Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-05-24

,hsse ,ro,o.ed trealies. the war vas wagng between
Max,co and Snain. The brave Porter, our own gai,
liant commc dore, commsnded ire Hs1'cai "a y 49,
by many American officers and crews. In ,ne eaine
part also of the conflict on the laho tue ga'' ~
~ and The brave Magee, nm American onicer, WIN
combined American and Mexican army, had defeat
ed tue royal forces of Spain 10 many elo''ouo e
a,ct Throughout this whole petioo, Mexico was 80
licine and obtaining the a'd oil our cooh.tyme", o'
the and on the land and II IS more than aouo
Col ha,b IN the absence OF that assistance, Mexico
would 70, have achieved her independence va Tue
o7,h Jnlv 1900 Barradas, with Spanish army "
four thousand men, captured the me&,can Guy - '
p,co which he held until the loth orp.e"'ovi y,
same year. Yet, on the Ioh hosus .o-' ,ha ID
fate of this expedition was UT undetermined, hT a'
IMMIGRATION nj Jackson and Van Buren,, as we nave
seen p,oposed the purchase oil Texas from Hea'o1 -
then The re- he any force IN The on)'cuons, lna'
was aided in her conflict BY American czens 'na' 'i'
war il still wauup (Which 1t IS not) or mat inc hoe
oendence If Texas rs still unrecognsed by Mexico, OF
that treaty with Mexico las we had with opa'h) mac
been d-al these reasons apply WIN far geae
force apaios, the proposed purchase o, ie1as 'io'
Mexico in 1926 1897 and le29 When MEXICO was ye
nv Spain when our treaty, surrenderIne
Tex. 20 S,;n vas unre.cinded, except by the revo
I,,;nn in Mor;co and when our citizens we're still alo
mo as th.v always had done, the people oil Mexico "
their slrugrle for independence. II Is trne mat
1897 within few weeks or months succeeding ou
reco,n;too If the Independence Of Texas and before
subiscteS ns 10 unjust imputations; and, therefore
m;oht h, be,n deemed ine1 pedient at such time
and under surh circumstances, 10 re-anne3 ie3s
treaty to thus Union But now, when seven years nave
elapsed since ou7 recognition Of the independence
Teas and she has been recognized for many years Of
an ;ode,endenl power by the great nations oil Europe
and hersoveregny fully established, and fully acknow
ledred there can be no objection TO such treaty a
Tho reasons assigned in 1925, 1927, 1929, 1888 and
yly will n
force These were, that the Sabine, as Donh
dary was TOO near New Oreons that the defence OF
city was rendered nseeure aud that The Arkansas ano
rivers and all their tributaries ought to be IN our o"
exclusive possess on The present boundary the wors
which could be devised 1t is succession oil steps aho
curves carving out the great valley OF the w est mo
shape that is absolutely hdeous 1t surrcncers Inc heu
river and Arkansas and heir numerous Tributaries LOT
thousands Of miles, 4 foreign power ~ orlhSs 'ha'
mower npon the Gulf, within days SAIL oil 'he NOUN
If the Mississippi, and in the INTERIOR oy Inc curve o.
the Sabine within about one hundred miles OF The Mis-
;ssinp II places that power, for many hundred miles,
ON the banks Of the Red river IN immediate ooh'ac.
with sixty thousand Indian warriors OF our own, ana
with very many thousand OF the herces savage ioes IN
Texas there TO be armed and equipped Tor Inc WORK OF
death and desolaton. Ii enables foreign power WAN
sucb aids TO descend the Red river TO the junction 81
tho Mississippi. there 10 cut off all communication from
above or below TO nj that point al boats when
we're descending with their troops and munitions OF war
for the defence of New Orleans, and fall down suods
on that CITY, thus isolated from the rest OF The Cnion
and subjected 10 certain ruin
From the mouth Of the Mississippi to the Sabine
there i, not single barbour where an American
vessel Of war could find shelter; but Westward oil Inc
mouth of the Sabine Texas, several deep bays
,nd harbors and Galveston, of these, has oep'h
of equal 20 that at the mouth OF The MISSISSIPPI
Looking into the interior, along thus extraordinary
boundary find foreign power stretching Tor ma
nv hundred miles along the Sanlne to The Red riVef
thence West several hundred miles along that river TO
the Western boundary OF our Indian srtorFs thence,
North TO The Arkansas, and that stream TO The South
ern boundary of The territory of Oregon, and al q
point which, according to the recent mes able survey
of Lieutenant Fremont is with,n twenty miles oil the
mass of the Rocky Mountains, "icb secures the en-
trance to Oregon We ,hus place foreign power there,
10 move Eastward Westward upon the valley Of the
Columbia Mississippi. We place t'iis power North
cf ST., Louis North Of portion Of Iowa, and South q:
New Orleans and along this line Tor several Thousand
miles in resr
Such IS the boundary at present given 10 the valley
Of the West; such the imminent dangers TO WHICH II
IS subjected of Indian massacre such the dismembcr
r,enl of the great valley, and of many OF The nobss
streams and tributaries OF the Mississippi such The sur
render of SO many hundred miles OF our coest, with so
many bays and hsbors such the hazard TO which New
Orleans is subjected and the outlet oil ell our COM
nerce TO lhe gulf Such is our present boundary nnc
II can be exchanged for that will give US perfect
security, that will place own people hnd our own
settlements Of the Indian tribes and that will cut
them off from foregn influence that Will restore TO
us the uninterrupted navigaonsoi the Red river and
A,t.neae and OF all their tributaries; that will place VI
at the NORTH upon point to command the pass OF Ore
gon and on the South, 10 ~ Orleans, and rem.
der certain the command Of the Gulf Of Mexico. In
pursuing ent and rightiu boundary before we
surrender Texas, along the Del Nor,e, are brought
by n western curve of that great river, 10 point with
IN forr hundred miles of the Pacific ocean, and where
The waters of the Del Narte almost eommngle with
those tha, flow into the Western OCEAN. Up 10 this
point on the Del Nor,e il is nsvigable for steamboats,
nd from that pom, to the Pacific good for
caravans and where i, is believed, the Pacific mag be
united with the Del Nor,e and the Gull BY railroad,
net longer han that which now unl!es Buffalo and
Boston; and where, even now, without such road,
we could command the trade Of all the Northern States
Of Mexico, and of very large portion Of the Western
coas, Of America. ITO he continued