The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-06-17

J. year.
!. M. r. said this was the history Of th
! loss and gam Of Texas, and its sequence
J. he pqr nth Aerico. The country
{. recoyeIed-a war has followed, and iii
e question now IS how 10 finish il FOR him
self lie Eel. clear. lis policy had beef
(: uniform from first 10 lost-it was 10 &c
{ back Texas, without a bieach with Mex
co and he was certain Il nigh, have beer
done Z wise and lef-pefale counses haC
J prevailed. The Un'rd States had only
/ to wait for peace that vas upon The pom
Of beng signed ia January, ls42, unde
! the powerful mediation Of Great Britain
and France, when the then Administrators
broke up the peaceful negot alton, dis
pefsed the ministers, assumed the war,
and placed the army and navy under the
control Of the President Of Texas 10 fight
Mexico. The rejection of The treaty stop.
ped the war then assumed but The mid
night transmission OF the House resolution
started il again, and soon placed the two
republics in the unhappy condition in which
they now stand.
Mr.. B. repeated. His policy from be-
ginning 10 ending had been to get back
Texas without war, or even breach OF
friendship with Mexico. He was greatly
ayerse to such war. lie saw great and
extraordinary evils ID il, Besides the
evils common to all warS-loss Of lives,
distress Of families, interruption Of CON.
merce, ruin to many merchants, and load
Of debts and taxes-besides all these or.
binary evils incident to all wars, he saw
others of new aud extraordinary kind 10
a war with Mexico. She was republic,
and weak one, and our neighbor, and had
done Us the honor to copy our constitution
aud form Of government, and had main
lained civil wars at home to keep It Up.
She was one Of tie Spanish American
States which stretch from the southern
boundary Of the United States TO Cape
Horn, the whole of which had copied our
form Of government, and established close
political and commercial relations With Us.
All these States had Just emanc pated
themselves from European domination,
adopted tic republican system, and taken
the United States for their model aad
their friend cider sister and parental
guardian Of the Gordon Of republics which
stretched across the two Americans. The
position Of he United States, al the head
OF this long chain Of republics, was grand
and impressive and lmposedupon her an On.
Iarged and enlightened system, which had
been carefully acted upon by all American
statesmen from the time these Spanish
American States began to establish their
independence. Europe had a system Of
mouarchies, consolidated by holy ALI.
ance. The new world had its system Of
Republics, to be cemented and united by
sympathy aud friendship. To maintain
our position a the head Of this Republican
system in the new world, was due to our.
selves and the human race. To cherish
and parpetua,e these RopubIics-to pre-
serve their friendship and their commerce
Ito Continue to be their political mentor
to continue them in the republican sys.
TEN of the new world, and prevent their
relapse into the monarohlcal system of the
old world-this was our true and noble
policy. War with any one Of them would
endanger that policy for being all of the
same origin, religion, language, customs,
they would naturally sympathlze with each
other, and IN having war with one, the
friendship Of all might be jeoParded.
He, (Mr, b. had endeayored to act
upon these enlarged principles, originating
not with him but with enlightened states.
men before he came into public life. He
had endeayored to get back Texas with.
out war with Mexico, and was certain it
might have been done with all ease by the
simple process Of leaving Mexico and
Texas to make peace, and treating Mexi-
co with the respect and Difference due to
sister RepubIic-the more proud and
sensitive because weak and unable to con.
tend with US. The first great error was
the annexation treaty Of 1912, and the
manner 10 which it was conducted that
was the work of the Tyler Administration,
and for selfish and unworthy purposes.
The second great error, was the rejection
of the Senate's alternative resolution, and
despatch of the midnight messenger to
Texas with the absolute resolution of ad
mission, on the night Of the third Of March
1915: that also was the work of the Ty.
Ter Administration, and in the last momeu
Of its expiring existence. The first o
these steps-the treay--wouId have made
instant war if it had been ratified by the
Senate the second made the war anC
now the great question Is, to finish it,
How to finish it, That was the great ques
} ton which every body was putting to him
and on which every one present, no doubr
would wish 10 hear him speak. But thi
was not the time to speak upon that point
The time would come, but 1t was not now
His opinions had been asked by The PresI
dent, and gwen to him, and approved by
him, and in time would be given 10 The
public.
t But he could saw that be relied moro
upon policy than upon arms to finish TIN
, war with weak and proud neighbour
T Fight us battles, she could not. That va
e proved from San Jacnto to Cerro Gordo
i, and wherever the two races met, from tn,
. Gulf Of Mexico to the Bay Of San Francis
e CO, victories would come as often as iight