Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-12-23

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Rio Grande.
The apprehensinns of a contemplated
Mexican invasion have since been fully
justified by the event. The determine
ton of Mexico to rush into hostIlIiles with
the United States was afterwards mani
tested from the whole tenor of the note of
the Mexican Minister Of Foreign Affairs
to our minister bearing date on the twelfth
of March, 1915. Paroles had then revo.
Iutionized the government, and his minis
ter, after referring to the resolution OF the
annexation of Texas, which had been
adopted by our Congress in March, lS45,
proceeds to declare that "a fact such as
this, or, to speak with greater eXactness,
so notable an act OF usurpatInn, created
an imperious necessity that Mexico, for
her own honor, should repei it with pro-
per frmness and dignity. The Supreme
| Government had beforehand declared that
it would look upon such an act as a casuS
( beJH; and, as consequence OF this de-
! cIaration, negotiation was, by Its very ma
ture, at an end, and war was the only re-
course of the Mexican government"
/ 1t appears, also, that on the fourth OF
April following, General Paroles, through
his minister of war, issued orders to the
Mexican general in command on the lex
an frontier TO e'attack" our army Shy
every means which war permits" 10
this General Paroles had been pledged to
the army and people Of Mexico during
, the military rev JIution which had brought
him into power. Ca the eighteenth OF
t April, Is IS, General Paroles addressed a
! letter to the commander on that frontier, IN
which he stated to him. sat the present
t date | suppose YOU at the head OF that va
) liant army, either fighting already, or
/ preparing for the operations OF a cam
n paign;" and ''supposing you already on
# the theatre Of operations, and with all thJ
. forces assembled, it is Indispensable tina
d hostiltes be commenced, yourself taking
= the initiative against the enemy"
:, The movement of our army to the Rl'
l. Grande was made by the commandIn!
n general under positive orders to abstain
ar from all aggressive acts towards Mexico
o. or Mexican citizens, and to regard the re
y htions between the two countries a
to peaceful, unless Mexico should declar
81 war, or commit acts of hostility indicatlv
at Of a state of war; and these orders h
D. faithfully executed. Whilst Occupyln
" his position on the east bank OF the K
X. Grande, within the limits of Texas, the
ur recently admitted as one Of the States
# our Union, the commanding general
at the Mexican forces, who, in pursuance
en- the orders of his government, had colIec
<e ed large army on the opposite shore
he the Rio Grande, crossed the river, inva
bel ed our territory, and commenced host
Oh ties by attacking our forces.
:" Thus, after all the in uries we have +
Ter ceived and borne faOm Mexico, and aft
las she had insulungly rejected a mnlsi
"a. sent to her on mission OF peace, a
re- whom she had soIemnly promised to I
hat ceive, she consummated her long course
by outrage against our country by CONNER
eX- ing an offensive war, and shedding |
the blood Of our citizens on our own soil.
The United States never attempted
inc acquire Texas by conquest. On the CO
,ro- trarv, at an early period after the peot
ex. of Texas had achieved their indePt
the dence, they sought to be annexed TO
nad United States. At general election
as September, 1886, they decided with gre
tion unanimity in favor of 'anneXalIOn;" a
rec En- November following, the Congre IS
into the Republic authorized the appoInim
TING of a minister to bear their request 10
ned Government. This Government, how
ton err, having remained neutral betw'
sxas Texas and Mexico during the war
hev tween them, and considering 1t due to
f.. TO honor Of the country, and our fair Ia
free among the nations of the earth, that
our should not, at this early PERIOD, cohsen
ture annexation, not until 1t should De III
n of to the whole world that the reconqnest
Texas By Mexico was impossible, retn
was to accede to the overtures made by 1
rpus as Ga the twelfth of April 1874,
Ge. after more than seven years had elaE
that since Texas had established her indel
: re- dence, treaty was concluded for the
llth nexation Of that Republic TO the Tn
ward, States, which was re ected by the Sea
lonth Finally, on the first of March 1919, [
.ande gress passed . Joint resolution for an
was lug her to the United States, upon ceI
the preliminary conditions, to which her.as
zenith required. The solemniIies which cha
riders terlzed the deliberations and conduc
mister The Government and people of Texa
N of the deeply interesting questions pre-
,xico. ed by these resolutions, are known {
lived, world The Congress, the Execu
Il re- and the people of Texas, in convex
primer elected for that purpose, accepted
Ter on great uDanimlty the proposed terms o
es of nexaton; and thus consummated on
ssaue part the great act of restoring to on
g last deral Union a vast territory which
cut of been ceded to Spain, by the FLORIDA
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