Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-07-30

lana 10 Us, announced the Del Norte az
Us true boundary Here, then, in The
delivery Of the possession Of LouisisnS
BY Spain to France and France 10 US,
Texas is included. In the leiierof Mr.,
Madison Of July, eth1e04, he declares the
oposition ofMr Jefferson TO tbe'telinquish
ment Of any territory whatever eastward
Of the Rio Bravo In the letter Of James
Monroe, Of The Slh Of NoVembsr, 1903
he enclOses Documents which, he says,
prove inconieslably' that the BOUNDARY ol
Louisiana is She Rio BEaVO TO the west..i
and Mr. PinckoaY lniles with him in a
similar declaration. Ia . subsequent lei
ter--nSt 70 foreign government, but 10
Mr.. MadiSoh-Of the ooh Aggil, 1908,
they assert our lille as unqusstisnshIe,-
In Mr.. Monroe's letters, as Secretary ol
State, dated January 10, 1915, snd June
10, lel6, he says none could question
'our title TO Texas and he expresses his
concurrence in opinion with Jefferson
aGd Madison, that ouf title 10 the Del
Norte was as clear as TO the island OF
New Orleans.' 10 his letter, as Secre>
tary OfSlate, 10 Dec cais, OF the l2h
March, 1918, John Quincy Adams says
The claim Of France always did extend
westward to the Rio Brave;' 'she always
claimed tho Territory which you call Texs
as, as being within the limits, and forms
mig part Of Lsiiisiana.' After demon-
slrating our lilIato Texas in this letter,
Mr.. Adams says: well, might Messrs.
Pinckney anG Monroe write to nj. Co.
vallss, in 1905, that the claim Of the
United States 10 Ihe boundary Of The
RIO Bravo was ss clear as their right 10
the island Of New Orleans Again, in
his letter Of the 3 lst October, 1918, Mr.
Adams says our title to Texas is 'eslsb,
lished beyond the pOwsr,Of further con.
lroversy.' - 4, aa
Here, then, BY the discovery and Oc'
cupalion Of texas, as a Rar' OF Louis an,
BY Lssalls, for France, IN 1856; by .he
delivery Of possession to US, in 1903, by
Spain and the treaty Of acquisition tOihe
date of The treaty Ofsurender, (ayOwed-
ly so on its face; y by the opinion of all
our Presidents and ministers connected
in any way with the acquisition, our title
to rexas was undoubled,' saI no a'a.
sln the letter Of INSTRUCTIONS from Mr..
Madison, as Secretary Of Slaied Of, the
29th OF July, 1909, he says: The ac-
quisiiion Of the FIOridas is still TO be
pursued He adds, the exchange Of
any part Of Western LOuisians,
which Spain .mPy propose Eor1lbs 'CessioO
Of the FlorIdas, lis inhdmissible.' ia
intrinsic value thereis no equality
I'VE are the less disposed also to make
sacrifices to obtain the FIOridas; because
their position and the manifest course of
events guaranty an early and reasonable
acquisition oi them ln Mr.. MadisOn's
letter, also, as Secretary Of State, Of the
Sth July, 1904, he announces the Oppo.
sitiOn Of Mr.. Jefferson 'te perpetual re-
llnguishmenl of any territory whate Ier
eastward of the Rio Bravo
Here, then, we have the fact mosl
clearly established that Texas was ours
TO the Del Norte; and consequently, il
il is now reaCquired from Texas. q is q
clear case OF remuneration, and te6tofa-
tier Of our former boundary. Here
might rest The case; but | am now pre-.
pared to show that, by the most s6lfmd
treaty Oflimls with Texasy we havaac'
knowledged ber boundary from a poiH,
WheIs line drawn from the b' a Of o
NOue strikes the 42d parallel Of north
latitude, and thence by the pgesen
boundary ofthe United States 10 ibt
Sabine. 10 order to understand this sub
jsct fully, il will be Necessary first TO re
cur to our treaty Of limits with Mexico
Of The 18th Of January 1928. The pre-
ambleao that treaty fecites the treaty d
1919 with Spain, and declares that she
saja treaty having been sanctioned at,
period when Mexico constituted al par
Of fthe Spanish Monarchy, il is deemed
necessary now 10 confirm the validity O
thslsfoFesaiJ treaty Of limits, regarding
il as stilEinfOrce and binding between,
the United Mexican States aud ih
United States Of America. Articles frs
and second adopt and describe the boun
dsry of the treaty Of 1919, as beginninI
atihe mouth Of the Sabine, thence .
I long its western bank tOIlhs S2d de
! glee latitude nerlh, thence due north I
Ethe Red river, and png lis course ives
ID longitude 100; thsace due north I
the Arksnsass thence to lie source, an
Y thence due Forth iolatitude AZ, and a
ElOpg hat spagslIel 10 the Pacific. owo
Y The 25lh Aprl, 1888, We concluded, ou
], convention with Texas of boundaries,,' .
: ilis called lnthe treaty. That treat
|, deClaresthat the !featY Of limits !, ma
& and coaEud on the l2sh Of Jabuar,
5. 1923 Bstween The United States Of A
}, mssB on the one psri, , and the Unite
{. Nleaicaff 3 8les On the other, e bindil
10 upon the Republic Of 'Pexas, the sau
n having been entered into al time Wit
= Texas losaeda PER. efthe said Mexic'