The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-08-14

| from ms interesting pupils Surety none bat
a "MoRAL TRATToR," aoouM deny that zoe
OmgM to GO to aoar for Ills! In another case,
mo. 55) Mr., Gorastiza printed and distrib-
uted n pamphlet dcfamatory of the govern
ment and people of the U. States. This was
indeed very naughty on his part. Solomon
would undoubtedly have administered freely
the coil of birch" and perhaps, on the whole,
we ought to go to war on this account Still
farther mo. 03) a Mr. Bcnslcy claims dam
ages for being deprived by the Governor of San
Luis Potosi, of his apprentice boy. When
our Government shall find out enough about
the facts in this case, to know the legal name
of the claimant, it will be time enough to see
whethrc we ought to go to war for this,
But, enough of this examination. l cannot
express my establishment, Sir, that, if you
wished to convince us of Vermont, that we
ought to justify the war with Mexico on &C
count other "nstHnces" of injustice to us
you did not make out stronger case. Why
not tell the whole story AS figured up
your estimates, you do not count up to more
than hcO millions, for the whole "nincty five
when you ought to know that near ten millions
were claimed on these grounds. Perhaps you
reasoned thus that, if claims of ten millions
are just cause of war, we, in Vermont arc so
green, that one fifth of it, two millions, will
be enough to settle our minds; and therefore,
you would not waste any powder. | com
mend your discretion you will need it. all
hereafter. But unluckily for your success, in
this particular project, we "take the papcrs."
But Sir, there is n more serious charge than
that ofSh0h0~ncSS, to be brought against you,
in this thing; yOu haoc ricd to dCcciro as. You
have given % instances of Mexican aggression
occurring before 1910, and have asserted that
they have been continued down to 1915, and
have nttcmptedto leave the impression that
Mexico had utterly refused Crcr to rcctiry
wrongs or repair damages. Your argument
amounts to this "Scc what the Mcxicans
have done. They steadily refuse to make
any rcparation. We have borne it as long as
we could; and there being no prospect that
she will ever give us redress, are we not rirht
in going to war :" No man from this docu-
mcnt ofyours would ever gain the rcmotcst
idea that any steps had ever been taken by
Mexico, to settle all this, pcncably. Here is
whore you have mcanly tried to dcccirc as
You know as well us do that in August
1910, a commission composed of two Next
cans and two Americans, with an umpire mp
pointed by the King of Prussia, commenced
its session in the City of Washington, and
sat there Is moRths, for the express purpose
of settling these claims, (thc immortal ''ninc-
ty-iivc," included) You know az we'll as I
do, that they made amicabc final awards up
on all the cases presented, except three, t,ro of
which were brought TO them only upon the
last day Of the IL months. You know Ms well
as do, that of$G, 13o, 1870, demanded by
American citizens, only So, 02G, 1905, (IcsS
ttaG one Hird) was awarded, on a fair exam
nation of the proofs on both sides, showing
how credit is to be given TO your % ex-partc
claims. You know as we'll as do, that al
though tire Mcxican finances were then at the |
lowest cbb, and their Treasury Notes worth
only 30 cts ona dollar, ESQ that if they had
paid in Treasury Notcs--as by agreement,
they had n right to do, they might have paid |
the whole toco miiiiORS, with little more than
$6OO,OOO in conn., they agreed to pay the ,rholo
IN coin, in trimonthly instalments. You know |
as well as do, Sir, that they did pay seven
of these instruments, fire of which have been
received by us, and t'co of which are in some
body's pocket where they do not bclong;-
that, in fact, Mexico continued, in good faith,
to close up her Indebtedness to us, as set forth
by this commission, until we afforded her, to
say the least, n very sufficient excuse for ccas-
ing to do so, by our proceedings in the annex
alton of Texas, which she persisted in regard
ing part of her territory.
With regard, also, to the few claims that for
want of time, were not acted upon by the
commission, and few afterwards occurring,
in all 25 in number, you know, that Mexico
agreed to another Convention in 1913, for the
purpose of arranging these cases. and that
our Minister agreed with them upon all the
to the satisfaction of the United
States with the exception of the single point,
hat the place of meeting should be at .Hcric0
instead of Washington. To this our Govern
nent refused TO conscnt-Qhough nearly all
he claims rested on documentary evidence
n the archievcs of McXico,) and here the mat
or restcd--by cur fault, and not by hers
Mexico having plainly done her part, and
shown that she was ready to do justice in the
natter.
Let me recapitulatc these facts II s free {
y acknowledged, on all hands, that yer since [
800, American ships, and citizens, have been
objected to occasional insults and oppression. i
Every well informed person knows that Mex q
60 has exhibited great destituton of that i
ice sense of the rights Of persons and property, Y
which is here prevalent and that, in the CON 7
nual revolutions undergone in her % years Y
Experience of military dcspotism, her citizens d
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