The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-09-05

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re sa.3-cs e ne saarxssioa q fssss--
. sullert spsa ukirh NJ. clay had pre-
siozrly eee.sssd hin srlf silh slsarue.s
aud sapAasis whleh sssGsd 10 require
90 lsElLes slsridslioa.
The rslrrrness il The Ielhf n he Dr.
bats e 1919 nd - TIE nrgosisiicAs ~
ls2T. IN rsla,iaa % TeEss. vlil show The
dsRrrenes bstseea Inc qaesIioa now rsiss
81 and ne me Hhirh esgagrd the s'iens
ton II ne Gosesnmenl lhea. Mr. Gigs
r0uEse On hose occasions - % pfesenI
sss open, direct AMI palr,asir;
Bah. .9mericw'.
A..saal. 9Th July, 1874
Geniemsr: | have received yoar favor
informing ne thsl my views. as disclosed
in ny l-ii.r from Raleigh. on the qnes-
{ on &c ne annex .ilon 81 T.xas, are mis-
conceived. II not N ssepre.ealed in your
suasiss; shi ina, Il issuppnsed ihail have
sh,nged nv opinion fr,m shat il was N
1919. ] snies.ored 70 expre,s myself
j, thai lrier a. explicitly ss | eslI, and
! ds not think noa iaai /. can be fairly
nilisierpreaed.
II 1919. when | addressed The House
Of Representative. The Execu'iEe bad n
& Gated The treaty with SPsin, BY which
Texas visa relied 10 that pnwrr. but Con
gress hal nol then gwen any sanction %
The eessi0a. beliese nos. and ! thought
thea. thai tie T6eaty-naking power 10 not
competent. without tie concurrence a
Congress. 10 cede gay any TER tpry be-
longing 10 the u. 5 ales. Bu. Congress,
BY repeated acts, subsequently, uaafs sled
iIs appreciation Of the treaty; and these
a:ls readsrrd IL as valid and oil gaory
upon tie U. States. as il c,ngrsss had
given its assent prior 10 the conclusion 81
the treaty. Al thai period 81 1919. Tex
50, claimed By ne. vas un-peopled. No
hosiile incursions bad been made into il
By riizens Of The U. States. 10 1925
and 1877, there were b few inhabitants
OF Tex 5. consisting Of some colonists,
planted there under The authority Of Mex
icn. Al neither OF The three periods sbote
menii ned had any Stale OF section, in
this Uhion. manifested aay opposition 10
Tsxa, composing parlni II. lshsd been
said that VI; Adams administration offer
ing TO negniiaie with Mexico for Texss,
Notwithstanding the existence Of war be-
tween Spain and Mexico. and that il could
not ihpTrfore have believed tina, abe &C.
QUESTION Of rrxss. a that line. would
have involved he q. Stars in war with
spain. Hence q Is a'gned thai The raii
6essioa o. The l.te treaty could not have
eomproaitisd orr Pesce.
Mr. Adm. thought il desirable 10 OBJ
sasa rexas. Two ioreign powers claimed
u. Mexico "a. in posst sslon, and Spain
Vas doing n",hirg 10 assert aud enforce
her claim. Iier representative had even
g1ne so Tar as IL sipula,e, in . conven-
tinn. 10 acknowledge The Independence Of
Mexic', although that convention was not
ratified by Spsin.
Mr. Adams had right 10 author Re the
negotiation of treaty for tie acquisition
Of Texas Nth b II or either OF The pow
ere claiming j.. IL gas natural that he
should begin with thai power which had
ihe possession OF Texas. Spain and in-
terpostd no obstacle. She had made no
declaration that she would regard The ac-
qui.iIon o. Texas as an act OF war. H.
po,nt oil fact. no overture vas formally
made TO NJ x'co 10 purchase Texas, no Ge-
goci1tion vas opened, no Ire .iy was con.
Guided. II . Negotiation had commenced,
or II treaty had been signed. and Spain
hal protested, lie pruJent End cautious
policy which Characterised Mr. Adams
administrator wnuld untoubtedly haze
prompted him to qa'et Spain, and sccOh-
mUdste ihe matter. previous to the annex
anan 81 Texas 10 the Uuited States. ard
~atnut piunging ihen in var With Spain.
How ,otsily different are all the eITcum-
.i,nces Unier which, with Mr. Adams au-
lhoIiy. su h ri ed tie overture TO Mex
Icn. from those which attended 1 e recent
'resiy Of Me- TyleI! So far from M"xico
being Silent. .he rsPeat dly and solemn
Nv declared that she would consider ell
nexaitun ss wsE with her. Texrs wa,
no longer anne katIon as VA with her.
Texas wss no longer sn uBinhsbitsd coun-
iry. L had been xrest+d fInm tie dOuln-
ion Of Mexico by eii'zens. many Of whom
vent armed from The u. Stales. The var
betvesn Mexico and Texas had no: been
terminated BY any treaty Of peace. Mr..
Tyler mol only DID mi consul. Mexico,
bui he snnnanced that her ss.ent IL tie
snpexal'on was altogether unnecessary.
Aad ne proceeded To Conclude a treaty.
embracing . iargesxisn, Of Territory, aud
a numerous Population. not comprehend
o. IN tie Texas wli'ch the U. States eed.
ed 70 Span il 1919.
In the mean time too. a pnWerful op
position had arisen in the u. States az sinst
the annex alton oil Texas 10 them. seve-