The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-06
DIR WESTERN BOUNDARY.

At once authorize and command the policy
s,h,r.o so successfully pursued by the adminisra-
II resoect to that portion ofthe Texan territory
An lies on the eastern bank of the Del Norte
T.. 81 ondon Times" Of the 10th September, re-
..vsd Yesterday by the Cambria, would summon
- the discharge of this duty, il nothing else
IA. far that abusive and violent journal (whose
-,;.l. xe shall republish and notice to-morrow)
.h.rges us with greedy appetite for aggrandize-
.ot II unhesitatngly says, (taking theeue, in part
a.o, the opposition press on this side the water
,b,, not content with absorbing the province which
had shaken off its allegiance to Mexico, there can
|. G,le doubt that the United States government
In, sx,end its claim from the Nueccs to the Rio
p..,on The ~ .ondon Times" is right in its view
- oor claim, whilst il does gross injustice to our
.,,, We mean to claim to the Rio Grande. Clear
.;oht sanctions our claim; and to assert that right
.s,iost awless force has been the policy Of the adj
mins.ration That pocy-pursued as il has been with
great energy, and hitherto with complete success
has been strictly the policy of defence. Hostile in
,..oo and occupation of the territory have been for
hidden and prevented Judging from the general
lone of the press of the whole country, we believe
chs. this course Of action on the part of the Execu
,;vs has been received with almost universal favor
and sanction. In only few cases, like those of
the "In,elgencer" and the "New York Tribune"
has wing party-spirit been blind and rabid enough
to snarl at 1t.
This defence of the territory between the Nueces
and The Del Norte, was an executive duty at once
40 plan and so imperative, that we cannot but look
with wonder on the impotent phrenzy OF faction
which can venture to gainsay and revile it. Over
and over again. and in every possible way, Texas
told u.s. and all the world, what her limits
were as an independent republic. She made
the solemn record of this declaration Of limits
cocyal with her declaration Of independence. In
defence of both declarations-of one just as much
as of the oher-she flung herselfon the fortunes of
war. In that war; the voice of the civilized world
unclaimed her the victor. And then, after nine
wears of delay, during which the Texian soil and
the Texan independence were alike protected and
safe from all foreign aggression, Texas accepted
our overture, and became part of our Union. That
every word Of this statement is true, no man pre-
tends to doubt. Will the next generation of our
countrymen belle We that in this state of facts, any
section of any party could be found in the country
willing to hold up an administration to obloquy and
reproach, for not suffering the territory, united
with our own to be torn from US by the strong
hand-,orn from us prior to all negotiation, and in
dependenty of all negotiation-torn from US by a
nation whose inability to govern itself within its
own limits is painfully manifestations whole Sci
ence and system Of government seem to be little
more than perpetual oscillation between ferocious
despotsm and savage anarchyi Why, if there
ever was case in which the law of nations
might Justly and well be strained to shut out
an old claimant and to make new title--if
there ever was case in which every interest
of humanity cried out with a loud voice for
the substitution Of government in place Of an
other any region Of territorysurely that case
is presented in the claim of our government to hold,
against the Mexican government, the territory be-
tween the Nueces and the Del Norte. To give that
fair region over to the weak, and wanton, and venge
full sway Of Mexico, would be an act Of inhumanity,
of cruelty, and of crime, unless the Mexican title to
it were clear and strong beyond all dispute, and
above all peradventure. The very of this is
the fact. Mexico has no title. Our title, derived
from the very highest source, legitimated by the
unanimous consent Of the people, is as clear the
sunlight. We bound by every obligation of JUS
it and YET one press at least, and even more than
one has been found mad enough to assail and vitu-
perae the President of the United States, because
he will not give up our title, and thrust the land in
question back again into msgovernment or no gov
eminent, under the name of Mexico If these be the
fruits-the bitter and deadly fruits--of wing policy,
or wing craftsmanship, wing principle, then is it
indeed well for this nation that the axe has been laid
to the root Of the tree.
The lntelgencer is most indignant that the adj
m'nistra'ion does not resort to negotiation with
Mexico to settle the Texian boundary, since the
annexation resolutions gave us the power to settle
Thy negotiation. Negotiation, forsooth! BY phose
tauh is il that negotiation on tho subject is not at
this moment going on between us and Mexico,
was 1t our government, or was it Mexico, that
broke OIL all diplomatic relations, called back Al
monte in anger, and sent home Mr.. Shannon with
insut' What overture of negotiation from Mexi-
co nave we declined' Did we not send one minis
ter specially empowered to negotiate, and in
structed to negotiate in most fair and liberal
spirit, on this very question Of boundary
AND when he was turned away with coutumely
rom The doors of the Mexican foreign Office, were
we ito send another representative of our country to
neg IN vain for admission Are we to sue for ne
go''a'lon, whilst Mexico has just opened loan for
nlieen mlllions-is raising men, as well as money
" march beyond our boundary, whilst all her
agents IN Mexico are threatening war, and General
rafeues is gasconading at the head of his troops,
would the lntelligencer have us bring at once
our honor and our courage into suspicion with
'nese braggars, and invoke spirit, on their
part which must increase their demands, de-
iea' the negotiation, and incite them hereafter
20 additional insults and renewed hostilities' Is
.n,S 10 act the part Of patriots or of statesmen
Inc present administration has shown, and we ven
lure to predict hat viii show, no unwillingness to
negotiate with Mexico but has not vet learned in
Tue school of the inteligencer how to negotiate on
lis knees