The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-26
Extract from letter from the interior dated ID May
1916

1.-THE tone OF the Official at Washington is re-
markedly warke. Mr.. Polk and his cabinet, arc
evidently preparing for vigorous work. The dispo-
sItion, IL is manifest Is 10 invade Mexico, should
she make much more resistance. Philadslphia In
qlirer, May ~.
We trust the Inquirer does not intend to rebuke
US. Otherwise, how can its editor say, in his very
next column
1--WE trust sincerely that the struggle with
Mexico may prove brief. Our government should
put forth all its energies, and make demonstration
calculated to convince the Mexicans that their wsest
policy is peace, and speedy restoration Of AMIGA
BILE relations"
We can assure the Inquirer that he is perfectly
right in his conclusions. The administration intend
to put forth all their strength into the war. They
arc preparing for the most vigorous work. strong
var and short Thus only can expense be avoid
ed, lives saved, and an honorable peace be speedily
accomplished. Ofcourse the government are sparing
pains, and devotng much Of their time to the most
efficient organization of forces, by land and by
sea. They will do their duty, and they also ex-
pect every man TO do his duty.
The brilliant achievement Of Gen. Taylor is an
earnest Of the future success OF the present ad-
ninisraton. What will the wings contrive to
say now To what desperate expodents will they
resort First they pretended to complain that we
had no right to send our troops to the Rio Grande;
Tor the country was not ours But then the orders
If General Vol under Mexico hersslf-the pledge
Of Santa Ana to Texas, which bound him, as the
President Of Mexico-occause he availed himself Of
the stipuatons Of the arrangement and was therefore
bound by its provisons-and again, the claims
which all our administrations have set up to the Rio
Grande as our boundary, before the treaty OF 1919
was made with Spain, and then the municipal boua.
larry established by Spain herself appears by the
following extract:
From Nless Register, Aug. II, 1916.
BOUNDARY OF TEXAS UNDER SPAIN TO THE RIO
Description Of the province Of Coahula, the ne,o king
dom Of Leon, .Ns,o Santader and Teras.-C Collected
from the memorial Of Don M. B. de .arispe- Tran
slated from the Spanish
"The public possess no other account of the beau
fu provinces aforementioned than that given by
Arspe; so that even the government of Spain was
ignorant Of this fine portion of their possessions
until his valuable document was presented to them.
These four provinces are situated on the north of
New Spain, and extend about 500 leagues in length
on the bay Of Mexico, and about $50 leagues in
their greatest width. The division between them
and New Spain is an elevated chain of mountains,
over WnlCn tnere 10 putIOno pdSSdRe-that AT BAL
tile. The southeastern part Of this region is CO.
ahuila, which extends about 200 leagues in length,
and 100 in breadth The chief part OF it is elevated
TIE climate is healthy, temperate and in some parts
rather cold, being sheltered by range of mountains
from the north winds, SO frequent and intoerablc
Del Norte, commonly called Rio Grande, which d.
vdes it from Texas; and those of Mecillas, St. Do
mngo, Nadadores, and ST. Rosa"
All these accumulated evidences chow that the
territory of Texas, annexed by her own consent to
our republic, extended to the Rio Grande--and of
course that we had right, and that it became our
duty, to send our troops to that river. What, too,
now becomes of the argument Of the wings that we
had sent General Taylor with too few troops to
guard the territory, and that the administration,
therefore, stands responsible for all the mischiefs
which might ensuei But exclusive of the argument
that General Taylor had power to draw sufficient
volunteers from other States to his assistance, the
result of the late achievement shows how well he
was justified in putting off the call. He shows how
noby his own confidence in his troops and their own
vaor have made good the calculations which he
had formed. He has economical the public treas
urc, and won glorious victory by the regular
troops alone. "Who wants more men from Eng
Iand'" He may say of each of his soldiers who was
engaged ia the battles Of the 9th and 9Th instant
Hell remember with advantages
What feats he did that day: Then shall our names,
Familiar in their mouths as household words,
Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered
The wings, therefore, are silenced again. We
had troops enough to defend cur position on the
Rio Grandc, and obtain a glorious victory. What
caPtious objection will the wings next conjure up'