Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-06-25

10 preserpe and protect Duty, honor, and dignity
itself imposed upon the necessity Of not losing
season Of which the monarchica party was taking
violent advantage, for not moment was to be lost
and we acted with the prompness & decision necessa
~ in case SO urgent 10 avoid thereby complication
Of interests, which might render our relations more
difficult and involved"
Now, mark what these new and vast revela-
tons turn to, with the aid of little running
commentary
Reasons of high policy and Continental
American interest precipitated events. Mexico /
refused to adopt these +" reasons !" the "policy
and interest,"" therefore, which precipitated
events"--that is, the War--were ours. Our
CONTINENTAL Foley preciptated the war. But
while our Cabinet was " ardently" laboring for
peace and concliation--by ordering an army to
advance into Mexican territory-"a misfortune
the least looked for" overeet the Herrera Ad.
ministration. Yet that very misfortune had
been all the while held up by our Government to
Ambassador SLiDELL as certain 10 happen, If the
Mexican Government yielded to his requisition
to be received as full Minister. HERRERA told
him see the correspondence that they had not
agreed, nor did they dare TO receive him, ex-
cept as Commissioner; that the very suspicion
Of such thing had strengthened against him
party THAT of PAREDEs] then intriguing for his
overthrow. Well, Mr. SLIDELL in spite of all
these very reasonable represehta'ons' pers.s,Iu
9narreNea upon tne mere mCue anu .,.e " ~.
diplomacy, mere matters OF 10TH " e,ery oouy
ou' hl anu came away a.ne. .'am ~. up WV" ,sn
came away because this Government sought
pretext, not settlement. His conduct compel
led the Mexican President to divulge the nego-
taton for his own justification and the popular
feeling running high against any such conces-
SONS ~ US as iLhh-hA was L, a.I ~. VI M
aoo". " '.dne, nc was cPse' O...., .ta,
ev t' . c.. w ~ Ivy" Wy !" nS,i,J ~,
~n,cn lous Oov .eph . h'w sdl homro, Jip
wy a's se.. w. Iou w.. ' .,;o.a" h"oanso
.c ~. Te.wesm ..e WV ,h .,;onai in.
...ns,s es v,ai =. ,l,nsa ~ Cnn,;nent.l Amnrca
~ ~..I,...J c,ro;r,, ;rHnnncos tho ,nos, On.
anu fEn,o,oan 80 :" S,tai ,n Wex;can ri.
P'' ia ~ psm,,b;;r,n s,,s,e,n which The
10, "Su ' Ia Jn,,, - nroso-v, nd nro.
" H TVS ,o I,, 49, pnJ J;,n;,n ;tsolr
:, n,,s ,,e " nsssss;," or mn, Ios;5g Season
W e';at IT, ,,".ct;na y, IT., ua ,sL;ro v;n.
i",, .J.n 10 f,r no, ,o,.en, mas n he lbs,
.nI ,ro ac,af 9TH tho nromn,ness ami decision
ano IN COCO az nr,ant >, that is n saw
"o,'nr,, .von,e ~ nesce ha1no now blocked mn.
~. 1rac;n;,,taJ avants"WtS snsak nsinlv fas
indeed, IN this connexIon' the PRESIDENT dd ~
rs last Annual message 10 congress- ordereo
Gen TAYLOR 10 advance TO Matamoros' ana So
without loss OF tme' drought on me ~dr
Gut OF the diplomatic phrases prescroed 10
General Scott, from washington, IN wh'ch the
whole paragraph Is wrapped up, we have mus
drawn, as all must admit. IT'S real meaning
which Is neither more nor less, IN oref' than
this that Mer'co, IN r'oldt'on Q, The American
continental system, cds doom 10 return 70 mo'-
drch'caf torm q G'rernmem under european
Prtncei ana tnat 10 prevent u we mage i'as'e 10
60 to war with her, lest II we delayed, she
should De able TO complete league win some
Of the monarchical powers OF Europe, ana De
thereoy enabled 10 ma'htaih het national exist
ence.
NOW, we undertake to show tfat tliis ADMIN.
,stratlon atter-thought, this new governmental
theory OF the war, Is one quite as fallaclous as
all preceding systems OF Caolnet pretences.
FIRST OF all TINS pretence OF necessity I'M.
posed on US, BY the peril OF MeXco's setting up
Alngly Government under rrlhce 10 De oor'
rowea IRON Europe, 10 pitlaDle pontlcai ana
ehront'm, which the least examination OF dates
totally explodes. 1t was only when Mexico saw
not which way to turn, IN order to save herself
from our advancing and remorseless encroach-
ments-when she perceived that leXas was
gone, that our hand was on all TINS side OF the
~. "nu .h. oa'' u wac neal ~ " DC
a. ho"a,,;.,. tna -, b,t "'," w.
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on,ay snaU ~, e " her 'I;.sns and thsso Tr
"., sm faf n.y. H.. n.",' an,, ;dos os
,"I;n ,of,,oa ,,nao s,ronoa r en-, ~ Govorn
r,an, Nd y sEnronoan ai,nce fron, Jostruc,ion
hu ms +, ,ras df,sr ,ha rar,,s.i ~ raco,,o NJ
EdoI, &C FIJI Min;s,er tba, Tho " v;r,nous md
n.,rint;c Acknowledgement Of Herrer,n I,h,, ybicl
.o;a.,aJ hn,I s'lI and !, uas oni, d.far tho on.
.css;Nn ar d. 49, ;,S suhvar,or ,h,, smaIl
nor, i'm " ,ha NO, .r,v headsd r., u,,s ann.
po.aJI b., h;n, ,'rnad ,ba;r I.., honos or ;ndp.
pendcnce 10 ," his scheme If a monarchv Ru,
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,;n,op H. r." ,h;S ,.,es, os the ,snr,our,od
nroc,sms,;nns d;S,;n",iv adm;,sI exsyv svsuus
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; e ''e eHpIheI SAN ae. nnua '" s' poPu'
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