The Hillsborough recorder., 1846-05-21

n.ilitary lssdeF.
DrseFmiaed - leaEe no eEor.niried
70 sgreI an amiczhle adiuslms VIII
Mexico. 1 directed Mr. Sh1vll snFesenl
his ersdfniisls % he GoEsrnmeHs Cen
srai parades. and ash - Be- ollislly &C.
eelxsd By him. There would he been
lrss grOund lOE laking lhis slep \ sieneE-
II Psraaes came into POMer by regular
constitutional succession. III "a event
hls Administration would hare IN con-
slleEed bat mrre e0nsii.alaonaionlinu-
aHce Of lie tsOlsInmenl ol 6ehul Her
seF4, and The refusal nf tie latter Receive
our Minister would have been.eemed
conclusive. unlsss an iaIimalion u been
gisen BY General Psrades Of his esire 10
reverse The drcisiOn Of his predecessor.
3at the Government Of Geaea Para
dee owes lis existence 10 militia FeEo-
luton. by whirh the subsisliag snstila-
iional authorities had been stSerled.
The larm of Government wasenlirely
changed. as vel as I'll The high motion.
aries By whom il was sdminisled.
Under these circumstances. Ir. Sli-
dell, in obedience to my direciionaddres-
sed nole 10 the Mexican Mister Of
foreiga Relations, under date oithe Isl
March last, asked Ia be receiyetby that
Government in the diplomatic earacter
TO which he had been appointed This
Minister, in his reply under dat Of the
l2ih March, reiterated the argulenis Of
his predecessor. aud. in terms tal may
be considered as giving just crumbs Of
offence 10 the Government and hople Of
the United 5 ales, denied The aplicaiion
Of Mr. Sl,dell. Nothing, ihereore, re-
mained for our Envoy but 70 derand his
passports and return 70 his own ouniry.
Thus The Government Of Mexico,
though sOlemnly pledged BY ofElial aels
in OelOber last 10 receive and aslredit an
American Envoy, violated their pIighled
faith. and refused the offer of a peaceful
adjustment Of Oni difficulties. lot only
was the offer rejected, but the ndignily
of is rejection was enehanceIl BY the
manifest breach of faith in refusing TO al.
nit the Envoy who came bec,use ,hey
had bound themselves 10 receige him
Nor can il be said that the offer vas fruit
less from the want of opportunity Of dis
cnssing il; our Envoy was present OF
their own soil. Nor can il b. ascribet
to want Of sufficient powers our En-
voy had full powers TO adjust every ques
ton of difference. Nor was Isere room
for complaint that our propositions fol
settlement were unreasonable permis
sion was not even given our Envoy Il
make any proposition whatever. No
can il be objected, thai we, on our part
would not listen to any reasonable terms
Df their suggestion; the Mexican Go.
vernment refused all negotiation. and have
made no proposition Of any kind.
ot me gT b+Rgysgia +RsgsfaHs ai Ihe y!
that, upon The earnest appeal both Of The
Congress aud Convention Of Texas, hal
ordered an efficient military force To TAXI
a position "between the Sueces and tn,
Del Norte." This had become necessa
ry TO meet threatened invasion of Tex
as b. the Mexican forces for which ex
lensise military preparations had beer
made. The invasion was threatened sole
ly because Texas had determined, in &C
cordance with solemn resolution of tn
Congress Of the United States. to anne,
herself to our Union; and, under ihest
i, was pla My our duty II
extend our protection over her citizens
and soil.
This force was concentrated at Corpus
Christi. and renamed there until after
had received such information from Mex
leo as rendered it probable, if not certain
that The Mexican Government. would re
fuse to receive our Envoy.
Meantime Texas, by the final action o
our Congress, had become dill integral par
Of our Union. The Gongres OF Texas
by its act Of December l9th, 1896. ha'
declared the Rio del Norte 10 be tn,
boundary Of that Republic. lis iurisdic
lion had been extented and exercised be
yond the Nueces. The country between
that river and the Del Norte had been re
in the Congress and in The Con
yention of Texas, had thus taken part il
the act Of annexation itself, and is nov
included within one OF our Congression
al Districts. Our own Congress had
with great unanimity, by III,
act approved December 81, ls45, recog
missed The country beyond the Neuces a
a par. Of our territory, by including
within our own. revenue system, and re
venue officer, to reside within that districl
has been appointed by and With The advicl
and consent Of the Senate. II became
Of urgent necessity TO provide
for the defence Of that portion Of OF
country. Accordingly, on the l3lh o
January last. instructions were issued 4
the General in command Of these troop!
to occupy the left bank of the Del Norte
This river, which 10 the southwestern
of the State of Texas, is an eZ
posed frontier: from This quarter invasion
was threatened; upon it, and in its imme
diate vicinity, in the judgment of hlgt