The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-07-06

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.nALL ~ MAmrAiExD AID PsoSEc1sD, wy 49,,
enioyment Of rHssR LIBERTY, rsofEs''' AMI
REL,oros which they profess"
For ,xtseo yeau Texas remained 40 integral poi
ton OF the Union protected, according ~ ,a;,sd
Of this promise, BY the GoseTnme" % "s
States. s si~o
On tho 2ad Of February, 1919, . treaty was ss"11
ed at Washington by Louis dc Onis on 'hS pr ~.
Spaio. and John Quincy Adams on eensn =, a.
United States, BY which, for the sake Of oo.s"ns
tho FIoridss, our Government agreed 70 ceoT ~ sh'
Catholic Majesty" the territory Of texas m
stance Of this treaty agreement v tbus sunu,Ou ~
by Mr. CLAY, in his speech Of April 3, loO, already
referred to-
at results, then, that we have given for Flof'ds
charged and encumbcred as Il Is, first, unincun'oos
Texas second, i've millions Of dollars; ""a' SUI
render Of our claims on Spain" &c'
In proof that, even TO the present day, MT. Gay
has not changed his view Of tho transfeTs
these treaties, permit me TO read, from ms recc"'
letter on Texas, where he says;
"1be United States acquired tit.e TO Texas, ex-
tending, as believe, to the Rio del Norte, oy tne
treaty Of Louisiana They coded and relnqulsnioee
that title TO Spain by the treaty OF 1872, " WHICH
the Sabine substituted for the hio Del No''c 40
our western boundary"
After such an admission from the most distinguish
ed, and of the most decided, opponents o. an
ncxation it is useless TO multiply proofs and au-
thorities on this point
Thus, then, it was tina. Spain obtained Texas from
u.s. aud that the inhabitants OF Texas, TO whom, III
1903, we had promised protection for liberty, prop.
ery, and religion and all the rights and lmmun't'cs
of citizenship among us, became, by our act, subjects
the Spanish monarchy; of which Mexico was men
one OF the provinces.
(Mr. BRopnEAD asked Mr. OWEN if he knew how
numerous the citizens of Texas were, in 1919, when
that country was coded to Spain.
Mr. OwrN. do not know, sir; nor u u essen'ia'
to this argument to inquire. Human rights are
equally sacred, be they the rights oil thousand men,
| or Of million.
In February, 1921, commenced the Mexican rev.
oluion under Iturbde, which eventuated in the sep
| aration of Mexico from Spain. know i has been
said and may be said, in sense that the rev0Iu-
ton commenced In 1910; but tho truth is, that In
1919, 1890, and the beginning Of 1884, Mexico was'
in fact and for every purpose, Spanish province,
governed by, and submlssss To- the mother country
The fact Of our having ecded Texas by treaty IN
1919, (rati6ed by the way only % 1871, TO Spain,
not 10 Mexico, proves this.
Mexico was recognised independent power
by the United States in 1922, but BY Spain herself
not until December, 1886; than fifteen years at
ter the time august, l62l when the treaty OF Cor
dova was signed, by which the spanish authority 10
Mexico agreed to Withdraw all Spanish troops 10
places assigned f.r their reception, and Mexico be-
came. in fact an independent nation. thought to
| be added, however, that small body of Spanish
| troops held out against the Mexicans The strong
castle of San Juan de ULIoa near Vera Cruz, until
| the Doth Decembet, 1925; and that, in the year
| 1929, what Spain called of re-c0nquest was
| renewed with considerable forces by that power
On the l4th Of February, 1929, the Mexican brig
Guerrero was taken by the Spanish frigate Lsakad
and soon afterwards, Mexico, unable to maintain .
fleet against Spain laid up all her vesselsOwar, and
discharged their The particulars Of the in
| vasion of Mexico which ensued are given in an ex-
cellent historical article on the Sou American
States" published in the second volume Of the De
mocratic Review. At page lOS, we read
"In the mean time the Captain General of Cuba
encouraged by his the sea, had despatch
transports, escorted by thirteen ships of war to the
| Mexican coast. The land iorces were commanded
| by General isidore Barradas; Admiral Angel dc Il
| Borde being the chief Of the squadron. This expe
| dton arrived of the mouth Of the Tampico river
on the 9Th July, 1929; and the troops we're landed
| without opposition on the succeeding day. Some lit
tie resistance was made by the Mexican garrison q
| Tampico, but that place was occupied; and Barra
| das after began his march into the interior
| scattering proclamatons before him, in which thu
| Mexicans were invited TO return under the protec
| ton of their lawfal sovereign"
sSsxrsr snort 6tt Vigorous struggle the soaniar5
were defeated. The result is announced in Niles,
|
BY an arrival at New Orleans, from the coast O
Iampico, we learn, that General Barradas capitu
lated to the Mexicans on the 10Th September Fiys
battles took piece previous 10 this event. in whcl
the Spaniards sustained great loss"
This was the issue of the last attempt made b, IN,
Spaniards TO regain their "rcvotcd province of Mex
ico' but they suffered upwards Of seven wears NOR,
10 eiase before they recognised her as ANYTHING b
a revol ed province.
In the mean time, Texas, following the example o,
MEXICO and stung by long series of Injuries AMI
aggressons resolved to assert her right to an eoua
and independent station among the nations of the
earth On the I'd Of February, 1924 the rsd.ral
Constitution Of Mexico, based upon that of the Uni
yea states, had been proclaimed and on the 7th OF
.ay =, .re same year. decree had been passed
erecting Texas (incIudpg Coahua) into one of ,hs
" constituent and sovereign States of the Mexican
confederacyn
For several years the Texans took but li,t. con.
Germ IN the rapid changes that CONFUSED the inter or
OF Mexico but in 1880 she awoke TO n scnse IF m.
expressions which threatened them. On the 9Th of
Aprh oil that year, the Mexican government na.sed
law oy which the further introduction or i,r
non I" .fmsriean settlers into TeIas ras erp,,sau .rd
totally prohibited and military posts were q tabshed
over the province.
In the spring Of 1893 Texas despatched Ste,ho,
r. Austin, as commissioner entrusted with r.,i,,on
70 'he MeIcan government for the fulfmcpt of The
occree OF May Z, 1874, which GUARANTEED to Teras
separate constitution as sovereign State The re-
sun IS gwen in the despatch Of Mr.. Hunt. Tex;.n
1887 lie says: y
The respectful petition Of the peoolc Of r.x.s
was treated with disdain and 1su COMMISSIONS nes,
esrated in a dungeon"
In 1885, Santa Anna, in violation of cyerv r,
an'y That secured sovereignty to the States declared
Tor centralism; or, in other words for the oonsod.
ton OF all power, civil and military, in hi, own
hands. The States resisted but, one by one, thew
en before inc victorious arms of the usurper "Tbe
dissolved at the paint Of the bayonet, 80
And thus the ADgo-American blood wa, s,;rr.,
to resistance to the last Like the United S,a,ss -
l776, Texas had to complain that her Ies.lsnrs -