The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-07

 Is Texas extinguished, as some have argued :; she is still in political being, as territory ot the Union, and wihfull claims 10 enforce her rights, in due time and on equal terms, to become a State.
 An act of Legislation in the form of acom- pact is no stronger than law of Congress carrvingthe treaty into effect by establishing a territorial government, and making the proper appropriat.o .oas and provisions. Il these are done, then our people have assented through their proper and accustomed agonas for such purposes, and Congress has assented, as well as Texas, both its government and people. We shall stand towards each other in all these respects, and shall continue to as we and our new separate States anu territories de. The matter has thus dnly commenced Witha treaty. We take 1t by one step. 4 treaty, too, IS the usual instrument for making agreements with foreign powers. Ii is defined to be | com pact of Accommodation relating to public af. fairs.7 Andifenforced by an act of Congress carrying its provisions in effect, # will have all the form and substance i'll its course 10 completion, which any legislative compact of union between countries before in domestic relations could possess in England or here.
 Some confusion has arisen on this point, l apprehend, from not adverting to the circum- stance that, in this case, the ceded territory and its government afe foreign, and not like those using legislation alone. already in some degree connected as domestic members of the same soYereign-like Scotland and Ireland. And SC far from Texas being thus conquered, CT annihilatad, or degraded, or lefrauded, she IS elevated 10 our own platform; her priyi- ieges gained are quite equal to ours; her star Is placed in our galaxy, rather than extin- gaished; and the union Is alike honorable and advantageous to all concerned.
 Another new objection has been pressed, that the eession contains too much land, and IS thus not duty, but wrong. and exposes us to unavoidable collisions with other pow CTS. But, unfortunately for this. ground, the cesslon does not describe any pauicularquan- tity of land. or extend the limits of Texas to any specified boundaries whatever. Itmere- ly, in speaking of it's extent, says, all its temitofies7 Ne can hold, then, or claim, only all its territores,'' its true and rightful boundaries, be they more or less. So was it with the purchase of Louisiana, without any other limitations; and Bonaparte declined 10 make any specific ones, when asked, (see Marboisas History of Louisina-) but for a reason directly the reverse 10 that which ex- isted here, the boundary being left without specification here, in order to avoid dilii- euty.-6See the Texian documents.l
 The better opinion certainly is thatthe old Texas run west to the mouth of the Rio del Eorte on the Gulf thoneh Mr. Jefferson, as a compromise. was wiling 10 stop at the Neuces or Colorado and even the Guada- loupe; and General Jackson, in 1929, pro- posed to buy only to the centre of inc desert between the Nueees and the Rio del Nore; but in l835 he wished To go quite 10 the lat- fer, as did AIessfs. Adams and Clay in 1895. and l827-(Doe. Houseof Reps. Sept 1897, on Texas, , Foote's History. 393
 f1o Je eoattaaca1