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surrender. The rrieviOus wrongs perpe'
uated by Mexico upoa our tzrus though
QUIT long period Of years remain unTs'
dressed; and solemn treBties pledgng hel
public faith iOT th sTtdress has been dlsfe'
garded. A government either unable OI
/ unwilling, to ioree the execution Of surt
treaties, tails 10 perform one OF It's planes
] dulips.
Ou commerce with Mexico has heen al
most annhilated. II was formerly high J
beneficial % 10th nations; but our mer'
chants hsve been deferred frOm prosecut
ing il BY the system OF outrage end extOr'
ton which .h~ Mexican aatboriiiPs have
pursued against the ~; whlIst their appeals
though Their own go,erimenI for lndem'
nifty have teen made in VAN. Our for
bparaucr has gone To such an extreme as
TO be mistaken in lIs character. dad " 4
acted wuh ylgor in rspelling the insults
and redrtssing the injuries inflicted 10y
MeXlro at the commencement, We should
doubtless have escaped all the difficulties
ia which We are involved.
Instead Of this. however. We have been
exerIug our lest efforts 10 propiliate her
good will. uTon the preIexl that Texas, a
nation as independent as herself, thought
proper to unite its destinies with our own, ,
she has effected 10 believe thai we have
severed her rightlul territory, and in Off
Cial pIOclamation, and IN manilesloes, has
repeatedly threatened 10 make war upon
us tor the purpose OF recorquering Texas.
In the meantime We have tried every effort
at reconciliation, The cup Of iorbearance
had been exhausted, even before the re-.
cent information from the frontier Of the
D. Norte. But row. alIer reiterated me-
naCes, Mexico has passed the boundary OF
the UnJud States, has invaded our terri
o'v and she'd American blood upon the
AWe lean soil. She has proclaimed that
hOsllilips have commenced, aud that the
two ratio are now at war. As war ex-
isls, and Notwithstanding efforts to avoid
it, exists by the act OF Mexico herself, we
are It'd upon BY every consideration OF
duty a patr ism to vlndicale with dec-
zion the honor, the rights and the interests
OF the country.
Anticipating possibility Of a crisis like
that Which has arrived, instructions were
given in August last, a. Il precautionary
measure against invasion or threatened
invasion, auIho zing Gen. Taylor, il the
emergency required - accept volunteers,
not from Texas orlv but from the States
OF Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Ten
nessec and keulucky. And cOrrespOnd-
ing letters err addressed to the resppc-
live governors o those States. These in-
an a.. Ia, l..
last, soou after the incorporation Of Texas
! to our Union OF States, Gen. Taylor was
further uthor2ed by the President to make
Il requisitol upon the Executive of that
State for such OF its militia force as may
be needed to rtle invasion, or to secure
the country agansI apprehended iGva-
sion.
On the second day Of March he was a.
gain reminded in the event OF the uppronch
Of any considerable Mexican force, prompt
~ and efficiently to ne the authority with
which be was clothed, to call 10 him such
auxiliary force ~ he might nted. War
actually existing, and our territory having
teen invaded, Gen. Taylor, pur.u,nt 10
authoriy invested in him, hy my dner.
Iiors, bls called on the Governor OF Tpxas
Tor tour regiments of State tr,opF, two to
he mounted md two 10 serve on foot; and
on the Governor OF Lou -Iana TO four rcg.
meuts ollhantry, to be sent to him as soon
u practcalIr
In inther vindicalion of our rights, and !
the deter CO OF oar territory, invoke the !
prompt action Oj Congress, to recognize the !
existence OF the war; and 10 place at the |
disposition Of the Executive the means OIL
the war with vigor, and thus
hasten the restoration OF peace. 70 ths
end recommend that authority should
given 10 call into the pubic service large /
body Of volunteers, TO serve Tor not less
than six or twelve months, unless sooner
discharged.
A volunteer folce is, beyond question,
more efficient than any other description .
ot citizen soldiers, and it is not to be Doubt
'd, thata nunhCria beyond that required, |
would readily rush to the field upon the ,
'n|I OF their country. mthprr recommend, ,
that literal povis on be made for sus,ain-
ing our entire military iorce and turrlsh- |
ng it viii supplies and munilors OF war. |
Most energetic and prompt measures
tnd the immediate appearance in aims OF
a large and oVerp0werlng ioce are re-
commented to Congress as the most cer-
,di and efficient means oil bringing the |
exist g collisi0n~wilh Mexico to spec
iy aad successful termination.
In making these recommendations, | !
deem it proper to declare that it is my anx-
lona dasre, nor only to terminate The hos
u!ltles speedily. but to bring all matters in
dispute hetween this government and
Mexico To an early and amicahIe adjust
menG aud with this view shall he prepar-
60 to renew negotlrtons whenever Mcxi-
20 shall be ready TO receive propositions or
70 make propositions OF her own.
transmit herewith a copy OF the cores
pondence tetween our Envoy to Mexico
and the Mexican Minister Tor Foreign Al
fairs and so much of the correspondence
between that Envoy aud the Secretary of