Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-01-14
From the (faineJ Liberty STANDARD
THE MESSAGE@M MEXICO AND THE
UNITED STATES.

The President or Mr.. Buchanan for him. to Justify
his resort to buchery to settle difficulties with
Mexico, presents a long array Of grievances arising
from delays its part to pay for spoilaons on our
citizens and commerce. The amount Of our claims al
lowed by commissioners of both parties in l840 was
but 50 O26I39 Besides this the Amt, lean commits
soners allowed $928,629 more; end certain citizens
claimed $3I336837 in addition, which, it is said, the
commissioners had not time to decide UPON. It ap-
pears that only $2,954,766 of these claims has ever
been declared to be well founded, even by an Amer-
can commissioner, which is $3.50 III less than one half
the whole amount claimed; and whoever is acquainted
with the manner in which such claims are made out
even against government will know how to
estimate these demands against foreign hated nation
So 1854 766, them is every cent Of principal which the
country has any evidence is due from Mexico, and
that government has admitted but about two thirds of
that Here is the paltry which is offered JUS
tfcation Of the war But how many centuries has
this been due since the amount was ascerained2 Why,
all that have passed since 1874. The agreement in
JAM, lS43, was, "tO pay in five years in equal install
mcnts every three months" Well, the interest was
paid up to April, 1643 and three of the 20 instruments,
which cannot be found. If this was paid it would
bring them up to October l844 if not would leave
them back to July preceding. convention a.
greed on by both parties, to decide the unadmitted
claims, but the Senate insisted on two additional pro-
Visions and owing doubtless to the hostile state of the
two countries Mexico has not yet agreed to them
Here the vast question of debt which gravey Of
fered in justification of massacre, and conquest,
in 1876 And this money equivalent was to cover all
the wrongs they had committed; of the delay of
two years is all we can aege on this score while
were robbng her of her territory. And ought not
great, a rich civilized people to be ashamed
We were bound to Mexico in treaty of peace and
amity yet from the day she abolished her slavery
we have had quarrel with her, and the minister we
sent mr. Shannon,) told her frankly that during all
that time had sought to take possession of her ter
rtory Mr. Van Buren, declares in his letter on Texas
in May 1884, that the revolt of that State set on
foot and carried through by citizens of the United
States and he might have added, and connved at by
the government. And during the nominal independent
cy Of Texas it was protected with constant vigilance
by the government, and Mexico was thus pre-
vented from reconquering her revolted province by the
power and influence of the United States 1t is mat
ter of history that whenever Mexico indicated an at
tempt to recover Texas, this government would renew
its claims threaten hostes and send vessels of war
upon her coasts and press the army upon her soil to
overawe her and protect Texas Yet because Mexico
was exasperated at this conduct and put off settlement
for her injuries on us, Mr.. Polk gravey talks of her
violations of "solemn treaty obligations" and of our
long and patient endurance of wrongs though we
were innocent as infancy Such is Shareholders
Justice Mexico has quite good cause of war a.
gainst us as we have against her.
But we cannot publish more timely and reliable
article on this subject than the following extract from
aJay's View" which brings the history down briefly
to 1889. We invite for it careful and extensive
reading and respectfully request other papers which
would give both sides this difficulty, to publSht
Treatment Of Mexico and Texas by the
Federal Government,
| BIZ JUDGE JAY.
In 1929, the Republic Of Mexico having
achieved her own independence, gave liberty to
every slave within her limits. This State had
vast and fertile, but thinly peopled territory ad,
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