Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-05-14

lcania,n.ueneracy of Yucaan-the commentaries Tor
II m,ry known the interior provinces OF he Ias. "
W,.i-that OF Lower aud Upper California, and the
ns,ed Territories and adj accent lslnnds OF which, ~
both seas IS actually possession OF The SAID hepuo
lie Thus the Treaty OF Mexican Independence, maae
no mention Of Texas. 1t is, perhaps conpre henas'
part of the internal pfovinces-oul actuai posses'
see ms t. have been cond'uon. -,
Wuhopt led gmeutty the United States, there
mould no no Mexican right T., Texas, either ttular o.
p,,,essory Oar Treaty of limits With Mexico, neg'
rn,.d I2;h of January 1875 and proclaimed oth o
April 1881, repeats the S'one n"unuary o. Se.'su -
the TREATY of Florida with Span, IN lol9-and gu
Ts,,v with Texas IS hot April 1888, rr,terates tia
Honnd,r,. But the dc faeto case, according to the
,r,ncole always asserted 10y the United Stes 'ndef
any claim OF Mexico II Texas unaVa'ing, against 'n'
'y,s nnsi,;onx ot-htst, the actual sovereignty al
T..ss-srconnly irs unm"lessd rn)oyment Tor seVe'a
:, rr.-,nd thirdly lis recogullron by several othef
s.tons Span CLAIMED Fiano-rs 'or seventy years, be-
ro-. ack ledg'na hr separation, nnn ciard M~4eo
f,r neatly fifteen, IN like manner E"e'ahn acRh
; lsd,rd the Uned States after seven years contest
~ Al .rro !, obviously unable to enforce any ca'm to
Texas
n o,ra,Iel. or analogous INSTANCE Lawfully derived
r m F,once and nc"nsiutionally surrendered to
San our title /, Texas never became Mexican TIL
~ ,h. ,,eatv of Madrid u then Our acknowl-d2
mi of the Sabine boundary by the tn aIes Nth
soa,n M-x,co and Texas, was subject 10 tnr dc j"e-
10 r,pn,, by which Texas never was hlex'can Are
nnc,ure presented by the Texan sovereignty annsxng
tseu 10 ours under all the ptcu ar circumstances be-
fire mentioned The Object IS not asgandlzs nrn';
the method aggressive; but peace 10 our borders
and no.sessions The treaty with Mexico was ihe ma
t,,aI result of that with Spsn and ever since the tor
.r %. b,v. been peaceaby but anIously STRIVING Il"
r,annex Texas. Lost by treaty when, perhaps, Ga
or feed Texas for Florida, the same American STATES
man who SURE ndrrrd Texas as Secretary OF State m
,ap,Iv end. avored as Precedent 10 recover 1t Ever
| hnc cd That
yor wuh unrrnlitting zeal. JEFFERSON, Madison, and
| Nonroe held Texas 10 the B'avo; Adam-, Jackson
and Van Buren, t. undo the cession beyond the
SABINE No de faeto difficulty ptrp'exes the case But
uaprr captuat,on by the Fi"nta treaty followed by
,hnsr of Mexico and Texas, crosses our path; and We
desire to take no step that may DE charged with ag
erosion and injustice. formidable transatlantic and
maritime power, whose territorial possessions by land
nd wafer hem every side, from the Gulf oil
VI. ,ico to the m uth of the Aroosook South, West
North and East, ntposes; threatens our lnrtutions
.tasps territories endanges our commerce; coun
teracls our whole system. Can the trbuDal OF Chsten
I'm, 10 which owe amenabl'ty, condemn our res
tora',on OF Texas under such circumstances
Nature la. settled the question at boundary Admi-
rabbi. linnary mountains, rivers, and deserts uninhn
table and almost npas-abe wastes, separate the Uni
It'd States from Mexico; the same which have fortified
r xas from her assaults Beginning at the Bay OF
Neuces on the Gull of Mexico, aud following the
of that name North till It reaches the mountains OF
the Bravo by which the ma nhcent and stupendous
transformation of North America terminates the rich
valley Of the Mssssppi The Sabine, the B'azos, the
Colorado, with all their tributaries flowing into the
Gulf o Mexico, natural parts If the United States.
The Bravo watering the Mexican soil from Santa Fr
o the Gulf with the nestmoble salnes tho coast
South of the Nueces are es naturally Mexican doml-
Mon BY any other allotment, both countries DIS
placed The white Of the North cut nT from
The natural slope of the Mississippi BASIN dawn to the
4, don doft ha nf fhnu-
sand streams of which the sources and courses are
Their. for lhou>a nds oil miles Mexico brought North
and East of interior provinces originally and always
understood, into conflicting vIcinoge with the North
m Of this continent The descendants of Africa, Of
Moors Spanards, and Mexican Indians, who nmalga-
matt with the red and black without aversion IN
lead Of living beyond the deserts o The Bravo The
6ne regions Of New Span, pushed ont Of their
ural sphere into Northeastern neghb riood with the
men n, wle descent, who cannot abide the colored
people, and will not unite with them Natural srparo-
ton and perpetual peace supplanted BY unnatnra
borders and incessant feuds The Republic of Texas,
dirpossessng Mexico Of oil preens,on 10 the country
be spcn the Sabine md the Nurces, and pr"rng its
restoration to The United Satr., seems 10 be prov
Dental dspensstion for the harmony and t'arqn,y Of
all three. Shall either Mexico Texns, The United
Stats suffer any European power 10 disturb tins con-
summation Your committee cannot believe that hos
ues TO be apptehended from the arrangement Of
such a territorial bond Of peace They feel confident,
tim, those of their own countrymen VINO may question:
and perhaps foreigners msIed to condemn thus settle
mpnt must all be convinced that il is too just, natural
and nd,spulebe, to allow OF any resistance TO It.
! AS the independence Of Texas was not nckn'w-
lodged by the United St,,es TIL the Sd March, 1887
several months after the Independence of Mexico was
seulsd by recognition Of SPAN, the 2ch Dec 1910,
\, may b. sad that the NJ xcan title 10 Texas com
pe,e before thus country acknowledged that as soVe-
reign But the TO this assertion IS, that the IN
derrndunrc Of Texas is fact, not dependent on our
acknowledgement of il France, hy The treaty of Feb
ruarv l71S psronsed the 1t the United Ststss,
then at war wih Great Britain. STRIVING 20 subdue
the m IN rev"lted col"nas But American lndrpend-
encr hears :hr an July, l77G when s'lrmrlv de
nted not the - F. bIna,,, l11s. wien virtually nc.
know l.due d hy France; the 81 September, 1853,
y.sn formally acknowledged by Great Brtsin.-
I. KS was lnde pendent Al least from the cay 81 TIE
battle at Jectnt, Mrxtco inds pendent from ls2l
wen her rev lriI"n hs gar; and Sp,hlsh recognl"n
~ Mexican Independence, though vii: held II tee"
y.ars rel,t d. uhpn inserted the :reat, If Mad'id
10 the time al actual ind. nee, wIr could n
30 later than d. ceubtr ls2 whn thu last vestige of
Spanish pow or was diso died from Mexico We may
conclude, then, that Texas was IN independent s"ve-
rriypiy in TACT bef"e Spain, by the treaty o Madrid,
arkuowledned Texas 10 be part nf the Mexican k"puh-
lie; that tn" de Cacto principle remains through all
the,p ppr,ods ard transactions the same and Mexico
had no title T.Ias bnt that Il force and feet Tas
que slon IL, whether the United States may take the
| benefit of the de farto right t, resnnex Texas
This IS question If great natlHnal policy, which in
Europe would admit OF no doubt. ID slncatons and
anne xaons ttere of perpetual recurrence; Sax"-
nv, Norway, Is gium, Bavaria Italy, portions OF Aus
tra Pru.sa France-in short, Europe consists OF such
territorial transformations Indeed what is meant
when We attempt 10 distinguish right de facto from
the right de jure, in international questions: Tan
there be dc nrc rig conradrstngushsd from de aco
We claim for American justice pure morality, and
believe that this country has always acted on just
principles But not Louisiana taken from France
under Spanish protest and has not the day gone BY
when Wash'ng'ons neutrality, and Jeilers"ns depre-
cation of nglng alliances, the WISE ward OF
young and d'fden, Republic whose institutions and
interests eul pacific, hut whose pressure from
abroad, present, East, West, North and South, by
transatlantic power on our power, renders action
prompt and decisive action the indispensable policy Of
national unlon, peace, security and general welfare
For, il is not u Mexican or Texan. bu, British ques
ton II is selldrience from British mt rerence
with our Territorial arrangements and domestic 'ns
tnunns, that tins unto country summoned 10 action
Ire tnsn twenty years ago, peacaahle and prudent
Chief Mag,srats raised the North American standard
. against Europe encroachment We do not ask
for such RESISTANCE the Monroe ADM nistrston pro-
claimed against foreign interference with American
rights But Mexico owes al least. 60 millions of dollars