Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-03-10

ever been there but Us temporary invaders. s
General Wool's proclamation at Mier the /
20th June, ls44, is official proof that the I
Mexican government acknowledged the Is
(srunde,as its eastern limit Finally, when I
Mexico, under British and French iniu-
eaee, offered Texas independence on con-
dition that she should not annex herself to
the United States, Mexico herself acknowl- I
edged the Grande asthe boundary, while
the attempted condition was null and void.
Nor is there any contrary Mexican asser-
tionto be found at any time from the date
Of Mr., Poinsett' declaration to Mr. Alaman,
!. in the city.of Mexico, the 29th September,
1926, that he did not intend to yield one
square inch ofground east Of the Grande
as American ground in 1903. For the
sixteen years from 1903 to 1919, that river
was, the undisputed southwestern boundary
Of the United States. From 1919 to 1921
IL was Spanish. From February, 1921,
when the Mexican revolution broke out,
till 1882, it was Mexican by mere title;
but, from 1882 till now, Texan by right
and occupation, cultivation and jurisdiction.
Not single foothold, by actual possession,
had Mexico ever there, except by Texan
occupants.
y Inthis brief summary Of proofs that the
: tersitory heyond the Nueces, and between
that river md the Grande, was not Mex.
lean grouud, your committee have prefer
mitted all acts and assertions Of the United
States to that effect. Looking to original
French and Spanish title, to independent
Texan jurisdiction, to English recognition,
sad finally Mexican acknowledgement, it
cannot be perceived how President Polk
could withhold the order to General Taylor
to advance from Corpus Christi further
north into Texas in order to repel ap-
preaching invasion. A chief magistrate
whose duty it is to execute the law would
have been culpably remiss if he had failed
to do so, not only as bound by the law of
this country, but by every consideration of
military foresight and geographical knowl'
edge. Texas, State Of this Union, cal
led on him to protect her soil from inva-
sion, n,sand he would have been delinquent,
if notimpeachable, if failing to do so.
Con6ning this brief report to that single
point, your committee will not extend it to
the mnnycircumstances posterior to hostil-
tiles which encourage the prosecution of
the war to speedy peace. The United
States suffer feweof wars ordinary calam-
tiles. Never were they more prosperous
and aourishiag. In asingle campaign the
freemen Of this country have proved in
Mexico Whist people are worth when vim
dicating their right by voluntary embodi
naent. In the midst of war the burdens ol
the American people have been reduced
far beyond the weight Of any debt which
war may cost. The wealth of the United
States has actually been increased to an
unexampled amount; new and admirable
system Of finance is the creation Of this war,
alone worth more than all its charges; and
if, by vigorous strokes Of belligerent force
it islbronght to q successful termination, a:
there Is every reason to believe, all it:
temporary inconvenience will soon be
compensated, and the two great republic:
of this hemisphere united in perpetua
peace.