The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-06

| tervcntion or not, for conditions are
! far from being identical Even IL wal
| is declared there will scarcely be q
/ basis for comparison between the
| coming conflict and that of nearly
/ three-quarters Of a century back.
| Rightly or wrongly, the war OF the
| 4Os has been called one of conquest
! BY the terms of settlement the united
/ States increased its area one.third.
| There is no disputed territory over
which to fight now, no Texas question:
no thought of anneXing any land,
| But students OF history, forever
searching for analogous situations
need not despair. Mexico for many
years before the war was as troublous
| and upset, as uncongenial a neighbor
/ as she has been in recent years. She
| witnessed the meteoric rise OF a dlc-
tator the sudden collapse Of his power
and finally his exile. She saw up
risings and embryonic revolutions
without number, each leaving her
weaker than before.
Unofficial diplomatists were sent to
| Mexico long before the days Of John
Lind and William Bayard Hale. Nor
! Is a watchful waiting policy on the
part of the United States new thing.
| AS early as 1917, when the propriety
| of recognizing the independence OF the
former Spanish colony in Mexico was
being discussed, Richard Rush, then
! President MonrOc's secretary OF state,
said in a state paper.
Maintained Strict Neutrality.
1T seems to be incumbent on the
! United States to watch the movement
! (for freedom in MexiCOl in its subse-
! quent steps with particular attention,
with view to pursue such course as
just regard for all those considera-
! lions which they are bound to respect
may dictate
! In message after message Monroe
reiterated his determination to main
| tain strict neutrality and to recognize
! the independence OF the Spanish
! colonies when, but only when, the fact
| Of Independence was convincingly
! established. Not until 1922 did the
| United States send a minister to the
capital of the new government.
For twenty years before the war
| Texas had been source Of almost
| constant trouble This vast domain
| had been included in the Louisiana
purchase but the United States yield
ed its claim in treaty with Spain in
/ order to obtain the whole OF Florida.
/ Texas had been settled largely by
/ Southerncrs and it was inevitable that
| the slavery question should come to
! the fore
| As province Texas was subjected
to the hazards of an i'll defined and
tributary jurisdiction by military Off
| GERS, to rule by government which
was utterly out of touch with the
wants and necessities Of her people.
Finally the residents formed new
constitution and in 1886 the great
Southwestern territory seeded from
Mexico
The attitude Of the United States
toward Mexico with relation to Texas
was for a long time exactly what it
had been toward Spain with regard
to the Mexican states Jackson was
known to sympnthize with the Texas
insurgents, but a historian records
that he was restrained from taking
drastic action by an honorable sense
of what the international obligations
of the United States demanded
Despite his well earned reputation
as belligcrent some OF Jackson's
messages read as If they had been
written in 1915 or even 80 recently
as early I'm the present year. In one
I'm which he called attention to claims
long held against Mexico by this gov,
eminent for property seized and bod
| lily injuries inflicted he said
Acted Win Forbearance.
Il trust. however, by tempering
frmness with courtesy and acting
with great forbcarance upon every
incident that has occurred or that
may happen, to do and to obtain jus
| iice and thus avoid the necessity
OF again bringing this subject to the
view Of congress,
Two months later February q
! 1890 he wrote
The length of time since some Ot
/ the injuries have been committed the
repeated and unavailing applications
for redress, the wanton character o
some Of the outrages upon the prop
erty and persons OF our citizens upor
the officers and nag Of the lnitct
States Independent Of recent insults
- this government aud people by tn,
late extraordinary Mexican minister
would Justify IN the eyes OF all ma
lions, immediate war"
"That remedy however" Genera
Jackson added should not be uset
| by just and generous nations. con
iidng IN their strength, for injurie
committed, If Il can be- houorabl.
avoided
There were few important develop
ments in the administration of VA
Buren, or IN llarrisons one mont
IN the presidential chair but 1874
produced an incident OF nature wit
which students of recent America
history are familiar Daniel Webster
Tyler's secretary of state. rcsigne
after having served little more tina
two years
SUES HIS FATHER-IN-LA