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ifpcciftlldiWctod to protect private property
. And rifpcct iiiditiduul rghts." ,QR
1 ?( 1 hi. annual message of Pecember, 8 1848
President state. ihaiTexavai ceded to the
j United States by France in 1803 ha. been ab
iyJcWdW- ettend west lo the Rio
lOrinl thai l!.U fact U estabhshed by deeU.
ration, of otif Government during Mr. Jefler.
' L-A -tm Mnnroa'i administrations ; ana
0C7T1 w film f 9 - - v
fbat the! Texts which was ceded to Spain, by
the Honda treaty of 1819, embraced all'the
;Av"irtiKho'cWincdbr the State of Texas be.
twecn iho Nueces and the uio wmuue.
n He tbcn repeals me ach oi
reference to her boundaries, stating, thal-r
' During the period of more than nine years,
4nich' Intervened between the adoption of her
Constiuiilonand her annexation as one or the
..i-Jr.,il7nJnn .Texas asserted and eier.
r.
1 . i
,4
. i ;.nf v and itlrisritrtion
ciira many aci - -
bvf r the territory and Inhabitants west or the
' Nueces such as orgrwiuing and defining Urn
: its ofcounties eitcndi'ng to the Rio Grande,
L..'.t.tM..Mri f int ce. and extending her
' .. riMlllMMIll "J w
s judicial aystrmoverineierruorjr; eaimiiMwi
jr ' iokcutomhouse,no$tofiices,aUnd ofRce4ce."
ffihejPreijent designate! by the name of Tex
I asj thflScxiinnof Louisiana by France to the
' Uni'cj States; 'and he again calls the territory
cededla Spain by the Florida treaty of 1819,
' tJnitedl States to the territory between the Sa.
. Anm t,A tlA Vorifl w.n derivrd fiom the bound.
' 1 1 1 w niiw vc" - - - - "
i aKi nl Texas, and that bv claiminiras far west
' . W"' 'I . CT'
as thi fiver; the United States did recognize
that it was the Dounaary oi me lexas. i reai
j do not understand what is meant by this as
tirtlodJ - ,
Tho United States claimed the Rio Norte at
ijng ihe legitimate boundary of Louisiana, and
j hbi of Teiasi Neither they nor France had ev-'
et- beeh in possession of the country beyond the
'.ibinflj Spain had always held possession,
. and had divided the territory into provinces as
ih pleased." One, of theso was called lexas
and its, boundaries had been designated and al
tered at her will. With these the United States
" had no concern. If their-claim could be sus-
;; talned jt must be by proving that Louisiana ex
i . . tended of right thus far. This had no connec
" ' jioh ! vfith the boundaries which Spain might
nave assignea 10 ner province or i exas. i uesw
jnlght have extended beyond the Rio del NorteT
0r harp been east of the Rio Nueces. There
IS not the slightest connection between the le.
citimate boundaries of Louisiana and. those of
It' i r, :!.. i ? L - t r in . I
loo opaoiso province oi lexas. me presum
ed Identity ijl a mere supposition. ;
ft isj not necessary to discuss the soundness
of the pretentions to the Rio Norte, asserted byj
Mr Jefrson and Mr. Monroe, since they were,
yielded in exchange of Florida and some other
objects by the treaty of 1819 ; n treaty extreme.
Jy popular it the time, and the execution of
wnicn was passea wnn great zeai ana persevei
J I Whenever ultimately ceded to Mexico, that:
republic fixed Its boundaries as it thought pro.
' ei Texas and Coahuila were declared tO;
iirrh a State ; and the Rio Nueces was madej
iho: boundary of Texas. When Texas declar-t
kd Itself independent it was the insurrection of
vnir pn ui(u omio , iuf vuuiiuna rciuaiucu
breUih. This bell vras set lied j inhalited and
occiiicd exrlusively'by Mexicans It Inclu
ded! he town of Loredo ; and Mexico bad a
cusiom.house at Drazos, north of the mouth of
tjio .(rjter. Till occupied by the American arras
it hid ever been, and was at the time when
invaded by Gen. Taylor, a partf the Depart
merit! of Tamaulipas and subject to the jurisdic
tiori pf the Prefect of the Northern District of
that Department. -
I Iotthe course of the war between Mexico
I i T t Karl lia.n nrn i!nn.
allylmade by each party Into the territories of
the lot be r. A Mexican officer bad, once or
tvcj, obtained temporary occupation of San
Antonio, within the limits ol Texas; and the
Texa'ns had on one occasion taken Loredo it
self, and more than once had carried their
arms not only to the left bank of the del Norte,
but even beyond that rtvrr. ' In both cases the
aggressive part hs had been repulsed and ex.
felled. The last Texan expedition of that kind
look: place in December, 1842, and terminated
an meir aeieai at Mier.
That the country adjacent to the left bank of
he rjver was exclusively in the possession of
jlhe Mexicans, was well known to our Govern-
rent. j j
When General Taylor marched to the del
Norte he issued an order (No. 30.) translated
into the Spanish, ordering all under his com-
manq to observe with the most scrupulous re
ppect the rights of all the inhabitants, who
night be found in peaceful prosecution ol their
espective occupations, as well on the left as on
he right side of the RioGrande. Nointerfer-
ncelih$ adds, will be ! allowed with the civil
rights! or religious privileges of the inhabitants.
lnipune, 1845, General laylor bad been di-
fected to select and occupy, on or near the Rio
Grande del Norte ; such a site as would be best
Must tha war be still prosecuted fori an ob
ject of no intrinsic ualue, to which the JJnited
States nave no legmmaic fuip ,wuiw jwivd
requires them to yield, and which even jxpedi
ency does not require trHrrr,"1' ; .'I
i To be ConlitwcdQ f
THE CAROLINA WATCHMAN.
Salisbury IV. .
THURSDAY EVENING. JANUARY 13, 1848.
t )
FOR PRESIDENT,
GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR,
OF LOUISIANA. I
A
adapted to repel invasion and; to protect our
Western border. But on the 8th of July fol
lowing, the Secretary of War (Mr. Marcy) ad
dressed the following letter to him :
( " This Department is inforrr.ed that Mexico
pas some military establishments on the east
fide of the Rio Grande, which are and for some
time have been, in the actual occupancy of ber
troops. In carrying out the instructions here
tofore received, you will be careful to avoid
any acts of aggression unless an actual state
j)f war should exist. The Mexican forces at
the posts in their possession, and which have
peerf so, will not be disturbed as long as the re
jations of peace between the United States and
flextco continue."
Od the 30th July, 1845, the' Secrtary again
ddrssed General Taylor as fliovs : "You are
expected to occupy, protect anddefend the ter-
ritory of TexaS, to the extent mai u nas oeen
GEN. TAYLOR.
It having been settled pretty much to
our satisfaction, that the great Statesman
of the West, Henry CiAy, will not permit
his name to go before the people, at the
approaching election, ak a ! candidate for
the Presidency, we have rtin up.thej name
of General ZACHARY j TAYLOR, as'our
choice j subject, however, to the decision of
a National Convention. It is not worth
our while to go into a history of the life
of Gen. Taylor, or of the battles fought
and won by him. Every body knows
him. Every body has been struck with
the unostentatious style; and habits of the
hero of Palo Alto and feuena Vista. As
to his political principles, we have not a
doubt, but that he is Whigi for hoyv could
he be otherwise, if he administers the
Government upon the principles adopted
by our early Presidents, viz : Washing
ton, Jefferson, Madison, &c, &c. Tbe
policy adopted and maintained by these
great men is directly j antagonistical to
that of modern democracy.! It is just such
as the great Whig parly of the present
day, have been contending for since the
days of Gen. Jackson, j The Whigs de
sire to see the Government administered
economically, and the favorite system of
I
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v.
. united to Mexico. But ihie Rio Nueces was!
too boundary between the department of Texas
i and the State of Tamaulipas. The whole con
i fested territory lies within the limits of Tamau
lipas, which never was under the Mexican Go-
(. ternment, connected in any shape with Texas.!
If The question now under consideration is pn-j
!y thaljbetween the United States and Mexico;!
and'fn that view of the suhject, it is quite imma-j
terlil Uvheiher tl.o acts of the United States!
; emanated from Congress or from the Executive.;
, No act of either, recognizing the territory be.
yond thei Nueces as a part of the territory of the!
? United States, can be alleged against Mexico,;
as a proof of their right to the cotintry thus!
, clalmedj 1 Apy such act is only an assertion, a
i declaration, but not an argument sustaining the;
1-right.' ll lt however, proper to ohaervo here!
thaj the port of delivery weal of the .Nueces,!
erected by tne a:t of Congress, -To establish1
A collection disti let in the State of Texas," was1
at Corpus Cbristi, a place which was in the ac
iual possessiQn of that Slate.
' It must also be premised that, in the joint re-
olutioh for tjie annexation of Teias, the ques-
(ion of the btjundary between it and Mexico was
expressly reserved as one which should bo set.
tied by treaty between the U. States'and Mexico.
v I ' hj;only argument in the President's mes
- f?5e wWcn iuslajns the right of Texas to ter-
lucyuiiu iiio iuece. are rontninetf in
s i V . ". i' i a ' i 9 9 ...
' Juriidiction of Texas had been extended and ex.
'i ' "'.' ' frcf byottd the Nueces : that the country
4 ' between thatjriver and the del Norte had been
.' ' ' trnrfatntrl !' i Via f,,.w..n. A i
I , m " viigics, aiiu vun vuui lull oi
j JTexas hud taken part in the annexation itself,
' ' , Bind Wit nnul Snnlnrla4 .;(.: T r
T , L-. J -w wuvi.Vi MIU1II VIIC Ul uui VsUM-
I Uut It Is rtot stated u the Pre
far beyond the Nueces the jurisdictiotrof
I -t ft ' a i
.icxai nau been extended, nor what part of the
occupied by the people of Texas. ? The Rio
Grande is claimed to be the boundary bteween Locofocoism, of re warding partisans, wlie
it A j .l t.;...j . . i . ;
neiwo counines, uu,upiuiueuouucirY jruu ther qualified or not, I done away our
are lO eneiiu tour uruicciiun muit wtrwtwf hut , ,
eosts'on the eastern side thereof, which are in Country brought back to its former pris
tthe actual occupancy of Mexican forces, or tine purity ; and the only qualifications
wexitan settlements, over wnicn me uepuunc required ot men, " is he honest, is he ca-
e believe to be
about such refor
mation, and restore our! Country to its for
mer prosperity and glory;
lUexiQan sememenis, over wnicn me ivepuunc requirea OI men, " is he h
f Texas did not exercise jurisdiction at the pe- b,e h Gen Taylor We
rpod of annexation or shortly before that event. " ; ,
Ik is Expected, in selecting the establishment the very man to bring ab
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
For some time this question hjas been
tor your troops, vou will approach as near the
boundary line, the Rio Grande, as prudence
.vill dictate. With this view the President de-
sjresthat your position; for a part of your forces
The Mexican settlements, thus excepted, are
rtot those over which Texas did not claim pi- agitated by many of our Whig cotempo
rssdiction, but those on the east bank of the . " m, . .
io Grande over which Texas did not exercise raries Aue na,nes 01 verai gpou men
jurisdiction at the period mentioned. The Pres. nd true have been mentioned ; among
idenl had no authority to? give up the boundary them, the Hon. Edward Stanly. Mr. Man
l '' t t r '. 1 f i
caaiinea ny lexas ; uui it is clear mat at that , r Hikm. Jhhv Kprr and Onl J Avn.Kw
JOYNER.
So far as our personal inclinations go,
Mr. Stanly, is our decided choice-though
we have not the least frar as to jhequal
ifications of either of the other gentlemen
named. Any" one of them would adorn
the Gubernatorial Chair of the Old North
THE WAV THINGS AVERE DONE rN
:JTH E T WO j LAST CONG RESSES.
Potomac," the well-informed Washington
correspondent of .the Baltimore " Patriot, in no
ticing the discussion In the Senate on the 3d
instant, makes the following remarks : " There
hangs a tale which will serve to illustrate an
important point the history of the subject
matter of debate. Senator Jefferson Davis,
who was one ofjthe gallant heroes of Buena
Vista, made an impassioned appeal to the Sen
ate to pass the new ten regiment bill without
any delay ; and In the course of his remarks he
declared in substance, that but for the tardy ac
tion of Congress in voting men and supplies,
the blood of our brave troops shed at Buena
Vista, Cerro Gordo, Churubusco,Contreras, and
Chepultepec, might have been saved ! Here
is a heavy charge, made in a high Locofoco
quarter, against the Locofoco majority in the
last Congress ! Now what are he facts in the
matter ? Senator Davis is in part right. But
let the whole truth be told and then let tbe le
sponsibility in the matter rest where it belongs.
Senator Crittenden promptly corrected the Mis
sissippi Senator, so far as the action of the Se
nate was concerned. He showed that the Se
nate had unhesitatingly voted for every thing
that the Administration had asked for, to enable
it to carry on the iwar, after its own fashion.
Mr. Davis thought the other branch of Con
gress pursued a more dilatory and reluctant
course. !
And now let the true hey to the matter be fur
nished. Mr. McKay, the great radical Loco-
foco chairman of the House Committee of Ways
and Means, throughout the last two Congresses,
was furnished by the War Department with the
necessary estimates for carrying on the war, in
which estimates was a single item often mill
ions of dollars, placed there upon the earnest re
commendation of General Jessup, for the expe
dition of General Scott's column of the Army
to the City of Mexico. This important item,
which, it voted by Congress, would have provi-
ded every thing that General Scott needed to
perfect his plans, was, I am credibly informed,
struck out by the prudent and economical Mr.
McKay, and not reported to Congress at all !
It may be that he had the countenance of Mr.
Polk and Mr. Marcy for doing this, as those
functionaries are ever studying how to conceal
from, or misrepresent to, the people, the real
sums which the war is costing them.
Lot JefTerson Davis's remarks on this subject
go to the country, and let the country see from
this statement, who, and who alone, are to blame
for the insufficient and tardy action ot Congress,
which the gallant accuser says caused Ameri
can blood to drench the battle fields of Buena
Vista, Cerro Gordo, Churubusco, Conlreras and
Chepultepec ?
Sketch of
tme,when war was not contemplated, the Ad
ministration was of the opinion that, till the
question was definitely settled, the occupancy
lX the) Mexicans of the territory adjacent the
bank of the del Norte ought not to be dis-
ttprbejjj. Neither the subsequent refusal by
Aiexico to receive a; residing Envoy, nor the
successes of the American arms have affected
tie question of right. Tho claim of Texas,
Mr. Calhoun4 Speech.
The Baltimore Clipper gives te follow
ing sketch of Mr. Calhoun's speech in . the
Senate of the United States oh Tuesday
last:""- " j ' !' V
Aftef some unimportant bus ness, tbe
special order of the day (being Mr. Cal-
noun s resolutions,; was taKen upr
lir. lyaiuoun iruccrueu 10 spejax in ia
vor of them.! He declared the war to
have been commencerlwithout just cause
and at the arbitrary xvl 1 1 of the President;
out, ne had given nis aiu in ueienuing tne
country; and, having
done sot, he felt
resolutions tinder
bound to present the
consideration, to define the true policy (as
he conceived,!) of thefcountry
He should-speak freely of jnen and
measures. In proposing (at last session)
the line policy, he bjlieved it the best
means of saving blood and money. The
President had thought! otherwise, and the
war had been prosecuted. Our arms had
been victorious ; but what has been ac
compusnea n e are: now no nearer
peace than when the campaign comraenc
ed. Who is to blame? Not the men en
gaged in the battles.! The fault lies in
the origin of the warl With trie loss of
men and treasure, we have nothing achiev
ed but military glory.
He declared the reports from the de
partrrients, in reference to the whole sub
ject, as fallacious. The defensive line
Advanced in lif.-, ;
ever donn-t-m (
wars. lie h id o, '
ening. during tl.
France. II-; ;r
party in the fc .:
government in r.
as a part, had :
ty favored frcctr;,
but the result ci :
all these ends.
-It ismagnanirr,
error, and if the
act accordingly, i:
glory.
, .To the othrr
marked, that the u
mediate political I
understood. The;
had aided in co;.
ting means, and
mutual. He. nr
rid of ihe difficult;
tangled, without 2"
tions.
Mr. Calhoun La
olutions were laid
Th Senate thr:
session, and adjou;
" Let the galled jade wince !
Our withers are unwrung "
Whether In New HlHiicnnrln !hi Inwpr rwirlmn
of iha Rin MnriR. w idAniimiiv ih- . But should the mantle fall upon either of
invalid and groundless In! one case as in the the above mentioned gentlemen, when the
oiheri! Why a distinction has been made bvistntA rnnvntinn ncfmtie 11
I6e Executive has not jbeen stated. The fact ' 1 . c tvt
So far! as Mr.
iilhathehaSeSlahlUhktmnnrarvnv(.rn. 111111 tt pjlOll
1 1 . - . . , ! , J . .1 c l .' i i
rnenvior INew Mexico, as a country conquered otaniy is coucerneu, xg are sausueu ne
ajnd without any regard to the claim of&Texas ; would make an excellent canvass, should
while; on the other hand, he has permitted that the Locofocos make it necessary! for him
t mo luijguiuiUil vki iuc vvuuir V . . .1 c?. . i 1 1
Ijinglbn the left bank of the del Norte, whicK lP traverse the Slate' b imposing that la
like New Mexico, had been conauered bV the boron their candidate, provided they bring
(rmslof the United States. Not a shadow nf I
Kay1 uT? !t,Uf la!T- prftCnt1?n8 f In Edward Stanly, we have an able and
C4S IO Inat district onrl lnelia imnarim.slu I 7
requires that U should! bv the treaty of Deace ready debater, one in whose hands the
be restored to Mexico. Whig cause would not suffer ; and whom
I It to happens that the boundary, which may the Locos would find art ugly customer to
be traced in conformity with the principle, is a t. , i i V. , i j
nMur41oneandthat,asamea8ure6fexDedtencv contend with, as he is well informed in
none more eligible could have been devised. I both State and National politics.
Tl ZV,u . mHes 8?- No time in particular has, as yet, been
from ,miucu Ior iae convention to mee, but we
nre iiicuucu iu uic opinion mat it snould
be at a later period than formerly, say in
March or April. This time would give a
better representation from all the Coun
ties, which is very desirable,) as the
inents, of Corpus Christi and San Patricio
countrt between that rivar anH i).o rli M.i tbosa of the Mexicans on the left hank of ihft
0 . , uvi nunc ; . Jj - .
(had been represented in ihe Congress and Con. diel iSorte, than which no boundary could be
itentlon of Texas and was then included within devised better calculated to prevent collisions
lone of our Congressional districts. hjereaifter between the nations. It will be suf-
I Now the actual jurisdiction beyond the Nue. 'eii fr lna purposei to; draw a nominal line
.ces never extended arther than the aH .m !"", S,, luo uesen, leayjiiK Bii me waters mat
.M -mm. . - I ACVMMftiMA i . il 1ST- TVT Ol . . t I . ftal ft 1 .
pcuierneni ot Han 1'atricio. canaitinr nf Ko. V'P'J. ,mu le iio Nueces to j exas, loffetner weainer is lUielv not to be so inc ement.
tV famUtes. That small district, though JT? fortifica This subject ought to be attended to. Let
i
eral Counties wake
i
appointed to attend
a full and fair expres
sion of the voice of the Whigs of the State
made known.
TRUTH NOBLY VINDICATED.
The House of Representatives yesterday,
(says the National Intelligencer of the 3d,) sig
nalized itself by a homage to Truth, the more
brilliant and striking because unexpected at so
early a day in the session, though not doubted
in the end by those who believe, as we do, th.it
the ultimate triumph of truth over Error is cer
tain : " Yesterday being Resolution-day, Mr.
Houston, the Whig Member from Delaware,
having previously given notice of his intention
to do so, introduced a resolution of thanks to
General Taylor and the Army under his com
mand for the great achievement of the Battle of
Buena Vista.
This Resolution, Mr: Henley, one of the
Democratic Representatives from Indiana, mov.
ed to amend by adding to the words describing
the Army these words: "engaged as they
were in defending the rights and honor of the
nation." '
This amendment Mr. Ashmun, of Massachu
setts, moved to further amend, by adding these
words : " In a war unnecessarily and uncon
stitutionally begun by tlic President of the Uni
ted Stales"
On agreeing to this last amendment, the yeas
and nays were ordered; and the vote being ta
ken, it stood as follows , Yeas 85, nays 81.
So that the House of Representatives has,
by a solemn vote, declared that the War with
Mexico was unnecessarily and unconsti
tutionally BEGUN BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
United States."
. MILBOTTS
On the 21st ult., .
introduced in the
tives in .Congress :
would not have consumed so much blood I pertaining to the ? .!
1 it I .,! . ; t ,.
ana treasure, anu nave rcsuneu in practi
cal good. j
There are many antl powerful reasons,
added to former objections, whiph urged
him to oppose the war. Its expense not
less than a hundred apd sixty millions of
dollars, if continued, j Where are the re
sources of supply? pircumstahces had
rendered us temporarily prosperous a re
verse must come. A), great commercial
and financial crisis vfill probably occur.
Men you may get, bu( money, in the fu
ture, would tile hard to procurer-he had
reason to believe, from good authority.
lie descanted on tht idea of an 'hon
orable peace and believed thatlhe more
successful the war should be prpsecuted,
the greater certainty there wasdf accom
plishing, what he most feared, tbe entire,
overthrow of Mexicofs nationalityr and
the sovereignty of thejeountry transferred
to us. lhis he apnreBended.if the Presi-
dent's recommendations should be carried
out. The President sneaks oft keening
down factions, and tbese-he (Mr. Calhoun)
supposed were to be kept down ,by our
miltary forces. Where then thepreser
vation of its republican government, as
spoken by the President?
He passed in review the influences
religious, political 'and military-f-exercis-ed
over the people of Mexico; and op
posed, most emphatically, the effort to es
tablish a uniform government for Mexico,
by our government. If the Executive
snould fail in this, it is proposed to hold
on the occupation of territory,' land ' en
force terms, giving the Presidents Ian
ing to the Bahiinc :
clare that it is the C
1st. To adhere t;
ty, obey the Cons t i t
ecutive encroach::.
2. That territory
is in violation of t!.
conflict with the g;
institutions.
3. That the war -brought
on by Mex;
. uui was uro u.
rized act of the Ex
army to Mexican u
4. That we have ;
demnity for the cxp :
on by the ill-advi J
of our public functi
C. That the ho:;(
not require the exac
Mexico, to which v.
the yielding to Gre .;
our title to which v.
and unquestionable.
7. That to exact t
wouWdevolve upc
making a similar C.
wars, which would ;
nable difficulties.
8. That no more
nexed to the United
the war without
of domestic diiiicu!t
al animosities and v.
connect us tojrelhcr.
9. That if con
twent
Mexican-Invasion.
uut what tvas the country between this small
cmcmeniti; san l'atrieio, or b
f hieh their adjacent town On the eastern bank
may be bombarded. Such an intolerable nui.
jancq would perpetuate most hostile feelings.
ti ici cm m nan I'.trioi.. A. ty I
Christ! ftndthe US 17. W r " . " T ?vf!8uch a narrow riveras the Rio del Norte
i iv ricane irr.m i oroa ..Kn . i j t
;v : i a i iii i 1 1 1-1 a ivnnin iif
1
:r rr, ,:: ,Da .cwun,ry extended
-v u wjnio oei iNrte. I his, like all other de.
curatory acts oi tbe iame kind, was only anas
seitioh not aftVrt
--'w ui a II I II! 111. Wlin niial nrnnrmlv K
declared that their boundary emended tu the
Biern Mtdre or to the Pacific. The true que..
.lionofrtShtJo any territory beyond the Mexi.
ctt Itmits of the Department of Texas depends
cWPy whom was tho lenitory in
n,,f,'.,t ,n.d occupied? and had the
' rrS" An.lle? w lh tm i in.urrec.
,,,sl lexico T
DCr3 We have received the fijrst num
ber of the " North Carolina Argits" prin
ted at Wadesborough, Anson County, N.
C, by J. W. Cameron. I Its typographical
the remedy! Are the United States Dreoared appearance is beautiful, and bids fair to
Jo impose, by a treaty on Mexico, where slave, be an able advocate of Whig principles.
gitiver slaves ? uccess, say we, to the Editor, in his un-
guage. spend uu, u o 0, 0 O 0, sacrifice
thousands of men, and then failj to build
up a government, the reason for seizing
and holding territory will be increased.
End the war, "and we can more surely
secure iniemmt I'usn on jthe war.
and you not cfnly defeat tbe idea of in
demnitv, and entail a national debt, to
operate oppressively upon every citizen of
this Union, for generations to come.
He did not doubt the sincerity of those
who favored the war. Those eiigiged in
it had won laurels, but he far-d honor
alone would b meted out to military fame
and greatly to the "discredit of our poli
tical reputation.
The war is without precedent. We
have conquered neighboring tribes of In
dians, but never was it dreamed of to an
nex their territory by conquest : yet it is
proposed to subdue and incorporate these
Mexicans whose habits, language, and
mixed race, are so dissimilar finto our
government. . i
To incorporate Mexico would be incon
sistent with the genius of our government,
and dangerous to its free institutions. It
would tend to absorb all State arid Legis
lative power in the hands of the President.
The English government is an exception
to the concentration of power, in preserv
ing territorial government, in the history
of the past. But England has not escap
ed the responsibility of ber two I hundred
tne, onject oi the v..
no good reason for c
in the heart of v
which their lives ar
sources uselessly t ;
10. That a conq
ihg to "apprehend i :
magnanimity to a t!
11. That the witf.
under preliminary
the only hope of r
12. That our in-;;-
the rights of man, r
that 44 might makt i
in T.".. ;r ,,,,,
Peace, it shall be ft
harbor on the P acii
l. . - ...:n:
OUIll 111 Wt" ltlli.
14. That if it s!,
the Representative -watt-shall
be furl!.'
then become the t:.
I nissh all needful
war with vigor a:. !
Federalism never
is uiuii:.4 clIJ I i
a new one is asui::
beast are always vi
. ? f . .7
nni its nncss .(
of tbe public crib v.
veal its true char;; ;
True, most true. ,
wc hear of the a !
by those who in l!.
1 1 f .
c riiiruieni ot
X n 7 a . . ;?u Christrl, till within a
ftS G r u e,del ,Norte' li a I rfrct desert
160 mi et wide by the route pu sued by Gen.
4.yW, as stated by himself, and neJr 120
mdei in a straijiht line. t U
iff ?MUsrC
Mexico is greatly the weaker power, and re.
quires a boundary which will give her as much
Wy " practicable. It is not required,
iehfr for the preservation of peace or for any
i net legitimate purpose, that the United Stales
.uouw occupy a threalening position. It can
not be rationally supposed that Mexico will ev
errnake an aggressive war against them ; and
even, in such a case, the desert would protect
them against invasion. If a war should ever
agan take place between the two countries,
Ihe overwhelming tuperiority tf the Navy of
jKUnited States will enable them to carry on
theipoperations wherever they please. They
iMhr -beenpythe left bank
i the Rio Norte, and within k tU i;:.(n.
landing aid carry the rar to anrtfnartertheV
pleased. . ,. ; Jt
dertaking.
nave re-
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the contents, both selected and
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Correspondence of tbe Baltimore American. j
Washinotox, Jan. 4, 1848.
i The estimates of expenditure furnished by
the Secretary of the Treasury are deemed so
unfair and erroneous, that but an opportunity is
wanted in Congress to expose them. The
measures recommended by the present Admin
istration will require an appropriation of'more
than one hundred millions of dollars from the
present Congress. The Secretary asks for fifty-five
millions for the ordinary expenses of Go
vernment, and this, as is shown by the recently
published letter of Gen. Jessup, after cutting
down the estimates of those more cognizant than
theSecretary himself with the wants of the ser-vice.
To these 855,000,000 add fourteen millions
to meet deficiencies for the past year, and to
these 814,000,000 again add thirty millions
more (ot the thirty regiments now asked for as
a necessary augmentation to the Army. Here
you have ninety-nine millions of dollars, and
if the per centage of deficiency for the year,
1843, & '49, shall bear any proportion to the
known deficiency for the fiscal year 1847-'48,
the sum will be immensely increased beyond
the amount named in the estimates. There are
also unusual demands upon Congress of a mis
cellaneous character, all of which are calcula
ted to swell the aggregate greatly if the war
continues. v The .wish 'of the Department ; ap
pears io ve io Keep noi jess man ou,uuu men in
Mexico, Snd more if possible. ?r V' .v "
million dependent she is now paying, al
most beyond her means, the responsibility alism, declared "
of territorial possessions. Shall ve annex liad a drop of De::
r .:it.i I. ,l
luexico esianiisii a government anu
pay expenses? No need of armies now i
to Dreserve our Government anneT Mpi
ico, and an immense standing army would . lne Presidency.
be. necessary to preserve its rule and gov-1 gentleman ol th
ernment. ; :
He, bad conversed with lofficers of the
army who. knew the populace of Mexico,
and felt satisfied they were not a proper
face to incorporate among us. There ex
ists an error in believing the blessings of
free government are to spread from us
over the nations of the world. There are
veins they would 1-
T I " . I t
r uucnuiiaii, .
whose name and ;i:
remarked, woulil ;.
the omission of the
(Gen. Cass.) be, to
Federalist, and v
ebrated Illaclc C
his Federalism to
wise puts in his " i:
few nations capable of preserving a free j the long ears of
government. jThe idea is dangerous to for some time vi
our free institutions. The great! anxiety j crib," feeding upo:;
is military fame, and we, are forgetting i Notsatisfied with t
the truej course to preserve if. j Crusade j ings" are now to 1
seems io oe ice leaainn muuence. i uc
j
day of retribution will surely come.
With these impressions, he could not
support the recommendations of jTiex Pre
sident. The remedy was not for him to
suggest, having opposed the war from the
first. But be would say. the only chance
for peace, is, to take tbe defensive line.
When the Senate passed upon !declara
tion ot war he should have preferred, if
Opportunity had been offered, to have de-
I fined the proper policy to have ueen giv-
cm in uHTuiicuMWH ui ucii, laviors army,
(as simply defensive.) 1 ,j J . ,
j We should how callback oUr army,
and leavej theintlcmhity to negotiations.
We are as tied to a dead corpse, and he
desired to' get rid of it ty the be$t possi-
uik uicau9.i.cien " masterly inactivity
wouiu.Dc better than pushing on
thousand' a year- c:;
: i ! : 1 1 . . .
Ass knowelh his r:
un i i.i ...
wnicn oi i ne iv.
Sfnnflnrd" riOQ: :
Register.
. trgtnia Jjtgis..:
Delegates, on Fri
the following He-
Resolved, That t!.
&ct inqijire into i
thorising the l't ter
nany to incre.c :
of the Wilmin-?:
h-i"h nnd G.v:( :; -
he war. I olina.
i . " - t if