New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-05-23


THIS memoir, Mr. President Is eXplici; IN pre-
scnimg the Rio Grande del Nortc in is whole
extent boundary OF the Republic OF Texas
and that IN conformity 10 the law OF the Texan
Congress establishing its boundaries The boun.
darics on the map conform to those in the me
NOR; each takes for the Western limit the Rio
Grandc from head TO mouth and law of the
Texan Congress is copied into the margin of the
map, 10 show the legal and actual boundaries at
the same time. From all this il results that the
treaty before u.s. besides the incorporation Of
Texas proper also incorporates INFO our Union
The left Bank OF the BIO Grandc, IN lis whole cx-
tent, from lis head spring in the Sierra Icrde,
Green Mountain near the South Pass IN the
Rocky Mountains, TO its mouth i'll the Cult of
Mexico, four degrees South of New Orleans, in
| latitude 2G. 1t is craad and solitary rirer,"
amcst without afllucnts or tributaries. lis
source is in the region Of eternal snow It's outlet
| in tho cline of eternal flowers. Its direct course
is 200 miles; It's actual run about 2 Coo This
immense river, second on our continent to the
Mississippi only, and but little inferior to it in
length, is proposed to be added in the whole cx-
tent OF It's left bank TO the American Union and
that 10y virtue Of Treaty for the Remuneration
Of Texas Now, the real Texas which we &C
qured by the Treaty Of 1903, and flung away by
the Treaty of 1919, never approached the RIO
Grandc except near its mouth. while the whole
upper part was settled by the Spaniards, and
great part Of it in the year l694-just one hun
drcd years before La Sale first saw Texas all
this upper part was then formed into provinces,
on both SIDES of the river, and has remained un-
der Spanish CT Mexican authority ever since
| These former provinces of the Mexican vicc.roy.
atty, now departments Of TIC Mexican Republic,
lying on both sides Of the Rio Grandc from its
head TO It's mouth, we now propose to incorporate,
so far they lie on the let bank of the river H.
to our Union, by virtue of Treaty of re Annex
alton with Texas. Let us pause and look at our
new and important proposed acquisitions in this
quarter. First: there is the department, former
" the province Of New Mexico, lying on bo:h
sides OF the river from its head spring to near the
P;sso del Norte-that is to say, halfway down
the river. This department is studded with
.owns and viilagcs-is populated, well cultivated,
and covered with focks and herds. On It's Jeff
bank (for only speak Of the part which VIC pro
pose to rcAnnex) is, first, the frontier village
Taos, 5000 souls, and where the Custom house
is kept at which the Missouri caravans entc:
their goods.
Then comes Santa FG, the capital, 1000 souls
then Albuquerque, 5000 souls-then some scores
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oopulated, and surrounded by ilocks and fields.
Then come the departments OF chihuahua, Goa
hula. and Tamaulipas without settlements on
the left bank of the river, but occupying the night
bank. and commanding the left All this being
parts of four Mexican Departments, now under
Mexican Governors and Governments is pcrma-
nentlv reanncxed to this Union, if this Treaty is
ratified. and is actually reannexcd from the mo-
ment of the signature OF the Treaty, according 10
the Presidents last Message to 'cmaIn so until ilr
acquisition is rejected by rejecting the Treaty
The one half OF the department OF New Mexico
with lis Capital, becomes territory OF the L. >
an angle OF Chihuahua, at the Passo &c! Norte,
famous for its wlne. also becomes ours: part OF
the department Of Coahuiia, not populated on ihe
lefs bank, VIII h we take, but commanded lr"n
the RIGHT bank by isicxlcan authorities: the saInt
o.. TamanIlGas the ancient Nuevo San Iandcr
New st Andrew and which covers both sides
of the river rom rs mouth ior some huhGie'
miles up aud all the lief; bank OF whlch Is in tilc
power and possession of Mexico. These, III ad-
diti3n to the old Texas; these parts OF tour States
these towns and v;llages-thesc people ana tef'
rtorv-thcse tlocks and herds tins SAce Of TIC
Republic Of Mexico, two thousand miles ipng
and some hundred broad-all this our fresiueh'
has cut off from its mother empire, ana presents
it, He calls it Texas and the cutting oil he
calls re. Annexation Humboldt calls II New
Mexico. Chihuahua Coahuila, and Nuevo Sar
Tandcr, now Tamaulipas;) and tho civilized
world may qualify this re-Annexa'lon by the aP
,J;c.t;on of some od!ous aud terrible cpthe'
Demosthenes advised the people OF Athens moi
N take. but to rctakc a certain city; and IN thai
70 laid the virtue which saved the act from The
character of spoliaton and robbery. VIII 1t be
coually potent with us and will TIE re, Preilxed
r. the Annexation, legitimate the SEIZURE OF I'VE
,housand miles OF q ncighbor's DOMINION, win
whom we have treaties Of peace, ana 'nentShp
and commerce Will il legitimate this seizure
made by virtue of treaty with Texas, when nt
Texan iorcc-witncss the disastrous expeditions
To Micr and 10 Santa Fe-has been seen near II
without being killed or taken, to the last man
Here Mr.. b. produced the great work OF Hum
boidt on New Spain, La Noureile ESpdgne,J the
fine Paris edition. with the Atlas; and by quotations
from the work, and references 10 tue map, justified
all tina, he had said of the Spanish, now Mexican
settlements on the left Bank Of the Rio Grande de
Norte. He also presented the work and map OF 9TH,
1hen) Lieutenant aitcrward General Pike, on New
Mexico and the Internal Provinces. when conducted
through these provinces in 1856; and which, be
ing in the English language, he sent 10 The Secrc
inry's table FOR the inspection of oil the Senator's.
The work of Humboldt being in French, lie offered &
these who knew that language
Mr. B. resumed. lie said, draw Il broad linz
Of distinction between the Province of Texas ant
the Republic of Texas. The Province lay be
tween the Sabine and the lower Rio del Nortc
and between the Gulf Of Mexico and the Rec
River. 1t was wholly a Southern Provlncc-th
land of verdurc and flowcrs-forcvcr warm witt
bamy sunshine, and fresh with perpetual Spring
The Republic OF Texas stretches TO the whole OK
tent of the left bank of the Rio del Norte-pene
tra,es the region of eternal snow-has NorihcTi
limits in the hypcrborcan latitude OF Marble
head and Cape Cod, and embraces the territory
between the Red River and the Arkansas, So
wan,only and impously thrown away by th'
Treaty Of 1919. OF these two TeTases' / go 10
the recovery of the old one, and all the dlsmem
bored part Of the valley of the Mississippi Sc'wcer
the Red River and the Arkansas. 90 for th
la tknn /.