Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-12-23
SOUTHPORT WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER %, ,s4t

demniiy for acknowledged ace If outrag,
and wrongs, was secured by treaty, the OBJ
/ gitions Of which are ever held sacred By
all just naiions. Yet Mexico has v.ola,et
her solemn engagement by falling and re
snsng TO make the payments. The two in
stalmenis due in April ond July, 1876, un
der the peculiar circumstances connected
with them, have been assumed by the u
5. and discharged 10 the claimants, but the y
are still due by Mexico.
But this is not all Of which we have Just
cause of complaint. To provide a remedy
for The claimIn's whose case were not de-
cided BY the JOINT commissioners under The
convention OF April 9Th, 1889, it was ex-
pressly stipulated by the 9th article OF The
convention Of the Both January, 1S43, that
a new convention shall be entered into for
the settlement ofaIl claims of the govern
ment and citizens of The u. S. against the
Republic Of Mexico, which were not final
~ decided by The late commission which
met in The city OF Washington, and OF all
claims of The government and citizens OF
Mexico against The U S.
In conformity with this sipulaiion,a third
convention was concluded and signed OF The
city OF Mexico, on the 20ih Nov. Si3, by
the plcnpo;entiaries Of The two governs
nienis, by which provisions was made for
ascertaning and paying those claims. In
Jane, lS4f, this convention was ratified by
the Senate of the q. S. with two amend
ments, which were maniieslly reasonable in
their character. Upon reference to the
amendments proposed 20 the government
by Mexico, the same reasons, difficulties
aud delays were inteIposed which have so
long marked the policy Of thai government
towards the U. S. II has not even yet de-
c.ded whether It would or would not ex-
coed 10 them, although the subject has been
repeatedly pressed upon lis consideration.
Mexico has thus violated second time,
The Eish o: treaties, by falling or refusing
10 carry into effect the 9th article Of the
Convention Of June, 1913.
Such is The history Of wrongs which we
have sustained, end patiently endured from
Mex co, through long series Of years. So
far from atiording reasonable satisfaction
for the injuries and insults we have borne,
"a great agglavation of them consists in the
fact that while the u. S. were anxious 20
preserve good underst anding with MeXi-
co, have been constantly but vaInly employ
ed in seeking redress for past wrongs, new
outiages were constantly occurring, which
have continued To increase our causes OF
complainf, and to swell the amount Of our
demands. While the citizens of The U. S.
were conducting lawful commerce with
Mexico, under the guarantee of treaty Oh
.anity, commerce, and navigation many Of
Them suffered all the injuries which would
have resulted from open war. This treaty
instead OF affording protection TO our ciri-
zeas, has bcenshe means of inviliRg then2
iBio the por;s OF Mexico, tha, they might
be,as they have been in numerous instances
plundered of their property. and deprived OF
their PERSONAL libeity if they dared to insist
on their rights.
Had the unlawful seizure of American
property, and the violation Of the personal
liberty Of our citizens. 10 say nothing OF the
insults TO our flag winch have occurred in
the ports Of Mexico, taken place on the
'gh sens, they would Of themselves long
since have constituted a state Of actual war
Between the two countries.
In so long suffering Mexico 10 violate
her treaty obligations, plundering our citi-
zens Of their property and implisoning them
without afford NJ them any re lgess,we have
filled 10 perform one Of The fist and high
est duties which every government owes
10 its ciiiezns; and The consequence has
been that many of them have been reduced
from n sia,e Of affi lence to baHkrup'cy.-
Tie proud name of American citizen, which
Ought 10 project all who bear it fon insull
and injury, throughout the void, has nilor-
ded 70 such protection TO our citizens in
Mexico. We had ample cause of war with
Mexico long before the breaking out OF
hostiliies, but even then we foIbore TO
take redress into our own hands, until Mex
leo herself became the aggressor, by inva-
ding our soil in hostile array aud shedding
tie blood of our citizens
These are the great causes Of complaint
on the part Of The Z. S. against Mexico
causes which existed long before the annex
alton Of Texas 10 the American Union And
yet, animated by the love of peace. and a
magnanimous moderation, we would not a.
dept these measures of redress which under
such circumstances are the justified resort
of injured nations.
Tie annexation Of Texas 10 the United
STATES constituted no jns, cause of oflence
to Mexico. The pretence that it did SO, is
wholly inconsistent and irreconc liable with
well authenticated facts. connected with the
reyolut or by which Texas became inde~
pendent Of Mexico. That this may be the
more manifest, it may be proper to advert TO
the causes and 10 the history OF the Prlnci~
pie events OF that revelation.
Texas constituted a portion of the an
cicnt province of Louisan coded 10 the
Z. S. by France in the year 1901. In the
year 1919, the L. S. by the Florida treaty,
coded TO Spain all that pa, ofLouisana with
IN The present lint is of Texas, and Mexico,
by the revolution which separated her iom
Spain, and rendered her an independent
nation conceded 10 the rights Of he mother
country over his territory. In the year
1924, Mexico established Federal ConslI-
tut.oa, under which The Republic was com
posed of sovereign states, confedcrated to-
Iciher in federal union similar 10 our
own Each ef those states had lis own ex-
ecutives, legislature and judiciary, and for
all except federal purposes, WAS ind2Pen-
jeni OF The general government and hat OF
the other Staies,as arc Pennsylvania OF VIZ.
GINA under our constitution. Texas and