The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-12-21

cable tina, object should the contingency making
ucb application proper
Surely this settles the question as to the view and
purpose of Congress in directing the prosecution of the
war, and providing for the negotiation of treaty of
peace But if this be not sufficient how will the nte
,encer explain the long continued discussion OF the Will
not Provso amendment 10 the three million bill ,
Will it pretend that its wing friends up in such solid
column to vote for the exclusion of slavery by act OF
Congress, from the territory that might be acquired by
virtue of the provisions of that bill, when in passing
they did not contemplate the acquisition of any TERRITORY
1t dii2 Was it for such purpose of manifest sells
tifcatonto make Proviso with nothing in con.
temptation or expectancy for TO operate uponhat this
rebrand was thrown into the halls of legislation con.
vulse, not Congress only. but the whole country for
twevemonth Yet if this absurdity not perpetrael
in the last Congress, then cesson of Mexican territory
for the purpose of indemnity surely contemplated by
that body object and result of the war, when the
three million bill was debated and passed.
Apparently little pleased with the success OF its
sault upon the few points which has thought fit
to touch at ALL of our future policy towards Mexico,
proposed by the Executive, the Inellgencer returns
to its old topic of the true boundary of Texas and,
satisfied with its folly in quoting Mr. Donelson
sustain its positions, comes forward with the more
desperate absurdty of citing the following passage from
the Presidents Message to show that the State OF Texas
does not extend to the Rio Grande
"New Mexico is frontier province and has never been
Of any considerable value u Mexico From its locality, it
naturally connected with western settlements Tas
territorial limits of the State of Itras, too defined by her
a,os, before her admission into Union EMBRACE
New Mexico THE Rio
GRANDE. while Mexico still claims to hold this territory
part of her dominions The dusment OF this question of
boundary is important"
Upon this the Intelligencer remarks:
some aud the rule, it is perfectly clear, must be
applicable to all the territory of the Rio Graad here
fotore belonging to Merico is either still Merican
Team. But the President marches army into
part oft, tho plea of its being his duty defend
~our soi-territory of the United States, derived
from Texasand invades and conquers the other, demand
ing cession of it State of Mexico, and
mending Congress establish Territorial government
within t!'
The Mexcans-whose cause the Inelligencer is here
advocating probably, not be thankful for such ad
vocacy The territory "east of the Rio Grande and here
ofore belonging to Mexico, happens to reach to the Sd
bine, and to include the whole of Texas. And it is,
moreover, avowedy in vindication OF her claim to this
whole territory to the Sabine that Mexico has broken
off diplomatic relations with U.S. and for at least four years
past has been threatening levying, or making war
upon Now if, the Intelgencer alleges "one and
the rule" applies to all this territory "eas of the Rio
Grande"- it be all of it either still Merican or else
1eran-then forasmuch that Texas has come into
Union under all the guarantees of our constitution
we incline to believe that the American people will be
very apt to sustain their government in rejecting the
claim Of Mexico, and regarding the territory Teran
Again: if Mexico chooses to apply "one and the same
rule" to the territory east of the upper Rio Grande and
tho h,tx., of d..
Nueces then we apprehend that the adjustment Of the
boundary" very properly regarded by the President as
important" will be found difficult because Mexico
herself, late the goth of June, 1874, formally in
structed her commanding general VOL, to regard the
territory of the lower Rio Grande between that river and
the Nueces part Of Texas; to consider its popula
ton cooperating with Texas in what Mexico called
the "revolt OF that department, and the usupaton Of
that part of the national territory. and thus deserving
the infection of the TRAITORS DOOM denounced by her
against all Texans Here the words of the order Of
General Wo issued under that date in pursuance Of his
instructions from the national palace:
g. every individual who may be found the distance
of one league from the left bank Of the Rio Bravo will be
THAT PART OF THE NATIONAL rERRIroRy AND AS TRAITOR
HIS oogsrRx and after summary military trial. shall re
ceve the said punishment"
Thus appears that, in 1884, the Texan "usurpation
had, in the judgment Of Mexico herself Individually
tended to the Rio Grande and subjected hat part OF
national territory like the of Texas to war Of
termination.
Here them is " the and the same rule" applied by
Mexico herself to the territory between the Rio Grand
and the Nueces And judged by this rule, is that terri
tory to be considered Mexican Tsran territory Butt
much has been said by the lntegencer as to the Next
occupation and jurisdiction the upper Rio Gande
This however may have been, has, of course nothingH
to do with the present war; Let us test it, however b
the nelligencers Sc one and the rule" The SOUTH
ern mail of last evening bring us intelligence OF thd
election to the State Legislature of Texas of represen
tatve from the Nueces county, lying between the Nuece
and the Rio Grande! We know that the same county,
sent its delegates to the Texan convention. The INTEL
ligencer Judge how much it benefits its Mexican Gill
ents when proclams that the "same rule" applies IN
this county and to Santa Fe. 1t was bad blunder toll
cite Mr. Donelson prove the territorial right OF Mex
co up to the Nueces. But this surely excdsabe m
comparison with the flat folly of citing the Presidents
Message to the same position.
We come now, however, to the most extraordinary
and, considering its purpose and character, the mos
scandalous of all the Interpretations resorted to
the ntellgencer in its advocacy of public enemy
its denunciaton of the and the policy of our govt
eminent 1t AYERS, in the following terms, and upon th
authority of the following garbIed quotation. that th
movement Of our army to the Rio Grande was made
nd NJ If