Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-01-29

gary VINO could have no motive TO mis,s,..
the facts. DE also read from ano,he, resent
Engiishman. whose statements are so ..s.A oy an
they have been the basis Of all the min;no mat
tons carried on in the country by the c. open.
England, who showed. that the Rio Al N Of
which Is the same as the Rio Grande il IN. Sone;
western boundary of Texas. south
We will advert, said Mr.. A., to the state osr
"a at the time Enumeration. Wee eclaTsS .us s1
then limits should be received. We rece;,.I. liner
hone of our bone and flesh of our 6esh =, nee
spectacle was glorious phenomenon in II. De
tory OF nations. There we saw natisn ,.;., U.S.
rich soil, great wealth, extensive ter,i,orv q
containing all the elements of becoming a aa
nation IN the South, discarding these dazzling
poets, aud asking to become affiliated v;,.e rO''
There was no parallel TO this in history. :, u-
volumes in favor of our own beloved copn,. POke
was creditabe to the noble feelings and ,en,. 'ad
of tina, young Republic. ''nents
Well Texas was received and Copv,..
lisIed port Of entry in this very terli,o,,. AO
now it is called neutral ground. This aDn.. 0us
to him TO be nonsense. ed
Now we have Texas in the Union, wh,,
asked, was the duty of the President! He had 10
tended to her. mafi facilities. What was h. -
next! To select the strong points and defend In
against her threatened invasion By Mexico. IT,"
had become alarmed at the proyiso in the Mai
acknowledgment Of her independence-,hat, H."
should consider it an act of hostility if she becor
annexed to any foreign power-and applied fa'
aid. What were we to do! Here Mr.. A. r.,s
from public document, to shew that thi. .pDEc.
ton was made to the government to assi,, tb.s.
in rePelling an invasion-to prepare for their 4.
fence on this frontier. What frontier Tn, n.
Grande. The President responded to the cal any
sent the army there He asked Senators VIII,
would have been said of President Polk if he b,I
not done this? Who would have been the a..
to denounce in that emergency? In 1881, inn
Carolina, there was q servie instruction. Gent
Jackson was called on for troops. Did he .too r.
consult the Constitution No. There wa, ,ks
prospect of most awful bloody tragedy: and h.
sent the troops to our aid without hesitation. "a
acted President Polk, as there was not merely
threat Of but bloody invasion, of the Texan terri.
tory.
Bat i. is complained President Polk cen, h,
army to Galveston. and then to Corpus Christi
" here, he asked, is the latter place, and when
were the troops there 1t is on the western .;d.
of the Neuces, and the troops were there in ls4s
But that prudent and good man, General Taylo,
said, that would not do-that Point Isabel wa,
the proper place Here Mr.. A. made some remark,
about Gen. Scott, and said he had nothing to do
with him. Col. Brown was directed to advanc.
and fortfy himself near Matamcras. But we ar.
told he pointed his guns into the houses of ,hs
Mexicans. Why, asked Mr.. A., was not this dons
for the very purpose Of repelling invasion BIT
did he commence hostlities! No! The M.1i.
cans themselves crossed into our territory, and
commenced the war at Fort Brown and Pao Al.
to, which those gentlemen arreign President Polk
for commencing.
But it is asked. said Mr.. A., if the Rio Grande
is the Western boundary of Texas, why 10 not
Santa Fe in Texas! Why, Texas never claimed
Santa Fe !; and to prove that it was never consid
cred part aRd parcel of that State, he read an
extract from Texan authority. Hence, he 70.
marked, the arguments that Gen. Kearney's occu-
patton of and establishment Of provisional gov.
eminent in that province, proved that the Govern.
ment did not understand the Rio Grande as the
real boundary, fails to the ground. As to our
right to estamblish such government in the con.
quered country, he remarked, there was n book
which he read with pleasure la his school boy
days, Vatters Law of Nations. which said we had
right to establish such a government in con.
quered territory. 1t resulted from the very nature
of the If the captured territory did not sub.
NIT TO the authority of the captors. it was not con.
quered and if not placed under such authority,
why capture it
We arc told the President has a guilty con.
science. because he takes up two thirds of his mes.
sage in justification Of his Thi. he declar.
ed to be an unwarrantable conclusion. Why DID
he ask yesterday for postponement! Because
the President had been fouIly, falsely charged with
having ordered the commencement Of the war
with having taken this step from impure n d self.
ish motives; and for these reasons he (Mr. AL
desired an opportunity TO address the Senate, 10
refute these charges and place our common coun.
try right before this body and the same induce.
ment impelled the President thus to dilate on the
circumstances of this war. That part Of the mes.
sage which relates to our relations with Mexico
was not intended as vindication of the President:
it 10 given q history of the circumstances which
led to the rupture between the two republics, and
to ew to the world the justice of our cause and
no true patriot can read that document without
being satisfied that our country isin the right
The President did not send the army to make an
attack upon Mexico But suppose he had order
ed the army to so and cxpel the invaders, after
they had crossed the Rio Grande, could any man
with an American heart throbbing id his breast,
censure him for it! The case of the sheriff anes
ing and executing the murderer without q trial
spoken of by the gentleman from Guilford, Wal
not in point. There he made the arrest and took
/
authorities, after the mischief had been done. But
suppose the sheriff was to see man about TO com
init murder. What would he do! He would xii
him, if necessary to proven! the execution Of BIZ
foul purpose. This was the case Of the Presiden.
He sent Gen. Taylor there to prevent the shed
ding of blood-not to strike,-but TO defend. III
attack was made upon him; the blood Of our cOun
trymen was shed, and that blood loudly calls to u
for revenge. One of the hest and bravest mel
God ever made, Major Ringgold, whose remains
he had but few days since assisted in escortini
through the town Of Wilmington, fell in their no
bic defence, and yet We are called on to no d GU
hands off.
Mr.. A. said he had few more words 10 say
) When his friend from Cumberland appealed to tn
Senator from Guilford, to know whether he mis-
understood him in saying this was a war Of %
erosion and plumber, made under the pretenes 0
extending the area of freedom" he had hoped 81
explanation would have been given, in which tbs
gentleman would have extricated himself from th
unenviable position of seeming at. once to CA
, an unjust imputation upon the President an
to oppose the extension Of our free institution
, But there was no such response. Could
be possible, he asked. tina. there was a.
man or set Of men among Us who oppose
the march of free principles He 1esarde
) such q sentiment as adverse to tho hsPPlnes
of the human race and inmical 10 the WI
Of Heaven. Although he was not religious mSn
. and did not belong to any religious denomination
yet he beesed it to be the will Of God that our ire
l government shall be extended over this wh0
American continent. The mountain stream