The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-12-17

this dsy. but aaasional e.aes ef eom'
plsini, Of an gEayaied rhgseler, have
ever sinre hefn acrumnlaIlRa
Shortly after shese proceedings. sPe-
eial msssenger was despatriil 10 Mexl-
GO. 10 make : insl demznaEor edErss
aud On The lueniisih &C gIsr. 1882. the
demsnd Vas made, The leEly II the
Mexiran government hesEsdaie 81 The
lKeniy-ninih a. Ire same NTH, ard con-
tains assurances q The ssaEious wish
Of the ieKican EOEeEnmeni~ mt u d.
Law Ire moInenI ri that 6naland eqnita-
be adjustment which j. 10 irninate Ire
existing difficulties heiWesF The two 90"
Ternmenis - thai " nothing aonh he !eli
rndone whirh nay ron'Fihln 70 tie most
speedy and equitable determination ri the
subjects whirh have 81 seiirsly engaged
the attention Of the AmCIFan govern
men,: that the MeXiran government
would adopt. rs the only gisles Cor il
rnnsluci. ihe plainssl pFineiphs 81 public
right. tie sacred obligations mp0sed by
international law. and tie TigiOEs iai'h
Nf treaties - and that 81 n haeTcr reason
and Justice may diriaie respecting cash
ease will he done" TIE asGTanee Was
further given. that the dccisinnoI the Mex
iran government upon each esuse At com
plaini. for which redress hal been de-
man,leh. should he communicated 10 the
government Of the United States by the
Mexican minister 81 Washington.
! These solemn assurances, n answer TO
orr demand for redress. were lisTegarded.
By making them. however. Mexico oh.
tanned further delay. President Van Blu
rcn. in his annual message ioronsress Of
the fifth of December, 1887. states, that
" although the larger number Of our de-
mands l..r redress. and "mahy Of them
aggravated eases OF personal wrongs, have
been now for wears before tie Mexican
government. and some al the causes Of
national complaint. anal those If the most
offensive character. admitted Of immcdi-
ale. simple. and satisfactory replies, il is
only within few days past iha, any spe-
cilie communication in answer 10 our last
demand. made five months ago. has been
received from the Mexican minister; and
that for moi enc Of our pnblie complaints
has satisfaction been given or offered {;
that hut one Of the eases OF personal wrong
has been favOrahly considered. and tina,
but four cases of both descriptions, out OF
all those formally presented, and earnest
~ pressed. have as yet been decided up
on by the Mexican government" Pre-
sident Van Buren,, believing that it would
be vain to make any further attempt 10
obtain redress by the ordinary means
within the power Of the Executive, COM
municaled this opinion to Congress. in
tie message referred tn, in which he said:
"On a careful and deliberate examination
Of the contents" Iof the correspondence
with the Mexican government "and
considering the spirit manifested by the
Mexicnn government. it has become my
painful duty To return the subject rs il
now stands. to Congress to when ! il be;
and the measure Of redress" Had the
United States at that time adopted com.
pulsory measures, and taken redress into
their own hands, all orr difficulties with
Mexico would probably have been long
since adjusted, and the existing war have
been averted. Magnanimiiy and mode
ration on our par, only had the effect 10
compIicate these difficulties, and render
an amicable settlement of them the more
embarrassing. That such measures of re-
dress, under similar provoralions, com.
mitted by any Of the powerful nations Of
Europe, would hare been promptly re.
sorted to by the United States, cannot be
doubted. The national honor, and the
preservation of the national character
throughout the world, as well as our own
self-respect and The protection due to our
own citizens, would have rendered such
resort indispensable. The history of
no civilized nation in modern times has
presented within so brief period so ma
ny wanton attacks upon the honor of its
flag. and upon the property and persons
OF its citizens. as had ut that time been
horne by the United States from the Mex
lean authorities and people. But Next
co was sister republic, on the North
American continent, occupying terrific.
~ contiguous 10 our own, and was i'm a
feeble and distracted condition; and these
considerations, it is presumed, induced
Congress to torbear still longer.
Instead Of taking redress into our own
hands, new negotiation was entered up.
an with fair promises on the part of Mex
ico, but with the real purpose. as the e.
vent has proved. of indefinitely postpon-
ing the reparation which we demanded,
and which was 80 justly due. This me-
goiiation, after more than years delay,
resulted in the convention Of the eleventh
of April, 1899, "fnr the adjustment Of
claims of citizens of The Uni!ed States of
America upon the government Of the Mex.
lean republic" The joint board of CON-
missoners created by this convention to
examine and decide upon these clairns,was
not organized until the month of August,
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