It was hoped that these outrages would
c. is?, and that M ‘xico would be restrained
bthe Iv-vs which regulate the conduct <>f
' vilized nations in their intercourse with
«• ich other after the treaty of amity, com
m u'cj, and navigation of the 6th April, 1831
ww c include I between tho two republics ;
bit this hope soon proved to be vain. The
c > ;rso of seizure and confiscation of the
pro >eity of oir citizens, the violation of
their persons and the insults Hoar flag pur
s i-'I by Mexico, previous to that time, were
scarcely suspended for even a brief period,,
although the treaty so clearly defines the
rig sa i 1 duties of th? respective parties,
that it is Impossible to misun ierstnnd or mis
take them. In less than seven years after
tas conclusion of that treaty our grievances I
ha! become so intolerable that, in the opin
i»n of President Jackson, they should no ■
long?" b? en lured. To his message to Con- (
grass in Febrrirv, 1837, h n presented them ,
t» the consideration of that body, and de
chted that“ The length of time since some
f the injuries have bven committed, the re-
peated and uAvailing applications for re
| dress, the wagton character of some of the
, outrages upoi| the property ’and persons of
cur citizens, upon the officers and flag of the
United States, independent of recent insults
to this government and people by the late
extraordinary Mexican minister, would jus
tify in the eyes of all nations immediate war.
