The Arkansas advocate., 1830-06-30

ilOlAee* zzAts. stesSfatfs tic Sabine. It pursues a course q little south of west, until ii reaches Nacogdoches; thence turning towards the southwest, il pro- ceeds to Bexar, where it assumes q more southern direction, and interseets 1 1 tie thsse NNeaees about ii5G 5G mics from the Guliof Mexico.-IH its course from Ma cogdoohes to the Eeuces this road suc- cessiyely crosses the Trinidad, Brazos. Colorado, Guadalupe and San Antonio
 rivers, thence te the Trinidad trinidad se ss,
 thence to the Brazos 59 to the Colorado 60, Guadalupe 5S, town of Bexar 40. Neuees l05, and thence to I.eona yiea-
 rio 230 miles.
 The Lower road, so called, leads from New Orleans, via Opelousas. to the town of Goliad.-it crosses tie Sabine 20 miles abeyeit it's discharge into Sabine lake, and follows southwest course. at mean distance from the gull coast ef fifty miles passes through Ss;sii Ss;sii eiiipe de dustin, and intersects tlae Nuees
 s69 miles iron. Opeleasas.
 Other roads have heen opened. A. mong these are the following; from San i eiipe de Austin to BrazorIa 70, and thence to the mouth Of the Brazos 9 miles, to the Old Tort on the Brazos 3S miles, to Harrisburg 40 miles, to Nicto- ria ll0. and thence to Goliad 9 miles. 10 Matagorda 95 miles. Many improve ments Of this kind have been made, ard some others contemplated.
 From the foregoing sketch, our read- CTS will we trust, be enabled to form a pretty correct Judgement of the value of Texas, in reference to its physical ca racities. With regard to the s'propri- ety and necessity of annexine | tie pTo- vince to the United Stales,a which the 1 author of the pamphlet before IS ea- deavors to prove, we do not deem flis the opportufe time for the discussion of those points; but ue shall proceed to make slight mention of his plausible work, ard to offer few extracts from #.
 After giving q general view of the progress of settlement in the United States siHce the revolution. as neces. sary preliminary to what follows. tlleau- thor says, inregard to the proposed pur- chase of Texas.
 Aeshall throw around 1t. (tlae l. merican nation) by the measure a shield of deienee impenetrable to the naughty Rrition, jealous Spaniard, ard the pre- datory baccaneer. Imagine these Uni ted States to have an entire command of the Atlantic coast, from the River St.Groix 10 the Rio del Norte, on the southwest and west; We shall then pos sess sea liHe Of at least three thousand miles, over which our jurisdiction will be absolute--interrupted by no foreign power whatever. sfi'f1e banner of tue nation will alike float on every part and portion of this extended shore, and pro- lection will be reciprocal on each point of the sea coast. ss But there are oth- CT considerations, relating principally to tie tqpieat and geographical features of the country. h our estimation, these considerations are pregnant with ini- mense importancesa
 With respect to the chief objection
 which is commonly urged against the proposed purchase, the writer observes. ss These people would exclaini that we
 have land enough; that, on the score of
 territory, we are gorged to eyerflowing.
 This may be all acknowledged fact, and yet serve to strengthen the policy oE tue experimenting getting possession of Tex as by any means within the range of pos sibility.n A we'll defined boundary as
 the author observes, is unquestionably
 desirable in every point of view and un-
 less attended by too great sacrifice,
 should iisi every practicable case be adopted. As natural boundaries are intimately connected with cur perlna- Inent security and facility of defence, we
 think, with the writer, that the Rio
 Bravo would constitute line of demar-
 cation between the United States and Mexico every way desirable, and would effectually prevent collisions between
 us ard our neighbors, which may natu- , rally be expected to result from the pre- : sent ill-defned boundary. h this point of view and without reference to al ex- , tension of territory the proposed pur- | chase of the country east of that river, ], las claims to our most serious attention. : Tie matter is, howeyer,so eacompassed
 with obstacles, ard so mixed up with { difficulties Of various sorts, that it's ac- 1 complishment can scarcely eelI55 bbe expected, , 1 while so many independent states exer- , else jurisdiction ever the greater portion