The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-16

tursted soil Fisola, In despatch TO the Seoretar,
Of War, represented the night of the 30th OF Apri
as horrible ('La noche fue horrorosa ~ artillery
sick, baggage-mules, every thing that accompanie,
the army was chaotic mass "buried 10 mud ,
There was not splinter Of wood even for cooking
except with the baggage and arms; the provisions
reduced to few bushels Of beans and salt the ammu
nitlon was wet, and not musket capable OF striking
hre uysentery was commencing its ravages; aDt
there were neither means of cure nor medical atlen
dants Had the enemy" observes the Commander
in-Chlei met US under these critical circumstances
on the only road that was left, no alternative re
NAMED but To die surrender at discretion Tn,
Texans watched the retreat; and had they not beer
governed by fidelity TO their engagements, nor man
the army that mustered for their determination col
ever haze reerossed the Colorado"
So much for The advantages derived by Mex
| leo under that convention with Texas, whom
she treated as an equal, and independent power
The same historian says, in the same volume
at page 235, that-''instructons we're forwarded
by the Supreme Government of Mexico &c
Filisola through the Secretary of War and Ma
rine, TO negotiate for the Liberation of the Presi
dent Commander in hief;'' he afterwards
adds that authority was given TO the General
| TO form that movement &c. &c So that all
| this was done by the authority OF the civil gov
| eminent of Mexico. The same historian states,
| further, 10 the second volume, page 1886, that
| the 'lrealy, also, signed on the 14th of May, BY
President Burnet and Santa Anna, stipulated
| that the latter should arrange for the iavora-
| BILE reception by the Mexican Cabinet Of mis-
sion from Texas, that treaty of dmity and
| commerce should be established between the
| two Republics, that the Texan territory was
| not TO extend beyond the Rio Grande."
| That is now the boundary as then acknow
lodged, by the President of Mexico. In all this
we have the actual, and practical, and formal
recognition OF the national independence CT
| Texas that she had a right 10 do and had done
| acts OF nationality, exclusively so in their cha
| racter; that Mexico did receive the full and en-
tire advantages Of all these shpuiations, by
her President being released, her citizens who
were prisoners of war being restored, and her
whole army saved from destruction
| The effect of both these instruments cannot
be evaded, and, whatever other nations might
have done Mexico had !orecosed herself by
| negotiating, under the supreme civil authority
OF the State, united with its whole military
branch, from considering Texas in any other
| light than as an independent power. In the
| first instrument she entered into stipulatoDs
which could only be made by equals in rank,
and where the one had been conquered by the
other. In the second instrument she recog-
Missed the independence of Texas, first by COW
| enanling to enter into equal regulations of amity
| and commerce with her, and, secondly, by agree
ing to her boundary line, which involves the
| right of sovereignty, and eminent domain. The
success of Texas was complete, and shows
that the Convention and the Treaty were not
the consequence of panic, aud imaginative
causes, but founded upon the substantial results
Of war, fully and rrelrlevably ended
will close this part OF the subject with one
| other extract from the history of Texas by the
| British Consul. Al rage 237 of the I'd volume
| he says:
''The volunteers from the United States, of whom
vera hundred arrived Galveston after the bat
tie Of San Jacnto, would have fallen upon the Mex-
rear, and prepented the escape Of single man, epen
had Santa alma oops been in Efficient state The
vessels in the Texian service commanded the coast,
and could have landed troops at any point. In a
renewal of the war, the Mexcans would have had
to encounter formidable obstacles, and to
a heavier expense than before All the country be
yond the river Trinity would have been battlefield,
| where every requisite for the maintenance of an
| army was to be created Hunger, the rifle, and ex-
posure to the vicisstudes of The climate, were sure
ultimately annihilate the largest army that Mexico
| could bring into the held"
Such are the facts, and they establish the
positions
| First-That the advantages TO Mexico, arts
| ing from the Convention and the Treaty, We're
of the creates, magnitude, involving human life,
its security, and that Of property, embracing a
whole army, and valuable aud extensive muni-
tons of war.
| Secondly-That Mexico recognised Texas
as her equal in all her negotiations, and there
FORE according 10 the laws of nations, for benefits
| conferred upon her, and received by her, a.
agreed, she was not at liberty to practise a
| fraud.
| Thrdly-That the Mexican power in Texas
was not only in name subdued, but in fact, and
al the mercy of her enemy, whom she had in
| vaded.
| With this state of the case it will be difficult
to persuade the American people that Mexico has
The slightest shadow Of right to Texas, and they
will not fail to understand the object Of the
efforts which have been made aga nst immedi-
ate remuneration.
have not been an inattentive observer of the
progress of The opposition TO remuneration. In
proportion j; rose in public estimation, and
the rapidly increasing popularity of The demo
cratic candidate for the Presidency, made II
daily more obvious that the overwhelming de-
feat Of our opponents was foreshawdowed, the
exertions OF the enemies Of Texas were re-
doubled, their excitement augmented with their
alarm, and they have been waiting anxiously to
seize upon any event which would promise
them a moments respite-and another last
struggle The charge Of conspiracy which was
ilrented, and circulated with all its stratagems,
and Infatuated denunciations, had failed No
man was so blind as not TO perceive that General
Jackson was meant TO be charged, though not
named as the chief conspiraior; and no man
was so weak. among the people, as to believe
that he who had spent his life, and often pered
it for their glory and their welfare, would, in
the very close of his last days, reposing as he
did upon bed Of aures, amid the admiration
of mankind, the foremost among the first, enter
into any scheme which might, by possibility,
tarnish the reputation of his country, which
had been so dear TO his heart, dlshouor his gray
hairs, and overshadew the immortality Of his
fame. This part Of the drama had been Kissed
by the people. The rebuke from them had
risen up from all the land. But, in this forlorn
and wretched collapse Of their hopes, the au-
thors of the first accusation added that Of Dis
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