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roots) Mm every candid miad, all question
as to tW sVheeraaoe of our government to
wanlf,ac iiatar -republic We would par''
tlattlerly invite' the attention of our readers
to that portion of the, Me ge inteaded to
prove' that Ifeaioo and sot the United States
waa'tlteaggreeaor ia this war. To de this,
the' BieoaUf a oemonetrates beyond question
that the legauhate western boundary of Tex.
a .was ike eaet bank of the Rio Grande.
He shows:
lit. That the United State always, and
under every administration, claimed the. Rio
Grando as our western boundary up to the
period of coding to Spain all west of the
Sabine in 1810 ; and that in, the month of
June, 1810, Preside at Monroo sent a spcciul
messenger to Galveston to want oil' certain
foreign adventurors about to sittle in that Vi
cinity "or any other placo north of tho llio
Grande."
2d. That in tho Treaty mado between
Texas and Santa Anna in 1830, Texas ox.
pressly claimed tho Rio Grando for her
western boundary, and ho (Santa Anna) rec.
ogniaed it as such.
8d. That by an art of Congress of Tex.
as passed en the 19th December, 1836, after
. Or HsWs''pW.''i sw i jsaeyHasjpe Mgi wapf
ta Amml awi which was entitled "an act' to
defend the boundaries of the Rpublk of
Texas," em expressly declared that the Kio
Grande from the mouth to its source, was its
western boundary ; and by tho same act ex
tended ''her oivil and political jurisdiction"
over the country up to that boundary.
4th. That during the period of more
than nine years which elapsed between the
establishment of ,hcr independence and her
unnoxation to our Union, Texas exercised
ucts of sovereignly and jurisdiction over the
territory lying between tho Nucccu and the
llio Grande,. r
She organized and defined tho limits of
countries extending to tho llio Graude.
She established Courts of Justice and ox
tended her judicial system ovor the territory.
She established a custoui.htiuse, uud col.
lectcd duties, and also post offices and post
roads, in it.
A Senator and a Representative residing
in it were both elected to the Congress oi the
republic, and sorvod as such before the act of
annexation took place.
In both the Congress and Convention of
Texas, which gave tho assent to the terms of
annexation to. the united btutcs, proposed
by our Congress, were representatives resi.
Uing-weefcof the Nueces, who took part in
tho act of annexation itsolf!
8th. 'Flint tho Conrcwj of the United
States formally accepted and rcognized tho
ltio Grando, and .not tlw Nuocos, as tho
western boundary of Texas, by passing a
law,iimndiately aftci tho admission of Tox.
as into tho Union establishing a Custom
ilouso at Corpus Christ!,' west of the Nueces,
where Texas horselfhad maintained ono.
Uuder this act, the Prosidont appointed, and
tho Senate formally confirmed u Survoyor for
that Collection district. Congress also pans.
d an aot establishing Post routes and Post
offices. west of the Nuecos. ,
6th. That tho country west of tho Nuo.
cos,' and hotweon that river mid tho Rio
Grande, now constitutes part 'of a Cnngrcs.
hional District, npd is at this f'imo represented
in tho Congress of tho United Slates. ,
Those facts, and what is moro, thoso acts
of tho Congress of tho United States, tho
rrcsidqnt very justly argues, loft hni no op
tion but to consider tho Country botwcpn'tht
thq
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iwaoa enoorsea cenain anerauons su
.Mr the SecrBUn'tJw Taaaaary I
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lio. When it is borno in mind that 30.000
mop, costing an average of 000 por annum
which is an extravagant estimate, incju.
ding munitions of war, tho quartermaster s
department, oco &o.r would oily amount,te
816,000,000,'tho fallacy of the enormous as.
timatcs of(thif war. will be.at ohco apparent.
Tha.Vccramondatiob fo borrow money fiir
a period BOt'lata tlian twenty years is sound :
aa is also thdvfco to.act proinbtlyi . "
no opposes any sueraiiou in we ianu, cx
rers iri'rrtarket.' be' reduced
hated. '-
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A Territoria) Government in Orecoa is
calieoT for, aid grants of land recommended
to the cittzeoa of the new Territory.
The Post Master General has it appears,
reoorrrmeoded certain alterations in the P. O.
Law. but not an inoreaso ofoPostaire.
Upon the whole, the mesaaee is a practi
cal and an able state paper Iii its' review
NwMde and tfce MsMMe, aa wmeh a i
a;sawta'of 'TaaaaysaM a i
te Wssiaw fresii bra4miari'
S4sscirter.hala.. .' .:., i.-
The idea that the United ftttee in
provoked si wattsikll VUamiky
the oountryj?estf-'lBa Nue6e:b
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wit thVUttM States If her ,troeps ..were
fotsBd any i where south or the sabide. '
All tkis iSadmiraWy put IbrtJi in the Hat-
saae and vary ably reviewed ; and k can
not fail to produoe a salutary, afiect upon the
pubuo mind, both at noma and abroad. '
The reasons for permitting Santa Anna to
return to Mexico, are also satisfactorily ex.
flatnedjtaa4Jt " sdmUtesJrooreover, thai
fit had-been desirable te prevent his re
turn, it was not possible to do so.
The army, the navy, and tho volunteers,
are all commended, as they so richly merit
for their callantry in covering as they have.
our arms with glory.
He recommends the prosecution ol the war
with vigor, and intimates that more troops
will bo required ; and at tho same lime he
avows the intention of continuing to occupy
all the ports.and provinces which have been
captured irom tho enemy, wc nope mere,
fore, tharthetwenty-five thousand Volantees,
or a large portion oi taem at least, wnicn
the existing law authorises beiag employed,
will be immediately called into tae neid.
Tka.ahtectsof this War he declares to be
jhaBoraba.eaco and ample' indemnity!
ana not eonqaest. ui course, "inaemntfyr
toll us, ,Tbe feeTipgsof the nation will seU
tie tliisj. and-when Treaty of Peace is
submitted to tho Senate, that body-will proba.
bly insist that we take the Kio Grando as
our Southern boundary up to a point NoAh
of latitude thirty-two, and thenco West to
tho .Pacific.
Ho again asks for tho two million appro.
priation : and wo hopo it will be granted up.
on tho conditions indicated.
Tho recent information in regard to tho
issuing of Let tors of Marque by tiio Mexi.
can government is confirmed ; and under the
circumstances, ho asks that Congress should'
pass a law authorising tho punishment of
Spanish citizens fouad acting under them, as
nirotM. This hn is fnllv Wftrrantnd in Acini
k . aw9 I ah.kak Jt .1.k. .UA IK fklkfl .u.kl.l' 1 !
under our existing treaty with Spain. HtlWB"M:, " ",u 'iwu wuum uo an am-
041ft r ul,lu"" "" iiiwiijwuii o Duggusiion
was men auopted, and a resolution passed
autliorizing tho printing of 15,000 with the
documents. Mr. uarret JJavis, of Kentucky,
remarked that, in his opinion a portion of the
messago was not sufficiently explicit relative
to the. movements of the army and the pro.
gress of tho war. Ho asked lcavo to offer
a resolution requesting tho f resident to fur
nish conies of tho official orders issued to
Generals Taylor, Wool, and Kearny, and to
utiva'fcr inf
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ef our foreign relations all good citizens may
take pride, much as thoy may lament the ex.
istenceof a war.
Tho state of the public finances and the
small expenses of the war, compared with
what llio public generally supposed them to
be, is certainly cauio for congratulation;
and although tho estimate of future exften.
aes. may bo too low, as we certainly believe
it to be, wo may safely anticipate that tho war
will be brought to a clobc, if conducted with
vigor, before tho national debt .reaches fifty
millions. L . ,
UsUtr 4 Mates CfTe
WaHutGTO!tDac. 8--ereniag. .
The House of Representatives has been
opened in tho usual farm. A bill was iritroj
duoed to increase the nav of thu sisw. mOd
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naU towittes af IsndteHiiatsi
i rain cases, un motion oi Mr. Kathbun, a
resolution was adopted, calling for informa
tion relative to tho employment ofteecret in
spectors in tho Govammjent revenue depart,
ments. Mr. Sawyer gave notice of a bill to
reduce tho price of the public lands and
graduate tho salo thereof. Mr. Tibbats gavo
notice' of a bill to provido for improving' tho
navigation of tho Western Rivers. Tho
Messago of tho President ol tho United
States was hero announced. Having been
presented to tho Speaker by tho -messenger,
tho Clerk read it to tho House. Mr. Broad,
head, of Pennsylvania, proposed to print
10,000 copies of thomessage, with the docu
ments accompanying it, and 20,000 without
documents. Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi.
also recommends the passage of a law au
inonzinKuie issuing oi jucuers oi marque
by our Government.
The receipts into tho Treasury from all
sources for thu ii'sbal year terminating on the
30th of June, 1846, was $20,400,247 ; tho
expenditures for the samo period, were f28,.
0.31,114. Tho balance in tho treasury on
tho 1st of July last, was 90,120,430.
Tho amount of the public debt the 1st De.
comber, was ... S24.2A0.4Qa
- a . t . . "
On tho 4th March, 1845, it waa 17,788V7tt4tminoaoreoioai aao mocxton, rcjaqta to
I Aertsahlf ftlnr nlvll nrtvavntnanto in MALnuMJ
varawiBBiuuawiiii uvrvimiibiiia aaa vuuubqipu
Erovinces. Objection being mado to Mr.
lavis's offering this resolution, he moved to
suspend tho rules to en Wlo him to submit it,
and demanded a vote on.'the question. ' The
house ordered io yens and, nays to bo taken
on tho iiK'.ion, but before taking the question
on suspending the ruios, tnenouso adjourned
WjtsiiNQTOit, Deo. 0. 1640.
.Sbnatr. Senator Cameron of Pennsyl.
aUesVilt
ONsSttttl
nitcktd
vhSiVftimtiVi
Executive. If by.
V0,.,
meant ii
templati
they would ha
oWt'sooodactWi
the worlds sfnd W
bf .emDomrVVsk.V.;
ritories,behadTooly
tho law of nattoaa.
Ho repeated that the'l
. . j
icu a userpauon pi
tho Conatitution"6r 1
er to establish mffltarV'
erning possessions heU'l
was auiuiltvu, uui unui
taDiun.cmt, gorerna
ana no iMr. vuariaj.
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to,prc4Uoai-tiois'otlccipalHui
towea in, Mfsaoe
uvucibs gspiansf
Hr:i
a.
cieas to Dostaoaeit oi
certained fM'cts iif the caie.
Mr, Rhett; orSouth .ttroUai,.,!
aasadtad
mat tne conquerea .lerrnonfa.mii awu mo fan
bf- the United-StatesV rf.tbeV ML'tsfdia
President would rjaVeroMibwriiVt fe ttJ.
governments in .theni thejV he baf ijhj'ai.
ze 'a govenrment ' in, Orjagpa. ' yn ec.'
Increse since that time, - 80,407,695
Tlio whole amount of additional loans re.
quired to bring tho war.to a olose, and meet
all expenditures up to tho 1st day. of July,
184819 months is estimated at twenty.
thrco millions only ! and this, stinato is ba.
sed upon a determination always to keep on
hund a surplus of four millions! t
'We think this estlmato Is' a Siiiallono; bui
tho exnonaoa of maintaining am armv in tho
field, arowondorfully ovorratM by the pubtf . fircd a resolution inetruoting' tho
MilitaryCommittee to enquire intd -the pro.
priety of. granting one hundredand sixty,
aoreaiof land ,o eaahVoluntecr-eerving in
the present war withMextoo, and to increase
the pay, and the allowanee for transportaiioni
and subslstondtKof vattHiteera from thd'timri
of living their homM to the arrival at the fkMter ato'gaWvttee nJm
seat of -war. a ' ' ' I ' some early 'rfV kit lodaoaalll 1
i. '.;, - . - .. itLn.xn-9 Y i Tin -Ml ilium -f"t-
- i "i fwi Mi in 'inw Twwmmwm
Heosi op RtmiKKTATiVEg.-Mr. il) " Ha--' -l-i sia-Slsf
,vis resolution eall(s on the President foi tion or Mr. Garret WPHaJ
lish
canize
cupation of California and New l&Ift'be'
ing merely rdlitaryttMuct'bf tJw'oii.
cers of our girrernmeni 1s perfectly jastifta
ble.1 Mr.enck,ofOhioootsiJeathTt,
by tho President's own srknrirjf thtresalBikh
as'far a3it:relsted toNewWSte'JNsAtiSad
rtAthitift 1att whit va litW4li
bbundarf df the Union. He i
Messago bfyestefda!y, proeeedei
vert Mr. Rhett's pstkw.'cltad'i
Stocktorfa proclaiDidl aUdtl
which excited ranch'1 laalstsiir-:
son withdrew his aka-dfisWrMftitli.
ropNf Maseas wttsi;isbaat' that 4 the
proper time for this fcOifrl.iu wftiH arrive
when the desired1 iaJawS WtVxc
the House4. He deaouaW ' taW2potinW of
tho
rs
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thd Meseajje in whldh
Is advocated and the'l
fends.. 'Mr! Yintdni
amend the resolutioii' ab aaWeWir;
erany pan oi ine-coBawwraq re;
Ipngjedto Toxas; 'lri
icwca m
Darra-h,
the House
'6?'thawar
of Texas; V.
y
.'of Pa.. ODaJslitaa t-ter,jia. .
adjourned: Ri '" .'"?
WAsraaTo.lc:0i,rI'gf,
' SATE.The' Vice'rasnt praeaa tc( '
the pWWf tteraW-wSJerthn .
killed and- wo&31i ' WtdiS'Jr. Mi
AltoanReafmmr Aht! re
port of 9wprteiider,t of Cbaat'Sfrej.,
a'theWrf oftha acraian df flStMia.
ufyr Mr7CTXtindari.('6! KJhm 'thaa of.
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fered a resolution that'n:
mado to increase' theTsaof-i
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