Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1846-12-26


rotary Of Foreign Aaiirs for Mexico, "com;
plainng that Tor that whole period citizens
OF the u. States, or its Government, have
been favcrng the rebels Of Texas, and sup.
plying them With vessels, ,ammuntipn, and
money. az il the war for the reduction oil
The province Of Texas had been constantly
prosecuting by Mexico. and her success
prevented by these Influences from abroad. 7.
10 the same despatch from the Secretary Of
State, he atfirnis tba, "since 1887 the, Uni
tod States have regarded Texas as indie.
pendent sovereignty, as much as Mexico !;
and that trade and commerce with citizens
OF government at war with Mexico can
moi, op that account, be regarded as an in
,ercourse by which assistance and succor
are given TO Mexican rebels. The whole
current. OF. Mr., de Bpcanegra's remarks
runs in the same direction rs if the indie
pendence OF Texas had not been acknowl
edged. II has been wledged---it was
ackno lodged in | $50 against the remon
STRANGE and protest of Mexico; and most OF
the acts Of any importance, OF which Mr..
de ,Bocanegra complains, flow necessarily
from that recognition. lie speaks Of Texas
az still being ian integral part Of the terrific
~ Of the Mexican republc,' blu, ne can not
but understand that the United States do
not SO, regard IL. The real complaint OF
Mexico, therefore, is, in substance, neither
more nor less than complaint against the
recognition OF Texan independence. Ii
may be thought rather late to repeat that
complaint, and not quite just to confine it
70 the y. States, TO the exemption Of En-.
gland, France, and Belgium, unless the u.
N,,tos koy Din =, koo N tho n In lo,I un
the Independence Of Mexico herself, are to
be blamed for setting an example for the re-
cogntion Of thai of Texas And he added,
tina, ",he constitution, public treaties, and
the laws oblge the President to regard Tex
as as an independent state, and its terrific
~ as no part OF the territory OF Mexico"
Texas had been an independent state, with
an organized governmen, defying the pow
er Of Mexico 10 overthrow or reconquer
her, for more than ten years before Mex
co commenced the presen, war against the
u States. Texas had given such evidence
to the world Of her ability TO maintain her
existence as On independent nation, that she
had been formally recognized as such, moi
only BY The U. States, bu, by several Of the
principal powers Of Europe, s., ID ......
These powers had entered into treaties OF
amily, commerce, and navigation with her.
They had received and accredited her Min
sters and other de plomatic agents at their
respective courts, and they had commits.
stoned Ministers and diplomatic agents on
their part to the governmen, Of Texrs. II
Mexico, notwithstanding all this, and her
utter inability TO subdue or reconquer Tex
a., still s,ubborny refused 10 recognize her
u.oJ .poplapt oha tho
less so on shat account. Mexico herself
had been recognized as an independent ma.
ton by the U. States, and by other pow.
ers, mnny years before Spain, Of which, be.
fore her revolution, she had been a colony,
would agree 10 recognize her as such; and
vet Mexico was at that time in the estima
ton OF the civilized world, and in fact, none
the less an tndependen, power because
Spain SILL claimed her .as a colony. Ii
Spain had continued until the present period
10 assert that Mexico was,one Of her colo
MES in rebellion against her, this would no,
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 Mexi-
CD had borne 10 Spain Tor many years be-
fore Spain ackno wledged her independence,
with this important diierence--that, be
fore the annexation OF Texas TO the United
States was communicated, Mexico herself
by Ssrmal act oil her government, had &C.
know!edged the independence Of Texas as a
nation. 1t is true that in the act OF recog.
milton she prescribed condition which she
had no power or authority 10 impose, thai
Texas should not annex herself 10 any other
Power; but this could not delract in any
degree from the recognition which Mexico
then made Of her actual independence. Up.
on this plain statement OF facts, it is absurd
for Mexico 10 alledge, as pretext for com,
mencing hostIi!ies against the u. States,
tina, Texas is still part oil her territory.
But there are those who, conceding all
this to be true, assume the ground that the |
true western boundary of Texas is the Nue.. |
ces, instead OF the Rio Grande and that,
therefore, in marching our army 10 the east
bank Of the latter river, we passed the Tex |
as line, and invaded the territory OF Mexico.
A simple statement Of the facts known to
eXis, will conclusively refute such an as
sumption. Texas, as ceded 10 the u. States
by France, in 1903, has been always claim |
ed AS extending west 10 the Rio Grande, or
Rio Bravo. This fact is established by the
authority OF our most eminent statesmen at
period when the question was as well, il |
not better understood than i, is al present.
During Mr.. JelIerson's adminis,ration.-
Messrs Monroe and Pinckney, who had
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