Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-08-13
RUTLAND, THURSDAY. AUGUST r. rss.


ne remotcu NJ cement Of reIn' Sifvou
mus, look tot some other cause spd motive
Tor TIT, removal the army thsn The nero
tcience Of Teas. For oil any such putpo.a
as thls, the army might have been safe "A
IS Iihdpwn from Texas. There would haya
been no invasion from Mexico, and lheta
Wa no reason to spptehend it Al The ums
the army WAS otdetc 10 the Rio Grsnde. &
repeat Tho question, then, what possible ob.
lecI was there IN ordering General TsyloH
ani hts troops to The ieii bank OF that Iiver
Did not every relcoiing msn IN the country
consider that lis direct and inevitable ionden i
oy must be to provoke hostilneS, 10 eIoiis
collision, and 10 involve the country In war,
piecIselys it's done The result, CANNOT
have disappointed tho anticIpalIons oil any ona
who had understood and reflected upon ihaI
subject SIR, the veil which covers tmsI
movement IL too thin TO conceal from otdi'l
mary disccrnrnent the real purpose Of IT, Thai
purpose was answered when actual hosIiliue.I
took place between the two armies The
country has yet to learn the sequel
But let Us hear the President IN his own
defence. In his special message which he
sent to US on the lth dav OF Nav last he as.
signs several reasons flr ordering the reno
val OF The troops from tho Nueces to the RIO
GRANGE and II IL 10 be presumed that
he would give the best reasons of which
the nature OF the case would admit and they
have been so often reiterated 10y his friends
upon Tins floor, that they have become quite
familiar forms OF speech. and in some lns,an-
ces, they have been repeated with an ar uf
triumph that seemed to challenge their refu.
iaiiOnF ! purpose 10 examine, briefly, these
reasons or pleas Of Justification in their or
der
And first, the Presiden, say. "This force
was concentrated at Corpus Christi, and re .
manned there until after | had received such
Information ffomMeXico as rendered II prob-
able, " not certain, that the Mexican Govern
ment would refuse 10 receive our envoy y
II ls entirely n novel doctrine In the law Of
cations, that the refusal OF one government To
receive an envoy from another is sufficient
cause Tor invading the territory of that gov.
eminent; but much less cause is it II the cues
ton OF reception be still pcnding and the
ultimate refusal be only probable Moreo
yer It l. a new method OF Cancellation, and
entirely original with tins Administration. to
send hostile army into the claimed territory
Of foreign government, while we area, the
friendly diplomatic relations Why. MIR
Chairman, as was not unnatural to suppose.
one ofthe chiefobcctions " hichMexlco raised
against receiving an envoy from US was the
very fact Of our armed forces lowering upon
her borders al the same time, as { we would
consfaln her TO recognise minister from
US by intimidation. The degenerate Mex.
can has yet too much Of the pride and splnt
Of his arclen,Ca stllian race to submit to such
a degradation Of national honor. 1t was folly
on our part to expect II, 1t was dishonotable
To AJAX IL. Instead OF ordering an advance
movement, OF the army then.not only ordlua-
~ national courtesy, not only good policy q
good sense but common justice and propn-
ely,should have induced our Executive Gov
eminent TO have Withdrawal our forces. for
the time being at least, from the Mexican
borders. Could the Administration suppose
that Mexico would be more likely to receive
a administer from US 10y placing hostile army
upon her territory, or territory which she
claimed to be hers. and which was in her
quiet and peaceful, & exclusive possession,
and more especially when 1t vas one of the
avowed objects Of the mission 10 sctlle and
adjust the question Of claim to this very ter
rnorv The circumstances Of there being a
doubt about the reception Of our minister,
instead OF afIordlng any valid reason for or
denng an advance movement o. the army,
presented one Of the strongest considerations
Tor ordering it to fecode Besides, the refu-
sal OF the government OF Herrera 10 receive
our minister was first communicated 10 this
Government by Nh SiIdc, IN his letter TONI
Buchanan OF the 9Th Of December last, and
which did not reach here until the 23d oJa an
nary, ten days after the order for the reno
val of the troops had been issued And Mr.
Shdell's letter TO the Secretary OF State, o.
the 2fth OF December, contains the first in
limatlon Of doubt about his reception, and
the receipt OF that letter is acknowledged
here on tho 20lh OF January, seven days after
the order Of removal What other sources
OF information the President had which rem
dered il "probabe, II not certain, thNC1he
MexicsnGoyernmen would refuse to receive
our envoy we are not apprlsed. IL IL not
TO be found ~ the official correspondence
which he has furnished To Us Moreover
I General Herrera resigned tie Presidency on
! the Both OF December last, and General Par
/ edcs took the oath Office on the ith Of Janua
~ following. and, ~ conformity with hls 10
! s,ructons, M SlideI Tesuhmued the ones
] ton Of his recognition 10 the mediterranean
on the LIST of March following, and, on TIM
| 18th Of that month, Mr. Castillo, theMeTlcof
minister Of foreign afairsJnfurmsdMr Slldel
| Of the final refusal OF his government 10 re-
/ ceve him in the capacity OF minister plepi
poientary And In the same note he adds
, This warhke display with which the American
/ Union presents iIself-by SEES, with her squad
roa.s on both coasts; by land with her INA
ding forces advancing by the northern from
tiefs-al the same time that, by her minister
plenpoienuary, propositions ara made 10
cancellation and accommodalion-wou b'
a sufficiently powerful reason for not listen
log to them, - long as all threatening shaI
not be wl,hdrawn,eycn to the sllghtes, appear
ance OF hostility" viii now submit u
the unbiased Judgment OF the intelligence O
The country 10 decide bow far the Pres den
can be Justified 10 ordering the army ol oc
cupation from the Nueces 70 the Rio Gona
, on the 18Th Of January last, under a." pre-
, tert that It was then probable, II no, CERTAIN
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