The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-12-15

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orr soil IN hostile array and shedding the
blood Of our citizens
Such are the grave c1uses oil compliant
oa the part Of he United States against
Mexica-causes wtiea existed dong be
fore the annexation Of Texas TO The A
meFicaH Union and get, animated by the
love Of peace, and a magnanimous muder-
alton, we did not adopt those measures OF
redress which. under such circumstances,
are the Justified resort Of injured nations.
The annexation OF Texas to the United
States constituted no just AUS Of offence
TO Mexico. The pretext that it did so IS
wholly inconsistent, and irTscoaciIable
with well authenticated facts connected
with the revolution bv which Texas be-
came independent Of Mexico. That ihis
may be the moro manifest, it may be pro-
per to avert 10 the cause and to the history
Of the principal events of that revolution.
Texas constituted a portion Of the an
eieat province Of Louisiana. cedel to the
United States biz France in the year 1893.
III h year 1919, the United States, by
the Florida treaty, ceded 10 Spain all that
part Of Louisiana with the present limits
of Texas (; and Mexico. by the revolution
wtlch separated her from Spain, and rem
dered her an independent nation. succeed
ed 10 the rights ofthe mother country over
this territory. In the year 1924. Mexico
established a federal constitution, under
which the Mexican republic was comp0s-
ed O! q number Of sovereign States, con-
fede a'ed together in a federal Union sim
lar to cur own. Each of these States
had lis own Executive legislature, and
Judiciary, and, for all except federal pur-
poses, was as ~iedependent of the general
governments, and that Of the other States,
as is Pennsylvania or Virginia. under our
constitution. Texas and Coahuila united
and formed one OF these Mexican States.
The State constitution which they adopt
ed, and which was approved BY The Mex
lean ~confcderacv, asserted that they were
free and independent OF lie other Mexi-
can United States, and Of every other
power and dominion whatsoever :" aud
proclaimed the great principle Of hcman
liberty, that "the sovereignty Of the State
resides originally and essentially in the
general mass OF the individuals who COM
pose it." To The government under this
constitution, as well as to that under the
federal constitution, the people Of Texas
owed allegiance.
EmigranIs from foreign countries, in
Guiding tie United States were invited
5y The colYnizslion laws 81 he Stale and
Of the federal government 10 settle IN
I'exas. Advantageous terms were offer
ed to induce theR 10 leave their Owu
country and become Mexiran cnizens.-
This invitation wss accepted by many Of
our ciIizeEs.iu the lall ialth hat nj their
new honte they would be governed by
lass enacted By Representatives elected
by themselves: and thai their lives, liber-
~, and property would be proiecicd by
constitutional guarantees similar 10 those
which existed III the republic they bad
left. Uader j government thus organized
lhev continued until HE year 1885. hen
a military revolution broke out n The city
of Mexico. which entirely subverlcd the
federal and Stale constitutions. aud pla-
red a military dictator al The head Of the
government.
By a sweeping dec.se Of a Congress
subservienG TO he will of the dictator, the
several State constitutions were abolish
ed, and the States themselves converted
into mere departments of the Central
Goverument. The pcople Of Texas
were unwilling TO submit 10 this usur2s.
Resistance to such tyranny became
d high duiy. Texas was folly abssIred
from oil allegiance 10 the Central Gov
srnment Of Mexico FROM the thar
had abolished her Stale con.
and liz lis place substituted an
arbitrary and despolic Central G0vern-
nenl.
Sarii were the principal causes of the
revolution, The people of I ex.
IS onre determined upon resistance, and
IL " TO arms. In The midst OF these i'm
n%ortan, and exciting events, however,
hey did not omit 10 place their liberties
npon a secure and permanent foundation.
They elected members to a convention,
who. in The month OF March. 1856. is.
sued a formal declaration Una! their "po-
ilical connection With The Mexican ma
has forever ended, and that the peo-
oLe Of Texas do now constitute a FREE.
SOVEREIGN. and INDEPENDENT ~REPuBLIc,
ma are fully invested with all the rights
md attributes which properly belong 10
ndependeninalions." They also adopt
ID for their government a liberal repmbli-
AN constitution. Abou, The same Tine
Anna, lhen he dlctllor Of Mexico,
INVADED Texas with a numerous army
or the purpose Of subdGing her people.
nd enforcing ahedience to his arhilrary
ND despite government. On lie tween.
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