Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-12-22

!. that, at their last session, an act wa!
. passed, upon Executive recommends,
7 lion, appropriaiing SO, ,ooo,0 o,00owitt thai
express object. Although the failure td
conclude such a treaty as rendered il
unnecessary to use any part of the SS,;
600, 900 appropriated by that acl, and
the entire sum remains in The treasury,
it is still applicableto that object, should
the contingency occur, making such ap-
plication proper. Tie doctrine Of nc
territory, is the doctrine ofnoi indemnity
sanctioned, would beapublic acknowl.
edgment that our country was wrong,
and that the wardeclared by Congress,
with extraordinary Rasunjusl
and should be abandoned, an admission
unfoundcd dinfact. and degrading 10 the
national2 character.
| Theterms ofsthe treaty proposed by
the United States were not only just 10
Mexico, but considering tile character
and amount ofour claims, the unjustili>
able and unprovoked commencement Of
hoslililies; By her, the expenses Of The
war TO which we have been subjected,
and the success which has attended our
arms, we're deemed 10 be ola most libe.
raj character. The boundary Of tie
Rio .Grande, and the cessionto The Uni
ted States Of New Mexico and Upper
i California, constituted an sullimalum
which our. commissioner was under no
circumstances 10 weld. That. itmighl
be manifest, not only to Mexico, butssto
all other. nations; thatthe: United States
were not disposed 10 take advantage sof
a feeble power. OuacommissionerEwas
authorized 10 stipulale for the restoration
10 Mexico O all o,Iler conquesis, assibe
territory 10 be acquired by the boundary
proposed mightsbe estimated to- be of
greater value than a fair equivalent for
our just demands
Our commissioner was authorized to
slipulate for The paymentof such addi.
tional %pecuniary considerations as was
deemed reasonable: The terms Of a
treaty proposed by the Mexican Com;
missioner were wholly sinadmissiJle.
i They negotiated as if Mexico was the
! victorious and the yanquished party.
They must have known lliat tileii sultis..5
:pallra could sneyer.b cepled: IAs
lpfoYincesS Of NsW Mexico and the Cali
1fornlas, ,Eas Preposed blythe Goma,iss
sioner of.he United States, itSwas be-.
llieyed, would beslnore in saccordance
with the convenience and interest of
both nations, tllanFany other cession# of
Territory Wllichsit wasprobable Mexico
could bo induced 10 make. il is manifest
TO all who have observed the actual con-
dition of the Mexican government for
some years, past and present, and.thal
If these provinces should be retained by
her, she could. not long continue to hold
and govern them. This would better
especially the case with Upper Califor-,
MIA. essse Z sr,s..
The sagacity of powerful European
nations has long since directed their at
tention to the commercial Importance
of that Province, and there can be little
doubt the moment we shall relinquish
our present occupation of it; and our
claims 10 it as indemniiy,an effort would
be made by some foreign. power to.pos-
sess it, either by conques, orqby pur-j
chase. Should any Foreign Government
attempt to possess it asa Colony, the
principle avowed by President Monroe
in 1924, and re-affirmed in my first an.
nual message, that no Foreign Power
shall plant or establish any new Colony.
OF Dominion on the North American
Continent, must be maintained. y In
maintaining this principle, and in resist.
ing its invasion by any Foreign Power,
we might be involved in other wars
more expensive and more difficult than
| that in which we are engaged. The
Provinces Of New Mexico and Califor..
y = 4
MA are contiguous 10 the territory of the
United States, and if, brought underline
government Of our law S, their resources,
mineral, agricultural, manufacturing and
commercial, would soon be developed.
These advantages, in which the Whole
commercial world would participates
would al once be secured to the United
States by the ccssion of this territory,
while il isfcerlain$that as long as it re-
mains part Of the Mexican dominion,
they can be enjoyed, jneilherb by, Mexico
herself, nor by any other nation; In
proposing to acquire2New Mexico and
The Cali(ornias, it was known that but
an inconsiderable portion ofthe. Mexican
people would be transferred with them,
the country embraced within these
provinces being chiefly uninhabi!ed re-
gions. Il These are the leading consider
ations which induced me to authorize
the terms Of peace whichwere proposed
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