Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-12-25

4 The battle ground oftSanJ Jacintoi In 1886,
and has pever since maintatned.i The
Constitution of I824amade herindependeht
and Eherevalors andlher sword haveInain-
Ilained herso.a rs She lhas;beeH acknuwied-
Eged TO be so by three tof:the leading Pow
,ers Of. Christendom, and reg ardedzb bgEall
SUCH except Mexico herself Not has SIDE
ever stood din'rela,iont tos Mexico as ayebei-
lious department or province straggiingsto
obtain independence after throwing; om her
yoke; much5less as that of a band oflaw-
less intruders and usuFpers,s without Gov
ernmen, or political exislence,; as Mexico
wonld hape'jthe Hworld Ito belIeve.eTI The
true relation between. them isthat flinde-
pendent members ORA Federal Govern
ment, but now subyerted by torceS The
.weakeraof which has successfully resisted.
UNDER fearful odds. the attempts sofahe
stronger TO conquer subjecthertoits pow.
err Itis in thatligh we elregard her,au
| in that we had the right to'invitei her to
renew epropositionlor annexation, and
| TO treat with her for admission Unto the
Union, without giving any just offence 10
Mexico, or violating any obligations5by
treaty or otherwise, between us and her.
Nor will our honor, any &more than our
welfare and safety, permit her to attack
Texas while the question of annexation is
pending. lfMexico has thought proper TO
take offence tits we, who invited arepewS
al of the proposition, and not she who &C"
cepted il who ought 10 be held responsible;,
and we, as the responsible pariy,l cannol.-
without duplicating our honor, permit an
other TO suffer in our place. Entertaining
these views. Mexico. would make a great
mistake if she should suppose that the,
President would regard with indifference
the renewal ofthe war which she has pro-.
claimed against Texas. Our honor. and;
our interests are both involved, m; 5I;e,. E;y,
But another and a still more elevated ]
consideration would forbid him to look on
with indifference. As strong as are the
objections to The renewal Of the war, those
10 the manner in which it is TO be conduc-,
led are still more SO. If honor and inter-s
est forbib tame acquiescence in the re-a
newal OF the war, the voice of humanity
cries aloud agansl The manner Of coaduct-.
ing it. All the world has an; interest, that,
the rules aud usages of war, as established
between civilized nations in modern times,
should be respected. and are in duty bound !
10 resist their, .violalisn and to see them,
preserved. In this case, that duty is pre-
eminenlly ours. We are ,neighhors the,,
nearest to the scenes Of the proposed afro
cities. most competent to judge from. our
proximity, and, for the same reason, en-
abIed more readily to interfere. From
this reason, also, our sympathy would be
more deeply wounded, by reviewing the
mingled scenes of misery which would
present themselves on all sides, and heart7
ing the groans Of the suffering; not to men,
tion the dangers to which we would be
exposed iE consequence, on distant and
weak frontier. with numerous and power
full bands of Indians in it's vincinity. s,l'
If any thing can add 10 the atrocity with
which it is proclaimed war will lie waged.
it is the bold fiction, regardless Of the SEM
blance Of truth, to which the Government
has resored, in order to give color to the de-
creeof June, '43, and the orders Of General
Woll. Finding nothing in the Govern
menl Or people Of Texas to justify their
bloody and ferocious character, it has as
sumed. in wording them, that there is no
such Government or community as Texas
that the individuals to be found there are
lawess intruders aud usurpers, without
political existence, who may rightfuily be
treated as gang of pirates-out-casts
from society--and, as such, not entitled
to the protection of the laws ofnations OF
humanity. In this assumption il obsIi-
nately persists, in spite oflhe we'll known
and excepting the Government of Mexico,
The universally admitted fact that tho
colonists of Texas, instead ofbeihg intru-
ders and usurpers, were invited TO settle
,here-frst under a grant by The Spanish
authority, by Moses Austin, which was:
afterwards confirmed by the Mexican ;au-
thorily, aud subsequently, by similar grants
from; the Stale of Texas and Coahuila,
which It was authorized toissue by the
Constitution of 1924. They came there
as invited guests.-not for :heir own iuter-
esls, but those of Spain and Mexico--toi
protect weak and helpless province from
the ravages Of wandering tribes of Indians
to improve, cultivate, and render pros.
ductive, wild and inhabilable wastes, and
to make that valuable which was before
worthless. Ali this they effected, ,.at great
cost, and with much danger and 5dificul-E
ty, which nothing but American energy
and perseverance could overcome-n0t
only unaided by Mexico, but in despite of
the impediments caused by her interfers
ence.
Instead of a lawless gang Of adventorers,
as they are assumed TO De ythe Govern,
ment Of Mexico, the invi'ed colonists bes
came in few years conporlion Of the
members Of the Mexican Union, and pro-
we'd themselves to be the descendants of a
free and hardy race, by The bravery and !
energy with which they met the subtsr-
tiers Of the Constitution Of 1924, aud sue
cessfully preserved in their independence.
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