Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-12-29
From the New Y ork Tribune.
The Union on NIr. Clay.

The Union on MIR. Clay.
Nowhere has the power and force OF Mr.. Ciay's
Lexington Speech been more thoroughly felt than
at the White House. The f1utteriug of the Pres
i'd entail organ is conclusive. II can not rest un
de the visitation. Its last number that has reach
ed us accuses Mr.. Clay of "paipabe and la
grant msre prese ntation of well known facts" in
stating that "whil- Mr.. Sidei was bending his
way 20 Mexico with his diplomatic credentials"
Gen TAYLOR was ordered to advance 10 the Rio
Grande. Let
Mr. SdclI reached the City of Mexico on the
eth OF December, 1915. On the 2lst Of that
month. the Mexican Governmen mt announced that
il would not receive him in the official capacity
with which he had been clothed, because he had
been accredited bu his Government as a Minister
Plenipotent.ary, ,chen Merieo had ouly consented
rccepe Co,nni to settle expressly the grace
differences ,ohich had groun ont ofhe Anneration
of TeIas. Mexico had VIGOROUSLY been for ten
years at War with Texas. She had given cur
Government timely and formal notice that, II
we should proceed to incorporate 'el revol,ed
province with L Mon, that act must be regard
ed ana resented by her one CT deliberate, un-
eGuivocal aggression and War. Our own prom
nent sta.esmen-Clay. Van Buren,, Gal!atin,
said the Law of Nations. SO said Gen. Sam.
Houston, ex- Pre- ,ident Of Texas, when the " ar
actually CONNIE need. In fact, there room
for doubt the subject. Accordingly, when
Congress gave its assent to Annexation, the Mex
lean Esnbassador at w Washington. pursuant TO his
Instructions announced that his Mission a;
al end and returned to his country. The
diplomatic and friendly relations between the
two countries were broken up.
In this position matters remained when Mexico
consented 10 receive a Commissioner charged
expressly with the sttlement of tho differences
| created BY the Annexation Of Texas. This
all she could do in accordance with diplomatic
etiquette. Had she consented to receive reg
ular Minister Pie pote ntiary, that consent would
have been an acknowledgement that she had re-
called her Minister from Washington without
cause, and that she had no serious ground ofcom-
plant.
Yet Polk & CO. insisted en- appointing MIN
ister and not Commissioner. No remonstrance,
no entreaty, suficed to swerve them from their
purpose. So Mr.. Sidell went ard was not
ceved, all must have expected. The Spanish
blood is proverbaly tenacious of punctiiios. and
here point which could not be wen UP
without abect humiliation. Even the New
T ork Sun, in the following August, thus declar-
ed:
"A Special namissieRer. inste ad of Resident
Minister, must now be sent to treat with Paroles
or his representatives. War dissolves
all treaties and all diplomatic intercourse. Res
ident Ministers only be received after trea-
ties made by Special Pienipofenfiaries have been
ratified by both Governments
And The Suns thoroughly informed, ultra
Texas. ultra-War correspondent Montgomery
writing from Washington the sth of tina.
month, says:
"Herrera was in most unfortunate position,
and make IL still p1inful He felt we II
disposed to extend Texas to the Rio Bravo and
sell Us California fer moderate consideration
about half the cost of this War; and It's con;in-
gencles-but II was necessary to soothc the on l.
ragged pride they called it PATRIOTISM Of his
trymen the effort would be foied and his
prospects ruined. For this he expressly desired
the | nited States to send peciul Commits :
10 settle the Boundary and other disputed
tons. a Reside Mt Minister he dared net receive,
for that would be admission the People would
not endure, land it must be confessed, neither
would we in like case.) until tne supposed wrong
and insult were explained according 10 the laws
of civilized nations. Merico did Just ,chaf ICE
,rouid 6o-refused TO acknowledge a Residen
Minister; and Mr.. Slidell could not or would no,
present himself specially as Commissioned
HENCE THE WAR"
On the 9th of January, 1Si6-Mr S.dell be-
ing still at Mexico, demanding TO be rece ived as
Reside mt Minister, which the Mexican Govern
ment would not concede, insisting that it had
only sented to receive, and in justice to its
own dignity only could receive, Special Com
missoner-ihe fatal order was gwen that Gen.
Taylor should move forward from Corpus Chris
ii TO the Rio Grande. And on this utterly unm-
rorsant dscrepancy-Mr Slideli having re ached
Mexico instead of being hi. way thtiier whe \
the order to Cen Taylor was given-T'he Union
fourishes about Mr.. CIay's '.astou nding asser-
tioa,s' "stupende rlisstatc neEt, and 50 forth
Mus. not the case be desperate which comPels a
resort TO such fium'nery
But look again: The Union repels with vehe-
n,ence the imputation that Gen. Taylor or
cred to the Rio Grande before Mr. Slideil reach
sBear in mind that when thi. was written the
War was bat three months cid.