Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-01-28

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the country OF Mexico now was, BY d civil
war, there were no Saves there, and Their,
were none when he proposed neg stations
irr the annexation of l exas TO the United
States.
Inc treaty was then read to show thai
the Texas claimed nov va. no part O.
the Texas that belonged To Louisiana.
The people, places. s"t,lemrnis. &c, wer,
referred 10 TO prove This. II was IL
Mexico ina, the proposition was made
and referred by HIS authority. ami bv
that country it was refused time ania
gain.
Nr Jeif.rson's au'hnri,v DIN Nav
1902 alter the cession OF Louisiana b,
Spain 10 France, was referred 10 as bear
my on 'hs subject, and where the Miss
issippi only was claimed as The boundar r,
between the two countries. Mr. Madi
son instructed the Minister TO SPAIN Mr.
Pnknev) on the authority OF Mr. JrHrcr-
son. as President, to guarantee 10 Spain
The Mississippi river as The boundary.
II his hour allowed hln. Mr. 4. said
he should come To tho lime when The ne.
goc alton was broken off. IN consequence
of his proposed Mississippi. Further Ia
show hat Texas was not ours by the
louisiana treaty, Mr. Adams q,in,ed from
Mr. Jefferson in 1908; where MIR J said
our Information as To Louisiana is i'm
perfect. The boundaries are. h, said,
the highlands Of the Mlssis ippi. We
have some claim TO g To tho Rio d
Norie. and better To the Rcd,lo, Tho
ancient boundaries Of Louisiana. And
further, he said if we push our Gains
strongly we shall get the Floridus! "ro
" here did MIR Jefferson say that the
claims Of the treaty OF 1903 gave US any
claims to Texas2 AL tina, was expccl
ed was the Florida., and that only by
pushing a grea. claim. Mr. J. was fur
Their quoted as showing that oil this was
10 BE- upon negotiations with tho Span
Ish Government The negotiation cum
inenced and all the country was involved
in i, beyond the Mississippi. Judd
Mr. Adams having been referred to, as
being connected with the only PROPOSE
'iors to acquire foreign territory. he re.
FLIED with spirit. lie & his State might
well have been spared this insidious The
won'd make no qualification OF The term
Assault. The citizen Of wha, State is
II that's referred TO! lie. said Dit Adams
who established the only eoo1 claim we
ever had to Oregon. claim il as my
own, said Mr. Adams = The Oregon was
discovered by CITIZEN Of Massachusetts.
and the treaty Of 1919 makes strong and
perfect this claim OF discovery.
The l'ne Of AZ degrees was proposed
hty in ha r.L
We had the right TO Oregon under this
Florida treaty and upon my proposition
The m tier would have gone TO the
grave with him, but for tho insdious 70.
ficctons az iihst him and his ST tie lie
said il was Cor the honos Of his Stale
Many citizens considered the claim
from AZ deg to 50 deg as ours upon the
most undoubted security. have great
er interest in this subject than any other
person can have, identified with it as
have been ! feel our aim 10 tine ter
ri,ory 10 be good one. but feel in much
doubt whether we shall be ablc to sus>
tain IL am, however, for sustaining
IT, though have some doubts whether il
will be sustained: but if il is, ii must be
by the treaty 1919, in which he act
ed most conspicuous part.
10 regard to the claim sci up for Tex>
as, lit was true,we had no right to make
1t, inasmuch as we had no right to do
what we claimed 10 do We cannot said
Mr.A transfer people from one country
10 another.
The Constitutional question was CLAN
ced at. Mr. adems did not doubt thai we
had right to acquire territory by con.
quest or purchase
He hyd conversed with Mr. Madison
frequently upon this subject and hs a.
greed with him that men with human
rights and immortal souls could not be
lransierrej from one country TO anolh
err. My Constitutional opinion is that
you cannot by act Of Congre q unite this
people with the Government OF fexas
You dissolve the Union By doing so.
IL he could go through his votes in the
Senate. his correspondence with Mr. Ma
olson, his whole course upon this sui.
ject, he should be able TO show that his
course had been uhif rim and consistent
upon this subject.
Mr. Adams was here retnined that but
eight minutes of his hour was left, and n
motion wns made TO give him another
hour Mr. idams woul n, consent O,
1T. lie asked no privileges, ho said, and
IT was his own fault II he could not say
what ne wished in an hour,
Nr A larns hurried on show that the
extreme claim in 1908 vas The Sabine.
beyond viii h the Spanialds agreed not
to c'me.
For one single hour we never had
possessi Of Texas. When the
Colorado was proposed in 1905, it
was rejected with indignation by
the Spanish Govern msnt. Afterwards
the civil war in Spain poned action
upon the subject unit 1916, when nego
'Iaions were recommended, Mr.
Ge1rge Erwin was instructed TO pro.
pose the Salfie as the Boundary.
Tae hour rule compelled Mr. Ad.