The Arkansas banner., 1847-12-27
Fpm Ms u,Aism.
Fcoa tAs UaioR. AE. Clay'SfCalumay sn the GsVtrAmeRt and Reaple of the Euited StaseS.

Congress assumed tue position hai armies ought ai once to be withdrawn ih fAiare aHi diseomhtUrr to the east bank ef the Rio Grade, We proclaimed to tlie county that the whig party, in taking tlis groahd beiofe eAemies and before ilse world had made itself the party 1uR NATIONAL NORTHAMPTON ASV DISGRACE. It any doubt 0t this conbd then exist ii is removed by Mr Clay srceent speech snd resolutions, which charge upon the people ef EAts ecUAirs tAe si,oc eas gsu aaf disAoaor ef sa1s- ee.sary soar e g6snsiee sg9resst0a pgefscrd by AS Tetis; ss s .seessi1n. Eih great naaaiAiy, os pf. pable falseh.od lf ih deliberate accusation. pat forth in tsras by Nil Clay in behalf of his party, be true, and b. snstained by inc sutiragrs of the American people, then mast every AmeTicaa eiii. zcn hang his head in $hame over the acknowledged degradation and 'nfamy of his country fl, ot the other hand the accusation be lalse and at with the settled conviction of this nation, what terms can adequately descrite the unspeakable political tufpitude of those party leaders who, Tor the worst purposes oi faetioa have put forth and sanctioned the calunaioas ehsrge and .se now rsily,ag the.s while the war still eaaiianes. and our iatasust.d public rn my ma this rsgy acensafion his psetexi Tor pfolonging all its evils and hoFIors'
 Holding this issue. raised by. Sir Clay between the two parties h be thus vtai ia its character we deem il da,y 10 keep before ont readers the eaire argaPienf upon which Mr. Clay sistsins his charge against his government and country. IL is as fol- lows:
 '.Buf notwithstanding a state Of virtual war Re- cessarily resulted from th. fact o xaton of of the beiiEerents io the United States. actual hos tilities might have been probably svertrd by pru' dence, moderation, and wise staiestnanship if Gen, Taylor had been permitted b remain whetx lts own good sense prompted hm 10 believe he ought 10 re- main, at the point of Corpus Christi and If nego Nation had been ope.ed With Mexico ln true spirn of anily and eoneiliation. possibly might have been prevented. But, iusiesd of this pacific and moderate course, whilst Mf Sideii wzs vending hts way to Mexico with iis diplomatic ntials Gea. Taylor ordered to transport his cannon, aad te plant taem, n warsike attitude opposite 10 Mata- nioTas, on the east bank Of the Rio Bravo, within the very disputed territory tine adjustment oi which vas to be the object ol Mi; Siteils mission. W hat else could have hanspiged but conflict of arms ~
 It is ditfeult to understand how Ms. Clay eoald have been prevaest on 10 rest hts caiamnotss saiiou agains, his country. as 1t is here sested the assertion that goyeIaneai produced the war by refusing to open negotiations with Mexico IH q spirit 1f aaIty and conclliatioa. We have already shown. by the record, that from the 10th ot March. Isl6 when the administration, then just paced m power reduced its first ofciai Note to the M x.can minister at Washington, giving hun the assurance of the Presadesa that . most streaaens efforts shall be devoted to The aacabis adjustment ot every cause of complaint between the two governments. and 10 iIe cultivation of the kindesi and mori friend
 y relations between he sister repnbltcs-irom his utaS uoAh to tbe iztR 3aIcha lSfos NHeH tas hhdl repase o Mr. SlIdell by the administration o Par e,ies was othcisy communicated 10 him in noe of that date, atI ming that ia the Judgment oi that government the anBega alton oi Texas had been from the first ga of war; putiRg all further hegoiia- tiohs oai of tie question during this perlod ot aH snfiTs year, our sovernmeat had beea most sssia- ioasly engaged in pers1adng Mexico. not 10 accept but oaiy to AeaT propositions for peaceful ad iustmeni of all difficulties between the i~o nalons. The elIon was utterly tguitless. MexIco-eVeH al ter having soiemniy promised to receive our luis, ter with fu p0weis 10 settle the matters R disPate could not be prevailed on either is prePose any terns herself, or to ktar any propositions ol ours The President. ln his annual message ot December sth, ls l6, summed up lht with the most con elusive force, and with the most exact tfath uhs he said Il am not aware that moderate history pre- senis parallel in which, ia hme of peacs, natioa hdi rgfgsed evea to hsar propeioas fem aa ofker for tes initiating Gzistns ct hss btfeesa hsm
 Indeed, so wholly absurd Is this position of Air. Clay. that our government was an~i filing to nego- late in concillalory spirit, that n this very speech he ayows-iiIaecurateiy, indeed, bat with what de- gree of dcesracy is not now the quest on-he him self avows in terms, that In our last unsuccessful negotiations, opened by MT. Fist when the eity ol Mexico was al olI mercy, '.the Executive properly waved any demand of in;emnIiy for ihe t1psnses of the War; and the ruptuIe of thai negotiation psoiac-d by our government insisting upon ces sion from Mexico oi the strip oi mostly bsfreu land between the Nuecrs and the Rio Bravo, sild \, " Mexleo. which Mexico rrfnsei 10 make.p Aaiyei white erroBeously avowing that thas qsietsnnsd al iademnity fer tAe ,rar ia negotiation which, by Is months ol hard shting, We at last fofesd Mexi co to open with ns to save her capital Mf. Clay in the same speech hils the t1ee ot his eoaatFy the foaIest national reproach and shame, and oiess for proof bis assertion that We produced the tyTe- fus,ng 10 negotiate H spirit gf c1aciia'eai Does not Mir. Clay, then. regard what he IS pleased 10 consider our 9sic!aias for tke inieasifg of ks ra1 sufficient evidence oi co1ciiiatory spra in our negotatons' He seems not 10 be satisfied with eontr adeting the most notorious facts of pabc re cord in attempting to sustaa his caiuDniousc charges against bis country; he must even go the additional length of cuntradIcring himself
 But Mir Clay. in the above passage of bis speech, cites Gen. Tayior's good sense" as disapploving of the order of the 18th January. directing lin to adv 4nce 10 the Rio Graride; as II Gen. Taylor had segarded the order for his advance as step cur part likely ie isisrere VlA aegoiafieas to bresk
 h .m of 1t is in this point ot view alone that Mir Clay has permitted himself to alfirm the 9foss dnif giafiag uab utA that the order oi Gen. Taylor was issued hefcre Mr. Slideil reached Mexico-wten iii fact, Mir Sliell had been in Mexieo tuii sIx wEEks before the order was issued Now, so far floii Gen TasloI's .'good sense advising against an adyapSe t. inc Rio Gfan6e as ikefg to impede ne2VtiIiioas be, the ilh Ue ober, before he koew that II xi- co had agreed to negotiate, advised the advance to the Rio Grsnde, expressly on the ground that it would faveF negotiations and help them forward 10 peaceful adJustnen, of the existing difficulties In his letter to the War DepaTtueul. under date of i,h October ist5. Gen. Taylor thus advises ihe movement 10 ihe Rio GrsDde as peace measkfe likely 10 produce ga saiutary elect upon the "pso- ple aud government of Mexico" and thus (aciiitaie negotiatiens:
 ..Our position thus far has, think, been the best
 possiblr but, now that the entire faree wili soon be centFSted, t may be question whether the
 views ot gossranent wili be best carried oas by ous re~ai.iaq a, this point. IL is with great def.rence
 that make any aggEessio1a on topics which may become the matter ei delicate Begoiiaiioh, But |
 government, in settling the question of boundary WAKES rHE LINE or THE Rro CHsSpE AS riria8.
 rrA, oaJVaOt d0Rti laai fbs setieatai uM bf grsgi
 Y fae'fated aaG Aas'tasd by our tosiay pe,sessioa
 af oses of one or two suitable points Oa. oi qdJt,
 near. The riyer Our strength and state O. prepafA
 ton should be displayed 10 a manner not to be mis taktn. However salutary may be the eif@ei pfuin ccd upon ihe people by our presence here. we al. i ioo far fesa Ae foaisr 10 iaprsss ias goseramca ca
 oF Msxico tciia fsldiasss to Ehdteas O .rce o
 eras. V necessary, esr iits to tas eos4iy ss far q Ra ftonde The saffng of nerun .ffnrs if A.