Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-06-06

tional as IN private litigation, there Is, and ever must be,
a statute Elimination. La a subsequent despatch of July
DELAYING equally efficient war with Texas aud d generous
acknowledgment OF her independence, assumes the true
position. lie SAYS:
"MeYeo must take all the consequences Of her long lnacion. II
she f'ls TO exert her power IN due time, she gres 10 Other "atgTs The
they hare GrgA4 to proceed a. vhr clam rers Gbandoned" -
Now, does not a lapse Of eight years. unmarked by
nuGht save a few petty acts of olsnder and massacre, and
a long array Of bulletins filed with bravado, act as a com.
ple,e bar to Mexico's Pretensions upon Feast Has she
not thus lost. forever. all title to it Might not Spain, at
this tay, as ughtiully claim II as she
Let cd Grotius himself. certainly no revoluiionist, teach
US the law on this subject. Speaking Of the right of things
taken in war, Grotius SAYS:
- Mo,eGTss; by the e9osen, Of nations; 'ajns s, are then said to
Aa' lost al probable hope Of rseOrsring them" Se-Rshts Of
HGr end Peace, rOL H. ,. DC.
Again, in regard to the right Of things TO be restored,
when re.conquered. to their original owners. (by pOstimi-
ny, az it is called he adds
" But The enemy mus le understood then TO he driven out, from
III, p. lG7.
Common sense, the foundation of all sound interna.
tio"al law, suggested. that a period must be assigned TO
the right OF e-conquest. The right is declared by Gro
tus TO cease, when all probable hopes OF recovery are
gone when It is d" plainly evident that there will be no
re-conquest.
Apply this to the case Of Mexico. Has she any i" prob
able hopes" of recovering Texas None not the most
distant; Mr.. Web>ter's expression in regard To the issue
OF NE contest, I'm MS despatch OF June -, tof-) l., tnat
" the war is not only useless but hopeless. without attain
able object" Aud is it not " plainly evident that
Texas can never again become a Mexican province No
man OF common discernment. and knowing the flcts Of
the case. will de y it. 1t follows, that, by The lac IF
ndH0lis, Mexico mas UTTERLY LOST HAR TITLg TO
TExAs. 1t follows. tina; Texasis :. not IN fact only. but IN
LAW. free and independent. 1t follows. further, that 1t
Mexico now resume the war az inst Texas, 1t will be. on
her part. a war of invasion. not of re-conquesi a war
wrongful, and forbidden b the law and custom OF nations.
But she man engage in such a war: and we. If we
annex Texas. may become parties to it Undoubtedly.
While we occupy 4 station among the nations of the
earth, we must remain sul ject to national contingencies.
II is the lot of man To be exposed TO the chance If quarrel /;
it Is the lot of nations to he exposed 10 the chance of war.
A man. endowed with self-respect, will not he dragged
INTO a disreputab'e hrawl: a nation, impressed with a just
sense of character. aud a decent respect for the opinions
OF mankind, will not suffer the rashnesS Of It's rulers TO
plunge /. into an VI Just war. But no man and no nation
can say, that a quarrel shall not be w%rongfully fastened
upon them. 1t Is enough, and indeed all that is possible.
II we avoid inst cause of quarrel. The first question, IN
this case, Is not whether 1t is dangerous To annex Texas,
tut whether II is 7rrong 10 do it, If II be not wrong, then
the possibility OF a resort to arms, in a just cause, becomes
a question OF expedicncy, not of principle a question in
which the ri~ks of the war. It's expense. aud similar con-
tiugences, becomr the chief considerations.
| said the question of annexation, thus presented, Is
not one of principle. | recall that expression. When a
people, once included in the Union. have been cast loose
from it, ty no act or consent of theus; when that people.
thus given over 10y Us to the tender mrrcIes of tyranny.
have, hy their OWL good swords. wrought out once more
that tndt pendenCe, which We, IN GAYS past. guaranteed TO
hem when that people. alter eight years probation to
test the permauence and legality OF their emancipation
from the Mexican yoke, stretch out TO us,-taithless
guardians that we have been to them ,-tleir free and
victorious hands. and enircat of US, that we wal receive
az ain into our great c0niedeIacy Of States, that younger
sister, whom, even in her helpless infancy we abandoned
dare we rsst that appeal! Does not annexation, an
that view Of It, assume the features OF a duty, rather than
a rshtl And can we rightfully permit the possible event
Of war to conf ct with that duty we, who, bv our
agency, uLscTupulously brought upon Texas oppression,
Insult. plumber, aud all the dangers and horrors cf way
Itself
But let US turn even TO the question Of xpediency the
sole view which will he taken by many. What is tie
real dangerl Much, | admit, of nk-shed and of buster ;
some perhaps, of predatory bands, that may occasionally
harrass our borders; none. If we may judge from the past.
OF any war, that a couple OF regiments OF good Kentucky
rl men could not terminate in a fortnight. Aud what Is
the actual gain Great, III a commercial point OF view
sun greater, erhaps, IN a military one. An essential
fraction Of our own vast valley OF he Mississippi reunited
To the parent country, To which it naturally belongs, and
from which 1t should never have been discovered: a base
Of oleraious. whence a hostile power might make a
descent with fatal fleet on the most vulnerable portion OF
our Union. secured for ever from all foreign occupation.
But why enlarge on such advantages! Every one sees
them.
Then there arc the objections, Even if the abstract
right he on our side. l. not SOMETHING. we sre asked. due
To national courtesy! Even at considerable sacr flee.
should We not labor TO preserve friendly relations with
our ~neigbbors Of Mexico!
Peace Is ever worth a >~acIifce. But these same Mexican
nei-htors Of ours have seemed to me. evel since remember
any thing a public affaiis, absolutely bent upon breaking
with u at last. Our diplomatic Intercourse with them for
the last twenty yeas has been little else than a continued
series Of asgiessfons and complaints MIR Van Buren,, GER
taitly no cartau> or quarfel>ome statesman, wrote TINS, IN
his despatch Of October 10, 1929, to our Mexican minister
"rle President is deeply aud painfully impressed nth ne nm
frsenHg and Uadeser~ed oondscf Of .NercO foTards US, her neigh
hor aud sister republic; aud lis only hops Of an improve
me1i N our pTfsrni realtors win her: are founded on lie, Icing
influence Of had COUNSEL she Ass been induced 10 10 her earisst
and best iead"
1877, thingS had gone % far, that President jackson. advert.
ny IN his SPECIAL message of February %, to The many eff
fort< tflt had been made to urge on Mexico redress Of grew
ances complained OF, adds:
ted The rerts,sd and o a, ANA app' ' c ,mr o. r., 81. ars and In .r ian.
:" sh ARA r %, some ns :, ~, "a .sis.r. and "P a., . # P% - = n w. = S, ~,
indt pendent OF r. cent nsul 8 to thi. Government and peoplr, b, the
latr eN'raordanary NJ H,sa" "'"'''.r' 'F"1H J"'f9y' Z" "eey'F =
And be recommends
AZ ~iha, az ,, b be "a : 5" q 9,.ss.is s .fs,,,si,, and 's g's n = ,ss
MOI has the conduct or tone # aie>ico towads IL, b en-
aIcIeio Of late years Nj, Do Il caues a. tp, IN paeten-ion
aud MI Wetsef> bitter AID >.Inlet leonhc ltFe fdy iiluf-
cd to- al. sun fresh IN TIE memory q all, who have fol-
lowed ~ The history OF cur TO elgn relations.
And i 1t u such natl n, prevish and hnsil US as >he has
ever shown herself, hat we ae bound now tet deily 10 e'inee
mat 10 beaiitg couite-y. winch we d canned not Il extend
in 10 SPAN. ~ 1925, anf ls27, and 1929, when, W thout her
priviiy or c ncufrence aud peidi Z an actual war tetNe,n
her and Mexico, We sought to purchase from Ten ievolied
province, that Neiy terIitery, which, but ten years be ore,
we ourselves bad oeled and confined to the Spanish King :
Admin at.e consistency Most courteous stretch vi diplo-
matte polienc>s,
Oh III an infusion of that brave and sturdy spift Of indie
peudence. AaERIcAN in the best sense Of the tenn, aud once
the Characteristic f our ooun>tI, 10 season and 10 ufy them
now To Henry CLAT-not the hero OF a recent conven-
ton, up IN the scnseless plgeants and empty parade OF which,
the spi its of the Revou tiouary Father, could they use from
I their q ayes. would gaze IN uinglei Woncef - SORROW ana