The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-09
From the Texas Nat Register, June H.
CORRESPONDENCE WITH TEXAS.

From the Texas Nat Register, June H.
CORRESPONDENCE WITH TEXAS.
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Accompanying President Joness message OF juno 1871
Mr.. Doneison 10 Mr.. -7fien.
LOCATION on THE UNITED STATES,
Washington, Texas, June -, 1845
The undersigned, charge d'afaires Of the United
States has the honor to invite the attention of the
Hon Mr. Allen to the alleged objections which exist
10 the proposals contained in the joint resolution for
the annexation Of Texas to the Union, and TO the
expenses which are inseparabe from her acceptance
and execution Of these proposals.
IL was the object of the undersigned, when ne
first presented the resolution to show the PROPHECY
Of adhering to its first and second sections as lle
basis Of annexation; leaving out of view, as
ticable and inexpedient, its third or last secuoh.
Further reflection confirms the correctness OF that
position; and it is now conceded that the course
adopted is the one most acceptable to Texas her
self Both in the United States and here, all parties
seem TO have come to the conclusion that, on the
basis of the first and second sections, the proposed
union ought to take place; and that 1t is better to
leave the correction of such defects as they may
contain to future Legislative agreements after Texas
shall have become State, than to attempt il now.
What these defects are, and what the remedies
ought to be, a little time and experience will soon
develop; and it is always safe TO wait for these
guides, If they can be obtained without too much
present sacrifice. Thus, notwithstanding the objec-
tons existing in the basis selected, they may be
more manageable, and less hazardous to the success
of the measure, than any remedies which could now
be supplied. lfthat basis be accepted by Texas,
it secures her admission into the Union with
the least possible delay and expense, and it leaves
the objections to be obviated hereafter, when they
can be examined without prejudice, with oil the in
formation and light which can be collected from the
records and experience of both countries. After the
admission of Texas State, the party excitement
engendered by the discussion of the measure, will
have passed away; she will have representatives in
both houses of Congress, to explain her wants; and
it may be expected that, with the accession of so
large territory the limits of the Union, will come
those good and liberal feelings which have yet
failed to bring to a national measure, once consum-
mated, the support and protection of all parties, nor
permitted injustice injury, sectional indi-
vdual, to remain blot upon the escutcheon of the
Union. In proportion, then, as Texas has suffer
ed from the delay of the which is to restore
her TO the bosom of her natural friends-in proper
ton as her struggle to achieve and maintain her indie
pendence has exposed her to merciless assaults
from Mexicans and savages, may she expect to have
the noble band that fought her battles honored and
rewarded, and all the fruits of her success in war
and in peace blessed by the sympathy, and compen-
stated by the love and admiration of happy and
united people,
But should the existing government of Texas, or
upon some specific expression in respect to the
future disposition of their public lands and of the
occupancy of the Indian tribes within their limits,
the undersigned would make the following sugges-
tons on these subjects, pointing out a mode by
which this may be done, without making such ex-
preston qualification of the acceptance and ratf-
cation Of the provisions contained in the first and
second sections of the joint resolution. Upon the
superstition that Texas is admitted as State, hav-
ing adopted without change or alteration the terms
of those sections, what will be her situation
She will have within her limits the Camanche
Indians, and other fierce and warlike tribes, with
stipulation respecting the mode in which they are
to be restrained from depreciation, or their Occur
pancy of the lands, now open to them for hunting
and cultivation, regulated II is obvious that the ex-
pense and burdens of wars with these Indians can
not and will not be borne by Texas alone; and yet
it is equally obvious that the United States, when
held responsible for their control and guardianship
should be so only as they are allowed to introduce
amongst them the Indian policy, which, with the
consent of the other States of the Union, after
much experience, has deem adopted, and is now SO
much admired. II has been found that the location
of Indians as distinct community within the linn
Its of State, has been productive Of much embar-
rassment and hence the effort has been made to ex
tingush their title when they were thus located and
assign to them separate territory Thus the laws
ofhe United States regulating trade and intercourse
with them are kept free from conflict with the juris-
diction Of the States; and the efforts to introduce
amongst them the habits of husbandry and the bless
ings Of education and religion, directed by the
power of the federal government, have been SO far
crowned with success, as to justify the hope that
these races may yet be reclaimed and perpetuated
The attainment of these benevolent objects amongst
the Indians within the limits of Texas, may be
much INSTRUCTED, if there be not some specific agree
inent hereafter by which the Indian policy elsewhere
enforced by the United States, may be extended to
Texas.
So also in respect to the public lands, which are
left by the provisions of the joint resolution without
cession to the United States This was done, be-
cause it believed that the public debt of Texas
could not be extinguished, if she parted with her
lands. And the assumption Of that debt was inn
practicable because il would have been setting dam
gerous precedent, not warranted in the judgment
OF large portion of Congress, by the constitution
al the United States. Hence nothing could be set
lied differently from what it is in the resolution on
this subject.
Both honor and justice forbade the United States
from touching the only resource which, after adj
nission into the Union, would be left to Texas to
nay the debt contracted in the for her indepen-
tlence. Although in many points of view the rea.
were urgent for insisting on the operaton with
in her limits, of the same land system which has
been introduced with much advantage into the
other States Of the Union, yet they were given up,
rather than endanger the passage of the bill, or
leave doubtful the ability of Texas to discharge the
highest and most sacred of all public obligations
the payment OF the means which have been borrowed
and expended to advance the cause Of liberty and
Independence. 1t is, however, not the less true, if
an agreement can be made for the payment of this
debt, Ivy pledge Of these lands for the purpose that
the prosperity of Texas like that of the other States
Of the Union, would be promoted. The land sys-
tenn now in force in the United States has worked
admirably well, and has contributed greatly to the
prosperity of the new States, by giving uniformity
to the surveys, and that general accuracy in the
Enlistment Of metes and boundaries, which are so
useful in preventing litigation, and protecting the
rights Of the hardy tlers Of the soil. Even those
States that surrendered the territory out of which
the large addition to the republican family has been
made, have found that they have been more than
compensated in relief from any system they could
have enforced separately for the preservation sur
yey, and sale of the lands. 1t cannot be doubted
that the like would produce the like effects in
Texas.
Under these views of this subject; and seeing that
equal and exact justice to all the States Of the Union
would require that all their public lands should rest