yet into the sea cast Of Florida La Sale ollowel