Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-10-19
Correspondence Of The Baltimore Patriot.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 1871 .

Mexican territory?
The attempt t~p"rehase has been made. Mr.
Trist is r>ported to have gone beyond the figure
6s.s offered by Mr.. Tocha, and proposed to give
10 Mexico twenty millions of doliars--pay all
The Mexican indemnity, due TO citizens for
spoilations Of their property-and ask nothing
for our expenses Of the war--provided that Re-
public would give US California and part Of New
Mexico7
This, it appears, the Mexican Covernme nj was
ysadv to agree to, provided the Nueces, and not
tho Rio Grande, should be the boundary line be-
tween the two nations
Upon this proposition, it is said, Mr.. Trist
asked for time to consult his Government, but
his request was refused, whereupon hostilities
were recommended.
And now the avowaI of the admi nistration
comes boldly forth, that the war is waged with
view to conquest. The official organ Of Tuesday
evening thus delivers itself:
'Our work Of subjugation and conquest must
70 rapidly with augmented forces. and as far
AZ possible, at the expense of Mexico herself
From Mexican contributions, levied and seized,
II need be. by the strong hand our armies must
now be subsisted and supported in the field"
The official organ stoutly denounces all who
think the terms of the Mexican Government
ought to have been accepted or who think the
Nueces was and is the true and natural and the
lawful boundary Of Texas, as Mexican Wings
oras Mexicans, taking the side of Mexico against
The United States7
Mr. Charles J. IngrrsoII, the great Locofoco
who offered by Mr.. Polk, first the Mission to
Russia and then the Mission to France, has pro-
elnmed in Congress, and, as Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Relations, reported to
Congress, that the waste desert between the
Nueces and the Rio Grande the great nat
ural boundary between Republic and the Re-
public Of Mexico; that the two races well as
the two nations should there terminatc-and
that neither one should cross over and encroach
upon the other.
Is Mr.. Charles j. Ingcrsoll a Mexican taking
the side Of Mexico against tho United States? Or
has Mr. Ingersoll cha nQed his views to suit the
the present whim of the Administrations Ii SO
let us turn to Senator Benton, the great Missouri
Locofoco, who has been offered by Mr. Polk all
sorts Of high Offices and sec what he says on the
subject. In the senate OF the United States, on
the 7,h of May, l6It he spoke follows:
..Thesc former provinces ofthe Mexican Vice
ov,ltv uo,o deDorameats of the Mericnu Republic
Wing on both sides Of tie Rio Grande fran its head
to its mouth, now propose to Incorporate, SO lar
as they lie the left bank Of the river, into cur
Union, by virtue Of a treaty of remuneration
with Texas. Let pause and look at our new
and important proposed acquisitions in this quar-
ter. First: There is the department, formerly
the province Of Neto Merico lying on both sides
of the river from its head spring to near the Paso
del Norte-that is to say, half way down the
river. This department is studded with towns
and villages--is populated, well cultivated, and
covered with focks and herds. On its left bank
flor only speak Of tho part which propose
is. first. from
5000 souls, and where the custom house is kept
at which the Missouri caravans enter their goods.
Then comes Santa Fe the capital, 900 souls:
then Albuquerque, 5000 souls; then some scores
Of other towns and villages-al more or less
populated and surrounded by ilocks and fields"
81 wash my hands Of all attempts to diSae,nbef
the Mexcan Republic By Selling her dominioas in
Netc Mcrico, chihuahua, Co1huia and TGHlauli-
pas. The treaty, IN ALI. THAT RELATES TIE
BOUNDARY TIE RIO GRtNnE. Is ACT OF IN
PARALLELED OUTRAGE ON MExICo. Ir THE
SEIZURE OF TWO THOUSAND MILES HER TERRI
TORY, without word of explanation with her,
and by virtue of treaty with Texas to which
she is party Our Secretary of State. in his
letter to the United States Charge in Mexico.
and seven days after the treaty signed, aud
after the Mexican Minister had withdrawn from
seat of Governnen Mt, shows too well that h.
sc0s conscious Of THE EHoRNITy OF THIS OUTRAGE;
knew it war; and prolfcred volunteer apol-
ogies TO avert the consequences hich he knew
81 therefore propose as an additional resoiu-
tion applicable to the Rio del Norte boundary
"ResOlped. That the Incorporation Of the LETT bank
of the Rio del Noyte into The american ITnioa by
viytuc of a treaty ,rith TcraS, con,nyehea1.n~,
the said corporation ,could ao. part Of the MeTi-
can d1xD.xr,rnfs If Ne,r Merico. Chiiuahna, Con
hmiia, and Tanauiiipus, ,rou d be Az ACT OF
RET AGGRESSION ON MENrco for all the conse
Guences of which the United States would
stand responsible"
Is Senator Benton either Mexican Wing, or
a Mexican at heart, who ospouses the Of
get the otfc ai organ to answer! 1t is afraid to
answer, and therefore is mum in the matter
while it, parrot-like, never stigmatizng
the Wings, who say the Nueces is the true boun-
dairy of Texas as "Mexican wings
The New York Courier and Enquirer come.
out at some length and with much energy in ia
vor Of the ad option by our Government, of the
terms preferred by the Mexican Governme nj.
II thinks that Mr.. Trst ought To have been fully
instructed and prepared, beforehand, to accept
such terms Of peace, and it goes on to argue
that another Agent should be despatched 10
Mexico, with offer to accept Of Mcxco's ul,i-
or need and peace, 1t condemns in strong
terms. the prolongation of the war. and the re-
newal of strife, bloodshed and death for the mis-
erable waste desert between the Nueces and the
Rio Grande.
Without dissenting from, or agreeing to. the