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iik il izkiv : * : ■ j— ; Lr-f BY J. H CHRISTY & T. M. L.A5IPKEV,? EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. i ■ kiik Tfil yf Li^Y^/5 i '.V 1 1 .. iti - /:iuwi> -■.Uri Xj*“H I /S' t. 1 rt [ jt • ,-! • t i .*!h» ut I i '•Mli 1 1'/ .ml-! .hiJ ^ • . . ■:-3 .V, ... Nn.w.» « JDet)otcJ> to Nctus, Politics, Literature, C&Vgecal intelligence, Slgrienlturc, &t. NEW i—VOL. I, NO. 35. illiscellancous. — from (be Portland Ado-r'iacr. „ IL§. White Jims. . . . Several notices have recently appear* in the papers concerning a Mr. Wil- HH>er’s having recovered a son (from the ^Indians) who had been lost to him more JJHbnn twenty years, but we believe the lull particulars in regard to the matter have not yet appeared in print, and have taken some pains to get at them. Our authority for the statements which fol* low, Is Mr. Sami. W. Swctt, the intelli gent tollman of the Cape Elizabeth Bridge, who has been chiefly instrument- all a restoring the long lost child, to bU r 1S27, the parents of ‘ White bad seen at Saco, related anew the his- j to die.” They fired; he fell iinmcdi- tory wo have above given,.and stated J ately, having received three balls in his that ho knew him to be his son—if he 1 body; but in a lew moments he again bad seen him any where in the street! arose, resting on his elbow, and asked ■ould have recognized him as such. j for water and drank. He then said. ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY MINING, MARCH 2, ISIS. James, however, who bad evidently been imposed upon by the Indians with somo story of sinister motive on the part of the proposed father disclaimed all re lationship, and all wish to have anything to do with him, and getting out of the door on some trival pretext, took to his heels ns for dear life, and licforc the old man was hardly aware ofbis absence, was Jialf way over tbe bridge. The old gentleman could only.exjliai deiir! I have again lost n and sank Mown ill a ebuif. MivS^pokc cncouragfi^ kill me at once and rcliev misery,* when four of the men who had reserved their fire advanced, and pla cing the muzzle of their guns to within a 'f T Bit MS: —T W O DOLLARS :A YEAR; ^ INVARIA3UY IN ADVANCE. UltA. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY VOLUME XV. NUMBER 47. n,iu SPEECH OF MR. SWJIENS, few inches of his body, fired, almost ; T* *,..i- lljc | Mr. & TLPuENb said he iad dc- cutling him asunder. Truly he was most resolute man I ever saw. Some! of the officers were entirely overcome by the distressing sight. Ob. j Irishman;by tile nime'ofSy^asj lhin S »pon that exirnordl^^ pa- !’_] ,l,... TO rn„.w ., nb i„..i l.„ ...... I»r. «"d w» o» tho n?t*hSSj#n g L'x- ous doctrines therein vfrrejUKn Ad isions of the ioiut resolution for annexing Tcx.v j tlie l*nited States, approved March first, one thou nd eight hundred aim forty-five, ordain and estab lish tli And the third section of the thirteenth article of the constitution is in these words: - All laws and parts of laws now in force in the public of Texas, which aie not repug: the pr< days ago, when il of reference of the Preside!: was before the Committee « tlie Whole on the State of the Utiioa, t soy some thing upon that extrnorditnM S - child j very dangerously stabbed by some per- 1 T er * ? 5* i son nnknown. It is thought he will not • £ us ,£ 1 i ..1 t „ „A!indG.,al-! recover.” 1 j forth us lirais tied lira , ; , . Iv cot a person residin' 7 ou the other side'« • j istration. but, as lief MSuMppomlcd Jim, as be IS called, resided in township 0 , f lic bridge to go over with him to the “1? Co “ ou »“ dId *» Cotton Mills.; in repeated attempts trt #>f«he floor; he letter 13, then almost in a state of wilder- - i ni r, nn Clinn Thi.n» ilu. nil mnn i in .i I I he state of things now existing, at had abandoned the idea oi anv further new, nod but sparsely peopled. Mr. W. convorsIllion ; Mvcral tiro „ wilh w hfte ihomo and abroad, in regard lo cotton j struggle, ami had[made X bii mind lo j ‘u.aT seetioa of tbe constitution had dearej up a patch of ground or Ins ' Jamcs , wbo graduaUy bccaia( . more Und .u manulaeturers.aflord, an extra- jeavc the d, 3 cu s3 ,on <.r tlu f e grave aod - whicll j h aVe' referred ; and tlerfore "m ? 0Ul ?V f a T iraotublc, and finally was prevailed up- J °£'» ar y .Hustratjon of the tnlatuaf on important topic, .a the habds of other,.! the boundary wit h that limit was there- taat, afiebl for gram. Hehad twodaugh-; <m tu ^knowledge the relationship, mid 1 “L'^.dTn' r .T 1 i’, “ !" , par "-" V °yT‘ T g be 1 ! by affirmed: liv no mean, ; for the ,ee- «rfold enough to be of «emeo m assist- promiicd lo „„ lo , bo house ofhU parenl,, ula r.lhefolly °f the cotton paners, in (,aid Mr. &.) arow from tk change of' > ■ ■- • •- ^ng their parent, and a child, named af- } n a fortnight when the old man left him ; e3labl,sb,u S a tar ‘“ system which robs ] purpose. 1 wish to movcj an amend- • • l,elf, James, (the chief subject of first having provided him will.' the mean! 1 1 ! ,cm to tlio terras proposed, they should have been defended by our arms, if oecnsior had required it, and no further. It h true that Texas, as a department o; district of Mexico before her revolution was bounded by the .Nueces ; but alte her revolution she 'declared her boun lary to be the Uio Grande, troinil»ji< luded si ')%-h nexlnK Xe’J^ to'tE'rldteY'f!-'' v o! ' n> °“ lh ,n its source, which- ii .W thH ^!fitalk>n," l !tali I i’°r‘‘>">s of ‘be Stales of Tarn: in force ns the laws of this Sate until! Coahuila, and New Mexico: an they expire by their own limitation, or shall he al- tiered by the Legislature thereof.’’ This is alLI find in this constitution which has any relation to boundary whatever. And there is in it not the least reference to the Rio Grande, or I any other definite limit. But, says the "l gentleman, tl>e republic, of Texas had a j law in forec which prescribed the Uio i Grande as her boundary from its mouth to its source, which law was allii mend to say something more before IcotY- lu«le.) :unl Mexico refused to receive and iccredit him as such, because sliu had >'»t siyagiecd, mid, because site did not hiuk, as the quest ion then stood, alia •ould .consistently.with her honor dosoj disj»j •sition cvinceiL t«» put.an e»»d to u^gotiuliow But ter himseit, James, fine clue, sublet of firsl having provided him with tbe means i ‘“ B ™ ul fi !" <! t*!“ °! this narrative,) then two years and two Q f paying his stage fare. j l ie P. ro “ l8 of their labor. of the value of their products and I or fourth year, instead of becoming villi tl,e Indians, ‘to whom be bad ' - Wn "= ent ' Hu scll(i3 h “ c<,lUJ1 ' “> Manchester; whereas a brief cflbr would bring the machinery of Manches ter to his own door, and the cost of transportation would be saved for all future time. To transport all the machinery of the two hundred mills now idle ami lie month, old. One day early in feeptem- | Mr . Swclti lo fi kccpori wb o had !, It ,' s f a,e ‘ I Ota! there are near two ber, tbe two girls returned home after; sbown a highly connnendable interest in I hu .^ re ^ “ uon , mllU ,,lle m p: "« lan ,''- „. having been at work with their father | ,he matter, was abjured to see the boy I ^ lle . of ,ho ? e ’ hat ar0 ““ absolutely nolle. .0 lV corn held, nod inquired of their i oecasionally ; and keep him fixed lo his I ! dl °- ‘ba majority are working only hall mother what bad made James cry so; promiso which hc re Ji| y „ reeJ lo do «. The South „ filled with cotton, they heard him serenra “ the boo-man j ' ln d Mr . wi | bur returned home. Before I kccaaSB c " tlo , n ?” lla T \ dla - Half the boa got me, hut thought nothing ot it the fortnignt elapsed, however, impa- i wor d 13 but ^ ,ap clothed for want ol aupposmg him with her. 1 he mother lient 0 f ,ho tlelny, he returned to |^ 0 | c mploym c "t, while the materials ol at once became deadly pale ; she had , ci[y> and con , r ar y to the advice of Mr.! clolll f are superabundant for want ol auppo«d the child was sale with then, j SwclIi went ove r to the encampment of i R“l ,le , \° wor Jj lh «? “P- and 10 " car lh « »;». a,,d . ”? w flashed upon her lho I„dinns, accompanied by several | 1IU P r ^ uc, ‘ Manufacturers are ruined, the painful conviction that ho was lost other individuals, when, to use the words ' , laborcrs ? rc s , larved j aad ^cause rn tbe woods, .ra worse late had not jof Mr . Swell, • everything was again ll, 1 °i r ar ? so r - } '* P lanter . 13 a lm?*‘ befallen him. | knocked In the head.’ James peremp-1 lh< L fa1110 > he P r,c = <>f I"? g r «at The nearest neighbors were immedi- lori l y ( | 0 „ied nil relationship wilh the' ? la P'f-. ™e reason lor all this .s lo bo ntely arpusod, and search was made ] o]d gentleman, and would have nothin-! ?' u,ul ,n tb ? ,ac! > lllat thc P laa ‘ er P re " ^through me woods, hut without sue-I ;odowilb bilni a „d again the old man fer3 . lo<:m P lo y nn “S®'". " l, ° makes ,t , cess; and for twelve days did the eg. j rct urned homo with a heavy heart. I a raIu '? beeo ‘ n . e banl |rupt every third onized parents and sympathising neigh- j White James had a squaw or wil boys continue ‘heir inquiries and re- j ,i d i„g will , the Indians, to whom h, searches, hut nil to no purpose. ■ bec „ uoilcd so , ivc or sis monlba It was fioallv concluded by some that L nd Mr . lS . saw „ lc , wo , lllt . °, d ^“P er “‘°- ,! f n In , d r"’ ha f wl,llc - finally he agreed to accompany them to by tbo name ol Robbins, who spent Bethel, if they wotdd go_to which they bia lime in the surrounding region, bun-! a « rcct | J y ting, had killed the child for the peruse | "l.ast'Saturday week, Mr. S. sinned of boiling bis traps with lho body ; nnd i„ a two-horse carriage (or Bethel with ,., , . bjyime rounjatmu fer^th.. suppesumn. [ XheTather was rent for. Absence from TiULwAT -yZKJIttt, | rfeiTfifiiiad*, ft appeared, bad protlueed r often stated her coavic- a change in lhe sentiments of James 2 ** her Y°y towards Mr. W. «e seemed mod. pleas- . strangely, at last j e j whoii they met, and shook the old VIM that conviction been realized. But j man * s hand cordiullv. DOt §et “head of our narrative. : The travellers after taking some re- 8 P r * a 8 °* lb4G, the father (who j frcsbmei.t, started on foot for Mr. W.*s anwhile removed to Bethel) heard j house, accompanied by athrongofpeo- Ittbere was a white boy residing with p| e , among whom were three or four Wmf Scotia, who might j pe rsons cntirelv strangers to ihe mother. COSStbly bo his child. , , I On arriving at the house, these strangers ;A. request, ns will hc recollected by i went in first, James in their midst. The «jne of our renders, was made through , „|d lady, pale wilh anxiety, looked al the newspapers for information concern- each one carefully, hut when she came tug bun, but to no purpose, :in:l the lojjnmcs, she rushed forward aiul clasp- beurts of the parents were ngam made cd him in her arms, exclaiming, ‘This is atek with • liope deferred.’ However, a: , ny boy—this is my child !' erue to the mystery was at length oh-1 An ,j „i,|, a i| doubts ofhis parent- tfmial. . j age (if doubt lie hat!,) at once gave way Somefour or five months since, tire ! —an al.sorl.ii.glovc.h.vctoward, amotlf- two gtrls mentioned m the beginning of. er , long sought for, hut unknown, seemed these statements, then engaged in one of lo be awakened in his heart, and he the factories tn baco, saw a young man ; wept like n child—nor were theirs the among a parly ol Indians who were then | „ n | y m „ ist cycs ln lbe gr0U p—every one rus affected. Tbo two sat down, and for nearly an to South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, would cost less than is paid every month in the year for thc transportation ofcououand food from the United Slates to Manches ter. Were that maebiuery once in these Slates, it would never either stop or work halftime ; and that for tho sin. pi meat ", .he report ot tlji committee, th ;„ gs) to ,h e ‘-j P oint rLlufion for an- and I should have eonh,,..d nyselt strict-1 p .g Texas." What, then, is the ly to tnat amend,,,,.in hut [for somo of , 3 a ° ollhe „ jllint rcsu , u fi„;, anncx _ the positions assumed by l,y honorable j j3pe1a*» upon this subject f The lion itself only affirms such Iu\ ere not repugnant (at t force ^ tiruefit -part of tliiit republic. But it v^'VrTX'l’ly true that the people t»n the other*side of the great desert, that lies between tlu: val leys of thc Nueces anti the Ilio Grande —those occupying the country ou the east bank of the Rio Grande—never did, froih thc best evidence wo have, join in thc revolution ; they adhered to Mexico, and recognised her laws anil her authority. This I believe neither my colleague.nor any other gentleman on this floor will pretend to deny.— Hence it was very proper fir our troops to be stationed at Corpus Chrisii, and very improper for them before the boun dary was settled to be sent bv the President to the Rio Grande. But my collogue asks, where was the point at which tho movement of our troops under the order of tlie President became aggressive and unwarranted 1 I say at that, very point when they loft the coun try “occupied by the people—tho citi- of Texas”—those who obeyed her nized her authority ; for, i adjusted with bill, as some before him iltve done—but I thc Uio Grande as her boundary, fiw3Wf“ t,co ’ l ' reau, ? a ‘ bad no right tu the Congress that passed the original clearly repeat to that condition in the I d ?,“ 0r ° resolutions of annexation.; Amongst tho joint resolutions of annexation, which 1 " f ‘■^'■“’■'I’-lged jer.sd.elm,,. J ho ilelendcrsol die President upon this Hour, ■ left her boundary an open question fi>r , P™“t■ »e uiakt, ulni ii u iw cii.n il is not a little interesting o the curious . future adjust,neat. This, to my mind; ° ***“ ,°'’ I U S . and speculative, to see the'great variety j seems too clear to argue. But, if fur- ? ^ hal !>". 1,08 ‘" uld l,t- and diversity of excuses njid apologies |,her authority be wanted to eorrobo-^ ™ JSd'i v and _f K,s, ‘m. r, » I refer to^, ore> Balt ' bu lle J did d „, whik Con- .(Mr. CoBB ) whJ has just tuk- j e ° cnadU ’ on in those'' resolutions at. I ask the ihdulgenee of, w hieh annexation was to take the House, therefore, lor,[lew moment, | a u iu lbc3e wordj . while l reply to these positions, and one , .. or two XL kindred totLn, ns h,icily ! as justice to the subject wijfl admit. Tlie d.iry that may urine with other t. speech of my colleague wafc.lt labored ar- j The constitution of the State ot Tex-' gument fo remove the Responsibility, as therefore was formed subject to this the heavy responsibility, {f ihe existing condition. Her unsettled boundary war from the head ol opr Executive, was, in the very terms of the compact of Ami,if 1 understand him rightly, he seem- union, reserved for the adjustment of f c, ' a ed disposed to place il upJn Congress— this Government. And if she had any ! !V' not the Congress that passed the war law in force anterior to that timetfixing j ^j ex ; co p r p Sa j enl ry-sort arms; This the corres-) a?c with Mr. tlie minister^ iiiufilantlv sJttiufs. Audvvo hava s that declaration was made good bv i tiki’ uuilioriiy ot' Mr. -.Slidell himseU\thaL the establishment of her authority 'and joiher and very iUuv iyiit.vtoHesoperated her laws, her title was good. . A portion J in t!»c overthrow of the Adiuiuislrulion; of the State of Tamaulipas, on the west {of Herrera than those which were con- side of the Nuces, including Corpus j neeted wilh bis pacific views towards* Christi, jbined in the icvoVutioii * ! • thereby be* and Mcn try. In bis letter to Mr, Btic1i-‘ I thi* 27t[i w Pecembcr, fioia . nubli* you hotter to iW«?o upon thoeonrae ' civo rphr > dift *iWe, eome iJon rtfttifc present I will n«t out»*r into deUilst r so inucli.rrbft) day to iay.aiut "Jons niul ^iibdivitiiou* o!'|« ■waiy f in'orihii- lublisl preat division of party sifo. and CouiraUfts: Uio luriu- wont of tlio constitution of, tho oxceptim oftlio ^aliscnco. s Uio nai m-ruuiun; as tl ofiHt* people : hilc thc which have been o flu red by way of jus- ! rate my , tification for bis lawless abuse of power.! the despatches of Mr. Donelsoti, 1 lie geiillemaii from Maryland (Mr. Me- - charge d’affaires in Texas, while Lane,) first led oil by an attempt to! question of annexation was pending throw tlie whole burden upen Gen. Tay- there. In a letter to Ur. Buchanan, lor; or at least he insisted that the re-j Secretary of State here, bearing date tnoval of the troops from Corpus Chris-! Austin, Texas, July tl, 1S15, he ti was in accordance witb the advice of, « Sir-You will l.iro opened Hint in my that officel^aaj jt afly ,^C/ily, ,was toifoodence with thi* Government, there has bci blame for it, be was. tlie [Wooer .person. the qnestnn °f Ji«nit*t vit I.< gross was in session to consulting them ; and, in so doing, we say that he grossly ami wantonly abus ed his powers, and “ unnecessarily am! unconstitutionally” involved us iu war with Mexico; for no man at this day can doubt that the removal of our army from esert to the banks of tho Rio Grande, j. hk li was in the possession of thc Mexican-, was tli who were then j cariying In the neighborhood, who wns ; W as » 6trongly enstniiqjed with the I of tl ■•^ICet that he misfit bo their Inst bmtli* b i #J aavnsioually uttering tl,rough her or. By couvcrsatioi. the suspicion grew : soba 8U ,.|, se „a!,ces as -where have you juto certainty, and they at length made bt . cll llds lo „ gi | ong rilne r _. they sa ,le hand got away !“! “i 8 ! 1 - aad ~ »b. had partyofladiaa. among whom he rcsid- had on bis aecoant-^f ilre'sorrow u„- - "r. d IO ? k r *V ! ceasing that had made her old pren.a- dea “ ™ j n 0ll,C, ' S,de i torely—:..i.l again in nn ccstacy of pas- —'.?. ndse '. , .. |sionalc weeping; she clasped him in says: my corres- blame for it, he was the phrper person.! dwcuasiun of tlio qiietubn of liinit, bctirrrn .Vox-1 Corpus _Chrisli ov Sulrequuirtly.iflfo. «: j ^ tempted lo.put tho rcsponsiblHy upon. Baftiorr proposition mads !.r this Gover.mw.tnn-1 ... ...... , ... ,, Congress for admiuimr Texas into the! dev iho'.li-pics, of tl., Briuih.a.1 r, M ri.ti. re ,n. ; ; , <--c.i»i.>i. ol hostilities, mid tl tin mcnti as tho basis of a definitive treaty with Alex- j measure had not been adopted, \v:i: ico, left the question in li»e same state.” might have been avoided. that cotton yarn and cotton cloth {tending to the Rio G ramie. And now!, And lurtlier on, in the same letter, j But mr-collegue *ava again that the would be produced at half the cost of,| my colleague would have us to under-j c uscs 1,0 °. v,,, 8 * a,, 8 ,,a S e: * i Iutciition of the. President to maintain now required for them, j stand that the fatal blunder was coin- j natum^fSnmled'on*!”o mitYom^m^tim? 0 ne^^tn 0 lbe boundary of Texas up to the Rm ' g of transpor- j milted in the original act of annexation. b !e to them, leaviitg^ieqawSon or"'tonndAry'not Urande was set forth in his message ol Now, sir, none of these excuses or onlyoptm, but Mexico in possession of the east December, 1845; and that it was known •hifts will answer. The argument may 1 ba . u * c "f l ' 10 Grande, seemed to ine inconsistent here that the troops had been onl ... ii„ i i.i u... I with tho expectation that in dafencoot the claim .... — . iiilic* ory mMiVty a , ndvo-: ily ©i*o[ Thu atsoivialiona of rotoJwe ^m-rully IteqU’ be basis ofhis feclinn •d by tho selection fnrnt tMiihers of his da hi not; id tedemtivo nnd to timm-i latod tho liitu.-ell ir.nkly ujKin tliat party soon alienatod -Uu jjreale'r ;-*rtic>n u» it, wl ilo t!.e roinainder liave.njvea ’ *•* ■ - the in ji and almost Uio e b clergy. This letter of Mr. Slidell, written : a cw days before, shows that tho oyer** brow of the ml ministration, of Herrera, was owing mainly .to the influence lomestie questions, and that hostility towards the L'tiilud Slates Jiud but litr. lie to do with it. Indeed wo havc hia iwn assurance that he had more hope, In ; more hostile adiuinis-- loticr of the 17tl» Decgrur uses this language: . y ins; ih*. desire which 1 believe the iitiou (I JerroraV) really entertain* JilTicnltles will; ns, mi techie and in rather inclined to the opinion >tn kucccskIuI negotiation would, more IiooUie but posawssiug great- labor that because of the vast £ This cert; did not bob accredit hit st of producing the cloth, its con- j be labored—the effort may be bold, but j Tex as^on M roop^ s'l' o u! J^na rc h hn m tMliafctfv to Tli a t lo d, ° ^ lo Grande’, and yet no eflort sumption would be doubled, and the truth can-never be obliterated, or even river. What the Executive of Telrasilhd deter- made to arrest their march ; am! accord planter might go on to’ increase his obscured by such sophistry* There it 1 mined not lo fight lor but to settle by negotiation, iug to this, I suppose he would argue quantity, with an absulute certainty of ; stands, thc fact is upon record. There \ >»y the least ot it, could as well be left to the that any act of violence, or in derogation u market for it all. He would then j is no getting over it, or around it, or un- j m * c talcs _ ont ,c samecon itious. i of law is justifiable if those who know grow rich; and the owner ot the trans- j der it; and until history shall falsify the! " nd a S ain lu l “ e same letter he says : j () f j ls progress do not attempt to arrest lerred machinery would grow rich too,' events of the past, there can be no*mis-j “ There arc no unfavorable symptoms in the pro-, it. But, sir, my collogue knows that lor be would not be obliged to overtrade j take as to tlie real paternity of this war, inem^rTtij ? resort’to* M^inc ^actio^t ^ex" : vvd,cn d,e message of December, IS-io.. and break, in the eflort lo gain double which gentlemen seem so noxious to' hibit in strong terms the expectation of Texas that! was delivered, we were also tnfhrtned profits atone period, with a view to make have us believt-ts now actually in quest i the Rio Grande will bo maintained ns tho bounda-1 that he had sent a minister to Mexico amends for no profits at another. Trade of an author, or in search of a father, j r J r > 1)1,1 P° provision making this a sine qua n»n in : with a prospect of settling this matter by would become more steady with each j The true cause dies at the do<*r of your j aiTparties hweaslnrcd'mo thau'ncrd'a'prehiwd ’ ne 8 ,,l,al:,,n * He knows also that the rc- step in this process. To bring that ma- j own Executive. Hc commenced it by nothing; that annexation is settled, andtiir.tVhe 1 movul of the troops Irotn Cot pus Christi cbinery here requires nothing but the ] the exercise ot power never 'conferred \ constitution will contain nothing that has not been ; was not publicly known here, until lotig; the j upon him, a ml in a wanton outrage up- i functioned by nuroeron. precedents ir * ' • • 1 * • • ° -• 1 tiona of the other States of the Union. luLliiji Ik two nations,' ican Guvem- {Jeuipoicntiary or c wilh. special; informed as to the habits and peculiari- { widl ^ ut she prefers hi manifestation of determination on tbe j upon him, aud in a wanton outrage up-! “nctioned by nmnerous precedents in thocoustitu-1 after the order was given. He Im parl of those who have food am! cotton! on the constitution of his country. Up-j ,onso 1 0 01 ” r , -‘ eso,, ° n,on - ! also that it wns utterly impossible fm to sell, to protect its owner, when here, {on bis head rests all the responsibility,! These extracts, as well ns the whole j any man on this side of the House to gel against the perpetual fluctuation of Eng-j with all its force and weight, and there j despatch itself, sl^nv conclusively that) a resolution 1 even of inquiry upon this Iish policy and English prices. It wants ! it will continue to rest. | however much confidence Texas tuny i subject, against that fixed inflexible dead nothing but a decidedly protective tar- It will require no effort, Mr. Speaker, ; * ,ave placed in the validity of her claim j majority, on.bis side, which their its now iff, adopted by tbe whole body ot farm-, to show the utter groundlessness of tlie i t,) die cast bank ol tlio Rio Grande, and > arc ready lo. defend any act of the Pros- ers and planters, as their fixed policy, j argument, so far as the act i.i n of Con- j whatever may have hern the expecia-' ideal,.however inonstrou?* Anatienqu for tho especial purpose of bringing the grtfss i3 concerned. I mean tbe action ! l| onon her parHhat ber,boutu!:ity would j W ns made iu the mouth of February'bv consumer to their side; aud such a Jar-' by which Texas was admitied as a State | ultimately be fixed at that limit, yet she I tj K . gentleman from Massachusetts, (Mr. ill will.be adopted, whenever their eyes j with her constitution, as well as the pas- j d * d not ,na ^° > ts maintenance and ijc-1 Asmws,) wliicli failed. And, sir, the shall become open to the fact that tbe ! sage of the original resolutions ofnnnexa- , funce up to that fin^ fx condition or sine [journals show that, even alter therumors tariff is t/uir question, not a manufac- tion. I grant if Texas had never .been I ( l t,a flon pf annexation. 'I Ins despatch,; reached here of tho actual commeuoe- turcr’s question. Wo think the liqie ; admitted there would have been no war. 1 say, shows conclusively as part ol tlie ! meut of hostilities, a majority of the l iG t “r I when their eyes shall become thus open- j But what I insist upon is, that war was l csl g c * ,(e » the direct understanding of House voted against resolutions inquir- *^t- °i °. , ? nS i ed cannot now be far distant. It is iui-i not a necessary consequence of aunexa- 1 ^ cxus at the time of the fitrmation of ■ i t ,g into tlie subject. These resolutions ?"V" rrX*”i,V***/|i .* ,0 " c ' er », possible that an inteliigent people can tion ; that it was i;i no way involved iu her constitution, that the boundary be-! we re submitted by Mr. Davis, of Ken- ,? u \ ,0 m °ti? r * i be long blind-to their interest, aud blind ! that iflpasure as it was finally adopted, tween her and[Mexico was- to lie left ’ tucky, and theJIuusc would not even is taec in.tr, on the 1 lo t j, 0 wretched and ruiiious dependence j Every point had been carefully guarded. °P en l° r l ^ c adjustment of this Govern- allow them lo be introduced. And yet i • ...... f - -r-- ; foreign manufacturers, from which i Of this, the resolutions—-winch speak ,neil i t » according to the terms of the joint arc il, c Whigs of that session to be qharg- ‘fjV'V'"' • for themselves—afford sufficient evi- resolutions ol annexation. &o much | c d.with the grave offence of not having L - ,^ -He Uiri-ati-Hcirby.ibe sqitailrqii* oftlioswnv named i dcnce * C i ut we !,ave lhat wh:cb ; to my «} r t«p argument of the gentleman Irpm.j ,„ : ,d s an effort to prevent Mr. Pol' ’ The girls wrote a statement of these i j )er armg fotts to their parents, an.l tlio father at | Tlie re is no doubt that the voumr mnn lu , rcr s , ‘l. ut ? ICCMarlad °[ rfar Saao > l,ul Earning bo- 1 had ficc-n ranch abused l,y lho I„°,"— ' ' vl “' a ,1,c,r fore ka amved there iha! Ihc ad,“ns |,a di_ h0 makc s nn cpraplaints, how removed to this neighborhood, lie fchang- but on being f 1 ed hia course, and came hither. i subs. qacnir y to this SR9 The fost person he called upon here; matter, he burst into tears. u VM Mr. owell, toll kee|K‘r of the new j Ho seems to be perfectly contented | bridge, and to him he related the panic- • ? nd happy at liis new residence, ns our j 1 alars.of bis business. Mr. S. was well ■ informant tells us. His Indian wife is Important Invention—A man ily shows that Mr. Slidell, e lii.iL Horrerq refused to j as a.ininiaier»j»lcuipoten- j liai v fro.u any h >-iile iiKUives, or any. disposition to avoid an amicable settler’, meat of she dijficuliy ; for he said^ie bq- ! lieved ihe Admiuisiunion really enlei^ tained si desire lo suljust all tlieir difli-', cultics with us. This you will.observe, was in tbe mouth ot December, 1S45,' long after Almonte had demanded his passports and declared that Mexico would consider annexation as a cause of war, :;tul long alter most of thc hostile threats mentioned by my colleague.— Bui, sir, I now call tbe attention of the House to the language of Mr. Castillo y Lanzas, Minister of Foreign Affairs tra der the Administration of patcdes hiqi-j self, to show thc feelings he eutertnihed towards us. This was long alter lho, overthrow of Herrera; it was on the 12th of March, ISty*. lie says, after as signing the reasons why Mr. Slidell could not be received as a minister: •* II'»uoJ !:iitJl ,pi is to be suppoever sUioij »t tiie tip'enifitenl ol the United, ut motive' con'd exist tor >0 Anxiously re- ie m4bpen«:iUle restriction with which is Hccid d lo li-o pr«>pos.il spontaneously mi lurmer l ■ it 4 w*s rp»ily and posilivo- •v^oiiltl .ivtfSi .‘o \v»rd cfftliis i, 'without fear in jr war, 8»»1 .o great a atUiiiity to both - •iio-l.i; oik-n-d lii-rself, aud. licrsefi, iqioii to all hniKirtibre! t.tim j»r, iiid i|ccfir tied Slates, is. w oflbnco ; one of de- ijuatly at?. ! Smith in Barrc, Massachusetts, has ta- i c ? hc has lew' for him. The old gentleman assented, aa4. d message was sent to the young • — - r ike purchase v suffering. , __ w from colleague, and hi3 side of ihe House, Maryland, (Mr. McLan.e) j doing what.he did. But ^ should be even stronger—wc have tho j And now, sir, I come to the position i labored to show that Mexico (Mr. Cobb,) j ‘flg preparations for war .with outset to put recovering the whole of Taxas; and nt of differ-.; has.read several extracts from papers iys that we atJ ff proclamations!-to show this ho^file production, cackling her delight lira I ! r - ca - P 1 ravcnl .«' ’» rcmnnnng: n oioou- con[c , ld , bat lbe Xucces Us the prop-j raicnlion. But he ccrlairdy lor^sUu.l, while, she is astonished to find her nesl ucl^veraem ?” It was the occupa- cr boundary of Texas, and yet jusuly j for raastofjhescbqlhgcieutoxh.hmous, empty 1 so nuiurnily supposing her sell : " on K* e conniry on the cast hank of , be potion of lira troops al Cotpus 1 ‘be authorities in Mexico agreed, lo ic- mislakcn. she again'^la y rannilrar egg— i ll,e R™ Orande by our troops, in olradi- Christi, whieh is on the'west hank of ee.yo a commissioner from this cuuuujf and so on until The necessary 'number I P " cc ln llu! ordcr3 ol lhc Pre - 3lJcn '- that river. This is a radical error of ““d to settle tho dispute with,iul a ro of eggs required arc obtained. Mrs 8.1 ‘ W *, onl,;r “ cecMa '3 r nlul "S 1 " ? die gentleman, witi. mo-t ol tl,o» who ->r‘ tp arms. The commissioner, he • 1 - * - That is tlie. quest ion. Thc ‘gentleman defend the acts of thc Preskleiit. We says, was rejected under a bare nretext; from Maryland (Mr. McLone) says that; t j 0 nol conieod, lhat tlie Nueces or any j and the adinini$tfation of TIcrrera, it Was, because it was the duty of* the other river was the projier boundary of | which had beeti papifically . inclined, President to defeud the Stateof Texas to, Texas. We say her. boundary extern- j was overturned by Parades, with the *• » * . -. ^ J ded just solar thc lithits ofher boundary as defined i DrcadCal Scene. baskeu. Jrmies’came"and Mr!] t. Jfolfo^t^'TafoT FjLI!Sl ' a we... oficr bargaining for a lot ol has- i -Ialtilo, Dce. 20, 1S17. ! pa in ful° scenes^ look U placc C hcrc’l 5S! ''“T ;” a "? fac,are lhe neil - bat uff - ^ Indians- Z rA 11 '' 0 '’J wunessed. A soldier by the name of ; RlS '“* .Ira tke!-bu’t he lnd hcard’“ I 'f",-"' Vit “‘ r ^ulhraith, n bugler in Captain ! ET Dr. Troost. lira geologist of Ten- ^ -Hi* firn roMill n ,an * Mier’s company of volunteer cavalry, ucssc has discovered, in Sumner coun- fartherthanfimi>mair.l < i nS W | C ? 1 ''? s ^ or threatening the captain’s ty, a Large and valuable deposite of the Indian life. * , * r cial;. life. The troops were all mastered to J purest granular silicious nock, fit Kir. tbe - * . J - i witness the dreadful sceue. The un-', manufacture of the jiiiat hind v/glass.— daries thus defined extended to thc Rio Colorado^ tlie Nueces, the great tlo.sert, V^MhA* injii< D ^ i 1° him his con-, happy prisoner was brought forward; He recommends the establishment of a Grande. Now, this is a matter that can <, r an y other limit. Her title to auy victiqu 1 parentage ; (narrat tug • under the charge of the Provost Marshal! glass manufactory in Tennessee. Our be easily settled by reference to thc rc-: portion of the territory depended solely C ?k° 11 s “^PP^araa 0 ®’) and guard. sSixteeji men were detailed ! country is full of the richest mineral cord. Here it is. I have that constitu- upon the right of revolution. Ucr.liin- * raaniWtatinei^ and formed.iu siuglefile. Tbe prisoner! resources, as well as the noblest produo- lion before me, and 1 find in it no such its were marked bv her sword ; and, * aeepiy aneeted iiear by, I calmly sat down on bis colfiu at about 1 lions of the surface. Let us develop limits of boundary set fort ti. The j„*t so f ar as slic bad succeeded in cs- U | " ;9S^ 1 paces distance, am! looked tlie llicm with prudenci, but with energy ; preamble of that constitution is in these L-iblUhingberjurisdictiou. sofarhcrlim- jfc M li e .could for executioners firmly in the lace. His and what treasures are ready to pour ! words : ; its rightfully extended, and no further. up Uie t bread ot the con- sentence wa^ then read to him ; he then f themselves forth ! It is like the stnff of'. “ " ^ ,,le p«?ople oBhc repuMic of Tms g () j ar t jj e y W ero recognised by the ori- l after asccrtamujg that threw bis bead backward, and said 19 Moses striking the rock, and the water* j JSSSSS ginal resolutions of annexation, and no same young mau lira yrlij tlie tucq. “Take gooj aim; lain ready 1 of ahuujaaec will gush forth.—,V«r. lx, iluw ’«:Wianc3 wUkthepro.' further; and so fur, alter sbe-acqcedeJ,j •mignt-u douUs nol Uim: he makes bis ivy-Mr. isEdell.KciisjWe tliat, in view of. M-t liirifi in tlie* present w-te, the Mexican rt'Tu lru*4d tliiit the Kxectitive of thc United^ in cofiiiiijr U> life, tifierioiiiuljon which it ({•n jsrn|K-r. w.yi act. witii llio deliberation fideratioa .d^ui.iiiilej by the exceedingly. iry thorny question, .t, pre|Mrin(. -tor war,, ire it, w ill keep alive its •omii he disturbed a ; ini'! in mukiii" tiiis declarutioit I.r tlie 'world, it -etrjilifith’ally Jiscl*iaM / lilily for lhe evils which may attend a lieh it Ini a not provoked, and which it- ery eflort to avoid.” vyed object or making xvar for tho paa her constitution when she was admitted . foffy extended,.ami .no further—be that ’ recovery ol Texas. . Now in all tins my j j j, aV c read these copious extracts to into thc Union.—And he says her. boun- from tbo Sabine to thc Brasos,, the qoileaguo must allow me most respect- ' shtiw-lhg tone-’aljd tenor of the feelings 'upy,to say that he is very much at fault.; * .y -■* .- . . - . . ..^ saidcaiueinlopow- Mexieq never did retuse to accept aeouk- er wJU, ihe uvowed, object of making missioucrfromtlnsGovernmeiji, because , war again-a. iliis goveruinenl. Does u° commissioner was ever sent. «bc [Wli .i {lll g Uagt , of bis .minister''look' as it agre,»d tp receive a commissioner ;J»ut he had any such jmcntiot. y Does ho our President, forreasonakmnvn perhaps „ ot s ig U1 *f v „s grer;t a willingness aud only to himself and Cabinet, declined to desire to souto the matte^ by negotia- senil such an officer ; but sent an envoy : lKJIl a5 j£ cri and uuuister plenipotentiary, with cer- ' a q uesl j 0 „ x taiu,secret instructions which ha'»Q yei answered,jcither iq him or thiscoun-r , yet seen Uic light, (and about which 4 if.he vvps ; rea|ly dcsiruus i did 1 Does he not put vhicli Mr. Polk bas never.