Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-02-10

Texas. She recognized again The Rio !
Grande as orr boundary when she re-
auired Of Texas as the condition of
acknowledging her independence, tha,
,he should no. become annexed to
he United States. All :his, fellow
citizens, which | have here mentioned.
goes to establish the fact that the
Nueces never was the boundary of
Texas, until il was made so here in
the Uniseti States. Mexico herself
never thought it to be cur boundary;
we marked out our boundary BY our
! Iif.'s blood; we obtained it by The sac
rihce Of citizens, and by noble
conquest. 1t was recognized by Mex
leo and the world, and i: would be a
scandal to the United States 10 give /,
mp. ( Loud cries Of "Lever, never!"J
We made ourselves by our acts free,
sovereign, and Independent nation,
and we had the right to annex our
selves to the United States. We did
SO. Who will say it was not consi-
tuional to take us? 1t was The voice
of the American people which took us
into this confejeracy and now chat we
are part Of the Union, it is the duty
Of! the Executive to defend the soil ac-
] CURED TO The confederacy. There is
no question what is the boundary, for
! it was defined, asserted, and maintain
! ed, before the annexation was made;
= and it has never been questioned, ex-
cept by those who have raised the
question from party motives and fac
| ton. Was It, then, the Presidents
! duty TO defend the soil of the United
S,ateS' Or did he, without any cause,
bring about this war, upon poor, OPP
pressed Mexico? Laughter.) sym
pa'hise indeed with Mexico; | have
no antipa'hy TO CRAFTY against her; but
while | can divest myself of al hard
feeling towards her, | cannot dives'
myself o: a holy devotion to ny coun
+ Try, and her righteous cause, and ]
must spurn the man who would prove
recreant to the sacred cause of his
country, and espeuse shat Of an alien.
Three cheers called for and rar!urous-
ly giyen.) cannot regard as fellow
citizens the men who array themselves
against the cause of their country; who
defame It's armies and the glory they
have acquired for the nation; who ar
ray themselves against the admins
tration Of tleir country, and seek to
strengthen the hands Of the enemy
Sach people do not reflect, or they
have forgotten all wisdom of the mind
impeIled by faction, they are The enc
mics Of their coun'ry's cause enemies
of that glorious enthusiasm which an.
mates the American patnos-while
they reserve all their feelings and pity
for "poor Mexico.'' and care nothing
at all about the United States and their
own country. say that You have a
good bargain in getting Texas; and I,
who say ,his--I think can prove it
and make you believe it. AS surely
as .morrow's sun will rise and pur-
sue its bright course along the firma-
nent of heaven, so certain, il appears
to my mind, must the Anglo Saxon
race pervade the whole Southern ex-
.relnity of this vas! continent, and the
people whom God has placed here N
this land, spread, prevail, and pervade
throughout the whole rich empire of
this great hemisphere. The manner
of The contamination Of this grand re-
sult, cannot predict; but there Is an
instinct in the American people WHICH
impels them onward, which will lead
the,n4to pervade this continent, develap
its resources, ciyilzc lis people, and
receive the rich bounties of he crea-
ting power Of the Divine Providence.
There is another consideration in this
respect which is conclusive TO my
mind. The Americans regard this
continent as their bir,h-rig ht. The
seed of all their settlements has been
sown in blood and watered by
blood. The pioneers who went Cor
ward into the wilderness, poured out
their hearts blood to prepare the
county for their posterity; their scalps
were taken by the Indian, they sacri-
feed their hfe's blood to acquire the
possession which we enjoy. If all
these difficulties and sacrifices did not
terrify7 the bold pioneers, The success of
centuries only tends 10 confirm
what they began, and nothing, can
prevent our mighty march. There
is another consideration. You,
here, frllow-citizens, are iring in cit
les, in the enjoyment Of all the bles-
sings and comforts Of civilization here;
bnt if you undertake TO go into the
wilderness, into The domain Of the
wild beast, and begin to pursue
the game, 10 plant plantations; when