Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-12-12

authority over That Territory, Il cannot but be
surprising 10 find Mr.. do Bocs nepra" (,he See.
retasy Of Foreign Affairs Of Mexico) "complai.
ming that for that whole period citizens Of tho
United Statee, cfits government, have been fs.
vorioe the rebels al Texas. and supplying them
with vessels. ammunition and money, as If the
war for the reduction Of the province OF Texas
had been constantly prosecuted by Mexico, and
her success prevented BY these influences from
abroad"
In the same despatch the Secretary ofEJtate
afirms that "since 1887 the United States hs We
regarded Texas as an independent sovereignty, = !,
as much as Mexico and that trade and COM
fnerce with cit'1ens OF government at war
with Mexico cannot, on that account, be repar.
dcd ss on intercourse by which assistance md
succor are given Ia MEXICAN rebels. The whole
| currsutof Nr. &c Bocsnegra's remarks runs in
The came directions ss II the Independence of
Texas had moi been acknow lodged.
II hne been Acknowledgment was acknow.
LEGGED IN 1887 egain.t the remonstrsnce aud
protest oi Niexico'; and most Of the acts Of uuv
| plains, flow necessarily from that rscogo,iop.
| lie speaks Of Texas q. still being sa 'in,ccru
| part OF the territory Of the Mexican republic.
but he cannot but understand that the Uni,ed
! States do no, 40 regard il. The real conpa int
o. Mexico. therefore, lie, In substance. neither
moro nor less than q complaint against the re-.
cogntion Of Tt kan independence.
ut may be thought rather late 10 repeat that
compa aint, anG not quite just to conhne i; to the
! United States. TO the exemption OF England
Ere nee, and Belgium, unless the United States
! having been the first to acknowledge the inde
pendenc Of Mexico herself. sro to be- blamed
'or setting an example f,r the recognition o.
I that OF Texas" And he added, that "tl,e con
sri,u,ion public treaties. and the laws oblipe the
Ptcsiden, to regard Texas a. an independent
State, and lis territory as no part Of the terrific
ry al Mexico"
( T.sas had been en- inlepsnd' ut State. witt
an orga6lzed government, defyiny the power
of NJ. xico 70 overthrow or recoBquer her fo
more than l0years befre Mexico commenced
the prescn, war scainet the Uni'ed States. Tex
ss tas given soch evidence 10 the world Of he
ability to msn'sin her separate existence 80 or
Independent, nation, that she hac been forma y
rrcogn zed % such, not only by the Unitet
States. bu. by several Of the principal power
Of Europe. These powers had entered int
treaties of a,nity, commerce. aud navigation
VITA her. They had received and accredited
her ministers aud other diplomatic agents a
their respective courts. and they had commis
stoned ministers ard diplomatic agents on the il
part 10 the government Of Texaa
IT Mexico, notwithstanding all this, ard he
utter inab li,y 10 subdpe or reconqner Texa'
still s,uhbornly refused TO recognize her os a
independent nation. she was none the LES s
on that account. Mexico herself had been r.
copnized ss an independent nation by the Uni
ted Sis,es. and by other powers, many year
before Spain. Of which. be!ore her revolution
she had been colony. would agree 10 rrcog
nixe her ss such and yet Mexico was At 'hs
lime. in the estimation of the civilized worl
and In fact. none the less an independe1. pow
er because Spain sill claimed her cs a colony
| sHtr fConc,uded merit preE.)