The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-05-06


lnt0 liz Congregational dlsl.irt. Ard I
wnulI sdsise lie asiuie rsseehiser hon
Tennessee, fMs. Bstelay Martin. insissd
! of asking. - hs did. nv Wing irIsnd iron
Maine lMt. SEsersnsei whslheF he wss
; rspressnt.siEe If Mtx,esns or Amen
rans, thst lie prnponnI lie inquiry 10 his
irOl,lical brother from Texas. AK him
If he represents Mexirsns or Texans on
iii. floor. Ask him II he il not the r.
= PtesenIaiise of Brasas. Dolores, I.oreda.
Taos. and Santa fe! And. sir. | haze
bssn ss'onishsd II tie silence OF ny friend
Ron Texas. wiHle sixty thousand oil his
Constituents haze been siaEdeTsd on his
ilaof; held pp Is ''tIeacherous, peTfdions
enemies" ol their country, worthy OF be-
ing conquered by an armed force, sw0rn
INTO new allegiance. put under ne~ nili
isFy governors, and new tribunals placed
over them. AID yet. amid all This obIo-
guy. the dumb Representative opens rot
his mouth IN The defence If Tie eansIru-
tnt.. A laugh. Why. sir, he is leaving
u 10 infsr tte truth Of all We had heard
sbau, Texas and Msxiran rffOgses. II
Used tn he sid al them 81 the North
DANGEROUSLY. ] prtsume) that lhey we're
Get Of crime-commI'ling. jnsiiee.hating,
sheF'a-heeins. counirt-:naning gentle
men, who had sought Texas rs the city
Of refuge. Zone Of ns counties j. called
R"fugio;" and, when arrived there, We
used To hear OF them a. your dirk and
pistol. bowit-knifs, long biskered patti
ois OF TeAa.: and patriots they were. sir,
fH most Of them leit their country for
their cnuniry's good. And il these other
rhmgss are true. some Of them, in Mr..
Polk. new Texas, sdjtreachery. perfidy,
aud treason III their catalogue.
Bot. Mr.. Chairman, | will do justice
10 the member from Texas, between
~hom aud my self there has been>s good
understanding. lie is moi the Represen.
i'hTe Of Mexico; Mexicaas never voted
Tor him. lie would have hazmded his
head 10 have attempted a stump speech
in al, thai valley. No friend of his would
haze dared TO have opened ballo, box
fr him. IL 10 the President. and not The
gentleman himself. tha, places him in This
singular ptrdlcamen,. Bot the message
itself becomes suicidal before II closes. Il
incsuliously admits these places were in
Mexico and not in Texas. Speaking OF
tie aches enen, Of our arms during The
pas, year. he says: We have acquired
! mtinary P0ssession oisrhe 1hefirda pra-
vmces, Eew Mexico, New Leon, Coshu-
IN, Tamaul'pas." Strange acquisition, if
ne owned them before. Agsin, he says,
The province" mark the expression.1
the proUince OF New Mexico Nth Santa
fe ITS capital. has been captured With
on. bloodshed." All! Santa Fe, then.
thirty miles this side the Rio Grande, -
The capital Of Mexican prorincs. in
stead OF city OF Texas or The United
States! Strange capturing, too. 10 cspture
one oil our own clIies, and swear its iahabi-
ants over 10 netc allegiance. putting them
under military chieftsin. Mr.. Chair
man. | am sick in pursuing this argument.
Truth, cir. j. always consistent with IL
sell, while v.lhny, nst'onal or personal, il
hard to we tail into smooth work.
Well, then, as 10 Tile by conquest or
occupation. is not the proof all on one
side! Can Texas show one scrap Of le-
glilmste evidence bv either! Did she not
stlempt in 1899 and 1912 tie unfortunate
expeditions oil M,er and Sn,a Fe!" Elk.
petitions which Mr.. Benton called /" dis
asfrous?" Were MT these Tor the very
parpose Of conqueripg this territory which
Texas had never occupied And was
no. every man IN The two expeditions cut
of, either killed or TAX n prisoners! Where
then The tile by conquest! Mexico is still
left IN her three hundred years undi.tor-
bed occupation.
The President, aware tha, his title by
conquss, or occup rtion might prove vulne'
rable. makes an at'emp, IN strengthen il
By " treaty." This is hls last resort for lii
lie. ! will examine that moment, and
then leave him.
He says that, in Nav. 1886. Santa
anna, by treaty, in the most solemn
form, mark the expression,) recognised
the independence of Texas, with the Rio
Grande Tor its boundary" From 'ha,
" solemn treaty." Mr.. Polk argues "ur
lille. Oh! wba, stoop of dignity! What
a dranebt on The credulay OF the people !!
Why did he not give US the attending
facts, that all could judge Of tina, most" SO.
Tenn ueaiy!" They are these: Santa
Anna, in 1886, engaged the Texans in
battle. was defeated, pu, 10 fight. chased
up tree. or tangled in the deep grass;
was made prisoner; loaded with chains;
trembling and cowsrd.like. he sues for
mercy. begs for his life amid the ,nfaEla,ed
soldlery. makes preliminary agreement
OF treaty." ceding TO Texas all cas-, Of
The Rio Graude, aud providing for her
independence: but all on condition, and
such was one Of the articles of this 500
Iemn treaty." ,ha, he was TO be sent home
inmed'a,ly 10 procure its ratification by
the Supreme Congress a. Mexico. After
Months OF DELAY, and after nearly every