Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-09-27
ONE WORD MORE UPON TEXAS.

tice in our paper of Saturday last (which, however,
attentive readers will have generally detected from
its context) the correction of which may prevent
some misrepresentation. The error consists in
printing the date 1884 instead of 1856 as the year
in which the Constitution of Texas was formed by
the same Convention" as fiat which had, in the
same year, issued its Declaration Of Independence
Having occasion thus again to allude to the sub
ret in regard to which we have recently been
obliged, greatly regretting the necessity for it,
10 expose the unfortunate and lamentable errors
Of history and of fact Of the Executive organ
errors which led to its late denuncation Of blood
shed and vengeance upon any attempt of the
Mexican authorities to send reinforcements to
Mexican posts on Mexican territory-we take oc-
casion now to say, that having done all in our
power to prevent this Government from perpe-
rating or countenancing any such aggression, by
demonstrating equally its enormity and its faulty,
we are content, for the present. to leave the ques
ton, without further controversy where it stands
Before we quit it entirely, however, we will
briefly notice SO much of an article on the subject
in " the Union of Saturday night last as is con-
tanned in the following quotation from it
The attempt made by the National IneIgencer Of this
like the struggle Of the weak escape from the moass
in which he is founderng What will the reader think Of
its attempting to show that the Texas which now claim
the Texas whose boundaries the with those which
all Administrations have claimed under the treaty
OF Lousana-Texas to the Rio del Norte-was not the
Texas recognised by the Powers of Europe although
had soemny proclaimed in the organic law Of 1886 !"
Whether the " Union or the g National Intelli-
gencer' most resembles the weak man in a morass,
&c..w are perfectly willing to refer to the udg-
ment Of all disinterested PERSONS that is to say, of
all persons of whatever party who have no interest
IN Texan land claims or Texan scrip to be affected
by the decision. Our purpose now is only to
satisfy those of readers who are also readers of
" the Union,' that nothing can be more unwarrant-
able than the abuse avished upon us by the Execu-
tive organ for the ground which zoe have taken on
this subject unless it be its own assertion of title
to the Rio del Norte the recognised boundary Of
Texas. This we shall show by quotations from
the argument upon! the question, by him who best
understands it, and who is at the same time the most
prominent member of its own party in the Senate
Of the United States, when the Treaty Of Annex
alton" was under debate in that body almost year
and half ago. Of the Speech delivered by SEN
ator BEHToN on that occasion, we quote from the
Globe" Of May 20, 1874, the subjoined passages,
after commencing which to the whole attention Of
our readers, cheerfully resign the merits of the
question into their hands.
EXTRACTS FROM Mn. BENTON'S SPEECH.
Mar I6, 1874.
these former provinces of the Mexican Vice.
royalty, noto departments of the Merican Repub-
lie, lying both sides of The Rio Graade from It's
head 10 ITS mouth, we propose to incorporate
far they lie the left bank of the river into
our Union, by virtue of treaty of remuneration
with Texas. Let us pause and look at our new
and important proposed acquisitions in this quar-
ter First: there is the department, formerly the
province of NeD Merico, lying on both sides of
the river from its handspring to near the Paso del
Norte-that is to say, half way down the river
This department is studded with towns and vii
lages-is populated, well cultivated, and covered
with flocks and herds. On its left bank flor
only speak of the part which we propose to re-
annex) is, first, the frontier village Taos, 1900
souls, and where the custom house is kept at
which the Missouri caravans enter their goods.
: Then comes Santa Fe, the capital, 1000 souls
then Albuquerque, 5000 souls then some scores
of other towns and vllages-all more or less po-
pulated and surrounded by focks and fields. Then
come the departments of chihuahua, Coah,tila
and Idmaadipds, without settlements on the left
bank Of the river, but occupying the right bank,
and commanding the left. All ths--being parts
Of four Me1icdn departments, noU under Meri-
can Governors and Gouernments-is permanently
re-annexed to this Union, if this treaty is ratified
and is actually re-annexed from the moment of the
signature Of the treaty according to the Presidents
last message, to remain so until the acquisition is
rejected by rejecting the treaty! The one-half Of
the department of New Mexico, with its capital,
becomes territory Of the United States: an angle
OF ash'hnahna, at the Paso del Norte. famous for
us wine' also becomes ours a part of the depart
: ment OF Coahua, not populated on the left bank,
wnicn we Jake, but commanded from the right
bank by Mexican authorities the same of IA
maulipas the ancient Nuevo Santandar New 81
Andrew,) and which covers both sides of The river
Il from its mouth for some hundred niles m a,,d
all the left bank of which is in the mower
and possession Of Mexico. These. in nd5;,;o,,
TO The old Ieras; these parts of four Sfntss~
these towns and villages-these people and
territory-these focks and herds---rHis !, ,r.s
OF THE REPuBLIc OF Mexico, TWO rHous Avn
MILES LONG AND SOME HUNDRED BRoAD---all this
our President has cut off from its mother empire.
and presents to u.s. and declares il is ours till the
Senate rejects it He CALLS 1T TEXAS and the
cutting off he calls remuneration Humboldt
calls it New Mexico, Chihuahua, Coahula, and
Nuevo Santander, (now Tamaulipas y and The
e.p'lTed scorid may qualify this RE-a,mera-
u0n oy the application Of some odious and terri
oie eplfhef. Demoshenes advised the people of
Anens not to take, but to re-take certain CITY
ana IN that laid the virtue which saved the Art