The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-15
THE UNION.
The rushing OF the waters, and the voice
OF free people.

I'll, llOrcing proceedings and resolutions are toOriy
Of the ealsss, and rOrihy Of the Monumental city.
From the Baltimore Republican.
CITY CONVENTION.
We publish to-day the resolutions which were
offered by r. M. MeLsne, esq, and enthusiastically
adopted by the democratic city convention last night
Thsy will speak for themselves, and we shall not
sttsmpt to describe the feeling with which they were
received. Il was an overflow of all that springs
from love Of country, patriotism, and deep devotion
to human liberty and national rights. Many sPon-
taneous outbursts particularly distinguished every
alusion to the Chief Magistrate Of the nation. Ii
was no ordinary manifestation OF the hold he pos
sesses upon the confidence and affections OF the Peo
pie al large. With such devotion, animating, as II
does the heart OF every true republican, we could,
in lust cause, withstand the whole civilized world.
Mr.. McLane, previous to offering the resolutions,
addressed the convention at some length, and with
no ordinary force and power. He spoke in appro-
pirate terms Of the unanlmIty with which the call
of the Executive had been responded to- alike by the
action of Congress and the American people at
large, the act for defending the honor and charac-
ter OF the country having been passed, and justified
by universal reclamation.
He deprecated the horrors Of war; the of
the world was strongly set against war; hence ma
uOns shrink from inc responsibility OF us open anu
positive decaTaton; but he contended that the high
est modern authorities in English maritime law, and
the modern law Of nations, fully coDcede that war
may begin and exist by a state Of mutual hostIItIes
without the declaration or action Of either govern
ment directly 10 that effect and among other Illus
tratlons, instanced the war between England and
France, as late as IT'S which commenced from no
other overt act than the mere recall Of the English
minister by his government, and which France
treated as a breach Of the peace between the two
countries. And that such acknowledg ment Of
the existence of war fully and unquestIonsbly sus-
tanned the President
His views in regard to the position of the army of
occupation clear, satisfactory, and explicit. IL
the American troops had any right to occupy one
part Of Texas, they have the same right TO occupy
the whole. Our right to the whole is disputed, and
until the boundary is settled, must take the linn
its established by the laws of Texas, coeyal with
her national existence, and now engrafted into our
own code as a basis for our laws. Until negotia-
ton settles the boundary line, the limits defined
on the statute book, and established by the revou
ton, which gave sovereignty to the State of Texas,
il the only rule to govern the American Executive.
He spoke al large of the important military conside-
rations which rendered the occupation Of the east
bank of the Del Norte necessary for the defence Of
the settled and cultivated portions of the State Of
Texas. The whole course of the President
ably and triumphantly INDICATED; unlimited conf
dence was expressed and felt in the ability Of our
gallant little army 10 MAINTAIN us pOsltlOn until the
tide of patriotism and popular Indignation would so
add to their numbers that If necessary, and within
brief period, terms of peace could be dictated to
the usurpcr Of Mexico, in the very capital Of this
oppressed and distracted nation.
The following are the preamble and resolutions:
Whereas the State of Texas, having been admit
ted by an act Of Congress into the union of States,
known as the United States Of America, is now an
integral part Of that Union and though the govern
ment Of Mexico may dispute the fact, and deny our
right protect and defend the territory thus ac-
CURED or any part thereof yet the solemn and con-
stitutonal obligation Of the American government
to.do so cannot be questioned. And whereas the
Iepublc of Texas-now the State Of Texas, Of the
United States Of Americs-did, by the right Of rev.
olution, establish her independence, and by the act
ofsovereignty, in the year 1885, establish her boun
dairy to the westward of the Rio del Norte: And
whereas the government of Mexico, refusing
to recognise the independence of Texas, and
DENYING the right of the American Congress
TO admit that republic a State into the
Union of States, known as the United States of
America, has proceeded, in utter disregard of such
action of Congress- to invade the territory of Texas,
and shed the blood of American citizens, the soil
thew were commissioned to defend under the sane
ton of the constitution and laws of the United States
and whereas, by the law Of nations, war may law
fully exist by declaration which is unitateral only,
or without declaration on either side, but in conse-
auence and by effect of mutual hostiitie; and where
potisn, has not only declared icnr, the necessary
and inevitable effect of the occupation Of any part OF
Texas by the government of the United States but
her military leaders have deliberately invaded the
State of Texas, integral part of the United States
and engaged in mutual hostities with the army Of
the United States upon the territory OF the United
Siates and whereas, "as war exists, and, notWlth-
standing all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the &C
of Mexico herself we are called upon, by every
consideration Of duty and patriotism, to vindicate
with decision, the honor, the rights, and the inter
ests Of our country
Therefore, be il resolved, That we hail with pride
and satisfaction the act of Congress which recog
njses the war; as the act Of Mexican invasion, enC
provides for the prompt and speedy vindication o.
American rights and honor.
Resolved That the conduct Of the American Ex
ecutive, throughout all our relations with Mexico
has been marked by dignity and forbearanc'
which does honor to the magnanimity OF our people
considerate of the miserable and wretched weakness
ofthe government Of Mexico, which has so thought
lessly involved that unhappy country in foreign war
at the moment when domestic violence and anarchy
had consumed and destroyed the last spark OF con
stitutional freedom, which years of continued revo
luton had gradually shaken, until, in the eoquen
language of the President Of the United States, tn
government ofMexico, "tottering to its fall, )" blind
iy refused the proered message Of peace, and heap
ing injuries upon afflicted people, have produced
the natural and almost inevitable result of military
despotism-he horrors Of pn.
Resolved, That the should terminate at tn
earliest practicable moment The al-powerfu ir
Auence of public opinion, in an enlightened ant
Christian age, has condemned the very las
resort, and the greatest evil with which the provi
dence Of God has ever visited the people Of III
earth; and in the conduct and policy of the Amer
can Executive, we recognise no nsensblhty to thi
great principle, while the conclusion of his recen
Iaesssge-whch so fully vndicaes the honor an
character Of our counuy--presents striking an
honorable appeal to the high moral sense of the pee
pie to sustain him IN policy vital to the homo
Of the country and the lives and safety Of our fe
low-chrzens IN Texas, which policy is briefly an
eloauenty set forth In the manifesto which az
nounces TO the representatives, of the American pee
Die the violence and outrage which is even now b,
ing perpetrated upon American rights and homo
and which says, in conclusion, THAT the most ene
setc and prompt measures, and the immediate Of
pearance in arms Of a large and overpowerng forc
ave recommended to Congress as the most certai
and efficient means Of bringing the existing coliso
with Mexico TO a speedy and successful termination
In making these recommendations, deem it prop
IN derIare that IL ia nv anxious desire not only