The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-31

nssIsrael c. James, G. w. james, II. M Lewis,
c n Stevenson, J. F. Johnson, J. III. Stevenson,
w A. Pierce, James Pierce, James X. Whipple,
w n. Weld, o. Fl. p. Stem, Henry Plat, Will
r.u Gouldin, M. Boullemet, Jesse Stansbury, A.
billing and w. s. Wood, are authorized to receive
o.w subscribers, and make collections for the
"Union,"
We are requested to say the same gentlemen are
authorized TO make collections for the "Globs"
MEXICAN RECOGNITION OF TEXAS IN
DEPENDENCE.
We have said that the Mexican government has
rirtuav abandoned the ground il has taken against
-. annexation of Texas. The recent news from
Msxeo shows that moo she has waived her objection
% the Independence ofTexas per and that she on
J., ohscts TO her union with the United States. How
.;E,n,ous she has made herself through the inter-
.o.;,on of false and pretending friends! how gar-
:, are these inconsistencies and how evident must
,h.v he to an impartial and enlightened world!
The position heretofore taken by Mexico, her
,dvsers and abettors was that the honor of the ma
ZION, the integrity fher soil, and her national char
..,sr would be violated, and the effect of the dis
rsmberment of the Mexican States would be most
;,,r;ous to her national character. She has
NJ s,erously lost sight Of these pretended prin-
.;nles. and manifested an undissembed revenge
and deep-rooted animosity to the United States,
alphabetically playing the part Of the dog in the
msnger. BY the course she has pursued, she
exposes herself to the imputaton of lending herself
10 pamper the jealous and contracted views of for
.irn rivals to the increasing greatness of the
American people, who present the sublime
,ec,acle of the success of republican institutions
reference to her early diplomatic intercourse and
the former high tone of her pretensions, as put forth
bv her ministers, will make these inconsistencies
the more apparent. We quote from the protest and
r,mnblet of the celebrated Sen. NJ E. Gorostza,
late envoy extraordinary from Mexico, and give
his own words purporting to be an abstract from
his Instructions, wherein he says he is bound "to
support and defend the integrity Of the Mexican
territory, whatever might be the arm to be en-
Joyed against It,"
This formidable declaration was made in 1886,
and met with very signal and well-merited rebuke
early in 1897, in the able report of MIR. Senator
Buchanan in which he says:
sin regard TO tndt IunCuOUdTy, lDcH. SoiootiLo,J
the committee concur fully with Mr.. Forsyth, that
he was under the influence of prejudice, which dis
torted and discoored every object which ne saw
in the country On the fifteenth of October, 1885, he
terminated his mission by demanding his passports
And for what reasoni Because the President refused
10 recall the order which he had issued to the gen.
era commanding in the vicinity Of Texas
After the firm and decided character of this re-
port we heard no more of Sen. Gorostiza; and it is
10 be hoped that the course suggested in that report
will still be carried into execution in all its details
At another time, the Mexican Secretary of For
sign Relations attempted to negotiate, and demand
ed restitution and compensation for the loss of Tex
as and so far deceived our then minister in
Mexico, that clause was inserted in the 9Th
act Of the convention of 30th January, l643, In
the following words: "a convention shall be enter.
ed into to settle all claims not finally decided by the
late convention; also all claims Of the government O
M.rico against the United States." These claims
were for Texas Mexico sought to make them q
set-off against the claims which were awarded
against her; which said article Mexico has vio-
lated. She has never fulfilled her treaty stipula-
ton. She now retains the convention a. confirmed
BY the Senate of the United States, and not ex
changed This, among many others, stands as .
monument of her broken faith and pledges to the
United States.
But to avoid this subtle piece Of Mexican diplo
macy, and their attempt TO make the United States
responsible in dollars and cents for Texas, Secretary
Upshur distinctly says in his letter Of the 25th day
Of July, ls43, "a am not Of any tceii founded
claim which the government of Mexico can urge
against that of the United States. The claims o.
one government upon another are not proper dis
counts of that other against the creditor govern
mentn
Iii evident, from the above manifestations, thai
Mexico has been seeking to involve the United
States in quarrel about Texas, and has failed in
her object But what is the present state of things
Has not Mexico, by her recent measure, abandoned
her former ground, and signed off all right, title, and
interest TO Texas Has she not thereby released
the United States from all responsibility Has she
not acted under British influence, by British diplo
macy under the sanction and by the agency of higf
British func,ionary--no doubt with the knowledge
Of his accommodating, in fact, authorized al
that has been done, by giving the protection Of hi
flag on board of national vessel the Eurydice
lie, US ask an impartial world, in the name o.
common sense, how can Mexico noc, or any of he'
dsintsresed friends allies, hold the United States
responsible for anything that may hereafter occur
Mexico has virtually sanctioned the resolutions o.
the last Congress. Texas is now free, and indie
pendent of Mexico. The ''last link is broken;'
and this, too, by and with the apparent consent ant
direct agency of the representative of England.
"The Baltimore American" republishes the letters
from Vera Cruz, which we published in Thursday