Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-07-18
RICH MOND, VA.
Monday Morning, July II, is4s.
SANTA ASSA's TREATY WITH TEXAS.

CAN'T, ANNA's TREATY WITH TEXAS.
uoder this caption the Times copied into lis
columns portions Of an Article recently puo''snea
bv rs. explanatory Of the position assumed upon
me evidence Of the treaty, the capiulalion OF DE
c,s &c. lha, Mexico, herself, so lar as any OIL
fetal expression Of opinion had been made, pre-
ceyips the war, connected the Rio Gtande as 'ne
boundary Of Texas and long comment IS aP'
pended. The ingenious editors argue that sucn
view q: the treaty is an entire SURRENDER oil inc
argument usually based upon il. Inc Valiuhy
or invaIdi,y OF that treaty as legal instrument
constituted no objec,o our irqliry. we were
simply narratiug facts, about which there cooia
be no dispute, 10 show what was Inc opinion III
Mexico respecting the boundary. We, lneTelore'
did no, choose 10 step aside 10 discuss the oindihe
authority OF that which, without any such as
sumption, was sufficient Tor our purpose. Hence
our declaration, nt necessity referring to Inc OIL
e;nal articles. tba, we claimed no binding auiho-
r,y Tor he treaty. But We have, il seems, been
su l,y, in The estimation OF cur nelshoofs, VI
N. $, unfortunate and objectionable error II max
mo ,he assertion lha, mo official declaration OF
any RESPONSIBLE cifi:er, civil or military, oil inc
rsr;c,n eovernmeni can be addnced IN which
any opipion conflicting with these Mexican views
nc /, The bounia,y nave been advanced prior 70
no commencement OF the war; ard, in proof
conclusive Of the counter assertion that repeated
instances are 10 be found, We have, in The Times,
a specification OF six official declarations, occur.
ring in The course OF eight days. They certainly
came with wonderful rapidly. AsIo one oflhese
Instances we will quote III language ct General
Taylur: II considered the oonfagralion before
nv eyes as decided evidence OF hostility and
was no, willing 10 be lriled with any longer,
p,r,rulariy as I had reason 10 6etxre mat he
2ssfec. IN making has protest aras6 out io0lot the
mili,a,v authorities at Matamoras. In making
The assertion, we were fully aware OF each OF The
cases ci.ca tylhe Times. In the language of The
Wn.ss, the march OF General Taylor TO Corpus
Ca-isti was an invasion oil The Mexican territory,
aai, therefore, The commencement OF the wall
according 10 the theory OF the D 'mocra's, assum'
iap The solemn declarations If Mexico as true; the
acceptance OF The 1 ff.r Of annexation by Texas
was war; according 10 Paroles, then Presi
dent OF Mexico, active operations commenced
with the issuance c! the ORDER, in which Ampu
dia vas commanded 10 take the Initiative ant
Grye ire peril iious North Americans beyond The
Sabine The frs, became history in August
1915, the second in July, 1915; and The las'-she
oraer issued by Paroles, AID captured by lay
10. ia the military caup.chesl oil Arisia, al Ne
SAGA de la Pama-bore date - day Of March
1916. VIII The Times Gle some repeated cec'a-
ra,ions before either OF these commandments
Pe!hars they NAV be found in the voluminou.
u lie Mexican minis ef Tor 10.
reign affairs with Sli.eli! Doublless, when, with
iae view OF opening negotiations, our Govern
meni was requested, in order 10 remove all ap'
n.arances Of compulsion, 10 withdraw our men Of
war from the neightornooi Of Vera Cruz. iha
minister could not have been unmindiul oil The
idci, that Taylor, with his army, was occupying
Inc soil o. the Republic in The province OF Ia
mauEpas, IVES, oil the Nueces Surely such an
occasion was moi permitted 10 escape without the
expression Of some opinion, such as that c'Ied by
the Tunes: III you persist in remaining on The
soil OF the department OF Tamaulipas It will
clearly result, lha, arms, and arms alcne, mus
decide The issue"
Fiday's Unioo contains an admission from
an official source in Mexico which mus, forever
The Wing leaders and presses, who
would dishonor and degrade their own county
by The urjust and rnfounded assertion, that the
war with Mexico was produced by marching our
army /, the Rio GranIe 10 the article helcw,
j, will b. seen ina, Mexico officially announces
thar, since April, 1896 The country between The
Nueces and the Rio Granie has been evacuated,
and "the Intermediate space absolutely free
and that, for .lus years, the intention OF maxi
Ing the Bravo Che Rio Grande) limit, has been
announced By the ceaies, signs We ask al
,enlion 10 The passages Italicized and ,Tus, that
hereafter, no American will be found bold or un-
patriotic enough TO assail his own country toI
territory which, Mexico herself ad-
ms, was the true and Legitimate soil OF Texas,
o sovereign Stale of the Union:
Among the public documents contained in
The siglo One official organ of Mexico,) is a
portion Of The Exposition addressed 10 The
supreme government by the commissioners
VINO signed the treaty CT peace with the United
States" The commissioners, in justification %!
IN cesson Of California and New Mexico, say
truly, that the only effect Of the treaty was 10 put
10 writing what was previously FULLY accom-
pshed by arms; inasmuch as California anu
New Mexico were already in The possession OF
the United States, and could not be reconquered
b. Mexico, and that, in truth, inasmuch as the
y mefcan forces actually occupied, in addition,
the S;a'es OF New Leon, Tamaulipas, Vera
Cruz, Pucbla and Mexico, and most OF the sea.
ports oflhe republic. "lhe treaty might more no
perly be called one o! recuperalion than OF ces.
sion" so lar as concerns the territory Of The Mex
lean republic. There is passage in this "ES-
regarding the true limits OF Texas,
which deserves 10 b. no;ed.
"The intention" say the commissioners, s'of
making the Bravo limit, has been announced
by the clearest signs for the last twelve years;
and it would have been impossible at the present
day to change it. dter the defeat Of San Jaei to
IL April 1886 that ras the territory tchch 10: sti
pulated 10 eraeuote, and ,phich ire accordingly
did eracua'e, 6yJaliing back on Datamoras. In
this place cas aft rUards stationed trhat ,cas call.
ed the army Of the North; and though it's true
taat expeditions and inc,irsions hare been made
thoe er.n as far as Bsjar, zoe hare rery soon
retreafed. leaving the ,nermediat space ALSO.
l,aeiy free. In this state General Taylor found
II. phsn, in the early part Of last year. he entered
there by order Of his Government"
The Democratic papers call the $50 600 xxrsa paw,
which Gen. Cas- has received, aHuxsua. Tn don't
deny the fact that he received that the re-
cord proves IT, In what, then, 10 IL u Hrasrof Ia
So, 900 small depredaton upon the public Treasu
~ az 10 merit that reproachful epihet3
lR1amend WA,s.
We do "!eny The fact" for "the record" does
not prove it-as will be shown By The scalhine
speech OF McCielland OF Michigan, which we
shall publish very soon. That speech sweeps
away this and other "humbugs," the most arraul
that we're ever inven,ei. In charging Gen. Cess
with depreciation" the Wing directly impeach
es the personal honor and honesty Of Gen. Sco,,
o: Mr. Calhoun. and MIR. VIM. Wirr, late U. s.
Attorney General These "no party" organs are
guilty. Ct The mos, violent and reckless personal
abuse which tie hishes, party times have exhi-