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Chief hiwelf" wu lufgvd along tlirotigk|W«M<rn
Virginia, over
** Rut» and ridm
Aad bridge*
Made of plank*
In open rank*,"
> Tewifwtf Si Alahnma. It ia a pity, air, that more
fthe ftople had not witnessed the r’lecufive clcc-
ottamttg tour,for then, perliapa, more of the State*
would have followed* the example of Gem gin mid
Tennessee, neither of wtrvcti could he adduced or
intimidated into the snpivort of "the man”—a Ten
nessee toa*t raid, " the dog”-—a* noil aa " the mas-
te. n I am told that they carried him about like a
lion for allow, ond made him roar like a lion. Tin y
had catechiama prepared for him, nod the negotin- •
tiona of the mission were conducted hy preconcert- i
ed queationa and answer*. A crowd would collect
—on the highway or in the bai-roama, no matter
which—ana some village |>oliticiana” of "the I’m
ty”—would inquire—" What think you General of !
such a man ?” In a loud tone, much too stentorian
for those lungs which are now lacerated, the au-w#r
rung—"Me is a traitor, air.” "There, tliei**re
peated the demagogues to the crowd—did you i.ot
hear thalf” " What think yon of another. G« m r
alt” "He is a liar, sir!” "What of another?”*
"He is a hlack-cncknile Federalist!” Of another7 •
" He made a speech for which lie paid sonv mci.#»-
grapher five dollara!” And another was—,* Of no
account—no account, sir, and ought t«» !w sent home
to have his place supplied hv some efficient man;”
and another was—"Upon the fence. *m—upon tin*
fence!” "But General, what think pm of- Mr.
{the first time HLeti'n - win ever • -#• * • Mist.r 1 )
Reuben M Whitnex ? ' • • *T*;*• r* is .»•» just cause
of complain’ against Mr M'hunty. -ir; he a*
true a patriot as ever wns^ they are alt liar* who
accuse him of aught wrong, arid the official #l#»ru
inenls prove them to he ao!” All the while these
responses were repented by the deacons of lie* ser
vice, and the People were called to give herd to
them. Those who saw the farce and the frauds, i
ditl need them, sir—did heed them.
My friend (Mr. IV) lold tuem that they wouul kill
him : that their too mnrli travel and fatigue ; ton
much bust* • and exMtmii'u» fora weak and infirm
old man t * t « *r It•.• -Mil, they showed him shout,
in tl»»* heat of summer, and still they made him roar,
until he frightened the People, who at Inst h#*gan to
»ppr»*hen‘l he ■*. *«« a linn mine to devour theii lr« «*• :
<hmi of elertiniis. ami all else they valued .as dear
Defeated in Ins im««inn, he st length be# a me dis j
gusto.I himself, chagrined and mortified. He i#"m-
nod to Waahingtoii through • Hiio. and, by the tiny- |
nndotte route, tlirouL'.’ Virginia again, ami has been j
-*<i<‘k ami disabled ever since. The loss of Tonnes- j
see, particularly the Hermitage, excited him still
more, and this renewed excitement may have rati*- \
■ed that hemorrhage at the lungs which lias been
pouring out the current of his life. At no moment j
-cilice his return has lie been aide to write or dictate
a message. There lie has been lying a* it were a
’ lead lion, who could not even " shake the dew drop
'from his mane,” and his coneh infirmity has been
haunted hy the Perennises and Oleanders of liN pa
lace as hy Vampires. In their hands he ban fallen,
Sc it is because this 44 lastannual message" comet to us
and the country reeking with the fumes of the Kit
chen Cabinet, that it is what it is!
What ia it? The itorsi ns well ns the last annual
message which Andrew Jackson even ever wrote—
1 had like to have said, ever sen? to both Houses of
Congress, its vanity nnd egotism—its profane hy-
pociicy, and solemn mockery of the good man’s
supplications to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe
—its sophistical nonsense, showing its duplicity to
a foreign Power, and concealing its real policy from
ourselves—its low. and raptandtim arguments, ad
dressed to all the prejudices of ignorance and pas
sion. to justify the must shameless attack upon the
currency for the vile purposes of lie.ensed depreda
tors on the public land*—its glaring falshoods hh to
the iro»sl important facts of trade, currency, hunks
of deposits, and finance—its electioneering, contin
ually harping upon an institution dead in fact, aim
thrice wounded since dead—its oft-repeated homil v
against one good hank, and its unblushing recom
mendation, in the same breath, of nearly half one
hundred had and irresponsible banks—-its disiugeu-
inns attempts to reconcile glaring inconsistencies of
the President on the deposit** and distribution mea
sure*-—its pitiful apologies fur the disgrace of our
arms by 0-«*ola-—it* Imld recommendation of nn
incr* mo of ihe standing army—its unjust attempt
to east censure, due to the errors ami blunders
of l'i» administration itself, upon tlm shoulders of
an innocent .State officer, and then calling for nn ap
propriation to repair these same errors which it says
are not those of this Government-—its false claim
to a national policy, founded in humanity towards
the Indians—it< reitcrntedjesuilic.nl recommenda
tion of an amendment of (lie Constitution as to the
election of President, which was never meant to lie
carried into effect by " the party,” or to lie any thing I
mure than a topic with which to prejudice the pen- j
pie’s minds against an election hy the House—its im- |
puijont boast of the intelligence nnd patriotism of I
tlm nureessor. whom Executive patronage and dicta-
lion have succeeded in electing—its shallow politic
al economy-—its demagogistn—its art, vile deception
and hiimbuggery- -its rankling venom of party -|ii I
rit——-its miserable rhetoric, sinking below criticism |
—its grovelling moral sentiment—-its total want of I
all sage compel or advice, and of all pathos niel I
feeling-.—aie all equalled only hy its false certificah
in rh’ef to " the prosperous condition of all the v«- '
rious Executive Departments " to” tho ability and j
ist»*cmtr” with which they have been conducted,
ami v the 1'ief of the President’s belief •' that there
- nojnsv c.mse of cumnlaint from anv quarter, at
•m* n mi.or .. wlm-h h v nave fulfilled the ohj< eta
of their creation!’’
\ mv, or. * npluints have been loudly made from
irons quarters, h v the I louse and in the press, hy
responsible persons, as to the condition of most of
tie* Executive Departments, ami as to the want of
ability ami integrity with which they have been con-
ducte |; and investigation* hy us of the truth or false
hood, justice nr injustice, of these complaints, have,
her Oofore, been doggedly and repeatedly refused —-
Pin* nartv” were content with the mere nffirma-
ti i'll*; II.- President t«* the crowd, of their innocence I
■Mid t'\ , wlr- 1 he I'.uew no more about their gui It ,
vi n ' • lino ,v .<f tin: f i. is of a certain event in thi> j
f'apitol last wnitci. nf which you ami I, Mr. Chair- !
oiHh. knew .11 and more than we wanted to know ; |
•ih-oit which, if the Tennessee papers are to he he- j
• eve I v.e l' lent lm« given another ceiufiente. ,
though ho was more than a mile off, uul there were t
at le .*t neven fathoms nf brieks and mortar and atone ;
be?w»en li’oi and die place of the occurrence.j
They have him a witm-ss, in both cases where it 1
w.i* imno-dhle for him to he a witness, and in giving j
his testimony he Inis been compiled to reaorl to his |
" imagination for his facts.” I cared nothing about I
the certificate* of the President, ao long aa they a- ;
tided Ml the ephemeral form of heated partisan de- I
cUratious along the public roads, or ao long n« they
were read from atuuip merely a tlionsaiul miles off.
But air, this " certificate in chief" is no longer a mere |
tavern ipse dixit on the high way, but it ia to he filed 1
in the archives of this Government as part and par-
tel of the "last annual message" of tho Greatest and i
Beat!! Perennia nnd Oleander have certified to !
their own good behaviour, innocence, and purity,
have incorporated their certificate in the "last an
nual message.” and have affixed to it the official
eign manual of Andrew Jackeon!
la this certificate true ? I put it to gentlemen if it J
be lint true, whether injustice has mu been done to •
Andrew Jackson, to thoae who*have uttered just
complaints, and to the public service, by this auiln- >
cioua forged self acquittal?
It ia true or false, that the Executive Departments ,
have been conducted with ability ami integrity, nml
that they arc in a prosperous condition? That is »
the issue. H*»w is it to be tried/ Will gentlemen i
tell me that the President lias tried the issue already,
and that they are content xvith his certificate in form ’ I
Hir, I begin this se*»ion as I ended the last session
by asking the opportunity and by claiming the right .
of an mttsiigutiem by a committee, an efficient, able,
and fair committee, with full powers to •viscerate !
th« truth. The truth is all 1 desire. I make no ac- !
cusations, no complaints, except of the denial of tn-
instigation.
If all have been conducted with ability and integ- I
nty, the Department* have nothing to fear, and in-
veetigelNMi may do great good. If it does not find
and expose past fraud ami corruption, it tnav pre
lent much evil hereafter, by th.* fear of scrutiny.—
1 do sincerely, from the best of motives, earnestlx
detire te see the doors of the Treasury Depart
ment. of the Land Offices, of the Indian Bureau 1
and of other departments and office*, thrown open. t
to full and fair investigation. We then rnu hn\« I
the facia of w hich to judge for ouraelxea, and on
which to make up our own verdict It is the Unix
of the grand inquest to find or ignore a hill for itst-lf.
end of the venire to try the issue and find a verdict
fur iiaell. No judge, much more no partv, shall find
e^hill, true or false, or render a verdict for them —
Uleant* the Augean stables, say I, and I say inure
The Numidian king, when lie was earned a captive
%o Rome, ami saw tbs corruptions of her ritixens,
rewrned from the e»ty with contempt, and Mid,- —
•■Oil mr trtollh.mtul ! will Imp uf Ik, r*W« Hmklir."
* •*«y S riglil. I Wl>n 'ttirml n trull,, tUt tt twn-
ever you ss.- two men talking together, there are
ten chanee* to /ma they are talking on one nf three
suhieetc---*" trade, politics, or religion.” The tluee
“V 8 '* MD. tlMtib# «Mi Ike remark, so nr el y
amalgamated iate fire. Tre^a aad politit* have aetv
become eae. Some of the of the oricsts, 1 am told
are offering to join the union, nml mammon is the
f ;od of this day s worship. Trade, sir, trade swal-
owe up every thing!
Tell me not this is the short session. Investiga
tion was refused, last winter, when the session was
long. I know, sir, this is an inauspicious period,
perhaps, to expect gentlemen to look hack ut the
pact, or to pause a moment on the present. I know
that every eye is turned, and every mind of gentle
men i* bent towards the future. "Coining events,
which cast their shadows before,” are much more
dazzling to their hope,* and fancies, than painful
tween the Executive and Legislature in theexereise
of the power of recognition. It will always lie enn-
stdeicd consistent w ith the spirit of the constitution,
and most safe, that it should he exercised when pro
bably lending to war, a previous understanding with
that body hy whom war can alone he declared, and
hv whom ail the provision* for sustaining its penis,
must ho furnished. It* submission to Congress,
which presents in one of its branches the State* of
thi* Union, and in tho other the people of the Unit
ed Stales, where there may he reasonable ground m
apprehend *«» grave n consequence, would certainly
afford the fullest satisfaction to our own country,
and a perfect gunrnuty to nil other nations, of the in
truths of past or the present are to their memories or j justice nnd prudence of the measures which might
their wills. They knew, sir, that some of the j he adopted.
so arm of " Conservatives” which are now fat nod ( In making these suggestions, it is not my purpose j
full of the blood of the Treasury, must he driven to re.lieve myself from the responsibility oV expre
fault er negligence en the part ef the •wner ;
and any person who, without nuy such fault nr
negligence, has sustained or shall sustain dam
age hv the death or abandonment and loss of
any such horse, mule, or ox, w hile in the service
aforesaid, in consequence of the failure on (he
part of the United states To furnish the same
w ith sufficient forage, shall he allotved and paid
the value thereof.
»Sec. 4. And he it further enacted. That the
claims provided for under this act shall he ad
justed by the Third Auditor, under such rules as
shall he prescribed hy the Secretary of War, un
der the direction or xvith the assent of the I’rcai-
•ff for some of the lank and hungry "loco for
flic*, who ore voraciously eager to light upon this ;
poor body politic of our*. All tiling* may not be
come new, hut there will be changes; and lor exc
ry change there will he some impatient expectant
I know that General Jackson hu* been made to *ny
in his "Inst annual message” " He that cometh af
ter me i* inightu r than Ihut lie has not been nn<le
to drill-—Whose fen i* in hi* hand, nml lu nn
thoroughly purge hi* floor.” Sir, lest lie may no*
purge hi* floor, I wish it to he swept clean lor him
before lie mines in. ao dial Jnck«ou may liot lie Ida- j
Hied aftei he is gone.
Orlnin it is I cannot anticipate; time must ilevc!-
opo the course and the policy of the coming admin
istration. And let no Ilian license me • .f rnm'm.-i
mg my own opinions of the course the* interests of j
our country prescribe, ami it* honor permits us t<» j
It is scarcely to he imagined that ii question of!
tlii- character could lie presented in relation t*» w Inch
it would he more difficult for the United States to
avoid exciting the suspicion and jealousy of other |
powers, and maintain their established character for
lair an ! ioipariial dealing ; hut on tin*, hi
■■dier try mg occasion, safety is to he found in a rigid
adherence to principle.
In the mutest between Spain and her revolted co
lonies we stood aloof and wailed, not only until the
dent of the United States ; as well ill regard to I helmi;
the receipt of application* of claimants, as the j
species and degree of evidence, the manner in !
in Spanish America, and it* e«nt*mp«ianemia nnd
subsequent result*, than any man in the U. States.
Residing n* our Minister near the government of
Mexico, at the period when many of the events to
which the report refers, actually occurred—lie w as
quite sure this gentleman w ould not w ithhold his
testimony, in a case in which hi* evidence as a w it-
nc*s would he of such inestimable value.
Before calling for the question, he would say one
word in regard to the Report he had the honor to
present to the Senate. It would he seen that it w as
drawn in the most guarded manner. It neither re-
rninmeifileil the recognition of the independence ol
Texas or her admission into the Union. These sub
jects were referred and left to the departments of the
Federal Government, to which they appropriately
On these points he did not feel himself called up-
i to express an opinion. But lie would ask those
which such evidence shtill betaken nnd nuthen- ' v *'° Ut ’ n * di*i*osed to pursue a narrow and sc h* •
tiented. which rules shall he such as in the npi- H'£>' T< 5 ,,e 1 ' vo " l , ‘ n * k \ hr , t ''n
nion of the President, shall lie best calculated to 1 ,f> ’ u ,l,n - v ''i !' ,' * iVirfton'ofrot-
..... „ .. . . . j another "igantic compciitoi m toe piouiu tiouoi * m-
coinpciitor in me pr
ton. w hetlier l»v refusing at the proper moment, w lieu
Texas w as entitled under the law of nations, to the
recognition of her independence and to have her
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obtain the object of this act, paying a tine regard,
as well to the claims of individual justice as to
the interests of the United States, which rules
and regulations shall he published fur four weeks j application considered to heroine a member ol
in such newspapers in which the laws of the ■ confederacy—they supposed that this would obviate
I'liited iSuitc. HI-C nuhli.licd, as Ihe Secretary of "M llm ilifluMiUps nnd evil, ol this competition?
War shall direct. i Would, mtr rcfut.nl to recognise her independence,
* admit her iiitn the l»nion, in the language ol the
I Imld Mr V.
Hip
id.'t'c for the
usiile
tough he ha* In •
id wu*
thong’
cn t ’
vill kick
. the Ju i
• r; tliougli lie i* elected !»\ IA*
, ron to ton and dictation; tlmugi. !••
the expense of the exclusive frao. i
i- a a aorilv President, and h * pr*
v. gem mils in the footstep* of this K
•t Admiiiistnifio
to falsify that jirmniM:”
hn*" hniih’i* hy which In* has cliuih-ol i"
of Im* ambition: if lie will not leave I'niUtnfl whci*
he found him. and array nr him the wisdom,
iulcliigi uce, and virtim of the cuontry , and lm*e
hi* Administratiou on a sound, elevated, and enlight
ened policy, lien from eorrnplion, nnd purely patri
otic, iiiicoutnminatcd |»y party, I will pledge my hum
id# 1 support to his imasurrs, though I never can sup
port tli#* man, or pardon the past example he Imssct.
And why cannot 1 support ill#* mail whilst I approve
hi* measure*? Fur the very reason that lie lias not
"Ientered in at the strait gate.” I shall always cs-
eliew the example which hint been net in IKlIi a* I
did flint of 18*25, in the election of President of the
United Hint#**. The one example lias been relinked
with a vengeance—the other will nut be forgiven hy
ability of the new
fully esfah’ -In d. !
••pa rate
Sir, in tlii* contest one great battle only lias been
fought between power and the People.. The result
is known. The conflict wiih wot derisive, nnd must,
a* there in a honest heart hope for freedom—
shall go oil until constitutional liberty, law, the inde
pendence of tho People, nnd their representatives,
honesty, truth, and justice, are triumphant, or alt
protect llieniselv
if danger of their being :
ii i-! «*i:»irc-l\ pas*cd away. Then,
ill t'. a. • •• ; • its# y recognized. Such was
e in regard Mcxi' herself. The same |
I in a ii piiieB growing out i
ciratiofi into di*tuu.t f f#«verntnenis of those
■ with Hie parent country, united under
i o| government. We acknowledged the
independence of New Gtmtniln. of Vene-
id of I'5'iiador, only after their independent
e was no longer a matter of dispute, or was ,
acquiesced in hy those with whom they*
ii previously united. It is true that, xvith
io Texas, tin* civil authority of .Mexico ha* j,
idled, it* invading army defeated, the Chief,
llepuhlie himself captured, and all present |
powci to cmitrol the newly organixeil Government !
of Texas annihilated within its confines. But, mi J
the other hand, there is in appearance at least, an
immense dispuritv of physicul force on the side of j
Mexico. The .Mexican Republic, under another j
Executive, is rallying its force tinder a new leader, I
and menacing a fresh invasion to recover its lost do- j
minion. Upon the issue of tlii* threatened invasion,
the independence of Texas may lie considered as | (
suspended: and were there nothing peculiar
relative situation of tli#* United Sin
See. 5. And he it further enacted, That in
np ot the physical
irreversible sterili-
ii ? Would
actually
had her
been
of
our acknowledge merit of it* independence at such J
a crisis could scarcely he regarded a* consistent !
with that prudent reserve with which we have here- 1
tofore held ourselves hound to treat all similar ques- j
lions. But there are circumstances in the relation j
of the two coiintric* which require us to act, on this !
occasion, with even mure than our wonted caution. )
Texas wn* once claimed as a part of our property •
and there are those among our citizens who, nlwnv.* :
reluctant to abandon that claim, cannot hut regard
fettered in n despot’s chain*! Defeated, hut, with a solicitude the prospect of the re-uiiiou ol the
not conquered; checked hy the Prirtorinn hands of I territory to this country,
patronage, hut not arrested on their onward march; * '
all mljuilicalioiis of siii'd Amlitor ii|>»n the claims woMi'*ritr*n wi’I.'
al.ove monti.inecl, « hetlier such jiiilRment lie m j lv iheieeiningr.Tlililv i.riicrexiibeinnt
favor of, or adverse to, the claims shall he en- | rovcr ith n Might* the cotton plant which in that
lured in a hook provided by him for that purpose, i favored country grow* almost with the perennial
ami under his direction; ami when such jutlg-j magnificence of u tropical production? Would our
ment shall he in favor ofstich claim, the rlnitii- j refusal check tho current of her rivers in their
ant. or liis legal representative, shall he entitled ; j’mrnev to the ocean freighted with the richest sta-
la the nmiMiiit tlm cof upon the production of a l! , « 0 f. ,l, «•’pm-liun.l c.untry, prohably >>•
. c , r i i *1 f » w , the hahitahle ghihe? Would, in one word, our refu-
eupy thereof certified hv said Auditor at the j ^ lo rerpive 7 lt . r IIS ft .nenher of this confederacy
Ireasuryof the ! nited s tates. ! check that disastrous stream of emigration, that,
l">cu. h. And he it further enacted^ J hat in all without a reflux, is steadily setting west? No, not
instances where any minor lias been, or shall he, j one jut. Let Texas mice establish her independence,
engaged in the military service of the United i nml a separate Republic, and throw open a series ol
States, and was or shall he provided with a horse 1 free ports to the commerce of the world, and he
or equipment, or with military accoutrements, i would ask. whether the dangers of her competition
11v Ills parent or gunr.limi, and has died or shall j "■•"Id h f vn.ily aiiBincmrd from the fart Hint.
I. . r _„.i .i,,, whi st her planters won d make one third more rot-
.he " iihmii pnyuij! for said pn.peri), nml the Mis-
.aim. has !»•.■» or shall he lost, caplured, destroy- si? ■ ■ lmtlnmi , he cx ;i mll( , 0 on dilirs,
ed. or ahaiul.incil in the innnner hcroro men- austino.I m nmrlinse tlm staples ..f Texas, would
tinned, said parent or giinrdinu shall ho allowed (.note into that country hurdenotl with 110 par rout
pay thereof, on iinikinR satisfactory proof ns Mrs. of tnxnlinii.
in other cases, and the further proof that lie is j in this view, the snhjcrt is scarcely less important
entitled thereto l.v having furnished the same. | anil imorn.-ting to the mnrr.hniil and mamiliieturcr
Sec. 7. Anil he. it further tinicteil. That in all | "* dm north. For what would lieeome of their res-
‘■"liar in ili>* I instances «■ here any person other than a minor, | peetiye traders.with. iiiilliniia of nnt.ixed llriii-li nn-
nod Texas, j |m , ih all he enga K ed in the military ser- j vl f I”*'* "f !**"». I"" 1
aforesaid, and lias been or shall lie provided j
ihe patriot army is nut discouraged or dismayed;
smitten, hut not struck down, the flag of the coiin-
i still flying ! Defeat may drive some, the ora-
A large proportion nf it* civilized inhabitants ni
emigraiiti from the United Stales, speak the sain
language with ourselves, cherish the name prior
pies, political and religious, and are hound In i
British inamifactuies introduced through Tex*
i «.o, flooding the vast valley of tho Mississippi. These
with a horse or equipments, or with military ac- j momentous considerations would have, he believed,
entitlements hy any person, the owner thereof, i to he presented one day nr other, and that perhaps
who lias risked or shall take the risk of such I not very distant, to the deliberations of the American
horse, equipments or military accoutrements People. He trusted that llieir decision w mild add
on himself, ami the same has lieeen or shall he ‘ Iresli stability and harmony to tlm Union. It is true,
lost, capture.I, destroyed or nlmtuloued in tile dint fi.im the f'nnt of Toxushiivinj; cii»riifteil domt-s-
l.cfmc mcnti.me.l, sueli owner shall he I llr >: l '"; l ' ry "" l, ? r ""“'""".T- has h.-en
... .1 r i- • . excited against her that spirit nf miscluevotisfaiiati-
a owed pay therefor, on making satisfactory / . , , . ,• 1 • . - .
.* , .. , J I cism w inch lias been for some time so industriously
pnml as ... other cases, and the further (.roof that | .vo. k, sc-minaly m.lissolve our Union. And the
he is entitled thereto, hy Imymg furnished the | | |, us t„. c „ m kcii, l.roa.lly, that she onel.t not
ii or the cormorant of spoils, from the standard nf "f our citizens by tie* of friendship and kindred
ihe true and brave, hilt to the firm nod proud spirits
of the patriot hand I would say, " Who shall sepa
rate iim from the love of country ?” Shall defeat ?
Another such defeat shall lie a glorious victory ! In
tlii* 44 we are more than conquerors,” for 1 am per
suaded that neither office, nor principalities, imr
powers, nor things present, n«r thing* to come, shall
be nhie to separate n* from the love of our cminlry,
it*law*, ami it* liberties! God only knows in w hose
name this victory shall he achieved ; it matters not;
hut tlii* 1 know, In* he who lie may, hi* cause will
he consecrated by the toil*, prayers, the sacrifice*,
mid the hopes of the unsubdued and iintcrrified free
man. No, sir; let no man despnir of the Republic.
The first i* not yet ended. The People are not ye
iquishcd. Their hosts are withdrawn only for ; to establish the claim of
• pair
the moment to recruit their forces, nml to
their broken weapons. Tlm weapons of
litre arc the weapons of truth. It shall he my doty
to o.**i*t in pointing anew its spears and it* lance*.
The question on the resolution was then taken
without further debate, and carried: Ayes Hli, lines
78.
8’o the resolution was adopted.
TEXAS.
The following Message in writing xvns received
from the President of the U. Stntes, by the hand* ot
hi* private Secretary, Andrew Jackson, Jr. Esq.
To the House of Itrpresentatives of the V. States:
During the last Hessioii information was given to
Congress, hy the Executive, tlint measures had been
taken to ascertain 44 the political, military, and civil
rmidition of Texas.’’ I now submit, for your run-
sideratioti, extracts from the report of the agent, who n j*
had bean appointed to collect it, relative to the con
dition nf that country.
No step* have hc*n taken by the Executive to-' ussuiauee tiiat, during tin* short time I shall cumin-
wards the acknowledgment ot the independence ot j m- connected with the Government, I shsll prompt-
Texas; und the whole subject would have been lel't lv mid
■il; and more than all, it is known that the peo
ple of that country have instituted the samn fin in of *
Government with our mvn, mid have, since the close !
of the Inst hi ssion. openly resolved, on the urktiou I- i
cdgmeiit by us of their independence, to seek for !
admission into the Union nsoiic of the Federal Slates.
This last rucumstuncc i* a matter of peculiar deli
cacy, nnd forces upon us consideration* of the gra
vest character. The title of Texas to the territi rv
she claims is identified w it Ii her independence. Sin*
asks II* to ncknow ledge that the title to the territoi v. i
with mi avowed design to treat immediately of it>
Irmisfer to the United State*. It becomes ns to he- ’
warn of a too early movement, as it might subject •
, however unjustly, lo the imputation of seeking j
•iglibor* to a territory, i
if Ii a view to its siihserpieiitacqiiisitiuu by oiirsrU c*. I
Prudence, therefore scent* to dictate that xvc should |
still stand aloof, and maintain our present attitude, il
not until Mexico itself, nr one of the great foreign'
powers, shall recognise the independence of the J
new Government, at least until the lapse of time |
or tho course of events hliall have proved, beyond I
cavil or dispute, the ability of the people of that
country to maintain their separate sovereignty, nnd
to uphold the government constituted hy them. Nei-
' tlier of the contending parties ran justly complain
of this course By pursuing, if. we are luit earn ing
I out the long established policy of our Government
j —ii policy which has secured to us respect mid in-
l flueneo abroad, and inspired confidence at home.
Having thus discharged my duty, hv presenting,
with simplicity and discretion, the view* which, af
ter much reflection, I have been led to lake of tlii*
impoitaut subject, I have only to add the expression !
'onrtdenee, that if Cougross shall differ with
n it, their judgment will he the result of dis- |
itc, prudent, mid wise deliberation; with th
same, and having taken the risk on himself.
See. 8. And he it further enacted, That the
act passed on the nineteenth of February, eigh
teen hundred and thirty-three, entitled •* An act
for tin* payment of horses and arms lost in the
military service of the United States against the
Indians on the frontier of Illinois and the Mich
igan Territory,” and an act passed on the thirti
eth of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four,
to lie admitted into our confederacy, hy reason of
this blot or stain, as it is railed, on her civil and spe
cial polity. This ground for her exclusion would
apparently authorise our own compulsory expulsion
from the Union, upon the same principle. In w hat
ever w ay this subject maybe disposed of, mid lie
trusted in God, it would he disposed of in a manner
best calculated to promote the pence, happiness and
prosperity of tho country there, was one thing al
together certain; that the people of Texas were riot
Indians<
i/.nn Ter
pealed.
Wi
utitled 44 An act to provide for the paymeut of; the less entitled to our sympathy hy having com
claims fur property lost, captured or destroyed | mon interests with ourselves on this vital topic; m i
h\ the enemy while in the military service of the j hud they less claims to our support, when i ([could
United States, during the late war with the consistently with our obligations ol our
"Him (VimliiT ..f Illinois ami Midi- ? wn I'ocnnso tlmro wore simjlc.l .on |
, > | ...... | , in advance ns the victims of British nnd American I
"lory, he, nnd tho .nine mo herd.} re- | K , lmi , i( / Isllli in ,,, (re , nitv ..n.nMilit.v m which j
j its philanthropic disciples were prepared to vuforc# {
^ ‘ j their sanguinary code of peace mid good will to !
I HF. SOI III AND TEXAS. j men. Ho would, however, detain the Semite no ’
II especial attention to the speeches of longer, nml with these few and impelled remarks
Mcssis. Hamilton and Poinsktt, w hich we publish J move a concurrence in the Report of its Committee,
to-day, Iioiu the report of the Columbia telescope, j which would lie equivalent to a rejection of the Ke
They cast much and much needed light upon the j port of the House of Representatives,
impoitaut subject of our relation* w ith Texas and i Mr. Poinsett said, that lie should not have orcu-
Mcxic o ; and though partially anticipated in the skel- pied the attention of the Senate at this late and Imr-
etou of the debate sent us by our Columbia eorres- , t ied period of the session, if he had not been called
pnndeut. have not lost interest, hut will he rend with j upon hy his lion, colleague to corroborate the state-
more attention on account of the recent iutroduc- j merits contained in this report; and he would in the j
lion of this subject in Congress. We again recoin- explanations he had to give, he as brief us possible. |
mend them to the. attention of those Northern press- • He fully concurred in the report; hut thought it his '
cs. which, in their hostility to every thing Southern, | duty to state, that lie was opposed to the passageo! j
have been so eager in slandering a Inave people | any reports or resolutions respecting the Foreign
struggling for llieir right*. Mr. Poinsett is high an- | Relations of the United States. Expressing as they
tlioritv in this matter, mid \ve rejoice to find him put- j did, the views and opinions of a state, they were on- !
ting down the calumnies of the fanatics mid Philo- | titled lo great respect; hut if, as was too often tin !
Miolifionists, hy his testimony. Wo trust that the j ease, they were the result of opinions formed upon I
’’ ' incorrect information, they embarrassed the Gener- |
nl Government exceedingly. They were eompell-
w ithout further remark, on the information now giv
en to Congress, were it not that the two llmiM >, at
their last session, acting separately, passed resolu
tions " that the independence of T x.i* ought ■ lw
•. lodged hy tlm United Blah *, wlienevt
fuMorv iufi tutation should he received tlm' il had f
siii‘c.'s*l"uI operation a civil government ccj' t ■ i !
perforiuiiij the du.'ic* and fulfilling tlieohligate • ..i
mi independent power.” 'Phis mark of inlcic'.i
the cpiestmu of the independence of Tcxa*. uni in
dicaiions of the \iewsof Congress, make it proper
that I should, somewhat in detail, present the consid
erations that have governed the Executive in cnntiuu-
mg to occupy the gi mind previously taken in the
«••■ tc*t between Mexico and Trine.
The acknowledgment of a new State as Indepen
dent,ami entitled to a place in the family of nations,
is at nil times an act of gicnt delicacy and responsi
bility; hut more especially so, w hen such State has
forcibly separated itself iVoui another, of which it
had formed mi integral part, and which still claims
dominion over it. A premature recognition, under
il not looked upon ns jiisiifin-
Ml pi
w
Mi.
l i .im-*
rdiallv unite w ith you
deemed best lilted to increase the prosper- I
rpeiuate the pence of our favored country- \
ANDREW JACKSON.' J
Dec. "\,
*r of ti -; -t s ’H ttitiw** Jultj 2, ISJJB.
\\ ::;;h.ksf.v, from the Committee ol
(•ported the follow ing lull :
I rp
these cireumsiNiicei (
hie cause of war, is always liable to be regarded a* !•""!!' u . • . ,
« proof ..r .... onlVi.'iolly ','irii m ..... of Hi. co,. I " r Mlt'wciice on hi. part, while
tending parties. All questions relative to the gov-
eruineut of foreign nations, whether of the
enable them not only to decide correctly, hut to ;
A BIEL.
En provide for the payment of horses and other
j properly lo*t or destroyed in the military ser
| vice of the United State*.
| He it enacted hy the Sinate and House of fte-
1 presentntives of the I'nittd State* of America in
Congrt88 assembled, That nny field, or stall’
: er other oftieer, mounted militiaman, volunteer. '
; ranger, or cavalry, cngaqyd in the military ser- j
i vice of the United States since the fourth nf j
■ May, eighteen hundred and twenty-two, or who i
! shall hereafter he in said service, and has sus- i
j taiiicd, or «hull sustain damage, without any
said ;
w rviee, hy the loss of a horse in hatllc, or hy i
Idor j tlte hiss of a horse wounded in battle, and lias :
now world, have been treated by the United States ! died or shall die of said wound, or being so
n* questions of fact only, ami our predecessors have ! wounded shall he abandoned hy order of his of-
cautiously abstained from deciding upon them, nn- | fleer and lost, or shall sustain damage hy the i
til the clearest evidence was in llieir possession, lo | how of nny horse hy death, or abandonment, in
consequence of the United States lulling to sup-
. ... . . .1 . I , r # i i ply sufficient forage, or because the rider wits
lion. In all the contests ilmt have arisen out ol the 1 n r , . . .
revolutions of France, out of the dispute* relntiiig ! ^mounted and separated from Ins horse, am .
to the crown Id Portugal and Spain, out of tho re- I ordered to do duty oil foot at a station detached
volution-try movements in those kingdoms, out of; from his Imrse ; or when the officer in the iiittuc-
the separation of the American possessions of both ' diate command has ordered or shall order the <
from the European Governments, nml out oftlienu- horse turned out to graze in the woods, prairies. 1
melons nml constantly occulting struggle* tor do- j or commons, hue a use the United States has bail
"■ Amrnrit. ... wi..'ly ron.iM.'n. e .l or slinll fail Hi .ui.i.ly s.illi.i.Mit furneo, mull
WMh ..... j".t priiHiiplM I."* »•*•«<* « ;<• "Oion ..I ..... , ho | OM or K |,nll l.a t'liiisc.iiir.it lliN-ruf ; or
Unvernmrnl. tlml wn liavr, u.id.-r llic ino»1 rrincal 1 .
..voidr.l all rrn.nrr. ami rnrooa.rr- for ,he ^‘1 *«n.coi.ar-.
ed no other evil than that piodiired hy a transient ' the loss of Ins horse as aforesaid, shall 1
estrangement of gooil will in those against whom |*v* ullowcd and paid the value therco! : providi d. J
we hn\e been, hy force of evidence, compelled to i 1 hut il any payment has been, or shall he, made ■
decide. j to any one aforesaid, for the use and risk, or for ,
It Im* thus boon ninde known to tho world that j forage after the death, loss, or abandonment ol |
the uniform policy and practice ofthe United States, j |,j s |,ut>e, said payment shall he do,net# d from
; the value thereof, unless lie hu» satisfied or shall
; satisfy the pay-master at the time lie made or
shall make the payment, or thereafter show, hy
lorraii nml view,, or in the mi-rim nf ihe nri R 'in*l proof, that hewn, reiiimillte.l, in wliicli ia«e llir
mniroveov. I’ulilic npiiiinn nn firmly r.lab i deilurli.in tliall only rxu-li.l to die ti.nv Im wn, |
lislied and well understood in fax or of this p«»liry. ' on foot: And providtd, also. It any payment
that no sarious disagreement lias ever ni isco among
ourselves in relation to it, although brought under
review io a variety of forms, nml at pc nod* when
i u( the Southern people have been sufficiently
opened hy recent movements in the North and that
on this question they will he true to themselves.
"Mr. Hamilton said that ns the report had been
rend which contained whatever reasons might he
urged for its adoption, lie would detain the Senate
hut a few moments.
He was sorry, exceedingly sorry, that the subject
had hern brought to the notice of the Legislature,
by our late Executive (Governor McDuffie.) It was
not within their jurisdiction, or the appropriate
sphere of their duties. To himself, he might add, it
was a matter of personal and peculiar regret. Al
ter a period of fifteen years in the public service,
with our late Executive, he was constrained to dis
cover that there was one subject at least on which
he differed w ith hisdistiiiguislied friend, with whom,
during this period, he had acted without scarcely a
solitary disagreement in their opinions on all public
questions—questions to which lie had brought ail in
tellect of admirable power, and a purity nnd disin
terestedness of purpose, which gave the highest va
lue ami authority to his sentiments.
There could he no question that in the \ iew vv liiefi
itcS
ed to disregard them and consulting only the inter
ests of the country, to act in direct opposition to sueli
resolutions, hut they always did so with great re
luctance. To enable us to advise nny particular
course to the Government, we must have the same
means of information and employ Agents ami have
correspondents abroad. The constitution wisely
placed the power of conducting our foreign rela
tions in the Federal Government, and there w e ought :
to leave the responsibility, also. The circumstance* j
of the report now under consideration illustrates this |
position nnd shows the impossibility of the strongest j
minds coining to a correct conclusion on such sub
jects without the requisite information. He hesitat
ed not to assert, that Gov. McDuffie, in that part of
his Message which gave rise to this report, would
never have made sueli statements or used such lan
guage when spenkingof the Texians, had lie been
aware of the farts in the case. His attachment to
freedom nml the rights of men and of the States,
nml his well known abhorrence of injustice nml op
pression, forbid such a conclusion. If lie had ‘
there were n* slaves Within the reach of the eanit.i
to emancipate. The blow, therefore, was aimed at
Texas alone.—The Texians derlnrcd this to he, ns
it really w ns. a violation of the compact, nnd refu'sed
to submit; nml after some negotiation, the Mexican
government suspended the execution #»f the decree
ns regarded Texas, hut did not repeal it. Next mine
n change of government. By n short process ihe
hierarchy and aristocracy, aided by the nrinv, ntm|.
ished the federal government, deprived the states of
all llieir rights and privileges and erected n central
despotism. This change too, they resisted. A small
hut resolute hand, they resolved to defend their pro!
pci ty, nnd maintain their freedom against the fear
ful odds, w hich they knew would he brought ngninst
them. They had w itnessed the fate of the patriots
at Xnratcrns—they had seen the armies of ih« ,j eg .
pot sweep with resistless fury over that ill-fated land"
and compelling that slate to submit to the decree
which deprived it of its free constitution. Still t|,* v
determined on resistance, and the Satrap who | )n ‘ f j
been appointed to rule over them, was sent out of
the state with the soldiers who came to enforce hi H
decree*. Without funds, without military organj.
zation, almost without arms and ammunition, j| lPV *
nevertheless resolved to resist the tyrant lo the lusi
Are not men placed in such circumstances, and ex
hibiting under them the most heroic constancy and
courage, entitled to our sympathies 7 He put it t„
honorable Senators to any, whether we ought not to
he the last people to speak of such men with con.
tumely ami scorn ?
Ought we to imitate the conduct of the member*
of the British Parliament, who condemned them in
unqualified term*, while they aeciised ll»iaGov erf ,.
ment of fermenting the revolution of Texas, in «» r .
dev to acquire possession of that Territory’. M r
M arti, who took the lead in that debate in the Home
uf’ Commons on the 5th of August Inst, fmm the cir-
enmstnnces nf his having been the British Envoy in
Mexico, asserted, that the United States 44 had lone
regarded Texas with covetous eyes, and that to olf.
tain possession of that province had been the first
object A its policy.” Now this opinion i* contra-
dieted hy the Inct, that Mr. Adams might, if it had
been judged expedient to do so hy Mr. Monroe’* ad-
visors, have obtained possession of it hy treaty
TIm io w as no serious obstacle to hi* extending „,,r
boundary so ns to embrace Texas, when he made
the treaty ol limits with Don Lewis Onis. It w»»
an error, of which he hecamo afterwards fully con
vinced. Mr. Ward said, further, that, lie (Mr. Poi„.
seit) had sought duringtlieir mutual residence there
to acquire Texas for his Government, and had mndn
proposals to purchase the Territory fi»r ten milli,,,,*
of dollars. This, loo, is a great mistake. He did
not doubt that Mr. Ward had been so informed; i JUl
the intelligence lie received on that occasion* was
erroneous and unfounded. The American Govern
ment never made any overtures to Mexico for the
purchase of Texas through him, nor during hisresi'.
deuce there. Mr. Ward insinuated that these n«>g„.
nations were conducted through the former Vice
President of Texas, Don Lorenzo de Zavala, of
whom he took occasion to speak disparagingly—
man of talent* certainly, hut totally destitute nl prin-
ciple”—which simply means that lie was m t of the
Euglifh party, hilt devoutly attached to Republican
ptiiieipIcB; a devotion w hich he has displayed
throughout all the trying scenes of the Revolution
in Mexico. In hi* youth lie was immured for four
years in the dungeons of the Castle of Ullio, f„ r
liaviiigdared to murmur against the tyranny «»f 8pnm.
Upon the adoption of the Constitution in that coun
try in 1812, lie was liberated and sent to Madrid, by
his countrymen, to plead for the liberties of Ameri
can*, which lie did fearlessly and eloquently. When
ihe revolution took place Hint separated Mexico
from the Mother Country, lie returned home and
placed himself in the first rnnk of those who sought
to give republican institutions to hi* country ; ami
when the Instclinngc took place, lie indignantly re
turned lii.s commission of Minister to France to San
ta Anna, and retired to his farm in Texas, declaring
that lie had received the appointment from a free
Government, and would not serve a Tyrant R ap
pears from the observations of Lord Palmerston,
that the British Ministry entertained a better opin
ion of the conduct of our Government than we (i«Ht
home. He said, in reply to Mr. Ward, that the l’.
Stales had maintained a strict neutrality in the con
troversy between Mexico and Texas, and had acted
with the most perfect good faith toward both parties.
From wlint Mr. Poinsett had seen arid knew of
the policy of our government in this particular. Im
thought South Carolina might repose upon the wi*.
dom and prudence of llieir councils. He presumed
the sanio course would lie pursued towards Texas,
that had been pursued towards the state* of .Span
ish America. When a government de facto existed
there, capable of maintaining it* independence, it
would, lie presumed, he recognized hy this country.
Such an act could not he regarded as a cause of war
hy Mexico. It had not been ho considered hy Spain;
and when we recognized her revolted colonies, the
amicable relations between the two countries were
not interrupted. To judge hy the Press, the coun
try seemed to he alarmed at the sudden departure of
Signor Gorostizn. In hi* opinion there exists no
cause of alarm on that score. The cause assigned
by that functionary fur Ins sudden w ithdrawal from
his Mission, is too trivial to account for it satisfactori
ly. It is more probable that, learning the clnimo s
which are taking place, upon the continued absence
of Santa. Anna, lio w as impatient to he on the scene
of action ; and unwilling to remain nny longer where
hi* merit and pretensions would he overlooked. If
the annexation of Texas to these United State* should
become afterwards a question between us, nml the
proposal should come from them, lie hoped il would
he entertained hy this country favorably. He be
lieved that the best interests of this country would
he consulted hy the adoption of such n measure. If
the time of the Senate permitted, and it w ere a ques
tion fitting to he entertained here, lie thought lie
could prove conclusively. Hint the interest* of the
whole Union and especially of the South, required,
that Texas, if once separated from Mexico, should
he annexed to these United States.
*, to avoid all interference in disputes, which
lv relate to the internal government of other nations,
and eventually to recognize Hie authority of the pre
vailing party, without reference to our particular
• late Governor had taken of Hie pending content | the true history of the colonization of that country
between Mexico and Texas, lie had been influenced ! ami of the present controversy, lie would not have
by no other consideration than those connected in j been at a loss to perceive what title the Texians
I.h opinion, with the best interest of the country. I have to the sympathies of the American people.
The Committee of Federal Relation*, were there- I The Governor says, that "under whatever circuin-
fine exceedingly desirous of passing by without no- I stances of adventure, nf speculation, of honor or in-
tice, the allusion to Texas in hi* Excellency’* Me*- j fniny, Hie insurgents of Texas have emigrated to
sag#*. But ■ufnrtuiintcly, a Report from the same | tliatVoimtry, they liavn forfeited all claim to our fin-
Committce in the House ot* Representatives has ternnl regardthat 44 they left a land of freedom
been sent to this body, to which our concurrence is ' for a land of despotism with their eve* open, and de-
asked, and in which there appears hv necessary im- I serve llieir destiny.” Now, what arc the facts 7 Af-
piicatinn, a sanction of Governor McDuffie’s iqiin- j ter tho downfall *of the imperial government ami
ions in relation not only to the respective merits of tlm death of Itnrhide. the republicans of Mexico I
Texas and Mexico in llieir subsisting contest, hut thought they would best secure llieir liberties hv '
llieir respective claims to mir sympathy. We must ; follow ing in the track of these United States; and !
now express either our concurrence or dissent to ( they adopted verbatim tt lituratim our federal cot sti-1
tliiit Report. ^ i tution. In the division of the country into States, ;
In relation to that part of the Report from the If. the adjoining province* ofConhuihi and Texas were j
of Representatives, which enforces the necessity of | united and formed one of the nineteen free, indepen- I
our maintaining inviolably our neutral relations' he- dent ami sovereign States, which, together, coiisti- j
tw. ru the parties, there can he no difference of j tuted the Republic of the United Mexican States. As
opinion between the two Houses. The committee j before the revolution, the Spanish Government lias
• •I the Senate, have deemed it llieir duly, in llieir found it impracticable to keep in subjection the w nr- !
own report, to urge those obligations, a* cmplutlicnl- I like ltur«|cs of Indians, which inhabited the country ;
'> *' s . r ‘"' 1 ' 1 - . ItMh'pciidenily, .however, of n between New Mexico nnd the sen,or nfiord even the j
seemingly unqualified concurrence in the views of semblance of protection tollie inhabitant* of Texas,
«mr late Governor, on all the points lie make* in his so the new Republic was compelled to leave them I
n ss.ige on this subject, accompanied a-# they are I unprotected,and it not tiufreqtientlv happened, that !
hy terms ol contumely nod reproach against the the Indian* appeared in armed hand* before the i
leMan p. opl#-; t„e report nf the House, contain* ! towns and settlements of tlm w hites, ami forced ,
siMiee \ au\ thing, short nl a direct charge against j them to pay n tribute in arms, ammunition and
our own government, that to pamper the inpaeity j rloathing. Tlm Government of Mexico eould not j
.•ns tor booty, it ha* allowed a \io- . remedy this evil; it was obliged to hiishaud it* mean* '
niralitt because Mexico was too j and ictniu it* forces at home, to repel the expected I
n-siNt oi pum.-U our injustice. He attacks of Spain. The only means of protecting
that this charge^ ‘luuihl go [ortli to i Texas from the invasion* of the Indian*, that occur- !
•the sanction til ihe Legislature of red to them, was to call in foreign aid. The Feder- |
Nor w as lie w illing that now the 1 nl Government, in conjunction with the State of'
Mini upon to express an opinion, that ! Uonhuila nml T<
Intiuu
leehle
th<
i* not w tiling
• world, tilldet
mil. Carolina.
the minds of the people were greatly excited by the
agitation #>f t#»pics purely domestic in their charac
ter. N#>r has any ifelibernle inquiry ever been in
stituted in Congress, or to any of our legislative ho-
dice, as to whom belonged the power of originally
recognizing a new* State; a power, the exercise of
which i» equivalent, under some circumstances. t«» a
declaration of war; a power lio where expressly de-
-hall have been, or sit ale hereafter he, made
any person above mentioned, on account of do
| tiling, to which he ax ns not entitled l«y law.MU’l
payment shall lie deducted from the value of In
horse or accoutrements.
Sec. 2. Audio it fuither enacted. That mix
person who. in the said military service as a v#»
iunteei . or draughted militiaman, has ftmiishml
or <iliall furnish lum-elf w ith arms and military
accoutrements, mid has sustained or shall
eutimi'iit expressed by our
. that the people of
■ till to our sympathy
legated, and only granted in tlm cnintitiitioii ns it is | n ,„ damage hy the capture or destruction of the
•ssnr'dy involved in some of the great power*
fix en to Congress, in that given to the President nod
Senate to form treaties w ith foreign powers, and to
appoint nmhn»«ndor« ami «*llicr public ministers;
and in that conferred upon the President to receive
ministeis fV«»ni foreign nations.
In the preamble lo the resolution of the House of
RcprcM-niQtivpM. it is distinctly intimated. Him the
• xpr Jirnrv of recognising the »ndej*rndeno#* "f Tex
as should he left to the decision nf Emigre**. l'» this
same, without any fault or negligence tin lie*
part, or w ho has lust nr shall lose the same hv )
reason of his being wounded in the service, shall
lie allowed and paid the value thereof.
Ser.il ind to it further enact* ti, That anv
person (ill saiil service) who has su«taiucd or
shall sustain damage hy the toss, capture, or de
■•rvrtioii. hv nil enemy, of any hor-t. mute, ur
w agon, nn t, lut.it, sleigh, or harness, vv tide sueli
tin \ hliould ratify tlm f
late Governor, m his Mr*
Tex a* prci-entcd no bight
than that of Mexico.
It w mild In' a-k#*#l, w hat were the claims of Tex
as upnn our sympathy ’ lie w ould answer ; ti cause
pitiiM-lx analogous in that x\ hull luid justified the
'» P ration uf ifi« forint i Colonit - nf North Auu i i-
# a tiom th#' parent emintiy—-charter* and grants fur
emigiaiion grossly vi«dated—a eonfed# racy guaran
teed hv all the stipnliitiou* of ii constitution, duly
ratified hv all the coutiacting parlies overthrown,
and a central despotism creeled in its place—rapine,
confiscation, imprisonim'iit and bloodshed. These
furnish Hie just grounds of the resonance of Texas
these superadded to the valor with which shell;
• passed a colonization law, in-
vying foreigner* from every country to si'ttl#* in
To\a* ; giving them lands, admitting them to all the
■ rights, privileges and iiuniutiitirs of rili/.etis of tin* '
I oiled Mexicali State*, and gnarnntei-ing to them |
the possession of their property, of ex civ descrip- *
, tiou. real nnd personal. So that the American*, j
who emigrated to Texas, went from one free conn- [
tiy to auollmr, where they found the same eonslitu- !
! tiou. till* same hill of tight*, the same privilege* ami .
I iiiitiiutiilies, nnd heeaiue citizen* equally of a free \
' State, tlm roiuponi td part of a gn at Confederation. !
It is true, as the Governor has said, that •• when they
; be: atne citizens of Mexico, they became subject to j
1 the constitution and laws of that country i” hut it is
equally trim, Hint they are under mi obligation, hu- |
man or dix in#*, to submit l#» the changes which mill-
min humanity with which she had
*. lonncil bet well founded claims !
• #pi It'S'
the most :
lliei
vii'vv. on the ground of expediency, ftm disposed to prnpertv wus in Hie military service of the Uni-
concur, *ml anddotmt. therefore. consider it uree*. | IM | States, i illierhv impresamciil or inntraet. !
..rv lo-.I.rr.. I" ll.- .In-' r..»«,l„. ,.j, k |>ru .
perlv would he e\po*e<l was agieed to lie incur
red hy Hi# llic owner, if it shall appear that such
••pinion a« to the strict roiistilti-
ttoiial right of tht Eierullve. t ilhi'i apart from or
!•• conjunction with the Ht iinle, over the •object
It »s to he presumed that on nn future nrcaaimi w ill
fought her hatile*. against Icai !ul odds, and the iiiihI- | ilespnlisui might make in that G
••ratmn and rhr ’ * *
UM'd her x ictoi i
lu our sympathy.
I lie farts staled in the report he had had the lion-
or to make to the Heuoli . ol Hie ntliH’iotlS X udatioiis
of eoifliiulional guarantees, on the part uf Mexieo.
he Ii:V\I ih'iixed troin lioeumcnts that bote nn ntficuil
s'anip But he was disposed lo ax ail himself of
Ii Mummy now on Hini floor, lie would appeal to
lliague(.Mr I’mnscii) to say, w belli. ! the anutxertnrv of Mcx
rnineut, or
w Inch, in viol,at ion of
issued to deprive ■
tli
. . 4 pledge
I their property.
The first net #»f injustice, w as a #lerree toeinatiei-
pale tile slaves throughout the Mevierni states; a
#b*cr#e levelled against Texasilnue, for it was well
known, that th# n* w# ie no slaves m the other slat# s
#»! Mexico. Mi. I‘. said, he well remembered that
in tin* farce nuiniallv |wrformed in Hi#* capital up«m
. the aiiinversiirv #.fMextcan indepemh n# e. of eiuau-
rr hey were or wee not accurate, lie felt lire I cipnling a rerlatii number «if slaves, said to he our-
Ml nl.Mg I. n -I.....I ..f ll.-.r ..wi.rr. l.v f..r ll.nl „,r-
■ >rii.r,ia,.... II., roll-,.,,,- i.,..l.»hlv hriirr ll.rv ,v.rr ..Mi a -,| m.i..i,,il,,,,,
Mr. P. said, that his colleague hail brought to the
attention of the Senate, some circumstances con
nected with hi* negotiation*, which although sub
stantially correct, required lo he more fully detailed
to he mulct-stood by honorable member*. The trni-
ty between tlm United States and Mexico was iii'gtv
tinted hy him, and in tlm course of the negotiation a
prox isionw a* inserted after great opposition from
the Mexican plciiipot#Milinri#‘s, that fugitive slave*
from the southern States should he restored to llieir
owners hy the Mexican authorities. This provision
of tin* treaty was struck out in the House of Repre
sentatives of the Mexican Congress. One of rhe
deviations #*f that government from our constitution,
being, that Treaties have tube ratified ami agreeil fi»
by both brandies of the Mexican Ei-gislatuie. Mr.
P. rcgnrded this prov ision of the treaty as of the ut
most importance, and procured it to Im sent hark to
the House by the Senate; all his efforts, h«»vvever,
proved unavailing, ami lie declared that he would
rather have no tienly than accept it thus mutilated.
Tho absence «>f such a provision would prove a
fruitful source of bonier ravages anti war; for our
Planters never would submit to have llieir property
wr#**ted from them bv the interposition of the M« xi*
ran authorities; but would follow their foS'tiv#!
slaves #iver the border, ami seize them wherever
they could find them. Iii this respect we had every
thing to fear if Mexico remained our neighbor; for
the present g#»verninent. essentially royal in nil it*
ft'atures, i* inimical to this Republic. Mr. 1*. knew
the men inivv in p#i\vcr. nml was well aware the l •
S. were not in favor vv iili them. They werejealoii*
of #>ur prosperity nnd dreaded the bright example ' ■
our Republican institutions, lie hail seen it ;UI '
iiotmeeil with great satisfaction, that the eaptii'*"*
Man Jacinto had been released. lie regarded du*
act as generous, magnanimous St- politic, and li°l"‘d
th#' Texiaii* would reap the fruit #»f this honorable
conduct. The result of the contest between Mexi
co ami Texas w ns. as truly said in the mint! on vetir
table, in tin* hands <if Providcnci*. II#' tlioiiput it
too pr«»hnhle, that the Texians may he driven fi" ,n
their home* I*y the overwhelming forces preparing
to march against them, hut sir! the Mexican 9 '‘ate
not keep possession of that State—that governin'’ 11
cannot maintain a large standing nrinv nt so g r #’ n ' a
distance from the rapital. They w ould he romp* 4
ed to vvitlidiavv it in a short time, ami Hie I c'ia" 9
will ie-ccnpy Hie country. To Mexico •»"' 4 "* a
perilous contest. Their retreating forces max
followed t»* the centre of their fertile fields-
danger i^ the more imminent ns all the Mtate* n"
#»f Tniiiaulipns are essentially republican, nml h.nr
Hiihmitted unw illingly to the repeal #if thfir trr«
htitiiti«iii*. Whatever reverses Texas i« #tiil '
#*d to iimleigo, if that people e#mtinue firm ""d ' 11 "
e#|, they must ultimately he free. Mr. !*• raid t
had hi* sincere prayers f#ir their success.
On the motion being put fir the mlnpli"* 1
report #*f tin* Senate, it xvns carried without "dm
ion hy a large majority.—[ Charleston Mcreurp t
his la
I he v
• able
Front the St. Louis Ihdlttin.
Mi;. Dam ax —We were informed hy a mercai'i* •
Iioiim' «»r ibis eitv, ystenlav , that lh#’V #m#l r,, ‘ 4 ,u ,
ii letter from a fii* nd in Philadelphia, w!'° ,4,M 'Jj
that tiro Ihillis E»#|. a few evening* prext*"' 1 ^
In* vviitirig, had infornted him, that when • '
Boren vv a* iii the r it v. lie had # all#'d and pfidler# •
Inin tin* # ftice of Heeretary nf the Nn'.'’ 1 t
This new* is veiv r#miul-al!«»iit, !•"*
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