Such is the history of the wrongs which we have suffered and patiently endured ‘ Iron Mexico through a long series altars, Solar tram ntlording reasonable satislnc . tion for the injuries and insults we had home. a great aggravation Ol them run list! in the lnct. that while the United States. anxious to_prererve it good undei - standing with Mexico. have been con stantly. but vainly. employed in seeking: redress for past wrongs“ new outrages ~ were constantly occurring which have continued to increase our causes ol corn plaint and to swell the amount of our de ”mantle. While the (‘lltzens ol the Unitt'tl States were conducting a lawful com merce with Mexico under the gtinrutlly "' -a treaty of "trinity. commerce nntl nav'llfl' "on." many ol them have sullen-d till the injuries which would tht‘t'.’ resulted from open war. This treiity. in‘strad ol' alltird. "‘ in; protection to our citizerhi..\ has b 0?" the means of inviting them into the ports ol Mexico, that they might be, as they have been in numerous instances. plan. den-d of their property and deprived til their personal liberty it they dared Inliil‘ - on their rights. Had the unlawful son. urea of American property. and the viola tion of personal liberty ol our citizcnu, to say nothing of the insults to our ting which have occurred in the ports of l‘ltlect). ta ken place on the high seas. they would themselves long since have constituted a state of actual war between the two couri tries. in so long suffering Mexico to vio late her most solemn treaty otiligation~, plunder our citizens of their property, and imprison their person-t tvtlhout allot-ling them any redress. we have lnilt-d to per form one of the first and liiultes‘l dutirs Which every government owes to it-t ctti lens; and the consequence has been, that many of them have been reduced lroni a state of allluence to bankruptcy. The proud name at American citizen, which ought to protect all who bear it lrotn in~ lult arid injury throughout the World, has aflorded no such protection to our citizens ill Mexico. \Ve had ample cause ol war against Mexico long belore the breaking out of hostilities. But even then We {or- V bore to take retirees ittto our otrn hands. Intil Mexico hersell income the aggressor by invading our and in hostile array. and shedding the blond til our citizens. Such are the grave causes of complaint on the part til the United States against Mexico—causes which existed long before the annexation of Texas to the American Union 3 and yet, annitnaled by the love ol peace. and a magnaniniuus modcrution. we did not adopt those measures ol ro dreas which. under such Circumitiances. are tho justified resort of injured nations. The annexation ol Texas to the United States constituted no just cause atoltcnce to Mexico. The pretext that it did so is wholly incenvistent. and irreconcilable With well authenticated facts connected with the revolution by which Textis be came independent ol Mexico. 'l'hitt ll‘il! may be more ninnilcst. it may be propet to advert to the causes anti to the history of the principal events of that revolution. Texas constituted a portion of the nu cient provmce of Loutsland. ceded to the United States by France in the year 1803. lnthe year 1819. the United Slaleii. by the Florida treaty, ceded to Spain all that part of Louisiana within the present limits of Texas; and Mexico. by the revolution which separated her lrotn Spain, and ren~ dered her an independent nation. nuccee ded to the rights at the mother country 0- "r this territory. In the year 189.4 Mex ico established a lcderal constitution, un der which the Mexican republic was com posed at a number at sovereign States. conlederated together in n federal Union similar to our own. Each at these States had its own executive, legislature. and ju diciary. and for all. except federal purpo sea. was as independent ut the general go~ vernment. and that ol the other States. as in Pennsylvania or Virginia under our constitution. Texas and CoahUila united . and formed one til these Mexican States. The State constitution which they adopted, and which was approved by the Mexican confederacy. asserted that they were "tree and independent ol the other Memcan U nited States. and every other power and dominion Whalsoever ;" and proclaimed -the great principle of human liberty. that "the sovereignty of the State resides on ginally and essentially in the mass at the individuals who cuniposc'it." To the gov ernment under this constitution. as well as to that under the Inland constitution. -the people of Texas owed allegiance. Emigrants from foreign countries. in } cluding the United States. were invited by the colonization laws ol the State and ot the federal government to settle in 'l‘ex as. Advantageous terms were altered to induce them to leave their own country to become Mexican citizens, This invi tation was accepted by many of our riti "Milo the lull litith that in their new home they would be governed by laws en actcd'hy representatives elected by them selves. and that their lives, liberty. and property would be protected by constituv ,tionsl guarantee-similar to those which assisted in the republic they had lett. Un _,dera.go'nrument thus organized they con ‘ttlifled until the year 1835, when a milit '.ar‘y;.revoltition broke out in the city of .Muxico. which entirely subverted the led .eral'and Slate constitutions. and placed a military dictator at the head at the gov éer'utitcat. .8!" Iwceping decree of a Congress fiuhnerviem lo lhe will of lhe dictator. (he “can! State constitutions were nbolilhed. and the States themselves cpnverlcd into an”. depanments ofthe Centrul Govern amt- Tho maple oi Texas were unwil- Ilia; to submitfio this upurpntion. Resis lpnu to such rlyranny became A high duv (1. Ten: m fully abs’oqu‘d. from full a: allegiance to the Central Government of Mexico from the moment that government hm: “I“,“ng her State constitution. and in its place nubstitu'ted an arbitrary and despotic Central Government. { Such were the principal cnusu of the Texan nwotut‘um. The people ol 'l'exns atoncc determined upon resistance. and flew tonrtlll. lo the midst at these im portant and exciting eventa, however. they did not omit to place theitj liberties upon 11‘ isecurc and permanent foundntiun. 'l'hey‘ elected members to n convention, who, in the month ol' MfllCh. 1836. iuued n lormnl declaration [but their {'pnliticnl Connexion with the Mexican nation hat- loreVer end ed. andtthdt the people of Texas do nuw constitme it FREE. SOVEREIGN, nnd mm:- PENDEN'I‘ REI’L‘IHJP, and are fully invented thh ull‘ the “th and attributes which properly belong to independent nations.” ’l‘hey alcn adopted for their government a liberal republican constitution. About the same time-,Banta Annn, then dictator, in vaded 'l'exai with anumeruusnrmy for the purpose ot subilutng her people. and en lorcing obedience to him arbitrary and de ‘polic government. 0n the ‘2l“ ul April. 14.36. he \vns met by the Texan chins», mldteru. and on that day wne achieved. by them, the memorable victory ul‘ San .ln-i cinto, b) which they conquered llH'lr in-i dependence. Comidt-ring the nu'nbersi engaged on the rcepectivo sides, history. does not iecortl {I more hrilltant‘ achieve-l inent. Santa Anna htmsetl wn amongl the Captives. I lit the munih of May. lhilt‘u. Sttntn An lna Mknuwlutlgml. by a truly With the "lrxun uuthmxtirs, in the must nulemn lurm, “the- full. cntirv. uml pnlect mitt-- pemlencent the republic of Texas.” It [3 true ltl‘ was then H ptiwner nf war. but it is equally true that he had failed to re- Ctinquvr Texan. and had met With nigngj 'glt‘leat; that hi: nuthmily had not been revoked. and that by virtue n! this treaty lm ohtnincd his personal relt-a-v. By it hustllitim were suupentletl, and the mm; which had invaded Texan unlit-.- hu rum mantl (_cturtiml in pursuance “l this ar rangement unmnleatctl, to erim. - From the day that the battle ol Sun J:- cinta mu [ought until the prem-nt hnur. Mexico hnu never pnuedsotl the power to rt‘conquer 'l‘exnt. In the language Hi the Secretary ol Slate til the Uiiiictl States, in n tlupltcb to our minister In Mexicu. untlcrtlnie ul the eighth ulJul‘y, IRI‘Z. "Mexico may havr thmen tu consult-r, nl’Hl‘ may still chumie tn cunsitlcr Tex-u as hav ing been at all lllllt‘i since 183.3. [Hill a! still cnniinuing, a rebellious _nruvmce ; but ih» world has hot-n obliged to take a wry «lilTerent view at ”W mutter. From thcl time of the battle at San Jilt‘lnlo. in Apvil, 1836, to the present moxmnt. Texan hmJ exhibited the game external signs nl'nn tional independence as MeXlcu herself, and wilh qunle 119 much stability of guvern ment. I’tnctically (rt-e and Imlqtemlent, :Icknowledgml asa polltlcul snverelgnly bv (he pnncnpnl Powers of the World. nnhm'. Kile {mot finding rest within her lrrrllury for six ur seven years, and Mexico ham” refrauning for all lhal period from any {ur~ ther Mlempt '0 re-ealnbllsh her uwn'aulh nrily over that territory, it cannot but be surpriun: m fiml Mr. (Iz- Bucanegu" (the Secrclary ul Formgn Alfnlrs of Mexico.) ‘Tmnplnlmng Ihal lur that whole period cillzcns of lhe Unned Slates, or in gov- ernmcnl. have been favoring the H'btls of Texas, and supplying them with vein-ls, nmmunilou and money. as if lhe war for lhe reduction of the province 0! Texas hnd been constantly prosecuted by Mexico. and her success prevented by these influ encen from abroad." In the same tle.» patch the Secretary 0! SHIN: affirlm lhal "since 1837 (he Uniled Siam: have legar (led Texas M an Independent sovereignly, as much as Mexicn; aml lhnt trade and Commerce with cilizens of A government nl wnr wilh Mexico cunnnt, on that ac counl. be rrgnrdcd as an intercourse bv which assistance and succnur are given to l‘he whole current of Mexican rebels Mr. de Bocanegrn’o remarks run in the same (hrecllon as if the indopvmlrnce 0! Texas had not been acknowledged. It has been acknowledged—it was ncknowledg ed in 1837 against the remunstranco and [Hole-H ol Mexico; and mm! of [he not: ofuny importance, M which Mr. de Bo cunegrn complains. flow necmsarlly from (ha! romgniliun. He fipeaks of Texas a; slill bung 'an Integral par! 0! lhe lvrrito ry of me Mexican republic.’ but he can not but uudersnmd that lhe Uniled Stan‘s do no! no regard it. The real complaint of Mexico, therefore. 13. In substance, nei ther more nor less lhan n (‘umplalnl against the recognilinn ul Texan intlepemlence.~ It may be thought rmhvr late to repeat that complaint. and no! quile just In con fine ii In lhe Uniled Stales, (u the exemp tion of England, France, and Belgium, unless the United Slates. having been lhe first to acknowledge the independence 0! Marco herself. are to be blnméd for set- ling an example tor lhe recognition oflhnt of Texas." And he added, that "the con stitulion. pubiic trauma, and the laws 0- blige (be Presiden! to regard Texan as an independent Slate. and its terrilmy u no part of the tefrilory of Mexico:" Texas had been an independent State. with an orgapized government. defying the power of Mexico 0 overthrow or reconquer her [or .more _than ten years before .Mexico commenced thc prelan! waif againlt the United States. Texas had given such ev- idence to the world of her ability to main tain her sapanle~existence as an Indepen- dent nation, that she had been formally recognized as such, not only by the Um- ted Slates. but by several of the principal Powers 0! Europe. 'fhua powernlhld cn tere'd _into treaties of unify. commerce and navngntiou with her. They had received and adoredltcd he: minister! and other diplomaticagents nttheir reapective courts, and they had commissioned minintervi and diplomatic agents on their part to the gov. ernmeot ot'l'exna. If Mexico. outwith atnndiogall thie. and her utter inability to subdue o.- reconquer Texan. stilt stubborn ly refused to recogritne her an an indepen dent nation.~ahe Was none. the lean to on that account. “ Mexicodierself had been recognined as an independent nation by the United Staten. and by other powers. many years belore Spain. of which, belore her revolution, she had been a colony, would agree to recognise her (H such. and yet Mexico was at that time. in the esti mation ol the CtVill‘Lt‘tl world, and in factu none the less an independent power be-l cauuc Spain still claimed her as u colony. ll Spain had continued until the present period to aster! that Mexico was one ol her Coloniea in rebellion ugainat her, this would not have made her no. or changed the. loci of her independent exiateoce. Test”, at the period ol her annexation to the United State-v 4. bore the name relation to Mexteu that Mexico had borne to Spain lor many years helore Spain acknowledged her in dependence. With this important different e —that. befnrc the annexation at Texas to the United Stalt'i wan consummated, Mexrco heraelf, by a lormal act ol her go vernrnent,had ackntm‘ledged the indepen denceol Texas as a nation. It is true. that in the act of recognition die preteri bed a condition which she had rio power or authority to impose. that Texas ahould not annex herself to any other Power; but thm‘eould not detract In our degree from the recognition which Mexnco then made ol her actual independenre. Upon this plain statement ol' facts, It is obeurd for Mexico- to allege, M a pretext lor com mencing ho‘tilitiea againfit the United States. that Texan is still a part of her territory. But then: are lhose who, conceding all } this to be true, assume the ground that the \true western boundary of Texas in the tNUQCt'I, imtentl of the 'R'Io Grande; and that. therefore. in mmchmg our army to t the can! bank of the latter river. we pau ‘Cll the Penn line, and tnvatled tho terri» tory of Mexico. ‘A simple statement at la‘cts, known to exit”, will conclusively Irvtule such an assumption. Texas, as ce de-I to the Unlted State! by France in H. 303, has been alwztvq clatmenl an extend ing \wst tn the Rio Gtflntlt‘ or Rm Btavn, This fact ts establishcd by the authority 0! our most etntncnt stn't-nnwn at n pariml \\‘llt‘ll the quruttnn With an “P” I! nut het~ tcr umlcr~tnod than It Hat prwent. Du ring Mr. Jt-th'rsnn'i ntlnttntstrntmn, Mm -s|", .‘tlnnmc and Ptnckncy, uhn had bt-en aunt nn :1 prt‘tJ't musion :n Mutlrnl, charA 5H]. among other lhltlgi, thh,the atljuu ment, of thr boundary bvtwm-n the two countries. In a nu!» 8(I(IIP§§F‘II In (Mr Sm nish “under of Fureign Afimrt, unlit-r (Inlv nf Hm 2;!htlfJ3'lUdf)’, IHUJ. nsxcrt lhul \hv boundaries of Loumnnn, m ccdwl In Hu- Unllo-d Stall-. 4 by Franco, "are the river l’crdldo nu HH' can, and (he rchr Bravo on [he went ;" nnll lhry add [hill “the {acts and principles whichjuaufy lhus conclusion are so nululaclmy to our gm:- ‘ernmcnt M In cnnvirce il that the Unlll'd ‘Slalu have nut 21 better right lo the ISI‘LImI 0! New Orleans, under the cession refer. rrd tl:,xhnn Moyhuvelnlhe whole duhlct o! lerrllury which i‘ Above described." Dawn to the cnncluliun of lhe Florida treaty, in Februnry. 1819,by which (his tevrllmy wan ceded to Spam. lhe Unilul Staten married and malnluinrll Iheir lcr rimrial rights to this extent. In lhe munth oflune, 1318. durlng Mr. Monroe’s ad minislralion. inlormnliun havmg been re- ceived that I numbr‘r n! lurmgu udvenm rers had landed :1! Unlvulnn, With the u vnwml purpose ul [urmlng a sclxlcmrnt in Hunt Vicinity. a spcclul memenger way (193- patched by lhe gnvernmenl o! the Uniled Slums, wnh insuucliuns from lhe‘Secrc- [ary of Slate, to warn lhem [u deusl, should thev be founll lheve 'or anv other place north of lhe RIO ”lava. and within the territory claimed by the U. Slates.’ He- wuq lnalfUCU-‘d. nhuuid thev be found in the country nnrlh uf that raver. m make known In (bun ' lhe nurprlse with whici the President has eat-en puswssnm thus (a: nun, without nulhmlly from lhe Unite: Slntca, of a place within their termnria limits, and upon which no lawful settle ment can be made mlhuut their uncuon He was instructed In call upon them u 'avow under what national uuthorilv thev profess to uct,’ and [9 give them due war ning ‘ that the plan is wilhin the United Slates. who will suffer no permanent set (lament. to be made there. under unv nu lhurity other than their own.’ As late aa lhe eighth t)! July, 1842, lhe Secre- tary of State of the United Slums. in a note addressed to our minister in Mexico. maintains that. by the Fluridil treaty 0(1819, the territory as lar went as the Rio Grando was confirmed :0 Spam. In lhat mule he states that. by the treaty of the 22dofFeb1uary.18l9, between the United States nnd Spain. the Sabine WM adoptgd as the line 0! boundary between the two Powers. Up to that period. no considerable colouiznlion had been efl'ect- ed in Texas; but the tenitory between the Sabine and the Rio Grande being con firmed to Spain by the treaty. applicmions were made tuflthat Power [or grants of land. and such “grunts. or permissionl of settlement. were in lac! made by the Spanish‘uulhoriueo in flavor of cigizenl of the United States proposing to'cmlgrnze to Texas in numerous famileu. before the do- clnrntion of Independence by Mexico.’ The Texas which was ceded to Spain by the Florida treaty of 1819. embraced all the country.now ciaimed by the State of Texas between the Nuecesvand the Rio Grande. The Republic of Texas always claimed this river as her western bounda- ry. and In her treaty made with Santa An- no in May,1836, he recognizer] it its such- By the constitution which Texas adopted. in Match. 1836. senatorial and represen tiitive districts were organized extending west oi the Nuecea. The Congress oi Texas. on the l9tti oi December. 1636. pnaiied ‘ An act to define the boundaries of the republic of 'i'exiis.’ in which they declared the Rio Grunde trom’ltts mouth to its source to be their boundary. nnd by the Mid act they extended their ' civil and political juriidiction’ over the country up to that boundary. During in period of-more than nine years. which intervened between the adoption oi her constitution and her annexation no one of the Stolen at our Un’ ion. 'l'exnsi uasarted and exercised many acts of sovereignty and jurisdiction over the territory and inhabitants west of the Nueces. She organized Mlti defined the limits oi counties extending to the Rio Gtiinde. She eslnhlished courts oijustice and extended her judicial system over the territory. She established a custom-house. and collected dqties. rind also post oiliceii‘ anti post roads. in it. She established a‘ loud Office. and issued numerous grants: ior land, within its limits. A Senator nndi a Representative residing in it were elec ted in the Congreus oi the Republic. and served assuch belore the act of snnexti tion took place. in both the Coherent and Convention oi Texas. which gave their assent to the terms oi annexation \othe Uiilteil Slult'fi. proposed by our Congreis, were representatives residing went oithe Nuet'es. who took putt to the act at an nexation itself. This was the'i‘exas which. bv the act oi our Congress oi the 29th oi December, 1515, was admitted as one oi the States at our Union. That the Con gress oi the United States undeistood the State oi Tenn Which they silmitted itito the Union to extend beyond the Nueces is apparent from tho iact, that on the 313! oi December, 1845, only twa days alter the act oi admission. they passed 11 law 'to establish a collection district in the State 0! Tune.’ by which they created a port oi delivery at Corpus Christi. sititu~ ted west oi the Nueces, and being the grime point at which the Texas eugtom ‘huuse. under the laws of that republic. had been located, and directed that I survey or to collect the revenue slittultl be up pointed for that port by the President. by and wlth the advice and corneal ol the Senate. A lurveyur wnsnccorulingly nmn iiinted and confirmed by the Sctinte. and hug been ever SlllCe iii tliq pvrtormniice nl his «lutiei. All lhe-e nets ul the Republit' ol Texaa. and at our (Tritigri-u. preceded the orders fur the uilvunre til our uiniv tn the cast bank uf the Rim (iiatitle. Suh |equentl‘_v, Congreui plllSl'tl an act ' ("tab It‘liiiig Ccrlm'i pmt rmiteu,‘ extending wwtnl the Nut-(es. The country “'O9! u! that river npw C(ttlsllltttt‘fl a part nl' one ultho (Jungrusmnal iliufriuti ul Texas. and I: t't’prest‘nletl tn the ”o‘le nl [bate nentatives. The Senators from that Statel ere chmen bv a It-Lvulnluro in which the country west of lhzflrlver has repre-wnlt-(l. In view 0! all theseilucli. il is (Inmcull lu conceive upon what ground It can bi nninlainml lhnl in occupying :he coun- try wad of lhe Nuecu wiHl our army‘), vulh a View sulelv to m; segurily and II»- fence. we “waded—lhe lerrllnrv ol Mulcn. Bu! it would have been sllll "acre dlfficu lujualify lhe Enculuve, whme duly I! id In see that the laws be fuithlullv “culled. n! in the face 0| all these proceedingl. bulb of the Congress of Texas and of the Uni led Stale». he had assumed lhe reapunai biPily of yielding up lhe h-rrilury west of lhe Nueccu lo MeXlca. or of refusing to protect and (lelcnd [hi-I lerrllurv and its mhnbnlan's, mdurhng Corpuu Christi," well as lhe remainder uf'l‘exu. ugninsl lhe lhu-alrned Mexrran invasion. Bul Mulcu hum-H has never placed lhe war uhlch the has wagm] upon lhe ground that our army occupied the intermediate lwrilo’ry between she Riu Grunde. Her reluled prelrnsion that Texas was not in fact an Independent shale. but a rebelliou- province. was obstinalely persevmcd in: and hur avowed purpouc in commencing 1 war Wilh lhe Uniled Stale-3 was to re conquer'l‘exas, Ind to restore Mexican aulhmily over the whole territory—um lo the Nueces onlv. but to the Saline new of lhe proélaimed menaces oi Mexi co to thi‘s eflcct, I deemed it my duly as a measure of precaulmn and defence, lo or der our army 10 occug'ry a position on nur frontier as a military post. from which our troops could best resist and repel any al tempted invasion which Mcxuco might make. Our army had occupied a position at Corpus Christi, west of lhe Nueces, as early as Auguu, 1845, without complaint from any quarter. Had the Nueceu been regarded as the true weutcm boundarv of l'exan, that boundary hud beep passed by our army many months belore it advanced to the eastern bank uf the RIO Grande.—- In my annual message of December Inst, [informed Congrefls, that upon the invita- tion at both the Congrecs and UnnVention of Texas. lhltl deemed it proper to order a strong aqnndron to the counts ofMexico, and to concentrate an efficient military lorce on the western frontier of Tens. to protect Ind dclend the inhabitants against the menaccd invasion of Mexico. In that message I informed Congreal that the mo ment the terms of annexation oflered by the United States were accepted by Tex as. the letter became so {are part oi our own country as to make it our duty to el tord such protection and defence; and that for that purpose our Iquedron hld been ordered to the Gulf. and our army to ‘ take a position between the Nnecee and the Rio Grende. and ‘ to repel any invasion of the Texan territory which might be at tempted by the Mexican forces.’ ~ It was deemed proper to ileue thin-or der, because. soon utter the Preeident‘ot Tcxns. in April. 1845. hurl inued his pro. clam'tttion convening Congress ‘ol that Re. public, lor the purpose of submitting to that body the term: til annexation propog. ed by the United States. the government of Mexicii mode serious threats ol Invad. ting the 'l'exan territory. These threat. '.becnme moreimpouing no it became more. tupparent, in the progress ol'the queltitiri that the people of Texas would «lecitlein favour ol accepting the terms of nnnexl. tion ; and finally. they had assumed web it lormidabe churncter. n 5 ioducedhoth the Congrels and Convention of Ten: to requert thnt n militury force should bcaent by the United States into her territory. for‘ tho purpose of protecting and defending ner against the threatened invasion. I: would have been a Violation ol good faith townnla'the people of Texas to have relu. set] to Word the air] which they desired against it threatened inva-ion, to which‘ they had been expo‘ed by their free detrrr mtnation to annex lhemselveu to our Un. ion. in complinnce “tilt the overture made' to them by '.hejoint resolution of our Con- grels. ‘ Accordingly a portinn n! the'army w." ordered to utlmme Into 'l‘exu. Carpué- Christi wzn the pnaitiuu selected by Gen. Taylor. He encampetl at that' place in' Augunt, [845, and the army remained irl that punttnn until the llth nl Much, 1345' when it moved \"PllWflt'tl, and on the 28th of that month reaches] the ezntbank til the Rio Granule opposite to Mitdtnnrm. Thin movement was made in puriuance nl or ll(’l'l from the \\'ar Department. iusuetl on the 13th ananuury. 1846. Belure there nnlem were isaued. the (lefipatch ofnur Minister in Mexico, transmttting the de cigiun’ot the (luuttcil of Government of Mexico. advising that he should not be received. and nlwthe deupatch ofour con~ sul ”aiding in the city of Mexico—the lor imer bearing (late on the seventeenth. and the. latter on the lßth nl December. 1845. copiel al bnlh of which accompanied my message to Congres‘ u! the llth May lnt —were received at the Department of State. There cnmmunicaliuni rendered it highly prububle, il not absolutely cer tain. thntnur minim-r would not be recei ved bv the Guvernment ul General Herre. m. It Win ale" well known that but little hnpe could he entertaunetl ul :1 different result from Gen. PJFUIIOi in case the rev olutionary movement which he wan prose cuting ~huu|tl prove ithC9i~lul, at we. highly probable. The. partimns uf PJretlu. M uur tnint~ler in the tle-match referred to, Hutu. breathed the liercn-t ltni'tldya gamut the United S'ult'i. tlcttnuncrtl the p'trpfhrtl nl'gnltallttll .14 ll'e‘flu'n, anti npt’n. ly t'fllll‘tl ttpnn the Hunt“ 11an the people tn put tlrmn tht- gtive'rtltnt‘nt ul llnrreru by force. The l'l't‘t)tl(‘|lr'~l ol Texan. and war with the United Slntt'i. were upt-nly threa lL'nL'll. 'l‘he‘e Were the Circum-tancei ex- i‘tmg, whq-n ll Wm deem-HI pruper [nur llo'r the armv unllcr lhe command of Gm. Taylor to admin? in {he \Vf‘H’Tn {ron'irr nl TM“. and occupy a position on nr nur '.ht‘ Rio Grande. rha opprchenuium n! a contemplated \loxican “JV-35in” have been since {ull‘v juszifiml by lhe Hrnl. The (lu'lerminniuu of Morita to ru~h inlo hoahlllien with the Unite} Stan’s W 1” aflerwnrds manilenlell from the whole tenor of lhe note ofthe \fexicao Minister of Foreign Alf-ire to our mini-ter. hearing date on the l2lh day of March, 1646. Peretlrit hail then revo lutionized the goveromvnt. and his minis ter, alter relerring lo the resolution fur the annexation of lens. which hail heart adopted hr our Congress In M:trctt,lB~ls, proceeds to dorlare that “a fact such as lhts. or, to speak uilh greater rxactnt‘ls, m nutable an act of usurpation,‘vcrealetl In imperious necessity that Mexico. for her own honor, should repel it with proper firmness and dignity. The Supreme Go'- ernmant had beforehand declared that it lwuulrl look upon such er. act as a caaus ‘UILIJ; and its a consequence of this dec laration. negotiation was, by its very Illa lure, also end, and war was the only re~ Lourse of the Moxrcen governnwnl.' It appears also that on the 4th oprril following. General Parades. through his minister of war, issued orders to the Mex~ iean general in command on the Texan frontier to ' attack’ our army ' by every means which war permite.’ To this Gett eral Paredcs had been pledged to the army and people of Mexwo during the military revolution which had brought him into power. On the 18th of April. 1846. Gen. l’aredea addressed a letter to the comman der on the frontier. in which he stated to him ‘ at the present date I suppose you It the head of that Valiant army. either fight ing already. or preparing for the operations of a campaign ;' and ' supposing you al ready on the theatre of operationa.and with _ all the forces assembled, itisindtspenstble " that hostilities be commenced. yourself ta king the imitative against the enemy.’ The movement of our army to the Rio Grande was made by the commandiug gen eral under positive orders to abstain from all aggressive acts towards Mexico or Mex ican citizens, and to regard the relations be:ween the two countries as peaceful. un less Mexico should declare war or commit ‘ acts of hostility indicative of a state of war; and these orders he faithfully executed.- ' Whilst occupying his position on the call side of the Rio Grande. within the limits of Texas. than recently admitted as one of?‘ the States of our Union. the commanding general of lhe Mexican forces, who. in Pu": nuance of the orders ofhiu government. had colleolad a large army on the oppoaiw all." of the Rio Grande. crossed the river. ill".- ded our lerrilorv and commenced bouill- tion by nmachég our forces. . Thus, an" all the jnjurios which we had received and home from Moxiom‘and an" she had inwllingly rejected I minim! cont Io her on I ninion o! pom. “5
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