Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

Va Wv "O''o' TA"u JSst a'oHto hHHd Is q
most horrible despot, and much injured
and oppressed Texas is the defender Of lib
erty.
Santa Anna, who has civilized the bar
baran and revolutionary spirit Of his peo-
ple-who has suppressed the daring bands
of robbers, who infested the high ways,
making life unsafe, property insecure, and
commerce impracticabe-who has encour-
aged education and the useful arts-who
has caused 10 be recognized the principles
of equal rights and representative govern
ment-who, in the midst Of the embarrass.
ments of the world, and the exhaustion,
arising from revolutionary and civil wars,
which have especially harrassed his own
country, has preserved the Mexican faith
inviola.e; whose many gallant deeds in war
and peace, ha &c by the almos, unanimous
acclamation OF the people, again and again
elevated him to the Presidency of the Re-
public: Santa Anna, who has often lib
Grated American citizens, under circum-
stances which induced England to send
them into hopeless ex,le-Santa Anna is
an odious tyrani; Texas, renegade from the
land and religion of its fathcrs-Texas, the
migrate to its adopted and fostering coun-
try-Texas. the propagation Of slavery;
Texas, the repudiator of its debts, the vio-
lator of public faith; Texas is so lovely in
the eyes Of gentlemen, that we must take it
TO our embrace, although we fall with it
into one common level. But in truth we
have nothing to do with the Republics Of
Texas and Mexico; whether they be the
same or two independent nations is TO US q
matter Of no concern. We have no evi.
denee that she seeks alliance even if we
were disposed to grant it. am no propa-
gandist-I am satisfied TO maintain the
principles the independence and the honor
Of my own country. The same impulse
which moves me TO rcpe foreign inter'er-
ence and TO defend my own rights, con-
strains me also,to kct p aloof from, and res
pect the peculiar organization which 9TH
er nations have deemed most suitable to-
secure their rights.
| contend then, in the language Of the
first resolution, that the annexation Of Tex
rs to the United States is contrary to the
laws of Nations, and just cause of war on
the part of Mexico. The recognition Of
he Independence of Texas by the United
States, may or may not have been a sut-
fcient eau e Of war, il remained with Mex
leo to vindicate her injured honor, or to
pocket the injury or insut,as to her seem
ed best, relying upon her own capability
Of maintaining the integrity Of her empire.
But woen the United States, not combining
herself to just, or it may be I'm Just SYM
pathy, not restrained 10 an opiuon that
Texas is or ought Of right TO be an inde-
pendent people, makes herself an active
and principal party, by taking hold Of the
province in controversy, thus forever maxi
ing it impossible for Mexico to recover the
country which up to that Time was but par
TALLY or temporarily in her view alienatcd
from her: then say that Mexico has not
only Just cause Of war, but that she would
be disgraced in the eyes Of gallant Nations
if she did not use her every power for the
vindication Of her injured honor and vlo-
lated territory. Learned authority has
been quoted here with the vain expectation
Of pc rsuading us that Mexico has no cause
of grievance in the event supposed. | dare
not insult common sense by acquie>cence in
such mysterious jurisprudental jargon as
this | appeal to the rea son, 10 the instincts,
the consiences Of men, for the establish
ment Of the laws Of nature. npon which the
laws Of nations are,or ought to be forever
based What sir have we solemn trea-
~ Of amity with Mcxico,to say nothing ut
present of natual right, and is il the part of
friendship to seize with a rapacious hand, a
portion of the territory which she still
claims, and appropriate 1t to ourselves? :
Do not these learned juris,s know that 8
breach Of ireaty,is contrary to the laws oil
nationS,as laid down by all the writers up
on that most obscure science, and without
reparation, Just cause Of war! And wha,
PREPARATION could we make whilst We con-
tnue to hold the price Of blood and viola
ted faith! What war was more unjus, thar
that carried on by tho United States against
the Florida Indians! Suppose at SONS
time after its commencement, Mexico hat
agreed with the Indians, that they were
as they declared themselves to be, free
and independent; and suppose Mex.
leo had subsequently thereto thus addressed
us, "you have expended forty millions Of
dollars, you have lost white man for every
Indian slain III battle,you have called tt
yonr aid blood bounds in vain. to the hor.
ror Of all christen1om, for eight years yor
have with the whole force of the empire
carried on a hopeless war of recovery; il i,
time hostiIities should cease; we will take
the Florida ourselves, peaceably il we can
Iorcibly If we must" | shall not stop tc
ask whether We should have deemed this {
just cause Of war, or to say what woulc
have been our laconic reply. Cases have
arisen and will doubtless again arise which
when people are struggling to throw of
an unjust and ;yrannical rule, have and vii
again justify virtuous nation even wher
in alliance with the tyrant,in sympathizins
, with, and recognizing the independence o
the oppressed. Here the recti,ude of;he mo
tive and jus; cause of The injured cure AM
sanctify the breach of the treaty Of amitv
But when, Texas is the wrong doer an,
. Mexico the injured party: here, where, no
even studiously disguised motives, wearin.
the semblance Of virtue, but shameless
+ and openly avowed rapacity, impels us Il
the breach of faith and the disregard of ma
tual RIGHT she will not only and ought no