New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-04-24

bs driven out of Mexico and not his claim Tor In
deunity, which had been repeatedly urged without
giving offence to any one, and nnaly accsded to.
Then why jugsle about IL
Bat all Of as DO know that the spoliations are not
the csuss Of the pressnt War In the great debates
Of last Winter. Mr.. Calhoun declared the march to
the Sabine to be the true csase, while Mr. Benton
found that cause in the original scheme OF Annexa-
ton itself but no man found 1t in the pon-paymsnt
Of the indemnity for spoliations. The story Of the
young Miss is fatally contradictory. II the sPos.
tons were the real origin Of the War, 1t is most
unlikely that the spoiler commenced that War, by
attacking the party he had robbed.
9. Of the Commencement Of the Var.
The Young Miss has narrow purview and
short memory. Ten years ago. ia answering an
application Of Texas to be admitted into this Union,
Mr. Van Buren and his Cabinet deliberately and
unanimously decided that for this country to an.
mex Texas would be to wage an unprovoked War
on Mexico This judgment is before the world, in
the strong language Of Secretary Forsyth 1t was
deliberately reafirmed and declared still valid by
Mr. Van Buren, in his letter on Annexation, April,
| 1874 The same doctrine was about the same
time proclaimed by Henry CLAY, by ALBERT
GALLATIs and nearly all the illustrious Civilians
| in the land Annex alton and War with Mexico
are identical said Mr.. Clay, who repeatedly de-
nounced the measure as inevitably plunging as
into a needless unjustfable War. Mexico gave
us formal notice that, if we proceeded to consum'
mate Annexation she should regard the act as a
declaration Of War upon her and act accord
ingly Her Minister demanded bis passports and
left Washington directly upon the triumph OF
Annexation Gen. Houston exPresident OF Tex.
as, when the news Of the battles or the Rio Grande
was received at Washington, and Congress was
urged TO await farther information before rushing
upon hostilities cooly reminded Senators that War
! had existed from the moment we incorporated
| Texas, country openly at war with Mexico,
which war became ours along with Texas. And
now we have the origin Of the War, to subserye
| party purpose, brought forward to April 20, 1916
g. Ofthe breaking ont Of HostlaieS.
! Texas having been formally annexed, our Army
was dispatched tbither, and took post on the
Nueces, the actual Western limit of that country,
SO as to cover its most exposed settlement, in Au
gust, lsl5. Here it remained unmolested for six
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quiet, until March, 1876, when Gen. Taylor, In
pursuance Of his orders, broke up at Corpus Chris
ii and marched down to the Rio Grande. He
was confronted on his march by an inferior Mexican
force, which warned him to halt and return, but
be, obeying his orders, pushed on and the Next
cans retreated without shot As he approached
the Brazos st. Jago, or San Isabel, be was met by
some fifty Mexican citizens, headed by the Project
of the State of Tamaulipss, who protested against
his invasion Of their territory As he continued to
advance notwithstanding, the Mexican Gen. Gar
cs, who had $50 soldiers at San Isabel set fire to
the Custom House and other public buildings, aud
retreated across the Rio Grande. Up to this time,
this had always been a Mexican military station
and port Of entry, though on the side Of the Rio
Grande impudently claimed by Texas On the
2sth Gen. Taylor reached his point OF destination,
opposite Matamoros, aud at once began to throw up
entertainments and plant his cannon to com.
mand and threaten the town Gen. Ampudia, COM
manding in Matamoros, notified him that he must
/ fall back to the Nueces or his advance would be
regarded as an act of war. Gen. Taylor replied
that he was obeying his orders, and should stay
Before any act Of hostility had been committed by
the Mexicans. he blockaded the mouth Of the Rio
Grande, cutting off the supplies Of provisions on
which the Mexican army depended for subsis-
tence. Ampudia demonstrated against this as an
act Of unjustifabe aggression, and demanded the
instant raising OF the blockade but not gra6ed.
Two days after this Capt Thornton, while recon.
noitering attacked a much superior Mexican force
mainly hidden from his sight 20 miles North Of Gen.
Taylor's camp, was overpowered and bis whole
command cut off Thornton justified his attack by
saying that he could not tamely see the Mexican
flag waving over American soil said soil having
been trodden by Mexicans for at least two cent?.
ries and having never been shaded by our flag up
70 that very day.-so much for the commencem ent
of the War.
4. Of our Governments desire for Peace
Our Executive has often enough protested to de-
sire Peace. So did Pitt, Napoleon, Mettenich,
Alexander, all the time they We're de6ling the
world with wholesale carnage All the bloody
monsters who have turned rivers to blood have
been great lip-lovers of Peace. But on rAat terms
is Mr. Polk willing to terminate the Wari Hehss
been asked and asked TO state them to the world,
yet absolutely refuses to do so. Why is this, if
they are terms that Mexico ought to accept And
il they exact surrender Of portion Of her People
to the dominion Of stronger race, can we blame
her for resisting Can we blame her for saying
that she will not treat while her soil is polluted by
tbs tread Of naughty invader 7
5. Of Tcras and her Boundary.
1t Is matter of unequivocal history that Sam.
Houston and his main confederates in Wrestling
Texas from Mexico reat there on purpose TO &c. up
rebellion. The plot was all matured in this ccun-
try before Houston set foot in Texas The story
about consolidated government in Mexico
may serve pretext, but it was never a rsa
son. A majority OF the real citizens of Texas
were adverse to the rebellion. Ieras nerN ras
Nericaa Sfats, but portion of one. The real
grounds of her revolt from Mexico were two; lst
Land Speculation ID Slavery and resolution
to maintain il in defiance of the laws Of Mexico.
As TO the Boundary of Texas the Young
Miss has learned her lesson very badly. The Nue..
ces is Just as clearly and unequivocsly the West.
ern boundary of Texas as the Connecticut is the
Western limit of New Hampshire; and claim of
the latter that the crests Of the Green Mountains
are her true and proper Western boundary would
not be more audacious than is the claim Of the Rio
Grande as the Western boundary Of Texas. Every