Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-03-20

lhey might as well nave tolu IL, as the saying s'
" 10 the Marines"
AS for the alleged wrongs and injuries sustained
from Mexico, absurdly exaggerated as they have
been by the present Administration, ii is enough TO
say here that, had they been greater still than is
pretended, the President had no right to march the
vindicate or avenge them, nor 10 found any action
whatever of his own upon them. To do so was
beyond the authority Of his Office.
TnIRDLY.--For The refusal by Merico 10 receive
Mr.. SlideH as Minister.
This as the cause and object OF the march OF
the war, ought to have been placed first in the ex-
animation Of the several successfully avowed
reasons for it, had not the President himself
thrown it into the shade by placing the war upon
the ground of blood shed by Mexico on the soil Of
the United States But il has been again made
so prominent by the President in his last annual
Message as to challenge such examination. in Con-
gress, by Mr.. Senator Evans especially, to prove
upon the showing of the President that the rejee-
ton of our Minister was the immediate cause OF
the war; The following is that part of the last
nual Message of the President which bears upon
that point:
Before the orders issued flor the marching Of the
army the Rio Gran the despatch Of Minister
hitting the decision OF the Council of the Government Of
Mexico advising that he should be received and also the
despatch Of Consul residing the city of Mexico
received at the Department Of State These communications
rendered it highly probable if not absolutely certain, that
our Minister would not be received by the Government Of
General Herrera. 1t also well known that but little
hope could be entertained Of different result from General
Paroles, in the revolutionary movement which he
prosecuting should prove successful highly probable
The parsans of Paroles Gas Minister in the despatch
referred to- staes beathed the eces hostility against the
United States denounced the proposed negotiation treason
and openly called upon the troops and the people put down
the Government of Herrera by force The conquest of
Texas and with the United States openly threaten
ed. These The circumstances ertsting when ,oas
deemed proper 10 order the army under command Of Gen
Taylor 10 adrace to the western frontier of Texas and
cupy position on the Rio Grande."
From this passage it appears that the army was
marched upon Mexico because it had become
" highly probable, if not absolutely certain, that
our Minister would not be received. But the his
torical fact is, that Secretary BUCHANAN himself
says in one of his letters to Mr.. SLIDELL, Should
: the Mexican Government finally refuse to receive
you, then demand passports from the proper au-
thority and return to the United States it will
become the duty of the President TO submit the
whole case TO Congress, and call upon the nation
to assert its just rights and avenge its injured
HONOR Notwithstanding which, without wait
ing for the decision of the Mexican Government on
the question of receiving Mr. SLIDELL, whilst that
question was depending and the Mexican Govern
ment imporing for tinie-that is to say, more than
two months before Mr.. SLIDELL demanded his
from the Mexican Government strong
fleet was ordered to be assembled in the Gulf of
Mexico, and Gen. TAYLOR was ordered to march
tho army under his command TO the Rio Grande.
Upon this point 1t is sufficient further to remark,
that the refusal to receive our Minister could not be
tortured into cause Of ,car against Mexico; but
that had it been otherwise, the President had pre-
tence of right to determine that question, and that
Congress, to whom alone it belonged to decide
it. though at the time in session, not consulted,
nor even suffered to know what was going on. Nor
did the quarrels Of the parsans of the rival aspi-
rants to office in the city of Mexico constitute any
proper motive for the movement of our troops to
the Rio Grande. What should zoe think of any
Nation that should publicly assign, as reason for
invading the United States, the violence of parties
amongst us, and their threats Tor promises) of what
they were going to do Towards the close of the
Oregon controversy, so happily adjusted last year,
threats of seizure and occupation Of /" the whole of
Oregon" or at least up to "ifty-four forty" were
made without stint. They were stereotyped for
our newspapers, and became the rallying cry Of
large party among US, of which our President was
the head. How barbarous and forever infamous
would not have been held the conduct of the British
Ministry and Government, had they made these
threats an excuse for sending over their floating
batteries to lombard cities, even, with ports
up and tompions out, to anchor abreast Of them
FouRTHLY.-To oUerthrow The eriSfing Govern
,nent of Merico-to Uindicate The freedom Of the
press and reinstate Santa .4nna in The chief az
Mority IN that country.
eve COME" says the /" Proclamation to the
People of Mexico" prepared at Washington, under
the eye and direction Of the Executive, and issued
at Matamoros by General TAYLOR, according TO his
orders from the War Department." We come to
OVERTHROW THE TyRANTs who have destroyed
your liberties Tfho these "tyrants" WERE
and what the !" liberties" were which they had de-
stroyed, is thus stated: Your GOVERNMENT is in
the hands Of tyrants and usurpers. They have"