Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-02-27
Mr. President how would The fire Of indsn.on have burn

Mr. President how would the fire Of indnson have burn
ed in every bosom here the Government Of Canada with the
connvance OF the Crown of England had permitted its peo-
pie themselves or might be, had allowed its regi
ments OF trained mercena troops stationed there to invade
New York and excite her TO revolt, telling them that the
Crown Of England the natural and paerna ruler of any
people desiring to be free and happy that your Government
weak facous oppressive that withered under its
baleu influence that your stars and stripes only
bem of degradation and symbols of faction that Engands
lion, rampant on his field Of gold the appropriate emblem
of power and symbol Of national glory and they succeeded in
alternating the weak wicked Of your people should
not then have waged extemnang upon England
every quarter Of the globe where her people TO be found
II, sir say, old mother England had sent her children for
ward to you with such purpose and message that and had
severed the State OF New York from you, and them for
difficulty about the boundary along between il and Pennsy
wanna and New Jersey running some little tde-creek here
and going off little degree two there, should have said
We have dispute about this boundary have for
y thousand regular troops planted upon the boundary, and
wish you to understand that very strong that have
not only thirty millions Of people upon the soil OF Great Br
tam that own sovereign sway but upon the other
side of the globe right under YOU there the lion of England
commands the obedience of hundred and twenty millions
more II becomes YOU struggling Democrats, here in this
new world, TO be little careful how you treat me. You
not Ces exacty-nor you quite Anglo xons but you
are degenerate, alien, of bastard have ia
ken your New York will have your Massachusetts," And
all this is submitted to the American Senate, and
gravey discussing what ought to be DONE Would we be
likely TO raty treaty between New York end the Crown of
England permitting New York become part of the colo
NAL possessions of England
should like to hear my colleague (Mr. ALLES) speak to
such question that. should like to hear the voice of
this Democracy that you talk about called upon utter its
tones on question like that If he who last year was so
panied lest an American citizen away-God knows where
some latitude beyond the Rocky Mountains should be ODE
dent to British law he whose patriotic and republican APP
prehenson painfully excited lest the right Of haJeas
corpus and trial by jury, which every Engishman carries
with him In his pocket wherever he goes should be made to
bear upon an American citzenwere called upon to speak
nm that hi,hT haua
should certainly like to hear how he would it. Yet the
question being reversed that precisely the condition which
Mexico stood towards you after the battle of San Jacno
fought, and on the day Texas annexed.
Your people did go Texas remember it well They
went to Texas to fight for their rights They could fight
for them in their country Well they fought for their
rights They conquered them. They conquered peace
They your cizensnot Mexcans. They were recent
emgrans to that country They there for the very
purpose of sezing that country, and making free and
Republic with the view, of them said
oil bringing 1t into the American Confederacy due time Is
this poor Celtic brother of yours in Mexcois the Mexican
man sunk so low that he cannot hear what fills the mouth
and Of rumor all this country He knows that this
was the settled purpose of Of your people, He knows
that avarce had fixed its eagle glance these rich
Mexico and that your proud power counted the number
that could be brought against you that your and
your power together marched to the suhugaton of the
third fourth part of the Republic Of Mexico and took
from her, We knew this and knowing it what should have
been the feeling and sentiment the mind of the President
Of the United States towards such peopea people least
in their opinion deeply injured by these
Mexicans
The Republic of Texas comes under the Government of
the United States and happens that the Minister resident
at your Cou-and it pretty respectable Court Mr. Pre-
sident-we have something of King-not for life it is true
but quadrennia sort of monarch who does very much
he peaseshe Minister resident that Court of yours stated
at the time that this revoed Province of Texas claimed
by Mexico, and that if you received of the sovereign
States of this Union, right wrong impossible
with his people about they would consider of
hostility Did you consultthe feeling of Mexicothen
The President has deal with people thus humbed,
thus irrtated was his duty concede much to Mexico
every thing but his countys honor her rights Was this
done Not at all. Mexico and her Minister alike
spuned weak and trivial things whose complaints you
would not hear heed and when she humby mpored you
not to take this province declared that it might disturb the
peace subsslng between still nexoabe During
debt she owed yours, fulfilling her treaties with you by pain
full exacons from her people. She begged of you
exas alone II she independent let her enjoy her
dependence Free let her reve in her newborn liberty
defiance of Mexico, she alleged she would and could
our stern reply was No will your expense strength
en- our by uniting ourselves that which has been
severed from you by our own citizens we will take Texas
we will throw the shield of constitution her rights
and the sword of power shall CLEAN like that Eden
turning every way TO guard her against further attack
Her Minister, his remonstrance falling, leaves you. He
tells that he remain because you had created by
this act hostile relations with his Government At last you
are informed that Mexico will receive commissioner
OF this Texan boundary you will condescend to negotiate
Instead OF sending Of that the then
only difficult question between the two Republics you send
full Minister and require that he shall be received as SUCH If
ne could not be styled Minister Penpoten,iary, and
credited, why then fight, and negotiate for
boundary The then Mexican President the representative
OF some faction only lettering his fall His Minister
besough Mr. Sde not to press his reception them He was
told that the excited feelings of the Mexican people such
that he must delay for time To this petition what answer
is returned You shall receive noo you shall receive
me minister and not commissioner you shall receive
though the pacific relations existed between the
two countries Thus and otherwise shall il be. Such
was the naughty mperous of Mr. Sde and he acted
up only to the spirit of his instructions Let any peruse
the correspondence have referred and he will that
have truly represented its spirit be its letter what may
his done under the instructions of Cabinet here who
represented themselves in public documents sghng
painting for peace desiring above all things these
distracted, condemned Mexicans in such way that the
shadow of a>compaint against shall be From this
correspondence it perfectly clear that if Mr. Sde had been
sent in the less osenaous character of commissioner to
treat of the Texas boundary, that treaties and bullets
would have adjusted the question But this agreea
BILE to the lofty conceptions of the President He preferred
vigorous war to the tame process Of peaceful adjustment He
now throws down the pen of the diplomat and gasps the
sword Of the warrior Your army, with brave old Rough
and Ready at its head is ordered pass and adj
vance to the bank Of the Rio Grande. There sir be-
tween these two rivers lies that slip Of territory that chapar
raj hlcket inerspersed with Mexican hacenda OF which
this wasteu desoatng Was this territory, be-
You'd the river Nueces, in the State Of Texas
Now have said but would any dsputabe fact,
IL is known to every who has looked into this subject