Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-09-27
From the National Intelligenccr.

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From the National Intelligenccr.
Ne more Annex 6 In that Quarter"
Mr. George NJ. Dallas, late Vice Presi-
dent Of the United States ha. published
lonw letter on the subject Of the late Treaty
With Mexico, which contains the follow
ing paragraph:
ITO such Of our fellow citizens as view
nth discomfort the enlargement of our
territory, !, may be some consolation that
ihis treaty emphatically provides against
iurlher extension South. No chage is
ever 10 be made in this boundary, except
u The express and free consent Of both
nations, lawfully given by the General
Government Of each, in conformity with
u own constitution. The stipulation is
stringent aud nnequivocal. Its covert al
lu,ion to the annexation Of Texas cannot
h mistaken; aud it is an inviolable pledge
ofbo.h contracting parties that such a case
.hall never again be enacted. Tanaulipas,
New Leon, Coahulia, thihuahua, Sonora,
Lower California may separately or to-
.ether achieve independence, but without
The posi,ive and constitutional sanction of
The central authorities in Mexico, not one
n 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 APP
NAL il yindication Of our course as 10
Texas. are henceior ward, as between the
American, and Mexican contederacies,
especially modified and restricted. How
hr il was either prudent or polite on our
pad 10 do this, has ceased to be an open
Question. Ills done. deliberately and vol
UNFAIRLY done and extension in that quar-
ter il arrested by an insurmonntable bar
rier Of national honor and justice"
An in.urnountable barrier of national
honor and instice! Why, lie, an arbitrary
and interruptions President tell supple
Congress that We have been attacked, that
American blood has been shed on Ameri-
can soil, and the barrier is !eaped at once
and boil, honor and justice, no less sup
de, lower themselves to make the result
an easy one. Pass law that war exists
by the act Of our enemies, and the thing is
done; and after that, ii any new boundary
is made, Of course il is BY the free consent
Of each Government in conformity with its
own constitution.
We had an existing treaty with Mexico
which provided that there should be "a
firm, inviolabe, and universal peace, and
true and sincere friendship, between the
United States Of America and the United
Mexican States" And i, further provides
that !. il (what indeed cannot lie expected)
any Of the articles contained in the pres
cnt treaty shall be violated or infracted in
any manner whatever, il is stipulated that
neither Of the contracting parties will or
der or authorize any acts Of reprisal, nor
declare war against the other, on complaint
Of injuries or damages, until the said par
] ty considering itself offended shall first
have presented to the other statement of
such injuries, verified by competent
proofs /; and demanded Justice and satisfac-
ton, and the same shall have been either
refused or unreasonably delayed"
That treaty did not bind US. nor will any
other parchment, when the violation shall
be deemed profitable for the party in pow
er, and likely TO pander to the success Of
an election, and to afford good spoils for
the party. Men have been found to assert
in high places, that our Treaty Of Limits
With Mexico which fixed the Sabine as
boundary hetween us, was void as TO the
country this side Of the Rio Grande.-
Learning SO successful will be at no loss
on = like emergency to decide that the
present attempt 10 fttter our extension
in that quarter" is vain provision, and
void as agains. our destiny. ONO.