The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-09
Judge NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LETTERS.


- LETTERS.
JUDGE nt ~ 90
:; ,,,,ar 10 me- ,hat II should sti!l be
- "PpsS ;sr,f,a ,,hich commenced the war-the
sI ~ Ste,icoi We are told that the an
oneu % Tex,s afer The declaration of the Meyi-
M 1oVnr,sn, was rirfal lcdr There may be
, 81 ,r ,i,hout actual hostillties and there may
,uto ~ " ,s which Al moi amount 10 war but be-
We nosa,v nnd ;r,,,1J war The distinction is not
Meeh m na, ,ha M.ycan Goyemmenl did not stop
s 1, do,,,arod ali NEGOTIATIONS at an end and
,n;,bdre her minister from the United States This
W. 80 ,h.n yir,,,a war-it was war ITSELF and
was no n .ual as ,,ho sbonn commence host-
~ a' IanI ~ III i,a The first blow we resolved
na'es. a,,s,har aar M maintain peace minis
" ,haa ,,i,h fI mower 10 settle all differences
ml eio.i.a MN ; ,a nese of coniescension which
Was seh' W heN. t 80 an extreme desire 10 ayoid
sou,u ony Pn onnntentarv was not received -
hos,lies 0 H. rsason of The refusal Was il
INV pa ,'a, snfc,ent power-the only rational
.e' nc aI H.. ~ ,Id hc made II Mexico were sincere
9,ha aasirn ~ se our disputes-no-the obec-
~ .e ,hn, bs mowers of MI. Slidc were too ex-
tioh was '.. hpp h,,ld have heen limited m the
at ,he singe affair Of Texas and that he
tis " IN Inc sin,nla character OF Commits
snner 4nr minister replied thai having power to
n,,e Al, MATTERS in dispue he had mower 10 settle
re-, oi lao n would moi do-he could not divest
s " he nowers win which he was clothed bv
Giliss y. w.. He Won, there not onjv m do ms
uce 70 Mexico, but to demand Justice from her Sup
We I; oanor,ed Win he Jjgnitv If The C;overp
po.e , co. Wr SiidII 10 rem,n mil, nm authority Of
nipinIa conmssioner 20 treat Of The sinoe subject
81 Tax,s ms heen sent him what reliance could he
niaced on The MEXICAN Government 10 receive him
pa IN ,ho, charao,ar I non,and ,ha, The terms IN
INN Max,cn ,roG.s,od ,iiitnanass 10 reca;ve a
observation-disclosures VIZ h,IS,tiiainrv IN ne md mad
;ssahie ,h2 .,,aJ ,i,ai no ii ;,;,,rsd he, and
bat we were hound ~ n.sn rodrsss and ,his in The
se Of ,ba dscara,i,n 81 NJ Wat,ar in Nc latter ~
Rocanaar. ,vhn dcc,rad that Texas ,vas No mar, n,
M"S;ae 80 ,ho, ~ haS iah, ~ anna horpsaif :,
The United States. win anseal to The LANGUAGE o
Mexico and nah whether INV construction is moi IN,
,r,,a TSa si,e ny y ,hn ,nrd. ~ De-
Den, - ,ha is,h no,ah''ss Isas '. M
fIna, =. u,u io,i ou.ooa'' ao - So, h., .,,ho,n
,ho WeYic. ,,,nn IL deeniy ini,,red hv The mined
$50 ,i',.sh . cipuvmit,ad hv ham In iha
danar u,ousS Ts NV bich hainnasto ,bis nation
NJ ca,,srna,t T. disnosad 70 rece;va the Commits
n.y. =, nat,in :, ~ ,sa,s, 5,sn,,,a IN eanaf
se.son,he ana hnnorpphlo marnsr Inns a;vips new
s 49, ,u a.; ~, ii, s H., ;;tSis sd y,
Sr ma do;s ~ ao adoa,e renaraan fo,
them Il does not rene VIII eonirm,I,, The measure
Of rasa "a sane ~, ,.h;ch i; Ia inyi,ed bv IN adj
sorsarn o''a Peaee' ~ "n'." y % ~ 80
E.ny. Z - - 40 ,so
,.nto 7, 4; ~ narao ~, Ne yass.
IF an,,'aras - "d M " nrosta, aea Wand ~,
h.v. sonqueloi " ms pfosuae ,oe. E.o W. =,
sem minister pleIiPo,e,s " ,,.h a So, ~
iSce us hs, whlie we were IN slae VI pufaa tedr
eeoVerooAea ms naughty language IN sister re-
pupc, if91i lne desire o. peace, wneh ron anolnei
wa n; l's iesen'ea H. nc alloassauoi y sen
= "
come 70 make satisfaction on one subject, and oui
demands on Mexico are TO be postponed until we
MAKE adequate reparanon lor me injuries done 10
nert Il inc Mexican government had peen sincere
ann honestly disposed 10 negotiate, she would nor
nave $1,000 on TINS contemplate quippie MT. Siide
couid NOT SINK down 10 the humble character Oh
Sommissioner charged with The single duty OF max
ing reparaon for the alleged injuries done to Mexi-
CO. for he was also bound to seek redress for injuries
done 10 our citizens We had been in state of at
least rufudf nar, 10 use the language OF Mr. Clay,
and we had endeavored to avert hostilities-we
Withdrew our squadron from her coast at her ntma.
non. IL is true, Gen. Taylor was on the soil Of
lexas, the country which we alleged to be ours by
me act OF Texas country, as we maintained, in
dependent as Mexico. Gen. Taylor was instructed
ooccupy the country on this side OF the Rio Grande,
the country claimed by Texas and which we were
pound by treaty to maintan--a boundary which we
mad no more right to abandon than we had right
abandon that OF Maine without the consent OF that
State 1t was LETT discretionary with Gen. Taylor to
occupy any point on this side of the Rio Grande,
and he thought proper to encamp at Corpus Christi
between the Nueces and that river
II the Nueces was the true boundary, the Mexican
territory was as much violated by his encnmprient
al Corpus Christi as it could be by his march TO the
Rio Grande. Thus far actual hostilittes had taxi
en place unless they began at Corpus Christi. But
the common sense of the country, in spite of re-
nnements OF argument, will say that he begins the
hgnt who strikes the first bow-who sheds the first
blood And who did this 2 II is unnecessary for
me 70 answer the queston--any at all aealaint-
ed with the history of the war can give H. In con-
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