The Port-Gibson correspondent., 1844-05-04

wagtng DekWeeu ~ q sS's - ..k,sa-
b,sys poFter. our own gallnp' CONNIE
49, commandsa the Msxieau navy
aided by many American oitesss sss
-s..s. $500 ro,ho earlier part also q sae
80, zn slis land, the allani s'sfEy
ss,,'',, ~ ~ brave Magee, an American OF
60. 60 .,i,b / combined American and
1ssrican army, had defeated the royai
forces Of Spain 10 many glorious con-
aic,. Throughout this whole period.
Mexico vas soliciting and lobtaiising the
aid Of our copnfryfnen, on the ocean
andson the land;and il more than doubt.
ful whe,her,xir the absence Of that ass
sistance, Mexico would yet have achis~
yed her Independence. On the 9th
July, 1899, Barradas, with 9 Spanish ~
my of four thousand men, captured the,
Mexican cry Of Tampico, which he held
until the 10Th September Of The same
year Yet, on the a5th August, 1899
whilst the fate Of This expedition was
yet undetermined, the administration of
Jackson and Van Buren, as we have
seen, proposed the purchase Of Toxas
from Mexico. II, then, there be any
force in the objections, that Texas was
aided ia her conflict by American cili-
zens, that the war is still waging, (which
ii rs nop) or that fhe independence of
Texas is still unrecognised by Mexico
or that a treaty with Mexico las we
had with Spain) had been ratified ,-all
these reasons apply with far greater
force against the proposed purchase OF
Texas from Mexico in 1895. 1927, and
1899, when Mexico was yet unrecogni,
sed by Spain; was unrescinded, except
by the revolution in Mexico; and when
our citizens were still aiding, as they al.
ways had done, the people Of Mexico in
their struggle for Independence. Il Is
true, that, in 1887, within few weeks
or months succeeding our recognition of
the independence Of Texas, and before
her recognition by any foreign powers,
it might have subjected US TO unjust i'm
putations; and therefore might have been
deemed lnexpedient, at such a time, and
under such circumstances, TO reannex
Texas by Treaty to this Union. But
now, when seven years have elapsed
since our recognition of the independ-
ence Of Texas; and she has been recog.
nised for many years as an independent
power by the great nations of Europe;
and her sovereignty fully established,
and fully acknowledged, there can be no
objection TO such treaty at this period.
The reasons assigned in 1926. 627 /,
1899, 1888, and 1895, for the reannex~
alton Of Texas, apply now with full
force. These reasons were, that the
Sabine, as boundary, was loo near
New OrIeanss that The defence Of that
city was rendered insecure; and that the
/ Arkansas and Red river, and all their
tributaries, ought 10 be in our own ex-
elusive possession. The present baun>
! dary is the worst which could be devi,
/ sed. 1t is a succession Of steps and curves
carving out the great valley OF the
West into shape that is absolutely hid.
eous. Il surrenders the Red river, and
Arkansas, and their numerous trlbuta'
ries, for thousands Of miles, TO foreign
power. Ii brings that power upon ihe
Gulf, within days sail Of the mouth o
the Mississippi, and in the interior, b
!. . the course Of the Sabine, within abou
one hundred miles Of the Mississippi
T,pIaces that power, for many hundred
miles, on the banks Of Red river, in i'm
mediate contact with sixty thousand In
dian warriors Of our own, and with gerJ
many tiiousand Of the iercest savag
tiribes ia Texas, there to be armed AM
) equipped for the work.of death and dos
: : oIation. II enables foreign power, witt
: such aids, to descend the Red river t
: the junction oflhe Mississippi, there i
cut off all communication from above 0
below, to arrest at that point all boat
! which were descending with their troop
) and munitions of war for the defenc,
9 Of New Orleans, and fall down suddenly
) on that city, thus isolated from the res
Of ths Union, and subjected 10 certai
i ruin.
From the mouth Of the Mississippi /
the Sabine, there is not a single hafbou
) whore an American vessel Of war coul