The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-07-03
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Nations, like individuals, TO merit success in
any undertaking, must have hight and Justice on
Their side, or the moral sense Of the civilized
world will condemn them aud though by brute
force They may trample upon aud conquer i weak
enemy they are as efirctullly dSgracrd as il dc.
teal had attended their aImsn- MeckleHLnrP
JeBersoaian.
We hank The jew for that same. Who
does not heartily respond TO the sentiments
couched IN the above paragraph The
remarks must have been penned BY tho
Il llior Of The Jcltrsonion certainly with.
out sufficiently weighing their import
Who does not admit their fitness And
what is the true state of the case between
this Country and Mexico II viii be re.
collected that Mexico is our weak neirhbor
having only a population of mol more than
5000, 600, while we havea population of
1000 900; aud although we had, as all
admit, cause Of war against her, yet, until
Texas annexation took pace, a d We claim.
ed part OF her territory and she showed
a disposition 10 resist our claim, then for
the first time we hear Of bcligereut dis
position on the part tie President I hat
he claim 70 The Territory Is unjust must be
evident Ia every one 10 Will furry exam
inc the subject Even Mr.. Benton, u de.
cided fdcnd of the President, during the
discussion on the "I5ler Treaty " in the
Senate Of The un,cd States, introduced a
resolution, dec airing that the iacorporq.
ton 81 The !eft bank II tie RIO del Aotte
tn'o The American Union, By ririte IF d
Iredtg truh Trds, comUthe1diHg, as Me
sad incorporation mooH do, q part Of The
MeIican d partmeats of .Ne,r IL rtco, Chi
huahnd, Colhniia and Tdmqulipd., polH
Be IN act IF DIRECT AGGRESSION o. MIX.
Ico for all he consequences Of rhtch The
Z S'dtes troGld stand responsible" THIS is
what Mr. Benton SAID about our right to tie
RIO e ande, and he has shown himself to be
llacqnalnled not only with the caims Of
our own country but others also---he SAYS
TINT for tie United States 10 incorporate
the territory 10 the left bank Of the RIO del
Nulte, into the american mon, would be
a DIRECT AGGRESSION on Mexico,
tar Which tic States would stand re.
sponsblc. And even when the annexa.
hon resolutions were passed b. both llous.
es d Congress the question Of boundary
was leIt open for future settlement. Is
rght AMI lustice On our side And can
wc expect any thing else bul that the mo.
raj sense Of The civilized world will con.
dcmn Us for the aci. 1t is true, we could
anuihllalc Mexico, she being weak enc.
NY yet NC would he Us ciiectually dlsgraced
as il We were defeated. Yet all who dare
say tile pfesiI NJ has done wrong is to be
branded MS traitors. Where is our boast.
ed liberties What becomes Of the free.
dom Of speech and the press, if silence IS
to be the test Of a mans patriotism nhfn
the constitution IS invaded and tramplcd
under foot by weak or ambitious Exec.
urive. We tell The people that the Exec.
utlye is getting too strong. Power is al.
ways stealing rom the many 10 the few"
We have more than once seen the barriers
Of the Constitution broken down hy the EN.
ecutive, and il these things continue much
longer We SHAH have nothing but the shad.
ew left Of what the patriots Of the reyolu
ton fought for.