The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-01-05

y after this treaty shall have been duly ratified by the gov
| eminent of the United Mexican Ststesn
| II hardly necessary to add to this refutation
of the assertion of the National Integencer the re-
mark that in the account which gives the above ex
tract of claim for indemnity wholly leaves out OF
view the indemnity demanded by government in rieu
Of the expenses Of the Add this our claim and il
makes an amount quite different from the Inelligencers
| g five millions"
But the wing organ is not content with thus cutting
down whole claim upon Mexico to five millions y
which few days ago it was JUS, enough to our own cit
zens, and patriotic enough in its spirit to stgmase as
five miserable millions of demnies" 1t goes further,
and boldly denies that have had any ghtfu claim at
all upon Mexico since the annexation of Texas In
proof, offers the following additional fact which-unt
the record evidence of tive shall be at liberty
to doubt authentic:
"Who does not know that the Tyler administration
knowing full we'll that annexing Texas, while with
Mexico assuming that and making ourselves prin
cipals in itQtred to compound Nth Dferco fright
wrong) for peaceful annerato By assupng pay for her
these claims Of our eitiSensT'
| We say that Ue know no such thing. And we
say further, that, at all events no such offer was
accepted by Mexico and therefore, if made by the
Tyler administration, (Which remains to be proved) it
has nothing to do with the present question in regard to
Mexico, and still less to do with any responsibility or
any policy Of the present administration. The present
administration has regarded and never can regard
the annexation of Texas in conformity with the Joint
resolution of Congress, any other light than as an act
of which MEXICO had no right whatever to complain
and in which she had right whatever to interfere
With abundance of other more valuable support
this point the administration has also the undoubted
and very emphatic and very recent wing support of Mr.
Webster himself
In the face of this fact the Integencer continues
its TRADE as follows, insisting that surrendered all
claim 10 indemnity by the annexation of Texas:
Sin his annual message of December, 1885, the Presi-
dent rang violently all the changes upon them, he ndem-
nties for the purpose of makn that of deca-
ration of which Gas have heretofore show he had
put into has message, but afterwards found himself forced
by Mericos cosenting to and
omit leaving in it, however, bring about ra-
ton on both Sides flaming exhibition of our wrongs
about these rery claims thus repeatedly, in all good faith
yielded for chat had taken Without any other eguipa
lent. Nor is that all in subsequent negotiation our Sec
rotary of State insisted that the question boundaries even
shalt not be entered into, unless along h that of these
dennitis for that these the of the Now
Congress had by the resolution of annexation instructed
the President to negotiafe the question of boundaries and
other; and yet here is the Executive setting up
qua non-thee indsmnes, for phch had already
selueswhch sto be condition precedent of all that very
negotiation which he was ordered to begin
All this is untruth spoken in advocacy of our enemy
with very discredtable gbness and volublity There
is not one word of proof that the President ever put
declaration of into his first annual message and then
found himself "forced to strike it out How forced
Why, by the promise of Mexico to receive our minister
says the wing organ Why, this most learned and vera
cous "Theban" must know very well that, in September
1915, the President himself applied the Mexican gov
eminent, grounds which seemed to him to warrant
such application to know whether Mexico would
consent to receive such functonary And according
to its most wise view of the matter the Intelligencer
would have us believe that, having made such an app
cation with good hope that it would be acceded by
Mexico, the President before he could know the result
OF his application, put declaration Of into his mes
sage, for the sake of striking again in case his ap
pcaon should be acceded toas fact it was at first &C
coded to by Herreras administration But such mere
puerity as this is not worth further notice
1t is, we have seen, equally untrue that our govern
ment repeatedly" yielded up, yielded up our
claim for indemnity from Mexico, because of our course
in the annexation OF Texas
1t just untrue that Mexico has ever consented to
regard the dispute between the two countries as dispute
except IL De ABOUT boundary
the Sabine. Even in Mr. Trsts negotiation, the Next
commissioners offering the boundary OF the Nueces
distinctly, and in terms, claimed indemnity cusn for that
part Of Texas which they thus proposed to surrender
They in fact distinctly instructed by their govern
ment to make such claim. 1t not enough that they
should try to dtsmember the State of Texas They de-
manded money for the part they would let keep and
this, after had forced them into negotiation on the
subject at the gates of their capital
But it still more fagranty that he resolution
of annexation instructed the President TO negotiate the
question Of boundary and OTHER" The resolution
provided for the admission into this Union of all sthe
territory properly and righdly belonging the repub
lie of Texas and provided further, that Texas the
event of such admission should surrender to our fed
eral government 'the adjustment" of the boundary of
such territory Doubtless, the resolution contemplated
adjustment of the boundary by negotiation But no
stood the when Mexico claimed, as she did the
tcos of Texas refused to consider the dispute dis
pute about the wesern boundary of Texas ALL and
finally refused negotiation altogether How was our
government to "adua the proper and righul" boundary
of Texas in such a case And now comes the federal
organ with its declaration that the resolution of annexa
ton directed the President negotiate the boundary and
directed him to negotiate nothing else ichateuery We an
swer that the word negotiate, any similar word is not
in the resolution at a-excep indeed in that part of the