The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-11-10
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NOV. 10, Is47.


The Whig Policy condemned by the wing Ae"oer'
In his late speech at Springfield, Mr. Webster referred
to Mr. Calhoun as statesman not at all accustomed 70
admit a,cay his owa case Mr. Websters friends will
surely claim for himself the distinction. Yet, IN
this very speech Mr. Webster makes the following preg
nant and most remarkable admission:
g. THINK, HONESTY WE MUST ADMIT THAT
1870 III, ~ and I3, Texas WAS ANfNpErENDENr STATE
AMONG THE STATES OF THE | DO NOT ADMIT,
THEREFORE,, THAT IT WAS ANY JUST GROUND
OF COMPLAINT ON THE PART OF MEXICO THAI
THE UNITED STATES ANNEXED TEXAS TO THEM
SELVES"
Now. in what attitude before the country does this add
mission of MIR. Webster place the whole policy OF the
wing party for years past, in relation to the Annexation
of Texas The wings, party have never ceased to
camor against that measure act OF "aggression
and robbery" perpetraed upon Mexico by the democrat
ic party of this country Every at all familiar with
politics. well knows that the whgs in falsely and trea
sonably denouncing our War with Mexico as Infamous
and arocous, and in justfyng the resort to by
Mexico against us have always brought forward the
head and front OF their argument, the alleged invasion
Of Mexican rights by the Act of Annexation They
claim TO have told u.s. even while the Annexation yet
pending, that it must involve us and ought to involve
in war; In this view the wings of Massachusetts hav
Ing assembled In COUNCIL WIFI tue dooiluohlStS III
Faneuil Hall in 1915. circulated in the columns Of
SO leading wing journal the Boston Atlas
their infamous ''ant-war pledge" binding them not to
support any growing out of the annexation of Texas
The protest this subject of manly wing members OF
Congress, with John Quincy Adams at their head is well
known here. The following passage from letter OF
Mr. Bocanegra addressed by him as the Mexican minis
ter of foreign relations to Mr. Waddy Thompson under
date of September, 1si3 shows that the wing protest
was equally well known and quite as much regarded in
Mexico. Mr. Bocanegra says:
"The undersigned hopes with good reason, from the prin
cpes of Justice which ought preside the debera
tons of the Congress of the United States, that it will
listen suggestions private interests detrimental to
the law of nations and International law; bu it may
happen that ambition and dsion prevail oper public
propristy that personal may triumph and
Just ideas, Mr. JOHN
QUINCY ADAMS ooLABoRERs INEFFECrUAL,
HOW IT BE CONSIDERED STRANGE AND OUT OF THE WAY
THAT MEXICO, UNDER SUCH supPosIroN SHOULD ANNOUNCE
THAT WILL REGARD ANNEXATION TEXAS
ACT OF DECLARATION OF WAR p
Here the vigorous reasonings' of these wing leaders
expressly referred to by Mexico giving color to the
idea that the Annexation of Texas should be regarded BY
Mexico act Of tDar against herr Yet Mr.. Webster
now comes voluntarily forward as whig to proclaim
that the Annexation gave Mexico "ro just ground 70,
complaint" against us; and that of course, the whole
policy of the wings in ralyng against that measure as an
invasion OF Mexican rights was most infamous and
reasonable assault against the sovereign rights both OF
government and of Texas and in aid of the I'M
founded and aggressive preensions of foreign power
So much for Mr. Websers deliberate Judgment upon the
past policy Of his party.
Let in the next place how this admission of Mr.
Webster, that the Annextion of Texas gave Mexico No
just ground complaint" bears upon the existing great
War Issue between the democrats and the wings That
issue to the justice and necessity of the war II car
be shown that the part began in Just and ne
cessary act OF self defence and seprotecton against the
menaced and actual hostile acts of Mexico done in main
tenance of her insulting and outrageous pretensions and
done without "just ground of complaint on her part
then the wings themselves must admit that in denoun
cling and opposing the war; they have made an issue
once reasonable and scandaous against the JUSTICE thu
sefpotection, and the honor their own country wher
uthessly assaulted and outraged by foreign enemy
| Now, we will prove from the whole series of tn,
State Papers and official declarations of the Mexican gov
eminent from s43 down to the present time that Mert
has both proclaimed car and made actual ara, upon as
avoedly and expressly upon this pery ground of the an
neration of Ieras, which Mr.. Webster says was "nt
just ground of complaint" on her part.
Under date of August 90, 1913, the Mexican Minister
of Foreign Relations in The of his government, ad
dressed to our minister in Mexico the following Ian
guage:
"Ihe Mexican government tcW consider equuaent to
declaration of against the Mercan republic the passa
of for the Incorporation of Isras Nth the territory OF
the United States: CERTAINTY
rrcENT PROCLAMATION WAR; ieapng the cipH
sed cord determine Nth regard to the justice of the cast
of The Mrican nation in struggle which has been far
from provoking"
On the Sd OF November, 1Si3 Gen. Almonte, then the
Mexican minister Washington addressed to the then
Secretary of State of the United States letter, affirming
that "Texas ntegrant part of the Mexican repub-
lie and then, by the express order of his government
he added:
"Ihat, sanction being giuen By the Erccre of tho
Union TO the Incorporation Of 1era into the United States
he oW consider his mission ended THAT, THE
GOVERNMENT RESOLVED DECLARE AS II
RECEIVES INFORMATION ACT"
On the 18th of June, 1874, just two months after the
signature by Mr. Calhoun Of the treaty for the Annexation
of Texas Santa Anna then the President of Mexico
announced to the government of the United States "a
Merco resolved again to undertake vigorously the
campaign against Teras, for ueh she held readiness
large army and further expressed the deerminati on
of Mexico upon the subject as follows:
srhat in no manner will she dismembcr her
territory-rather will she carry the any extreme
which may be necessary to sustain her rights and that
nations do die, RgoosoUERING
pIpf IIppF q INN.