Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-05-28
aid a Comfort" by Orthodox Doctor
No. I-By DR.. T. II. Benton.

"AAO a NOmAoEtg ut Okth0aoA DoCtoEss
No. by DR.. T. II. Benton.
The incorporation oflhe left bank of the Rio
Del Norte Rio Gnnde) into the American Un-
ion, BY virtue of treaty with Texas, compre-
hending, as the said incorporation would do, a
part ofthe Mexican departments of New Mexico,
\ Chihuahua, COahula, TamauIipas. WOULD
BE AN ACT OF DIRECT AGGRESSION.
for all The consequences Of l0hieh the United
States would stand responsible.
No. BY the same.
"They, the President and his Secretary Of
State, Tyler and Calhoun, made the war Them
selves and made II unconstitulionay, perfdous-
| ly, cIandesiinely. and practically. The secret
orders TO our army and navy were piratical, for
/ they were without law, to waylay and attack a
friendly power, with whom he had treaty of
amity; and as member of court martial, would
sentence to be shot any officer of the army or
navy who should dare to attack Mexican troops,
or ships, or cities, under that order"
No. S-By DR.. SiIas Wright.
"There is another subject on which feel
bound to speak word allude 10 the PROPOSE
ton TO annex Texas TO the territory of this re-
public. felt it my duty 10 vote as a Senator
and did vote against the ratification of the treaty
/ for annexation. | believe that the treaty from
the boundaries that must be implied from it, Mex
leo would not treat with US, embraced country
to which Texas had no clalm-over which she
had never asserted jurisdiction, and she had no
right to cede. On this point should give a
brief explanation.
Theweaty ceded Texas by name icithou an effort
TO describe boundary. The Congress of Texas
had passed an act declaring by metes and bounds
what was Texas according to their power and u.
risdiction. 1t appeared 10 me then, if Mexico
should tell US, 'Wc don't know you've have
no treaty to make with you'-and were left to
take possession by force, we must take the coun-
try as Texas had ceded it to us, and in doing
that or forieiting our own honor, we must do in
Justice to Mexico, the inhabitants of which have
never been under the jurisdiction of Texas; this
TO me was an insurmountabe barrier--I could
not place the country in that position"
No. 4--By same.
"lft is designed to make our present war with
Mexico one Of conquest, and appropriation ofany
part Of the territory proessedly and indisputably
hers, think the design mistaken one. am,
as decidedly as any man in the country, for pro-
scouting this war with all the requisite vigor and
energy 10 bring il TO an early and successful ter
mlnalon, and for so prosecuting it, as well with.
in the conceded territory and Jurisdiction OF
Mexico, as within the United States, or the ter.
rIory in dispute between the two countries.-
But | would cause it to be constantly and dis
tinctIy understood, that did not invade the ter
rilory of Mexico for the purpose of conquest
and appropriation and that, so far as the ques.
lion of boundary is involved, should be at all
times ready to make a treaty establishing the
very same boundary which we claimed al the
commencement Of this war;"
No. 5-By DR.. John C. Calhoun.
ale was of opinion" he said, "that if the an
nexation of Texas had not taken place, there
would have been no war with Mexico, but the
annexation was not the cause Of the war; The
immediate cause Of the war was the marching
of our troops from Corpus Christi to the Rio
del Norte. If Gen Taylor had remained with
his forces where he was, there would have been
no invnsion-there would have been no conflict.
| consider the marching upon the Rio Grande
as being unfortunate, and certainly should have
advised against it if had been consulted"
No. 6--By Dr.. C.. J. hgerSoH.
"The stupendous deserts between the Nueces
and the Bravo rivers are The natural boundaries
between the AngIo.Saxon and Murianian races.
There ends the valley of the West. There
Mexico begins. Thence, beyond the Bravo,
begin the Moorish people and their Indian as
sociales, to whom Mexico properly belongs, who
should not cross that vast desert if they could,
as on our side, we too, ought TO stop there, be-
cause nterminabIe conflicts must ensue either
by our going south or their coming norlh of that
gigantic boundary. While peace is cherished,
that bound 1ry WiH be sacred. Not till the spirit
Of conquest RACES will the people of either side
molest or mix with each other; and whenever
they do, one or the other race must be conquer
ed, ifnot extinguishcd."