New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-26
rEw-YeRK, TUESDAY MORNING. NAY 20 1916.
Letter from Hon. L. Severance,

Letter from Hon. L. Severance,
Gtrizg ats Rcas0ns f0r refusing TO rote Ne. sHd
Money jor Tie War.
HorsE OF EzrzEsEs1ATIvEs, Aay Il 1856
To he Edi.o-s Of lk< yaa9-ial L1.ea;9e=11:
GESrLExEs: Being one OF the fourteen members
Of the House who yesterday voted against The bill
appropristins ten millions OF dollars be placed AZ
the disposal Of the President, 10 enable him 10 cary
on the war against Mexico which has commenced
and having been unable 20 obtain the floor 10 give
e1v reasons f0r M Tote, ask the favor OF perI Of
column Of your paper 10 exPiaia those reasons.
mad 10 objection TO vote any supplies necessary
fo- the relief OF our army but regard the very FIRST
line of the Dill "a pal pa5le raisstseCent OF fac;.
believe the Me1icans upon The Rio Gcande. have
been acting strictly IN se defence, and L they have
made manly resistance to General TAYLOR they sr- 20 be
hono-ed and appiAude q. doing without calling
in question he mode By which the Mexican department q
Texas was verted STATE Of UnioHI tn deny that
General Taye STAGE ne advanced beyond the Sueee has
been either soil Of the T. States or or ;Aa; OF Tex
He has BEEN and was tie last in the Mexican
department Of Taanpas and II Is there Mexican scl
that blood hec- he war has no, beer commenced
bv Mexico bu BY the President Of the Uni;ed States WITH
out the authority OF Congress and without any necessity
Il was not required bv any sound policy and /; to-
tally forbidden ny the Constitution Of the United states
by regard for Justice and b. international comfy ana
good faith.
II very true that The Texan Congress resolved lis
limits up to the Rio Grande- and so conveyed paper
be: nothing clear than hat ;hey had no more night
"a convey anv country bayond :Ae SGsces than they had
10 convey Sew-Leon. Z4catecas or Durango. They Go
no: pretend believe. that the State Department OF
Texas originally extended heyond the Sueces but they
say hey have extended the Texan Republic 10 that ver
BY their victorious arms; that hey hold ey the same
iii. that they hold Texas propehe right Of conquest,
the rsht OF revolution. 1hi, 90 not believe is
As far my Information extends every expedition which
they sent 20 the valley Of the ko Grande upon its upper
or lower waters complete failure. The people
that river who are nearly all MeXcans. submitted
to Texan authority civil or military. know IL IS ell In
Guided on payr in the Congressional District OF
Texas but IL Is actually represented in the krcan Con-
gres. Our coeconla~s too as the President says
in hi; Message Of yesterday are extended over Il II 90
there strange confusion in our laws for have also in
force law allowing drawback OF duty goods imported
from Europe or elsewhere. and carried over land via St
LOUIS 10 Santa re (Which is on small river emptyng
into this side the BIO Grande) This nc; s positive
Acknowledgement; Santa Fe Is not in the United States
law II mistake signed by President Polk himself
Narrower the Santa e traders have continued up 10 this
pay lmpost duties 20 the Mexican Treasury for
both foreign ard American goods thu, Carried over land
and sold In Santa fe
Mr. S.natf Benton as strictly correct In saying two
year. sso that the Texan Congress had wronefuly in
GUIDED paper parts OF the provinces or departments
of TanAulipss Coahuils Chihuahua and New Mexico
very te attention geography and the history OF the
operations of the en;graars from the United States to
Texas will show that they have no right whatever 10
any country of the Nuecc- north II Red River
having brought il under ih-i- authority They at
tempted TO do i; several times but always failed
Their frs, WAS in 1886. coon after the Tex
declaration ofindspendence An sxpedition was sent
seize the customhnuse and public property AZ Ma,s
but before IL reached the Rio Grands II was met
and driven back By Anss army. then advancing
After the bale Of San Jacino. in Eastern T-xm in the
y-Rr recolect movement upon the Rio Grande
until 1899 when see some mention OF ANAL msrsud
ing expedition which penetrated IA isr az Sato 10 Goa
hula and whose greatest boosted exploit consisted in
i,s mastery and escape into Texas avoiding the
pursuing aexcsps skillfay as Xauophons ten thou
sand Greeks did the armies NJ Psrsia.
The the Santa Re expedition In SAl,
when President Lamar three commissioners with
armed civil uosse of three hundred men
lie the Mexican settlements the upper waters OF the Rio
Grande, and bring them under Texan authority These
treated invaders all captured and sent 10 the
mines Mexico Thus stood until the summer Of
lsi2, when Gen. Cos, or Gen Vol" crossing the Nueces.
advanced o Texas rs far as the river san An
tonic IT, Texans having rallied considerable force he
retreated and Texan army OF or eight hundred
under Cen Somervie. pursuit. They crossed
Rio Grante Laredo. and sacked tie General
Soeryile. unable restrain their rapacity ordered
treat being entirely without funds with which pay
hut between five and SIX hundred refused
obey. elected new leader, declared they could help
themselves TO what they wanted In al eHenys country
ali the they could find on the river bunt those
they did not waHt set off down the river Mer, of
which they cot possession the night but next day
all captured by Ampuca, and marched OF Int the In
terror OF Mexico cspves. Some were couined IN the
castle and employed in paving repairing
Of the city OF Mexico 60 not know whether
all them vet liberated This In January,
s43 the last Texan attempt upon he Rio Grandr,
or any point arit.
believe the right Of eoaqusSt is generally acknowledged.
but never before heard Of country being acquired By
successive aud unvaying defeats yet such the title
which Texas conveys and which The President has
ordered Gen Taylor 10 the Rio Grande 10 MAINTAIN The
bill which passed Horse yesterday sanctions his pro-
ceetng and endorses his manifesto of the causes OF the
war throwing thu oduI. on Mexcaps which justly
taches 10 himself.
have another objection to the bin II virtually author~
ICES the President TO make reQusous Of militia 10 be
marched beyond the limits of the Cniie States, in vioa-
ton Of The Constitution.
Among the enumerated grievances W hich the Pres-
dent ses forth against Mexico IS her neglect 10 pay cas
for spolistons acknowledged 10 DC daa II this were
cause OF war Il would be the duty Of Congress 10 de-
clare it and for the President 10 commence IL with
out declaration; but considering the distracted cond
zion of Mexico; considering 10 how many hands the
government been when these spoiiatons were com
I!.ted considering TOO that Santa Ana made forced
loan 10 pay up some OF the nstments o the treaty, at
a time loo when we were jespoing Mexico of one OF
her tairest prov noes do think IL very manly
generous in us 10 commence ho.tres because Mexico
has failed TO pay these claims from empty treasury
ct least while we with full treasury have 10
pav our own ctzcrs for French spoa:ons Tor which We
became responsible nearly bali century Hgo and whilst
too many Of the States Of our Uuion enjoying profound
peace are refusing themselves 70 pay the interest
their debts, and one or more actually repuoia'ing
them.
when some one remarked 20 Taleyrsud that Eapo-
leon had been guilty OF crime 10 putting The Due Eng
helm TO death the willy old politician remarked that il
was worse than crime; Il bunder.' Unless the
President desires and looks the conquest Of Mex
leo submit whether h. mas committed both pot
ical crime and bunder and will wait Tor an answer