The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-01-14

|, - III, .i,oo.holds aud bArrlsrsh Ths plain truth
th.t the government Of Texas shows, at thl' very
moment morv signs Of stability tAas sss' OF Mehoo'
and that tho province" TO soy VIC ~'., " ~ u~
country, as the mothef COUNTY
province -
This, admit has not even since the battle oil Dan
J.einlo always been SO IL is Time the ense'or o.
aud voucher for the Common Law under "h"h We
hye-it is Time, that has perfected the iehian wv
"Nhat to-day is fact, as some ono has wen eAP'es
ed il, ''to morrow becomes doctrine y" o
sosco after Houstons brilliant victory tos wonu st'''
remained in suspense as To The ultimate issue Oh ue
contest. The s.durabie means" had not ye' pee"
used, TO secure permanent possession. hho "ane
that condition Of things lasted, rornPuioo'y u,d w
limited States conform to its requirements 10 'he
autumn OF 1886, Texas formally applied Tor -ami'-
sion into our eonfederscy. What Dad our Ch'ei MA
gi,tfate-he who now, in his retirement, DDS US ho'
delay Did he evlnce (as the gentleman IRON Was
sachusets charges that we have evineeo) inoe'oh'
haste To obtain this rich territory % me conuay
ba ,. iscted the overture. "a too early movement
said Gen. Jackson, "migh, subject US, however I'M
Justly to the charge Of seeking to establish lhe claims
of our neighbors To territory with view 10 lis SUD
sequent acquisition by ouIselves."
A second time in August, 1887, The Ieslsns aP
piled through their Minister General Hunt desiring
10 be annexed to our Union. And yet again
this time by Mr. Van Buren-the proposal was de-
elihed.
Thus, in the early stage OF Texan selfgovern-
ment we but acknowledged her independence as eh-
sting fact We suffered year alter year 10 sci us
seal of permanenco on the existence and the ins'u
tions of the young republic, before we permiited
ourselves 10 accept any oilers, however advantage
Gus that involved the question OF Tho validity ~ ia~
Of that inde pendence, and the consequent compe
teocy Of Texas 10 convey under good tiue her ief-
riIory.
But the years of suspense aud probation have
4 T. in ua VrT
delay her full recognition Ia former years VIC
Judged the fact Of the Independence ofTenas for the
time being, and acknowledged her de faeio. Now,
we Judge Of her permanent independence. and ac'
know ledge her also de jurs. We are, for ourselves
both cases the Judge That is, sovereign Peo-
pie, our privilege.
What pIea will MEXICO or MeIico's friends set
up, IN arrest Of that judgment | bethihk nae OF
bat one Mexico has thousand times urged IL u
is the burden OF her justification The pea Is, that
the Texan struggle was rebellion, not reyolu-
ton that the Texans still but rebels and trail
tors and have none Of the rights Of enemies in war
1t might be enough to reply, Webster replied to
Bocanegra
"The government Of the United States does not
maintain, and never has maintained, the doctrine Of
perpetuity Of natural allegiance. And surely Mex
co maintains such doctrine because her existing
government like that of the United States, Is founded
on the principle that men may throw on the obiiga-
ton Of that allegiance to which they were born"
But there lacks not authority higher than Web
ster's in the Vsttel has treated II at large
Here is the substance Of bis doctrine;
"Some writers eonfne this term (cyil war; to a
just lnsurrectioG Of he subjects against their soye
eign, to Distinguish that lawful resistance from re
beLiion, which is open and unjust resistance. But
what appeliation will they give which arises
m a republic torn by two factions; or 10 monarchy
between two competitors for the CROWN"
A little farther he proceeds to give his own an
swer to the question:
"The sovereign, indeed, never fails 10 bestow the
appellstion of rebels all such of his subjects
openly resist him but when the latter hare acquired
sufficient strength 10 gips him s6seiual opposition and to
ooge him 10 carry The according 10 the established
rules, he must necessarily submit 10 the of the
term 'cIvIL WAR;
And, as 10 such war, Vattel declares;
at is evident, that the common laios of rg-those
maxims Of humanity, moderation and honor, which
we have already detailed in the of this work
ought to be observed by both parties every Girl
ITO be continued