The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-02-24
NUMBER 20.

d by which other territories of tho U. States
e are regulated and governed. Here. then,
}. we see officers acting under the authority
8 OF the President, without rebuke from him,
claiming and esia blishng civil govero,nenIs
IN Mexico aud California, as the permanent
e territories Of the L. States; claiming their
!. .nhsbilsnis AZ our citizens, promising them
permanent form OF government, ard de.
, nouDcing them az traitors if they should
,sks up arms sgainu The y. States. What
IS this bu, conquest VIA, is il Lut seiz.
ure and permanent annexagon by farce of
armsl This, thea sir, pfestple the P,rs.
dent designed TO do at the vefX tine when
be- called upon the country for kcogni,iou
Of this war, and placing al hls disposl means
Of men and money 10 prosecute II. No in.
limaiioo is given 10 W. ~ any OF his csres.
pondence-if he did rs, then en,eilnlnhe
design--at wba. time the change ,otk par
10 the Pfesidentisl u;nd. In June, july
and August. from The Navy aud the Wac
Departments to all officers charged with
carrying into execution the wishes oil The
President In the prosecution OF The war
We have the same general tone o! insttuc-
tions, secure these territories, aud see We
have all these officers seizing The territories
and treating them a. permanent Paii oil
the Il. States. And 10 these proceedings
the President takes no exception lie does
no, intimate, by the slightest breath Of DIS.
appreciation, thai The zeal Of these conman-
ders has exceeded the purposes OF The E1-
ecutive
. mus, suppose then, cir, that this was
the object for which the President prose.
cued the war from the beginning, and That
indemnity vas not the purpose tor WHICH
\ he carried On the war. Why, sir, Is II not
singular mode ofseeuring indemnity lisuch
had been his purpose. AZ the commences
ment OF The war, aba, did be want indem-
niiy for Mexico. i, Is true, Owed TO our
citizens money. Ii he object had been 10
seize the Mexican tentiory and Simply TO
hold II BY military occupation in order TO
compel Mexico 10 recognize and discharge
her debts TO US. why is nothing Of this KIND
mentioned IN these instructions Why DID
these officers tfea, the territories oil which
they obtained possession as conquest,
which was to become q portion oil the u
nited Ss,esl Why is Il that no inilms-
lion wa, given TO them OF to us that the oh.
Iect had been misunde ,ood-!ha. the pos
session which they held Of these territories
wasss a sort Of mortgage, or in the nature
OF security to be held uatll the payment
Of the debts due 10 Us by Me1ieol
Bo, this view Of the SUBJECT, think. be-
tHsz
mode IN which the Piesident carried on his
negotiations. Mr.. SIdell was sent 10 Mex
leo. IL ! rccollect rightly. in the month Of
November. | believe that bis credentials
bear date on the 10Th OF shat month. Vs..
~hcn 10 ~en. TO Mexico he Was not recei-
we'd. Why Vas he not The President
tells you that Mexico. IN spite OF her pligh.
tod weird. ,nsu,insly refused 10 receive our
minister. Well, now /, is plain TO mot
is evident, that when sdvcitirg TO tho cor.
respoudcnce which took place between our
consul q, Mexico and Senor pena Pens,
1t is plain Il never was the design Of the
then executive government of Mexico TO
receive munster resdcai from the United
States. The expression used think, on
the 18Th OF October, lSi5---" The Mexl-
can government, will receive commission
or to se,'le the ptesen, dispute !" and two
monlhs thereafter. on the 10Th OF Decem.
Der. ls45, when our representative insisted
upo i, that he understood that the person
oho was TO be sont from this government
was to settle all the differences bet ween tho
two nations both the indemnity for spoil.
atoms aud the question Of boundary-,hs
Mexican minister replies in substance, ''not
a word is said IN the credentials OF this per-
son abcu, settling any differences. lie is
SEQ, here as resident minister plenipoten,i.
aty, as if friendly diplomatic relations be.
tween the two countries had never Tor
moment been interrupted"
|; 10 impossible to read the correspon.
dsnce without seeing that the persons adj
min,s,erlng the government OF Mexico were
exceedingly anxious 10 settle the question Of
, boundary, and tina, in order to enable them
to do this, nothing might be done further 10
arouse or irr,latc the jealous feelings Of tho
Mexican nation, and that therefore We should
send ,hom commissioner, with power to
settle The pond,ug dispute. Well, We were
:, not Satisfied with that They had promis-
: ed to receive commissioner; the President
' rendered them minister resident. To that
', minister they objected, because he could
;, not be received withou. arousng excited
II feelings and cndaugetieg Inc government Of
:. the country. Blu, that is mol all. Long be.
= fore Mr.. Slidel's mission was set on foot,
!. on the 18th June, 1916, the acting Secre-
y ,ary Of War writes to Gen. Taylor in these
- terms
a, "The poin. Of your ultimate destination
:. is the western frontrier Of Texas, where
a you will selec. and occupy, on or near the
n. Rio Grande del Nor,e, such site az will
Ne consist with the health Of the troops. aud
no will DO bes. adapted to repel invasion, and
ko 10 protect what, in the event Of annexation
ne will be our western border"
nd Now. sir, here is an order 40 early az thu
ss 18th Of June, 1916, in which Gen. lay
Of ior 10 directed to select a position on o.