The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-06-18

A. Indicative of the int.ntinns and wi.b,s ,f
tie administration upon this subject We eupy an
'xrari from the Wohingtos Union If H.. 5,h
instant II will toe seen lhat every means con
sl't'nt with national honor will be restored to
save the country fiOm the cslamities uf n war
II 1t comes at all II mnst cnsle Through the IA
grant csnduct ofSl xico. Afe, giving The present
stat. "f the controversy. the Jriyn saws:
Yet 1t hy no means fullows lha. there must be
war. Mrxic"-p"or, weak Distracted, v holly ut
our mrrry--a nation TO which win tly United
States nu', be ann'h'la'i"u-is in n4ep~iion
easily Ia provoke to ultimat smpasures either II
government or the Ipope ofSthe uuii.d States
rue, -he may once more pass. a. she has hereto
lore passed, ,h. limit. If essonaLle icl orar
snce; bnt Is nevertheless tug that TOWARD, her
the natural policy Of the Cniisd Statrsl- the go
Icy OF irb"arance nnd Of peace. Ii is. thrr, fo e,
on al a'co1nis. &" be hoped. and. as WE believe.
Il Is to he expected. that in frespon.e to suck
spI', the Mexican uulhor'tits will upon doe re-.
fecin, abandon th-r PURPOSE OF lmlding the
M.sla valley by arms. The question al issue
Is "a question "i boundary under an existing trea.
" stipulation. lis on its face question to be-
settled by negotiation. What is know of the case
tends io HuthnrlE-. ~ We believe, the cuntlusinn
that u may he So serl,d 81. advantage hotn
Of Mexico and "f The United States un,irr sueh
circumstances is !. not only eiiminal-it Is absurd
N thr highest drgr,e-- for 'irlns N Santa Anna
io In-i't upon settling tie qne.tirn by force.
While therefore, Ne Il" nc, io"k f,r war with
M'1ho, 1t ~ yet proper 'u say that We by no
means regard the seizure of the Me-illa Valley
ny lrIss as an admissible procrrdng. We do
NOT perceive how ~ her the pe"p. or the govern.
msrt Of the U. > can submit TO 1t as u permanent
dtsn"sliirn Of that territory. Il is true that the
question has been complicated by the error. OF
the late adminislrarlnn. BuI, b. this % /, may
he we entertain no doubt, frrm all tiat has / e, n
announced II the foreign polio, Of tins Sduini.
iiaIun, that all suitable measures have aiIsRdy
been takeh, and will ~ future he taken. To ploce
the whole question, both before The ,xcan
aHo'irIt"s aud ihs people q The United States.
IA iIs proper posiIIUn.
Since the forekm ug wac IN type the following
diaPatch from Wnshnlon has coue to hand.
Mrasures are about being adopted to notify
The G"vrrnm.ut Of Msxco lhsi IT, occupation Of
The MesIlla Valley must lie ahauduu,u. Gen
Garland will .nun leave fnr that station at the
head Of four hundred troops.
Our readers can determine how much prota
blIts there IS Of th. withdrawal Of The Mexican
troops, by the following paragraph from the IL
lnieGsai the recognized organ ef Santa anna:
I'VE have no in entiun 90 discuss the boundary
question. II -, 80 clear. Es r-gaTds the lrrrItO.
~ to Which It irfrrs, that nuliiing but btd faith
could have rendered it douhliul, OF ircIicd It 10
favor "l Nurh American interests. The Bound.
ary Conu,,,un drolaI.d the territory sltnln tie
jurisdiction Ui MtXco. aud that decarai ION. has
all lhe iuCe Of uraty ,tipuIaron. accur,!ng to
he terms ct the treaty i's-if Uron this sub,ran.
ual fact there c'n be no coniiuSer>y; we there
lure will waste ~ time about it,
Such being tie Mexican view Of the question
here seems hul l'tlls reason to expect that the
demand ol li.e United States viii 10 complied
with Bat Il IA hot, Tlset--l--