Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-02-23
g. Tri,t Correspondence.

The Union OF lhuIsday oI.'S" 10 '''I
.xci,l copies, transmitted to Congress, OF
80 rrespondcnce between the american
c.smissioner, Mr. T,ist. and the Mexi-
:. commissioners. The first part OF II
=. already been published, and the sub
.s.oce given in the Chronicle. The last
.ner from Mr.. Trist, has not been publish
Il. II is an argument for the clam OF .he
rated States to the territory between ','e
x,eccs and the Rio Grande. 1t IS the
H., document on that subject. Letus
:. vbat Mr.. Trist says of the disputed
boundary ~ -
!. : word, the republic Of Texas and
A. ,eoublic Of Mexico had been for many
.,s At war. and, as the condition TO the
!!e..a,ion Of this war. either party had the
s.,,e right, identically, to demand and to
80, mon the establishment of such boun-
law as in her judgment was the just and
orooer one. ifMexico, On her part, could
rp.sn, as a fundamental axiom. the one
now nut forward by her commissioners.
,ba, no nation can rightfully be required,
mar should any nation ever consent to re-
i;nc,,;.h her natural frontier;' and from
me ax;om dsduced her right 10 insist upon
assessing the territory between the Nue.
res and the Bravo, on the ground Of the
;osuff;ciency Of the latter river alone for
h., security. either in a military or m
commercial point Of view, and that the
liver and the territory together were in
d;spensablc to her for this purposa;-if
This right appertained TO Mexico, Texas
90 the same principle. and to point to the
manifest decentralization involved iii the
ABDUCTION drawn from il; which on the
ground that the whole of broad and an
sry torrent was insufficient for her sccuri-
~. nave to Mexico wide extent of terri
,ory and an additional bulwark, whilst it
required that Texas should content her
self with half the width of a comparative
" narrow and sluggish stream.
Such then, was the position Of Texas.
with regard 10 her boundary towards Mex
ico. at the time when she became admit
ted into the Union.
Behold here the strongest ground upon
which our claim to the territory between
the Nueccs and the Rio Grandc can be
placed! What is its
Mr. Trist atiirns in Just so many words,
that ..cithcr party had idcntlcaliy me
same right to demand and insist, &c-
Now this, and all the rest of MIR. IrIat 5
argument admits that this territory IS ~
dispute. and has been from before the " ar
commenced. This knocks down every
title u Mr.. Folks broad assertion. that
the Mexicans had ..shed the blood Of Ameri-
can on American soil. - Ii stands in the opiE-
ion Of Mr.. Trist. where it stands in the opin-
on Of all candid & intelligent men, as di-
rect, downright falschood.
II is a remarkable thing, that every Dip
lomatist and Commissioner sent To- Tex :
As, or Mexico. since annexation was con-
temp!atcd. have admitted that same thing
Donaldson admitted il, and now Trist adj
mts it.
Mr.. Trist's argument from this state OF
fact, we need not notice, but proceed to
his idea Of conquest and generosity
terms which he has managed TO link to-
gcthcr. far apart as they may be in fact.
Instead Of the covctouS nci1hbor. seek
ing to cxtort from the weakness of anotl-
or the sale of territory which she is aversc
to part with, they will be seen to have re-
allied the character Of generous con
qucror, freely rrofcring TO restore posses
sions OF incsiimabie value, acquired at a
vast expenditure of blood and OF treasure
had been most reluctantly compelled: and
who, whilst insisting. with respect to 8
portation of his conquests, upon his right
TO maintain them, sought at once to re-
concilc the exercise of this right with the
interests of the other party. and to rendci
il as little grating as possible to his feel
ing, BY connecting with it an otter of thai
pecuniary relief which his exhausted con.
dition so loudly called for, and which cv
erything conspired to render vastly more
important TO his welfare than the recovery
Of remote and unnhabitcd districts, til,
loss of which would be as little felt as haC
been the merely nominal and purely
sterile authority previously exercised Over
them.
We learn here three things: 1st That
the President has purposely made ''Con-
quest" Cd That it is an act of extreme
generosity to keep one-halfthe Conquest
we have '.conne cted with it, the offer OF
pecuniary relief
This is as complete ajumblc of ideas
as ever came together in one paragraph
First. we have not conquered in the com
mon meaning of the word.-seconaiy We
hare conquered. Thirdiy we will be gen
erous. and keep only half. Fourihly. W.
will pay for that we do keep. Whoeye
can make sense or Justice of this com
pound of conquest and generosity. mus
have studied III new schoo. of Meta
physics. Well is il written. the way o
the iransgrcssor is hard. for j, causes Sub
sidiarv crimes 10 cover the principal one
-talsifies the intellect and dcpraycs iii,
morals OF socieiy.-CtA. Chronicle.
Corded skirts are scrviccable sometimes
a Michigan paper says tn At a lady an,
gentleman. while out riding lately. had III,
misfortune TO break one otthe shafts ofih,
buggy. and being destitute of all the ma
aeriais for repairing it. The Young lady call
ed fora knife. and soon presented III,
young man with some seven or eirhf Zee
of BEDFORD. which enabled him TO max,
all necessary repairs for proceeding, am,
they went on their way rejoicing.
When the two goats, on mario,
bridge, met over deep stream, was nc