Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-05-14

Suh must be the conse quences of British power ex
. csed over Mexico prevent Texas becoming POI
of the United States Wlthou' lega'u - Nv 49,
tho inevitable result For this, British Minister
ho for fifteen wears, inhabited Mexico with oil Int
4 knowledge such res'd nee Impaired OF Mexican V'e"
I'D fpennps IS transferred thence 10 washington, d"'
R,,t,sh naval officer, lately the pioneer OF the con
ou.st OF China, despatched as Minister 10 e@as '
I've between its seat of government and New VI
Leans and fome Mt al both all possible dIsaifrcton 10 u
, anne 1a,ion Of Texas with the United states IL u
therefore, no Texas question, nor mesloan' ou'
controversy sought By Great Britain, IN Whcn sne chn
noes This country TO in sedeienoe or shrink iron
. such contest Your committee believe, ana ae'"u'
,,u.t that no war can will ensue our dtienuing o"
. r,ph,s from such unjust interference lhey rel con co,
6drut that all the world mns be satished oil our g"
Bu they ar. sure, that TO shrink from us assp w"
o,ce "a TO invite inevltabl. war ultimately LII orea
Ri,ain cootoi the drstny. the commerce, IN save
nv or otherwise govern II xns let her prevent me1i
co acknoel dying Texan tndt Fehdtnce' keeping w
bay for an md. finite tune, the unaVo'aaoe cou's'
nns, b. border troubles, iru,trss Negotiations deep
sa,,d and growing Ill will, wnh final host ties, whcl
our comn,,rtee c.rdially uni'e depr' catIog WI
/, either M-xce or England. This IS the true STATE ans
, aspect of the case and being such, the committee
with confidence appta 10 the well-settlrd prlnciPie
Of The laws oil nations, 10 the iamlar ooctfbes oi Ia
rural se pfot-ct,on according to The st''cest rules OF
,ohtcal recutuSe tor The clear right and duty OF inc
Government Of this country TO insist that Texas rhn
he ours uiihou, sufrring British interruption wal
cannot be declared but by deliberate act OF Congress
II cannot BIZ iust,h,d but by DIRE necessity IL will not
y,pr committee believe, ensue the ration OF Tex
os But war; with all its oalamitIes, would not be 90
great an EVIL as sulitrance OF European interference
with our territorial arrangements and domestic instlu
tons .
arc but the rules of common sense thus plainly con-
denscd from accredited treatses by Mr. wheaton, IN
his Elements of International Law, rp. ST. 81 50, ~:
"Of the absolute international rights of States one oil
the most essential and important, and that which lies oil
the foundation of all the rest, is the right Of sefPre-
scrvation. Ii is not only right win respect 10 Quiet
ST ties but duty &c.
9TH, right necessarily involves all other incidental
rights which are essential to give effect to the
principal end among these, is The right OF scdeience
The right OF every independent nation TO increase IFS
national domnions wealth, population and power, by
all innocent an lawful meanssuch as the pacific ac-
ousitior of new territory the discovery and settlement
of new countries the extension OF It's navigation anu
fisheries Sc. nconlroserble right OF sovereign
IT, generally recognised BY the opinion and usage oi ma
tons II can be limited in its exercise only by The equal
rights of other States growing Out oil the
same primeva right of representation.
"Boih Great Britain and the U. States protested
arains, the right The allied powers TO interfere, by
forcble means IN The contest between 0pa'h anu Hei
reyolIed American colonies
| eth, British Government refused to enter into any
stimulation binding itself either 10 refuse or delay ils
recognition Of the Independence ct the colonies, or 10
wait indefinitely for an accommodation between SPAN
and the colonies and that It would consider any TO-
reign interference the dispute between them as q
moi We for recogn zing the latter without delay.
1.-THE United Suites Government declared, that 1t
should consider any attempt the part Of the allied
European powers TO extend their peculiar poca! sys-
TEN 10 the American continent as dangerous to the
oeaca md safety OF the United States. With the
s.tnp coonies or dependencies Of any European pow
ere they had not inierered and should not interfere
hut with the Governments whose independence they
had recognized, they could not view any Dterpostlon
for the purpose of depressing them, or controlling in
any Other manner their destiny any other light than
as manifestation Of unlrendy disposition towards
| the U. s
Mr. Wheaton then states the policy of this country
| rs 10 European revolutions, and adds:
| "But with regard 10 the American continent circuul-
stapcos were widely different 1t impossible iha
the allied powers should extend trlr political system
To any port"n these without ehdangrrns
the ppace and happiness OF the ). 1t vas, Therefore,
sh!e That ibs Inter should behold such ntefpo-
slt'on in any form with indifference
Such is the American law OF nations, MS announced
IN the Presd. nts NJ ssare of December, 1893, and
consecrsted By universal acceptance II 10 not only
the Anne rcan OF nations but the British, The NIX
can and the Texan law; the law of all independent
American sovercIgntes Tic United States do not de-
part from their prmeval principles of strict neutrality
when Insisting tine Law On the contrary, they en-
force them There aggression or injustice 10 orr
<,stinp that neith,r Mexico England shall hoo
Texas longer IN a state of futile hostility Inc neu-
trs chm ,y long the boast and security OF the American
Government IS by no means violated by such insIs-
lance We become no party to the war between Mex
and Texas by the annexation OF the latter Our OBJ
ject is the pachcaon OF both.
It is mot Mexican and American question then. thai
the are TO be Irled before the world upon; hut .
Brush and American question:; as much 80 as in lci2;
almost as much as ia 1916 In 1872 commerce
and seamen vindcstrd In lc44, errI'"ry, wet
nal Independence, and domestic institutions III
Union wns not more seriously as.aed then al the Est
Gland, srncly than II is at the South; and more
openly now than then
Your committee will no, dwell a, large IN The case
with Mexico All our public d cumenis prove tha''
SINCE ,hn surrender Of T-xas, all our administrators
have been constantly s;rtving to Recover It. n''-
hon uos fl, rid by one administration five mrl'"ns h'
another tn NJ xco for this indispensable 'etrrory, rs
essential Ia the States either Lou's'ana or t.
rida M dout III. mos; liberal Terms are now at the
s.rvice at Mexico. n" doubt, ws!b"ni tta"sailan''r
int nrs ddlIrg. she nd accept tn m How lnrg
must two NJ shbor Il publcs be kept from s't IT,
ment Of which all the void would acknowledge ane
extcl the liberhy, justice and VISION: Spa'i a''ay
ed her recognition of File ns ind pend nee curing So
yanty wears and that Of M-x,co Tor fifteen. Must W.
wat as long before We ACQUIRE Texas: Not because
her Span o. Mexico opposes II, but because Gren
Britain Will nat suiirrl,. Annexation OF Texas, says
The British argument, mnst make Us party 10 lne val
between Texns aad M-Ico Ii So and Will. even
Mexico does no, acknow .dge Texan independence
tins is to be the penalty Of our owning the QUITE
i. vi all our great streams which empty INTO The 1n
Of Mex,co-a fatal check must be put TO the South
western improvements, extremely injurious 10 the
general welfare Of the United Safes But that po
slon is without foundation in reason or history. Ma
tons did not assume the of Flanders against Spain
by uniting Flemish territories 10 theirs during the sew
eny years Of Spanish enlargement from her r"'o'cu
Flemish colonies So late rs 1890, when Belgian re-
vouton resulted from that of France and Belgium oe
came ndr pendent of Holland no war was the price
paid for either disinegraon or annexation. beg'u"
might have become part Of France as Texas may o. e
United States. or remain, lgum has, ana ieHas
too for many years, separate sovereignty. without III.
curing hotics Such conunctions give rise 10 great
questions of policy when nations act as ihs,1 Oss. ne
rests dictate But your committee appeal to history ana
TO reason for refu,ation If the dilemma BY which this
case attempted be put under false logic insisting
that annexation Of Texas inevitably makes the unec
States a, once party her war with Mexico 1t ma.
be convenient and specous for England 10 press such d.
alcc,ics hut neither the history of nations nor the law
of nations warrant the conclusion If left 10 herself
Mexico will decide whether it is wise for her to wage
war on Us for the acquisition Of Texas She WI
u Judge whether, when not blow has been strucS a
Texas for more than eight years nominal hostiiiuc