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


and a government new ia form and in fac
Substituted, into which Texas never enter
ed and the authority of which over her che
1lwavs denied!-The Mexican coniedera-
zion of S24 was modelled after our Union,
and Texas entering into II along with To-
hahuila, placed herself in situation similar
to that of one of the states Of this Union
ENow if our General Government were de-
sroyed, the constitution of our union eb
rogated, -. wha, would be the position oI
the several sia,esl Why, precisely the
position of Texas in 1894; they would be
independent sovereIgnitles-free TO form
new political connections, or no. at their
pleasure no one of them could righI>
IulIy be obliged 10 enter into new general
Government, differing in material features
from tho old. AL rghuul authority 10 gov
ernment is founded upon the consent Of The
governed. Texas never having consented
| o enter into new government founded on
IAUC IulUo VI lIlb COUltutl dhun VI lOSfI "pS
never part Of Mexico subsequent TO the
destruction OF that confederation. The as
,ertlon therefore of any right by Mexico
over TeXa, since 1884, being without con-
sent from its citizens, is nothing less than
fragrant usurpalion. Annexation then, can
not afford Mexico just cause for war. for
The simple reason that she had no existing
rights to be Injured or affected thereby,
Her rights were exlinguished, utterly. when
the confederation Of "a was eundered, and
were never revived though the subsequent
wears Of revolution and disorder with which
,ha, country has been cursed and degraded.
We are therefore. without taul. Of ours,
plunged into the existing war war hih-
rrlo most glorious TO our arms and the re-
suit Of which il is not difficult TO foretel
| rhe humblirg Of Mexico ard the acqnisi<
ion Of California, are natural consequences
af the pending slrpggle--and the indgemen,
bG the country will eventually approve ol
the acquisition tha, causes, and the acquisl-
ion tina, foIIows,ihe Mexican war Of 1916.
! Hitherto no territory has been acquired by
ns from foreign power by force. We
have held in no reluctant subjecion van
qaished people-we have made no con,
quests by the sword. In the case Of Tex
,s, no force was used % acquire however
it may be in defending ii.
But, our acquisitions of Indian territory
have been forcible. AS regards Ihe lndi
ans The action of the whites, since theil
Iirst settlement on this continent, has been
aggressive. We have pushed westward
me red.race, killed their warriors and oc
cupied their hun'irg grounds. "1he RED
rsce has disappeared from the HIlantit
Icoast-the tubes that resisted civilization
met exlinc,ien." (Ben,on } True, Penr
purchased Pennsylvania of the natives ar
act tina, has been greatly lauded as one o
IIInstice and honor-and The general Gov
ernment has made the Indians some com
Ipensation for their western cessi0ns o
q, soil. But ii holds rue, as a general re
! mark, that the retreat westward OF the Iet
p race has been the result Of force. But /
p II clear, that in this the while-rsCe has beel
lin the wrong-thai The natives Of this con
uinent have reason for complaint Al The ere
Ition the command was given 10 man, 70 gre
b. plenish lhe earth &subdue iG"(Gen. LES )6
+ ,f,er the fall, it ia said, the Lord God sen
man forth from ihe garden of Eden to al
E lhe ground whence he was taken, and dc
, Iclsred that "in the sweat Of his face shou
F he es, bread" (Gen. III, 70 and 49,
, rhrse commands were never iolhlIed by th
NJ lborignes Of this continent. Was itneHi
oa,ion then. in the white race 10 iii IN
rl yround' to replenish and subdne ut
- xtcnd TO the new world the light ot civil
zauon and chIisrisnity' Judge Brackenridg
d says, "the abougines Of this continent ca
II nave but small ple,enee TO soil whlc
-I,hev have never cultivated" "The La
/, lof nature where the law Of revelation ls M
y known, sufficiently enjons on every ma
E kha, he contract his claim of soil 10 equ'
u sounds and pursue that msLner of Id
which is most consistent with the gener
o populaton Of the earth and the increase
lLoninass IN mankind And il will asiI