Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1845-02-25
SPEECH OF
HON. JOHN W. TIBBATTs,
or KENTUCKY,


iN OF KENTUCKY,
On lie pnuexation OF Texas-delivered
,in,,he House Of Representatives Janu
sryl ls, ls45.
Concluded
Mr.. JOhE Quincy Adams, in letter 10
Don Onis OF The l2th March, 1923, says:
.'rhe claim OF France always did extend
westward 10 lheRio BfaPo.' She always
claimed the terHOry which you CailTcx-
ss, as being within the limits, and iorm-
,6e part Of Louisiana Aud he fur
lhet says; 'WeIlmight, M sts, Pinck-
ney aud Monroe wrile 10 NJ. CeVallos IN
1905 thai The claim ol the Umled States
10 the boundary Of The Rio Bravo was as
cleai as their right 10 the island oi New
Olleans.' And ia his leuer Of the 3Isl
October, lsls.he says: Our lille 70
Texas is established beyond The power
al funhcr ca.rlfoversy.' Mr.. Ad ms, ia
hls letter Of Instructions to Mr q Otge
Graham OF June 2, 1918, Gays:
the President wIshts you 10 proceed
with al eonvcnieDI speed 10 that pIsre
Galveston J unless, as is moi improbable,
you should, in the progress Of the jour
liey, learn that they have abandoned or
been driven from il. Should they have
rtmovedtO Matagorda. OF any other place
nolIh OF The Rio Bravo, and within tie
territory claimed BY the United States.
you wllrepair lhiiher, without, however,
exposing yourself TO be captured by any
SoaHsh military force. When arrived
+. yon Will. ii a. suitable lnanner, make
known 10 the chief or leadefof the. OK
s.edition your aulhorityfrom The govern
geat oGtha Uniled SsaRs, and express
iLe snrpFise wjth-whichthe Presiden has
eaen possession thus taken without au-
ssority from the UnIled States, 81 d
Olaee githin their ieIFisorlal limits. and
anon which no Il wfuI s6ihemenl can be
n,sde without heir ssuclion. You viii
,caIi upon him explicitly to avow under
what national authority lhsy profess To-
act. aud take care thai due 2 warning be
aivento the whole body that there is 9.
uIaces wilhin the United States. who VIII
safer no pefmaDent settlement 10 De
made lhete. u1der aBy authority Othef
ihaatheiF own
M,. Clay in his speech on the Spanish
ireaiy; Apri'Ne, 1890, lMalloTy, vol. i, p.'
400 and 4Ol said.
rTlie lille 10 the Perdido On the one
side and to the Rio del Norie on the
O,her, rested on the same principle- Che
priority Of discovery, and OF occupation
Nv France; the principle observed among
European nations having contiguous Sets
Elements being that the unoccuPied space
between them should be equally divided. ;
an 1885 he liza SaIIel made an establish,
ment on The Bay Of 81. Bernard, westofl
theCOlotadO, emp'ying into e. The aeat.
es. Spanish settlement was Panuco, and
ths Rio del Norte, about the midWay line,
becsme the common boundary
MI. Clay also, in hisletter Of the l7th
April, 1874, published in the National
gniel,iasncer, sayss
sThe United States acquired title to
Texas, extending, as | believe. 10 ihe
BIO del Norie, BY, the treaty ofLouisiana.
hey csded and relinquished that title toI
spain By the treaty Of 1919, by which the
Sabine vas substituted for The RIO del
Norts Is our western Boundary
81 Nit. said It seemed 10 him thai these
acts ana opinions clearly established the
y position thai Texas never was geograph
cslly considered as comprising any part
or portion cf New Spain. or Mexico, or
New Mexico, but was distinctcnuntTy,
separated from them by the Rio del
( NOna.' He thought that he would be
able 10 establish IS clearly that Texas
Vas moi now, end never had been, oB in
seqral part under he domiliOn Of Mexi,
cD, under The fofno Of government now
skisling, OF which ever had existed in that
zrbunsry; but hat Texas neget had subs
1ilied 70 The iufisdictIbnof any power
@halevsf, but always. from the lime Of
1e ..an u SPAN, ha1 aaserled and
maiklainad hsk Independence 81 fSpain. Of
Mexico, and Of alI ihe world. TOn tbe
reception ol tbs news ia Texas Of The
session 81 that counlry 10 Spain, b the
vsaly oE 1919. The people Of Texas met