Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-08-19
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pamphe, wi,ha map attached containing The CHARMS
o single individually and ali Of which were asserted ~
he valid under the treaty. They were grsnfs derived
from the second Of the Governments wifc, had granted
lands IN Texas, 10 w The Slaies Of Cosuia and Tex.
AZ when united NJ one State, which WA thar consiitt
from 1890, when the Mexican revolur,on bake ont ~
1888. When Texas revolted. Tie grants were male II,
a Mr.. John Charles Deales an Eng shnan, married N
y Mexican woman. or 10 Nlexeans. and purchased BY
him; and all obtained io little no s,as
IN reward for Introducing manufacturers some IN rupdj-
uonoi settling lan,lies--sane cundiiion ,f introduce
Inv ealto--and some Internationally. They are INV
all transferred 10 citizen of the United Slates M.
Jahn W oodward, of New York. and aip,,.l n. IA ,rutA
than The whoo qnanly which The treat cutre.pndenc~
admits to have hcen granted by all the G,scrnmenss
which ever held Texas. asF
Mr. H. then enumerated these grants and pin,sd ous
their position on thu map, The quantities IN all csses ios
asccrlannhle brcausc they extended from To ,yess
tton Mountains 10 munlans aud Ifn pafa 10 rsfsl-
les OF latitude aud longitude. The frat WIS grant III
ly five nons Of acres, being fraction less than tha
States of Kentucky and Ohio uliled, extending from
nh altitude W degrees TO ~ degtess and 20 inhnihs.
ad from Longitude 02 degrees west rom (reenw ich l.,
the Sierra OBSCURE mountains. and covering The upuer
waters the Coorada The Red river and The Arkapss,
Another covered three degrees Of Naturalization 2Sid
~ degrees -bouaded west on longitude 100 dearees wes
lfon tyoouwinl aud extending EMS, Ia The Colorado IN
which II bound IIiceh leagues third extended from
The Nneces 10 the Ro Grade, aid covered NO dsqrtss
Of latitude, from y To % ivndh claim cnnssisd OF
set oi grants, nine in NUMBER each for eleven leagues
making ninety nloa leagues IN the whole. lying Oh ID.
Nneces ant all made To Nlexcans, from whpn, ueales
purchased. These ninety niue Leagues were absolute
md unconditional grants. IN fee simple, the others wera
cmpfessdri0 grants upln the condition of sejllinu
number of hmIles on each The families had mol bepi
settled heng prevented by the Indian aud the Tex
ian fevouon and The pamphlet aut the dccjsiun .f
The Supreme Court Of the United States in the cuss uf
the Aredondo claim aud The CLARK claim in Fhrids Il,
show that Ia such cases the performance u The cundou
beeoming impossible by the Ut td uf tho public enc
my. ar the gtanpr) the condition. hecomes dlschprurJ
The grao Is absolute, or the parry may have time anet
The cessation oil the obstacle 10 fulfil the terms Ind,
these decisions and the terms Of the late treaty al pe.
ganl-, amounting 10 seventy eighty mohs Of acres
equal to three or four such States Kentucky are claim
cd to be VALID and thai claim Would 10 me sane rnt
which decided The hredondo aud The Clark claims, Gr
The treaty annulled 6nne. The Florida rely Of 1919
annull'd the great grants TO the Dnkp f Alayun thu
tunnl Pnnon Rosiro, aud Don Diego Vargas and ,hev
are mol recognised by Tho courts; but IL omitted to name
the chlms Of Areddndo aud Clark and these have he-n
confirmed by the Supreme Conri Of the Unrd STATES.
aud II ia notorious that members of Congress BECAME ric,
upon DO shares of these grants The grants, Mr. b.
said, collected into tho hands Of Dcales siuod nm the
same footing with that 10 Afed1nto They wero mn
anpn'h"' " NE late fsSan treaty N,ne were annll-
ted by IT, Al The grants were confirmed whicI, we're
good under the laas of iexas and The laws Of Texar
50 lr as the rgbt o. property is ceocened me laws
of Spain and Mexico, aud Cahu,la and exas. under
Mr. Is said the Presidents messanp Communicating
The treaty 10 the Sennte rs untrue IN rea,n 10 tho
granted aud 10 the vacant lands In Texas as il was In
every other particular Instead o Two hundred mons
oi acres, There were DOLLY eighty four mbns Of acres in
Texas proper; The resi- The half IN Tana lipss
Coahua, Chhuahua, and New Mrxico, and had been
granted away centuries ago. and The oher half ia thu
Wild country of The Camanehes aud The Sierra Obscrs
mountains add must be fought for aud bought from tiesa
Indians before Il can be Possessed and will be then fund
IA hp
Instead of thirty millions Of acres nranipd every
inch ofTeyas proper, and all the Indian country besides
WINS granted away Instead OF Hundred and thirty
nonsof acres OF vacant land there vacant land:
for even the sieremounIahs and baren piacs had been
grained to spectators sell tho Unied States and III
Europe and The assumption II pay tho scrip debfs of
Texas IN consideration of vacant lands was naked
and fraudulent assumption To pay len millions for nthinx
and That 10 stock jbbefs who had pven twn cents
AID five cents AID crns in The uaf for The cssfns
and whose agents were Washington nasiing The Ca.
plto the Presidents heose aud the Department IL
State. and dong all that in their power 10 sustain
the treaty. and to phil down the Senators who esrisei
them aud their scrip The treaty fraud in not an.
nnlling the great grants made for considerations nas full
hed mud for no, sealing The deprecated srrip debt Ii
was faud 10 these particulars bn, This fraud crrated
voracions and camaftns interest Tor the treatv Mr. b.
said the patriotic people of issouri mistaken id
surprising that every body like themselves aetna
led by audabe motives in waiting Texas because II was
geographically connected with the United States. and
essential 10 II. political, commercial and socaf syetem
There were others who wanted far very different pnr-
the dsnioniss. for example, who wsnied 10 nss
II for separating The savehodlng from the slavphol.
ding States; Presidential inrpues, who wanedit.t Ia
make and unmake Presidential candidates; and land
cuators stockholders, who wanted il enrich thems
selves. t.-5s 44
Throughout his speech Mr., D presented il as the de-.
qn Ut the Texas treaty not gel Texas into the Union:
bnt To get the Suthern States Oft aud showed that
the whole treaty, and all The correspondence relating
it. was studously and arif y conifived i ina, purpose.
To pick quarrel with Great BdIsn, aud also win thu
nonsluveholdne States on the subject of slavery wac
the open, undsgnsed object Of the negutiaor from ha
beginning TO the ending To array the slsvtholdi a.
gaas the sa sehading half vi the Union was his
oren sid continued effort. 70 present ts acquisition
of Texas asa Sorhern. SECTIONAL savehoding question.
wholly directed to the extension, perpeation and pre-
dominance Of slavery, his express and avpwed OBJ
iect Aud after all this open effort make the rexas
question slave question, the admission of the Fexian
States luo the Union to be submitted 10 House ii
Representatives where there was malr,,y If Gftysix
members from the on-saveholdng States. What could
all this be for except have the Iexian States refused
admission and preiex furnished the SouIlhcm States
for secession2 All nis well ndersiood IN South
Carolina that tbs cry Of 1sros dsenioap wac raised
in that quarter not only beute the treaty was necip,
hut before was made. Let it be forgptia ssid
Mr. H., that treaty eaHris admit Satesa Tho
Constitution grants that power Congress. Tbs Tex
treaty did not, sRd cosld admit Texas xSate.
II only admitted il as Territory. The q,resinn OF nd.
mitting The STATES would have come aier sarSs in
Congress- and the n-admissiuh tbng psyinnsy made
sure of, then The secession from the Nura and adhesion
TO Texas was TO become the "gh.ful remrdyp 'resA>