The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-12-23

sensitive 10 his eountrys rights and honor transmitted 10
not time 10 read but which has been referred TO in the
Presidents message. No reparaon being made the sub.
ect again brought To the consideration of Congress
BY Mr. Van Buren, The President, in his late message
has already informed you what Mr. Van Buren, said on
the subject He has quoted also what the committees of
the House said IT, But there is one report-that OF
Mr. HowaTdto which he has not referred, in which il
stated that for some Of the very wrongs which had
received at the hands OF Mexico, where subjects Of
France and England were concerned as well as Amer
citizens, full PREPARATION had been made TO the omeT
and the reason why justice was done TO them when
fused to US, thai the executives of France and Eng
land who could threaten war Justice were reiuse9,
knew that our Executive could do nothing more than
threaten! The Mexican people knew from the history
of our country that whenever the Executive here
10 ask US TO yndcate its rights there were always per-
found ready to raise elamor against this govern.
ment, and TO put il in the wrong Thus the Mexican
government reasoned and thus they led TO withhold
that justice TO which they Obliged to give TO 9th.
ers But the tone OF the message so decided-the
opinions expressed by the committees OF Congress were
decided alsothat the Mexican government began to
fear that reparaon could not longer be safely delayed
and in 1897 they sent agent 10 treat with this govern
ment treaty was entered into, by one OF the articles
of which the king OF Prussia made umpire This
treaty provided that ratcatons should be exchanged in
FIVE months. The Mexican government utterly refused
TO ratfy, the frivolous and beg leave TO add, the
false pretext that the king OF Prussia would
umpire; say frivolous pretext because IN treaty for
the settlement of claims, the refusal of umpire TO act
for setting aside the whole treaty; and
say false, because on the subject OF the treaty which
was negotiated the king of Prussia did act, and acted
without one word OF murmur. Well, second treaty
was made, by which the claims 10 be settled in
eighteen months The commissioners met; and as the
Mexlcans threw in every difficulty prolonged and pro-
emstnated they did everything they could 10 preventive
settlement OF any question, until at last the commission
expired before onehaf Of the OF claims had been
even considered And yet the gentleman from Massa;
chuseus [Mr. HUDsoSl comes forward here, and
in his apology for Mexico he says il is unjust and
improper 10 go back 10 these wrongs for she has
acknowledge them and granted satisfaction! Look TO
| b.t, IL.
had time, but fear | shall not to refer in detail TO
what Mr.. Marcy and Mr. Breckenridge said OF the con-
duct OF these commissioners and also to what Mr. Up
shur and MIR Webster said. The commissioners have
absolutely put every Judicial proceeding at defiance
When, under the stpulatons OF the treaty. they
qured to produce documents TO establish claims they pro-
duced false documents and them after breaking the
convention, laid violent hands upon these false docu
ments, and carried them of against all the remonsanees
OF our Secretary OF Stae-absolutey going into the de-
partment and boarding secretary in manner to which
no American, with his heart in the right place. could have
submitted! have here what Daniel Webster said, but
II too long TO read may hand il TO the reporters But
he charactezes the conduct OF the commissioners be-
ing little less atrocious than that OF the government in
delaying so long the settlement OF these claims We have
hundreds upon hundreds of those clamst is believed
TO the amount of eight millions-upon that government
but which Mexico has never even pretended to settle
ANA yet the gentleman comes here ana attempts 10 excuse
the conduct OF Mexico. He says that she has aeknow
edged these debts-tha she has not paid them only be-
cause Of her inability Let the gentleman and the public
look the records and whether this advocacy OF the
conduct of Mexico does not absolutely 90 the extent
! OF falsfying on public documents assert that II
does. We'll, this the character OF our claims upon
Mexico when minister sent there mission OF
peace treat with her The gentleman that the Mex
lean government had consented to receive commissioner
to treat the subject OF Texas and that was wrong in
government TO refuse to dsconnect that question and
other claims In the first place, utterly deny the
truth of the remark, that the consent of the Mexican
government confined TO commission covering
E the question OF boundary The inquiry proposed to
the Mexican government whether they would re-
ceive minister to treat OF all the causes of difficulty
cannot stop to read the document but that is its import
The response was in the affirmative, only contemplate
bubble afterwards made when it found that the
offers OF negotiation with us all disputes was endan
gering the administration OF Herrera. Then IN was BY
bubble asserted that the proposition to treat referred to
Texas alone But suppose il was true, could the execu-
tive, without the greatest improperly, have agreed to
have waived the only real OF quarrel between the
two nations, and to conne the negotiation to imagl-
nary question alone' In reference to this Texas CUES
cusable-the cause of complaint on the part OF Mexico
OF the most hlmsy and unsubstanal character Up
on that point had nothing little to settle except
the mere question of boundary. Could our gov
eminent, without the greatest mproprey, for that ques
ion have waived those numerous and weighy cases IN
which redress had been repeatedly sought No, sir 1t
was impossible that the government could have sepaa-
ted these questions and the country will decide But
is said that this war was produced, in the second place.
in consequence of this order OF the President to our army
to take up its position on the Rio Grande opposite Mata.
moros. The gentleman from Kentucky, (Mr. DAVIS,
yesterday undertook to controyer the truth of the remark
which the President had made that Mexico had never
based her war upon US on such grounds prepared
show, Mr. Chairman that Mexico pretended that
that the OF her attack citizens. She could
not have set up any such pretence. The dates would
have convicted her, and beg gentlemen when they
raise this clamo not TO forget the dates On the 10Th
of March the government of Paroles, sort of official
despatch, had declared most positively that there was
nothing left to Mexico but to against the
United States. That was on the 18th. But our army
never took up its line of march from Corpus Christi till
the l1th the day before when it was utterly impossible
that the Mexican government should have known OF
that movement. This is important point and, not
withstanding my dislike to read will here quote from
the documents. mr. B. here read the official de-
spatches And yet gentlemen tell me that IT was the
march of this army to the Rio Grande which produced
the The army did not reach Matamoros until the
2Sh of March On the 4th of April, sooner than was
that there, they had issued their orders command
ing their generals to attack by every means that war
allowed Yet their advocates this floor come here and
say that was the marching OF the army to the NO
Grande that produced the war, when it is fact that be-
fore that could possibly have been known to them the
Mexican government had issued orders to attack by
every means in their power. These orders had been
issued upwards Of ~a. a ......
| Mr.. DAVIS, Mr.. Chat man, L
/ MIR. BAYLY. will not give way.
Mr. DAVIS. / say that
| Mr. BAYLY. | do not to be interrupted II
he desires personal explanation, he have out
this hall will not be interrupted in my argument The
gentleman refused to give way yesterday, and with what
prescriptions them does he here and ask others
give way to him ' $3.50 "t' ....
Mr.. DAVIS. The reason
Mr.. BAYLY. | will not yield the floor.
Mr.. DAVIS. ate--["Order, order."1
aware that the gentleman from Virginia is entitled to the