The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-12-24

Gonclu1rd.
The movement Of our army 10 The RIO
Grsnde was made by The commanding &C.
neral under IOaIlse orders 10 abslain from
ell aggressive aels Ioss ard. NJ xico or Mex
lean sli'Z' ne. and 10 rsgaId The relations
bsisssn the IwO counties IS peaceful, un-
lees Msxisa should declare var, or co.,
MI SEES Of h0suliiy indicative Of . sIale
81 var; aud these orders lie f.Ilhlully CT.
eHenIrd. NhilsI Orcrpy ing his posiuon
an the essl bank az he RIO 6Tsnde, wI.Lin
the llmis of i.x.s. lhen recently admit
cd - ore of the States Of our UuIon, the
commanding gsReTsl of Ihe Mexican for.
Gee. sho. IA pursuance of the orders Of
his goSsInmsR', he'd cOllselsd . large
army on the orposi.e shore u the RIO
Gfands. eIos.d the n'sr, invaded our
IeIII'oIy. aud rOmmrLced hosuliues by al
tarkine our foIcss.
Thus, sfer ell the injuries which we
had received and borne from Mexico. aud
alter ellie hid In.Uluugly rrjeeled m,ns-
ter sen' Ia her on misslon Of peace. end
whom size had sOltun!y agreed 10 receive,
che COMMUNICATED her long course vi out
rage se~insI oUr c"unliy by CONNIE ncIhg
an ofen,iye war aud shedding the bloVd
Uf "ur cit zens on OUT own soil.
The Uhhed States never al. MI ted 10
acquire Texassty.e nque.t. On the con.
nary. al 90 en- F,od after lie people
OF Texas lad achieved their lhdeptn.
Genee, ihry sOUgLlio be annexed 10 the
Uatied S.a'es. Ara general election 40
September. 1886. they decided with grss,
unsniniiy IN favor Of " shns xallon;" AID
10 November following, The Congress OF
The republic sulhuuzed the appointment
Of minister, to bear their request 10 this
government. TITS government. however.
having remained neulral btts.en Texas
aud M,xioo during the war between them,
and considering Il due 10 the honor oil our
county, and our lsir fame among The ia.
.iuus az tbr sstun. mat Ne should not al
this eaIly period eOn.eni 10 anntxston.
nor unul Il should be o. anIiestto the " hole
world thsi The Teconquest OF Texas by
Mexico was imI OssIble, refused 10 aceeGe
TO the osertures made by Texas. On the
twelfth of April, 1914. aud slsr more
Than seven years had elapsed since Tex
as had established her independ. nee, q
treaty was concluded for the annaxatIon
OF tha. republic 10 The United Safes, " h ch
was rejected by The Senate. Finally, on
The ftsl Of Mach. lsi5, Congress passed
a JOINT re- soiu,ion for snnexIng her 10 The
United States. upon certain preliminary
conduions 10 which her assent was re-
gu red. The s"leunrIres which charsc-
ler,zed the deliberations and conduct Of
the government AID peotle Of Texss, OH
the de.p In'eres,i' G questions presented
by these resi- luuons, are known 10 the
world. The Congress, the Executive,
and the people Of Texas, in convention
elected Tor that purpose, accepted with
gres. immunity the proposed terms OF an
nexs,ion: and thus communicated on her
psu the great actoI restoring TO our fede-
raj Union vast territory which had been
ceied 10 Spain by the Florida treaty more
THAI quarter Of century before.
Af.er the Join. resolution for Tie annex
alton Of Texas to the United States had
been passed by our Congress, The Mex
lean minister al Washington addressed a
note To the Secretary 0i Stale, bearing date
on the sixth of March. 1915. protesting
agalns, II as "an act Of aggression, The
most unjsut which Can be found recorded
in the annals oi modern history; namely,
that Of despoIlng friendly nsuon, like
Mexico. Of considerable portion Of her
lerrnory;" and protesting against the re-
solution of snnexaion, as beng an act
Nv hereby the province Of Texas. an
inle grail poruon OF the Mexican territory,
is agreed and admitted mo the American
Umon;" and he announced that, as con-
sequence. hi. MISSION TO the United States
had terminated, and demanded his pass
pnrs, Which were granted. twas upon
the absurd preteXl, made by Mexico, her
self indebted for her independence TO a
successful r.voluuon,) that The republic
OF reuss still continued 10 be, no,with-
standing all tina, had passed, province
ct Mexico, tina; his step was taken by tho
Mexican minister.
Every honorable effort has been used
by NE to avoid the war which followed,
but all have proved vain. All our al
,emp,s to preserve preserve peace have
been ne, by insult and resistance on The
par, Of Mexico. My efforts to this end
!, commenced in the note Of The Secretary
Of Stale of the tenth Of March, ls45, in
answer TO thai Of the Mexican minister
> Whilst declining to reopen discussion
which hal already been exhausted, ant
proving aga,u what was known TO 'ht
whole would, that Tex,s had long since
achieved her Independence. me Sacreia'J