Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-06-20

Dicidcd-New Hampshire, North Carolina, Missouri
and Georgia.
D'etin,d 10 rote-,lr. flanagan, of Indiana.
.S,ccssrry rcfc for the T,eaty, 81.
In the Senate, on the 10Th. Mr.. Benton introduced 4
bill, Of which he had given notice. on the njeciion Of the
rylcr Treaty. entitled a bill to provide for The anDexa:io,
of Texas To the | nited States.
Mr.. Benton made n very able spco,h in favor Of the
bin, which is reported in full in the Globe, but wc have
only space at THIS time to avail ourselves Of an abstract OF
the Til alone, furnished by the correspot dent of The
Evening Post, as follows:
The tiI consists Of several short sections, of which the
following is an ahsinct
SEC l.. The President is authorized and advised 1,
open negotiations with Mexico anI Texas, i5 The anuexa-
ton of the latter country to this, and to settle its bouuia-
RES.
The line Of boundary on the West, in which alone
Mexico l. concerned. &" e. through lie great desert Prairie
west Of tie aver Nucccs, ard along he highlands and
mountain heights nhich divide HE waters flowing into tie
Mississippi from those If the RIO Del Nnr,r. as far north
as The ansle I rnrl by the i i degree Of moth latitude
ard the Rocky mountains.
Sec = The assent OF the people G.. Texas shall ie
sisuIi,c hy a Legislative act.
Sec ,. 4 STATE. 10 BE- called rae F." STATE of Texas."
the l., undifi's of which shall hc determined ~ Us f. L.
he admitted to the Union, On tie sane lcolrg rs o,her
States.
Sc. l.. The rmaitd der of The territory 10 he annexed
10 lr erected into p i,uioii,l addition 10 tie United States.
under the ut e of tie 9" : uih WEST isrriarv."
Sec. >. ia'cytaief never prohibited IN that territory
The arrangement ia tbs respect Is the ssmc as IN the ease
If Missouri and the Nor h west territory.
Sc. 6. The conscr, Of Nssico is to he oti,ircd hv
ncgo'inrion. or dispensed with by Congress, if i, shall be
withheld. when it - thought necessary.
&C. Z. III other Details to DC adjusted by treaty, if
within The treaty making power.
Sir. Benton addressed the Senate far more than an hour
~ , strain # ability aud moi,ration ia explanation Of tie
Obj cts # the lil.
He derl, a, icnr'h on The hi tory of Tcxas as n
McSlcln province. ard ~ an irdcrcudcnt republic. H..
rein'its oi tie sui get Of her boundaries vcr, exceedingly
clear. He said u WAS net desirable To acquire ary more
al he tcrtiiory claimed by her that naturally formed a
Iaii of the Mississippi region, than was va,crci hy ~
%tihu'ary srams aud divided 10y natural barriers from
Mexico.
The line marked out hy tho bill. which was To be the
declared ia-is OF the intended ucgaiiaii,a. Wa tho true
boundary between Mexico and tie tuiied States. Our
frontier never had, AMI ought rot t. extend To the RIO
Cnuds Del Nofte. lie would not accept il if oltr,i.
And u obtained II was clear that hat boundary would
not he a permanent one.
We must e th,r retreat 10 that which he now proposed
or advance lie hrcw not whittier. The map Of lcNas
prepared at tie Z, pognrhical bureau was the most correct
one TIA, had ever evrcarcd.
The area Of the country according l., that was nearly
.00. 600 square m les. and not IN IRE. enough "a hc bad
computed tor four States, hut 81 Il which could lie n
s'a,ehnldins community. And i,om this map he disco.
,cr,l ih,t he 90 COO O0O acres of public lands spoken
OF ly ihr Texas land commiss iou,rs would be found on a
survey noa sant igrcHf
II is thought tht this I'LL vii pass he Scraic inmc-
Jiaiely. We cannot see VII, i, should not. Tor it seems
to ohsiale all sound objections urged against The abortion
Of Capt. Tyler.