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2 *1' To"4a 141 4-q W , - Ao II'~~ i.A Wia i n' Ib AT $Y" .1-; 1Z.Z: , ON'Q . ~ ~ * s ~..~ - ~'. ~~ ~ ~ 1Ea .: U .. N: vot:Vue w19,~ eh W i BY WILUIAM14). 'RANO . G Two Dollarsiifibens ' 3ollats, at the p1kieti'n.*( simegoio' lhtee. Dollara and Fifty Ce au end; Advertisementeed a cents ar l d ore tid ailf'. for ions tp;b nmarkea (on. al4l rtisAl pts-Rrlk hy Iwill be a ner91;to, aqjon ue j afed acent1ngP Ya acclr A .e 'fr tsig'Ietln hrvtild an ' !ofhly ahleertisemeps. 'wIllabe iazr d the same as a single insprtiqp Andp Sei or Pub (a Ijitioi a t t, NlO '4Ihit ihre i 21i ObIUd 1,ogtlNotice deetig 'shliW IisA bommunications recommending Candidtes C40 lie offi - -94 or tcUsL ug.o Qung4E hi one, .couga .or.Adverting willWb isetiedb All leutsi, If1y n4i nost bo poutai t tossir a n1-PR E3[DENT S MESSAGE. territory betweeci ihe.Nueces and..thb'Rio 4rid'd. Iei' reid"depi-mtetfin't6*at l'egx as w.as nptad tledylident staihj6u ', beil U1 iP rouivin is 6stitiatel yei-se. red in; ad lierpowed 'po (n'I i6 .i.ig W iar Wit thie Q6aited Stikesivastorb con 'idiore Miicari Ahihoi-i y over the whole territory-ot to'lhe i ~ b ie." ' In vie brih proeldi~d i irforaegof Mexbio othis effect,'I de6med it a6y dity, a'&'A nre al"p'rebatiortnil defence, tobrde- our ar. my toocctipy a positionn oisr. frqntlir as at drilltay 'starii'm nh'(ch our Xf6ops could beat resist and repel any attempted inks~ioi:iulld'aMfxicO ni lit'maike. Our army had 0cCupiei[ a 1aifion at Co,rjdCliristi, %siofthe Niec's, as car. *'lasAugasi 81145, without complaint fron uny quaiey. 11'ld'he Nueces been reg:ur 41ed asthe true western boundary of'T. isthat44ndlafI d been passed by 'our, ny mady iontli bfore it advanced to ie eks tern'iank of the ,RI1 Grander .1n my annual message of Deeim lera list, I informed Con'g'es that, upon the invitation af both ,lhd. . gress a'niI' Conveption. of exa' I hail deemdid it .porter 'o ordier a a 8rong squadron to the coasts of Mexico, .And. titconcentrate eflicient nilitary force, on~h westeii Irdntier orTIekas, to pro-, lect and defend ,the inh-ibitants. against theibrnaced in'vasion of Nexico. In that' .messasgeI informed Congress that' thi mo. mesit the teiniei of annoxaition offered by klie .United Stytes were acceppd by Texad,, ihe la erbe ani6A6 fdr'a part of our eown country aj to make it our 'duty to aford .'h prot iod deme.c; and that for allot purpose our squadron had been ortler.1 od, t0e ppiVI, aid our airy to 1ak : pg %eIl lthe Nueces and the Del', irte, or Ri''Grande,' aind 1 iorepelaisy invY~lsippE ofjleTelnns t&rritory which n'iigh L be'a iermpted by the Mexican forces." It was deerpidroi'rto issue this order, because.Vo. .,atqr the president of Texas, in April, 1845,.had issued his proclamation convening the Congress of that republic, fortibe purpose of submitting to that body the tdrms of anniexation proposed by the United States, the government of Mexico1 made serious threats of invuding .the Tex. an territory. Those threats became more ienposing as it became more apparent, in the pro gress of the qiuesiiin, thiat the people of Texas tooldcdecide in favor of accepling the terms of annexation ; and finally, they h1(auumed such a' fm'rmidable character,I as indueed both the Congress and Conven. io'r"'I'exas'to request that as military forcesh'uld-be sent by .the United States. intogher;.territo.ry..fr the purpose of pro-1 secting and' defending her against the threatenejd ingsaipmu. It wguld have ,been p, .iojanl~p.Qf gqadI.fniikitouwmrds the peo ple of'ITexag p~lfaacre .rcfusei9 afford the aid yhichu.tJbsy esired againsta threatenaed in Vasty,,M yhiihey hil been pxposed by their determhilon to annex themselves to our. Union, in eompliancewith the over (ure'msiasi~ tyitham bf the' joit resolution ofdu Cigrsa foram 'MSn'tlingl, a portion oouarywas ordedred 'to hdvanice into Texas. Corpus Chiati' ivas the position selected by Gene mal,Taylor. .lHe encamped at that place in Augneit,' 1845, arnd the army remained in that poeition uniil the 1111h of March, 1846, T el T'ine'd west wa rd, a nd on th e t wen ., e.gfttlthat 'rmoli'th reached the cast tbank ofthe Rio Grande opposite to Mata meoras. ' Thiis md6bement was made in pulr sugnce of orders,. from the War Depart ment issued on'the thiirteenth of January 1840. Before these. orders wecre issued, the d.9spaich of' our minister in Mexico, tr'ierhit'ti'ng't'e decision of the Council of Govertaiment 431 Mexico, advising that lhe should not be' received, and also tihe die upatch of onir caoqsul .residing in Mexico the former bearing date'in the seventeeth, aditihton the '16Eth. of Decermber, 1848 siei~f-both~ of which acconmanied m~"jrhe algd.of the:1.ith of May last-were received at thme Departmecnt of State. minister would x o e. rdivedlbiM Gofn ent of GU alerera. Pk, also-well ki9o tits b1t. iDtoe hope uh e diriigifad#'rngeuter O*qerg gedecqsp ihaipv1Aignr -0- eiet.hie -ap -prspptin ,u14 nea a. a I, deg enge i5Agat t- oe Udii e' t.; 7~s. vlre 40gadtegtop "5. Agpspp0 andl gjyP3ga~le4go tppm et~ ;JeP .O P%? ' . pg j.4nti 09 ernment of Ierre~a y force. Titegecog" quest of Texas, in:i wqpr witlh th' Ui'ted States, were .t hejirguinstances existing, nasygad gecrma~d,n(Ge d'ay T .011 py,.a it o 6 n .0., neul se~, cIs An pon n Q St ~ olr' have. qy nT , B 'hoipehmeen.n .'f gej I e9 r i-ntpo hartsy ht: States sap,,,ft eward Mner omh op._,Q "t f~me.h:can*M fnteofloregn.lan r 'ine ofu Viinister; bearli' df ie" t'odf'io *hI Miarchll 1840t, alhhad then revolu tiomz t e goverment and his, mi er afti s; erring to the resolutiop foi antie, a0tio'of Tehxas, wfich ilad been adopted.by our Congress indib I845,' roceeds to declare thqt '"a faEtsuch as this or, p sp~eakinhrat kXacieis, 10notabe a 1 0to usurpatton c reatedA it e fious nessily lhat1NMoktib1 A o' 'h-Nnor, should repel 'it with' T'er; fiiliness and dignitg. Tie' Supr' 6 overnoie' t ha' beforehanl i eeul 00e diwbiild'Ub loi on such an 1ai as casuai' b Ii,' "aU1 consequenbe 6r thit fir "lin,"negfi tion wais by its' vi-ey nature,'t an id rm1 wai'was die' only r6ure 'of thd tMexiC governiment," . ' " " _':'1 It appears,. also, that onthefourth ot April'following,'9eneral raiedes 4yroggi his miinieser of. war, assued orders o the '1xici Gberl in cornm'aiiofm ie Te an fronUtier to.' "ttuck" our armn" Ui - ery means which war iermis. o Gen. Paredes'h idWen pledged to therol and peopmle of Me'kico difring ihs riiili~tii revolution which 'had brought' him iinto power. Oni the eighteenth of April, 1&4, General Piredes 6ddressed a letter to the commander on that frontier, in which lye stated t6 him "dat the present date I sup. pose you are aith' head -of th'ati'alinnt army, either fighting' already, o. rejpar - inig for the operations of a campaigh;"1 and, " supposing you already on the tlea tre of operations; and with'all the fortes assembledit is indispensible that-hostilities be commenced, yourself taking the intia. tive against the enemy." The.movement of our army-to the: Rio Grande was made by the comtmanding gen. erul. under positive orders to abstain from all aggressivo acts towaids Mexico, or lexinimi citizens, and to regard the rela. tions between .tie tIwo countries ascpeace-l ful, unless Mexico should 'd.clre war, or, commit acts of hostility inifica ive of a* state of.war; and these orders Imefiitiful ly executed. Whilst occupying his posi. tion on the east. bank of thd. Itio Grande, within the limits of Texas. then ricently admitted as one of the States, of o1r Uni on, the commiianding general of the Mlexi can'forces, who in pursuance of the orders of his governmnent,-had collected a laree ar my on- time opposite shore of the .,u Grande, crossed the river, invaded our ter ritory.and commenced hostilities by attack ing our forces. TVhus, after all the injuries which we had received and borne from Mlexico, amid after Bihe had'insultingly rejected a minister senit to-her on a mission of peace, and wvhom she had solemnly agreed. to receive; sheo consimmwated her long.esourse of outrage against ourcouintry by commencinmg an. of. fensive war and shedding the blood of our citizens on.our own soil. . The United Statesnevcr attrmpted to acquire Texas Jby cp.4quesl.. On ihe con trary, at an early period after thme people of Texas hand achieved their independer~ce, they sought to be aunexed to time United Statesa. . At a general election imn Segitim ber, 1830, they decided with great unanim ity in favor of " annexation," amid in No venmber following, the Congress of thme re public authorized time appointment of a mimnister to bear their request to this gov ernmmenit. T1his govermnent, howev'er. having remained neutral betwveen Texas and Mexico during thme war between thmerm and considering it due to thme hounor of our country .anmd our fame among thme na tions of time earth, that we should not at this carly period consent to amnnexation, nor until it shmould be manifest to . the whtmile world that thme reconiquest of Texas ,by Mexico, wvas impossible, refused to accede to time overtumrcs made by Texas. Onm thme 12th of April, 18-44, and after more than seven years hmad elapsed since Texas had establishmed her independence, a treaty was conicludled for tihe amnexation of that me. public to time United Statecs, wvhich wvas re jected by tihe Senate. Finally, on time first of March, 1845,- Congress passed a jimt resolution for annexing her to the United States, uponi certain prelmimnry conditions tonwhich her nsnni wna rmqmirmd. Ti'in foetemg ag q*g i'Yee'yP'trgsg a9 X.O M3Or. part at mins eg it ; gn~ ip 'a M t ar.h, TIrl',e -qtgrigs uanJ fcphu.rv A9Xa4 . ntuit ~ralgpcridnQfygF terrp tj goteg pgynnyth rs.tpoq . f I'xn r, Acob t . t n ,,pa a. ;9gPA hus, p9otIN LN ~ 1 d Mkr A ggraaig-nng et .ie Iy I ryg i - n'p'r~ ;'Al MO~o Ido ,1 In t ic U e - 'Monprnlfo~i Ceto ase by o g g(Icpn Every hnYh d i'*gle IrIieedy f *.:.:0 .jm 9,7li g zrYe Orh(e1 ,,1 pereio.g rc af aleg geioe' niaeuds ,.e o*lus, .na d ?,1 ngegain thy d *s avto th shoe so~~taega:4 rhc ,ov srer, oe portdo gfexJqaej.r1 itito ry,'e el eta potengagit the resoluti o nof aprltjuss ;being Csqsqa and idvr ntiounced thaioara cotstrgenu is sion..l to nited .SII's le( U red Mii'den0imu i histrik >oWPI p-ili tedll./I ;itipo (th e b r p t i4adeby cauerofchpat deve t hr Lgenenie-to' auA to theult taj, u f aHl kiindest id * 't,'rt'endlyuk relatioil1.4,' h'at'thri d=e x" (ijd -opblcs dproyia fi-a exied i this a . Ulen'by'O.6 Melean di, I. Every ihoenoe jbccuro. t in i Mex-ico I g id b /whl trinte aG iplo preserve geaceriye "t" bee - hn firetitoas e o es-npron e atil. M ijilld re'n;I enoaed e .t not ofble othSepretary of sater or tie fd6' heMarcaa845 grinnert *'"li t "Uf h mxican ri'iste u.'Wilto f d re-htate adicusciftio withidclhid aelfe h allahexbanetelr ai p bet11ed t two goyer anciit InSptm f 8 rr MOhao ahe hde Oex, Tby xas licr.pl e, hi d pro'h ov n he in a ei thli~e ery'i'/t et 6 t1. '' goeohtion'gMercmens -hk d agroe id kntledel at the pbeoulin o n nexation tpoassidn by. Cdisress, ,nd gav'e. asuranc rt tou-" mpost 6rnuoti efOrts Shif'he devoted ato' the ineabl aijstmen' it revery cause of compeeint btween the hv governmnt,'io the te tultiaidn 'atD the kindeit and riost rt'ndly i-elatiohiui T iatuive'actied in ie spirit of this as. ;;idaCr icyill appear from Ohe, e'vents Which have since ccurred. Not ithstanding Mexico vnmd abeut,iy terminated all dild maic in ter'course'wtith' th'e.United' Stafes, anld ,ori'ght;' th~erefore,'t-0, hilve' been the firsC :to sk fr its resdvption, ye, av in all-cremtony I emi-aced,th eraieal forihablte oprtuny to paero erta nruz svthetgoiiatotg homen whbetiey, ould th reivpVt nvohioy frte, Ard Una(t States entrusted with u full peowerrid'ag1d Ali nestions in 'dispute betweenthe tio g6r mei -TI September, I845 believed thepraiitious mohient for such an overtre had arrived. Texas, -by--the brentusiatic and almost unanimous will'oi her-people, hadjtpronou nled-in favoPor innesotion, Mexico. hers'elf -hind- ogre'ed. 1 Ackntiedte oh n i nndpeldencegofal'etot ubject to a condition, It is, nob dout .e had no rightto imptse al no, power to yforce. The last lingering hope of Mexi. ho, ifthe still could have restaind -fhiy, pronces must hav bee and-. -miseionsu inormh ied Stgras at theor bi ty t a teimeas the"reforned such by teo Seares of raes on the 15othr oul Sepeber pr845, to makhe iquiry, ofgrs tut ert the Mexican governme. heigi rynasnade thndg manthethyJlu to do.-so5 upnth minit of oriAfaistr inth Mexo efuse oereenin aote- adreie himo forenlieh e thdrab Vera Cruz tettr wiehief nootaton. sho4uld e pending,--a Upnthe ecip aftis h' neror rana "."JL lot Iti4ibidnoaesjin'c 'it or Here.a. Alat 41,W4 ibe ito nfj" J.""taxi a, wel,4ispond. io~pcfb dutlal'i -0hio dfidU~licuh ioa; _-Mu*1,, proih, Alrved' .M tile, 'dulner "of' tb ~lkvilttlqfia led O' by had baen hvse ihulpt~~~i ;kl qalestioaisn0 illpug& b~fti" witheii** :gOVQpjnrnetAW&Yj eAiieing the.fiotb 6I U0a'e texks 6or this refusal, -.the' ..pbipalon4 IVM, .hqioliminate i~anoptgonetadpon 941 ?0TOro noi~ that, liitlenniity should be tIriated ofq'itAfthek,. 4Pr$Iqgll lki, lq1Cn 1 1; pp~v ~~ l gI. rtie; jtlist ceYf49byVaiothiedasi~e ai A kno.iq~o.be bit xly hostile o thetUjited 1:19u -It 11W iPrOSPeb A. Po~ ps'elfid. mid. justment with the asP~~OP~1V lunprp isig, frqlp OVbe 4ikuw hosIj o Mions bejwy em,~WQ cutrsobmi. 16i6lw tote wgvtrainent, and asok to.be accreditedbyi.nthdil.jjprje in WNiWh liet hadl been commisioAed$ These ins~ructio~p p he ,.u 0e4 lii~~l~fje fnirt o(.hJter , or4es4Kote M e~~lciti i ~ A fa s L ;of thesame molib~etiuv e maineld f~fbi r nflnlst, p~supttaaanal fetii 646 the Untied~iis T . Tius 'U kiithe' presented t h'cvlzd ol, r jj cijjij-oin, eprvas agrt-emenit, haiifg rjceauf~i justali the AA iti jg d iffiti heoes'i ete r, ihh two' contrieo in- t -Manner just'andi hifoiu able, to both. I -am Iniot awvuro' that htilten history presents a parallel casbIt"ig1~ch i n time of pea-cej. dgi n--a-'' tioa, "hi' refuse~d eveuito -hoar rpropoalti-onwi fitim a'itothir '611 terminitaing ellisifir difficultlios 1betwejii them.. Scarcely -a hope falutd u difietulties; even& atv a remoate dayi/ orf p)rerwrving peace, with hlxd;1*'l"VF cherished tt bile Ptrcdites t~n mi' &jyiithe 7 9:a - V1 0 AA' q1 19r ..1 Vv DY4@ MA-, -- ths-"7L - -A I S* 1~ 1* h'~ 1a) o'vr caa Or. R4ri~ be H dd e tsitgd fdif~iir niy**hkl litdi Of dlM &Wel i'tA'd* Ynf We;4 h% E -tneM vnteffkeerngna e iii.fdeal onil oi b o( 7 -- *4.hst I Aiinb ofl' e tC. ier v{ Si Al ira tIn 4M of, i $tulflc{ t n8SuWO E' f"#riflid U61d nesr. iii4 t14 F q tcd n rh u i o icr io heditit Wii oi 0oibe n ar Inag lk1is i pro fession/ and -6t (u l &iul1itary revdhi grt et hitobtlict d ion r. IHo - -.1n1 *wo% '.% ene~niyer thbI.0Mied S iiiftjtiw, hadfintiolyd- bhi4g n~i:?~ war8dt Al ptedgedoea fvittg tt6in t d ~ - Asr L9 i 4dtL tohealb.4dzata l' "t .4Wfn fnvietWoffiottietbd4 -d aasin*hianyderS q onHimidder' bf- cki i f an te ieeni, didfWMill d Jausler sh& e*WebY W(OtWr W'S recognfaen a'bf 'th4geJs'4 A~t. Soetnita A idreitth ( riet Y. t 0 T Wpk6wt0 t6i$p Ar feth'e dy ryhj-:? 'isu e (ooiqd Sti'6Aly te idds,/S0ita '.tMik - lt re ilAiiHV be:e'n' te hp retfn id:W ~ ~ ~ cl A A F tlegr t elim3tb ji 'j'1 . y exipjp g o a pue it. bed ainfra~ tius itre iunve're n'fh6 !!ecti'ont d t6 A nidieddy1iet' 'T %'c'inb p r deso b'~abEitelecfpue9MI a power, lt Is inorigj Siala'et apy tic adjusment woulaey pis iMxila'' Iii,dmn ta,tgthfs indi gtbpnt kViW tS rnation wsa, at*nes UooaC ngeua progtptil r. *ondj (onth's (I Ax'catosgfte'on th' ac o thti te coin~rgQ 14a31 fift tat wari exsat pact of' txicd bbiwoen iI "n" gs ther rbpublle, muifrantedit moinans nie cessary (or its vigorous pros'ec p tloy p ihtvufrd'lkeir *Watthds n6dfi' eib by Ntexkd~ahd foi the juealde a which'ob~ parta we utnky don tigtiy jiY6 t4" .h ,woile #orlil'.I' ridsdl ed W prod iftt *wrth therutmdst tiger'' Adcordik "ytlib ports of Mexico. on the Gulf and on Pacific have been placed unider' biltase? end llbr' sdrrltory in'vaqL d ecr1l i~syd4