Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-05-25
MR.. BENTON'S LETTER TO THE MEN.
BERS OF THE TEXAN CONGRESS:
Postscript.
WASHINGTON CRY, May 2, 1914

BERS OF THE TEXAN CONGRESS:
Postscript.
WASHINGTON Cry, May 2, 1914
GENTLEMEN: When had written my 1etter
10 You few days ago, in answer of yours to
me, the original Of which have not yet seen.
it occurred to me that there was some great
and solemn occasion on which. and on the res>
possibilities Of my official station, had refused
to concur in the treaty which dismembered
your country from the United Suites. 1t was
difficult for me TO recollect, or compre lend,
how | had done this, as was not in the SEN
ate until the year after the treaty of 9, was
ratified, yet it was impossible for me 10 gel
rid of the impression that had voted, in some
form against that treaty. AT last the mystery
was cleared up. | recollecled that Mr.. Ad-
ANS administration, in The year 1898, had ne
gotiated a treaty Of limits with Mexico, which
contained, on our frontier, the same bounda-
ries with that Of 1919, and that voted against
this treaty Of limits because would not sane
ton the dsmemberment Of my country, and
wished 10 keep the question open for further
negotiation with Mexico. On looking 10 the
executive journal Of the senate, find that
stood almost " solitary and alonen on that &C,
cason-no senator voting with me out Judge
Smith, Of South Carolina, and Mr.. Powhatan
Ellis, of Mississippi. The following are the
boundaries against which then voted, almost
without support, aud for the obliteration OF
which there is now, after lapse of so many
years, SO large movement in the country:
ARTICLE 1.-The dividing limits o. the resS
pectve bordering territories of the United
States Of America and of The United Mexican
States, being the same as were agreed and fix.
ed upon by the aforementioned treaty Of
l.: Il. IL al.
twenty second day OF February, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, the
two high contracting parties will proceed forth
with to carry into full effect the third and
fourth articles of said treaty, which are here,
in recled, as follows:
ARTICLE 2.-The boundary line between the
two countries west Of the Mississippi shall be.
gin on the gulf Of Mexico, at the mouth of the
river Sabine, in the sea, continuing north along
the western bank of that river, 10 the 32d de-
gree Of latitude; thence, by line due north
to the degree of latitude, where it strikes the
Rio Roxo Of Natchioches, or Red rver then,
following the course Of the Rio Roxo west
ward, TO the degree Of longitude 100 west from
London, and % from Washington; then, eros,
sing the said Red river, and running thence by
line due north, 10 the river Arkansas, thence
following the course Of the southern bank of
the Arkansas TO its source, in latitude 10 north,
and thence, by that parallel Of latitude, to the
South seattle whole being as laid down in
MeIish's map Of the United States, published
at Philadelphia, improved 10 the 1st Of Janua-
ry, 1918. But if the source of the Arkansas
river shall be found TO fall north or south Of
latitude AZ, then the line shall run from the
said source due north or south, us the case
may be, till IL meets the said parallel of lati.
tude AZ; and thence along the said PARALLEL to
the South sea. All the islands in the Sabine,
and the said Red and Arkansas rivers,
throughout the course thus described, to belong
TO the United States; but the use Of the waters
and the navigation Of the Sabine TO the sea,
and Of the said rivers Roxo and Arkansas,
throughout the extent of the said boundary
on their respective banks, shall be common to
the respective inhabitants of both nations.
The two high contracting parties agree 20
cede and renounce all their rights, claims, and
professions 10 the territories described by the
said Iine-that is to say, the United States
hereby cede 10 his co,hoic majesty, and res
nounce forever, all their rights, claims and
pretensons TO the territories lying west and
south Of the above described line; and, in like
manner, his catholic majesty cedes to the said
United States all his rights, claims, and pre- =
tensions 10 any territories east and north Of
the said line; and for himself, his heirs and
successors, renounces all claim TO the said ter,
ritories, forever.
These boundaries are, word for word, the
repetition of those Of 1919; so that have
the satisfaction of having voted against the
confirmation Of those boundaries, even after
one treaty had established them, and thereby
proved that should with more reason and
more readily have voted against the first one
had then been in the senate.
| remember, also, that voted against all the
acts Of congress for carrying that treaty into
effect, by running and marking the boundary
so determined was | never to sanction the
Ubiquitous treaty OF 1919, which, besides Civ
ing away Texas, dsmembered the valley Of
the Mississippi, mutilated two Of Its noblest
rivers, surrendered our natural boundaries,
and brought foreign empie-a noH.SldUe
holding empire-to the borders Of the state Of
Louisiana, and 10 the rear Of the territories OF
Arkansas and Missouri.
have also found, since | wrote my letter
TO you, the essays signed " AmericanuS," which
wrote to assist general Jackson and his Sec
rotary Of state, Mr.. Van Buren,, to recover
the country in 1929; and have sent these ar
tcles TO be re published in the Globe. One Of
them will be published this evening, the other
for there are but two Of them) will be pub
shed on Saturday. The euloglum in the in,
PRODUCTION TO the first number Of " american,
us" was intended for president Jackson, who
at least earned it by his efforts, il not by his
success, to recover back the sacrificed coun,
try. The same euogium shall be pronounced
upon any president who shall recover, with
peace and honor, this sacrificed portion OF
Louisiana, or who shall even go to war for it