Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-10-19

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after being more Than year ago fully exsmn.
aud refuled in this paper. we have it in os
power. upon the testimony Of the Adminl,,,
iion itself. by whose friends j, 10 nov reviv.I
utterly to demoIish. We find the charge ~
+fsrred IN the Albany Argus Of last Saturday,
the following terms:
mo candid man, Of either party, who vi
look al the facts presented on the Official ;.
cords Of the country, can fail to see that, If the.
be any fault resting any where on the score
ahe march of our army 10 the RIO Grande. Gen
TAYLOR comes in for a full share of it. Hen
was who first advised and urged lha, mo ,emen
and i. was not sanctioned by the National Ad.
minislralion until after Mr.. SIidell, and the prof
fers Of negotiation with which be had bee,
charged, had been spurned with coniumely n
The Mexicsn Government, and war had be-
actually declared on i,s part, not merely ior ID
purpose Of recovering the territory said TO be 4
dispute, but the entire State of Texas. The
il was that the movement suggested and urp,k
by General Taylor was assenled 10 at Wash
ing,on-and thai not as m act OF aggrssslop
but as purely defensive measurs-defensn
agains. hostile incursions, not upon Territory
dispute between the Two nations. but upon u,
erl rory Of one Of The States Of this Uaou."
Oh the history Of the movsmen, Of the unv
upon The Rio Grande, proving II to have bee,
ordered by be Prr.ideBs after Gen
Taylor had refused TO assume the rsspsn,inl
iiy Of such movement when merely adssst
10 ii, conclusive proof will be fDnnd in an a.
licle ia The preceding page Of .hls paper. COPIED
from the National Inreliigencer of June u
IS47. We repubhsh lha, article DDr 80 inncb
10 convince our adsersaries. who base no DE-
sire TO be convinced, ~ 10 loniiy those W ho AZ,
disposed TO resist the oLious imPuia,isu whlcb
is now attempted 10 be fixed upon Gen. PAYLo.
Of having advised The Administrators to max,
war upon Mexico.
Now, for the remainder OF the saiemeu o.
he Argus, by which Il would shift from ii:
shosIders of the Administration The responsf
biliiy of the war, brought on by The march .
he Rio Grande. That movement, says h
Argus, twas not sanctioned BY The Naliona
until after Mr. SIIdell, and The
proffers OF negotiation with which he had bes
charged, had been spurned NTH contumsly BY til
Mericon Government, and war had been actuGl
declared on its part" We are glad that lhi. as
serion is SO distinct and specific as to make
alike impossible 10 misunderstood i. or to sr
plain il away. The issue, moreover, is one Of
fact and all that we have got 10 do 10 demo-.
sh the charge. is 10 confront i, with a compe.
ent witness to its fsIsiiy. Stand forth. thea
Mr.. Secretary Of State!
The Executive Documen, No go OF the Ia.l.
session Of Congress contains The cnrrespon.
lence between MIR. Secretary BUCHANAN and
Mr.. SLIDELL. our Minister in Mexico, and. as
part Of it, the instructions, by order of The Pre-.
deht of the United States, forwarded by the
Secretary 10 thai Minister. [rhs order for ,h.
march to The RIO Grande, the reader mus, rec.
ollect. was issued on The l3lh of January, 1851
On the the 20lh day OF January. one week pre-.
risely after The date Of that order, Mr.. BUcH.I
aNAN, transmitting TO Mf. SLIDELL his commn.
sion. jus, then rail6ed by the. Senate, inslrucu
him as follows
Should the Mexican Government, By fnsl.
y refusing to receise you. consummats the act
Of folly and bad faith of which they have affor.
ded such strong indications. nothing ,ciA then r..
main for this Government but to take tie redress
of the wrongs of ITS citizens into its own hands
''ln the mean time, the President, IN ANTIcI
PATTON Of the final refused ofthe Mer,ean Gov.
TO receive you, has ordered the army
Iezds to advance and take position on The lsN
bank Of The Rio Grande and has directed that
q strong Aee, shall be Immediately assembled
in he gulf Of Mexico"
Il is thus proved, beyond the possibility Of
denial, that the march Of the army to The Rio
Grande was ordered by The President in antiei
poiion Of the refusal Of the Mexican Govern
men. to receive M SLlDELL, and without any
preience Of its being provoked by hostile dem
on The part Of Mexico.
1t cannot, therefore. be true, bu. mus. be sd
mited to be false. tha, ,ha. movement was not
sanctioned by the Administration until after
Mt. SLIDELL had been spurnsd by the Mexican
Government, and war had been actually de-.
clared on lis part.
lfil were necessary TO cumuiaie evidence on
this point, more of il is to be found in tho Doc.
ument referred to. Mr.. BUCHANAN, for exam.
pie, in letter of the 2S.h Of January, to Mr.
SLrDELL. uses tho following language, with
other expressions, showing doubt. at least, Oh
the part Of the Executive, at iha, date. whe,n Del
the Mexican Government. would really refuse
10 receive him:
Should the Mexican Government. bowevet
finally refuse to receive you, the CT p of for
beoranee will then have been exhau'.,ed. Ns.t
ing can rsn,ain bu, to take the redress of The r
juriss TO our citizens. and the insul,s 10 ou
Government, into our own hands." :.
National Inssngsaess.