Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-06-06
The Treaty with r..

tive session, on the treaty for a. Erst
ton of Texas to the U. States w. anntn
livered on the 10th, 18th and oo,n w0a
resolutions having been subm;,,.,a NJ
on the 18th inst. Of the followinr u
Resolued, That the ratiic,,;assnor
treaty for the annexation of Te,..a
United States would be an adop,;aa nA
Texan war with Mexico BY thu ' IT OH oIa
and would devolve its conduct ..na oea
sion upon the said United State. "u cec,
Resolved, That the treaty NAB.
does not extend to the power of m,a;sh's
and that the President and Sen,,a NV
right to make war, either by decIsr,,Ma
adoption.
Resolued, That the country d;,u,~
from the United States by the tre,,nass
with Spain. comprehending Ter" WI
large territory between the Red nai
the Arkansas, and being geograph;.,H VI
purtenant to the United States sns!p
tial to their political. commercial ana .ss /
system, OUGHT TO BE reunited to thu ~
can Union as soon as it can be done x;,l
consent Of q majority Of the peou)e If ~ i
United States and Of Texas, and wL.a " a I
leo shall either consent to the sam. i
knowledge the Independence of T.,.@1
cease to prosecute the war apainst l.. ~
armistice having expired) on seal. Y. us
mensurate to the conquest of the co.' wa
Six columns Of the paper are Eliza ",
the speech, and yet it does not aporo,,s
conclusion. Of course, it will no,
pected of us to undertake to give !, 49,
of such dimensions, and it is not no's
to present a fair abstract of it. w. ~
not attempt it. The adoption Of IA. =
first resolutions. Mr. Benton regard, a, ~.
ing reasons for the rejection Of the t,,,,'
the other "would show the ground, !.
which the old and uniform friendsto n. :.
covery Of Texas, and the res. Of N, /.
mem bered territory, would act in g.,,,.
back that large and fair portion Of Iouf
ana, so wantonly thrown away BY the N.
plicable treaty Of lol9." The iirst nav, !,
the speech is devoted to drawing "a dse.s
nation between the two Texases. !" in M.
words, between Texas, as constituted =, a
time Of the treaty of l7l9, and The RemA
lie Of Texas, as ceded by the treaty, ~,
all its territory, all its domain, ali its 60,
tents ofevery kind" He refers to the mrn
Dir and map laid before the Senate, by N,
President, to show that, by this treaty, vas,
Of four departments of the Mexican (ioyr,.
ment-New Mexico, Chihuahus, COahu1,
and Tamaulipas-now under Mexican On,
errors and Governments--the people nj
| tlocks and herds-"this slice Of the Re,us,
Of Mexico, two thousand miles long, All
| some hundred broad"-are cut off fromlA.
mother empire. and ceded to the U St,ls
The President, he says, "calls it Texas, nj
the cutting off he calls re annexation. d
declares the treaty to be IAN unparallss
outrage to Mexico" and he cites the Isr
of the Secretary or State, to tho U Sas
Charge d'Affairs in Mexico, written v,s
days after the treaty was signed ndala
the VI exican minister had Withdrawn non
Washing ton, to show that he twas conscas
Of the enormity Of this outrage; knewil wi
war; and protfered volunteer apoots d
avert the consequences which he knew !,
had provoke ed" Mr. BENTON proposed to d.
fer fourth resolution which was in lhs,
words:
Resolcea, That the incorporation Of III
left bank of the Rio del Norte into the Amr.
lean Union, by virtue of u treaty with Tens
comprehending, as the said incorporates
would do, Il part of the Mexican depart
ments of New Mexico, Chihuahu,, Coahuil
and I'amaulipas, would be an act Of dirs.l
aggression on Mexico; for all the conssqasa
ces OF which the United States would saat
responsible.
Having shown the effect OF The treaty dr
the Rio Grande frontier, Mr. B. takes up lhs
treaty in all its aspects, and assumes, III
of itself, war between the United S!aIesant
Mexico. 2. That it would be unjust var
3. That it would be war unconstitutonsA'
made. 4. Tha: il would be war with !
weak and groundless pretext." He INSIST
that war now actually exists between lein
and Mexico, and that it cannot be asslrnIa''
cd to the condition Of things existing @
tween Spain and Mexico in 1926 and l'e
Proceeding a step further, he says, in 'aH'
yelling the designs and developing the ehii'
acter of our administration in this bot 81
secret pursuit after Texas, il is my buslns
now to show that war with Mexico ist "
sign and an object with it from the bsga'
ming, and that the trcaty-making powa
was to be used for that purpose w
must, however, make ROOM for these o.
tracts, because they lift the veil from . poi
ton Of the proceedings Of the Senate IN ds
pite o. the injunction: !.
Afker receiving this notification from w
MexS0An minister, The letter of our prsssn'
Secretary, Of the 10Th instant, Just quo''a
directing onr charge to inform tho MeA'S.'
government of the conclusion Of the tea'I
of annexation, must be considered as an y
ficai notification to Mexico that the W.
has begun! and so indeed it has ana
much to our establishment as to that o. "
Mexicans! Who among us can ever iofe'
the sensations produced in this chamber
Wednesday last, when the marching ~
sailing orders were read and still moH
when the message was read which had y
the army and navy in motion.
These orders and the message, after hi'
ing been read in this chamber, were sent
the printer, and have not yet returnedi
eau only refer to them as heard them res'
and from brief extract which took iroa
the message, and must refer to othersto v
them justice. From all / could hear 70
war is begun; and begun by orders issued 7.
the President before the treaty was commu
nicated to the Senate! We are informed ,
squadron and an army of "obssrcasioA
sent to the Mexican ports, and MeAc.'
frontier. with orders to watch, remons..a's
and report, and to communicate with re
dent Houston! Now, what is an army
observation, but an army in the field Of W.
1t is an army whose name is known, - Y
whose character is defined, and when u =
cidcnt to war alone. II is to watch an 80
MY! and can never be made to waIch !,
Friends cannot be watched