Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1847-12-09

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!. that, however elesirous we may be for
/ peace-however just the war we
Nould hasten to !ermina,e-and how
! ever g glorious, beyond all parallcb have
'een the achievements by which il has
cen characterized, we have little hope
!, nat it will be honoraby Terminated
while an alien party at home uni'es
With 'he ensay ia den"uncing our
cause IS unjust, ubiquitous, and indie
ttnslbs'; seeks Openly TO Withhold sHp-
plies, sew;i oar armies; and reinvesI
our emc:ay with all her original strength
and power, and proposes. 10 crave a
peace at the feet Of a supercilious foe.
/ ?. Resolses, TIA, the time has come
when it is necessary to meet the alien
enemy at home, as we have mset tire
'or'is enemy abroad, eye to eye, and
I foot 10 ZOO; that it is our du'y as. sound
patriots and good citizens to meet this
issue firmly and fea'!essly-to sustain
the administration Of the country with
united hearts and hanLS-to cheer on
our slsrlous army and navy-lo 60
| for our couatry and her prou! stripes
ana stars, and gise assurance TO ;he
world that the spi1it which animate>
our heroes in the field and on the wave
burns bright on every hill and in every
valley Of the Union.
8. Resolved, That the justice Of the
/ war with Mexico in its causes, its
commencement, and it's progress, has
been abun!an,]y dem onstraled to the
world, and is clear to every unpreju
diced mind. We had abundant cause
of war before the annexation Of Teas.
Treasure belonging to the citizens Of
/ the United Sa'es bad been seized by
Mexican officers in It's transit from the
capital to the coast; vessels of the Uni
ted States had been captured, detain-
ed, and condemned upon the most friv-
olous pretexts; duties had been exac
ted from other vessels of our citizens,
VIGOROUSLY against law; citizens of the
United States had been imprisoned for
long periods Of time, without being
even informed Of the offences with
| which they We're charged; our citizens
had been robbed and murdered by Mex,
lean officers on the high seas, without
any attempt TO bring the guilty to JUS
tee; our flag had been insulted and our
public func,ionasies in Mexico Treated
with contempt; oJberes 70 the amount
Of two millions of dollars had been adj
mit;ed by them, and other lobberies
amounting to more than four millions
of dollars cur citizens were ready to
proye:-,he first they promised to pay,
bu: did not; the second they never even
promised to pay.
4. Resolled, That in recognising
the independence of Texas, we did
but knowledge the great principles
|fofour own declaration ofindepend~nce
Texas, to the Rio Grande, was a part
of Louisiana, and coded by France to
the United States in 18O5-the United
States eeded her 10 Spain by the t,ea-
ty of Florida in 1919. Mexico soon
after revolted from Spain, and Texas
10 the Rio Grande was established as
one ofthe confejerated, States of Mex.
leo under the constitution of 1924. =
In 1885 military revolution in Mex
leo overthrow that constitution, and
placed the government under militia
ny despo,;s,n. Texas had an Infusion
of American blood in the veins of her
people. Following the example Of the
heroes Of ZIG, she. appealed 10 the
sword, declared her Independence and
or the field of San Jacinto achieved
her liberty on the 21st Of April, 1886:
That independence was formally recog-
nised by the United States, England,
France, and other Of the civilized ma
tons of he world; and Texas was en-
rolled among the family Of American
republics. t.+ .e.aa.l.,es.... .sa
5. Resolved, That the annexation
ofrexas, was the joint act of two in
dependent nations. We had right 10
receive her; she had right to come;
her territory became ours; that tes,ito-
ry extended to the Rio Grande;, she
always claimed that boundary; her
Congress, on the 18th of December,
1886, fixed that as her boundary by
the act establishing the boundaries Of
Texas; for nine years previous to her
annexation she exercised her jurisdic-
ton over that territory; she organised
counties 10 the Rio Grande-estab.
Ilshed courts, custom houses, post off
ces, and post roads tAere-had land
office there, and granted lands to the
bank of the river; representatives were
elected from that territory to her Con
gress; and this was the Texas which
was admitted into our Unien-'Texas
to the Rio GIande. e.ss
6. Reso!oed, That the public records