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

The Messase-The War, Tarin, and independent
Treasury.
more careful peusa OF the message has confirmed
our first impressions respecting its character II is adj
mirable State document-calm dignihed, and agumenta
live throughout No true American citizen can peruse
il without becoming convinced that government is
clearly right in relation 10 the Mexican war. II is
our part, defensive wa-Mexico is clearly the agges
sor
There have been doubts existing in our mind as to the
proper boundary Of Texas, whether il be the Nueces
the Rio GIande but these doubts have long since been
removed The message is conclusive this point; the
Rio Grande is the proper boundary. The marching OF
our army TO the left bank of the Rio Grapde perfect
ly UNSUITABLE and proper Texas coded TO Spain by us
in 1919, extended TO the Rio Gnde The Texans always
claimed the Rio Grahde as their western boundary and
Santa Anna in the treaty made with Texas in 1885, recog
Missed this river the boundary between the two repub
lies The Congress of Texas, after this treaty with Santa
Anna defined the boundary by declaring il 10 be the Rio
Grande on the west and extended civil and political u-
rsdlcon up 10 that boundary From this time up 10 the
time Texas annexed TO the United States about nine
years she exercised acts of jurisdiction and sovereignty
over the territory between the Nueees and the Rio Grande
She established custom house, post Offices post roads,
and land office in this territory. She elected senator
and representative TO the Texan Congress in this dis
tic In the Texan Convention, which gave It's assent
TO the terms OF annexation 10 the Union, there rep
resentaye who resided in the territory between the Nue.
ces and the Rio Grande With all these palpabe facts
before the President very properly declares that "1h
he 1eIaS uhie admitted into hs Union as one of
the States on the 10th Of December, ls45."
After so plain case is made out such variety OF cir
cumstances all tending TO establish the fact that the true
western boundary of Texas is the Rio GTande who can
assert that our government gave any just of of
fence 10 Mexico by sending army the left bank of
that ryer' IL is much duty 10 protect terrific
ry and our people between the Nueces and the Rio
Gande as il is TO protect territory and people the
Canadian frontier in the State of New York. Texas is
one of the sovereign States OF the Union and is much
entitled TO protection from the strong of the Union
as any other State Such too was the understanding of
the present Congress when they admitted Texas into the
Union. That they understood the western boundary TO
be the Rio Gande is evident from the fact that days
after the act OF admitting Texas, Congress established
by law collection district at Corpus Christi which is
west OF the Nueces and directed that surveyor should
be appointed at that port TO collect the revenue lie was
appointed and confirmed BY the Senate and has since
our army advanced TO the Rio Gande Post routes have
also been established by Congress in this territory The.
territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande now
represented in the Congress Of the United States and in
the legislature of the State of Texas.
II appears to us that there is not shadow Of
cuse for the assertion, that have invaded Mexico by
sending our army to the Rio GHnde. Mexico, then,
most certainly, commenced the war; she il was who
crossed the river and murdered citizens upon our
own territory: The federal ant-war press are or ought
to be- that they falsehood when they de-
clare that we have commenced the war, or that we
invaded Mexican territory by ordering our army to oc-
eupy military position on the left bank OF the Rio
Mr.. Websters Chinese Museum speech at Philaie-
pha, was nothing but repetition OF these oftrepeated
federal an-war iasehoods He declared in this speech,
that the march OF Gen Taylor to the Rio Grande was an
invasion OF Mexican territory Yet this same Mr. Web
ster, IN 1872 when Secretary of State, declared an
Official despatch, that the territory between the Sabine
and the Rio GTande by the treaty of 1872 between
us and Spaln part of the old Spanish province of Texas
receded and confirmed TO Spain BY the United States
We think the admirable capdor Of the message, the
strongly fortified argument of the President, will remove
all doubt as to which nation the aggressor in the
war. Opposition from federalism TO the administration
on account of the war, will only tend to strengthen it
with the intelligent and patriotic of the people.
The message Is, TO our mind triumphant vindicaton of
the policy of the administration Let federalism ex-
most power assured that the great body of the
people who pay the expenses of the war, sufficiently
Intelligent and patriotic to sustain the efforts of the adj
mlnlstraon to prosecute it to honorable and glorious
peace.
The doctrine of the message on the tariff meets our
appreciation It takes ground against any modification
until it has had fair trial. and its defects if it has any,
are made manifest 1t has just gone into operation, and
ii would be absurd to make changes until defects are
certained by experience The President submits to Con-
gress the question OF the proprey Of evying duty
such articles embraced in the free list under the
new tariff The principal articles of import, admit
ted free are tea and coffee So long the taxes for the
support OF government raised by tariff there can be
no good reason why tea and coffee should be exempt
from duty, and iron, woolens, cottons, and sugar. be
subjected to heavy taxes The greater the proportion of
the revenue that raised by taxing such imports of
which we do not produce similar article at home the
less the people pundered by the tariff system Every
dollar In the shape OF duty, that the pays
with the duty on sugar, cottons, woollens &c These
are produced at home, and tax the imported article
forces us to pay bounty TO the home manufacturer So
that in fact taxed annually some three or four
times the amount required to support government by
system that admits articles free which are not grown or
produced at home, and which throws the whole amount
OF the revenue raised the importation of such articles
of which we have similar home production. We
would not limit the tax on tea and coffee to the ermna-
ton of the 1t should be as permanent as the ia
on cottons, wooens, sugar We shall have more to
say this subject by -and-by.
The message suggests that some slight changes be
made in the subtreasury; not, however affecting any
important principle of the act and refers to the treas
uy report for statement of what the changes are to be-
We shall say little about this part of the message until
we see what the changes contemplated are, and the rea
sons given for making them.
From the New York Sun,
The Presidents Message.
This document is now before our readers In reading
it, one reflection must occur to all: The classical sim
Pcy and perspcuity that mark the statesman only stu
dlluS the GENERAL rood tla.