Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-08-28
Il Communicated
baron KBuaB August len lg47
r. II. 1'nbnpB ESQ. 4=Hth

fl, ! vettufeh The unqualified assertion that
'shUuld the next congress sanction The nc
QUESTION Of one inch Of Mexican territory
'as the fruits Of the present unjust and stls
holy war, thence will be introduced the
'drdma that must close Uif Republican et.
istth6e." II Is said the expression say0rs
Uf prophetic despair. and could not be- die.
taied by patriotism In the present crisis Of
eiir uUuntry's struggle, when every patriot
should "hUpe onah6pe ever"
Those who have not studied aud imbuehth &
minds with the spirit Of free Governments,
and the genius Of our own, and who have
not adopted as their motto "EterBai rigH.
dace IL The price Of liberty" my prophetic
administration, wa well calculated 10 gate
on their feelings, although with ns II was
no stronger expressed than felt.
Our Republic was founded OH the self
evident TRUTH 'that ell men are ere.
stated equal, that they are endowed by their
"rfeat0r with certain vi alienable rights,
"that among these are life liberty and The
pursuit 81 happiness-that to ssrtlrs these
"rights governments are instituted among
''men deriving their fret powers from the
"eUtsent Of the governed" Oh these i'm.
mutabla principles was reared our Repub.
lie, n monument Of design, hearing The i'm.
press of wisdom aud reflection, and well
calculated TO be Il beacon light 10 the world!
and teaching rs while look ing thereah-'to
our " selves be- true, aud II needs must
follow as the light The day, we can do wrong
TO no man"
Mexico caught the rays Of this light, and
with the assistance or 'sthousahds If our
uounirymen," aud "ouf own Commodore the
aaliunl Porter" was enabled to throw off
the Spanish yoke aud our government was
| the first to acknowledge her independence
and with pride and pleasure enroll her nante
on the list Of independent Republies-Thus
we boasted In July 1915.
Mexico taking our form Of Government
az a model for her own, divided her Res
public into separate sovereign States, each
invested with inherent powers ID control Ifs
internal policy, and forming q guardian
check against the usurpatioh o pewef in the
federal head.
Texas an integral part nfthe Mexican
Republic, assuming 10 be the sole Judge In
her own cause, and the fret 10 treat a.
nuuahl, the fundamental principles 0fthe SIT.
eial compact, conceived that she had h right
to exercise certain state rights which MeAi.
co d~enied-availed herself Of The prtte.t
that santa Anna, the federal head, had
usurped In bis own person the liberties Of
The Republic-raised the standard Of revolt
with State rights emblasoned on Us folds,
around II crowded thousands Of our country.
men, until the usufter covered Oh the plains
pfgan J]aeinto, aud Texas declared free
and independent Of the Mexican Republic.
Such was the utter detpstatiuti evineed
by our own Republic, nj The pfUtehtions u
Mexico In assuming TO question tho sove.
reign right of'resaB 10 do all che had done,
that our nation openly espoused her caiHs,
takes her into our oonitderaey, aud under
our protection, and huflH defiance at Me1l.
90 for "a II saying our right To do, what we
possessed the might To accomplish,
Texas ID received into the Union on at
equal footing with the rest of the United
States, we adopt their quarrel with Tho ".
rants of Mexico, her representative and
senators are admitted 10 assist In The cUut.
ellis ot the Nation, and Texan soldiers ea.
eorted by our army and protected by our
Aagar5 seen passing the legitimate confines
| Of Texas into the sovereign state Of Tam.
aulipas and from her town Of Matamorus
we hear Il soletnnly proclaimed:
"To the people Of Meaico:-We como TO
''overihrew the tyrants who have destroyed
"your liberties but we come 10 make no wal
"upon the people Of Mexico, nor upon any
form oftree government they may choose
ito select for themselves. II IL our wish
10 500 you liberated from your d~eHrot-."
While these reservations are sent forth
from this section Of the Mexican Republic
with all apparent honesty md good faith
through the proclamation ofGeneral Taylor,
| General kearney and Commodore Slnat by
their proclamation annex The states Of
New Mexico and California IA parts and
parcels of the United States, assuring tho
inhabitants they are already citizens ofthe
United States, and a~lpaolved from all allie.
glance TO the government Of their choice,
and rendered Up so taoto amenahle 10 all tho
pains and penalties awarded for traitors, II
they should presume 10 ieel m attachment
for any other form Of Government than
such as tho United Suites would in due
time provide for them, or y eauue to act
and think otherwise than we may permit
them.
Twelve months have elapsed since these
proclamations, the Infusion Of liberal prin.
ciples IN the minds ofthe M~exicanB, and the
only response has been given from the
cannon, the IdSso, or heard amidst the din
Of arms, with nuttering tones Of National
pride Il Let tbs alone 7 we ask not, we
wish none Of your dislDterested sympath,es,
we abominate YOU and your government,
your liberal principles, oil you have and IRE.
Thus toiled In extending the arm offree.
dom and the liberal principles ofprogressive
Democracy, Santa Anna the tyrant, and
despot Is called upon and his right and au
thority to do SO, IL recognized: TO cede TO
the United States by treaty stipulation from
two TO thirteen Of the sovereign states of
the Mexican Republic, and further to grant
TO the world the right Of way over the Isth-
mus Of Tehuantepec through The sovereign
States Of Vera Cruz and Oiaco. Thus re.
.coguizing the right of II tytant and desoot
who had otefthrown the State Government
and despoiled them Of their liberties to
transfer his spoils 10 the United states-that
he can legally dvesi thirteen states oftheir
sovereignty, and cede away the vacant lands
within their borders, which nAver did be
long to the federal Government, to satisfy
claims which If due at all, should be paid
by those states over which the right ofSanta
Anna TO t~yrannize, the treaty viii confirm.