New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-05


81 ,hirk il would be aslsnera5l might involve "a Ia
wsT sld would b. danssf01si DE integrity and harmony
Of the Union"
In perfect accordance with ths, Gen Hoaston
remarked in the U. 5. Senate when Congress was
celebrating on Mr Polks War Message May lS'
isl5. that Il was TOO lq,e bow 70 celioerste-shat
Texas and Mexico had long been a. wa, and that
the United Sfaies became a party 70 nat Wa "a
o0nssnttag 10 Annergti0n.
Need we add one word 70 show the impudent
fasty the utter sbsur5ty Of the pretence that this
War grew o.. Of Mexican sPolist'ons or was ID
stigsted BY any act Of Mexico whatever
Yet we viii recall some testimony vita regard
70 that wanton act Of Executive 1sorpaton' me
march Of our Army to the Rio Grsnde' and the
aodacious assumption that Texas rightiuly extend
ed 70 that River.
Saving nothing here Of the coaspirscies a. W ash
ipgton and 10 Tennessee which organized and gave
sueoe.s 20 the Texas Revolution, We vii com
nence with s3s, when the battle Of San Jaointo
mad secured the independence Of that extempore
Republic. In August Of that year, Mr. H. VI.
Morft dispatched by President jackson 70 Texas
as agent Of the T. States, wrote home 70 our Oov'
eminent that
The political limits Of Texas proper pfey5oe. % las
last revolution we're t> N9,co kigsr On ~ ~ Aont
he Red River On the North the SABINE the East ana
the Gulf Of Mexico on the south
The facts here stated can be proved BY all the
Maps, Histories, &c. that bear on the suoJec. o1'
we choose to rely on the Official testimony OF o0'
own Government agent On the 9th OF August
he writes again that
ct va the intention Of this Goyefnrnent or ehas
after the Battle Of Sac Jsrlnto 70 Agt came
fro ne mouth of t kio GTaEde along IA, rtlef ., ~
IA d,gr, ~ xoyk fitade and f>no, due Vsffo the Pa
cifo Il found, however, thst ms ~ouq hY
poat N California mat y ~o.io ,e nc 49,
terrtory now determined upon would be saicieht io
YOUNG Republic See Bouss Document No So ~4ih
Congress, ID ssssionl
Tins stood Texas when, 1884, she was invited
by John Tyler 10 reapply for Annexation, with set
Elements on the Nueces but not single hamlet or
hut on any portion Of the territory wstefed oy tne
Rio Grande del Norte or any Of It's tnbutaues-not
a shadow Of actual rule or authority within tne
valley Of that River Yet she CLAIMED TO be bound
ed by the hio GraDde, and the Tyler Treaty actu
ally described her as bounded by that River -
Mexico on the other hand, bad settlements on both
banks Of that River. more than hundred years
old her custom.house at the mouth stood on the
east side Of the River, and had never been visited
by Texan authority, either in peaceful or hostile
euise and in the upper portion Of the valley her
settlements, more than two centuries old, extended
many miles eastward Of the River, including cities
or villages of 1000. 5 900 and 5000 inhabitants,
who bad never seen Texan flag or constable
The Treaty Of Annexation was overwheimiDgy re
iected by the Senate, after speech from Col Ben
ton in which be exposed the utter bsselessness OF
the claim that Texas extended to the Rio Grande
declaring that the east bank Of that River never
was any part Of Texas-that the claim set up by
Texas If maintained would cut off from their pa
rent country.
the cauitl and forty town. and villages Of Mexico
now and always fully under the dominion Of Me1eo as
Quebec and al the towns Of Canada are unoei me ooh
Mr. Benton closed his speech by offering the fol
lowing resolution
E,oIrd That the incorporation Of the len bank Of the
rio del Norte into the American Union, BY virtue OF
treaty with Texas compromising as the sad incorpoIa
ton would DO portion Of the Mexican departments OF
Mexico chihuahua, Coahuila and amaulipas would
an an Of direct aggression upon hrco lo az ~
conssgusncs Of 'oh,ot the UHtsd Sates would stand re-
sponsibe
TO the same effect silas Wright, who listened to
the whole debate on the Treaty IF Annexation in
silence and finally gave his vote against ratifying
il explained himself 10 his constituents IN bis
Speech at WATERFOWL Jefferson Co. 10 the August
succeeding as follows
roi nv auty 10 vote AGAINST the ratification Of the
treaty. for the believed that the treaty from
ftf bsndaI that must Be ,mphed from n-embfacea
country to 'chiea Iefas had no eqt' g.ef .' az -
ceds u appeared 10 me thcn'-he conunuea-' u
Mexico should tell We don't kno" you, We nave no
treaty. 10 make ath youand We were len 70 lake pos.
session by force We take the country ~ leNss had
ceded il 10 US and dong that, ee must DO injustice 70
Nerico and faks lares portion 81 Nec Msfico me btop"
a. 6,r have neter been under the JUTsdict'on Of Ieroi
1his 10 ne m0uHGbe barrer-i con" nor pace
the country m that position
With these views widely disseminated among
the People. Mr.. Polk was elected, and the success
of Annexation in some form secured. But Congress
took good care not 10 leave any chance for pretend
ing that by Annexation we had agreed to maintain
the pretensons of Texas TO be extended tothe ITO
Grandc The Joint Resolutions consenting to An
nexaton expressly provided that
said State shall be formed subject 70 The ad apentb BY
is Of all qaest'oRs Of boundary nat may af'
IuifA o,hef GoternHenfs, DC
Yet in the face of this proviso. Mr.. Polk gave
the order for the advance OF our Army from Corpus
Christi on the Nueces, where 1t had remained
unmoested for months, to the bank OF the Rio
Grande The following is the order transmitted
Ian 10. '46) to Gen. Taylor through Mr. Secretary
Marcy of the War Deparment-not whisper OF i
being communicated to Congress, then in session
T Am directed By the President instruct you to ad
vance aud occupy with The troops under your comm aud
positions on Or the east bank OF the hio del Nofe
soon ~ be done with reference " TN
season and BY ~hchyOar movements must be nao
From the heretofore presented % TINS department
il is presumed Point Isabel Will be considered by you al
eligible positions the point, o. some one near H. aH
poafs opposite haias.oros sad Me-, and M Af VICINITY
4 LAREDO, are suggested ~ your consideration"
This order was obeyed aud the result is beior'
Us. Our Army was met at the Sal Colorado
creek, between the two Rivers, by Mexican force
under Csnales. aud warned not to prosecute IL
march, which Of course disregarded Arrivin.
at the mouth OF the Rio Grande, Gen. Tay Tor ioun'
that the Mexican authorities had just abandoned To-
posi-, San Isabel setting iire to the caston-house
Thence he proceeded up the River aud tool
post opposite Matamofos the capital OF the Prov
ince OF Tamsahpas. He arrived there ON the 2st
of March lSi6, aud ON the 9th OF April following
reported his obedience OF orders 10 the War DE-
partment IN a letter which says
"On our side battery tor four eighteen Founders vi
be completed and the guns placed battery to-day
Tase gaas bear directly EPoR fse ysbsc s9saTe Of Matt
,aoros and IifAa good for dsWoisstng tas fouH
Tu.fn oRIFNf CANNOT NIsIkkEN IhE ENENl.