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bringing with it the consent and af
~fectIons of It's inhabitants. will. per-
haps. when future necessity makes its
acquisition Imperative, be acquired
only through desolating war. sanauin-
AIRY contests, and the loss of those af.
iectlons Of the Texan inhabitants so
essential to happiness in 4 united and
republican people. But | would not
be for ea,ring those advantages. how
ever t~ranscendent ami lasting | be-
Iieve they would he for u country.
at the expense Of justice.
The main question, therefore. is,
would "anncxation" give Mexico lust
ground OF complaint?-fpr, of course.
no other foreign country has any
thing to do with the question. Now,
| have not been able to bring my
mind to the conclusion that it gives
Mexico any just cause of complaint
whatever. 1t is almost eight wears
s,nce Texas won her Independence
at the decisive battle Of San JaCinto.
No serious invasion of her soil. or 9th
er Efforts or important movements in
arms, have been made BY Mexico IL
galnSt her since that decisive victory.
1t was, in fact, the consummalion OF
Texan Independence, and has pro-
dGced throughout the world the ma
vo!dable effect of an event So deciS-
i've. The most powerful states Of
Europe have fully recognised TIE in
dependence of Texas--not suddenly.
il is necessary TO bear in mind. but
after letting time enough eIapse fairly
10 attest that the Overwhelming VIC
tory OF San Jacinto was decisive
Those States never would have re.
~coCniscd her independence so long rs
they supposed there existed any pro-
bab!ilty of Mexico being able again
/ oreduce Texas to Submission bv iufce
OF arms. 1t has. indeed. been a priu-
ciple with the United States. when
civil var existed in c~cunuics, to treat
each party alike. rs soon as the pow
er Of waCing wal de fac o existed
with each. But this has not been
The p'arrice OF the great powers Of
Europe. They act on different prin-
cip.es.to winch their institutions more
naturally incline them. They are
slow 10 sanction resistance. IN any
shape. to existing authority in govern
men. They were very tardv, rs I'LL
may remember. in acknowledgment the
rnhependerCe # the revolted colonies
al Spanish America. including Mex
co among them. Nevertheless most
Of those ancient Kingdoms and States
have ad"p-ed Texas into the family
OF nations By their most solemn acts
of recognition. which mean with
them a great deal more than the mere
formal acknowledgement Of a de- fGcio
government existing in Texas, and
At any moment. 10 be again
overlhrown; and which facts NAV.
therefore, well make Us feel easy Us
70 their opinion OF annexation.
The capture Of Lord Cornwallis
did not more cfectualIy establish In
dependence for US by force Of arms.
mot is much 50. perhaps, ali cirrun-
stances considerably as the total over
Of the Mexican forces at ia
and Simultaneous capture of
the head o! the Mexican nation, cy-
Independence for Texas
Great Britain acknowledged ours in
m"diateIv after the former event. an
ancient. proud. ana powerful monay-
rnv as she Vas: vet Mexico keeps up
Tie idle show Of still! being the parent
state owe Texas. now nearly eight
vpaIs after the utter extinction Of all
her powers of supremacy, which So
decidedly persisted on the plains Of
San Jacinto.
1t may be asked, Is this right? Can
1t stand bei"re the disPassiona,e iudg.
mcnt OF nations? and is it reasonable
towards the United States? 1t cannot
lie forgotten how long and Justly
Mexico complained of SPANS refu,
10 recognise her independence ~
ter she had actually won il bv force
AIMS And here it may he men,
that The fact of Spain having
refused TO recognize it long subsc-
Tnent 10 the year 1925. formed no OBJ
lection with our government for Of.
10 purchase Texas from Mex
CO in that year. This last fact. of it.
self, may serve to show that other
nations are not bound to wait until
parent State gives her formal con-
sent, unreasonabIv prolonged, to the
independence of the resisting colony.
c~outradicts that idea. If it
were true, Holland would have had
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