Mobile register and journal., 1846-12-16

n 10 bankruptcy. The proud nane of American eli. zep, which ought 10 protect all aho hear il from n- sult and injury throughout Ihe world, has afforded nc sheh protection to eur citizens in Mexico. We had anple cause Of war against Mexico long beiora the breaking out ol hosillies But even then N ( lorbote 10 lake redress laIo our own hands, uniil Mexico herself became lhe aggtessor by invading our soil ln hostile ara, and shading lhe bio Jd ol l our citiz-ns.
 Such are lhe grave causes of complaint on the pa ol ihe inned States against MpxicO-- causes which existed long "eiOre lhe annexation of Texas In lhe American Union; and vel animated by the bye oi peace, and maguan,mons moderation, we did not adopt those measures of redress N hch under such circumstances, the justified resort of injured na tons.
 The annexation of Texas to lhe Uned States Constituted no just cause ol offence to Mexico The pretext that il did so is wholly inconsistent, and r reconcilaile with well authenticated facts connected with the revolution hy which Texas became indepen- dent of Mexico. Tha, this may be ihe more mani. lest, Il may be proper to advert he causes and to the history of the principal events of thai revolution
 Texas constituted a portion of the arcient pro- vince of Luusiana ceded 10 lhe United States lyy France in the year 1903 In the year lSla, the United States by the Florida treaty, ceded tn Spain all that pari of Louisiana within the presen, I,mns of Texas, and Mexico by the revolution which sena- rated her from Spam, aad rendered her an indepen dent nailpn. succeeded 10 ihe rights of the mother country over this territory In The year 1924, MexI- co established a federal constitution, under which The Mexican republic was composed ni a number of sovereign States, coneGerated together in federal Union similar 10 our own Each ul these States had it's own Executive legislature, and he judiciary, and for all except federal poses. was as independent Of the general government. and that of lhe other one of lhese Mexican SIaies. The State consiita ton which they adopted. and which was approved by the Mexican coniederacy, asserted that they were free and independent of the other Mexican States and of ever, other power and dominion whatsoever; ;' ahd proclaimed the great principle ol human liberty d that the sovereignty of The State resides orgi, na fly and essentially in the general mass of the nd yiduas who compose it." To the government under this constitution. as well as To thai under the federal institution, ihe people of Texas owed allegiance. EmRrants frem foreign countries, including the United States, were invited by ihe colonization laws of the State and of the federal government to settle in Texas. Advantageous terms offered 10 in- duce them to leave their country and become Mexican citizens. This invitation accepted by many of our citizens, m the full faith that in lhe new home they would be governed by laws enacted by representatives elected by themselves, and lhal the- lives. liberty, and property would be protected by constitutional guarantees similar to those which | existed in the republic they had left Under gov ernment thus organized they continued until the year 1885, when military revolution broke out in the city of Mexico, which entirely suh,erled lhe federal | a1d State constitutions, and placed d military dcla- | tor al the head Of the government.
 | By a sweeping decree of d Congress subservieni the will of the dictator, the several State consti lions were abolished, and the States themselves verled into mere departments Of the Central Gov. eraient. The people of Texas were unwilling to submit to this usurpation. Resistance to such tv- l ranny became high duty. Texas was fully absoyed from all allegiance to inc Centisl Government o | Mexico from the moment that government had abolished her State constitution, aud in ils place substituted an arbitrary and deslolic Central Coy | ernmen.
 | Such were the principal causes of the Texan reyo | luion. The people ofTexas at once determined upoi resistance and flew to arms. In the mdst of these important and exciting events, however they did omit 10 place their liberties upon secure and per maneBt foundotion They elected members to Con vention. who, in the moath of March, 1886, issued formal decaraio ion that their ''poliical connex oI with the Mexican nation has forever ended, and lha the people of TeAas 10 now constitute FkEE. soy EREIaE and INDEPEHDENT REPUBLIc, and RI, fully invested with a the ighls and attributes whic properly belong 0 independent aations." They als, adopted for their government a liberal republican constitution About he saTe time, Santa Anna theI the dictator of MaxicO, invaded Texas with m merous army for the purpose of subdumg her people and enforcing obedience to his arbitrary and despoii. government, On the twem y-iirsl of April, l8s6 hs was mel by the Texan citizen soldiers, and on Una day was achieved by them the memorable victory 0 San Jacinto, by which they conquered their ndepen dence Considering the nun engaged on 'be re spectIye side, history does not record m"re bril- | liant achievement Santa Anna himself was among ihe capives.
 In the month of May. 1886, Santa Anna ac knowledged, hi treaty with the Texan authorities in the most soieinN form, "lhe full, entire, and per
 ect independence Of the republic of Texas" IL ii true he was then prisoner of war; but il is equa Il, true that he had failed 10 renonquer Texas and at met with signal defeat; tha, hs authority had no been revoked and that by virtue of this treaty he ob lained his personal release. By II hoslilities we,t suspended and the army which had invaded Texa, under his command returned in pursuance of this ar | rangemeni, unmoested, to Mexico.
 | From the day that the battle of San Jacnto wa tough, until lhe present hour Mexico has never pos sessed the power to reconquer Texas. In the Ian guage of the Secretary of State o he United States in despatch to our minister in Mexico, under dat, of the eighth of July, l842, .'Mexco may hay, chosen consider, and may still choose to conside Texas as having been at all times since 1885, and still continuing, rebeous province; but the worl. has been obliged to take very different view of h, matter From the time of the battle of San Jacinto in April. 1886, to the presen, moment, Texas hal exhibited the same external signs Of national Inde pendence as Mexico herself and with quite as mucl | stability of government Practically free and inde pendent, acknowledged political sovereignty b. the principal Powers of the world. no hostile foo finding rest within her territory for six or seve years, and Mexico herself reiraining for all that pc rod from further attempt 10 re establish her owl authority over mat territory, Il cannot but be sur prlsing to find Mir. de Bocnnegra" (the Secretary 0 Foreign Affairs of Mexico) "complaning that fo the whole period citizens ol the United States, it Il government have been ayoring the rebels of Texas and supplying them with vessels, ammunition, ant | money, as if the war for the reduction of the pro vince of Texas had been constantly prosecuted h. Mexico, and her su cess prevented by these inls ences from abroad" In the same despatch the Se cretary of State affrms that "since 1887 the Une, States have regarded Texas as independent soy ereignty, as much as Mexico; and that trade an. commerce with citizens nf government war wil Mexico, cannot, on that recount, he regarded as al intercourse by winch assistance and succor ar given to Mexican rebels. The whole current of Mir de Bocanegra's remarks runs in the direction as if the independence of Texas had nHt been ac knowledged. it has been acknowledged-it was ac knowledged in 1887. against renoustrance and pro test of Mexico; and most of the acts, of any mpor tanee, of which Mir. de Bocanegra complains, flow necessarily from that recognition. lie speaks O Texas still being 'an integral part of the errilor, Of the Mexican republic; but he cannot but under stand that ihe United States do not so regard 1t - The real complaint of Mexico. therefore, s, in sub stance, neither less than complaia against ,he recognition of Texan independen may be thought rather lale to repeat thai com plaint. and not quite just 10 coufne il the Unet States, 10 the exemption of Englind France, ant Belgism, unless the United States, having been thu first 10 acknowledge the independence of Mexic, herself, be blamed for setting an example fo the recognition of that of Texas" And he added that the constitution public treaties, and the law oblge the President to regard Texas as an inde pendent State. and its territory as no part o the territory of Mexco." Texas had been an inde pendent State, with organized government, de lying the power of Mexico To overthrow or recon quer her. for more than len years before Mexic, commenced the present war ag,iust the Unite, States. Texas had given such evidence to the wor
 of her.abililv to maintain her separate existence a an independent nailon. that she had been formal recognised such, not only by the United States but hv seyera of inc m i'm cnul Powera nf Euro.e =