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acted upon its meeting and that ID OF present
actively throughout the Union She not g
n~rsnt that the decson will in oil probability be In s
favor unless 1t should be defeated by movement
terror to the United States The projected invasion Of
lexas by Mexico at this time. is that movement and
intended to effect IT, ehher by conquering and supuga


ng Texas to ner power or By forcing her te withdraw
nr proposition for annexation, and 10 iorm other con-


The United states cannot while the measure OF annex
,nssa hon pending stand quietly ey ana pshmI emner o


hed and deemed Indispensable TO their safety aud vel


Are and has accordingly been an object steadily pursued
by all parties, and the QUESTION the territory maze
the subject Of negotiation almost every administration
for the last twenty This policy may be traced to
the belief, generally entertained, that Texas
braced in the cesson OF Louisiana by France to the
United States in lS03 and improperly surrendered by
.ne treaty Of Florida IN sls connected WIN me iact that
Mississippi and Is the defence OF distant
and important frontier The hazard Of conflict Of policy
points between the United States and
OF the leading European powers since the of
Texas has renderedthe acquisition still essential to
their safety and welfare and accordingly has increased
in proportion the necessity Of acquiring it. Acting under
the conviction oil tins necessity the
the measure would be permanently defeated by longer
posponemen the President Of the United States invited
Texas to renew the proposition for snnexaton 1t
accepted BY her. and has been stated still pending
And here the question again recurs Snsl the United
States quietly stand by, the Of its consummation
and init the to be defeated by invasion by
Mexico2 And shall they suffer Texas Tor having ac-
ceptsd an invitation to join then, and consummate
alike essential and their peace
welfare and safety to be desolaed her inhabitants to be
buchered driven out in orcer to avert great
calamity to be 0rced sgsinst her will, into al
iiances, which would terminate in producing lasting
hoses set seen her and the 'othe permanent danger
oil both


The President has fully and deliberately examined the
subject and has come 10 the conclusion that honor and
humanity well the safety and welfare Of the United
States orbidt and he would accordingly be compelled
to regard the invasion Of Texas BY Mexico. while the
the United States He entertsins doubt that they had


Alright to invite her to renew the proposition for annexa
accept the invitation without consulting Mexico or
ing her leave He regards Texas in every respect as in
dependent Mexico and % competen 70 transfer the
whole or part OF her territory she is to transfer the
whole part Of hers Not TO insist the unques0na-
BILE right Of Texas he regarded and treated in ali
spects independent power, the ground that she
has successfully resisted Mexico preserved her indie.
pendence for nine years. and has been recognized by
other powers as independent it is only necessary to re-
fects entitled to be regarded and treated Under that
constitution, she with Coahuiis formed separate State
constituting member Of the federation Of the Mexican
states with right secured to T.xas by the constitution
to form separate State a. as her population
ton were equaA in rights and equally independent Of
each other; and remained so until 1885, when the
constitution was subveted by the army, and all the
States which dared to resist were subjugated and
consolidated into one, by force, except Texas. She
stood up bravely in defence Of her rights and inde
pendence, and successfully asserted them the bat
te-ground of San Jacinto in 1885, and has ever
maintained them. The constitution then, Of 1924, made
her independent and her vaor and her sword have since
maintained her She has been acknowledged to be 80
by thrae of the leading powers OF Chrstendo and 10
garded by all as such, except by Mexico herself She
neither now stands has stood in relation to Mex
CO. as rebelious province department struggling to
obtain independence after throwing off her yoke much
less band Of lawless intruders and usurpers without
government political existence Mexico would have
the world to beeve On the contrary the true relation
between them is that of having been Independents men,
bers Of what was once federal government but now
subverted by force the weaker Of which has
fully resisted against fearful odds the attempts OF the
stronger to conquer and subject her to its power is in
this light that the United States regard her and in that


they had the right to invite her renew the proposition
for annexation md with her for admission
the Union, without giving any just offence TO Mexico,
violating any obligation, by treaty or otherwise between


Nor will our honor, any more than our welfare and
safety permit ion to be defeated by invasion Of
Texas, while the question is pending. II Mexico has
who invited renewal Of the proposition aud not Texas
whe accepted the which should be held respon
sbe and we, 90 the responsible party cannot without
duplicating our honor, permit another to suffer In
place. Entertaining these views our honor and interests
being both involved Mexico will make great mistake il
she supposes that the President can regard with indf
ference the renewal Of the which she has proclaimed
against Texas


But another and still more elevated consideration
would forbid him to regard the invasion with ndifer
ence Strong as the objections to it. Of itself are in
nexion with existing circumstances those to the
ner in which is proclaimed 1t will bo conducted
al more So II honor and interest forbid taMe RcGRi
eres aloGd against proposed mode conducting


All the world have interest that the rules and
Of established between civilized nations in modern
times should be- respected and are in duty bound to
their volaton.n order to them In this
duty pre.emnenty ours. We neighbors; the
nearest to the scene Of proposed ocities the
competent to judge from proximity, and, for the
reason, enabed the more readily to intePose For
the reason, also our sympathies would be more
deeply reused by the p misery which would
sent themselves all sides; not to mention the dangers
to which must be exposed, in consequence Of an in
vasion conducted, distant and weak frontier,
with numerous and powerful bands OF Indians in Its vi
cinity.


anything can add to these strong objections to the
manner in which isproclamed the will be waged


it is the fiction, regardless OF the sembance Of reality to
which government OF Mexico has resorted pre-
for the decrse OF the 18th Of June lS43 and the
ders OF General Woll OF the goth Of June last Finding
nothing in the people OF Texas tousty their
baIbaTous character and violation OF the laws
Of nations and humanity it has assumed in wording hem


that there 10 such or community as Texas
that the be ound there lawless ntru
ders and without political existence, who may
be rghtuliy treated as gang OF pirates and outcasts
from society," and, such, not entitled to ihe proec
tion OF the laws OF nations humanity In this assump
tion the government 0 Mexico obstinatey pressts,
tpe Of the welknown fact, universally admitted by all
except H. that celonists ho settled Texas instead
Of being intrudeis and usurpers invited to settle
there. first under grant by the Spanish authority to
Moses Austin, which afterwards confirmed by the
Mexican suthority and afterwards by similar grants
from the State of Coahua and Texas which II was
thorzed to make by the constitution 1874 They came
there, then, invited guestsnot invited for their


interests but for those OF ain and Mexico in order to
protect weak and helpless province from wandering
ductve wild and almost uninhabed wsstes and to make
that valuable which was before worthless.


All this they Effected at great cost ana much danger
and difficulty, which nothing but American energy.
industry and perseverance could have overcome-not
only unaided by Mexico but in despite ofthe npednens
caused by her interference Instead, them OF lawless
band OF advenure they assumed to be by the the
Of Mexico invited colonists became in


few years. constituent portions OF one Of the members
of the Mexican federation and since their separation,
have established wise and free institutions, under the


influence which they have enjoyed peace and security
while their energy and industry protected by equal laws
have widely extended the Limits Of cultivation and i'm.
provemen 1t is such people, living under such insti


utions successfully resisting all attacks from the period
OF their separation nine years ago, and who have been
recognised and admitted into the family of nations, that
Mexico has undertaken 10 regard lawltss banditt
and against whom SUCH she has proclaimed war ei
determination forgetful Of their exalted and generous
humanity in refusing exercise the just right OF resla
ton when, in former invasion, victory placed in their
hands the most ample OF doing The govern.
ment of Mexico may deude itself BY its tions but ii
canna delude the rest the world will be held