The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-07-11

and a government new IN lOtm anu III ld'
Substituted, into which Texas never entel
ed and the authority of which over her sh
always deniedl-The Mexican confedera
ton Of s24 was modelled after our Union
and Texas entering into IT along with Go
hahuIa, placed herself in situation simils
to that of one Of the states oI this Union
Now If our General Government were de
sroyed, the constitution of our union ob
Irogaled, 50. what would be the position o
The several slaleS' Why, precisely tn,
position of Texas in 1894: they would bt
independent soverelgnllIes--lree TO form
new political connections, or not a, lheli
pleasure and no one Of them could right
fully be obliged TO enter into new genera
Government differing in material features
from The old. All righuu authority in gov.
ernmeni is founded upon The consent OF the
governed. Texas never having consented
o enter into a new government founded on
the ruins OF lhe confederation Of 1924, was
never part Of Mexico subsequent 10 the
destruction Of that confederation. The as
'erllOn therefore Of any right by Mexico
over Texas since 1894, being without con.
sent from ilo citizens, is nothing less than
fragrant usurpation. Annexation then can.
not afford Mexico just cause for war, for
The simple reason that she had no existing
rights 10 be Injured or affected thereby.
Her rights were ex,inguished, utterly, when
The confederation Of "a was sundered, and
were never revived though The subsequent
wears Of revolution and disorder with which
hat country has been cursed and degraded,
We are therefore, without laull OF ours,
plunged into the existing war war hilh-
'rlo most glorious TO our arms and lde re-
,ull Of which i, is no, difficult 10 foreleI.
rhe humblirg Of Mexico ard the srqulsi-
ion Of California, are natural consequences
It the pending sIrpggle-and the judgement
# the country will eventually approve of
he acquisition tina, causes, and tho scqnlsI-
ior that follows ,lhe Mexican war Of 1886 |
Hitherto no territory has been acquired by
IS from foreign power by force. Wei
ave he'd in no reluctant, suhjeclion a van.
pushed people-we have made no con,
quests by the sword. In the cnse OF Tex
IS, no force was used 20 acquire. however
. may be iu defending il.
But, our acquisitions Of Indian territory
,ave been forcibIe. As regards the Indi
ms The action Of the whites since iheirI
irst settlement on this continent, has beer
aggressive. We have pushed westward
lhs red.race. killed their warriors and oc
,Upied their hunricg grounds "1he red
ace has disappeared from the 8lIsntic
tubes that resisted civilization,
net exinniicn," (Benton True, Penn
purchased Pennsylvania Of The natives
'ct ,haS has been greatly auded as one of
usice and honor-and The general Gov
,rnmenl has made the Indians some com
for their western cessions of
'0il. But it holds true, as general re
mark, that the retreat westward OF The Ied
ace has been the result of force. But isl
/ clear that in this the while.rsce has been
n the wrong-lhsi The natives Of this con.
inenl have reason for complaint : At The ere.
ion the command was given TO man, lo "re-
1enish he earth &subdue iI:'(Gen 1928 )&I
,fer The fall, il is said, Vhs Lord God sent
nan forth from the garden of Eden to ,iIlI
he ground whence he Was taken, and &c
,larsj ,ha, "in The sweat Of his face should
,s ca, bread" (t;en. III. % and l9.j
Thrse commands wero nevel fulflled by the
borigiues of this continent. w" i'o'uT
,alion then. in the white race to Till the
round to replenish and subdue ito
xtcnd to the new world the light Of clViIl
.alion and chrislanily' JuGgo Breckenridge
sys the sborigineS Of this continent can
,svs bu' small pretsnss TO 4 soil which
hey have nsVsr cultivated" The law
II nature where Tho law OF revelation is MOI
,nown, sufficiently enjolnF on every man
hat he contract his claim OF soil TO equal
POUNDS and pursue that manner of lifs
which is most consistent with the general
population Of the earth and the increase OF
,appne8s TO mankind. And it will easily
ppear that The mode Of life by pasIurage
IT hunting requires a more extensive tertia