The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-12-16

emplay f,sm lor ilal ParPoEF. iiy sit-
saaaeaa iaslrnrli0ns. ard alaeF lie PeoPis
q reEas had snceFasd lhs proposition q
anReKaliaa. be Ess direried - SKIRT and
areapy > position sdaPied = Iepei me-
SD. = nrsr Inc bnanaaEy line. ihe Ito
Grade. = prudence wanld dlrsaie; and
lhai. wiah this Vie1. paEs 81 Als inEres
- le4st sioUld he wesI II The TiEsr Ane-
ess. Il uas certainly he duly Of he Pre-
silenl 10 pInlrrt TeKas sgainsl ingaslan
from lie moment IL had bern annexed 10
ne United States; and a. that Republic
was IN actual possession q coFpns hrs
ii. which Vas Ihe position selected By &C.
nessl Taylor. there MAS nothing. in he
position he had taken. indicative Of any
danger II actual hossililies.
RnI our Government seems 10 have
considered the refusal. IN The paFt Of Mex
ieo, 10 receive MT. SlideIl y ) resident
Envoy Of the United STATES. rs nrcessari-
Is Trading 10 war. The SECRETARY ~ stale.
in his letter TO Mr.. SIijell Of January 2s,
1916. says:
Should the Mexican Government finally t.
fase TO Eerriys you, the cup Il iofhearanoe viii
lhen have lrrn exhausted. Nolhing ran remain
but 10 take the Trnrss 81 the injuries 10 our chi.
arms and the Insults 10 our GossrnHlens into our
own hands"
And again:
Should the Mcyicsn Government finally r.
fuse 10 rrcriSr you. then demand passports from
the proper authority and return 10 The United
STATES Il viii then bccome The duty Of the Pre-
ssisni 10 submit the whole case 10 Congress, aud
call upon the nation TO assert lis just rights and
asense lis injured honor"
With the same object in view. the Sc
creiary Of War dill. by his letter dated
January 10, 1876, instruct Gen. Taylor
To advance and ocrnpy, with The troops un.
der his eommand, positions on or near the eas'
bank % the Rio del NoTte. II j. pre-.
sulncd Point Isabel will be- considered BIZ yOn m
eligible position. This point, or some one neat
il. aRl points opposite MaiamOros and Mier, and
in the vicinity Of Loredo. are suggested far y0ur
consideration. Should YOU attempt d
eXeFcise the right which the United states have
IN common with Mexico. to the free navigation o.
this river, il Is possible that Mexico would inter
po~e resistance. You will not attempt 10 eniorrs
this right without further instructions. .
II Is not designed, in our present relations with
Mexico, that you should treat her a. an enemy
hut. should she assume that character hy a decla
lion Of war. or any open act Of hostility toward,
"a, Won will no, oct merely on the defensive i
your relative means enable you to do otherwise
Tie Administration was lhereine ID
npinlnn that this military occupation al
the IerriInry in question was not an acI al
hostility towards Mexico, OF treating heI
as an enemy. Now. l do aver. without
fear Of contradiction, that whenever Ter.
ritnTy claimed by Two Powers is and ha:
been for length oftime in The possession
Of one Of them, if the other should invade
and take possession Of il by 4 military
force. such an act is an open act Of hosli
lily. according to the acknowledged ana
practical law Of nations. I'm This case The
law nf nations only recognises clear ant
positive fact
The sequel is well known. Gen. Tay
lor, with his troops, left Corpus Christ
March sIh 10 lllh, 1876. and entered III,
desert which separates that place from III,
vicinity of the Del Norte. On The els
/ he was encamped three miles south ofih,
Arroyo, or Little Colorado, having by III,
route he took marched one hundred an,
thirty-five miles, and being nearly norll
Of Maiamoros, about thirty miles distant
tie had on The 10Th met party Of irIeg
ular Mexican cavalry, who informed hin
tina. they had peremplory orders. il b,
passed the river, 10 fire upon his troops
and that il would be considered tlerlara
tIon Of war. The river was. however
crossed without single shot having beer
fired. In proclamation issued on III,
l2th. Gen. Mejia, who commanded ,It
forces 81 the department uf TamauIipas
asserts that the limits Of Texas are Gel
tain and recognised, and never had ex
tended beyond the river Nurces that III,
Cabinet Of The United States coveted III,
regions on the left bank Of The Rio Bravo
and that the American army was now adj
'Sancing To take possession Of large par
Of Tamaulipas. On the 2iih of Marcel
Gen. Taylor reached point on The rnul,
from Maiamoros TO Point Isabel, eighteen
miles from The former and ten from IN,
latter place, where a depuIa,ion sent hin
a formal protest Of the Perfect Of III,
northern district Of the department, of Ia
maulipas, declaring, in behalf of the ciii
gems Of the district, that they never vii
consent tn separate themselves from III,
Mexican Republic, and to unite then,
selves with The United States. On III,
18th Of April the Mexican General Am
pudia required General Taylor 10 breal
up his camp within twenty-fnur hours
aud 10 retire to the other bank of the M
eces river, and notified him that. il he in
| sisted on remaining upon the soil Of tn
department Of I'an,anIipas, il would clear
lily resul, that arms alone must decide lh
question, in which case lie declared iha