Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-04

Senale-and he regretted that the documents ac-
companying the message oil yesterday were not
before the Sena,e-he believed that state OF
war dGcs exisl-lot in The strict constitutional
sense, hu; in The other, AID almost equally I'M
por,anl sense, 10 viii: The territory of The United
States had been invaded, and with an armed
force. He (Mr. J.) was not present in the Senate
when The annexation resolution was passed; but
in honesty and cara0r he was compelled 10 say,
that, had he been, be would have Vo'eo against
it. Texas, however, had been anne1eS 20 The
United States, and the Rio GRANGE ma OCeh te-
ccgnlsed as her boundary by the Uni!eu STATS
and by these governments which had achao"-
LEGGED the independence of the Republic oil rex
as Further: in pursuance OF Inc oHer oi 'l,e
Congress OF the Unired States, Texas had ADOPT
81 4 constitution in which the Rio GRANGE was
stated as her boundary; the laws oil The oni'td
States had been extended over all The county IL
Iha; river, and The territory in dispute was recug-
missed as one Of her Congress ionai distress. u
was DO mater, thea, ho,c this new State came
into the Union; she was now one o! ne STATES o!
that Unicr was entitled 10 all the privileges Of
Stale; and her citizens were entitled in heir per
sons and property to all The rights and protection
afforded 10 citizens of other States the faith Of The
United STATES was pledged 10 vindicate her rights,
boundary and territory. The United States ha"-
ing thus adopled the STATE of Texas, the invasion
Of the territory within The boundary which her
Constitution claims, was an invasion OF the 'eIri-
tory OF the ULicd safes, and should be repelIed
accordingly. lie orr. j. could not vote tor the
amendment proposed by the Senator from Con
necticu, (Mr. Huntneon.) He could vote for no
amendment which implied that The Uniet States
was an asgressor in war; but, in the present
case, be would advocate such a course as wouic
show 10 the world that the conflict was not Inc
seeking Ct the United States, but Of Mexico. ih
conclusion, Mr. J. observed, that il he was rishL
in bis view OF the extension OF The luHsilclioh VI
the United STATES over Texas ~ the RIO Gfahde,
&c, we were as actually in stare Of var as
though the news had been received that the entii
forces under the command o. Gen Taylor mad
been attacked and cut by the Mexican troops
Backed BY this, we quote from Gen. Woifs or
der OF 10Th June, 1914, which shows that MexI'
co regarded the country between the Rio Gfande
and the Nueces, as a part OF Texas He sa;s:
3. "Every Individual who may be found at The
distance o. one league from the lett bank oil The
Rio Bravo will he regarded as a iavoEer and ac-
compile Of TnE U>CRpERs OF THAT PART or Tns
NATIONAL TERRITORY, AND A> TRAITOR TO HIS
COUNTRY; and aiiec summary military iHai
shall receive the said punishment"
Who ever before heard Ct the citizen OF a
country being denounced "as a traitor to his conn'
lry" tor remaining on The territory o; his own
country; and vet we fni the friends of Mexico IN
this country dcnouncing their own government
for protecting territory which Mexico herself had
in 1896 so!cmny acknowledged as a part OF Tex
as, ard EIGHT years afterwards orders the com
manier OF her army, Gen. Vol, TO regard 1t as
part OF Texas and puai,h as traitors those wh"
may be found within one league OF the Texas
side Of tie Rio Granda.
We lrus, that after the Times reads over Ihc
array OF facts We now furnish Tor its particular
benefit, tina. il will find something in the conduc'
o. lis OWE conrrry, touching "this war, 10 aP-
prove, ana mmsi in the concuc; OF Mexico to con-
denim. On Monday we shall briefly notice the
Times article Of Yesterday.