The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-10-05
The Result of the Negotiations.


The Result of the Negotiations.
The documents connected with the recent negotiations
in Mexico which we published last evening, will present
10 tbe country in a new and most striking light the des
nerae nfatuaton of the enemy with whom we have to
deal The whole basis of negotiation assumed by the
Mexican government and the propositions finally re-
solved upon as its uman, ou,ragng as they do every
principle of International justice can only be regarded as
another insult added to the long series OF wrongs and IN
dgnes which the Mexican rulers have heaped upon us
Certainly no government, however blinded by pride and
obsnacy could have ventnred, under such crcum
stances to submit such propositions but Tor ITS hope OF
aid and comfort from the efforts of the opposition party
among ourselves. The Mexican policy of the wings has
now developed its legitimate consequences in all Their en-
omty 1t is fully proved at last that Mexico, conquered
and almost disarmed and having reliance save on the
aid which she hopes from the efforts of the whg
faction here has at last resolved that she will have
peace with our government, upon terms which
daring outrage upon our national rights and honor Such
an outrage beyond all question, the Mexican demand
for the Nueces as the boundary of Texas Such
rage still more plainly is the Mexican demand for ndem.
ncaon at hands for the losses and expenses of the
war which Mexico has forced upon us.
Such being the disastrous effects of the policy of the
wing party working upon the pride and ignorance of
Mexico nothing remains for government, and for the
patriotism of our country, but to address themselves
anew, sterner spirit, and with augmented energy to
the task of compelling, at all hazards satisfactory and
honorable peace. Mexico must be made TO feel
and the sooner the betterhat the question of the
nuance of the is, indeed fast becoming to her
question of national existence. She must be made to
feel that, thus rejecting Just and liberal overtures
of peace she is placing herself wholly beyond the pale
of further forbearance at hands She must be
made know that there is peace for her. upon
terms which shall secure to us full ndemnication for all
the expenditures of the war, and full reparaton for all
the injuries which have received, including among
them, the least her insoent repulse of recent
efforts for Cancellation She must be made to know that
henceforth least this war is hersthe result OF her
deliberate eecton-and so be borne by her, the full
extent OF its evils and its burdens Our work of subugaion
and conquest go rapidly with augmented forces,
and as far as possible, the expense of Mexico herself
From Mexican contributions levied and seized, if need
be- by the strong hand, armies must be subsist
ed and supported in the field The policy of orbearance
and cancellations however magnanlmously adopted by
and in however generous attitude il may have hther
presented before the world, is exhausted. 1t
has met with response but new and contumey
from our vanquished foe. Henceforh must seek
peace, and compel it, by nlictng upon enemy all the
evils Of war
In view of such state of facts is set forth in the
records OF the late negotiation, it might indeed have been
hoped that the whole country would unite man
upon the only true Mexican policy which now remains
to US But the leaders of the wing party of late to
have fully chosen their part Forgetting all that patriots
ought in honor remember, they rally upon the cry OF
" no more Merican territory" Mr.. Kennedy, echolng
the sentiment of Santa Anna tells his whg friends in
BALTIMORE that the Nueces is the and just boundary
of Texas Mr. Webster, amid the cheers OF the wing
convention Massachusetts,, procalms that he vote
men money to prosecute hostilites with
view to the acquisition OF territorial indemnity from
Mexico We do not believe that the mass of the wing
party can be rallied by their leaders upon such ground
They cannot and they will not resist the appeal which is
made to their patriotism and their OF national
honor and Justice by these recent Developments of the
Mexican spirit. But if are deceived in his- par
tsan drill shall be strong enough to marshal the rank
and file of the wings this platform OF national dis
grace and humiliation the honor and the rights of the
country will yet be in the strong hands OF the
democracy and in the energy and patriotism OF the add
minsration which they have clothed with power
Mr. John p, Kennedy, the wing candidate for Con-
gress in the Baltimore district, whose cmnence wri
Ter of fiction has been long appreciated, is 'amusng his
leisure" by addressing series of letters to the people,
land which, of course the National Integencer pub.
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