Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-25
NEvER! NEvEx!

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NEvER! NEvEE! Ts
The fields and the mountains, the rivers
and the lakes, the sea and the shore, every
farm house, shop, factory, tent and shsnty.
where working man is to be found, from
Champlain to the Saline, from Pus,ama-s
quoddy to Oregon, will echo and re-echo
NEVER! NEVERM NEVER!l aa
Texas. ta
We copy what follows from the Rich
mond Enquirer, the editors Of which pa
per say that i Is communication emans.
ting from the pen Of one Of the clearest
and strongest writers in Virginia,
| T-xAs.-I beg the attention. of public u
the following cohciss view 81 the Tsxas
question:
Spain took the lead af Al ,Eurppean NJ
tons in 4 scoverink America. At an ear
" day she had discovered and claimed both
Mexico and Florida. ..,
Between the two was ah undiscovered
region, and n this claim was afilrwardi
set up BY France, and allowed BY Spain,
in consequence Of discovery made by Il
Sale, French navigator, about Tie Haf
Of Mstagorda. The country discovered
by him was called Louisiana. Between
FRINGE and Spain, then, it was understood,
that Florida and Mexico belonged to Spain,
and Louisiana 10 France. ..
It remained to fix the boundaries y:
tween the three. This was done BY I
treaty made in l76O. The same treaty
contained some secret articles between tb1
two branches Of the house Of Bourbon,
then on the thrones Of France and Spain.
These, for reasons Of State, were KEPT
secret; and as the clauses relating 70 IL
boundary concerned hone but France and
Spain, no part Of the treaty was made pub
lie. The western boundary was fixed ID
be the Rio Bravo: :. !,
Very soon after in 1851 France ccedei
Louisiana to Spain, and thus the treaty e
boundary became, for time, Of no conse-
quence.
In 1903, Spain rctroccdcd Louisiana to
France, '.by the same boundaries BY
which France had ccded 10 Spain," with
out saying what they were.
The language Of the treaty Of ccssion
by France to the United States was timi-
lar. It ceded Louisiana sby the same
boundaries BY which Spain had coded i to
France"
The western boundary, as have said
was, BY the boundary treaty, the Rio Bra
vo, or Rio del Nortc, including all Texas.
Texas then did belong to the United
States.
How has it ceased to belong to ,us?
The answer is. by treaty wli:h made
the Sabine the boundary. NJ,
Tkis treaty presents two qucstions:
!. The reference made by the treaty Of
1903; TO the boundaries by which France
had coded to Spain, gave US . right to de-
nldhd Of Spain what those boundaries were,
and Ii she had any documents showing
them, we had right to sect. The with
holding Of that right by Spain, and cheating
us into accepting boundary which she
knew not to be the truc one, invalidates
any right she could claim under that
treaty.
I'd. Mr.. Webster and others Of his school
call for the clause of the Constitution
which authorizes the Government to &C.
quire territory. Now, call for that which
authorizes Government 70 ceds territory.
The late boundary treaty with England u
in point to show that whatever territory
was coded by that, had % pass BY the sct
Of Maine and Massachusetts, Thy could
ccde it. II Texas had been within tho
limits Of Nats, she could have cedcd it,
But it was not. Who, then, could cede Il,
a. the Constitution gives no such power
to the Federal Government? Could the
Northwestern Territory lave been cedsd
away before Ohio bcsaihe Stai<f
But our claim to Texas il stopped b.
the recognition Of iexian independence.
Be it 50. But Texas does not plead the
ostopplc.
The people Of Texas, then, assentinE;
we have the same title to Texas that We
have to the States Of Louisiana, Arkansas
and Missouri, unless that title il barred w
treaty obtained by fraud, and BY ces-
sion tho Government had no right ~
make. !, III. a.
But hi. so,indaiy, Treaty. Where isths
proof or thstp
II is the Department Of Foreign AiIsirs
in France. Joseph M While gbiain9 !
copy Of Tie boundary clause, duly asdAe ~.
tel from The DPortned, a6O,d - Jedrs ak0
The writer Of this had hed The ficl iSon
his lips in the spring d 1855.
!! II Is among the archives of Nsxieo, hss-
ing been furnished 70 The Viseroy there -
soon as il had been ratified. Bsan6h
Archer knew Of it--snd about the dr. q
the battle Of San Jacinto, gave ths WSi1of
Just the same account Of Il that JesspA M.
White had done. It would, doubtlsss, -
furnished ". our Govsrnmsnl ~ ~ u
either France Or Spain. II nj, wks1tsf
has Mr.. White's papers may Ald 4.
~ he Tresty q le03, ~ wsse hea6aA
70 admit ~ people of LeuiIlsn iais 49,
Unicn On In same terms " olhef onoGA
i Ccacluded On III pay3