Washington telegraph., 1848-01-19
T L \ c L WITH MExIG0.
ny ALBERT GAItArfS.
teoNeLupHp.
VI Reeapiiul4ii.,,.


was lananounl to declaration ai war. aud
that the comparative weakness ol Mexico
alone prevented its Government from con.
sidefing Il as such.
Under these circumstances, il was esi.
IDENTIFY tho duty Of the United States 10 use
every means 10 soothe and eoneiliate the
Meaieans, aud we wai. with patience for
an unconditional recognition of the indie.
prndenee oil fetas, lill the feelings excited
by our aggression had subsidized.
II has been shown that alter Mexico had
fesofled, as a substitute for war, ID the
harmless suspension u the ordinary aiplo.
matte intercourse, the attempt 10 maar it
fetraet Ihat measure, before any negufia.
tons for the restoration of harmony he.
tween the Two countries should be entered
INTO, was neither eounlenaneed by the nc,
knowledged law Of nations, nor necessary
iof any useful purpose, nor consistent wiih
a proper and Just sense If the relative 20.
sition IN which the aggressive measures ul
the United slaies had placed the iwb eeun.
iries but that the TriusAI ui MekIea IN
submit 10 that additional eunlamgIY should
have been considered as an insult Ia I4a
United sialas bellays the nfile Of power
ialhpf than lust sause nj Wat Is lae In
the lila dignIl. an hum #I lHI= Hatan.
Il has heen demonstrated III iHa Il
pubic NJ fesasi had aoi a s.id5y HIIIzHI
Ia the IarlloI1 adjacent . tla IeiI Gaaa aI
The iassf Railian pi Tic itie SuIIs. iIaI,
ianagh she eIaHua, shs uagef lad actual.
y exercised jurisdiction over any faflian
ol II; thai the hekieaus WefR the sue ia
habiIanis. aul IN actual POSSESSION u lhaI
disifiei; lhai thefeuife its iafeihle oeeupa.
lan ~ Tue army uI the United States W.,
aeeoId ~ Ia the acknowledged IaW oI IA
lInns, a. well as IN iael. an aei oi open ho..
iiliii and wafi that the resistance of The
hetieans 10 that invasion va legitimate;
aud TINT therefore the war was unnrntak.
cd by lhem, aud commenced by tho United
siales.
Ii any Doubt should remain Of the cor.
fselnes. vi these statements, LET them br
lesled b, The divine ani undeniable pre-.
esPt. "Ba unto others as you would he
done by.
II al lhi. moment France was To con
tract treaty of defensive and offensive
alliance with Mexico, treaty taking rf
iocI immediately, and pending the war be.
tween the United States aud Mckee, anI
binding herself To defend IL with all her
iorcrs against any and every Power, would
mol The United STATE consider such u treaty
as a declaration ol war against lheu
II, IN !ieu oi declaring war against Great
Brilain in the year lsi2, the United States
had onl y susptn led the ordinary diplomat.
ic relations between the two countries, aud
Great Britain had declared that she would
uul enter into negotiation ior the settlement
Of all lhe SUBJECTS ui difference between
the two countries, unless The United STAGES
should. as preliminary condition, restore
those relations, would not this have been
considered US a most ins0lcn, demand, and
to which the uuIied States never would
submit
II the United States were, aud had been
for more than u century, ia possession OF
u tract oi county, exclusively inhabited
and governed by them, disturbed only by
the occasional iorays OF an enemy, would
lhoy moi consider the ioreiblo military 10,
yaslUn and occupation ol such u district by
u third Power as open aud unpnyUkei war
commenced against them! Aud could their
resistance To the invasion rcnicl them LA.
bic 10 ,ho impuiaIiOn ol having themselves
commenced 10 wafl
Yet II would seem as il the splendid and
almost romantic successes Of the Amefi,
can arms had, Tor awhile, made the poo.
ple of tho United States deaf 10 any other
consideration than an enthusiastic aud cx
elusive love Of gloIy; as II, forgetting the
origin Of the war, and with an entire dis.
regard for the dictates ol Justice, they
thought iha, those successes gave the ma
ton a right to dismcmber Mexico aud to
appropriate TO themselves that which did
not belong 10 them.
Bul DO moi despair, for have faith in
our institutions aud in the people; and |
will mol ask them whether this was their
mission; and whether they were placcdby
Providence on this continent Tor the pnr.
pose of culiiyaiing false glory, and Of sink
ing to the level Of those vulgar conquorors
who have at ali times dcsolaled The earh'
yIl,-The Mission Of The United States
The people Of tho United States have
been placed by Providence in a position
never before enjoyed by any other nation
They are possessed oI a most extensive
territory, with very Iehue soil 'arie'yo
climate and productions, and a capacity OF
sustaining a population gfca',r' IA proror'
ton to is cxlcni than any oihor territory
OF the same size on The face Of the globe.
BY a concourse of various cIrcumstan.
ccs, they found themselves, at the epoch ol
their independence, in the full enjoyment
Of religious, civil, and political liberty, en-
trely free from any hereditary monopoly
Of wealth or power. The people at large