Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-07-01

f<dsfsl Government. purchase territory. The
NJ purchnse Of Louisiana 1893 cited. also thu
u he subsequent purchs-e Of the Floridas 1919
Thus showing thai the right claimed and the power eSerc
I'd BY The Federal Government In 1903. was feenfy
sffeusrds and under similar inducements claimed
c-sd and enforced relation additional and desired
riiory.
then cndesvoured to show that OF these sepa
rate and explicit Legislative constructions Of the ascertain
ed power, vested In Congress by tbs Constitutions. pnr
chase territory and admit the people thereof the Union
that there abiding and adequate Pocer rest
ing In the Federal Government. which could be
exercised by Congress, when 6t occasion Tor
legislative action presented itself. Texas presented,
under the existing OF political relations with En-
gland and that Republic, proper and pressing for
the immediate exercise Of this sscertained power.
In the present number propose consider the
Of present tile the territory Of TEXAS.
In tracing this title its legitimate source shall feel
embarrassed by the treaty ccssion Of that territory 1919,
by the u. s. Spain. SO far Spain is concerned the
treaty Of 1919 Tin which the territory OF Texas ccded
the Spanish Government part consideration of the
purchase money Of the Fordas, and the other ADJUST
ed differences between the high contracting partcs)
BEEN affecting the territory Of Texas THE
INDEPENDENCE RE-
Texas. u. STATES. This recognition of
Texas by the u. s. Free independent and sovereign
Government has rendered null. all claims the part Of
Spain, TO the territory OF Texas. As affecting the
territory, the only question, rossEssoN
between the People Government Of Texas and the United
States. II then, be made manifest, that Mexico,
derived the territory of Texas,
through Spain: and that Spain has night of pos
session ownership in the territory tbs my mind, per-
feety legitimate the of the u.
$. inducemen us, accept territory which is
not less important the safety and perpetuy of
institutions, than the possession Of Louisiana and the
Flordas
recurrence the ORIGINAL CLAIMS, asserted
in 1905, 1876 H. 'lS-in diplomatic correspondence
with Spain this very subject, becomes important. In
this correspondence shall readily ascertain the
and dignity Of original te the whole territory
Texnsas also to the very singular and somewhat sudden
in which ascertaned rights and claimed posses
sion were abandoned Those transactions now part
OF history and should receive the deliberate consideration
which their dignity and interest entitle them
will now present condensed statement Of the EvIpEH
cs OF TITLE, which were relied and ably enfor
ced in 1916, IL '1s. by J. Q. Adams Esq., the then
Secretary Of Staie under Mr.. Monroe. By close and
stndious consideration OF these facts, arguments and de-
ducons shall discover that the u s. entertained the
slightest doubt clear and legal title the territory
Texas. IT, then, establish the additional principle
that the subsequent independence of Mexico after her dis
rupture from Span-and the subsequent disrupure of Ter
from MereO, and recognition of her independence
has virtually annued and rendered nugatoy the singular
treaty cesson of TerdS 10 Spain in lSl9 will be
easy establish the conclusion that now right the
territory OF Terns is not inferior to that of Spain Next
but the contrary, that II is superior either, and
above both. IL will also appear, that under the
construction OF the most established rules Of international
law with the Of Texas acknowledged sovereign
~ the original title TO the territory of Texas established
in this correspondence, entities the u. $ positive
claim, in exclusion of every other government.
France ceded Louisiana the u. s. in 1903. In the
deed OF cesson embraced the whole OF the territory
then possessed by France, virtue of the OF
rtory France by Spain, in lS00-Spain and
occupant OF this territory from 1853 1900, in virtue OF
a by France Spain of territory. The trans
action, then, between France and Spain in 1900, a
mere rtoeessiOn by Spain Of the territory ceded her in
lIbJ, by France and II embraced in Its provisions all the
rights titles possessions and mmunes, which France
possessed previous the cesson, in 1863 to Spain.
With these historical facts fully in view, let us consider
the correspondence this subject between the u s. and
Spain. In the 4th VOL of the American State Papers,
vs. we discover the following emphatic language, employ
a by Mr. Adams, in lsl6in his answer Secretary Of
State, 10 Don Luis de Ons-residen Minister OF Spain
at Washington.
at is known TO your Government that the u S. claim
by cesson at far equivalent, the province of Louisiana
was held by France prior TO the treaty Of 1863 extend
ing from the Perdido the side of the Mis-
asspp 20 the Bravo Grande, the western. To the
whole territory within those limits the u THEIR
RIGHT ESTABLISHED By WELL KNOWN FACTS AND THE FAIR
TERPRETAToN TREATIES. In like spirit may the u. 5.
the surrender of all the territory above described
now in the occupancy of Spain, THE
COMMENCEMENT OF NEGOTIATION OF
DIFFERENCES. When we consider how long your Govern
men has maintained what deemed unjust possession
especially when Tecolect that the injuries before
received still unredressed and that others have been
since rendered. there be- il presumed opinion
the moderation Of this Government in acau
eScing in IT, But why this province SPAIN
1t is the intention of your Government THE TITLE
IT, in connection with other differences, subject Of
amieable negotiation and arrangement May not such
negotiation DC entered into well while il in the
Paney o.; the u. S. as if it in that of Spainl"
Again, pages 1890 of same book, MIR. Adams en-
at length, and with singular ability establish
the conclusive fact, that the u s. occupied precisely the
same ground and entitled precisely the rights
which France derived from Span-in virtue Of the treaty
cession OF Louisiana in $500 TO France by Spain. The
anN lnuu hpra GrffaFa Tlu
Ma ADAMS here ESTABLISHES what he only referred and
claimed in the extract above made.
In communication G. w. Ening resident Minister
OF the United States the Spanish Court page 433 Mr.
Adams uses the following very decided anguage-as in
sfrHeOns the accredited Minister Of the United States
by which he be governed in his diplomatic
rcspondence with the Spanish Government this subject
Of territorial claim. By the cesOn OF louisiana the IT,.
States and they think, hare prOUed by clear
fte all the territory between the Perddo, the Eastern
side Of the Mississippi to the Rio BrGpO the Western
They we'll know that France would have claimed to the
extent had she made the cessiOn; though the
French government declined defining the boundaries by the
treaty. appeal made it by this government or
thought proper afterwards respecting them"
Here then are the facts, FORMING
THROUGH THEIR ACCREDITED AGENTS, DISPUTED
TERRToRY.
After employing sundry and cogen Arguments between
the date OF the above INSTRUCTIONS Mr. En-
wing, (3Oth May, 1916 and the referred to- Mr.
Adams, in letter, bearing date 10th January 1878 a. 46
uses the following decided and pointed language This
Is addressed TO Luis De Ons He says "Your letters Of
the 29h Dec and Of 9th and 9Th of the present month
have been received and laid before the President of the u
States"
"he has seen, NOT WITHOUT REGBET, that
they consist almost entirely Of upon
the several points of difference which have so long subss
ed between the United States and which
had been exhausted in the correspondence between the
Minister Plenpotentary Of the u. States Madin and
your government in the years 1902 and 1903 and more
especially in that between Don Pedro Cevaos md the spe
eial extraordinary Mission Of the United States your
Court lSO5a Mission Instituted by the American Co
Sernmen under the influence Of the desire
terminate amicaby, and TO the satisfaction Of both parties
oil those differences but which, after five months Of nego
uaon AZ Aranjucz, issued the refusal Of Spain give
satisfaction to the United States upon any Of the
oi complaint which 10 be adjusted, settle
the question Of boundaries existing between the a. Suites
and Spanish provinces bordering them The Prosi-
dent considers that would be Improbable waste Of
time TO enter again at large upon topics Of controversy
which Al that time thoroughly debated and upon
which Ice perceivos nothing in your which not