Fort Wayne Times And Peoples Press (Newspaper) - December 23, 1847, Fort Wayne, Indiana fORT W A V TIMES S PRESS By G W WOOD at a year Fort Wayne Indiana December 23 1847 PRESIDENTS bearer of u from he United States to tlie Mexico u cession of territory tu be of greater value than the amount of our a blessing to all these States tu have their citizens protected them d Foreign of Mexico to be obtained Citizens of from the latter of tit 9 of iu which the prompt payment of this sum in pure conoid era n ior ceded on Mexicans children aic iu captivity them SI The meeting of Congress interesting event The of the States ami the fresh from Constituents to take counsel together for the good After uu exigence of of a century us o free and republic the lent remains 110 be whether man is of en U Tlie success of our a conclusive refutation qf tin of those iu other countries who that u are bom to rule und of mankind must uu governed by force to arbitrary or of his and uf his presence ut the qua of our that he wus invested with full tu conclude u definite treuty uf peace Mexican u desire lo do so While I wan unwilling lo United States to until refusal I wus yet resolved that the evils the wur should not be protruded n day longer than rendered absolutely necessary by the Mexican government Cure wus taken to give no instructions to the commissioner which could iu any wuy interfere with our military operations or relax our energies in the of the wur He possessed no ol treaty and its on her purt might be un inducement with her to make such it cession of territory us would be satisfactory to tbe United States And although the failure fo conclude such u treuty has rendered it unnecessary to use uny of the three million appropriated by act nnd the sum still remains in the treasury it is still applicable to that object should the occur malting such proper Thu doctrine of no is the doctrine of no indemnity und if sanctioned would be a public that our won wrong und that the war were held and governed hy the United States could these tribes from committing such und tu release these ami restore lu their und In proposing lo New Mexico and the it wus known but an uf the people would be transferred with them the country embraced within thuse being chiefly an These were tlie considerations which induced me tu authorize the terms of peace which were proposed tu They were reject cU aud negotiation being at un cud u u If ut u tr tl u su ru Ul tl tl wic people arc tlie recognized by our constitution Numerous emigrants of every U we u go and language by the civil religious freedom wo und by our happy annually crowd to our ami transfer hearts not less than their allegiance to the country whose dominion belongs tu the people No country has been so favored or should acknowledge with deeper reverence 1 the Divine An all wise Creator directed and guarded us our struggle fur freedom and Ims constantly watched over our surprising until we have become one of the of the earth It is in a country thus favored and under u government in which the and Legislative brunches hold their authority tor limited alike from the people and where all arc responsible to their respective constituencies that ic my duty to cute with Congress upon the state of the Union the present condition of public During the past year the must gratifying are presented that our country has been blessed with a wide spread and universal There hits been no since the was founded when till in uny manner to control these operations He was authored to exhibit bis instructions the General in of the army und in the event of u treaty conclude t and on the part of he wus directed to him uf fuct On the of such a contingency on receiving notice thereof tin General in command wud instructed by the Secretary of Wur tu suspend further active military operations until further ordered These instructions were given with u view to intermit hostilities until the treaty thus ratified by Mexico could be to Washington and receive the of the government uf the U Tlu Commissioner was also directed oh reaching the urmy tu deliver tu the in the despatch which bore from uf State lu the Minister of ol Mexico ami uu receiving it the General was instructed by the Secretary of Wur to cause it lu be transmitted lo tlie of the Mexican forces with u it might bu to his The Commissioner did nut reach uf the urmy until another victory hud uur at Cerro with extraordinary unanimity was unjust und should be abandoned uu unfounded in fact und degrading to the character The terms uf the treaty by the United States were nut only just to Mexico but considering the character and amount of uur the unjustifiable and unprovoked commencement of hostilities by her the expenses uf the war to we have been subjected und tbe success which bail attended uur arms were deemed tu be uf a must liberal character The commissioner of the United lutes wus authorised to c to the establishment of the Kiu Grande as tlie boundary from its entrance inih the Unit to its with the southern boundary of New Mexico in north latitude nnd to obtain a cession to the United States uf the provinces of New Mexico und the Californium tmd the privilege uf the right of way across the Isthmus of tile pec The of the Rio Grande und the tu the United States of Mexico and California constituted un uur Commissioner was under circumstances tu yield That it be manifest not only tu but to all other the United Stutes were disposed tu were renewed An assault by our gallant urmy upon the strongly furti places the gales of the city uf und the city itself After several days uf severe conflict the Mexican forces vastly superior in numbers to were driven from tlic city liud ic wus occupied by our troups Immediately ufter information wus received of the unfavorable result negotiations believing his continued presence could be productive of no good I determined to recall our Commissioner A despatch lu this wus transmitted tu him on the of October last The Mexican government will be informed of his r und that in the existing state of things 1 shall nut deem it id make any further overtures uf peace be at atl times ready tu receive and consider uny proposals which shall bo by Mexico Since the liberal propositions of the United Stutes was authorized to bu made in April last lurge expenditures have been incurred the precious blood uf mauy uf our patriotic fellow citizen has been shed iu the prosecution uf war This consideration und the obstinate ut in the wur must the terms ul C ul IK su fa lit at th IU w ili ol In tr cl IL CO Ul ec nb ni uu 111 V pursuits of our people have been mure successful or when lubur in ull of has received u fairer or better reward abundance we have been enabled perform the pleasing duty of furnish foud far the starving millions of less le die of the bounties of home us have rurely fallen to any people it is u cause ul that our intercourse with ull the of tkc Mexico to Amicable been our cherished policy and good will with ull despatch which he bure from the Secretary uf tu the General in uf the urmy was received by then at un the 7th day Muy with the of the Secretary of State tu the Minister uf Foreign Affairs of huving been L runs milled tu him fruin Crux The at the head uf the urmy a lew days afterwards His presence with the urmy und lis diplomatic character were made to the Mexican government Puebla on of June by the transmission the despatch from of State ol u feeble power by insisting upon wresting rum her all her other uf her principal towns und cities we liud and held in military but were willing to conclude the treaty in the spint uf liberality uur authorized to stipulate for the Mexico uf all our other con- As the territory fo be acquired ary proposed mighi be estimated tu be of value than a fair equivalent for our demands nur Commissioner was authorized tu stipulate for tbe payment of such as it it may be deemed proper hereafter tu accept Our having been everywhere victorious having subjected to uur military occupation a large portion uf the enemy's country including nis capital und negotiations fur peace having 1 the important question in whut the war tu be und what should be uur hit arc I cannot doubt that should secure and render the conquests we have made and lor this purpose we should und occupy by uur naval and military forces ull the ports towns cities und provinces now m our occupation ur which muy full Ul cu UI UL nu ud IK lir tc he ibw has been steadily pursued ol I1 ul Many weeks elapsed utter its receipt and Tlie terms of trenty proposed by the possession that we should press forward our military operations und levy such sc Jms taken place in uur relations since the lust war in which the United to the still after the full in my message of the of May and my message at the u the ut Congress in ro reiterate the serious of which we had hostilities It IK on lite present occasion to wanton the rights of KIK of our commit by her of bud faith series ol and her by tlie government of Mexico to enter intu for peace Uur army its march upon the lal und iL it wus met by u formidable Uur forces the enemy and achieved signal victories in severely contested bull Irs nf Jon t rents und Jt was not until these had 1 in decisive and the ol tin wits within our that Mexican lu enler imu any ur peace and even then events have proved there is lou to believe they were insincere and that in iu tin of wus in tu strengthen ilie uf ap were wholly They negotiated us if were victorious und not tlie vanquished party or they mint have never have been accepted It required the United Stales tu dismember Texas by surrendering lo Mexico that part of the territory of State lying between the und the Kiu Grande included her limits by her laws when she wus an independent and when she wus annexed lo t le United States and by undress UK one of the States uf uur Union It contained no provision Iur the by Mexico of the just claims of mu U required indemnity to Mexican for injuries they have sustained by uur in tlie wur It demanded un enemy us may us Iur us defray the future expenses uf the war Hud thu government of Mexico acceded tu the favorable und terms proposed that mode uf adjustment would have been preferred Mexico having declined do this and failing to oiler any terms which could be accepted by the United Stales the honor no less than the public interests the should be with increased energy and power until u just und peace cun obtained In tlie as Mexico all indemnity we should tu opt measures tu indemnity by appropriating permanently a ion ol her Karly ufter the of the re lie W w vi til br be ar th OUT injured citizens nut wur on one purt mt prepare for General in uf army it ient to by Mexico levy and collect the duties levied un goods imported into while in our military occupation und the were tukun possession of by uur Our Military and Naval Commanders were ordered lu us before the whole world into un with a view in the ul owners of which had paid to the of t hold them bu disposed uf liy remedy With an u rupture between uu the part of 10 lim mi rt fit 1 nit i been levied upon them Ami it ol provinces arc now in uur fur to j The result uY the by iorce look place of ihu i ii v ll 1 i- In tu us u that of Upper Iving norih ui 117 Such nnd hit ve been fur ull uu lim part of Mexico having ceased within limits I um to lu II 1 t III Ml f r terms proposed by the should never be surrendered tu Itt I In: Jn nur Our v in JIM ui I Hi U took him tbe ul the prepared by i le indemnity liy United Tlie cession t tbe United Stales by ot the provinces uf New Mexico und the by the Congress concur with me in this opinion und rim i they should lie by the United Stairs us indemnity I hi Cl WilK good why the civil even to tlir lit a i ui It is known that the tdv in United Suites it wus believed would be mitre in ilit United States nut tit unce MI extended over Ih ol both ilum unv other ui 11 ir IMM llw in wluch it wus Mexico could H tu u wait a treaty ul pence such as wo ure willing tu multe by our relations lv cull mul Slums of wur is io ull who observed ul Mexican nut bt be good policy whilst our imd thut uf C I he mir own uf tlm the mi pnv home past and at the present it these provinces should be illumed by inhabiting them require that u stable responsible und fret government under tl be wur We ill Ill the mill by il willi until u Uu hail means uf making Jl we ii wir can obtain indemnity hy u cession ul lu in abandon ull onr just unit tu v war bearing all u nut long continue tu hold und govern them Mexico is tuu feeble a power lu govern these provinces lying us they do ut u disunite uf mine limn u miles from her capital and if tu bu retained by her they but Iur u short should be us soon us possible established over them Should Congress hold these permanently und that they hereafter be considered country the early uf m w li th il with u nf nur nf lo liv A uf war previously the and u treaty un Lo ull fur for acts under a purt of her dominions This would be especially the with The sagacity of nations has lung since directed them to the importance ol these provinces them will be important for thu mure protection of persons and property und 1 recommend that territorial governments be established It will nnd the Ul Ct uf wur j there can doubt that ihu allaying ull they Unit II uf J Ins net wur A nf United shall relinquish their present ot it n H indemnity of being again to uf Mexico invite tlic curly and nl v mlt fur be made by sonic foreign power 10 it either by conquest or purchase If of Congress Lu this important wus willi u New Mexico ami the liy hut 10 Wur in ul these und independent are other Mexican pro which iu Bv u iu ol whu just government be hv the ami reduced to uur possession bv conquest These other Mexican provinces ure now flic il thus fur hy our nnd military liy il my Inly nwn us it shall be the general authority in llT laws nM il Such u government u bv laws of war too long iu retain its separate lo held as a mentis uf cu nnd at every of ot these existence und to ol 1 have manifested iu my as well ns military ure jt by peace lias treaty of should set llu all conduct such u government to any terms which could In: uy Stiites between two If an be bv uny foreign to it us colony or otherwise tu tu be from upon tlic should be and it itself the principle involved iv for such us may be and brilliant arms fruin her and assume Monroe in LSiM mid Whut furl her mav become IlII uf the overrun und to onr own If instead o t lis the Stiites to consent to my message no foreign power bhall with our consent he permitted to final disposition it may he proper to muke ut til em must depend on the the ut the last session ul fully t th it body Since that lime the war I lo with a universal by which Mexico ttt puy hen vy umount of such which a just to ottr and impose un her it is notorious docs IHU to establish uny new colony or on the North American must In this principle and in its by any might involved in other wars of the war and the course Mexico may think proper hereafter ttr pursue the views I entertain I cut mot favor the policy which has been suggested either to withdraw our army altogether nr in retire to M lii sh presents nu of MO un undertaking Kruin such u und mure than that in whie i me Jiy nation within u could be but we ure now The provinces uf New ting which have Mexico are thu ure withdraw our army trout Uic they have made by deeds of nn Our army regulars and volunteers the of similar treuty ut ihu United States and led und nl the expense uf with un part of Mexico u under I ho government uf uur blood and treasure in a wur just on Wherever and whenever our vn In: but a temporary of resources mineral agricultural and one by die act uf countered the enemy lu in the of the and commercial would bu ennui nut honorably have avoided superior numbers und often should intercourse tu degrade the nation iu its own positions of arid two California is bounded on the north in uf tlie world Tu retire to a he bus been loo much Jw bestowed our Congress acceptance of territorial indemnity when that hotly Oregon and if held by the U States soon be settled by an simply hold and it nut nut the wur On the contrary it di und wen ami for the of the and Minion of uur Mexico to persevere and tend their gat could not Buy of San Krancisco and other it and all seeking tho posts ot and vicing with other m o Muy they appropriated Ion millions u und the President the California coast er for uur navy uur whale is nut to he expected that Mexico after re using to establish such u line as a cu during While every patriots heart must exult and n national pride every bosom in the high proofs ut courage the and forces of the United und to the of to enable lim to prosecute the war and when at other merchant vessels employed in the Ocean and in a short lecome a mart of an and profitable commerce with China and other countries when our victorious arc in of her capital and heart uf her country would permit us to hold it without Thut she continue it and 1 Ill 111 mate military skill steady and session and ufter had the must harassing and annoying manity to the vanquished enemy by our gallant army nation is to mourn tlie loss of many soldiers who have fallen iu ol their country's bom r mid interests The brave dead met they made additional appropriations and the troops or purpose no wus to be trum Mexico at the conclusion of tlic wur and yet it that if no use advantages in which the whole commercial world at once be secured tu the United States by the cession uf ibis territory while it is certain that a 4 long a-S it remains u part uf tlic can bo no doubt A border warfare ut u character extending over a ung line would bo unceasingly waged It would require u largo to be kept continually in the field stationed ar posts and on 1 be 11 nc lily fate in u land nobly discharging their duty und with country's in the luce uf thu foe Their and be liy their wus Acquired mat no could be It is further manifest that Congress contemplated territorial indemnity from tho fact thai at their lust un net was they can bo enjoyed by neither Mexico herself nur by uny uther New Mexico is u and has never ut uny considerable value to Mexico Krom its locality it is naturally sueli u line tu protect and defend it The enemy relieved from presence ot our un his coasts and in thu populous uf the interior direct and g in i isolated post fur attack would da th cu The uf tin they loved aud served should extended to surviving Shortly ufier tho the three millions ot with that express o appropriation wus made to enable the President to conclude a nf our limits of the State of Texas ton us iy lire laws before into uur ull that portion of New n it I would bo n ition of affairs which lie their favorite system ul warfare would prefer to any Were wo hit in lo session of Congress the nnd bnundarii.'S with the Republic lying easl of the Kio while ti defensive on such n line was received of the luittie of lo used by Inn in the event still claims lo hold this territory as ic advantages of such a of war of Wra Crux treaty when by on side oi tlic o it the srrong San do of the two governments ami duly adjustment of this question of upon him or m any other which it der su t by call the u same or any part Tins then is another which tin belief the Mexican him led tlic ot thu war lint i Hist remain inactive and Ins Cl und so ut the asking this appropriation was even lu place this um in v ut whut point her in several on that of the United States or tit what In: make proper in it lich I in of warlike savages wander over it Mexico may und an overwhelming force in interior on his nr to to which were referred lo were and must continue lo lie too feeble to ul the line and his purpose make u sudden upon sDine onu ot four army vith full on i lor me I nun coin nut ling and in u 1 sion ol and ihr In of peace He was it was anticipated that in settling the malte any new overtures peace j t limits nnd i and murders not only upon the inhabitants if New Mexico itself but upon those of northern of Mexico It possibility of timely succor or reinforcement und in this wuy our gallant army would reposed to the danger uf cut oil in ri Vol 7 No 42 detail or if by their unrivalled bravery und exhibited due ug tins war they should repel tne beru stationed at uny point may be luu small to pursue him It the enemy be repulsed iu an attack he ill have nothing dun tu but retreat to hit own side of tlic line and in nu fear uf u cneiny muy himself ut leisure ior another attack on the same or some other point He muy too the be- tween our posts into the coun try which we hold murder the inhabitants thereof und then lu the interior before force cun be to sue him Such would probably be the russing character of a mere wur un our part If our forces when attacked or threatened with attack be permitted tu the line drive buck the enemy und conquer him this would be again tu invade the enemy's country after having lust ull tlie of the conquest we have already made by having voluntarily abandoned them Tu hold such u line successfully and in security ic is fur Irum being certain that it nut require Uj an urmy as would be necessary to hold all the conquests we have already made and to continue the prosecution of the war in the heart of the enemy's country It is also being certain that tbe expenses of the wur would be by such u policy I am persuaded the means of the national und interests aud of the war to uu honorable close will be to prosecute it with increased energy und power in the vital part uf the enemy's try In tny annual message to Congress 1 chut war had not been waged with a view to conquest but having been ced by it hud been curried into the enemy's country and will be vigorously with a view to an able peace and thereby secure ample for the expense of the war as well as lo uur much injured whu hold a pecuniary demand Such m my judgment tu be our true cy indeed thu only will bly secure a permanent peace It has never been contemplated by me us un object of thu war tu make a permanent conquest of the Republic uf or tu her separate existence uy un inde- pendent Uu the contrary it has ever been my desire maintain her und under u guod government to condition be u prosperous und free republic The United States were the first the nations to her inde- and bus always desired tu be on terms of und goud neighborhood with her This she would nut suller By her own conduce we been compelled tu engage in lliu present wur und in its prosecution we nut her overthrow asa nation but iu uur li we seek tu for wrongs she has done us and in- for uur just We demand un honorable that must bring with it indemnity for ist nnd security fur the future Hit her tu esico has refused all by winch such u peace be obtained Whilst uur have advanced from victory tu victory from the the war it bus been with the brunch uf peace their hands it haw been in the power of ut every arrest hostilities by accepting it One objection to uf peace Ims undoubtedly arisen from ihu fuel that Mexico bus been su lung held in by une uf usurpers after an- other und such has the condition uf in- in their successive governments have been that each has been rom making pence lest from that cause rival might expel ii power the laic in for being disposed even ti listen lo the overtures of tlie United to the wur us is fully by un which took place in the month of last him a copy of which is Fur this cause alum a displaced from power WHS un foul by Such muy bu the condition of of the present cun be nu doubt peaceable and well disposed of Mexico are it is ihu true interest uf their country to conclude nn honorable peace the United States but the apprehension of becoming the victims of some military faction ur usurper may have prevented ilum from feelings by any public acl The removal of any such apprehension would probably cause and tu the necessary for the restoration uf peuce With a people dis- and divided by contending and a government subject tu changes by successive the cess of oar arms muy fuil tu secure u tory peace In Mich event ic may proper for our in thr Held to give and assurance of to the friends of peuce in the establishing und u free of their own ul- willing to a peace which would lu them secure tu us the indemnity which we This the only uf ing such IL sueli he the result ut this wur which bus forced on us it be converted intu an enduring ing to herself After finding her turn und dis- by mid ruled by military pers we should then leave her with u lican in the enjoyment of renl in- dependence and domestic und ity performing all her relative duties in the family ol nations and promoting her own by wise laws und their faithful ex- If after a Hording this ull the persevering and cere we have made from tlie moment Mexico commenced ihu war and prior to that lime lu adjust uur with her we shall ultimately fail then we shall have all honorable means in pursuit uf and must continue to occupy her tory with our troops taking full measure uf indemnity with uur nwn hands ami must enforce the terms which uur honor demands Tu act otherwise in ihu existing uf things iu Mexico und to withdraw our army without a not only leave wrongs ut complain would be signal for new nnd civil dissensions und nil along tile to peaceful relations with the United Besides there is danger if our he withdrawn peace should he concluded that the Mexican wearied with successive revolutions and deprived of protection for persons and property might lie inclined tu yield to foreign and lu CUSL themselves upon sunic European Monarchy for protection from the anarchy and which would ensue This for our own safety und in pursuance of established policy we should be compelled to resist We could never consent should bu thus converted intu n governed by u foreign prince Mexico is uur next neighbor and her daries are coterminous with our through the whole extent ucross the North American continent tiom ocean to ocean Until and commercially we have the deepest interest in her regeneration and prosperity it is impossible that regard iur own safety we can become lu her fate It may be that Mexican and people have misconceived or misconducted our und our objects in desiring to conclude un adjustment uf tliii existing between the two countries She may have supposed we would submit to to the nation ur they may have from the supposed division of opinion in the United tin ol wur und may have calculated to gain much by protracting indeed that we might ultimately don it alUigcthcr any indemnity ur otherwise may be idse impressions which they acted the adoption and prosecution of the policy must undeceive them the future prosecution of the wur the enemy be made to feel the pressure more they have done At its commencement it WUH deemed proper to conduct it in spirit of forbearance ami liberality With this end in view eudy measures were adopted to con- ciliate as fur us a stale of war permit the mass of the Mexican population con- vince that the war wus waged not against the peaceful inhabitants ot Mexico their government which tu remove from their minds false which their interested rulers had artfully attempted in make that the war on our purt wus one of that it was u wur their religion and their churches which were to be destroyed and the of persons and private property would be violated To remove these false impressions our in the field were directed scrupulously to respect their religion their uieir church property which were iu no manner 10 be violated They were directed also to the rightt of property ut ull should nut tuke up against uV Assurances to this were given to the Mexicans by General Taylor in a issued in pursuance of instructions from the Secretary of War in the month of June and again by Scott who upon his own convictions of ety of issuing it in a proclamation uf the of May In this spirit of liberty and conciliation and with u view tu prevent the body of the can population from taking up arms against us was the war conducted on our part visions and other supplies furnished to our ar- my by Mexican citizens were paid for at fair and liberal prices agreed by the parties After the of u lew IL became parent that these and this mild treatment have fueled to produce the desired the Mexican population The wur has been conducted our part to must humane aud liberal principles ob- served by citizen nations It was waged in a tar spirit on pare of Not appreciating our forbearance can people became to the U States and availed ot the lu cummit the must savage excesses on our troops Large numbers of the tion took up arms and engaging in guerilla robbed and in the most cruel manner individual soldiers or small parties whom accident or other causes hud separated from the body of our Hands oi the guerillas and rubbers the roads our trains and whenever ic was in their power cut supplies The Mexicans having shown lves ro wholly of our forbearance and it was deemed proper to change the manner of conducting tne war making them feel its pressure ding to the usages observed under similar in nations Accordingly as early at the uf ber were given by the Secretary ot War to General Taylor to draw fur our army from the enemy paying lor them and to for ils support it in way in was satisfied lie could get abundant supplies foe his forces In directing the execution instructions much was necessarily left lo discretion of the who was best ted with circumstances by which he was of the practicability ot enforcing the measure Taylur uu lliu ul replied ihal U would lu army uy turned or supplies by him lie did mil policy ot Ins but his Lu do su should mv iu its reach u ol be made lu ply the troops with He continued lu Iur thu articles of supply drawn from the enemy's country were issued tu Major General SCUM un thu id uf April who replied uu May Hint it'll Jinn is to itself hv iuJ the country we may ruin aud ex- tlie and The same wut given lu him thul had been given lo Jcu iu this respect for the liy hint iu pny Iur ar- ticles of supply fur the army winch drawn After army hud reached heart of tlic must wealthy of Mexico it was supposed that the obstacles which nad be- fore lime prevented would nut be such us Ut render levy id contributions fur ils support and uu Ihc 1st tif September on the UJi uf bur 1917 the order was repeated in us lu Uen by thu of War and was called tu tlie of making the enemy the of lie war by requiring ilium to furnish the means of mir ar- my and he was tu adopt this CV Unless hv doing so was of depriving thu army of Copies nf were tu Gen Taylor for his On tin 1st of March last 1 unused an der to be issued to our Military and Naval Commanders to levy and cull eel u military ull vessels and dizu which any of the purls uf Mexico in our and to apply such contributions towards the nf war virtue of right of and thy laws of war his own safely or may either exclude from all mit il to enlor upon such terms ami tions as lie may prescribe the cipal ports ol Mexico blockaded hy tho from duties under the laws of were paid into After these purls had into our possession commerce with prescribed lunna and Thuy upon to llu of ull nations upon payment of duties moderate in their those which Imd been previously levied by co and thu revenue which was formally into the Mexican treasury was ed lo collected by our Mil and Naval officers and applied to the use of oar ar uy and was laken that the and sailors of our army and navy should be exempted from the ot order arid as the led upon which llw order operated must be consumed by tins con- wirre m ihu of public revenues of Mexico and trie lion of them lo our own use In measure I he compel the to contribute as far as practicable towards the expenses of war Kor amount of which have been levied iu form I ruler you to the reports of of and i be Secretary ol tho Navy by it that a sum exceeding half a million of dollars has been much larger but lor ihu ul ing open communication between the and the interior so as to enable the owners of thu imported to and vend tl to ihu of thu It id expected that Jus ty will 10 a great extent be by our winch have Sum to the Measures recently Vien well as external in all places in our military by und lo tlic uw our army and navy The policy of the ying upon the enemy in lonn with the laws uf which it may be Iur our military In should Le and tu liavcaccord- given Liy sueli a at sumu own treasury will be from u heavy drum ihu Mexican people will be made lo fuel the burthens of wur and consulting their own muy bo induced the more readily to their rulers to to u peace Afier adjournment last of Congress in of thu war which in my judgment number uf troops in the Meld had of the army accordingly increased by accepting the services of ull the Volunteer farces authorized by the act of of without putting a on thai aci the correctness uf which seriously questioned The Volunteer forces now in the field with those winch had been accepted lu serve twelve and were discharged at the end terms of vice thousand men by that uet il been clear that a the services of an additional number they would have been called and accepted but doubts upon this the power was not exercised It is Congress should at an eatly period session cunler an additional regular to serve during war with and lu lie discharged the conclusion of u treaty of peace I invite the attention of lu presented by the Sec of War in bis upon 1 that iiy be lo nil I for and accept number of tu he cised it such and lo such an extent us emergency limy require In prosecuting war wtih Mexico while the inmost caru bus been taken lo ery just cause ol on the part of atul has liberal have been ruined lu their in purls of the enemy in our military occupation Tlie with the al thai lime threatened to in- reunions two will 1 trust be speedily ad- justed I have a and bas been appointed Uy Ins Imperial Majesty and il is hoped he will prepared to remaining between iwo in a manner and lo bulh In ihu meantime 1 have every reason to believe that nothing will i 10 interrupt our amicable with Brazil ll been my and must ul willi nil the America and this policy has been Ule tinppie-it ll U true Hie payment ol many has Jung been delayed The peculiar position in which they have ind desire on llw pan of my is myself to grant ilium bus claims being urged in a manner strict justice demands The tima has when to bu and enforced me Jur ll is proper lo inform vuu the of Peru has in good faith paid of tlie indemnity thirty the greater iion of Ihu duo tion uf between hut and the Stales lie of which were at Lima oil the ul October J hu uf the United curly in gust last completed the adjudication of thu under und made bid thereon in of tile act of dth of August The sums to which tha nro respectively tled uill be paid on demand ul 1 invite the of to the present ul our in Chinu Undor with power are I rum iho oi and placed under public in hut country by these alone can our bo tried ami fur the of fitiy crime tly alone can lie decided ilium involving rights id persons and properly i and by aloi.u can be enforced into may have with und of foreign powers The merchant vessels of the United Slates lying in the waters of tha live ports open to foreign ure under the sive of their own Until Congress shall tribunals to try und punish crimes and lo exercise jurisdiction in China ican arc subject iu no luw dimes may be and debts contracted out uny means lo en force their already resulted from the omission ul to upon the subject and Mill greater arc ded Tlie British in China have complained bus not provided lor punishment of or the enforcement uf contracts u- in country whilst has established by which an American citizen can recover debts due I rom British subjects us the ure lo mary justice hey could bti mode to com- prehend why criminals who are citizens uf United Slates should escape with in violation nf treaty obligations the punishment yf Chinese who have com- mitted any crime against our American would bo rigorously exacted Indeed the cm i sequences might be to can Chinu should a cimu be on a Chinese and not follow according lo the requisitions of the This might disturb if not destroy relations with that nnd un to our valuable commerce Out treaties with Porte Tri- poli Tunis and Muscat nUo re- quire legislation of Congress 10 intd the necessity fur muy not bo sn urgent as in regard in China The uf State has nrj estimate te ibo expenses of d with the Thu m in Males well us our on
