The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-05-03

your despatch to MIR. Everett of 9th April, 1925;
"a True wisdom dictates that SPAIN without lndul-
cling in unayalling regrets ON account OF what rhe
has irretrieyably lost, should employ the means OF
retaining what she may yet preserve IRON the wreck
| OF her former possessions"
You then mention her islands, which she may sun
preserve but you add that the war on The coDtineni
| (of America) is at an end"
Mr. Everett was instructed by you To advocate the
acknow led ement of the independence Of the Ameri-
can Republics, not for their sakes but account
Of the advantages TO Spain" herself In giving you
the statement of his suggestion to the Spanish court
Mr. E. says in his despatch Of 25th September, 1895
that the Spanish minister spoke with "no delicacy
or reserve" and that
| He remarked repeatedly that the King would
| nerer abandon his claim TO these, his ancient and
| rghtful possessions that the cause was good 10
aud that, however unavorable the respect might APP
pear at present they had light TO suppose that they
should IN the end succeed"
"That the party in the colonies in favor Of indie
pendence, though dominant and apparently unrc
sisted, not in reality so strong as was supposed
that II consisted of busy and active, but in reality
feeble minority; that the of good citizens,
siutng great majority of the population, were in
favor Of the King, and were only waiting for some
suitable occasion to como out in their strength and
put down the insurgents"
Now, sir, we beg leave to ask you what stronger
reasons Msx CO can urge against our receiving ces
sion of territory from Texas, than in the above you
have from Spain against taking Mexican territory
which Spain declared 10 you she "would never
abandoni" Does the relative position of Mexico to
Texas authorize the former 10 make assertions of her
sovereignty over Texas, with half the force that
| Spain could do over Mexicoi
Can you find good cause TO sustain and gard the
claim of Mexican sovereignty over Texas, and yet
could find to respect the claims Of Spain to
| Mexico'
Do you not know that at the very time Spain had
armies in Mexico, in possession of her fortresses,
that large numbers Of the population were still loyal
and that Spanish fleets secured the ocean, chasing
the Mexcan' Do you not know that the reverse Of
all this is the with Texas and Mexico' That
Texas has driven her foe out and has for eight years.
mot three, as with Mexico) maintained her indepsn-
dence, and that her fortresses are in her own pos
session, and her feet sweeps the ocean,
Suppose you had acquired Texas by treaty, with
out the knowledge of the People, without advice
f,om the Senate,) and had taken possession of it
that thus being in possession, Spain should have
landed her forces on the coasts of Texas and, max
lug it the theatre of war, had captured and executed
a, rebels persons found there including alike /" the
inhabitants Of Texas Incorporated as citizens of the
United States" and our citizens who might have
migrated there, what would have been your course
of actioni There is no doubt as to what it would
have been. You would instantly have given notice
to Spain of the determination Of the United States
to resent it attack upon her rights and her
soil and your reasons would have been, that Mex-
CO had clearly achieved her independence, and might
act as she pleased with her territory that, neu
trial. the United States would not interfere in the
contest between Mexico and herself, how much
ever might deplore it that the United States
would not permit herself to be excluded from acqu
ring territory to which Spain made an idle claim
a claim apparent TO all the world except Spain her
self, that she utterly unable to support, or TO
make good The consequence would have been,
most probably, that bar barous but unavailing
fare, which carried for twelve more years
would Immediately have ceased alike to the credit
of humanity, and to the special advantags of Spain
herself.
1.-THE assurance felt by Spain herself to recon,uer
Mexico be good TO forbid other nations re
cciving SESSIONS of Mexican territory, you had the
mos, abundant evidence that this confident expecta-
ton was sincerely entertained by her, to degree
which Mexico canno, pretend in regard to Texas.
Mr. Everett writes Won ON the oslb October 1905
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said to him that
"rhe King would never abandon his rights; that
il was matter of conscience with him ,o transmit
his hereditary possessons In his that ,h,r
were symn,ons of return of these nrovinces IN Their
ancient LOYALTY he ankle with 90 much decision and
apparent openn,ss Of the probability OF reconquering
the colonies that felt bound IN give MIN ore
dit for sincerity at the expense of his sagaey and
good sense
"'s oonnuen' assurance 'en oy SPAN oil sue