Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-01-14

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their persons without aiiording them any re-
dress, We have failed to perform one of the
highest duties which every government owes
TO its citizens. Ne had ample cause IF tcar
against Merico 6ng bcIore tie JreqkiHg ont oc
hOstilities. BUt eren Mtn it is doubtful 10
what time then refers, tre JorJorc In toEc re-
dress into our o,Cn hands, until HericD herself
became The dggre8s'r r., by incadiag our soil IN
hysiiie array and sAeiding the biood Of our cit
i-enS. Such are tie grHye causes of complGini
against Me-ico."-Msssage Of 1876, p. 9.
We do not by any means approve of the
whole conduct of Mexico in her dealings with
America, but there were many circumstances
which palliated that conduct. She did not
pay the money, for she had no money TO pay
with. and no credit to borrow with. In 1915,
Mr.. Slidell wrote to the American govern
lnent that her "fnanccS are in a condition nj
terly desperate. The amount Of public debt
does not fall much short Of $3.50, 0O0 ,000,"
and interest was paid on but a small part of
it. Is it a thing unheard Of for one State to
delay paying the claims of another-unheard
of to wait a long time before such a payment!
The government of Bavaria has a large claim
on the government of Frarcc-a very Just
claim too, as it seems 10 us-pending at this
moment. The King of the French can pay
it, but does not. How long did America
wait for the payment of her French claims,
and her Neapolitan claims! Nay, how long
has the State ST Massachusetts waited fer the
payment of her claims agaiuSt this very Amer
lean government, which in 1887 oughtto have
taken her Mexican sister by the throat, and
sold all that she had, that payment might be
made, and promptly too! The President is
not very DESTROYS TO pay the claims which
American citizens had against France prior
to 1900. though the American government it.
self yves the money to her own citiZeGs.-
Mr.. Polk himself, by his veto, forbade the
payment, after Congress had appropriated the
funds. Ii hieXlco had been able and would
not pay, the case would have been quite diff
iereut.
We have seen now "the grave causes Of
complaint" lie ample causes Of war;
1.-THE WRONGS which We have suffered
without a parallel in the history Of modern
civilized nations" Let us now come to the
smaller matters, the minor grievances. We
must 60 a little into the history of the times.
In 1915, the formaIities were completed for
the annexation of Texas to the United States.
The causes of annexation are well known
the South did not wish a non-slaveholding
State on the southwestern frontier. The eco
nomical, the moral, the political effect Of such
a State vas clearly f~oreseen. The Institution
of Slavery was in danger. 1t seems TO be
thought by some, that while Slavery stands,
the South will stand, when Slavery falls, the
South will fall, and then the North, the I'M
ion, Freedom, and the Rights Of Man. The
method by which annexation was brought
about is also pretty well knewn-the machi-
nations of the great southern politicians, the
tameness, the seryiilIy, the stupidity Of many
Of the northern members of Congress. All
this is well known, but getting better known.
The recent letters of NJ. Houston, Mr.. Ty-
Ter, and MIR. Spencer, shed some light on the
matter. When the political excitement OF
our. day has passed by, and some future his
TOWN of Democracy in America studies the
subject afresh, and with impartial eyes, he
will write in sadness a dark chapter. We
know not which he will blame most bitterly,
che Democrats or the Wings; but perhaps
the latter, as apparently acting against their
convictions and without faith. The effects
of that annexation will appear in due time,
and may be a little different from what the
annexers intended.
Mexico claimed Texas, but offered TO re,
cagnize her independence and abandon her
claim, on condition that Texas would not an,
lCN HtloNll ~ -llliNtttus a a "a lANiAAt
nal war between Texas and Mexico, not Z
war de JactO, hut de jure. The accident fol,
lows the substance; when America took Tex.
as it was for better or worse. She took the
war along with her-the war de jure, though
not at that time de Jaeto. Mexico protested
against annexation as an "act of aggression
the most unjust which can be found recorded
in the annals of mpdern history-despoilin!
a friendly nation of a considerable portion o
her territory" and on the 9th of March, 1915
her minister demanded his passports, and al
regular diplomatic intercourse came abrupt,
and formally to an end.
Now in 1896, General Jackson thought
a delicate matter to recognize the indepen
dence of Texas, and said in his message
1.-THE acknowledgment Of a new State a
independent, is at all times an act Of great del
icacy and responsibility, but more especial,
so when such a State has forcibly separate,
itself from another, which still claims domin
ion over it. n permanent recognition unde
these circumstances, i not bohed upon as jus
tifabIe cause of lcar, is dhOays liable 10 be Look
ed upon as prO9f Of an untriendiy spirit te on
of The confending parties" But in all forme
cases, 80 wisely consistent with our jus
principles has been the action Of our govern
ment, that we have under the most critica
circumstances, avoided all %censure, and en-
countered no other evil than that produced b,
a transient enlargement of good will in thos
against whom we have by force of evidenc
been compelled to decide" 1.-The uniform
policy and practice of the United States is t
avoid all Interference in disputes which mere
Nv relate to the internal government of othe
nations, and constantly to recognize the au
thority of the prevailing party, ,0ithout rJH
snce 10 our particular Interests and %rietcs, c
TO the merits of the original controversy