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rms TEXAS TREATY.

y. Mr.. Benton had. il seems on she l3'h insi.
submitted shtsslrrselalions. and his spserh was
Intended % enforce their passage by the Senata.
The resointanslare ID these words.
Rssolssd, That he ratification Of the treaty
fof fhe saaexaIipn Of Texas % the Unised States
would be anaaAplion ef The Texian war with
Mexico BY the Uniled Staes, and wonid devcIyh
- Conduct ssld. conclusion upon the said United
States
:. Rssolr,as That the tFeaty.naking powa
does nol exlknd 10 the power of making wa4,
and thar The President and Senate have no right,
to make war; either BIZ declaration or adoptiun.
$ Rsspsredi natihe county dismembsred fron
the UniseA States by the ireatyof 1879 with
Spain, coaEtshepdlhg Texas and large terra-
tory begpseh the Red liver and the Arkansas
aud being geographically apruiienapt 10 iife
Y. States, ana essential 10 their Political commei-
eiai and social system, OUGHT 70 IS reunited g.
the : mericsp Unicn as soon as il can be coEse
rlSh The consent Of majority &c the people 81
the United States and Of Texas, apd when Mefs7
leo shall eiiher consent 10 the same, or ackno@i'
edge the independence or Texas, qr cease 70 pre-
ssecute he mar asainst her Che nistire aayipg
explredl on 1 SCALE commensurate 10 the CO.'S
quest Of The counhy."
MIR. Benton id the opening par, cf bis speech
tensers into an elaborate examination cf .ihf
boundaries az Texas as now constituted, and ,hf
province O Texas IS it existed in 1912, whss
ii was claimea as a par, of the Louisiana PUT
lchask. He establishes conciusivsly,-- what MF
Renaedy 10 his. letgar FIST called attention to-.
that The rountry proposed BY ihe Tyler TreaiJ
70 be admitted into,ihe Union. is perhaps fp4
tunes as large as he Texas which wasia view
when The t'ealy OF 1919 was mage. The PREF
teuce, then, as Mr.. Benton conteAds, that lhis
Tyler Treaiy proposes no more iban ''rs' an;
ntraEion ef ftras IT, is fraud in words II is nc
srs annexa ios,'' for tits Hoi pretended even BY
those who use hhat word, thai the psoeiace Of
Texas 10 1915, extended farther Than The b1un-
DIARIES included Between the Sabine and the BIC
del Norte, and iAe Gulf Of Mexico and the Red
river whilst 'hs boundaries Of what is called
The Republic Il Texas, as defined in this Tyler
Treaty, iucludesiihe whole extent Of the Rio del
No1le,-some TWO thousand miles long aud some
hundreds broad, and embraces one half Of the
department Of New Mexico with its Capital
The Tyler treaty then proposes to seize tive
thousand miles d a neirhbor's deminion, will
whom we have treaties Of peace and frsndshiF
land commerce la territory where 20 Texaf
lf5Tce has ever penetrated las is proved by tht
disastrous expedition 10 Mier and Santa Fe--
without being killed or taken to the last man
The researches Of Mr.. Benton throw indeed ;
II food Of light on this subject. Having shows
by the map &c !; The Republic Of Texas, whicl
Mi. Tyler submitted 10 the Senate, that il claim
a boundary Beginning 1.-THE mouth of4he Ri
Grande, thence Up the principal stream Of sal
Eriver toiis sousee; thence due north 10 The ~
degree of north latitude thence along the boun
/ Idary line, as defped in the treaty between TIL
United States and Spain, 70 the begnning,"-
MIR BENTON gees on to prove, thas ibis boundar
includes towns and villages and custom. house.
all now ii the Feaceable possession e Mckee
lie says
) First: There Il the department. formerly II
+ province Of New Mexico, lying on both sides Z
l,ha ,iver FINN Ill haaa ss~E..5 70 near the Pas
- sss~s.,--trfaf Il iosay, halt way down Ire ry
er: This department is studded with towns an
Evillages-ls populated caliyaled-an
covered with aecks and herds. Oa lis left bark
I(for nySpeak lof the part which we pFapos
TO re-anfeSl j., FIRST, the fIoniier village Taos
S0OO Soulsi and where' the cuStom-hoose = KEEP
atwhlch The MissonrKcafavaps enter iheif goods
Then comes Santa Fe, the capital 1000 souls
then Albnqnfqur, 5000 so0ts-hen some score
Of other towns and vili4ees--slf more 81 less pop
uiaed and surrounded by hocl1s adG fields. Their
come the depahpeotsof chihuahua. Coahuila
and Famaulipas, Without setllemenls on the lei
bank & the IIveA but occupying he gighl hank
ard commanding the left. All this-.being part
l9 four Mexican de7aftments-no nnder Ne XII
can govefn4rs and goyefnments-s aermanent
i y reanDexdd 10 his Union, if this treaty is rati
fled, and is(actpalR reaHaexed from he nomen
or The signature Of the treaty, according III The
president last message, e remain 70 until the
EaeqalSi'lon IS rslecled by rejecting the treaty
Tie fact 10 which Mr. Benton here cali. al.
tenliqn, 'ha; Nh Tslet declares 10 biz message 10
the Senate. thai Texas is NOE actually ia ths U
nion aod viii remain so unulthe treaty is reject-
lea IS one of she most exiraordinaty assumpticns
ever made, Reallyour acting President would
seem 10 be more Subject for a cunmilee Oh H.
sanity than even forcne en- Impeachment
-Hayins enforced BIS views, Mr- Besior Pre-
ceeds to sag: \
TIE President. in bis special message cf Nsed-
nesday last infOtmsI1s Ihat We have alqaireiE a
lille to lie ceded territories BY his sig salure 10
the treaty, wanting onlY t5e action q tf'e Senate
toperfrct t;ard that, in.t,C mean tme, he viii
ptoeetRfrom invasion, ard for that p,tnose has
detached all The disposabie portions e. the ARMY
and navy TO the scene Of acfipn. This il capsr
about eqnal % the mad freaks with which The
unfortunate emperor Paul, OF Russia, was accus.
toned 10 astopish Earope about 40 year, ago. =
By This declaration the thirty thousand Msxicans
in the left half of The valley Of the Rio d3 Noae
are our citizens, and standing, in The language bf
the Presidents message, in hostile atlisode rs.
wards Us, and Subject 10 be repealed as invaders.
Taos the seatiof The custom house, ghsYe oar
caravans enter their goods, is ours: Saii,a Fe.
the capital of New Mexico, is ours: Gaseraor
Armlo IS our Governor, and subject 10 b tried
Tor treason II he does not submit to us fwenty
Mexican towns and villages are ours: ana lhetr
peaceful inhabitants, .cuIigaflng their fields and
tending their fecks, are suddenly conyerted. hs
a stroke of The Presidents pen. into American
citizens, or American rebels This IS too bad
and, instead Of making themselves party to.its d
noimiies, as the President invites them 10 lo. 7
tnnk rather tnsLis is the duty Of The Senate d
wash rs hands Q! all this part uf the Transaction
oy special eisapprbhalion. The Senate il The
constitutional adviser oig The President. ADD has
NE tight, i not The duty, 10 give him advice
Nhen me occasion Feqnifesii. ! therefore pro-
pose, as an addllonafs resolution, applicabla 10
ne MIC GEL Nprse Boundary oBly-ihe one which I
M'ii reaa and seedI 70 the SecIetary's table
..'a men, a ine proper lime, shall ask the
'ote Of the Senate. Ths IS he resolution f
Resolved, That lbs iRcorpofation III ~ lsrel
'ank q The Rio del Nerie into the American rs
ION by virtue Of . ffealy with Texas. comnre-
eDalng, as the saic Incorporation would je.
art o. The Mexican departments ofNew AIeri-i
9 Ih'nuahuas coshnils, TamauIipas would be
q act Of direct aggression IA Mex;co. ~ an /