Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-11-03

justify Mexico IN driving from lis territories III,
pirates thht would thus pa>s,>> then .rl,es al III,
e""n,r, BE !, remembered that these rr,olu
tons have never hrcn attempted bv the rc.den
citizens of Texas, hut IN every cave by men ar
gained in the United States for the purpose, M,
coming from AIR; why, II single provocalon o
tins nature wrre ample Justification hut T.Na'
has, from the t,me oi the adjustment OF the bnnn-
dairy by Nhkin,on and Ferrara, exrerr nccd SIEVE,
or eight Now, What Is Mr>ico 10 do Can il be
expected that >l,r will maintain a largo army in
Texas, merely Tor the purpose of .ua,dinr against
the attempts Of few Certainly not. we're the
! population in the United State. one Of savases
one al which ~ should not expect good policy,
and that international equity whie, has heretofore
been the boast of Americans, ii might pcrlap,
be expected, hut Mcuee has rested under the
/ h"ll't that, when few mar,udcrs should inter
lrre with her possessions, the American People
oIld mol onlcct Ia see them property ch,,ilsed
but, aenirmtn, what at present seems to be the
situation "t affairs Not only h,s Houston avnW-
ed tint h'' act. were prompted by the highest an
thorly within the 'n,lrl States, but "A general oil
Ger ri the Army of the inllrd Safes lrc>nts HIM
sell with forces upon thc Mexican frontier Ills
i'rN ndcrS are Ia preserve perfect neutrality and
ptttenar attention is called 10 ONE OF the articles
ct the treaty bet"ecn the United States and Mcs-
''o. by which the contracting pdrtles bind them
their limits. General Games having arrived, /, at
once in correspon lrncc with the Tc>ian oih-
Gers, and dispatches 10 Washington a. in ormation
derived from the Iii hest authority III 1rNas'--
inns too, against the most positive Information el,
en- 10 Zen. 'ames, by respectable and Intelligent
people, that misrepresentation ot all kinds were
iabtlcailhc, and would be- invented, 10 induce him
t. cross Upon the Information thus pivon Al
aslnneton, b, Gen. Games, M. Secretary Cass
writes that he has land before ,bc Executive his
letter, and that hi construction, in IN, uncertainty
OF the boundary between the United States and
Mexico, being aeqnicsred in, he Gen. Games, i,
authorized to cross the Sabine river aud proceed
as far as Nacogdoohcs, rs miles within the Mcsi-
/ can territory
| his permission is given, however only under
ccraq CONTINGENCIES (and | am certain that
these nav" not been presently Here | must be
permitted t" ask, (and ! address myself to every
American who luyeA iHs country, and i, proud Of
u,) how II can be maintained. under any prcicNt
that honor would suggest or Justify, tina, the iron
tier between the United States and Mpsco il
rofdmf For II long time after the acquisition ol
Louisiana, the United SlatcseNrrcised jurisdiction
only Ia the RIO llondo, bui Si> miles west of Nat
ch'toches, the Intermediate territory betwrca tins
point aud the Sabine river, about twenty miles.
being considered neutral territory. Al last, Cen
cral Wilkinson for the United States, and Gen
cral fcrraIa for Me>ico, arranged the Sabine ns
tho frontier. survey, made by Mr.. M.>h, al.
80 establishes the Sabine, at this poif as the from
tier. subsequent regular and formal treaty be-
tween the two Governments confirms this from
tier, and has especial and particular reference 10
Nlelisl''s map and survey and, more recently
still, the present Executive declares BY proclama-
ton that The two governments shall continue 10 cx
orc'sc jurisdiction within thu territory now occn-
I,t,t,t.t IL Il
cree with the Mexican Minister, VINO Justly
presented ,nat Arkan,a, had ovcrleapcd tho boun-
Diary between the two Governments, and was in
the exercise Ct jurisdiction within part of thu
Mexican dominions.
There is certainly part of tho boundary not
Yet traced, but II is u line passing over land onlv,
and running from the 32d degree of latitude the
Sabine, due north 10 Red river. Thus, il viii he
perceived that all the Sabine. from the 10 thu
32d degree, is the boundary, aud that the Sabine
above iii. '2l degree belongs exclusively 10 M,s-
| lco hence the impos>ibility of there being unccr-
tainiy about it, will ask again, il there is doubt
as 10 the Sabine frontier, how it happens that nhrn
the Texahs wcrr prtilionng Congress for
cognliion ofllrir independence, no information
was impaired TO the National Legislature of the
circumstances. Again, if there is doubt as 10
the Sabine frontier, how happens it that war -
that territory, by regularly organized armies nj
ciIlzrns of the United States, is tolerated against
friendly Power : No, sir, there is no doubt OF IN
certainty as TO the Sabine frontier Mr.. Sccreta-
~ Cas- cannot he an fat, or he willing 10 lcnd
hlmSclltor most unworthy purpose.
General Cannes having, however, pefsnaGrl TIA,
Executive and Secretary that the lire was " ina
ginary," and that no = might cross it," orders
j troops from Foris Towson aud Gibson, to occupy
NacogdochcS as have said before, >rsen-
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