The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-20

ponement was to enable Mr. Mckay to dispose of
the appropriation bills.
The House went into Committee of the Whole
on the state Of the Union, and took up the bill ma
king appropriations for the civil and diplomatic ex-
penses of the government The greater portion of
the day was spent in heavy debate on the theory
Of storms, the philosophy OF Bacon and on other
theories, not within the ordinary range Of debate
Il was induced by motion to strike the appro-
priston OF $4,000 for the salary Of Professor Espy
meteorologist. We do not report the debate, but
confne ourselves to a statement Of facts elected as
to the origin of the appropriation, and the grounds
upon which it was opposed The committee re.
fused to strike out the appropriation by very
slender vote.
NANTES 70 OF MEXICO.
We publish in this evenings paper, as we
promised, the manifesto Of General Paroles
to the people of Mexico and if we may Judge
Of its character by its conclusion, to the gov
ernments of Europe. II will be perceived,
that this military usurper is less selE-contradc
tory than his "allies" las they were called in the
House Of Representatives. this side Of the
Sabine. II is indeed to be regretted, that any
such apologists Of Mexico are to be found in the
United States, whose singular zeal to put their
own country in the wrong now finds congenial en-
ployment in denouncing, as an invasion Of Mexican
territory, the movement OF our troops from their
position this side of the river Nueces to the
country beyond it.
As our army has taken post on the banks
Of the Rio Grande, it is this fact which is
seized upon as the ground OF denunciation, both
by Paroles, and by those politicians amongst our
selves who seek to place their country in the eyes
Of the world in the same light in which he would
make her appear to the vision of his own deuded
countrymen.
Where then, ought our troops at this moment to
be- Why, agreeably to Paroles and the apologists
ofMexco in this country-agreeaby, that is to say,
to the position which they find it suitable to
their purpose to select the right and proper one
for army-it ought to have remained east of the
Nueces. Agreeably to them, it is the occupation
of the country beyond the Na,css that constitutes can
invasion of Mexican territory" and makes our
country the aggressor.
But, what If army had remained encamped
east of the Nueces' How would the case have
for months at Corpus Christi, their march to the
Rio Grande is what constituted the beigerent step,
then their position east Of the Nueces was peace
full occupation that fact at least afforded no ground
for the charge against our country, of having in
vaded Mexico, and waged war upon her. What
say Messrs Paroles & Co. to this' We should
thank them for answer.
Why here it is already, and very well stated too,
in the mnifesto before us:
".At the very time Mr. SlideH presented himself, the
troops Of he United States OCCUPIED OUR TERRITORY"
Now, at what time did Mr.. SIidell present him
se7 Why, the documents recently laid before Con-
gress by the President show that he arrived at
Vera Cruz on the 29th of November. Where,
then, General Taylor at that timer Why, the
same documents prove that he was then at Corpus
Christi, and that the movement of our troops to-
wards the Rio Grande did not commence until three
months after
And what do the advocates of Mexico-as, with
all due Difference, we are obliged to call them
what do they say after this' Why, they must be
very contumacious, indeed, if they hesitate mo-
nlsnt to recognise the legitimate authority of the
President OF the Mexican republic; and to acknowl
edge that their favorte distinction between the coun
try east of the Nueces and the country west of the
Nueces is all moonshine. According to this doc
trlne, Mexico has been invaded by country from
the moment that our troops crossed the Sabine, or
took up position west or south of that stream.
Do they want any evidence to satisfy them
as to their true line of duty in this regard If SO,
there is no lack of it, General Paredes's manifesto
is backed by a considerable force, in the shape of
"Jusufcatory Documents" occupying upwards OF
two sides of the official journal. OF these docu.
ments, one dated August 10, l845, signed by Gene
raj Arista, and addressed to his exceency the min
lister of war, is headed "fatornation respecting the
pason of The territory of the republic, by the troops Of
The United Siaies." The first item of this informa-
ton consists in the fact, that, ION the 9th July,
three officers, sergeant, and eight privates, were
seen the Nueces, near Corpus Christi, IN search
of a camping ground on The left bank Of The INt"ces
They were about to dsembark $50 men from a
steamer at Labor Puente, and to encamp at Anacui-
tas, near San Patricio."
BY this time, the apoogists of Mexico will be
persuaded Of the necessity Of abandoning, as alb
surd and unenabe, all distinction between east and
,oss so far as the river is concerned, and
far as regards the fact which they are bound to
swear to, and to swear by, that Mexico has been in
vaded by the United States.
There is another point to which we deem it prop
err to call the attention Of these gentlemen. They
have been contendng here that Mexico has moi
placed herself in the sta lie of war with the United
Sates-that the preamI ,e to our law false in stat
ing that war does ext st, and that it is waged by
Mexico. And yet he re is the manifesto, calling
upon the Mexican ger era to carry on the war, and
avOwing that offensive operations have long since
been ordered. Some Of our politicians, however,
venture little farther, and declare that the assertioF
by the Cong less Of the United States, that ha
been begun by .Mereo, is fslsehood because no bel.
Iigerent act has procee ded from the Msrean Con
grs., and to the Mexi can Congress alone belongs
the right to declare war. GeReral Paroles talks