The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-12-17
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leHln revolution. The people Of Texas
al once determined upon resistance, aud
/ hew to arms. In the mlds, Of these In.
poItant and exciting events however hey
d.d not omit e place their liberties anon
secure and permanent foundation. Tney
elected members to convention, who. II,
the month Of March, ,3G, issued for.
maj declaration that their "po'i'ical con.
neXion with the Mex can nation was fore.
yer ended, and that the people Of Texas do
now constitute a FREE, SOVEREIGN and IN.
DEPENDENT REPUBLIC. and are fully layes.
ted with all the rights aud attributes which
4 property belong to independent nations
I lhey also adopted for their government i
liberal republican constitution. About the
same time, Santa Anna, then tie dictator
OF Mexico, invaded Texas with numet.
Gus army for the purpose Of subduiug her
! people, and enforcing Obedience to his ar.
bl'rdfy and despotc government. On the
2lst Of April, 1896, he was met hp the
Texan citizen soldiers, and on thlt DAY
was achieved by them the memorable VIC.
tory Of San Jacluto, by hch they con-
quered their Independence. Considering
the numbers engaged on the respective
sides, history does not record mare bfll.
liant achievement. Santa Auua himself
was among the capiyeS.
In the month of May, 1886, Santa A.
ma acknowledged, by treaty Hlhibe Tex.
an authorities, IN the most solemn form,
the fall, entire, and pehrr, independence
Of the republic Of Texas" L is true he
was hen prisoner Of war, but il i equal.
y true that he had faded to reconquet Tex.
as, and had met with signal defeat! that
his authority had not been revoked, and that
by virtue Of this treaty he obtained his
/ personal release, By i, hos,llillcs we're
suspended, and the army which had inya-
ded Texas under his command returned IN
pursuance Of this arrangement, unmoles.
ted, to Mexico.
From the day thai the battle Of San ia.
cinto was fought until the present hour,
Mexico has never possessed the power to
recoHqner Texas. Ia the language Of the
Secretary of State Of the L, States, in a
despatch to our minister in Mexico, under
date Of the Slh of July, le42, " Mexico
may have chosen to consider, aud may still
choose to consider Texas as having been
at all times since 1885, aud as still cont.
nupng, rebclilous province but the world
has been obliged 10 take a very different
view Of the matter. From the time Of tho
battle Of San Jacinto, in April, 1886, to
the present moment, Texas has exhibited
the same external signs of national nde-
pendence as Mexico herself, aud with quite
as much stability Of government Prac-
tlcally free and independent, acknowledged
as a political sovereignty b. The principal
Powers Of the world, no hostile foot find
ing rest within her territory for six or Sc.
ven years, and Mexico herself retaining
/ for all that period from any further attempt
to re.esiabtlsh her own authority over that
territory, II cannot but be surprising TO fad
MIR. de Bocanegra " (lhe Secretary Of For
egn Affairs Of Mexico) " complaining that
for that whole period citizens Of the L,
States, or lis government, have been favor
ing the rebels Of Texas, and supplying
them with vessels, ammunition, and mo-
ncy, as il the war for a reduction Of tho
province Of Texas had been constantly pro.
secuted by Mexico, and her success pre-
vented by these influences from abroad"
la the same despatch the Secretary of
State atifms that since 1887 the United
States have regarded Texas as an indepen.
dent sovereignty, as much as Mexico; and
that trade and commerce with citizens Of Il
government at war with Mexico cannot, on
that account, be regarded as an intercourse
by which assistance and succor are given
to Mexican rebels. The whole current of
Nj. de Bucanegra's remarks runs in the
same direction, as if the independence Of
Texas had not been acknowledged. 1t has
been acknowledged was acknowledged
in 1887, against the Renaissance and
protest of Mexico; and most Of the acts,
OF any importance, Of which Mr.. de Boz
canegta complains, flow necessarily from
that recognition. He speaks of Texas as
still being an integral part of the terrific
ry Of the Mexican republics but he can
not but understand that the L. States do
not so regard il. The real complaint Of
Mexico, therefore, is, in substance, neither
more nor less than a complaint, against
the recognition of Texan Independence
1t may be thought rather late to repeat
. AhhN No't'P idihi, anu NV IultC Jd>N " IOh"
tine il to the I. States, to the exemption
Of England, France, and Belgium, unless
the U. States, having been the first to ac-
Knowledge the independence of Mexico
herself, are to be blamed for setting an ex-
ample for the recognition of that of Tex
as" And he added, that " the conslitu.
lion, public treaties, and the laws oblige
the President to regard Texas as an indie
pondent State, and It's territory as no part
Of the territory of Mexico" Texas had
been an independent State, with an organ
ixed government detylng the power Of
Mexico to overthrow or conquer her, for
more than ten years before Mexico com
menced the present war against the |.
States. Texas had given such an evidence
to the world of her ability to maintain her
separate existence as an Independent, na-
ton, that she had been formally recognls-
. ed as such not only nv the l., States but