Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-02-26

that minister did remain ard did make these overtures until
the 18th OF March, when that day. his oyerures Were de-
nyey and finally rejected That chleitain having come into
power by revolution predcacd upon question Of no nego
taion with the United States but and expecting at mat
precise period Of time rupture between The United states ana
England upon the Oregon question: which had a. na nme
assumed the appearance Of probability, land relying TOT the
before alluded to, upon the Of France and
relying also good deal upon unhappy divisions about the
Texas question, Of which have reason to believe ne was Wen
Informed that chean for these reasons on the i2th OF
March, dismissed Mr. Se, and resolved, In the midst OF
difficulties at home and abroad to invade Texas io the
purpose Of reconqueng it, At that time, on the lSh March,
when this long talked Of invasion of Texas had been deer
mined upon, the of General Taylor from Corpus
Christi which was on the 18th Of March, and only day
before the final refusal of the reception OF our minister was
not and could not have been known by Paredes or m the
city Of Mexico twas not therefore, the march which either
caused the refusal OF the reception Of minister ny the uov
Of Mexico that provoked that Power into HOSTILE
ties against the United States from which this war dates Its
origin Are other proofs to establish this fact desired
So we have them in the proclamation OF General Ampuda az
that time at the head of the invading army under date OF the
9th OF March, at Sao in which he enumerated the causes
Of complaint against the United States and in that list the
march OF General Taylor from Corpus Christi Is not enume
rated but the resolution for the annexation OF Texas emu
meraed Gen. Taylor had only arrived at the Rio Grande
on the Goth of March, the day only preceding the date Of
that generals proclamation the movement OF General Taylor
was probably unknown 10 him.
Are further proofs wanted show that the admission OF
Texas into the Union, not the march Of Gen. Taylor
was the of offence Mexico, which produced the
voluon, and pushed that Power into hosties against
we lind this additional proof in the manifesto OF Paredes,
dated at the National Palace the 23d y OF April 1886
after he had heard Of the arrival Of General Taylor the
Rio Grande which arrival he notices that manifesto, and
which he regarded aggavaon Of The offences Of the
United States against Mexico That chean in that docu
men informs that, assuming the responsibility, in the
beginning of the year 1896 he had resolved upon changing
the policy of Mexico from that of weak and tempozng
which had been obervedn regard the United Sates
sequence Of the pedy ohe United States in Incorporating
mi its of
treachcrous violation Of the terms of existing treaties which
defined the limits Of Mexico That President of Mexico tells
us in that document after good deal Of buster and bonn
bas that il for this that Mexico sanctioned the
movement which he began San Luis Potos for the
purpose of placing himself power, but that Mexico mght
shine by the umphs Of cause, which the of the
conservative principle Of human society Are other proofs
wanted to show that not the march OF Taylor army
to the Rio Grande that caused this war We find them in
the letter of Commodore Conner under the date of the I'd
OF March, 1885, nine days before Gen. Taylor moved from
Corpus Christi in which the Commodore states that the
papers OF the capital state that within the last ten days large
force OF nearly eight thousand had marched the north
frontier The Commodore attached but little credit
the report the me but subsequent have proved that
these STATE statements in the papers unfounded Is
further proof wanted to show that the march of Gen.
Taylor from Corpus Christi that brought this If So
we find these proofs in the reports of Gen Taylor informing
us OF the affair at the Little Colorado Of the rancheros which
beset his march, and Of his having found his arrival on the
Rio Grande, 1880 2 900 Matamoros and Of ex
pected achievements under Gen. Ampuda which could not
have been organized and placed in position within the
which interviewed between the breaking Of his camp Cor
Christi and the arrival of Gen Taylor the 23d of March
at the Rio Grande. Proofs might be multiplied to show the
lmpossby of the march Of Gen. Taylor the Rio Grande
having been the cause of this Yet, sir for time
after the arrival of Gen. Taylor the Rio Grande attack
was made upon him, and had been deferred long thai
that General and Gen. Worth both Of opinion that no at
tack would he made upon army and under this impress
sion Gen. Worth, the 18th of April resigned bis commits
son. and on the 10th of April LEFT Point Isabel for the United
fbal IL, hac~.
news OF Ihornton's affair, which affair." before observed
was the of the After all THE proof it is still con-
tended that the President the of this war; because he
did not supply Gen. Taylor with troops Our unsettled
dlifcuy with England, which then its height reQu-
cd portion at least of small army other quarters The
public exgences at this precise time required portion Of
troops on the Atlantic and the Canadian and Indian from
tiers Gen. Taylor supplied with all the regulars that
could be spared him. But the President gave him full author
W he needed troops repe the threatened INVASION
TO call for such force he wanted upon the Governors Ala
bama, louisiana Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky, and
Texas and these Governors notified honor Gen Tay
ors call for such numbers Of troops he required II Gen
Taylor in whom the President placed full confidence did not
draw for these troops the fault in him. and in the
President Volunteers were sent TO him by Gen. Gaines with
out ms ORDER and was special ground OF complaint the
part OF Gen. Taylor that those troops had been him. and
Gen Taylor again and again impored the Department not to
send him troops until he required them and this confidence
OIL the President in Gen. Taylor is very gayey brought for
ward as charge against the President This is really too
bad Will the time arrive when adversary can do an
adversary justice
The remaining for this war; which will briefly con-
slder was the presentation Texas for her acceptance the
first instead Of the second of the resolutions of
he first resolution, well the second (and in this re-
pect they dentca authorizes Congress to adjust with
Mexico the boundary line In what do these resolutions diff
Ter In the first, Texas authorized come into the
Union without another contest upon treaty which required
what never could be had wothds Of the Senate to ray
It. In the second resolution she had in through this
gae through which she could have passed or else she
had to come in which Texas might or might not
have been willing accede to- and without another
election and another Texas contest upon the terms of the
tract well upon the ITSELF which, in the mind
OF the President, il very desirable avoid Has the
Senator M Johnson Of Maryand read the journal of our
proceedings these resolutions Has he discovered that
WHILE compromise every Democrat voted for the second
Of these resolutions that every Whg but the immortal three
Merck Henderson, and Johnson of Louisiana voted
this second resolution II he has read our proceedings
which happened before his time, advise him to do So He
has committed murder upon his party already by his
manly and able vndcaion of the would il not be safe
Tor him. he desires preserve his standing in his political
church, not to commit another His party can tell him.
will not stand such catalogue OF heres as those Of Defend
question, or what is important in their estimation the
propriey Of their votes upon any Texas issue.
Sir before passing from the inquiries into the causes of this
war, which shall do very shortly have yet duty to per-
form, and that say few words upon the examples which
frequently referred to, OF Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Madison
exhibiting so striking contrast the Of the President
reference to Tayors march 10 the Rio Grande The exam
anfI al In shot. n .l