Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-02-27

Can il be- Mr. President that the honest generous Chris
an people of the United States will give countenance to this
egregous palpabe misrepresentation OF actths bold ialsi
caon of history Shall be written down in your public
annals when the world looking and know
that Mexico and not Texas possessed this territory to which
your armies marched AS Mexico had been dspos-
sessed by Texan power neither Texas your Government
had any claim to than you have to California
that other possession of Mexico which araspng
avace has already extended its remorseless dominion.
Mr. President there is absent to-day Senator from the
other side of the house whose presence would afford me- it
always does but particularly this occason most singular
qualification. aude to the Senator from Missouri who sits
furthest from me, (Mr, BEsToN) remember Mr.. Presi-
dent he this body and performed great act of
tce himself and to his counyof justice to mankind for
all interested in the truths OF hsory-when he de-
cared it be his purpose for the sake OF the truth OF history
to right gentlemen on the other side OF the house ~
respect the territory of Oregon which then threatened to
disturb the peace this Republic with the kingdom Of Great
Britain. wish it had pleased him to have performed the
good offices on this occasion.
wish had been So he could have found it consonant
with his duty his country, that now, while engaged with
an enemy whom we have no reason being able
to check progress disturb internal peace, tor the
sake of JUSTICE then he did for the sake Of justice and the
interest and peace of those two countries England and Anne
rca he had forward to settle the truth OF htoy IN re-
spect the territorial boundary Of Texas which President
said the Rio Bravothe 6 Rio del Nore ash Is some
times called express this wish for no purpose 81 tanning
the Senator from Missouri, leading him to believe that
would draw his into the discussion Tor any other than
the sacred purposes which animate the human bo
somthat of having truth established for really believe
that that true which the Senator from Michigan stated yes
erday, that the worst said in the Senate is that much might
be said both sides cannot view 1t in that Much
may be sad much talk may be had both sides any
ton, but that this dspuabe natter about which man
could apply his mind for hour and still be in doubt is to
me an lnscrutabe mystery.
wish to invoke the authority of the Senator from Missouri
When about receive Texas into the United States he offered
q resolution to this effect
That the incorporation of the left bank of the Rio del
Nore Rio GIande into the American Unon by virtue Of
treaty with Texas comprehendng the said incorporation
would do part the Mexican departments Of New Mexico
Chihuahua, Coahala and Tamaulpas WOULD BE AN
ACT OF DIRECT AGGRESSION ON MEXICO, for
all the consequences of ch the United States would stand
responsible
beg, Mr. President, to add to this another authority,
which am will not be contradcted by any calling them
selves Democrats Inthe Of l944, Mr. Slas Wright
in elaborate address delivered WATERFOWL, New York;
said :
sThere another subject which feel bound to speak
word aude to the proposition to annex Texas to the terri
tory of this Republic felt my duty Senators and
did against the ratification of the treaty for the
ton believed that the treaty. from the boundaries that must
be implied from it, if Mexico would treat with embrace
ed country which Texas had no claim, which she had
asserted Jurisdiction and 1c she had right cede
On this pOn, , sn give h brief ~ :
scribe boundary The Congress Of Texas had passed
declaring by mees and bounds what Texas within their
and jurisdiction 1t appeared to then, if Mexico
should tell US, We do know you've have treaty
make with YOU and left TO take by force
take the had ceded
doing that, oreang honor must do injustice
.Herco, and take large PORTION Of N1v .Neico the people
Of which haUe neuer been under the uasdcone Of 1eras This
i,slrnoutabde barrier. could place the
country an that position"
How did your officers consider this question While in
camp opposite Matamoos, being then the left bank Of
the Rio Grande, between the latter river and the Nueces
most respectable officer writes thus to his friend in New York
'sCAMP OPPOSITE MATAMoRos APRIL 10, 1916.
Sour situation here is an extraordinary Right IN the
enemys country, actually occupying their and cotton fields,
handful of men, marching with coors flying and drums beat
ing right under the guns of OF their principal cities dis
playing the BANNER as IN Defiance under their
and they with army twice SIZE at least sit
quietly down. and make not the least resistance not the first
effort to drive the invars off, There parallel to it."
Sir did this officer consider himself in Texas Were they
Texan citizens who in the language of the letter.
% did not make the first effort 10 dce the Invaders Qf II
,Roro snnia that State consider il inpasion
or her people fly from your standard s7he people of the
soil leaving their homes % Who were those people the
so Sir they were Mexicans conquered by Texas
and never subject to her laws and therefore, transfer
red by annexation to your dominion and therefore, lastly
army, by order of the President without the consent or
advice of Congress, made Mexico, by invading her
territory, in April, 1876.
Mr.. President the Senator from Missouri right "The
incorporation of the left bank of the Rio Gande into the Anne
mean Union an act Of direct aggression Mexico
as his resolution most uthfuly alleged We least the
President has attempted to incorporate the left bank of the
Rio del Nore the Rio Grande into the Union and the
consequence the Legitimate consequence has come up
u.s. The President in his asserts the boundary of
Texas to be the Rio Grande. The Senator from Missouri
asserts the left bank of that be Mexican territory Sir
not for me- who stand here humble man. who pretend
not to be of those Phasees who know all the law and
obey it. but who like the poor Publican would stand aar off
and smite my breast and say God be mercul poor
Whig-when the anonted High Priests in the Temple of
Democracy differ point of fact it is for decide
between them Is it for to say that the Senator from Mis-
sour Ignorant and the President omniscient Is for
that the President right and the Senator Missouri
wrong twere true that Texan laws had been in operation
there since 1885, the Presidents action declare
happened it that when General Taylor Point Isabel
the people fire their houses and fled the place And
how did happen that there house there, there
in Texas you allege. Mexican custom-house in
Texas, where, since 1885, and for whole year
the State of Texas became yours Mexican officer collected
taxes OF all who traded there and paid these duties the
Mexican treasury Sir is credible that this State Of Texas
allowed Mexican laws and Mexican power exist within her
borders for years after her independence should
think people prompt TO fight for their rights might have
burnt powder for the expulsion of Mexican usurpers
from Texan territory Sir the history of this country full
of anomalies and contradictions. What patriotic harmo
NOUS people When Taylor protect them they
fire their dwellings and fly When you peace brst
ling in for protection only, your eagle spreading wings
to shield from harm all American cizens-what then hap
pens Why, according to your account these Anglo
Saxon Republicans terrified the sight Of their
ts flag that they abandon their homes and before
your army if Nomad tribe had wandered hither to
enslave their families and plumber their estates
all this Of undeniabe fact known the careless
reader Of the public prints utterly with the stud
ousy contved statements in your Cabinet documents that