The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-09-23
THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF TEXAS.


TIE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF TEXAS.
The fact which is stated in the letter of our cor
,esoondent from New York had previously reached
). from another quarter. We have no question
,h,t we shall be able to authenticate it beyond dis
oo,e II Great Britain recognised the independence
If Texas, with the Rio Grande distinctly specified
mark of the National InteIgencer, in reply to the
.rument which we have urged' What becomes oil
,bs remark. that foreign states did not know, and
Aid not recognise, her boundary We stated, that
IN s36 Texas declared, in her organic law the Rio
C,,nde to be her western boundary. We stated
cha, this was the Texas which was sanctioned by
foreiyn states, when they recognised her independ-
,ocs We stated that the other grounds on which
No rested the western boundary were amply sufi-
.;sot TO maintain il; but that the recognition of
Texas. with her western boundary thus defined,
.bowed that other nations admitted the Texas SO
unclaimed by herself, upon the best foundation, as
,he Texas recognised by them. The United
States had always proclaimed that river to be the
western boundary; and now it appears that Great
Rr;,siu recognised her with the same river explicitly
laid down as the boundary of her territory. In
fact, she had proclaimed it in her organic law pre-
vious to her recognition by any Of the powers of
the earth.
We are not very much surprised that the Nation
Al Inteigencer should have thrown itself upon the
false postion which it has last assumed Ii had at
tempted to defeat annexation altogether and now it
is irving to defeat il in part. II once went against
the whole of Texas; and now it goes against por-
ton of it. The only surprise we have ever felt
about its course, when it once declared that we
had acquired "positive and substantive rights" in
Texas. which the Executive was bound to Defend;
though, it must be confessed, it has since backsd-
den from that position as fast il could--strug-
Cling with all its adroitness, to escape from the mo-
rass in which it had unwttingly plunged. Itsprcs-
ent position is admirably depicted in the following
article from the Dorchester IN. " Advertiser" of
Friday morning:
"TAKISG A NEW demonstrating been COM
peled, by the pressure Of public opinion, to recede
from their stand of unqualified opposition to annex
alton, the whig presses which have given expires.
sion TO that hostilily--some Of them have not
avowed such oppugnation-have fallen back and
made stand OH the question of boundary, assert
ing, that to carry the limit Of Texas to the Rio
Grande or Del Norte, will be robbng patient, in
nocent, and suffering Mexico, of large strip
Of her legitimate territory. In proof of this, they
bring forward Mr. Kennedy, the English writer,
to prove that Texas really extends no farther
then the Nueces. Unfortunately for this new
position, Cor rather, those who occupy I'D Mr..
Kennedy himself refutes the pretension; for, alll-
ii, AZ,
the boundary, he says, that these vague authori-
ties are no,o obsolete with regard to the limits Of
Texas, which, no longer politically united TO Mex
leo, has claimed for itself new more ample, and more
natural boundaries in the character Of an Independent
rpublic.'
"a witness whose testimony refutes itself, is not
ofmuch account, are free TO acknowledge; but
since the opponents of Texas have seen fit To bring
him on the stand, they must abide by his testimo-
ny, which, in this case, is decidedly against those
who produce him in court. This matter is easily
Disposed of when reflect that all the right Mexi-
co had to the territory of Texas was derived from
successful revolution, and that the jurisdiction falls
to Texas by the same authority. II Mexico had
made an effort to subjugate Texas after her total
overthrow at San Jacinto, the project of annexation
would not have been entertained by this country
while such efforts were being made; bat, making no
efforts to reestabsh her authority there for years.
resting perfectly quiet in the face of the recognition
Of Texian independence by the principal powers of
Europe and of,hc Western World Mexico forfeited
all claim TO our forbearance, in concentrating
measure mutually satisfactory to the people of the
United States and the Texans. The latter have
claimed given boundary, and we are glad to
learn that the administration is determined to take
nothing short Of that. The following from the
Union is proof Of this
Let there be mistake about this matter The Rio del
Nore our boundary line The Rio del Norte viii continue
10 be our boundary and neither the Of the Mexcans
nor the tongues Of her dpomatss nor the puny pens OF
the National nellgencer will be sufficient to remove our
boundary east Of That river There our boundary plant
shot Of her friends ~ this country, will be able TO shake
the determination Of the Executive upon this question:
In connexion with these remarks, we subon
communication from correspondent, who contrib
utes some interesting information to expose the
bunders of the National Intelgencer."
For the Union
WHAT is TEXASi ONCE MORE.n
Finding the shnlowness of ils every attempt at
manly land we must be permitted to say honesty
argument in defence Of the right of Mexico to Texas
exposed and refuted, the editors of the National
in.elgencer are evidently trying not only TO brave
Out 10 cheat public opinion. Two and half col
Smns written in jesuitical spirit of caidor, were
uealca'ed to this purpose on Saturday.
Although you must be almost tired of following
up lhe various subterfuges in which they alone put
meir rust 1t is, perhaps, incumbent on the friends
VI 'ne administration to take care that no one who
willing to do justice, should be deceived by the
apparent earnest and open manner in which they
ishsquolc, garble, mstate, and draw unfounded in
. n,encesi without the aid of which, they would
scarcely venture to defend their present position on
'hs question before the American people,
Dut Tor specimen. Quoting from an editorial
upon the defence of Texas in the ssUnionr of the