The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-04-15

have hitherto held ourselves bound to treat
all similar questions"
Thereupon Andrew Jackson proceeded to
consider the risk that there might be i'm
puted to the United States of motives of
selfish interests in view Ofthe former claim
on our part to the territory of Texas and Of
the aVoWed purpose of the Texans iE seek
ing recognition of independence as an in
cident to the incorporation Of Texas in
the union, concluding thus:
words of jackson.
prudence, therefore, seems 10 dictate
that we should still stand aloof and main
tain our present attitude, if not until Mex
icoitself, or one of the great foreign powers,
shall recognize the independence of the
new government, at least until the lapse of
time or the course of events shall have
proved beyond caVil or dispute the ability
Of the people of that country to maintain
their separate sovereignty and to uphold
the government constituted by them.
Neither of the contending parties can just
ly complain of this course. By pursuing
it, We are but carrying out the long eStaD-
lished policy of our government, polIcy
which has secured to us respect and inttu-
ence abroad and inspired confidence at
home"
Conditions for Recognition.
These are the words of the resoiute and
that the United States, in addition to
the test imposed by public law as the
condition of the recognition Of independ-
ence by a neutral state Go wit, that the
reVOlted states shall constitute in fact
body polite, having a government in sub
stance as well as in name, possessed Of the
clements of stability" and forming de
factO, IF left to itself, a state among the
nations, reasonably capable Of uiScharging
the duties of statc'O, has imposed for its
own government in dealing with cases like
these the further condition that recOgni-
tiob Of Independent statehood is nat due
to revolving dependency until the danger
of its being subjugated by the parent stat
has entirely passed away. This extreme
test was in fact applied in the case of
Texas. The congress to whom President
jackson referred the question as one
probably leading to war, ard therefore a
proper SupJect Tor "a previous understand
ing with that body by whom war can alone
De declared, and by whom ali the prOvi-
SONS Tor sustaining its perils must be fur
nished," left the matter Of the. rec ognition
or Texas to the discretion OF the executive
providing merely for the sending Of a dip
Iomauc agent when the president should
pc SATISFIED that the republicAo Texas
had become IAN independent state Q" If
was so recognized by President Van Buren,,
VINO commissioned charge d'affaires
March Z, 1897 after Mexico had abandoned
an attempt 10 recOrqIer the Texan terri
tLory ara Wnen there was at the time no
nona noe contest going on between the
eign. ---0A
Should Not Recognize Cuba.
..r ~ SAID in my message of December last:
IL II Is 70 De seriously considered whether
the cuban instruction possesses beyo2d
dispute the attributes of statehood which
atone can demand the recognition of bel
lgerency in its favor" The same require
Ineht must certainly be no less seriously
CONSIDERED when the graver issue of rec
ogn1zlng independence is in question, for
no less positive test can be applied to the
greater act than to the lesser, while on
the other hand the influences and conse-
quenees of the struggle upon the in
tern2I policy. of the recognizing state,
Whlch form important factors when the
recognition of belligerency is considered
are secondary, if not rightly eliminable
factors, when the real question is wheth-
er the community claiming recognition is