The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-12-19

portance' oil Whch ii, ae i.s Docanes'a III IL Taals
HOW "..i, ''.r, ~ ,he Ter.
o. 1eAs q. M MS;.s ra,,,h,. - bat he cannot
.tofy o. .ne -, s IIp;,od S,,ss do no, so "a.
ou' Ths roai com,,a;nt If Mexco therefore.
garaI " =. - -, -
Is, IN suusla..e, ns,, ,;.:H .s ~ n,a., ;ndsnen.
plant against VIC 'tss. vi, I",a a. .apa,,
dence. ~ may W 'no; a';,. ,'s, - .o,t;o. l, 10
tnat CohPiain', a"N ~, 49, J"'. s Es,..d |
tne Oni'ed S1a'es, " o'ne ~ ms;,aJ c,s,as'
rance ahu pe'slu.n, a'a,,,od,a ,ha ;,dsnso'
nayins eesh lie hIs. " =. h,anad e,r ss,.
oence % ne roa,,;o, IF ,hat Of Tex.
ting an example ior .ne .;,;a nnh-
ana ne aaueu, ns, 'ne
lie treaties, ana the laws oonse Se s -. , |
gard lexas as an inuePenuen' o'a's' e
rItory as NO part oil the terrto'y =, meN
Texas had been an inaspeuuen. 49,, s NJ
organized government, ae'yps u,s 49,. ,,,an TO-,
ico 10 ovet.,ow o' eorqte' nv ~ ~. .assn. yar
years ~, IT,.aa go ra..s a;yen sncb
against the Onileu S.s'es. A'4a, nau s'.eo.e.s
evidence TO the worio OF her ap'iS !" 'nan.a."
her sepeIate existence as an inuepenueu. na''",,
that she had been i9rmaHy recogu'seu a' sutl ny
only by the Onteu states, put ny se'e'" VI "s
principal powers OF Europe. lnese po"e's naa
entered INTO treaues 81, Oh ah,''y. a.,a
lgation with her. iney nag ie,e'seu ana
tied her ministers aho otles Ia
their respective courts, ana 'hey nau =.
ed ministers and dlplomatc agen.s oH 'neii pa..W
standing all this and her utter inability TO suodue
or reconquer Texas, still stuhoorniy fetuseo 'ore
cognise her as an independent nation, she was none
less so on that account. Mexico herself had been
recognised as an Independent nation by the United
States, and by other powers, many years before
Spain, of which, before her revolution. she had
| been colony, would agree to recognise her as
such: and vet Mexico was at that time, in the esti-
nation of the civilized world and in fact hone the
less an independent power because Spain stlll
claimed her as colony. 1t Spain had continued
until the present period to assert that Mexico was
| one Of her colonies in rebellion against her, this
would not have made her so, or changed the fact
| of her independent existence. Texas, at the pc
riod Of her annexation to the United States, bore
the same relation to Mexico that Mexico had porne
to Spain for many years before Spain acknowiedg-
| ed her Independence, with this important diner-
| ence-that, before the annexation OF Texas TO the
United States was consummated, Mexico herself
by formal act Of her government, had acknowl-
edged the independence of Texas as nation. 1t
true that in the act of she prescroea
1 a condition which she had no authority or power
10 impose, that Texas should not annex herseiI 10
any other Power; but this could not detract IN any
degree from the recognition which Mexico tnen
made OF her actual independence. upon tnis piai'i
statement of facts, it s absurd tor Mexico to alege,
as pretext for commencing hostilies againsf the
torg Srss'' - 3
8 Rnt there are Those who. conceding all This to
he true assume the ground that the true western
boundary OF lexas Is tne Nueces, ihs.esu Vi ...e
army TO the east bank of the latter rverw passed
tbe Texan line, and invaded the territory OF Mexi
co. A simple statement of facts, known to exist
will concIusively refute such assumption. Tex.
as, as ceded to the United States oy france 10 q
| 1903, has been always claimed as extending west
of the Rio Bravo. This fact is established oy the
au thority of our most emenent statesmen at a Pc
riod when the question was as well not better un
derstood than it is atpresent During Mr. 'etfer'
ron's administration. Messrs Monroe and pinckney
who had been sent on special mission to Madrid,
t charged, among other things, with the adjustment
of the boundary between the two countries, IN
note addressed to the Spanish Minister OF Foreign
Affairs, under date of the twenty-eighth oil Janua
ry, 1905, assert that the boundaries OF Louisina a.
r ceded to the United States by France, "are 'ht