The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1847-11-22
The Times VS.. Facts.

a disagreeable predicament, from the fact that
the published articles of Mr.. Trsts PROPOSE
tons fully sustain our assertions, attempts to
hide his discontinue by garbling, and by
charging us with unfairness. He says:
"Why not tell like an honest opponent of
the administration, that for the territory EN-
braced in Mr. Trists offer, it was stipulated
that we should render to Mexico an equiva.
lent-at least in parts Mr.. Trist's offer pro-
posed to assume the debt owned by Mexico to
our government to exonerate her from all the
expenses of the war. and to pay her some mil
lions in cash but all these facts are studiously
kept out of sight by the very honest and fair
gentleman who controls the columns of the
Tribune"
That our readers may see how much fairness
there is in the above, we ask them to refer to
the article in our columns to which the above
is reply. They will there find the following
sentence:
GAS for the indemnity-Mr Polk has Of
fered to pay these claims against Mexico out
of the money taken from the pockets of the
people of the United States, if Mexico will but
give him the territory slavery demands
And yet we are charged with studiously
keeping this out of sight. We did not keep
it out of sight, and had no wish to keep it out
of sight. The fact, though we had not time
to enlarge on it when our other article was
written, furnishes one of the strongest proofs
of the truth of what we have stated, that the
war was waged for the purpose of acquiring
territory, and that James X. Polk intended to
strip Mexico of all her Northern states, since
he is willing not only to relinquish the debt
due us from Mexico, the claim for the expen-
ses of the war. and even pay her into the bar
gain "some millions of cash, asking more
territory than is sufficient to satisfy every de-
mand of ours against Mexico. and refusing to
take less, Gas he has done, and as we will
show,) although he offers to pay the differ
ence in cash.
In reference to what we said in relation to
Mr.. Trist's propositions, the Times says:
"The Tribune refers to the offer of Mr.
Trist, which it is pleased to denominate the
'ultimatum of our government.
1--WE have too much respect for the good
sense of the readers of the Tribune to suppose
they can see no difference between Offering to
do thing, and absolutely refusing any llfter-
ent terms from those ace would Offer
1t was not ourselves that, denominated the
"ofer of Mr.. Trist the "mhimatum of our
governmental was Mr. Trist himself. 1t was
so stated in the reports from Mexico.
If, then, the terms offered by Mr.. Trist were
the most favorable (for that is the meaning of
ultimatum in diplomacy that our govern
ment would offer, and if our government re-
fused as it did, to accept the offer of the Mex
leans to give mp more than one fifth of their
territory, are we not borne out in the assertions
we have mades
Now few words in regard to our position,
about which the Times makes so much noise.
We said we would withdraw our troops to the
line we intend to maintain. What that line
shall be, is yet to be settled by Congress.
Gen. Taylor may think one line is the best, it
may be the one which the Times says he is in
favor of-another individual may think the
Neuces is the true oHe-the difference would
be in the distance We should withdraw our
troops, but the principle would be the same in
both cases-the capital would be abandoned
and therefore G EN-. Taylor comes as much I'M
der the condemnation of the Times as any one
who advocates the Neuces for boundary
The horror expressed. by the, Times at the
idea of oar being in favor of evacuating every
inch of Mexican territory, is amusing, but we
should not wonder to see him advancing the
same thing when Polk, frightened by the Will
mot Proviso, gives up his darling project.
The personalities with which the editor of
the Times concludes his article, are unworthy
a reply. -------.------
tY>We have received No. 1874 of LITTELL's