The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-10-06
From lie Lvnchburg Tirginian.

There are many who look with a wistful eye
upon some Of the naighboring provinces Of
Mexico and anticipate, with great glee. the pei
Rod when, by exciting revolt among their in
habitants and enabling them, by extraneous
aid, 10 declare andaNaintain their independence
for a reasonable time, the game Of annexation
may be again played. We have seen that, re-
Gently, there have been unsuccessful demon
STATIONS made upon one Of these provinces,
with a view thus to excite Instruction, and,
with such a border population, we may reason-
ably calculate upon a repetition Of the effort.
II would seem, however, that dlficulsies in The
way Of this agglomerating process are inter-
posed by the treaty of.peace with Mexico.
We think the public has, perhaps, lost sight
Of a very important stipulation in this treaty.
We confess ourselves indebted for the informa-
ton Of its existence to Mr.. Dallas, late Vice
President Of the U, States. This gentleman
has lately-we will not say seized, but-made
an occasion Of giving 10 the public his views
upon the t.eaty aforesaid and some other sub
jects Of public Importance, in a letter which
docs not seem to have attracted the attention
to which it is entitled BY the reputation and
late official position Of its author, and its In
trinsic interest, In this letter, Mr., Dallas
remarks:
"To such Of our feIlow-citizens as view with
discomfort the enlargement of our territory, il
may be some consolation that this treaty en-
PhaticsIly provides against further extension
South, No change is ever to be made in this
boundary, except by the express and free con-
sent Of both nations, lawfully given by the
General Government Of each, in conformity
with its own constitution. The stipulation is
) stringent and unequiyocal. Its covert ~allusion
to the annexation of Texas cannot be mista-
keni and il is an inviolable pledge by both par
J ties that sach a case shall never be again en-
acted. Tamaulipas, New Leor, Coahuila,
chihuahua, Sonora, Lower California, may sep
arately or together achieve independence, but
without the positive and constitutional sane.
ton Of the central authorities in Mexico, not
one Of them can be admitted into our Union
except by manifest breach Of faith.
"The general principles and practices under
the laws Of nations, to which we so Justly np-
peal in yindication of our course as to Texas,
are hencefOrward, as between the American
and Mexican confederacics, specially modified
and restricted. How farit was either prudent
or polite on our part to do this has ceased to
be an open question. Il is done, deliberately
and voluntarily donei and extension in that
quarter is arrested by an insurmOuntable bar
riet Of national honor and justice"
q The United States have hitherto been dis
tingdished by their honorable adherence to
treaty stipolatons-and distant Be the day
when they shall lose he distinction. We do
not fear that they will fail 10 maintain the
treaty lately made, no matter what may be
i thought Of some Of its features; and, 90 long
as the treaty exists, there can be no more an,
q pexation in that quarter. The patriots and
I sympathisers on our Southern border, will have
to confne their aspirations 10 revolutionizins
|, the northern provinces and forming an indie.
!. pendent Republic Of them. W
a Teegraphed to tie Psggaae.
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