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Of New York from you, ana then Tor some oll-
fculty abou, the boundary along between il and
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, running up some
little tide-ereek here, and going off tIle degree
or two there, should have said, ave have dis
pme about this boundary; we have some forty
thousand regular troops planted upon the boun-
dary, and wish YOU to understand that ! am
very sirong-lhai have not only about thirty
millions Of people upon the Island Of England
ofGreat Briiain-thai own my sovereign sway
but away upon the other side Of the globe,
right under you, there the Lion of England
oommands the obedience of q hundred and tweu-
~ millions more. Il becomes you, struggling
Democrats, away here in this new world, 20 be a
liule careful how you treat with me. You are
no. Cells sxactly-you are Anglo-Saxons; but
Won are a degenerate, an alien, sort of bastard
race. have taken your New York; ! will have
yout Massachusetts" And all this is submitted
10 the American Senate, and we are gravely dis
cussnp what ought to be done. Woudwebe like
lyto ratfy treaty between New York and the
crown Of England, permitting New York to be-
come a part Of the colonial possessions of the
crown of Englandf
| should like to hear my colleague, Mr.. Al
len,) speak to such question as that.
laueh.1 should like 10 hear the voice of this
Democracy that you talk about called upon TO
utter its tones on question like that. If he who
last wear was so panied lest an American citizen
away-God knows wherein some latitude
beyond the rocky mounlains-should be ODE.
dient TO British law--if he whose patriotic and
republican apprehension was so painfully excited
lest the right Of hdbeds corpus and trial by Jury
which every Englishman carries with him in
his breeches pocket wherever he goes-should
be made TO bear upon an American citizen-
were called upon TO speak upon such PROPOSE.
ton as that which | havesupposed, should cer-
tanlv like 10 hear how he would receive it:
Yet The question being reversed that is precisely
the condition in which Mexico stood toward
you the day after the battle of San Jacinto wa;
| fought With all that, we did well all that we
did. Thenwe send our people 10 Texas. They
went after liberty they sayl A laugh.l They
could not have it at home.
remember it we'll. They went to Texas Il
| fight for their rights. They could not fight 70
them in their own country. Well, they Tough
for their rights. They conquered them! The,
conquered peace. Laughter They wer
your citizens; not Mexcans. They were recen
emigrants to that country. They went there 70
The very purpose of sezing on that country, an
making it a free and independent Republic, wit
the view, as some ofthem said, of bringing it in
to the American Confederacy in due time.
this poor Celtic brother of your in Mexico
the Mexican sunk SO low that he cannot hea
what falls from the mouth ofrumor all over th
countryl He knows that this is the settled pun
pose of some of your people. lie knows tha
your avarice has fixed his eagle glance on thes
rich acres in Mexico, and that your proud powt
counted the number that could be brought again:
you, and that your ayarice and your power tC
/, geher marched on TO the subiugaton of the thir
or fourth part of the Republic of Mexico, an
took it from her. They knew this, and know
ing it, what must have been the feeling and ser
timeutin the mind Of the President oflh Unite
States, when he tells you that with such Il pc,
ple--with people at least in their own opniC
; so deeply injured by us, as were these Mexican
he entertained that divine, benevolent sen
ment, desire 10 preserve peaceabe relatio
with the Republic of Mexico.
= = The Republic ofTexas comes under the Go
. ernment Of the United States, and it happe
: that the Minister resident ut your Court-and
is pretty respectable Court, Mr.. President
have something of King--not for life 1t is trr
: but n ouadrennal sort of monarch, who do
! very much as he pleases-the Minister reside
" at that Court of yours stated at the time that ii
!, revohed province Of Texas was claimed by Me
leo. and that if you received it as one of the SC
cregn States Of this Union, right or wrong
| was impossible TO reason with the people abO
" it-hey would consider it an act Of hostIlit
: Did you consult the national feeling Of Mexi
: thenl
!, Not at all. You spurned it away as a we
!. and trivial thing whose complains you wol
not even hear; and when she murmured in hu
o BILE suppicancy and begged of you not TO
. this, which must disturb the peaceful relate
of the two countries, while she was at the sal
- - time acknowledging her debts to your citize
e and agreeing 10 the award by your CommissiC
= ers, who had given 10 them two and half II
~ lions of ormoney, 10 be paid out of her Treasu
. and which could be got only by forced loa
:, - from her own citizens. She begged of yC
% while doing all this, not to enter on this n
- plan, but to let this Republic of Texas alone
|" independent, to let her enjoy her independer
y if free, TO let her enjoy unmixed freed
!" calmly and securely, as she said she could
. defiance of Mexico. But you said "No! \
~ ~ strengthen mine own arm by uniting to this be
u, Il, or,he nited States that which has been sey
az q, ed from yours by citizens of this country.
~ will take Texas into the Union! will thl
~ the political shield Of my institutions around
u u. liberties, and the sword of my power around
~ =, rights, and there it shall stand as that VIII
~ ~ guarded Eden, turning every way"
n, That's the way you threatened Mexico.
h. minister, in spite of his remonstrance, fail
1o leaves this country. He leaves, telling you
b. because you had brought yourselves into
m hostile relation to his country, it was imposs
s;r for him to remain at your Court as accred
do Envoy Extraordinary. Well, what did you
m. After some time you were told that it is iii
- ,hn Rnnnhlic nf Mexico will receive from