Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-08-12

Of hostility against Mesco unless she declared war
OF was herself The agReoF BY striking the first blow The
psnt and military and naval commanders have execu
ted their oldefs with such discretion thnt he peace n the
too eouRfriss has NOT been diffnrt1f
This in December, isis In one mouth e(isrsards
without eny ehanee having taken place In the relations of
the two countries General Taylor was osdssed to the Rio
0faHde. Nov why wss The desert crossed, AserieaH
army marshned the banh Of the Rio Gfande and
cannon pointed towards Mexican city but invite and
psosehe 'ageression' and war;
Bus e, look little farther at official records Texas
had been admitted into the Union, with eternal slavery
chained 10 her, order extend the area Of fresdoa s
settlements had extended beyond Corpus Christi,
hundred miles distant from the Rio Grande--but she dam
ed that river r. her western boundary. Just she mgh
aud did a, one time, claim the whole Of California.
The resolution Of annexation reserved to the United
States the adjustment Of all questions Of boundary that
may arise with other Governments The question Of
boundary, therefore, open qers,ion, len Tor
Government; TO settle. Mr. Calhoun, who negotiated the
treaty Of annexation, and who Is good solorty for the
Democrat in letter while Secretary OF State Mr Green
charge daares Of the United States Meaco dated ph
~, 1916, enoins him 10 the Mexican Government
that il is his desire
TO settle ali questions between the two countries on the
most liberal and satisfactory terms that Of bound
ey has taken every pfeesaiion 70 make the terms Of
the treaty little objectionable possible and among 9th.
ere has let the boundary Of Texas wou, specifications
open question, 10 be fully aud fairly discussed
Mr. Benton, asOwhO Is surely good democratic su,hor.
ry-when the scheme % annexation under discussion
In is4l, offered resolution in the Senate,
Thathe incorporation Of the left bank Of the Rio randr
into the American Union, by virtue Of trraiy with Texas
IF the aerioaa dsParfmeas Of New Merieo chihuahua
Coaloila aud Tamauipas would BE- Of DRKer As.
eRssos ON Mrsieo, for all the consequences Of which s
United States ieesid stand rePonsitis'
gtaa Al. IA, ~ " i
is4l, ssyss
There smother subject on which feel hound 10 sp.sk
word-l alade TO the proposition Tezas the
territory Of this RePnbl,e sll my duty Sen.
ator, and DID vote against the ratification Of the raiy
the annexation. believed that the treaty from the bound.
aries that must be implied from H. u MeHeo would
with Ne sratraed sSuatry 10 hrhteh Tsas had eai
rAieA she lad sTseised isdiiOH snd irAcA
shs had righ eide On this point should give brief
explanation The reaty ceded Te1As BY name. ifsSt
,for 10 defrrbe buHadarp The Congress Of Texas had
passed act declaring, BY mees and bounds what was
TEXAS within their power aud jurisdiction. II appeared
me, then II Mexico should tell Us, awe don't know you-
We have no treaty TO make with yousad len 10
take Possession BY force must take The country Texss
had eeded 10 ns-and IN Doing hat, Jesiine
aSs'r ss wat DC I.sfe g s1.so end take large PeT
der as jHrisdicion Of f1as; Ms 70 me- as an insr.
nSsstaSs barrisr-i ssuid not place as emfry in kaf
position.
The treaty fell through bot the resolution OF annexation
which did pass reserved the question Of boundsryn empress
terms, and len ], Indefinite Yet knowing all this, and in
spite Of all this and aeuaed by that pr, Of eonques, des
erbed by Mr. lngerso Mr. Polk deliberately erossed that
deser and took foebe possession of the left bank Of the
Rio Grande. Mexco did regard as aa art Of drsc %.
gression, as MIR Benton predicted snd ss he tgas
This 'aet Of aggression Mr. Polk committed In January
Is46 without consulting Congress then session. he order.
ed the march Of the army om Corpus Christi; where M
he declared in his message Of December previous was in
Poss, 10 offend osea a.d he rights Of Tsxas and BY
insulting bfasado Tie banks Of the Rio Cfande forced
the Me1ienns in very shame 10 fghi
II was not the ACT Of assatiea which brought on ho.t
ties Tor not Mexican had entered TeEassBd when Gen
Taylor Appeared with is army opposite Aaiamoros the
Mexican commander, Ampndis, demanded, not tha, he
should withdraw his army from Trus bu, the east bsnt
Of hs Nssees ripsr.
'Your Government says Ampadia in his heller IN er
Taylor Of the l2ih April 1886. incredible manner has
not only insHed bot rHasperaied the Mexican nation BY
bearing It's eonquerng banner the left hank Of the Rio
GrAnde IN us case, BY the denitse ordera Of my Gov
ernmen. require you IN al iot 10 break up your camp
and icithdyao 10 the a1kK o. var NuKets , 49,
oofoHmsns ere Negotiating, 40 II you insist remain
ing on tho soil OF TamaHiipas il ceary result that
arms must decide the question:
Was not this request moderate and jas,l Me.ico said 70
u.s. we deny that TEXAS has any right TO the territory be-
tween the Nueees and the Rio Gnnde,ee claim il AZ
'ous 1t barren deser and We have as good title n.
you. Withdraw your army from il, while our or.,n
msnfs ara negotafing and let teman like the disputed
territory between you and Greaf Brtan dur
ing the negotiaiion Was this reasonable and ,ust
And what Mr Po.k's answer sYou arc reai and
imeeeie nation, and despse you have taken the Dis
Poed territory By oEee and because am strong and Won
are weak, will hold by force This Is in subsance The
demand and the answer
II indisPu,abe, thenfrs that the boundary line be-
tween Mexico and Texas in pris the iorrner claim
ing that the Colorado, the latter that the Rio Gyands Nm.
the true line Secondly, that actual ho.tiles were NOT
commenced until Gen. Taylor by Mr. Folks orders ook
JoTes possession Of the rhets Of the disputed territory
drove the Mexcans from the eastern bank Of the Rio
Grande, and erected foreaioas there threatening Mex
lean town the aide Of that river 7zirdv that the
Immediate Of the rs collision was Gen Tsylor ys
tH'ai under the orders Of ,r Polk TO Withdraw his army
from the disPsffd territory Fo~tliy that while the Anne
rcsn army remained at Corpus Christi there was ia Ar
Of MszieO
Nov, we ask. 'BAo commenced the war; Who,. !, The
awful responsibility fos the lives Of thousands Of our lo
citizens, who have found unteiy and bloody grave in
mexcof Hho shall answer Cor the tears Of the widow
that are she'd and the cries ote orphan that are heard in
almost every town and hamlet throughout the
ho for the young The gifted and noble that have fallen
victims to The war, and for whom nation mourns-tLe
gallant Brown, and Ringgold Hardin Lincoln Clay and
nos. Of oes,he objects 81 fond affection 20 their parents
the pride aud ornameni Of their country friends
VINO have been cut down ia the flower Of early manhood
Their honoted remains have is true been borne from,
Town to town. sad solemn psocesson 10 receive the
ast gale Of agonized Affection The ephemrral applause
81 The multilude-and to be consigned last the cold 81
ence Of the grave,
Nor wife nor children more shall they behold
By the world. they soon forgotten, but the broken
hearted parents, wife and children shall dry up their
earsl
For all this wide CALAMITY. sufe,;n1 aud as.,.