The North-Carolina standard., 1844-05-15


senate; anShgreeted with the dnfversal applause
Of thA public press. -.
Bft aifIhIS concurregce Of authoEfIes Rlld Oh
applause nadea no impressioH upon me- Icon
tnued toIeok upon the treaty wah indignation
and aTnazement; and the msre so because the pub
lshetb correspondence showed that the sacrifice o.
mfterritory was Cratuituus and wanten ihdftHe
Spanfsh government had offered Us more Than we
Xad accepted lhof BE had volaHtaFily sacrificed
our piveTs boundaries, and terfi.ofyf End isep.
tfaued to assaff xhe Treaty under the confident be-
; lis chat such an unnatural boundary eodid pot
sand, and that the sacrificed territory would eFehe
uaIly DE restored to the country from which it had'
T'6T treaty Of 1919, hetveeu The United States
and Spaim so Ear as It applied to the soithwtsteFn
boundary of The Unfted States, wasone OF the mos
Qratuitons sacri6eesrever made by nation which
VA uot conquered, and actually occupied By con
aWeriAg army. 1t gave pp natural bouRdaTy-a
Sreas river, a desert, and nountain-on the most
vulnerable flank ofthe Unien-the flank conternL
nous with the krgest foreign power "a oar contf
aeat and pEoximate to one OF our gredtest aaf
Ynostexposed cities IRstead othi natural 6oundaty,
fur removed &oH>oor cities and popufation il sub
nsitaEed an arbitrary line nnder Longitude fat in
the Inferior OF ceuntry and along rivers wtSo1.
" within our natural boundaries and incapable OF
being f6rifed exeefr 81 an expense of hundreds Of
teFaiory, enough % 5nakesiEe sos X graat tates,
and ali of it NOT only Valuable ia fsef btIt *alna-
bic beyond all price ftop It's position NIelIa our
NATURAL fEnhs. Il brought foreigHftoAdeE-
frontier Of nsn-sIaoeholding enptrs--to the
neiehbofhood Of New Orleans, and afrHosf % the
heart of thevaHey of the Mississippi It4nHtilat-
ed TIVE of ont great rir"fs--tae Arkansas and the
Red river streams equal 10 the Danube, aGd both
Of which had their sources and their alunths with
-taoTIY 6lrS
by existing treaties; pIacrda foreign power upon
their bankRan ga Ee to that power right, accord
ing toO1r o,sn assertion of Tie Lao Of nations-a
rightto navigate those rivers through our terrho
ries lo4heir outlet In tho sea. It gave SMGv not
oAfy the southern and sunny RLoVince of Texas.
baf what never was Texas, bat part Of .the val
ley of the Mississippi, lying between the Red riT-
er and the Arkansas and exsendng to the hyper
;borean region of moth latitude 42. FiHalIS, il
established desert region Of great extent between
the State Of Missouri and the province of New
Mexico, 10 interrupt and mar the inland commerce
and the social intercourse, between the Upiled |
Stiles and the Mexicans on the important line of
Communication between St, Louis and Santa Fe |
aad 10 crown all t,se sacrifices Of territory, riv-
ers, and natural boudaries they were F1ade IN fa>
vof Of q non-S1aUeR0tding power, whoee dopia- !
ions were thus brought in contact with the slave
5oidiny then Territories, ROW JStRes of Missouri
and Arkansas
Such a sacrifice Of great national Interests so +
unaniE7ousty eoucnrred ih by .the'pub+ic an.kotr
ties, gave the FIRST great shock TO rng confidence
in pubEc bodies the treaty Of tEfeRfx year with
the British government for the Joint occupation Of
the Oregon, gave ME the second great shock Il
and the two SHOCKS together shocked ype so mach /
that came into public hFe, m 1920. with very
liale concern for ray own position, when should "
chance to fad my self Standing "s6fitary and :
alone" upon great naiioua4 QUESTIONS. t
came to the Senate OF t411 pnisd Slatfs IN the
fall of 1920, the recovery of Texas being lad /.
ing object in my mind; and the 4noxeso b~calsse
Missouri the greatest sufferer by Us los.
During Mr. Monroe.s sI.'nn. isiFason. -Hothiay
sould be done towards this recovery for it was
Ihe same Prcs;dAt and cabinet which had Just
brown a way the country. In the eommrnocrnEA
Of MIR. Adams's administration, Mr.. Clay being
of State, the first a4tempt was fnad. to
recover what had been hst, and gave faithful
support to the effort by writing articles ia the
to sustaIA and promot &t This effort
was unsuccessful Gen. Jackson's administration
made the same attempt, and with the same result
md Ineed not repeat that gave i cordial SUD- q
BORT In the second term of General Jackson "a
the revolt Of Texas took place, I
1867 and several gentlemen Of the Sonth wefe
in favor Of aVaiHRg ourselves of that
went to recover possession of the lost territory
Recognition Of Texan independence and adrnis- l
ion of Texas into the Union, tand this before
exas applied foradmission.) were urgedby them
9 simultaneous acts-twm operati0rs-to bp ac1i
ompIished together. | could not agree to It. c
dexico and Texas were at war; and TO admit 9
Fexas into our Union was to go to war with I
lexico with the faith Of treaties and The etnion
f the world against US. l could not go for a9- Q
Mission recognition the furthest that could u
enture and that, with some misgivnc at 50 v
arly stage Of the contest, for fear of the effect
might have on our commerce with Mexico. n
The next year, (i837,) being the first of Mr. n
IAN Buren's administration, Texan minister y
General Memucah Huntl arrived here to solicit
ne admission of his country into our Unio1 He n
i'd me the honor te speak to me On the subject
ounting largely upon my cooper alton, from the "
'ell known drbstation which had expressed for Il
10 treaty which gave Texas away But ted q,
i'm from the beginning that impossible that q
luch as l desired the restoration OF Texas nv "a
rst duties were 70 my own COUNTRY that Mexi- u
o and Fe1as 6eis9 8t war; could not ieopaEdI
he peace OF the u. States, compcoEise its honor D.
the eyes of nations, and in5nre its commerce Is
y taking step which should give Mexico y
ight.to treat US as an enemy Mr. Van Buren's o
administration gave the same answer and alEIe
Imerica approved it. th
Thus, while being incea:estaB1F the Grst opoo- 3
ent to the loss Of Texas, and the FIRST advocate G.
q its recovery, have yet already twice found tf
impossible TO support propositions for its adm issiop