The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-05-11

d.,. I ado, This ms,hod no bring more
,b.c .s,e,.i ,spl,ss 10 tbs ~.
,poeiiye communications which bsse 70.
ceysd.
regret that ! have not The advantage ~
n view of tho treaty itself, 20 Ne 10 enable
mo 10 ndop, IN expression u my opinion To
the nc,oal condition. and spulaliops which
II contains. Not possessing lba, opportunity,
| am constrained 10 treat the question nc.
cord,op 10 what | presume 10 be tho terms Of
tte treaty. n, without tho loss Of national
character. wi,hou, tho hazard Of foreign war,
,,,, a.. cocoon, .o,.,,,o,cs Of ,bs nation.
Wv. ,,a. Wv vs.. &c., - ,ho integrity Of the
Ito;oo and without irving m unreasonable
n,;cs for Texas. the question Of annexation
we're presented. # would appear 10 quite a
d,G.,sn, Iiyb, from ina, in which, 4 appre
bend.. j, Is now to be regarded.
Tho United State, acquired a title to
TeYa. extending. a. 4 believe, to the Rio
dol Nor,e. BY the treaty of Louisiana. They
coded and relino,,.hed that title TO Spain by
tho ,rea,v If 1919. bv which the Sabine
wa. ,ub.,;,u,ed for The Rio del Nor,e as our
..... ho,,d.u This ,,ea,v was neeo.
$3.50 ,.Js. ~. .am;o;.,r.,,on of Mr.. Mon
roo and with Tho concurrence Of his Cabs
20, of which Mess.rs. Crawford, Calhoun,
and W;r, be;no a majority, all Southern
gentleman comno,ed Dart. When the
,rso.v IVA. laid bofore The House of Repro
.or,a,;ves icing a member Of that body, ]
exnrsssed the ooinion. which then enter.
1900 .,d .,;ll hold. that Texas was sacri
6csd ~ fbe ACQUISITION of Florida. We
wa n,ec Florida: but thought it must, from
;,s nos;tion inevitably fall into our Dos session
q. c., ,,..,. .oonor q, ,.,er
"a' 'so pun" NV, y sc oa,.oo'.nco and ,ha, in
~": ~ s sU ,;,,;on. &c dollars and Texa. 70,
s !. ~" ," mo,. ,hs~ ;u,t eou;vaIen,
d. D. ' r sa mads o orea, sacr6ce in me
,r rev.. 7ve ought n take care
~, ~ maLe ton great a sacrifice in the at.
,omr, n 70 acon;.e II.
NJ on;n;ops Of the inexped;ency Of the
,,ea,y If lSied;d no, prevail, The country
.nd i,oncress ware satisfied with II. appro>
rr;.,,ons ware made to carry il into effec.,
Tho lin. of tho SABINE wa. recopuized by us
,-, o,;.,;... both Nth
CO ou' ~ May;," .ce. Mov;co h.c.me
;ndenendent. and measures have been in
o,uaI n,ooress IN mark the line. from the
S.h;na ,o Rod river. and thence the
pacific ocean. We have thus fairly all
;ar,,ed our title to Texas nv solemn ma,
,;on.I .or,.c,.. =, the fn,filment Of which
we stand hound he good faith ard national
ho,o, 4, +, ,h.relore. perfsctlv idle and
r;d;cnIous If No, dishonarable, to talk Of re-
...,;no n,r ,;,ls n Texas a. if we had
s... ...: -.:.h i W. can no more dc
new, Po'e.o r!o.da F,.nc.
,na' 'ndn 0pa'" c c"" p.;,.;n n. ,b;r,.o,
a.Tu.a ,o,, ,omnos;,o q mar, Of the United
S..' N
'o eu 49,,
DT.'ae 'oe a'":n's''a"u" u n, WI. n "
, MT. .o'nse''' Munster VI '"e o"''eo H'a,e'
a! MeH'co' was instructed oy mo- VIII" Tie
rres'oen.e au'nor'y' 10 propose a re'pur'
chase OF 'exas; out ne toroote even 10 make
9 an overture Tor maj purpose upon MS re
: 'utn 10 me United States ne informed me
al new orleans that MS reason Tor no
making II was' mat he knew the purchase
9 was wholly impracticable, and that he was
pursuaded that. it ne made the overture
would have no other effect than to aggravat'
'rrIIat'ons' already existing upon matters Q
difference between the two countries.
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