The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-04-09
POLITICAL.
From, ia. D.mocutc Review for April.
FROM 'iio Deillo.'a C..,a.c,

II has been the fortune OF TINS country Pe,ai ,h
fortune, to have become involved IN nnsnlues WIN
neighboring republic. Such state oil thinss was con
tenpatel many years ago however as possible py our
leading statesmen, TO whom no e ions ~ Pn,o3 In
deed we NAV safely aver that hosilliiies had been com
menced against Mexico long before the annexation OF
Texas the people OF this country would have been ready
to sustain such measure and have given Their hearty
approval ,,u.n, which have arisen for the at
titude have assumed resulting from the addition OF
Texas the Union, would in all probability have never
been questioned, II internal d,scord OF opinion had
prevailed among ourselves, the subject OF slavery
This has led to opposition certain quarters to the meas
ures of the government, and has drawn public attention
much from the consideration OF the national
OF public justice, well as from lis origin con-
These are questions which belong 10 history, which
other nations will regard with interest and in that view
they should be treated The theory OF our domestic IN
stutiOns the provisions OF constitutions and the con-
fctng opinions OF politicians slavery, have nothing
should have nothing to do with the broad question OF
our relations with Mexico This Is an independent oPc
the Judgment OF the age should be warped by elatve
issues. To contribute humble share, therefore, TO
right exposition of the case shall proceed briefly 10
examine the origin and conduct OF the
We may start with the proposition then, that our rela
tons with Mexico for twenty years past have been OF an
offensive and threatening character The attention OF
Congress has again and again been attracted to their con
don, not only by the communications of successive
Presidents, but by the earnest petitions OF citizens
asking for redress and indemnity for unprovoked and emit
nently unjust aggressons on commerce No nation
earth would have ~ng refraned from eyacting JUS
tce from Mexico by force of arms we have done We
have borne wrongs from her with paance until pa
thence has ceased TO be virtue. In negotiations
with France for redress of similar wrongs, the language
OF President jackson, bold and dennneiaory, was
applauded by the people And during difficulties with
England relation TO the northwestern boundary and
the territory OF Oregon, not lisp OF censure was heard
tho with eSso WE hea ony Of o
the continuance OF honorable peace But now an ele-
ment of mischief is at work Wrongs committed by
because slavery has not been exterminated in Texas
Improper and l-imed issues have been made and ''a
seems yellow to the jaundiced eye"
After years OF negotiation, government succeeded
in arranging convention for the adjustment and settle
ment OF our claims, pursuant to treaty made and ratified
BY both countries. Any nation pretending to respeca
bity OF character, would have sought to out the
provisions of such treaty But what the result in
The case OF Mexico? gross violation of the stipulated
conditions OF the payment OF claims occurred before
third OF the debt had been qudaed and during the
sessions OF the convention itself, the most frivolous,
just and deceptive resorted TO, TO prevent
full acknowledgment and recognition of those claims
Even Mr.. Webster has admitted, what every honest
American admit, that the United States had we'll
founded claims against Mexico, and that Mexico has be-
haved most wronglully towards us. Indeed, to assert
the contrary would be to alsy the history of
try, and discredit its official documents The abrupt ter
mnaton of this convention, after studied delay the
part OF the Mexican commissioners left large majority
OF our American claims unsettled those which al
lowed were fully satisfied and those which should
have been thrown aside, and the applicants for
indemnity were left to bear up against the loss of their
property and the ruin of their hopes best they could
The idea that the of this country be peyed
upon for years. and that merchants and shippers may
be ruined by every association of punderers who get
our property into their power Is absury too gross
need exposure. This Union formed for high and
useful purposes, and not the least of these the pro-
lection OF the life, liberty and property of American ci
Zens.
The annexation of Texas is considered as one of the
causes of the and has been treated both the
newspapers and on the floor of Congress That ii has to
do tha uvar We ,riIp ut lint hoor
made of difficulty, Mexico alone responsible for
the consequences This distinction should be kept up
the minds OF all rejecting persons The annexaon Of
Texas was not an act OF war on part. That was
republic which had taken its place among the nations OF
the earth Its freedom recognised officially BY the
most powerful of the European governments, and dpo
matte intercourse according to the laws of nations had
grown up between Texas and its found friends The
recognition of It's Independence being thus general and
fully established, left It the power to seek the alliance OF
France or England or more wisely, 10 become member
OF confederacy, where the Egis OF liberty could be
held up for lis protection and where could affiliate
with kindred interests, hopes, and destinies
Even Mexico had admitted this independent position OF
Texas, by proposition and an effort TO negotiate. There
was no doubt them and there be doubt that the
Mexico Indeed after all the angry correspondence be-
tween the Mexican Secretary of State and former
and might have terminated honorably and peacefully to
both parties but for the fresh misconduct of the Mexi
can government.
Our minister sent out in good faith and under pledge
Withdrawn from the Mexican coasts and our earnest
proers OF amty, only made the bases of new in
suits and the commission OF act OF Inhospltay and
bad faith towards that minister, whose life indeed was
scarcely safe in the hands of perfiious people The
treatment of Mr. Slide of itself cause OF war; as
well for its injurious effects upon the national honor and
character as because It was act eopardng those high
and lofty principles, which, by recognising solemn
bassy, permit governments arrange their difficulties
through their diplomatic agents. and give that
fhe good faith of nations yet guarantee for the prese
Walton OF their commercial and political relations
Texas becoming an integral portion of the United |
States, Immediately entitled to the protection afforded
TO the other members of the confedeacy The boundary
OF the new State claimed by it, recognised by the
nations of the earth when they recognised its ndepend
the measures of the present administration has distinctly
asserted that by the treaty of louisiana the boundary
claimed by Texas, fully established In 1886 the
Congress of Texas declared the Rio del Norte TO be the
boundary Of the republics had exercised and extended
its jurisdiction beyond the Nueces that portion of terri
tory south of the Rio had been represented in the Con-
gress of Texas; and finally, in 1885, own Congress
had included 1t within the circle of our revenue system
placing officers to reside there for the very purpose
pervsng and sustaining it. Thus this country in each
particular committed itself on this boundary question
and as the representatives of all parties Congress as
sented to it, 1t became indispuaby settled question:
odorous with nationality"
Other measures became unavoidable from the very ma
ture OF things and Texas was as much entitled to our
and projections any portion of the confedera
cy That protection was needed, matter of history
Mexican force threatened fresh attack, and Texas
worn out with It's long and bloody struggle for freedom
required, as II had right to do, prompt assistance
thus we perceive there mperious necessity for
action on part the collection of the revenue mpor
tant enough even IN times OF peace, TO make the employ
Inen OF Meet OF armed cutters indispensable and the de-
fence OF our territory, demanded the presence of an Amer
force the quarter Threatened The manner in