The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-11-06


and that the People Of the United States are
inaHPla6le. But we will extract portion Of
the @licle from the Telegraph:
eve endeavored (says the editor Of the Tele-
grapb to call the attention of the American editors
to this subject more than six years ago, while pub
lIshngl the Telegraph at Columbia and were not
then sware, that the opinion advanced them that
the people of the United States inalienabe to
any foreign power, had been sustained by Mr. Clay.
The Constitution Of the United States guarantees to
every citizen the privilege Of freeman and by no
construction of that instrument the Senate and
President claim the right to cede away American cit
liens p become the subjects of foreign king. Tex
as is unquestionaby portion of the old territory of
Louisiana, ceded by France to the United States in
the treaty concluded on the 30th April, 1903 Even
the Spanish Minister De Onis, admitted the claim of
the United States to this territory and declared that
he had for three years conended for what he knew TO
be the property of the United States. Mr. Jefferson
in letter addressed to Mr. Bowdon in 1906, writes
thus: We are attached To the retaining the bay OF
ST. Bernard Cor Matagorda or 81. Louis, as named by
La Sole) because it the first establishment of
the unfortunate La Sale; was the cradle of Louisi-
ana and more ncontestably covered and conveyed to
by France under that name than any other spot in
the country"
Mr. Monroe in a letter addressed to Mr. Onis in
1916, writes thus
"With respect to the western boundary of Louisi-
ana, Ihaye to remark, that the Government has ne
yer doubted since the treaty Of l803 that it extend
ed TO the Rio Bravo satisfied am, if the claims of
the two nations submitted to impartial tribu-
nal, who observing the principles applicable to the
case and tracing facts to discovery and settlement
on either side, that such would be its decision The
discovery of the Mississippi as low down as the Ar
kansas, in 1873, and TO its mouth in 1880, and the
establishment of settlement that river, and on the
bay of St Bernard, on the western side OF the Colo
RADIO, in 1885, under the authority of France, when
the nearest settlement Of Spain in the province
Of Panuco, are facts which place the claim Of the
United States on ground not to be shaken 1t is
known that nothing occurred afterwards on the part
of France to weaken this claim The difference
which afterwards took place between France and
Spain, respecting Spanish ehcroachments there, and
the war which ensued, to which they contributed,
tend to confirm it." State Papers, VOL A. p 4S0, part
For. Rel p
In the old maps Of Louisiana published in l721
and in the e-~P-ef Nilsh. the western boundary of
Louisiana is defined as follows: IL commences at
the mouth of the Rio ande, extends along the west
bank of that stream to the Rs Puerco thence along
that river 10 the cham of mountains which forms the
dividing ridge between that river and the Colorado
thence along that ridge TO beyond Santa Fe, where it
bends towards the Rio Grande, the latitude 80
degrees Dorth thence along the Rio Grande TO IFS
source. This map was laid down according to the
observations communicated to the English Royal So
ciety, and the French Royal Academy of Sciences
and furnishes evidences Of the western limits Of Lou
isana OF the highest authority The portion of New
Mexico, including Santa Fe and the settlements be-
tween that town and the Rio Puerco, were probably
excluded, because Spain had prior right 10 this
ton by occupation citizen Of Zacatecas having
formed settlement there as early as 1896, by the
authority of the Vice Roy of Mexico. Several leu-
rshng towns were probably formed near Santa Fe,
when La Sale first landed at Matagorda: but as no
settlements had been formed by the Spaniards south
Of the Rio Puerco and west Of the Rio Grande, the
French claimed it by right Of the discovery Of Ia
Sale and the settlement formed by him at Matagor-
da As France never relinqushed her claim until
she finally coded the country TO the United States in
1903, the Government of the United States was just
ly entitled to the territory, claimed in the original
limits of Louisiana"
From the most authentic sources we have
assurances that the People Of Texas earnestly
desire the annexation Of their country to the
United States-and that they are opposed to the
designs of Great Britain, in regard to Adolf
ton, &c.
That the subject is OF the greatest importance
to the United States, no one denies; and he or
they who may contribute most in the accom-
plishment of an object so advantageous to the
Union, and so anxiously desired by the Texans,
will receive the plaudits Of the country-both
rrpeent md fiiture