Washington telegraph., 1848-01-05

dlalelY aud pending tho war, such uealy
Is u declaWllana ii war against the other
paaY. The causes Of the war between The
twn hellgmnls 10 not alter the act. Sup.
posing that the third party, the inlerlcr.
M plwet should have concluded the
lfsaB Of alliance with thar .belIigcranl.
whp was clearly engaged IN a must iusl
var. the 1e4ly would not be tho less a
declaration o! waf against the other bel.
ligaanl.
II Great Bliaip and Fanee were at war,
aai the United States were 10 enter Into
zleh treaty wIlh either, eau ihafe be- The
slightest doubt that this would be actual
waf against lhe olher pauyi II wngld be
considered as such, and thal il must have
hasn intended iaf that purposei Il, at lhi,
mamenl. either France or England were 10
make such a iraalY with Mexico. thereby
bInihg themselves 10 defend aud protect il
wllhaIl lheir inrees against any ulher Pow.
ef whatever waaIl net tho United States
lnziaulaneousIY view such treaty as "a
dselalalion Of waf. and act accordingly
But the annexation of Texas TO the
Inllhd States VS. even mora ihan a lrnnly
al offensive andaaisns.vc alliance. Rem
b=Ae#l 40 lhe conditions aud all The duties
gfa4Iug out OF las alliance; an1 if imposed
lham u,cyrE ifum The moment when
iekas had barn annexed, the United
State became baanl 10 protect aud defend
her 50 hr as h. legitimate boundary et'
iealrl aaIusi al INVASION or attack on
ne Hau OF AeAIaa aud lhey have Uni.
IufmIF acted accordingly.
lher M impartial puhlieisl who will
Hai acknowledge the lnIuhilablo truth Of
iasse positions Il appgar 10 me impus.
zih.s thar they should be- seriously denied
u singc peHsaa.
II appears la Nel'ro Nas ii tia,
laaa d .posad In aaAnow Wedge he indie.
HzaaeHrc Of iekas. hul an lie express.
eoHaiiIoi thar il should not be annexed 10
ias United sIaies; aud il has been sug
: led that this vs. done unlef the inill.
a. oi some European Power. Whether
Us Ia assertion be true or nj is not
ln1wu 20 me. Bul the condition was fe.
ma able and - alirnsiye.
tniernafP#eheasion iiaI Tens might
be tempted lo aerepi the conditions pro.
pasedr The Government ol the United
slatss may haze asemcd q le1pedienl TO de.
rat The plan, by Offering that aHnFhalian
which had been Formerly declined, when
The Government Of Texas was anxious ior
t.
Itmay BE- admitted that, whether indie.
pendent OF aBnNol 10 the United States,
fcKas must be- a sia,rhoidiug Stale 30 long
as slavery shall exist in North Amcrica.-
n, whole population, with hardly any cN.
crp,ion. consisted OF citizens Of the United
aiH1a. BoA Tor hat reason and on ac.
count OF i.s geographical position, il was
much more natural that Tcgas should be q
member Of The United Siaies than Of the
Mexican Confederation. Viewed purely
a, question Of cApediency, the annola
lion might br considered as beneficial 10
bo,h paHics. Bat eXped.rncy is not jus,
Ice. Nr,ico and Texas had a perfect
right To- adjust their differences aud make
peace ou auytcrms they might deem proper.
The aly,ciy to prevent Ihis result indicated
ap.eyious disposition ultimately to occupy
TeIl4 and when lhc annexation was ac
couip.iaicl; when il was seen that the u.
Stale, bad appropriated to themselves all
ihr aiyln'gcs resulting from the American
settlements in Texas, aud from their sub.
ssq4rn' nunecuuu, the purity Of thc no.
lives Of our Government became open 10
suspicion,
Syning aside ,hc justice OF ,beploco,i
ing, Il Is lmo that it had been anticipated
by those who took an active part in the
annexation lhat the weakness Of Mexico
would compel !, io yield OF at least induce
Aornol t1mslu to un actual war. TLI-
was verified by the fact aud had govern.
mcat rcmlnad in the hands With whom
the plan originated, war might probably
have been avoided. But, whun no longer
in power they could neither regulate the
impulse they bad given nor control the
reckless spirits they had evoked.
Mexico sensible Of her weakness, De.
clinel war and only rosorlcd 10 suspeu.
sion Of diplomatic intercouIse; but a pro-
found sense Of The injury Inflicted by The
United States has ever since ranked in
their minds. II will be found, through all
ihrir diplomatic correspondence, through
all their manileslocs, that the Mexcans,
even 10 this day perpelually reeur to this
never forgotten offensive measure. And,
on the other hand, the subsequent admins.
lmion OF our Government. seems to have
altogether forgotten this primary act Of in.
Justice and in their negotiations to have
acted o7 iflhis was only an accomplished
fact, and bad been a matter olcourse.
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