The daily union., 1846-09-28
FURTHER VIEWS OF THE ENGLISH
PRESS ON THE MEXICAN WAR

Of the London press. We laid before our readers,
afew days ago. leading article from the London
Times, with such comments ii was calculated to
call forth.
The London Times will not understand Our past
relations with Texas, nor our present relations with
Mexico. We ask, again and again, by what causes
has this unequal conflict" between the two repub-
lies been producSdl In what have consisted "the al
rogant and unjust dealings Of the United Sntesl"
Simply in cOnsenung to admit Texas-preylously
recognised by England herself, and by France, and
by other European powers, as free and soys reign
State. And it is the very essence Of this ndepen-
dence to have the power of selecting her policy,
Of guiding her own destiny, Of consulting her own int
terests, without asking the consent Ofany other power
on the globe Our great offence consists in admit
tsg lhis recognised sovereign State one ofthe
bers Of our federal union. This event, the Times
tells Us, England sought to prevent. Both her gov
ernmenI and her press exerted themselves to pre-
vail upon the Mexican government to adopt the
only course by which Texas could be prevented
from eeasing to be the clone star" and uniting her
selfto the great American galaxy. "Mexico was
urged to recognise the independence OF Texas upon
conditions which would have secured the existence
Of that State a barrier between herself and the
United StateS" These "warnng counsels" were
"not postponed to the extreme hour of danger"
They were timely piled by England, by her govern
ment, aud by her press, (and by France, too,
though the Tines omits this part Of the story)
Nor were they Piled upon Mexico alone. Texas
also was beseged with "warning counses,"
and operated upon, (or sought to be operated
upon,) IN oil manner Of ways. There was
Elliott, and there wa Saligny, to say nothing
Of Others; and there all the running and fro.
But tavaiIed not. Mexico, so the Times" now
tells US, was "stupd" +" and the "warning counsels"
were thrown away upon her. Texas had a true
American heart, and European Establishments could
not seduce her. She obeyed the true instincts of
that true heart and proved true to her destiny She
determined TO become ONE Of the Omitted States OF
America" She offered herself and she was ac-
cepted.
In this consists the whole sum and substance of
''the arrogant and unjust dealings of the United
States" Here is the whole. history Of the war, so
far they have hal anything 70 do with bringing il
about. From the Times's own showing, it was
brought on by the stolidty of the Mexican govern
ment. Its folly, "stupidity' as the Times calls
it, the sole cause Of the First, it made
that government deaf to the "warning counsels :"
by the adoption Of which alone could the incorpora-
ton Of Texas into the Union be prevented. 1t would
not recognise the independence of Texas Years after
treaties OF and of close alliance with her
had become darling object with the great po wers
of Europe, Mexico persisted in calling her 'rebel-
ous province" Nor did the stupidity" stop here
Go., r., J,..,o g, a. d.. i
press had become verified; after tn incorporation of
Texas into the Union had become an accom- plshed |
fact; after it had become patent the whole world
that Texas had under the sgs of the American
constitution and not merely one of the free, |
sovereign, and independent states of the world, but
one of the United States Of America a State in |
defence of whose citizens and whose soil the power
of the whole Union rrevocably pledged; after |
all this had happened what course did the Mexican
government pursue' Why, it continued to call |
Texas a Mexican territory. Down to this very
day, it continues to call her so, and to insist that the
presence of American troops anywhere west of the |
Sabine constitutes an ''invasion of Mexico"
And yet, the fact that war now exists between |
the United States and country thus 'supidly" |
governed, be ascribcd by the Times to no other
cause but the "arrogance and injustice of the United |
States"
The Times has itself, without being, apparently, |
aware of it, written the history the true history, of
the "annexation of Texas" an event in history |
with which the "intrgues' Of the Emperor of Chi
ma had much TO do as the "in,rgucs of the Amer
lean government" Let it be supposed, for a mo-
ment, that Texas had not yet become one of the
TT,;,o Il, al, l, 1
ent hour, Of the provinces of the Mexican re-
public and that "the British adventurers in Mexi-
CO." spoken of by the article Of the 'Times," to.
gether with those "principa landowners and pro- |
prietors in northern Mexico" who ''are better af- |
fected the United States than to their own govern
ment," all happened to be ssetted in Texas as per-
manent inhabitants of the country Let this sup |
position be made and taking this supposed state of
things for the basis OF its calculation let the Times"
have recourse its political arithmetic and inform
us what amount of "ntrgue," on the part Of the |
government of the United States, and what quan-
ty Of 'nrogant and unjust dealings" from them
towards Mexico would he requisite, in order to
awaken in the bosoms of the aforesaid British adj
venturers in Mexico" (they being permanent settlers
in Texas, with wife ard children round each hearth
home) The wish tor peace anu quiet, puolc order,
and security of person and property. How many
years Of anarchy and Of military misrue, the shape
Of plunderngs and arrests, and incarcerations and
executions, would they be likely to endure, before
visions of habsas corpus, and trial by jury, and other
Anglo-Saxo-Norman Inventions would Ait across
their fancies' And how long, after these visions
had arisen, would il be before Texas threw off the
yoke Of the "Lptros" Of the city Of Mexico, who
make and unmake her emperors and diotaors; and
before Texas abjured all respect for the authority of
the ieutenants sent from the capital to govern
herr
fthe Times can solve this problem, it will dis.
cover to its great surprise, perhaps, that the Texan
revolution in the first instance and the annexation
Of Texas in the next place, may have been brought
about by other causes than that compound Of in
trieue, rapscity, injustice, and arrogance on the