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THEMSELVES WITH TExAs, AND CONE NTO The
.CoNFEnERAcY OF THE UNITEB STArEs Is not the
letter alluded 10 sboye, on tilein yourdeparlmentl
4th. Were YOU not informed by an express d.
rect from the camp Of Gen. Arisia, that the Gov
emment Of Mexico would receive a commission
er to settle the boundary question, but would not
receive a Minister, and was not Mr.. Slldcll sent
Off on his useless GRAND after YOU received the
express from Arisra's camp! Have you not got
the letter sent by that express in your possession,
and others, subsequently written, by the same
hand from New Orleansl
9Th. Did you not have several private inter.
views in Washington, with the gentleman who
sent the express from Arista' camp, in which you
thanked him in behalf of the United States, for
the services he had rendered the Government, and
did you not endeayor to detain him in Washing.
ton, to avail yourself of his presence and inlOr.
maiionl
9th. Did you not, at a Cabinet Council, lay be.
fore the members the whole correspondence, and
did you not concur with Hon. r. J. Walker, and
other members (ihe Hon. John Y. Mason, dissen.
| ung,) THAT THE TINE FOR AGGRESSIVE MEASURE:
on the part Of the United States had arrived: anC
did not the Hon. r. ]. Walker, at that meeting
PROPOSE A PLAN TO SURROGATE MEXICO WITH A
STANDING ARMY OF 5000 MEM
9Th. Have you not been urged BY men in anC
out of power, to produce the letters alluded 10 a
bove, TO relieve you Of the charge of acting will
duplicity towards Mr. Polk and Of pretending
ignorance Of the facts contained in the CORES
pondence we have called fort
Upon some Of the points alluded to in thes
questions, we have already had satisfactory testi
mony. The remarkable leuer from Mr.. COnsu
Marks to Mr. Secretary Buchanan, which wa
, made public through the columns Of the Charles
ton Mercury originally, and was thence reprinte,
all over the country, proved very clearly that bu
for the inexcusable order to Gen. Taylor 10 ad
7 vance from Corpus Christi to the bank Of the Ri
/, Grande, Mexico would not have resorted TO hos
tiIilies. More than this, too, was communicate
to Mr.. Buchanan. He was told that Arista wa
then maturing plan for uniting the northern
/ provinces of Mexico in an independent conlede
ration, from which the United States could eas
obtain title to the Rio Grande if desired.
He was assured that if Gen. Taylor were OF
dered to advance with his comparatively sma
force, the Mexican General would be compelle
to attack him, but that if the Americans remain
ed quiet at Corpus Christi, no forward movemer
would be made by the Mexcans. All this an
much more was known TO Mr., Buchanan upon au
thority, that he had no right to disregard. II
was informed exactly, how and through wha
quarters, the questions in dispute between the tw
countries, could be amcably and advantageousl
seuled--but such settlement would not forwar
Nh. Folks views for the succession, and all re
presentations were in vain.
War was determined upon-unnecessary, in
excusabIy forced upon Mexico--and we are nov
reaPing the fruits.
What the end is to be, who can tell, but be
what it may, letnot the country forget the motive
and the men, through which, and by whom, I'll
war was commemorative York Gazette.