New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-13
Polk.s War Message.

Grant the Father Of Lies his premises and he win
prove himself ,ruthteller and saint by faultess
logic Shut your eyes TO the whole course Of events
through the last twelve years-believe that the An
nexation Of Texas was not planned in Washington
and approved by Jackson before & single prominent
actor in the drama had pretended to emgrate TO
Mexican terrtory-forget that the men who effected
the Texan Revolution were openly recruited in the
streets Of New Orleans, under the eye and with the
active cooperation of the U. g. Marshal and District
Attorney-deny that the snews Of War were
mainly taken by Swartwout from the o. s. Custom
House in this City, while the provisions and men to
eat them were sent from Kentucky and Tennessee
pretend TO dsbelieve that ambassador Shannon,
like the donkey he is, blurted out 10 Mexico her
self that our Government hnd for twenty years been
steadily fishing to acquire Texus-thcn say that
Texas had right 10 as much of Mexico as she
chose TO want and consequently her territory right
fully stretched to the Rio del Norte, and VIC were
bound TO maintain il in spite of our and her express
stipulation in the Annexing Resolutions that we
should not be-assert that the left bank OF the Rio
del Norte Ii legiiimately Texan territory, conse.
quently ours, and that We had a perfect right TO
drive the Mexicans over the great River and plant
our cannon in battery within easy range of Mata
noros-and il will be easy 10 prove that we are n
meek, unotFending ilused people, and that Mexico
has kicked, cuffed and grossly imposed upon US.
Only assume premises enough, Polk does and
you may prove that it is New. Orleans which has
jus, been threatened with cannonade instead OF
Matamoros, and that it is the Mississippi which has
been formally blocknded by stranger fleet and
army instead f,he Rio del Norte.
But the whole world knows better than all this
knows that il Is Mexico which has been robbed and
imposed upon and that our People are the robbers.
She has sent no advenlurcrs 10 get up rebellion
our soil we have on hers. No armed force speak.
ing her language has been seen within the recog
nized limits of the U. States; our army advanced
into her territory ten years ago. and we have now
many thousands of square miles of il in military
possession She has never manifested a wish TO
dismember our Union; we have taken Texas and
have since coveted and intrigued Cor California.
We are the wolf drinking from the stream above
and complaining that the lamb below is troubling
the water. The wolf lies of course, but his excuse
for this Is his appetite for mutton.
The Executives gloss on the matter Of Slidel's
mission il most unwnrrunied. He hos known all
along that Mexico would not receive full Ministe,
from our Government under existing circumstances
nor miugle the question of Texas with any other
He would not send nor accredt such an agent rs
Mexico had consented 20 receives she would not re
ceive such one as he sent Ofcourse, the Mission
fell through. How can Mexico be blamed for this
VIRoiNIA.-The Richmond Enquirer publishes q
complete list Of the Members elected 10 the next
Legislature. and appends thereto Il recapitulation
Allowing the two Houses TO be constituted as fol
Iowa.