Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-12-14

IN. sutbn a. web that under the i.denicah
/ st atltn. the peorle f1e>as owed alb z anre. =.
Emnants irln iureign Countries, lhclhalhe 'i'e III
I'D States were invited ~ the colonization laws ct the
/ s,,s, AMI IL III, federal government To settle III
IeAas Advaniagouus trims were offered Ia indnee
them 10 leave heir own country and become mtA-
riu eit.zcrs THIS invitation Ms accepted by many
/ # mr. citizens. In the full faith that III H"r new
home they woulI he governed by laws enacted by
~ themselves and that illcr IVES
liberty aud roperty'wond be- lfoiec'ed by constitution
al guarantees similar 10 those VIII oh existed In the rpnb
| lie they had lett nder government thus orgnnized
they continued until TIM year ls55, when military II '
oluan r Ike out IN the city Of Mexico, Which entirely
,ubyarlod The federal and state Constitutions, and placed
a military dictaiora at the head ofihe government
b, sweeping degree oa Congress subservlcnt tn the
will of ,hc dia r tie several State stlliin,s Were
abolished and the States themselves converted into mere
departments Of the Central Government Tie people n
Texas werr unwilling to submit 10 this rsnrpa,n Re
s;tance such tyranny became huh duty. lrNas Was
full, al solved from all allegiance 10 the Central Govern
M Of Mexico from the moment that tic government had
abolished her State constitution, and in lis place SUI s
u'ed an arbitrary and despite Central Government.
/ Such the principal causes u tile Texan reroln
to-. Tie people II Teas at once determined upon
r anta, aud 10 In tie midst o these nnpor
ta1t am cNrinr cvcais, however th, did not omit To
rlaae thot Liberties upsr secure aud permanent i1nnda-
ton They elected members to convention, who, IN the
IN nth Of March, n, Issucl i1rmai declaration that
III meal canncN ion with the Me Mean nation has
forever ended and thai The people Of Texas do
stiaie fREr. rRIiGN aud IsoErENrEhr nEruBlLc.
aud are fully invested with all the rah3 and attributes
which properly belong In ndclead.lt nations They
also al ptod fr lhcir government, liberal republican
constitution. About the some time, Santa Anna, then
the Dictator II MoN,co. invaded Texas with Eumefers
arm the p,irpre OF suhdung her people, and enorc
ine obedience his arbitrary and despoc government
On tietwrfty first Of April, ls5o he Was met by the
Texan c2 sodicls and on titt day WAS achirvtd.b by
them the mcnarablq victory Of san )acinio, by which
they conquered their independence. Considering the
numbers engaged on the respective sides. HISTORY does
no record more brilliant Achievement Santa Anna
! himself VAS among the eaptycs.
In the month # May ls, Santa Anna acknowledged,
by treaty with The Texan authorities III the most solemn
form, the full, entire and perfect independence OF the
republic Of Texas" 1t is true he then prisoner OF
war bu it is equally true that he had failed to rcconqner
Texas and had met with s.gua defeat; that his auth ~
had been revoked, and that 10y virtue OF the o, H.
obtained his personal release. by II host. ,oe ,,,y,
pended and the army which had n AIDED Texas under
his command returned IN pr anco Of this arrano,ncn,
unn,oeslcd, To Mexico
From the day III" The hattie e San .,en,o was l,nqt
"n' Inc pres hour, Mexico has possessed the
power u conquer ToHas. In the language Of he Soc
TeP Of State OF the nllcd States, despatch tuour
.nnlster IN Mexico under date oil the 9Th Of July, lS12
mexico may have chosen To consider and may still
choose 10 consider IeNas having been at all tim,
1855, and as sill con nuing rebclious province hut
the world has been obliged take very different view
Of the matter. From the time ofhe battle e San ia
cnto in April, fS6, to the present moment, Texas has
exhibited the external sinus OF national mdcpen-
dence Mexico hers, IT, aud vi quito as much stability
of government Practically free andndcpcndont acknuwl
edged as political sovereignty by the principal Powers
the world, HUSTLE foot finding rest within Ii, territory
for SIX yeas aud Mexico herself retaining for
all that period from any further artcnpt establish lac
own authority over that territory, IT canap but be sur
prislng 10 find MIR de Boenegrt Che Secretary Of For
cgn Aifurs of Mexico) complaining that tJr that
whole period citizens OF the United States or its
MT bavt. h,tu I,Vr tI,r
supplying them with vessels. nunitun. .i ~ ..,.
as the war Tor the reduction o the province Of f>as
has been constantly prosecuted by Me- co aid her
success prevented by these influences from abroad
In the despatch the Secretary OF State allirms
that since s7 the nited States have regarded Texas
as Independent sovereignty. much Mexico;
and that trade and commerce with citizens Of govern
mcnt at with Mexico cannot, that account,
he regarded intercourse by which assistance and
suceor given 10 Mexican rebels. The whole eur
rent Ct MIR. dc Baronreas remarks runs in the di
r,cllon II the Independence of leNas had not teen
acknowled ,ed. II has been acknowledged-it Was
acknowledged in lsa' agons the remonSrance and
+ protest of Ne>co; and most of the acts of any I'M
poraacc of which Mr.. De Bocaucgra complains. flow
necessarily from that recognition lie speaks Of Tex
as .ill being AN integral part Of the Territory
of the McNican republic, but he cannot but understand
that the | ncd States do not rt9ardit Tho real
plant of Mexico therefore is. IN substance, nchct more
e nor less than conn ant against the recognition Of
I Texan ind pendcncc. 1t may In though rather late 10
repeat that complaint and not quito just To contne II to
the nltcd States 10 the exempt o ENGLAND. France
and Bel um unless the United States having been the
r first Acknowledge the irdep, ndcnce of Mexico her
sell, To be blamed tr setting example fer the
cognon of thai of Texas" And he added that 1.-THE
constitution public treaties, and the laws ohue The
President 10 regard Texas independent State and
It's territory part OF he territory Of Mexico" Ten
as had been an independent State, with an organized
government dciNlng the power OF Mexico 10 overthrow
OF reconqucr her tor than years before Nj Nco
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