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boundary line shall be Fun and mark ed
at such time hereafter as may suit The
convenience Of both contracting parties
Here, then, the whole boundary line o.
1919, as then concluded with Spain, anC
Testfirmed with Mexico in 1928, il in q
solemn treaty rah6sd by Texas and thil
government; the whole boundary now
claimed by'rexas up TO the42d parallel O
north latitude, is recognised and eslab'
lished, and placed beyond the power o.
further controversy. Tsxat, then, aV re
cOgnized BY US BY solemn treaty, Is moi
the land OfSun and flowers as describ.
ed BY the Senator from Missouri, [Mr
Benton and bounded by the Red riveI
and the Nueces, but is admitted in oui
treaty to run from The Sabine along ouI
whole western boundary to latitude 40
and Ibsaee along that parallel until il
meets and intersecis the line running due
north from the source Of the Del Noris'
When we consider, also, that this was
The boundary Described in the organic act
Of Texas of 1895, before referred to-
that this was The law which fixed the Del
Norte as the boundary, and au' borized
ne ire3.S tn be made with the United
States only according 10 the boundary
line as therein described, the matter is
placed beyond all question, and the or.
gaDic law of Texas is. admitted by the
Uuded Stales-and against ibis treaty and
boundary, although published and pro-
claimed at the time, Mexico has never
protested, but, by her long silence fol
more than FIVE yeats, from 1888 unit
lS43, has fully acquiesced.
When we lock, alsO,ai The terms Of The
treaty Of 1903. by which we acquired
Texas to the Del Nor,e, the case is Onr
moi merely ofreannexaliOn, aud ofa res.
.ralion ofour aneient Boundary, bul il
becomes an obligation OF honor and Ol
conscience which we cannot disregard,
without violating The faith of treaties,
and refusing to fulfil the most solemn
and sacred pledges ever given by the
government Of the Union. The treaty
declares,
The inhabitants Of the ceded territory
shall bS incorporated into the Union oI
the United States, and admitted as soon
as possible, according to the principles OI
the federal constitution, TO the enjoy
ment Of all the rights, 'vantsses, aud
immunilies Of the citizens Of The United
| Staics-Sn1 infthe mean time they shall
be protected in the free enjoyment Of
their liberty, property, and the religion
which they profess ~,.,a
Hare iheh is our solemn pledge To
France, and 10 the people Of ofTexas, that,
sssOOH ss possible, they shall be incOr.
poraled into The Union of the UGiled
States;' 'aDd, in the mean time, they
shall be protected sc. Here then is a
clear compact, not to transfer Texas OF
the people Of Texas to any foreign pow.
er, but 10 incorporate them into the Un,
lou, and protect them in al their lights
as citizens Of the United States. But il
is said this treaty has been rcscinded by
a subsequent compsct, not with France
/ hui Spain aud Mexico. Now, the rule
: of the law Of nations on this subject i.
thus laid down by Vattel, page 1876, sec.
1865: t''.'' w" 7''
"A sovereign already bound by a treaty
cannot enter into others contrary to the
\ first. The elhings respecting which be
!. has entered into engagements are no lon
n ger at his disposal. II il happens that q
nos lerior treaty be found, ia any particu
lar point, to clash with one Of more an
/ cient date, the new Ireatytis nuii and
void with respect 10 that point. inasmuch
as il tends to dispose Of q, thing that is nj
longer in The power of him who appears
} 10 dispose ofit."
The treaties, then with Spain aud Mexi'
Co, bv which Texas pwas surrendered
without the consent either Of France o
4 OF the peoble Of Texss, wele most clearly
/ absolute nullities, being viOlatiYe Of faitI
Of previous treaties,and forbidden By th'
4 law sfnatiOns. But itiS said tlie peOpll
. Of TexasAre estOPped, by our aCknowl
3 edgmeni Of their independence, IRON
q claiming the benefit Of this treaty. Bu
i the treaty with France, who has never rt
/. leased us; and 10 the estOpfel claimed al
} against the people Of Texas. IiwilllShOV
I that il would be dishouorabIe 10 interposr
: any such plea. By the treaty Of 1909
ol we were bound 10 receive into the Uu-
il ion the people Of Texas, and to prolsc
Q ,Iiam asscitizsns.a Most shamefully did
a we neglect this solemn, obligation, an:
< 10 defiance Of it, ceded Texas and il
a people 10 Spain in 1919, and con6rlae
it lIis csssiOn 10 Msxic0Iin 1929 l6stea
Is Of admitting into the Uaionand hpro,eC
y ting the people Of Texss,ws abandOne,
Il and deserted them, until, on the ~
Y, April, 1885, Ihsy yeslaSlishsd their inde
IS pendance. Aud what was their first acl
ID Why, by an almost uAaHimoas vote :,
4 ask Feadmission inlothe Union In pn
ie suanca of this vOis The following res
ID utiOn was adopted by5Texas, on lhel6
IN November, 1885; .m1ad az %