The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-08-02
The sIarrh 20 the RIo Crande.--

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The Raioon quotes an expression Of ours, which
he says was made in our paper Of the 18th uIt..
"PFefaeing letter ffam Gen. Taylor adrisisg
the march Uf the troops from Corpus Christi 10
The Rio Grandr." NOW we have never publish
ed, nor have VIC seen letter from Zen. Taylor
giving such advice; bot. on The contrary, his al.
vice was that the troops should remain a, Corpus
Christi, az . careful observation had convinced
him that no sstsr place combined % Ealy adj
saniagea" The march To The Rio Grsnde was
admitted % Be advisable only in case that boun-
dairy was TO be made an uhiasfaR, especially
as Mexico had committed no pyert act Of hosii-
lily" The language % the letter Is plain and
unmi aakable. and on reading Il no homes, man
would for moment enieririn The idea that he
advised a march upon ,he Rio Gmnde; and il
was only BY mu,ilation and wilful PerScrsion that
such q feature was attempted 10 be given to il.
!, was TO expose this auplciiy on the part Of
the Democratic journals That we rcpublishcd the
letter entire. The Ratoon having shared in The
guilt Of the deception, and being unable to extri-
cate himself by srly explanation, makes des-
Perais at,emP, to escape by dotging' the ques-
ton. #.~
The Rstoon is In the habi, Of putting words
into our mouth which We never made use of;
bu, We shall psss BY that matter for the present.
But the editor Wishes 10 know how we can re-
concile an expression we made use Of some weeks
ago, tina, the Mexican war was the conse-
quenee Of tie admission Of Texas into the IN.
ION" with what we have since said. thai The
war was brought on by The march Of the troops
to the Rio Grande." We cannot sec any thing
conflicting ~ these twa statements. There may
he many causes operating q produce the same
effect Thai tho war was the consequence
Of The annexation Of Texas" no one can doubt.
such result was anticipated by the Wings
in 1874; but their warnings were disrcgaried,
and the annexation was contaminated. This
was the first cause. With strong nation
like England, war would necessarily have fol-
lowed that aci. But Mexico was conscious Of
her weakness; she had tried her strength with
Texas alone, and found herself unequal to the
task Of subduing her; she could have had no
hope, therefore, in a contest with this whole
Union. Her pride was naturally aroused, and
she clustered little; but with prudence and for
hearance on our part the war might have been
avoided; aud under such circumstances did MOI
our own honor require this exercise offorhearance
and was it not due to Mexico that her wounded
pride should have an opportunity to be alayet
and soothcd Annexation was not an act Of war
hut Texas having become ono Of the states Of th
Union, il was our duty 10 protect her; to do so
our army was stationed at Corpus Christi, ant
the way was thus opened for the march Of oul
troops to the Rio Grandc. The order for tina
march, into a territory in the occupancy Of Mex
leo, was an act Of hostility, and brought on M
'car, as we said II there is any difference
here to reconcile" we shall he we'll pleased t
see il pointed out by the Ratoon. -a
The order for this advance Of our troops wa
given without authority Of law, and in violation
Of the spirit of,he constitution, and the Prcslen
has justly been condemned for i, an the at,cmp
Of Locofoco presses and politicians to shin the re
sponsibility from Mr.. Polk TO Gen. Taylor, is III
dupilcity we have endeayored to expose by reput
fishing Gen. Taylor's letter. TO this tho Ratoo
has no answer. &a