The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-12-17

zee cannot doubt bat that such measures vii
be Immediately adopted as may be neces.
sary 70 ylndica.e the honor Of the country,
ana insure amplc rrpardtoa to our INJURED
citizens.
The Committee on Foreign Ah',ifs of
the House Of Representatives made a sim.
liar recomme adAtion. Inlheir report, they
say that they fully concur Nilh the Pes
tdent lint ample cause exists Cor taking re
dress into or own hands, aud beeve that
We should BE- justified 10 The opinion Of 9TH.
cr nations for taking such a stop. Blt they
are wiling to Try the experiment ol annih.
CT demand, made in The mos, solemn farm,
upon the justice Of the Mexican govern.
ment, before any further proceedings are
adopted
No difference of opinion upon The sub.
ject IS believed Ia haze existed IN Congress
II that time; the Executive aud LegisIa.
tive departments CONQUERED; and yet such
has been our l1raelrancc, and desite 10
preserve peace with McNco, thai the
wlongs Of which We Then comp AIMED, and
winch gave rise 10 lhesr solemn proceed.
iug, mol only remain uprcdfesscd u this
day, but additional cause e complaint, Of
nn aggravated character have ever siacc
been accumuaiu Z,
Shouly after these proceedings, \ spe.
clai messCa erwis despatched 10 Mexico,
d make tiai Gemld fur redress; aud
On HE twentieth Of jay, l@37 be demand
Mas made. TIE reply oC the Mexican gov
crumcm Lpats dutc ua The - % Of Ia" sam
mpn,h, aud contains assurance, 81 the
"anVious Wtsh of tie Mexican govern
ment mot 10 delay the NONE Of lhu Fl
nal and rqallIbe adjustment which $ 10
terminate lte cxl>tn. difficulties between
the two governments; lint nothing
should DC lcil uu8onc whcl may contrib.
ue 70 The mos, speedy and equitable de.
termination ut the subjects which have -
seriously augt1cI the attention Of the 4.
mcrlcau government : TINT the Nix.
can government, would adopt rs The only
guides for IL conduct, The p'a,u,,t prnci.
pies ol pubic ug'H, the sacred obhg ,ttons
imposed hy international law, AMI the re-
g,ous fai;h ot treaties Y aud tina, what
ever reason aad la,nco may dIcae re-.
speeding each case Wl,! Dc Jone.' The
assurances was further gwen, thai the de-.
ci..un OF the MsNcuu gogrranea, upon
each cause Of complaint, ior winch redress
had L,ap demanded, should be communal.
clrd To }.ta Lnycumeut of the United
Sates b tie MeN.cau m.D.s.eg ii Wash.
rrton
These schema assurances, 10 answer To
our acmasd Tor &c re.s, were dsregtrJcd.
Is making them, however, VI xicu obtain.
Cd further delay. President Van Buren,,
"a hs annual message to Congress Of thc
oh Of ID cember, ~37, states, that 4" al.
though the larger nuhhcr Of our de.
mands for redress, aud "onny aj tbcmag
rrayaled cases OF personal wrongs, have
been nGw for wears before the Mexican
government, aud some OF the causes vi M.
llona complaint, and those OF the most Of.
fcnslye character admitted OF immediate,
simple, and satisfactory replies, Il IS Gully
within a iew days past that any specific
communication VA answer 10 our last de-
mlnd, made i've months ago, has been re-.
cc,yeJ fren the Mexican ministers mi,
,hat for not one OF uur public complaints
ha. satisfaction been given OF off red TINT
but one OF the cases OF personal wrong has
been iayorahly considered aud that bat
four cases Of both descriptions, ogIt Of all
those formally presented, and earnestly
pressed, have rs VET baeu decided upon by
the Mexican government President ! an
Buren,, believing that 1t would 70 van 10
make any further attempt to ublala redress
by the Ordinary means wllhla the power OF
the Executive, communicated this opinion
To Congress IN The message referred to- m
which he SAIL Ga careful and deI,be.
rate examination of the contents cot the
correspondence with the Mex can govern.
ment,) and considering the sputt maol-
tested by the Mexican government. Il has
become my painful duty 10 return the sub.
leci as il now stands, 10 c ugtesS, 10 whom
it belongs, to decide upon The time, the
mode, and the measures Of redress Had
the L. States al that tme adopted compul
soty measures, and taken redress INTO their
own hands, all our difficulties with Mex
co would probably have been long since
adjusted, and The existing war have been
avcrjed. Magnanmty ard moderation on
our par, only had the effect to compIca'e
these difficulties, and render an amcabIe
settlement of them the more embarrassing.
That such measures of redress, ander SIN
liar proyocaiious, commlited by any OF the
powerful nations of Europe, would have
been promptly resortcd to by The l, Safes,
cannot be doubted. The national honor,
and the preservat on of the national char
acter throughout the world, as well rs our
own selfrespcct and the protection due ia
our own citizens, would have rendered such
n resort Indispensable. The history OF no
civilized nation IN modern times has pre-
sented within so brief a period so many
wanton attacks upon the honor Of It's flag,
and upon tho property and persons ct ITS
citizens, as had at that Time been borne by
the L. States from the Mexican authorities
and people. But Mexico was sister re-
public, on the North American continent,
occupying n territory contiguous to our
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