The Arkansas banner., 1844-06-05

AHa enjoys lhem She has troops and ships ol war. She has had her independence aclnow- ledged by the United States, by Great Britain, France, and, indeed, ali tie great powers ol Christendom, not under the sway of the Holy Alliance, and she has treaties of commerce and international agents with most of them. Scarce hostile foot, even from Mexico, pro- laned her soil from 1886, when Santa Anna publicly stipulated with her to end the war, 10 lS12. Andthe predatory ncurSions since, in breach of his solemn compact, and in d l manner violating the rules of civilized war l fare, have never secured lodgmcnt within her boundaries for single month at a time l No towers, castles, or counties, have there been held by her old enemy in doubtful or 1 divided empire. Her revolution i5 not in
 embryo, but full grown. Not going on by l preparatory steps, but inished-stabe Not i distracted by rival constitutions, rival chief tains, and rival armies, such as long tesoated many Spanish provinces, but domestic har- mony and peace reigns throughout. Their prisons are not filled with political victims. Order, and law, and the rights of property are respected; and neither taste, nor educa- ton, nor sympathies of any kind are lingering round their former government, and smooth ing the way to the remotest thought al re cancellation. Under this condition of things. how properly have the United States, for some time, urged on Mexico, that the inde- pendenee of Texas ought to be recognized by her, and no further hostlitics waged, France and England have done the same and the latter, since 1886, has bound herself, by q l treaty oi mediation, to try 10 procure all abandonment of the claims of Mexico.
 What fears, then, ought to be entertained, after such advice from such nations, of our being involved many iustifable war, by means of the annexation? But Texas has other qualities and characteristics of nation, show ing her competent to enter into any contract or arrangement with other nations, us fully as the oldest power of Europe Besides hav- ing been for several years admitted, Tn all respects, into the great family of nations, she Is liable for her own wrongs to them, and Is held so, and not Mexico, as appears by het l indemnity to Us in 1883. She is authorized 10 seek redress for injuries 10 herself, and not Mexico for her; and she has, in this way, and by treaties binding her commerce, limits, soil, and jurisdiction, been much wider ac- 1 bnowledgcd, and longer in the independent government of herself, than had Bonaparte i'll France, when he sold Louisiana to us. Such, admit, was not the position Of her affairs when annexation was proposed and declined in 1857; but thelr affairs have made great strides since; and one unfortunate mis- take with some, in the consideration of this topic, appears 10 be in not rellecting enough on the changes in her relations and national maturity and stability, made by the progress of time and events during the past seven l years. II is manifest, that ii people have, by sound principles, right to sell-goyen- ment, and when opposed, can, like the United States, properly revolt from England, or Mex 1 leo from Spain, or Texas from Mexico, and i having declared their independence, do main tain il till they give us i'll this case all the usual i indications among nations of manhood-dis- cretion, power, justice, and order, the ques- 1 ton of their de jare sovereignty thus becomes as clearly settled in respect to all third per sons as their de facto sovereignty.
 The assent or arknowledgmen of their old masters does not constitute the right, but merely admits il; as the minors or appren- tices, claiming to be adults and free, and act ing as such, derive their rights from the facts of the case, whether acknowledged or not by those to whom they were once in subjection The world must otherwise become divided into mere holy alliances, with all their mo- nopolzing doemas on the one hand, and or the other, only such as they consider mefC rebels, pirates, and banditt; breaking up 1T this way all reform or progress, and yielding to the claim of the divine right of kings over all the human race, til voluntarily relin- quished. The war of opinion on this ques- ton was settled in favor of the people, after sixty years of desolation and carnage on the plains of Holland again at Lexington. Sara toga, i orlltown; again in Europe, after de luging France in blood; and again and agal on both slopes of the Andes, as well as il Mexico herself, on a basis never again to bt shaken in the New World. The American side of this question, rather than the Britisf side, or the side of any of the despotisms O the Old World, must be considered as adopted here forever What other conclusions could have influenced both Mexico and our Gov
 ernment in 1895, when we applied to her tt sell Texas to us, without asking any assen
 by Spain, or getting her engagement not te make war upon us and this, though Mexico had not then maintained her independence near so long as Texas now' and though Spain was still engaged in actual hostiIties with her, and occupying fortress consid- cred the key and Gibraller of Mexico and though Spain never recognized her indepen- dence till eleven years alter2 On what prin- ciple could we make, or Mexico receive
 the application which would not justify still
 stronger the present annexation of Texas
 On what principle; but this, could we apply again to buy, in 1925 and 1899, without ob- taining the consent or recognition of Spair first? But if some concede that we erred in making our negotiations in 1925 and 1929 1t by no means follows that we err now. On the contrary, now, Texas, as before explained
 has been much longer and wider acknowledge ed than Mexico was at that time; has more internal stability and peace, and is lreer from | I- Il