Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-12-13


n sreuen Of lie naf. i, obvious Couatss could III
lave n'aat-mhen, IN May, Is. fly Appropriated
I'm hititis 81 Gui.at, AID anhaflz1 lie n saeni II
g. ply thf mlila aud naval and fliily ffcs oi ile
niied States, ard to accept Tie serves 4 my ihuu
sand volunteers, IL onaile Linn Tfes tie
and mhe1, at 'lnif last session, aud all,t our amy
lad invaded M'sico, lh,y made additional apo
PHaiios AID at,li4ed The lal.sg + additional if.oI
Tor til SaIh' Hrprst ilat indemnify Ia III
tainted from MfNrp ii ihe Cohelu Dn ui ii- var and
VI was &c lam Hat. Il 10 NJ, MAN tot, Vas
qolr'd. no Indemnity could be- obtiiacd.
IL further mamie st 81 tangf coHffullaled tar
niufal Indemnity from tie fact Hat. Al thoir last
=Hu, al al VIA passed. upon tie Executive tecDuucE
da'lon, ulrrpflllrg hteo million ofdolrs Viii, thai
'@Ife=s #l'ct HIS appropriation Was matt II ,aaolr
lie u shlentl i" enuc.Hdes uea ot l'aee, limits, and
aihhsafs" the IL public ii A'Aien. 10 he used by
Inn ia liie o.tH thai slnl tfelty. VIXEN sgf.d y l.
a4IhefHd "gen'sal lie tUu eottfnu ems ard duly ran
bel by MnNiep, shall call r liz AprGdufe tit sae
u any art thereof" II, d JIG; 81 ali Z tbs aIpro
ffillah sllfrlIy slated III the s,Ytal u,ssaats
HE ST. jet winch communicated la Coupfess similar
appropriations n.ade IN 1903 and lsO6. which
toned 10, were intended to be applied IN Iar consdcra
I'm iaI lie cfts1n 81 Louisiana and The FutIdas. In
lii" hann'r II WAS anticipated that In settling HE
ola tmlly d "lnl ana boundaries" uib N,A 60. a
rsson "i l'Itl"t estimated Ia he If 9raT value than
liz amount otuut d, names aga3hsl hf M aht BE- obtain
ed ; itd la' ihc prompt pay m.nt 81 HIS pari
eon'd't ramon iof Tho ttHofy ccGtd-on the conclusion
81 treaty, and lis falliealHn ia h. part might
As would lr SAT slac'cy loihe nilcd stals. And a.
though ihe failure h. conclude suri. treaty las rel, red
II unnecessary to Us any part If lie three millions o
dollars Appropriated by iha' act and r entire sum rt.
nas "a Ia" III as0ty. II IL sl an lcalc 10 HAT Jce.
should lie contingency occur making suth application
.tf . Tgt. !.
MY an1. II sanetionrd, would le public acaoW l,dg
nont lai our country Was Won@, and thai the &c
elled ~ cngrcss with ,Ntraor5i ny uaammty, was
lttl. lie 49,
cd IN fact, aud degrading 70 tllr national character.
lie terms Of Ii" trtay proposed hy the med States
"tfe not only just 10 Mexico. /. considering the cha
fartef aud amount 81 uut calus The uuj0s fade and
nnprVukcd commencement OF hosiilIfies by her. lie
len's Of lie war II Which We have been sui jecod and
the success Which had attended our aims, ". It dee med
10 be of most 5, raj character
Iae commissioner Of lhc United States was aurlIori
ze4 10 a@rc I" the establishment OF the RIO irlnde as
HE boundary, FROM lis chrance into thu Gull Ia lis inter
section with the southern boundary ui New Mexico in
north latitude about thirty Two dee rccs and obtain
r's2n 10 tie United safes of the Provinces OF New
NNc" and the CALIFORNIA;. and hr pyiltg &c of the right
ii Way acnss The !slhmus Of Ichuancpcc Tie bsuGd-
afy ol the Rlo Gande, and the cesslon the nittd
Sl1tes OF Ne" MeNicoand Dpp,r Caorna, constituted
an ullImalnm " hc our commissioner was, under
rumSiaucus 10 Weld
That II might he manifest not only 10 Mexico but to
al ott'r cations, HAT the nl,d States w, not dspp
sed 10 taxi advantage If feeble power by insisting up
On Wrestling from her all the other provinc,s incudhp
nany ol her principal toMus aud cities, winch nc had
conquered and held IN our military occupation, bni we've
willing TO conclude treaty IN slrt of lib ray, our
commissioner was authorized 10 stpuc fol- the reslua-
Ton To Mexico oi all our other couqucsls.
AS the territory tobe acquired 10y The boundary propo
sea might be estimated To be o greater value than air
Equivalent r our just demands commissioner WAS
authorized Ia sllfnate for The paymrnt Of such additional
P'cuhlaiy consd't ration as vas decmed reasonable.
he terms Of treaty proposed by he Mexican com
m lssnnefs wtrr Nhniiy nadnssllr. 1hcy negotiated
as II Mexico we've tie wet nous and not the vauaui,lrd
party. lhey must have kneWn ,ha1 thr.r ulnmaitlm
could never have been accepted 1t required the nit
N1i's I" smcmhcr l"Xa~ ly surrfndsfug 10 Nj N.co
ai pan ID the Tertiary ii that STATE lyap a=tNte, the
Nn'e and tire Elo brnde included wiihja her Limits
ny 'i laws " hen She was an udrprndrol republic AID
when SIC waaanncXed IT. the states and al liittl ly
'"hef'ss as eic 81 the States of our uun II CONTAIN
td IN provision tr tie payment isy MNlcout lii It ST
claims {" "ur clll~ns. Ii required ind, mny To NJ, Mean
rniH9S i'r lnJntts they may have >asr med l., our
troops IN me prosecution o the II demanded the
fThl Tor Mexico 10 levy and coli, ct the NoNan tarii
VI dnIn goods imported inu h,r pors While IN our
military occupation during the war aud the owncrs OF
which had la'd 10 pce, of the lulicd Sta Is the mil
lazy contributions Which had been LEVIED spun h,m
aud II otcled 10 code talhe uli.d States tr ptc.ni
AIRY consideration, That part of PIPER Cailorna lying
nolh "l latitude thirty seven degrees. Such the
unreasonable terms proposed by tie Mexican coulnls
sluieTS
The cession 10 the United States by Mckee, of the
I''NH'AS VI 4NN VIZ AltD ana the talllurldS,
S"d ty The commissioners of the ntd States, was
believed. would bc murr III accordance with th cunv,nl
tnte and Eiet'ss o 10Th nalus lian any Other sil
81 Territory which II was probable Mexico could be inu
rcd Ia make.
II NANTES 10 all who have observed the actual con
dillon oi The Mexican government ior some Yeas past
and AT present that II lh,s" prov inces should be
hy III 7, Size co"d not long continue 10 h1d aud govern
them M' Aco Is too ebc p govern til, Sc prov
hctN, lAlnG as They do al distance 81 HAN
sand mll's from her capital, an If attempted 10 be re
aln'dh hef they Would constitute Tut shprl time
even noin'naily, 4 part oi her dqmluony.
This would be especially the case with Upper Cali
lofnIa, The Sagary 81 powerful European nations has
long since dlT.el,d their attention 10 lhr Commercial
PuIlauee Of llat rrovlicc and HERE b, e duuhi
thai ilo n.u' nj the mnd States sla eliuqGish tlcIf
Pts'nt ''cul aiiun ut II, and lcr clam II as lGcnui
", an tlen Ntud TIE II ace ~ scue fttign Power 10
PHsoSs II, 'hof ~ conquest Ur by Iuiobase. lnof
tSn government shoGldacqalrclt IN elhcr these nodes
an independent revolutionary government World probably
be established by the habauls and such lrrIuutrs as
nay enan IN rtmuNe 10 the country. as soon as il
snail IL known that The ucd States have abanoe d H.
such goetrnu,ut Wou.d lie loo l,ee Iung 10 uailail
lis 'larate lndelcId ,Nstucr AID would final be
COME ANNEXED l., OF be dependent colony Of Some more
powerful State
Should any hrcgn government attempt 10 possess il
as colony, T thtIWinC Ia Iucurpu1te Nlth listlr
the principle avoW,d by President A,nrue IN lS2I and
reditIn IN my hrsl annual m,ssagc that no foreign
fo"" shall, with consent, be penIIledo n In or
:. establish any new colony dominion On any parl of
the North mt mn. he Il,