The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-04-01

" Mr.. Bixon' OIL oO.'1,..
'',syer or THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
!. ne House e Representatives eJ @e
# S, Jan. "a, l84G,
fcorcrvpEDI
..ispt asserts, in his annu9I message
!, / Mexico herself has asTer plac-
y shich sbs has waged, oa the ground
y oc,upisd the intermediate terri
~ Nueoes and the Ri0Grande I.
.i.o. thus solemnly made, shall
nofrle. Ithas been often repeated
%s,oapers Of the day, and on tho 23ih
amber last, at q public meeting held
vhIch was addressed by seaator
" j the fesolutions offered bg him.,
bys.e mss III dfed, tliar'
\, sus not m%entionedi in Mexico as
n boundary ofTexas, until the point
,ud urged by the opposition here"
,l,s statements like these are made
Iii official characters as President
senator Houston, it is not strange
\, reoeated and insisted on by their
II ibis floor, and in the public press
pens, very frequently, that when the
/ d message to Congress makes a
oolouoded in fact, he furnishes as
Il proving the statements untrue
vments al the same time laid before
4, instance, in particular, it is re-
that the documents accompanying
ssspge Of 1916, convict him Of;
call it; | know not how to char
X asssrtion.of the President in lam
ssislt with truth, yet respectful to
bpper to be used here. 1t is almost
10 suppose that the President, when
bis assertion, believed it to be true,
come to the conclusion that he had
tho documents submitted to us by
have here, sir, the letter Of Pedro
!, commanderolthe Mexican forces,
adquarters at Matamoras, April l2,
\ receipt of which General Taylor
ICES on the same day-in which the
ment Of hostilitics is put oXpressiy
pund, that our army was occupying
between the Rio Ggaudo and the
llis as follows:
b Military Djusson.-Gencral III
explain 10 You the many grounds
grievances felt by the Mexican ia
elby the United States Government,
loss VI time, AMI an insult 10 your
therefore pass at once to such
ls as consider Of absolute ncccs-
BoycDmcat, in an Incredible manncr
sfga permit Ee TO shy an tAtrayu>
'ae us7go or General rg. rstao
received among all civilized nations
Fl-has not only insultcd, but has
Z ne Mexican naliod, bearing its
banner TO the loft bank Of the Rio
More, (Rio Grande, aud in this
plIcll and definite orders Of my Gov
Al'A neither can, will, nor should re-
RulFages, ! reqnite you in all (ofm,and
ihe %peremptory term oftwonty-four
4leak up your camp, and retire 10 the
q The Nueces river, while our Gov
y regulating the pending questions
sd.lo Texas. Ii you insist upon re-
Pen lho soil Of the department Of
4, i will clearly result that arms,
'lone, must decide the question.
PEDRO DE AMPUDIA.
!, T4YLoR.n
President submitted to US in May,
y Itis message Of December fol-
Informed us 'ihat Mexico had new
n war on tho ground that our army
~ Intermediate territory between
and the Rio Grande.n His adher-
the cue from him, %rciterato the
F. pretend that the boundary Of the
Y % atter-lhought, suggested to
we opposition here. II is sufficient
1pose The miserable fraud and false
~ . pFetence without comment.
then, that if Texas claimed to
|aas, Mexico claimed to the Naeccs.
7 possession of Corpus Christi,
N9eces, and Mexico was in pos
'0e whole eastern bank of the Rio
n Us mouth TO its source. While,
'ae annexation resolutions, the
sSu'aary was left open for nego-
'''aai boundary, as marked by pos
w Y nave been, not the Nueces or
Y the " stupendous deserts"
rivers, Mr.. Polk, however,
Inn 'auSe Texas held Corpus Christi,
= vest Of the Nueces, is one hum
u'les east Of the Rio Grande,
attended to the last named river
Us It the State of New York
n wi eastern limits extend beyond
c.,a astelore our boundary on the
Connecticut riyer!p
/, 'a,a that Santa Anna, By a treaty
\, 'a' !. her Independence,
4, ~ validity of her claim to the