Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-01-22

Z dNStTllOttS OF lip executive : hut "A due TpT1Tl
to the cause of truth, devotion to the prinri.
Plies of immurabtr Justice, dcmand a faithful
examination Of this very cytmordinarv dncu.
mrnt and | only rcrret that the duty has not
fallen upon one more able 10 10 il iusiice.
Before | leave this part of the subject.
wish to say, that this admission OF tn. Pre-
s'dent. that - New Mexico" extends this
side Of the Rio Grande according to its tor
mer limits, is a surrender Of the whole aruu-
Incnt that Texas is bounded by that river
The President defines The bound nv to be-
"the Rio Gnndr jr0m lis m2u!A IN is snar,e.'
But, by admitting That Now Mexico sin
includes /" s nta Fr," he I'd ait, TINT the linc
of Texas extends no further west than she
has carried her conuuestl and maintained and
enforced her laws. That is the correct rule
of international law. and it a~nplips 10 T,m,u-
lipas as we'll us To New Mrvico-to.. Br,zns
Saniilgn" as well rs to 'Slnti Fe." The
Ptesidcht admits. indeed. lie says expressive.
that our army has ''cohqqcrcd Sautt Ec.'-
He says So, Tor the reason that Mexican laws
ever had been and couiinucd 10 he i'm f,rre
there, and MeNic IA officers commanded them
up 10 the lime that our troops arrived and took
control Of the country. Such was precisely
the state of facts Ia relation to -" Brdzos Sin-
tingo,' at "Fott Brown" and through the
" WUult NtilPp OF llp - no GrInup.' Inc
custom house at = Point ISheln was in the
care and under the control of Mexican off
GERS, and had been from the day of its es-
tiblishmrnt; aud the people there were 90
verned by Mexican laws. and Welded obpdi.
cnce 10 the Mexican Government. up to the
time Of Gcncr i Taylof's arrival. precisely as
they did at " Santa Fe," up to the arrival of
General keirney. "point Isabel" and that
portion Of the State Of Tamaulipas which lies
between the Rio Grande and the Desert WAS
cqpiHr.a by General Taylor, precisely as
New Mexico and Santa Fee were cdptur-
ed by General kelrney. The only d|iStinc-
ton IN the two cases Is, That one was invaded
ana captured In a tlne of pelce, and the other
IN a tt'un ot var.
Another feature OF this message is the ge-
neral representation that this ,ctr is d,fensjrf
." onr PHt. But here again the President
mas recourse TO vague sorhlStry. lie does not
inform US what portion of Our territory WAS
Invaded. or Threatened with Invasion. Who,
slf' OF all TIE people OF these United States,
ever dreamed themselves IN danger Of Next
can violence "hy' sir IN d time OF pro-
lonhu peace, our army ny. order OF the Pre-
siueil' le'' corpus Chfls'l' ara crossing the
uese'' PIo1ee"eH more man a hundred miles
neyo"u 'he '"F'neSt limits oil leXas ana OF
itAan 'i"S' ana entering upon territory.
"w"Ic" "aI ever peen III uie possession ol
heNn'!' '"'! S'..PI upon thr uS'oIn-house
DIT G'"' iS"ori' DiocN"ned the ~" Grhnde'
eiecteu " '"Ilnr"t'.n' a'd mounted cannon
DO as 10 'o'""'an" ha'at'"fas, surprised tlelr
military encainPmrnt' drove away the men,
and took possession Of their horses; and,
finally, our Dragons charged upOn their in-
amy, "Itoiu 'ne 'ieA'c""S H''d" gun Ana
no" tue I'Nrcu'''e represents i"lS as GJcn-
Stre war, N"r army haS crossed tiG itIo
N'a"ae, ttHen N'I'ain'5as, Hdinargo' Monte
rey,' %a'Ili'', '"DiSco. l@tnp:co' Santa re,
and lhe W"9'e oil C"iiiornli. we have pen
e'r"'eo 10 ue very heart OF Mexico We
nave S'orhle4 '''e'r strong i"r'resSeS' bom5lf-
dtd tlclr cllits, ana involved deleucpleSS NO