Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-01-28

and did vote against the treaty for the annex
alton of TeXasl. / believed the treaty EN-
braced a country 10 Which TtTdS had no claim,
over which she had never asserted %jurisdic-
ton, and which she had no right to cede.-
The treaty coded Texas by name, but with
out an effort 10 describe a boundary. The
Congress of Texas had passed an act declar-
ing what was Texas. We must take the
country as Texas had coded it to us, and in
doing that, we must do injustice to Mexico,
and take a large portion of New Mexico, the
people Of which have never been under the
jurisdiction of Texas. This 10 me was an
insurmountable barrier. | could not place
the country in that position"
The authority of Col. Benton is confessed
ly great in all matters relating TO our West
ern boundaries. He merits the gratitude Of
the nation for his able discussion OF our claims
TO "the whole of Oregon" His motives
may have been what his opponents alleged
we have nothing to do with that matter, only
with his discussion, his facts, and his argu-
ments. His speech in the Senate, on the
10th, 18th, and Goth of May, 1914, is well
known. We give the resolutions offered by
that distir guished member of the Democratic
party, on the 18th of May, while the treaty
was still pending.
"ResOired, That the ratification Of the trea-
ty for the annexation of Texas 10 the United
States, would be an adoption of the Texian
war with Mexico by the United States, and
would devolve its conduct and conclusion up
on the United States.
"ResOiUed, That the treaty-making power
does not extend to the right of making war,
and that the President and Senate have no
right to make war, either by declaration or
adoption"
In his speech, after reciting the rights al
ready claimed by Texas, he goes on 10 prove
that this territory includes towns and villages
and cusiom-house in the peaceful possession
of Mexico.
"First, there is the department of New
Mexico. This department is studded with
towns and villages, is populated, well cult
waited, and covered with tlocks and herds
On its left bank, (and | only speak OF the
part Of the part which WI propose to re-an-
max is first the frontier village, Taos, 5000
souls, where the custom-house is kept, al
which our Missouri caravans enter their goods,
Then comes Santa Fe, the capital, 1000 souls;
then Albuquerque, G000 souls; thence some
scores of other towns and villages, all more
or less populated, and surrounded with flock:
| dlu tluSs Il Z Cplilt NV OEJd luVlllo u
chihuahua, Coahuila, and Tamaulipas, with
out settlements on the left bank of the river
but occupying the right bank, and command
ing the left All ihis-being parts of fou
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES undsr Mexican governors
or governments, is permanently re-anneXeC
10 this Union, if the treaty is ratified, and i
actually re-annexed for the moment by tn
signature of the treaty, according to the Pre-
| CtIant1S lnct IN ona IN Ta1taIn ca until tn
acquisition is rejected by rejecting the trea
ty."
1.-The President in his special message il
forms us that we have acquired a title 10 tn
coded territories by his signature 10 the trea
ty, wanting only the action of the Senate I
perfect it; and that in the mean time he wi
protect it from invasion, and for that purpos
has detached all the disposable parts Of tn
. army and navy 10 the scene Of action. Thi
is a caper about equal to the mad freaks wit
c which the unfortunate Emperor Paul, of Rui
STA, was accustomed TO astonish Europe, abol
forty years ago. BY this declaration, II
n thirty thousand MeAicans on the left half
f the Valley of the Rio del Norte are our Gil
zens, and standing-in the language of Il
n Presidents message--in a hostile attituC
n towards os, and subject TO be r~epulsed as i
n NuuOlos lupof hllC FSh ~ WV StShSsA sON'
r where our traders enter their goods, is our;
Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico, is our
If Governor Armijo is our governor, and subje
to be tried for treason if he does not subu
% to us; twenty Mexican towns and villag
N are ours; and their peaceful inhabitants, CT
~tivating their fields and tending their flock
,e are suddenly converted, by a stroke of t
70 Presidents pen, into American citizens,
Id American rebels! This is too bad ; and
ID stead Of making themselves party TO ITS enOrn
q. ties, as the President invites them to do
is think rather, that it is the duty Of tie SEM
10 tUash lis hands of all this part of the traI
action by a special Misrepresentation. | the
fore propose as an additional resolution,
a" "ResOlred, That the incorporation of /
~ ~ left bank of The Rio del Norte into the Am
~ lean Union, by virtue of a treaty with Tex
- comprehending, as the said incorporate
~ would do, a part of the Mexican departmeI
Of New Mexico, Chihuahua, Coaluila, a
~ Tamaulipas, uouH be an act Of direct Ggg,
sc sion on Merico. for all the consequences
a. which the United States would stand resp
At; sible."
if In the remainder of his speech, Mr.. b
her ton made four points; namely,
l. L udl III IdtillCdllOH VI 'hp b''H'J wv
nj he, of itself, war between the United Sta
er- and Mexico"
1th .. "That it would be unjust war;"
3u- 3. "That it would be war unconstituti
Tally made"
I'VE 4. "That it would be war upon a
ost and groundless pretext."*
in -
IAN y The whole speech of Mr.. Benton is v
on, thy an attentive reading at this time. 1t
led be found in the "Globe of that period.
H. connection with the third point, we We
of quote the letter of Chancellor Kent, da
not May 2lst, 1874. 81 think there can be
ar doubt, that the enormous abuses and slrelc
the power by President Tyler, afford ample NJ
,ch rails for the exercise OF the power of impea
hly ment, and it is an imperative duty on
the House OF Rep. to put it in Practice"