Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-03-05
WHOLE NO. SO.

The President and Secretary accordingly send
your army TO the confines of Mexico. There
lies the little piece Of territory ont Of which.
Mr.. President, all this war has arisen I! Now
| should, but | would not slate anv dispu-
table fact. 1t is known to every man who
has looked into this subject, that a %revolu-
tionary government can claim no iurisdic-
ton any where when it has not defined and
exercised its power with the sword. 1t was
utterly Indifferent to Mexico and the world,
what legislative e%nactmcnts Texas made
She extended her revolutionary government
and her revolutionary dominion not one inch
beyond the extent 10 which she had carried
the power Of Texas in opposition 10 the pow
er OF Mexico.
1t is therefore a mere question Of fact--and
| how will it be pretended that that country
lying between the Nueces and the Del
Norte. to which your army was ordered and
Of which it took possession, was subject to
Texan law and not Mexican law Why.
what did YOU General find there! What
did he write home! Do you hear of trial by
Jury on the east bank of the Rio Grande-of
Anglo-Saxons making cotton there with their
negroes! No! You hear of Mexicans re-
siding peacefully there but fleeing from their
cotton-felds at the approach of your army
no slaves there. for it had been a decree of
the Mexican Government, years ago, that no
slaves should exist there. If there were a
Texas population on the east bank of the
Rio Grande, why did not Gen. TAYLOR hear
something of those Texans hailing the ad-
vent Of the American army coming to pro-
tect them from the ravages of the Mexicans
and the more murderous onslaughts Of the
neighboring savages? Do you hear any.
thing of that? No! On the contrary the
population fed from their homes at the ap-
preach of your army. In Gods name, I wish
10 know if it has come 10 this, that when an
American army goes to protect American
citizens on American territory, they flee from
il as from the most barbarous enemy? Yet
such is the ridiculous assumption of those
who pretend that on the east bank of the
Rio Grande, where your arms took possess
: sion, there were 'Vex KAN population-Texan
! power-Texan laws and American United
D States power and law! No, Mr.. President,
] when | see that stated in an Executive docu-
~ment-written by The finger Of a President Of
g the United Siates-and when you read in
o those documents, with which your tables
groan, the veracious account Of that noble
old General TAYLOR, Of his reception in tina
n country, and Of those men TO use the Ian
e. guage Of che of his oficers) fleeing beror
their invaders; when You compare these tw
to documents together, is it not a bitter sarcasl
as upon the sincerity OF public men-a bitter 8
lis tire upon the gravity Of all public officers
n! Great God |! Mr.. President, is it possibI
IL that the American people give countenanC
of to this atrocious falsehood that you were abol
III 10 interpolate into the history of this coun
lg try and write it down as a fact, when III
whole world, and everybody, and you YOU
- selves, acting, as ii may be, on that very false
e, hood, know that what is stated there is nc
j. truef
r Mr.. President, there is absent to-day
v, Senator from the other side Of the Housl
lr whose presence would afford meas i
= always does, hut particularly on this oc
he casion-a most singular gratiication.-
of | allude to the Senator from Missouri VIII
n sits farthest from ME (Mr. BENroN,) re
at member, Mr.. President, he arose in this bod
as and performed "A great act of justice to him
It, self and his country-of justice TO mankind
re for all men are interested in the truths O
As history--when he declared it to be his pur
lie pose for the sake of the truth of history to Sc
s. right some gentlemen, on the other side o
lie the House. in respect to the territory Of Ore
X. gon, which then threatened 10 disturb tn
A peace of this Republic with the Kingdom o
of Great Britain. ! wished it had pleased hin
to to have performed the same good offices Oh
is this occasion.
wish it had been so il he could have foun,
es it consonant with his duty TO his country
,e that now while engaged with an enemy whom
n we have no reason TO fear as being ever abl
TO check our progress or disturb our interna
IL peace, for the sake of justice as then he di
c. for the sake Of Justice and the interest an
s. peace Of those two countries, England an
- America, he had come forward TO settle tn
of truth Of history in respect 10 the t%erritori,
nd boundary of Texas which our President sal
he was the Rio Bray o-the "Rio del Norte,
!. as it is sometimes called. ] express tn
We wish for no purpose Of taunting the Senate
MS from Missouri, or leading him to believe TIL
mt | would draw his name into the discussic
for any other than the most sacred purpOsu
in which can animate the human bosom-th
III of having truth established, for ! really b
r lieve that that is true which the Senator fro
pe Michigan stated Yesterday that The worstsa
TO in the Senate is, that much might be said
as both sides! "a laugh.) | cannot view
lg in that way. Much may be said, much ia
he may be had on both sides Of any questio
I'd but that this is a disputable matter aboI
b. which a man could apply his mind for an hol
Id and still be in doubt, is to me an lnscTutab
DIS mystery.
l wish to invoke the authority of the Sci
tn ator from Missouri. When about to receiv
Id Texas into the United States he offered
n resolution to this effect:
'o- "Resolped, That The Incorporation 0fhe tJ
XII bank of The Rio de! Norte into tie Amer'ea
nr- Union Jv riirfuc ria treaty wih Itras, eonprr'
NJ 6ending, as The said incorpo' alton woud d.
a part Of the Mexican departments Of Ne!
Use Mesrico, chihuahua, Coahuiia and Tdmaut
MS pas, tOouLd be AN ACT OF DIRECT AGGREsslo
an ON Mexico; for all the consequences of whlc
=, the United States should stand responsible
Now what did that meant Did the Ser
~ ator from Missouri believe that he was rigl
-, when he said that the right bank Of the X
a. del Nore did belong to Mexico, and that
-, so !, would be- an ACT of Insult The me-