The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-24

and our minister returns. Mexico threatens an in
weston of Texas, and concentrates troops on the
frontier. Our army are ordered to Corpus Christi,
on the psst bank of the Nueces, and there they
main, while this government Is Informed that min
lister will be received from this country. The Ex-
ecutive, actuated by the same forbeaTance which
has always been manifested by this country tow
ards Mexico, Immediately dispatches Mr. Slidell.
He is refused reception upon the pretext that his
powers were general, TO settle all matters in dis.
pute, and not restricted TO negotiation about Tex
as. Now, II our minister had been restricted TO
that single subject, is 1t not apparent that, in this,
there would be direct admission that we had no
right TO annex Texas without the consent Of Mex-
cor And Is any one prepared to make this admis-
slonf The vote OF admission, at the present SEES
sion, shows that number TO be exceedingly small
In our resolutions Of annexation, this government
reserves the right to settle by negotiation, all ques
TONS of boundary. That negotiation, so contem-
plated 10 Indignantly refused. The Mexican army
are rapidly assembling on the Rio Grande. That
riyer since the independence Of Texas TO say the
least OF it,) has been claimed her western boun-
dairy. IL was recognised by Santa Ana, IN the
treaty he made with the Texans upon his release
in 1885, the full benefits of which treaty the Mexi-
cans enjoyed, and by which they are most assured
y morally bound. That boundary has ever since
been claimed in all the public acts Of Texas, and by
this government recognised at the present session Of
Congress.
After all attempts at negotiation had failed, the
army is ordered to the frontier TO resist threatened
inyasion-the most appropriate position, as all
must admit, for supplies and communication. While
thus posted, we are attacked, and American blood
is split, and the war in which are now engaged
Is the consequence. 1t will not do to say in justi
fcstion of Mexico that tho country between the
Nueces and the Rio Grande was disputed territory
Mexico claimed the tohois of Texas a revolted
province. What else, after negotiation failed, could
any American President be expected 10 do but 10
defend the territory claimed by Of the States Of
this Union Suppose he had neglected to place the
army in the position he did, and Mexico had invaded
Texas would he not Justly have incurred the se-
verest censure, and received the most indignant
demnation for gross dereliction Of duty to of
States Of this Unoni This, briefly, is the state OF
facts for which the Executive is stigmatized as being
guilty Of the grossest usurpaton. Let gentlemen
beware how they deal In denunciations OF the gov
eminent Of their country, engaged in the commend
able act of resisting invasion Of the territory and
defending the rights and honor Of Of the States,
They will most certainly incur the execration Of a
patriotic constituency, and ultimately will be placed
in the same category with the peace-party federal
lists Of the last war, who were visited with mered
rebuke and political oblivion. trust and believe
the Mexican war will be a short one The spirit
Of the country waited here from every section is a
certain guarantee Of that desirable result And our
course and success in this conflict will be another
evidence that we shall furnish TO Europe, that while
the people Of this country will never insist upon
any thing but what is right, they never will submit
to anything that is wrong.
Mr. w. HUNT addressed the committee in OPP
position to the BILL and in vindcation generally Of
the system Of protection, and the tariff policy Of
1912.
Mr. WINTHROP obtained the floor, and moved
that the committee rise.
The motion prevailing, the committee rose and re-
ported
And, after sundry motions for calls ofthe House,
and to adjourn,
The House, (no quorum being presently ad-
journed.
The following petitions and memorials were pre-
sented under the rule and referred to the appropriate
committees:
By Mr.. BROCKENBROUGH: The petition Of John p
Baldwin and others citizens Of Ddde county Florida for
maroute in that county referred to the Committee the
Post Office and Post Roads.
By Mr.: McCLELLAND: Three memorials Of citizens Of
Michigan in regard to the mineral lands Lake SUPERIOR
referred to the Committee Public ands
By Mr.. MOSELEY: Two several petitions Of Betsy shur.
burne widow Of Andrew sherburne and of Phebe Parham
widow Of Ezekiel Parham revolutionary pensioners pray
ing that they may he placed on the pension roll.