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'"'."5' j : i!-TJiaMAS-4W:MAr EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR osscaimea, three dollar per assum Utit M Be'vaaSa reraoaer saining vitaoattfcs State willbe r aace e aaytae waoiaaasoaBt of tkc year'e tub. scriptioa insurance . KATES OF ADVERTISING. Fjt every sqnsre (ae eiewdingl t liseslnisme type Srlirt'oa,oa dollar sssa subsequent ineertieB.tweBtj.fiveeeBts. The edtertiseiaeat of Clerk aad Sheriff will csnarfed ti par sat.aia;berBuu' a deduction o 13 1 per seat- will be msd front the regular pri ces for advertisers b y the jfear. Letter! to (be Editor must be pott-paid. PROSPECTUS. OF THE SOVTIIERW PL4NTEIli Or, Monthly Magazine uf Husbandry, ruiLiuiBAT NATCHEZ isusairn. Thia bow work la devoted to Agriculture and the useful art, and will be adapted to, and lntcBled for , airaalalio through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Ala ' tame, aa as ereao to the great working and ptodao isr elaaaea of these sister mates. It will eapooac theeaote of Ajricoltutal leipreve tseat. Retrenchment end Keforiu, and attscansto the adnHKement of thete sunt, will advocate the aecesaNy of greater skill, industry and economy being esersised, ia the developensent and basbandry of nur native resources. It will strive to haoith from oar domestic systens every thing like thsrtwtVi cwaeas, which bat growa but aae aad brer wan ac swsay.ef sx-osveattng dis coveries sad experiments end levorite purtoila and plana m Agrtcultare, without consulting the public good, or pritale benefit which would reaull from a wi der concert of MUm, or a snot e general comparison el vieies aad proiute. It will endeavor to direct the application of the greateat of all physical senciee, baiaan labor, upon an ecosomMal and extensive scale, to the purpoaea of egrieuliaral improvement It will advocate the mo it approved plaa for cloth kig. feeding, managing, and ameliorating the moral condition of the slate. It will seek to attain to these objects, by entitling in their support the service of valuable correapnnd denta, and that bring ia aeocaaion to a common dock, the vaat quantity of uteiul inlormation, which at pretent lie ditpcrted abroad among our many in telligent planters. It will enter thia Held, with a tit to collecting material and classifying in order (or ate tliote numerous fragment, which, la agri culture, aa in geology, often lie in dislodged matte a, with iieeimena tcattercd at random, a oil layer in coniution. It will take up the subject of our foreign relatione, with the detign of fnrnithing to the planter a tro e act ttalemcnt of such facta and atalittiea aa are ne eeiury to hit forming an aeausintsnee with tbe.ttate of Ilia market abroad i and while it rigidly abataloa from aU aomment and uiscouiitt nances- ail discus tioa npoo questions involving our political '.onoee uom with others, it will endeavor to treat,' a. th pro per freedom and extent, anon all maltera ajt pertain in" to the vital interest of eommerce and manufac ture t. If thete mean be rightly panned, tbit pobliratiaa it den tned to become a great vehicle for eliciting troth, tor augmenting and diisemmating useful know I edge, for opening new thoroughfare for informa tion, and furnishing increased facilities to the planter tor detesting and abolishing latent error for checking abutea lor anmatking evil and cheeking itt progrett for atcertaioing and promoting real improvementsand Ballsy, for Introducing and ee tabliahing well grounded plana for the advancement of our great and predominant interest, Agriculture. This work will be published m a quarto edition, convenient for binding, containing 84 pages of read ing matter, with a cover for each number, and will be occasionally illustrated with wood 'suit or engra ving. The first volume dates the commencement of ha regular seriea from January, 1X49, aad will be fur nished to ha subscribers open the following - Terei fr Siibtterlptlois. For one cpy, per annum. $S " two copies " - t " three " M . " 10 " four r g Payable within nne month after the receipt of the first enpv, dating back to Ike last quarter of the cur rent volume, and alwaya lor the term of one year ia advance. Money propeily committed to the hands of Post masters may be remitted free of postage, at the riek a the Publisher. Communications npon business, or from unknown correspondents, to ensure attention, mast be addres sed le Hie Publithert. bott pmiL Advertisements wMI be Inserted at (I pet square, nf eight lines or less, for each insertion! oter eight lines, to be counted at two aquaret over sixteen licet, as three, Ice. N. B. The Publishers have it in view to establish aa AgrisaltvroV Agency m connection wkb their -office, for supplying the country with iotpiovrd imple ment a ol buebeadry, froth field and garden teed, se lect samples of manumoores, and choice specimens af approved stock Until their final arrangements re completed, they offer their aervioet 10 execute ny commission properly entrusted ts their bonds by planters, at such charge ss (if made at all) will m no ease exceed tea per cent, lor trouble rd. State of North Cnrolina, Franklin Covwty. Ctturt of Equity Fall Terra. 1841. Bill for Salt and Divhin a AVrrse. William K. Smith, Jsraet Smith, Isaiah Smith, Wil liam Aight and wife falser, Matthew Jobnsoa and his wife Nancy, and John Pleasants and hi ite Nelly, Coiuplamauls, AOjSIWST rtmjamia Waddy, adaV of Goodman Smith, rfee'd, Kebicaa Smith, Thomas L. U. Smith, Willie Hmith, John Smith, Eliubetb 8nulh aad t.eod man smith Dlendants. It appearing ta the Court that Willie 8m)tb aod John Smith, two of thedelendanla ia the abase cause, arc aoa residents) it is therelnra ordered by the f Uriirt that puhlieaiioa be atade for three months kt the Kalcigh Star, thai the said delendaatt, Willln Smith ami John Smith, be and appear at our aest Superior Court of Kqulty to bo held for the ooanty of Franklin at the Coartkoese m Loaiabarg, u the tad Monday alter the 4th Monday in Marsh next, . and then and there plead, answer or demur la said Dill ot Comptaial, otherwise the same will be beard, rudgmcnt pro coufesso will ha had agaiust them, and decree made accordingly. Wiiaeee, 8am1 Johnson, Clerk and Master of oar sshf Cnurt ol Equity for the county aforesaid, at of fice the 3nd Monday alter the ilk Monday ia Sep tember, 1141, . Test - 8AM-L JOHNSONC. M.J Z fVIeaTX d. $ 1 0 MI . I Sav Dec Sr, 1141. , E. P. NASIIv PETKRSBURO, Vtaatai. rvrFF.RS HI PlAItO FORTES tor ssle apoa " trial. If Ihey arc foond good, to be kept, if otherwise, to be warned. The price vary from S7to00 dollar. THREE HUNDRRO nave alroady bsen sold ant ae. a bad one amoagst tbem. Ffons SO to 30 elwsy o) hem, at aU xtensive eataliliahoient ia PcUrabsvg, Va. S8 OAKY MOUNT 1C1DEMV. Toe present srsswa of thia estates wiR close the last day af this moalh, aad commence sgam the lath of Mar. - v The school is ander the direction of my nVat.t.rae who will teach the different branches af an P.naiiaa Hltwatmn, and will spare no pain for the sdvunee mrn of those entmtted ta her. Person treat the low fHtMfry wh wish ta place their daaghlers at a gned school, la healthy BeiKhaeraood, will do wall trad tsem ts Oaky Mount. . v Dosed con ae bed m the Ism i! ire of the Rev James K. Atrtrd. Natbaaiel Warren, Ktq aad the Sob tcrXrr st $i per month. Parents she desire aay -msorssMina reaped mf the ethonl caa do so. by aeV Iressmt Ks- J H- Altord, at Kalvia Grove, or the ubtfribor, M italeigh. ANOKRaOX PRB ,Onky Moant.y.C. April 4,1 S4. II w I.OL'ISBl'RM ACAWEMl th rUereiee of the Mala Academy will rom mearothe Ant Monday in Jury sell, at vrhkh lima the Principal, aa well as ethera in the villtps Kill vicinity, wilt be prepsrsd ta tike Boarder on th usual term. By oidet. Mlh June, l :C-3'. ) " North Carolina Vol. xxxhi y ,,3 SPEECH OF MR. STANLY tin; the one-term principle, could hare or north CAB.ot.iftA, nu oiotife for quarrelling with hia friend. Defenditif the Whig Party from tbo charge of Bul, '"! ho "dlJ. w'ken we tncreain; the Expenditure of Gorernment: wr! Instead of determining; to fehee made in Comiuittea of the whole, (louse of the people, to restore our blintetl proa Repieeenlativea, Mareb lTih, 1843. I perity, to re-aniniate induitry, he listened Mr. Stanly laid: I ahould not be dispo-'t" . .he deluding whispering, ef a deceit- ted t Mr. Chairman, to occupy the atten-'ful tion of the committee, if I had teen any disposition manifested by any member to obtain the inor. It is a rareortirrence.i that mere were not iteveral members en-1 dearoring to catch the eye of the chair man what hat happened to check that insatiable, unsparing desire of talking, which "rules the hour" here, I cannot im agine. But I am solicitous not to inter- lere wiih any member of the minority here 1 who desires to speak, and if any one of them wishes to have an opportunity, 1 1 will most cheerfully yield the floor. Ifjhisnew allies, "You have seduced him any one of the self-styled democrats it! from 1tis friends: you have instilled sas- ready to bring groundless accusations a- gainst the whig party I should be glad to hear him, fur I wish to have a better ex- cuse. a little more provocation than has vet a. . a . ' been furnished) for I shall notbe justified before the public in consuming time by replying to what we have just heard. Well, sin at no one will claim the floor, I must needs go on to tay a word in defence of the whig against charges, here tofore made, and just now again paraded forth, for the hundreth time. To make my remarks in order, I aay, I wish to repl J la what hat been - U1 4y 4he mem ber from Pennsylvania, (Mr. C. Brown.) this gentleman, alter dwelling upon the great increase of expenditures, under a whig administration, (to which I v, ill re ply before I lake tny seal,) has talked a good deal about responsibility, and has, with an air of triumph, asked the whig party, when they were willing lo take the responsibility of the acts of the present administration? It is with much reluc tance I can bring myself to say any thing of this administration, because Mr. Tyler has, by his unworthy conduct, lost the confidence of his friends, raised an im-j Eaisable barrier between ut and him, cut! imself loose from his friends, and ia no longer regarded, by any honest whig, as the hi'id of the whig party. To be a Ty ler tnaa is now become a matter of re proach, and while I hold myself hound to sustain the acts of the administration. when Ihey are right, for the sake nf the country, as a matter of duty, yet there is! only one condition, as a member of the whig party, on which I can consent to de fend the Tyler administration that con dition is, that Mr. Tyler ahould disprove the charget published to the world by the late Secretary or the treasury, (Mr. Ewing.) Let him show them tobe untrue, and 1 will give him the support, by night and by day, of all inch capacity and energies as I possess. And, while sneaking of this, I shall be f;tad to be informed by the gentleman rom the Norfolk district, (Mr. Mallory,) whether he had said that the President had authorised him to pronounce, that the charges made against Mr. Tyler, by Mr. Ewing, at the Extra session, were false? Mr. Mallory tsid, in reply, that he did not recognise any right on the part of the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Stanly) lo catechise him on this floor for occurrences elsewhere. " He would always be found ready to .respond when that question was propounded to him in a proper way, and by the proper person. Mr. Stanly said, I do not claim the rifkt to catechise the gentleman from Virginia, but I conceive that he could have no objection to answering such a ?uettion propounded by any one. I re errretl to what I umL tood was apuhlie declaration, in a public place, which had been in several newtpapeara. I had not imagined that the gentleman from Vir ginia would havedeclined answeringtuch a question. But let that pass. From the high, on impeached, and unimpeachable character of Mr. Ewing, if there wat no other proof, I shall take his published statement to be correct, until the President, or: he Vice President, or acting President, r whatever he is I mean John Tyler shall disprove it And until this is done, I shall hold myself, as a whig, I consider the whig party, as no longer bound to support, or responsible for, the acts and doings of thia administration, ForHftever - tince parties were known, never i the history of any civilised gorernment, wat a part treated with such treachery and ingrati tude, at this whit party hat been. Never has any man, In high station treated him self to injuriously as ir. ijrier baa. When Uongrett met at the fcxtra ses sion, the wbfgt were animated by the kind est feelings twwartlt . Mr, Tyler. . Hit name had been inscribed on our banners. with the glorious, heart-thrilling name of "Uld Tippecanoe7 Knowing little of hit political history ta hit own Stale, we thought him sound-hearted and true. -He had professed ta be in favor of ear leaning measures. . With the mighty effort of 1840, the people, disgusted with the mal practices of the v late Van Buren party, and confiding in the well-tried honesty and patriotism of General Harrison, had elected Vint at Vice President tYefcad nothing te gtini by "dtflertng with him. The country demanded our vigorous ef forts ti redeem our tutlering fellow citizens from ruin. We thotght Mr. Tyler, faror- Powerful in moral, in intellectual, and in physical resources the fend of onr aires, and the , RALEIGH N. C. smbttion, suddenly entertained the "ain "n(1 ridiculous thought, that he could ,0 0 the patronage of the Government make htuiselt .popular, and cu:e re-election: He commenced to pay court lo his foesLthat Jesse Miller is an amiable ntan I mer enemies. The saw he was weak. and determined to ue him to the injury f his old friends. By what arts, devices ami promises they succeeded, is not known; but when they tell ua, he it our President, we repel it. We disown him tie has joined his idols. We say to picions in hit mind, aeainst those who ould have been his best supporters, and you re now wooinj him here every dar. wn your heads be the consequences of his measures." The gentleman from Pennsylvania then proceeded to arraign the whin .for the targe estimates submitted- by the present cabinet, especially the estimates for the increase of the Navy. Agreed, say the whig. Wt censure them also. We have nothing to do with the Tyler cabinet. Our friends are not in favor, we are no longer Tetponible fW an f the acta id this cabinet, (Some gentleman here ask ed, what are you responsible for, then?) Mr. S. I will tell eenllemen what . - we were answerable fort we are answers ble for all that was done while we had a whig President. We hold ourselves accountable for the acts of the Extra ses sion. Yes, for all the appropriations then made, even for that of whtih so much political capital had been attempted tolie made, (to the shame of those making the attempt,) he meant the grant made to Mrs. Harrison. Yes, I thought it right at the time, and still think it was right. That man must place a low estimate up on American feeling and patriotism, who expects the people to find lault with that act. The gentleman laughed triumph antly at what he fancied were the divisions of the whigs, and talked about the "frag ments of the whig party." Where are the fragmentt of the whig party? They are. What It called here, "the members of the Corporal's guard." I know of no otherlragmentt but these. Let not gentle men refer to some of the recent elections as affording any evidence that the whig party it overthrown. No, sir; in every State, as far as I can learn, whete our op ponents have triumphed, it hat been be cause the whigs, angry that we seemed to recognise Mr. Tyler as a whig, refused to vote. We were beaten, not because our enemiet brought more votet to the polls, not because their strength )tad in creased, but owing to oar indifference, we brought to the polls fewer votes by thou sands than we did last fail. There are no fragmentt in North Carolina) 1 know of none in all the broad expanse of the Union, from Maine to Louisiana. The true fragment!, the only fragment!, are to oe iountt at tne two extremities 01 renn sylvania avenue the Preaident at one end, and hit guard at the other. No. The American people mar hereafter, if we fail in oar promises, make fragments of the Whig parly, but the gentleman from f enn sylvania and hit friends, with the mighty aid of the Corporal's guard cannot do it. The American people are not quite to capricious and unreasonable. The whigs have violated no promises, changed no principle!, nor neglected to perlorm any duty, that they have had the ability to periorm. The whigs tailed under the tame flag now at they bad before the lamented Harrison was taken from themj and, as soon aa they could cut loose from treason and perfidy, they would continue the same successful and triumphat voyage. But until President Tyler ahould return to his first love, or hit second of hit third love, whichever it,might bet. until he re, fused hii farto the" whttperingt of self- interested flatterst till he discarded hy pocritet from hft confidence, (of eourie I refer to no one in tma House of course there are no hypocrites here) until he snouiu remove incompetent men irom of fice the whigs disclaimed responsibility on hit account I do not mean here to be mfianderttood. I do not advocate wt secutiori and inditcriminate removal of all political opponents: far from it. On the contrary, I oppose and denounce it. arid always have. I consider the maxim of the New York Van Buren school, that to the victor belonged the spoils, at the most abominable aad detestable of all corrupt sentiments ever avowed by a ra bid party politician. It was a villainous, an atrocious war-cry. God lorbid I ever should sanction tuck a principle. On the contrary, 1 have myself tared more than one political opponent from removal, and that to the detriment of my own friend-, But that wat not inconsistent with the doctrine that in competent or unfaithful pub lic agents should be removed from office. Much ht been said about the First Auditor and who wet Jesse Miller? The Gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Irwin) had a feW days since pronounced hit enlogy. Here the Chair interfered, and reroin- f . e . WEDNE8DAY, JULY 27, 1342. ded Mr. S. that it was not in order to re fer to a debate which had taken place on a different bill. Mr. S. I do not mean to refer to that debate, 1 am but purattiug the argument, to show why 1 do not feel willing to be come H-sptinsjVIe for Mr. Tyler's conduct, and to assign, as a reason, that he has kept men in office who ' were violent parti- Bans, and whom a committee of this House had reported as guilt r ot gross negli gence ol uaty. I am willing to ad am wiUiiis to admit. have no acquaintance wtitt htm; I know him oily, as one ot the officers referred to in tht report of the Swartwout investi gating committee. The Chair again interrupted and cal led Mr. S. to order.! Mr. S. said he had great respect for the chair, (Mr. Briggs of Massachusetts.) and would not intentionally violate the rules. I will waive the subject. As they say in Kentuky, I wilt not now "give them Jesse," as it seems to be to painlut. I return to the point, and say, I will not be held responsible fur Mr. Tyler's ad ministration, till he has'distnissed unfaith ful, aod incompetent, und corrupt men. There are men now in office who, when General Harrison wat first nominated, did nothing but laugh and sneer, and tal ked about a pension of 8 1 COO and a barrel of hard cider; but as soon a they saw the flame spreading through the country, and llireatcuing - lo consume ihem and their spoils, nothing was to be heard of but clubs of office-holders, Extra Globes, sttemptt to prove that Harrison had sold white men tor slaves, was a coward. Did gentlemen -talk of humbuggery? Here the Chair once more called Mr. S. to order. Mr. Gentry. What! doet the Chair decide that humbuggery it not in order here? fLoud laughter.! Mr. Stanly remonstrated. The gen tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Brown) had, while he was on the floor, crowed like a bantam chicken on a fence, over the fragments of the whig party, and their wasteful appropriations, was it not in order to reply to him? , Mr. Holmes of south Carolina rose, and said be was opposed to this tee-total- ism in the House, and hoped the Chair man would not be quite so rigid in admin istering the rules. Mr. Stanly. I concur with the honor able gcntUmajs from South Caroline. Though I look with heartfelt pleasure at the tuccess of the 1 emperance cause, 1 do not like tee-totalism in every thing, and if the Chairman will allow me to say, while on this subject, I have the utmost ' abhorrence and detestation ot the Con gressional Temperance Society, as here oganized. It is a villainous compound, an abominable amalgamation, ol "high born" Virginia abstractionists, with abo titionitts. Some of the abstractionists love notoriety more than they hate intem perance. But, with the indulgence of the Chair, t wish to carry the war into Africa if permitted, 1 will cut the comb of this ban tam fowl, who ia crowing with more ex ultation than any one of hia party for a year past. I wished to make but a tingle remark, of the men nor in office, who had aided in distributing Extra Globes. The Chair reminded Mr. S. that the gentleman fro.t Pennsylvania had spoken only of the expenditures of the adminis tration, and it wat not in order to tran scend that tubject in reply Mr. Bottt here moved, that Mr. S. be allowed to proceed; the Chair submit ted the question to the committee, and Mr. S. wtt allowed to proceed. I thank the . committee for their kind ness, and promise not to abuse It. I will be brief, and will not trespass on the rules, if t can avoid it I wish only to reply to remarks jutt made. Now, tir, I repeat, that there are men now in offiee, in lliglt, responsible, and lucrative oflieet too, who were indefati gable, during the year 1840. in franking Extra Gibes, in disseminating handbills and pamphlets, containing certificates, that General Harrison 'was a coat d, and hal approved a law to 'sell white men at slaves.' Gentlemen talk ol whig hura bsggery! . When did the. party ao shamefully violate all truth, when were they to bate aa to attempt to humbug the people by inch ridkulout charges? Yes, there are men in office, whote rooms in the public buildings were constantly appropriated by the Van Buren office hol der, for their placet of meetng, in which they concocted,, and franked in violation ot law, tlanderout charget sgainst Gener al Harrison. Such men ought to be dis missed. Before we can be responsible for the acts of Mr. Tyler's administration, he mast dismiss corrspt and itneoropetept men from office. Broken dawn elee tioneering partizant had been pat in office S- Mr. Woodbury, and they had been umbing over, with their greasy hands, the accounts tj General Harrison, to find matter for the Globe, until the accounts had almost been Worn out . Instead of defending such men, gentle men ought to bane: their heads in shame. especially when seme of them, after oppo sing both Gen. Harrison and Mr. Tyler, after vilifying and denouncing them.'had, siaee the death of General Harrison, made their peace by scrrenderinr. and professing a willingness - to support Mr. home of mir affection." lyler. Surh men deserve the execration and contempt of both partirt. Brfore I proceed to speak f the expen ditures of the year 1841, and to demon strate to the satisfaction of esery ttandid mind, that the whig party are hot reitpon sible.for these expenditures, 1 will rail the atteution of the House to unworthy attempts, made by the late? administration, mort especially by the most distin guished of all Wanderers that ever lived, Levi Woodbury, to deceive the people, on this subject. I aay, sir, that the Van Buren administration found it necessary to induce the country to believe that their had reduced expenditure In order to practise this deception, to appear to be retrenching, there wat a studied effort to postpone appropriations, to cut down esti mates, at the early part of the session, and afterwards to write to committees calling for more money. The esti mates were tent in ait, the commence ment of the tesxion; they wentout in public documents. The Eresident boasted he had ordered them to be reduced. They knew these estimates were delusive. I will give facts, to support my asser tions. To be Continued.) IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE. Afr. JFebiier to Mr. Thompton. Department or S'tatb, Washington. July 8. 1842. Sir: On tSe.29th of last month a com munication was received at this Depart ment from Mr. tie Bnrinegra Secretary of State auJ Foreign Relations of the Go vernment of Mexico, having been forwar ded through the agency of Mr. Velasques de Leon, at New York, who informed the Department, by a letter accompanying that of Mr. deBucanegra, that he had (teen appointed charge d'affaires ofthe Mexican Republic to this Government, although he had not yet presented his credentials. Mr. de Bocanrgra'i letter it addressed to the Secretary of State of'the United States, and bears date the 12lb or May. A copy, together with a copy of the communica tion from Mr. Velasques de Leon trans mitting it, and of the answ er to Mr. Vel asques de Leon from this Department, you will receive herewith. Upon the re ceipt of (hit depatch, you will immediate ly address a note to Mr. de Docanegra, in which you will say That the Secretary of State ofthe U .:. o.-ic uas recerven a ictm Bed to him by Mr. de Bocunegra, under date ofthe 12th of May, and transmitted to the Department of State at Washington through the agency of Mr. Velasque de Leon, at New York, who informs the Go vernment of the United States that he has been appointed charge d'affaires of the Mexican Republic, although he has not presented his letter of credence. - The Government of the United Stales teet, with regret, the adoption, on this occasion, of a form ofrommunication quite unusual in diplomatic intercourse, and for which no necessity it known. An En voy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary of the United States, fully ac credited to the Goverenment of Mexico, was at that moment in its capital, in the actual discharge of his functions, and rea dy to receive, on behalf hit Government, any communication which it might be the pleasure ol the President ofthe Mexican Republic to make to it; and it is not im proper to here add, that it has been matter of regret with the Government of the U nited States that while, being animated with a sincere desire at all times to calti vate the.most amicable relations with Mex ico, it has not failed to maintain near that Government a mission of the highest rank known to itt usages M:sicp, . for a long time, hat had no representative near the Government of the United States. But the manner of the communication from Mr. de Bocancgra, however novel and extraordinary, is lets important than its cotents and character, which surprise the Government of the United States by a loud complaint of the viotatiou of its neu tral duties, Mr. de Bucanegra, speaking, at he say t, by the exprets firder-of the President of the Mexican Kcpuulicv-steel ares that the amicable relations between the two countries might hive been lamen tably disturbed, since the year 1845, when the revolution of Tetas broke out, had not Mexico, givep jo raanyr evidences of itt forbearance, and made so many enj to great sacrifices Tor the sake of peace, in order that the world , might pot sec with pain and amazement. two nations which appear destined to establsfv the "policy and interests of fite Aaaericau fontioent divided and ravaged by the evils of war: This language, implies that such has been the conduct of the United Staffs to wards Mexico that war must have ensued before the pretent time had , tith Mexico made great, sacrifices to avoid sack re tult a charge which the Government of the United . States Btterly denies and re peals. . It is whoIlyMgnortnt f any tse rifices made by Mexicuin order to preserve peace, of of any occasion calling en its Government to manifest uncommon for bearance. . On the eoM rary, the Govern-1 ment of the United States cannot but be of opinion that if the history of the occur rences between the two Governments, the . state oi titings st inn moment existing We- by the successive manges in the (Jovern tween them, be regarded; "fcotlti the me tnent of Mexico, They nevertheless per and the other will deiymnstrate that U it cvered and aecqsrplithed t settlement. the conduct of the Government f ite U rtited Starrs which bat been fnsikcd, in an especial manner, Jy moderation and for-' bearance. Injariei and wrungt have In ert sustained by citi.rrsof the United Staet, pot inflicted by individual Mexicansbut ty the authorities .f the Government) of which injuries and wrongs,- BumeTOvt as ihry are, and outrageous as i the char aclerof some of them, and aclncwledgeif as they are by Mexico herself, redress tia been toaght only by mild and peaceable means, and no indemnity asked but tuch as the strictest justice imperatively demat.-' ded. A desire not t disturb the peace and harmonv ofthe two countries has led the Government uf th United Slates tobe ontentwith the lowest measure of remu neration. Metico herself most admit that, in all these transactions, the conduct ofthe United States towards her has been signalized, not by the infliction of injuries, but by the inanifestatiou of a friendly feel ing and a concilaturyspirit. The Government of the Unitrd States ill not beunustin its sentiments towards Mexico; it will not impute to its Govern ment any desire to disturb the pearet it acquits it of any design to spread the rava ges and horrors of war over the two coun tries; and it leaves it to Mexico herself to atow her own motives for her pacific poH ry, ifshe hare any other motives than I hose of expediency and justice: provided, how ever, that such avowal of her motives car ry with it no imputation,' or reflection upon the good faith and honor of the Uuited States. - Th revolution in Texas and theeventt connected with it anil springing out of it, are Mr. de Bocaneg a's principle topfcj and it is in relation to these that his com plaint Is founded. His Government, he says, flatters itself that the Governmeot of the United States has not promoted (he insurrection in Texas, favored the u surpation of its territory, or supplied the rebels with vessels, atnmuoi ion, and mou ' ey. If Mr tie Horanegra inlemls this as a Irank admission ofthe -honest and cau tious neutrality of the Government .of the United States in the contest between Mex ico and Tex is, he dues that Government jistice, and no more than justice? but if the language be intended to intimate an opposite and a reproachful meaning, that meaning is only the more offensive for be ing insinuated rather than distinctly a vowed. Mr. de Bocanegra would teem to represent, that from 1835 to the present time rltiznns of the Uoited Statesjf not their Government, have been aiding re bels in Texas in aims against the lawful authority of Mexico- This is not a little extraordinary. Mexico may have chosen to consider, and may still choose to con tier, Texas as having been at atl times tince 1835, and as still Continuing, a re- belliou, province! but the world hat been obliged to take a very different view of the matter. From the time of the battle uf San Jacinto, in April, 1836, to the pre sent moment, Texas has exhibited the tame external signs ot national independence at Mexico herself, and with quite at much stability of Government. Practically free tnu woepenuent, ncKnnwicngru as a pu litical toveieigntyjjy the principal Powers of the World, no hostile foot finding i est within her territory for six or seven years, ami Mexico herself refraining for all that period from any further attempt lo re-establish her own authority over that terri tory, it cannot but be surprising to find Mr.de Bocanegra Complaining that for that whole period citizent of (he United . . States, or its Government, have been fa voring the rebels of Texas, and supplying them with yetsels, ammunition, and mon ey at if the war for the reduction of the province of Tetat had been constantly prosecuted by Mexico, and her tuccess prevented by these influences from a broad. J A The general facta appertaining to the settlement of Texas, and the revolution in itt Government, ctnnot but be well known to Mr. de Bocanegra. By the treaty of the 22d t.f February, 181, be tween the Uoited Statct and Spain, j.!e Sabine wat adopted at the line of boun dary between the two Power. Up to that period ne Considerable colonization had been effected in Texas but Jhe terri tory between the Sabine and the R'o Grand being confirmed to Spain by the treaty, applications jrert made to. that Power for grants of land, and such grants, or permissions of settlement, were in fact made by the Spanish authorities in favor of citizent of the Uoited Statet proposing to emigrate to Texas, in numerout fami lies, before jhe.dcclaration of independence by Mexico. And these early grants were confirmed, as it well known, by tuceet aire acts of the Mexican Government after ifssparatn -from Spaie. In January IBSJj national colonization law wat pas sed, holding out strong inducements to all persons who should inoline to undertake the settlement of uncultivated lands, and although) titer Mexican law prohibited for a time citizens of foreign countries trora settlirtg as colonista in territoriet hnreedi ately adjoining inch foreign countriet. yet even tint1, restriction wat afterwards re pealed er suspended. So that, in fact Mexico1 from the commencement of her political existence held out the most liber al inducements t emigrants ioto her terri tories, uiih full knowledge thtt thete in ilucements were likely lo act, and expec ting they wnold act, with the greateat ef ifeet rpon citizent of the United Statet especially ff the Southern States, whoso agricultural pursuits naturally rendered the rich lands of Texas, o well suited fa? their accustomed nrcupations, objects of desire to them. The early colonists of (he United States, Introduced by Motet and Stephen Austin under these induce ment, and invitations,: were persons r-f most respevctablsv characterised their un dertaking was atfroded with verv severe hardships, occasioned, in no smalf degree
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