Democratic banner., 1848-02-14

one and ,repel!the other; and he wps read,
now to. do whatever apPeard. correct. am
proper, Judging from tile information be
fore the Senate-and he regretted that III,
documents accompanying the message 8
yesterday were not before the Senats-h,
belieTsd that q state Of war does exist-no
in the strict constitutional sense, but in til,
other, and almost equally important sense
to wit; The territory Of the United State
HAD Been Invaded, and with an armedfofee
He { MrtJ J. was not present in the Senate
ghenJhe annexation resolution was passed
lint in, honesty and candor he was comPell
led to say, that, had he been. he would have
voted against il. Texas, however, hat
beef annexed to The United States, and the
Rio Grande lad been r~ecbgnized' as he,
bouDdaryby the United States, and,by tlns,
governments which had acknowledged The
independence Of the Republic of Texas
Further; in pursuance of, the offer of tn,
Congress of the United States, Texas hac
adopted!a constitution in which the Ri
Grande was stated as her boundary; tb.
laws of the United States had been extend
led over all the country to that river, ant
the territory in dispute was recognized as
one Of her Congressional districts. It wa.
no 'mattery tlIen, hoO this new State game
intothe, Union; she was now one of tie
States of tina: Union; was entitled to all
the privileges ola State; and her citizens
were entitled, in their persons and property
10 all the rights and protection Afforded q
citizens'ofo tier' States; the faith Of the "U1
.nited States was pledged to 'vindicnth her
rights, boundary and territory. The Uni
ted States having thus adopted the State Of
Texas, the inv aston of tile territory within
the boundary which her Constitution claims
WIS atl.invasionft Of fire territory of tire u
ni,ed States, aud should be lepeiled accor-
dinghy. He { Mr.. J.) could not vote for
the amendment proposed by: the Senator
from Connecticut Mr.. Huntingdon He
could vote for no amendment which impli-
ed that HE United State was an sggressor
in war; but, in the present case, he would
advocate such a course as would show to
the world that the conflict was not the
seeking Of the United States, but Of Mexi-
co. In conclusion, Mr.. j., observed, that
If he was right in his view ofthe extension
for the jurisdiction Of the United States over
Texas to the Rio Grande. &C., we were as
actually in astate of war as though the news
had been received that the entire forces
under the command Of Gen. Taylor had
been attacked and cut of BY the Mexican
troops" >n' a. .'.-s .'." NM
Backed by this, we quote from Gen.
Wool's order of the Goth June, 1914, which
that Mexico regarded the country
between the Rio Grande and the Nueces,
as a part OF Texas. He says:
3. "Every individual who may be found
at the distance of one league from the left
bank of the Rio Bravo will be regarded as
a f..vorer and accomplish Of the usurpers
# that Part@ the ndtonai terrihry, and
Is a traaJr to hes cOuntry; and. after a
summary military trial, shall receive the
'aid punishment" '-.' i"'m'J'2 oil -
=. Who ever before heard Of the citizens Of
4 country being denounced 'asa traitor to-
lis country" for remaining on the territogyl
his own country; and yet, we find the
Of Mexico in this country denoun-
cling their own government for pfotectingt
territory which Mexico herself had iui
1876, solemnly acknowledged as a part OF
and eight years afterwards orders
The commander of her army, Gen. Wool.
10 regard it as a part Of Texas and punish
as traitors those who may be found within
,ns league Of the Texas side Of the Rio
Grande. : ao 's'.; ="
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