The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-11-15
From The .Ns.s YORK Sun

FIoW VIC s'tN fOft ouH
HOW STANDS THE TEXAS QUESTION
SHALL WE SURRENDER THAT TERRI
TORY7
The result of the Presidential election IA favor OF
either party settles the question OF annexation The
only diihcnlty which at any time lay 10 The way Of
concentrating the measure, was that OF arranging
with Mexico TO the equity OF redemption and tins
obstacle greatly strengthened BY the lnlrgues OF
Great Britain and lhe opposition made 10 the treaty
Ia the Senate from positive l-w To the ahmnlslfa-
ton which negotiated II. That administration has
been sustained in the adoption OF the treaty oy tho
people, through the balotbox, and therefore Tie ne
gotiations may proceed with as much expedition as
the importance of the case requires Those opposed
TO anne alton, have gloomy forebodngs Of the
suit to the permaneDcy OF the Union and have no
wish TO extend territorial possessions particular
ly at the South. Some Joee at The prospect II al
lords of abolishing slavery iohe old States and some
are panied the prospect Of extending slayery while
others more numerous, make slavery mere political
stalking-horse.
To all of these we would ask, are you willing 10
relinqush any portion Of territory actually belonging
to the United States-will you abandon your rights
to Oregon, territory on the eastern frontiers"
The answer will be unanimously ''cerlanly not We
will part with pothiDg that is ours" Well then,
Texas is ours, much as Oregon 1t was ours by tho
formula Of the treaty made by MIR Erving with SPAN
" no in ceding Louisiana willing 10 make the
boundary the Rio Grande. Whenever country
cedes territory by treaty, and is ioihng to give US
limits ruch the people wish and our Interests re-
Quire il must be considered and taken IN It's spirit and
literal meaning And although through the or
Encouragement Of our rulers at Washington, the Sa
bine inserted in the treaty, instead OF the Rio del
Norie, at least the Rio Grande, we have right TO
ner that the negotiations transferred from
Madrid TO Washington in 1919, the Sabine introduced
by Mr. Adams or some one else, was inserted as the
boundary, instead of the Rio del -Norte; and Don
()nis n neROtjatOr. took advantage
Of that error and thus saved an immense terrific.
Try to Spain, lying between the Sabine and The
Rio del Norte, which belonged TO us Tor we
do contend and will maintain that the act of the
Spanish government Itself, in fixing on the map the
Rio del .Nrte boundary, intended to convey and
did convey all the territory with Louisiana, up to that
line of demarcation; and the Spanish minister at
Washington, was not authorized by ms government
to substitute the Sabine. This precisely ST.
milar to which should insert the Potomac INSTEAD
of the Mississippi river, any treaty fixing the
IRENE boundary, by water course OF sufficient mag
nitude. The treaty adopted without discovering
the effect of the error. Mexico was conquered from
SpaiD and Texas our rightful territory. was taken
from Mexico. But in the of time, the very ter
rory which freely offered to us by Spain IN 1919,
and accepted through our minister at that court, IS
rendered to US by its present occupapts-owners by
thy right of conquest not only as having once been
rendered to us by Spain: but that The interests OF
both countries would be strengthened by annexation.
How then can we agree 10 surrender Texas True
it is that in consequence of error, Mexico claim
ed and took possession of Texas, and it now may be
said, can we annex Texas, without an in
dcmnity to Mexico This appears to be
the only difficulty, and, as the people
sent to the remuneration lift may be called SUCH that
difficulty of compensation can be easily adjusted.
We shall learn Congress meetwhat the views
of Mexico. Ii they hostile nordlnatc, they
may be changed on learning the results of cleo
ton. England has Rtealiy relied upon the election
of what her ministers considered the anli-annexao
candidate (fasey calsd) for the Presidency and
has not, on that account, rendered the aid which
Mexico required to invade Texas. The NJ xican
Congress, unwilling without that aid to venture up
on fitting out the expedition, treats the whole affair
viii neglect and indifference, while Santa Anna, In
retrieve his honor, usual pleads iIl-heallh goes
back to his farm at Mango de Clavo, aud gets mar
RED, while the Congress elects Conazo the
mander of the invading army as Provisional Pres-
dent of the Republic. All parties are Therefore In
new position, and ready and willing to receive any
proportions which we may make; SO that II is eyl-
dent Texas will peaceably revert to W. and after
short time those opposed to the project will be
ciied, If not the Jealous supporters Of the measure
Just those who opposed obtaining the free
CATION of the Mississippi, now congratulate the
try upon its vast Dement'S