The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-08-21
r1,r NATIONAL lNTELLIGENcEa AND
THE MEXICAN QUESTION.

The editor OF the Na'o""'
yeu,es the maxim nc quo'e' "o -,
0yanuuished, he could (nof argue still. " we
Of our opponent what he says Of u.s.
o'''o ~, c,n satisfy or silence him. We cannot
'na' ..s,n him il is true; but we have nearly "s-
~, ria, Yet he cannot retreat from the field Of
le"'.N .;hon, casting the Parthan arrow behind
oa''' IT.. .di,or Of The Ip,elgencer now says:
h"' ~. matter of the Texan boundary, called to our
did the emphatic authority 2, arty Who II they never
that wrong certainly never gave
anything Sas the ctoi Of the Union did not hold the
ouaons Of General Jackson in the hgnss, Su. sne
opinions 81 KIM and when endorsed BY those Of the dis
egyhed Senator Of Missouri we INDUCED me nope una,
bey would prove suincehS II Iot " $500, ~ ,. ;y,h
lea:, to redeem our patriotism IN Veh'urins " 'se
them Vain hope" :.
a, ;,,o,. az
I'VE requested inc eoitoi ~ S. ~. ',p,as,ion moi
asss Benton ana t;n his sJe Messs Van Buren,
our lie replies by cinng on ms soe sa.n ey and
Forsyth Jefferson Madison, ,pd md worthy Of
Waier formidable array o NAMES nasea ne ,,a,t 10
iii respect could they be all Truly voAeu ~ w. IT,,
hsnge the line which Mr. Benton says divided tns ane'en
ouisiana from New MeNeo; nua ,is III ~, he AL
regard to the Opinions % ,i ~, h bsavy battery Of
bnTes adroness IN oi"s."s ~ -. ~ ~
the senator IRON cam IS grateful for his brilliant services
&c but prefers not 10 answer himself ne speech 2, .0n
o. MsE the reply Of Mr. senator Walker which
accordingly sneons hese aIa 20 remt the ar
Same2t to the arbament Of their respective speeches
He relies, therefore, upon the authority OF Zen.
Jackson and Colonel Benton to offset the authority
If the other great names, which we have invoked IN
behalf of the boundary of the Rio del Norte.
our proposition Certainly not, We understand
that the Hero Of the Hermitage was IN favor, to the
last, OF extending our boundary to the kio del
Nore. And how does the lntelgencer try to
change his authority Why, by relying upon the
instructions Of Mr.. Van Buren, in 1929, whilst Sec
rotary of State,) which run as follows;
is the wish Of the President that you should without
delay II So much Of the province Of Texas as is
hereinafter described ne Dy uesp ,
only guard frontier and the protection
New s ,bs Mssssop The unsDuted and und
bed Of The navigation q that river The ter
Al that part Of he province Of Texas which lies east
line beginning at the Gun 2. Mexco n the GENRE q .he
And The treaty may provide for the Incorporation Of the in
haoitans in'0'he oh'0" ..
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1.oL,on,s on;n;,n of Tho ex,en, of T.xas II.
does moi limit her to the Nueces. He does not
im;, her 10 the Grand Prairie between the Nue.
ees and the Rio Grande: for that norton contains
Is Mr. Van Buren saws. onlv mart Of Texos The
s,c ia the old hero aIwava considered the R;o del
Nor,e "a tho ,rne bopodarv If Texa. proner. and
n his third Instructions under Mr.. Forsv,b as Sec
re,rv n State he tells orr minister N nrocpre the
following bonndarv.
"Besinping at the Gulf Of Mexico. proceeding
|,onu the eas,ern hank of The Rio Bravo del Norte
,o the 37,b narael of ,itude and thence along that
parallel to the Paci6c,n
We have examined. also. the last authority
which thus remains to the National Intelligencer-
and that is, the distinguished senator from Missouri
We have no desire to 90 over that ground again
to res,ate the arguments Of Mr.. Walker--to call
I'm again the posi,ion Of Col BENTON in his repub
|lshcd ESSAYS Of 1874 But we reneat. that Colonel
Benton never did support the Inellieencer in stop
ming a, the Nueces He never did sneeifv The who's
territory from the Niece, 10 The Rio 5rande as the
legitimate possession Of Mex;co.
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inc 80. !,