Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-12-14

satisfactory baer =, yernmoGt 10 II that thu
United se'es have not letter rghttp he is and Of New
Orleans. uner the cesson rf ntd to- than they have
to the whole strict Of territory which above descri
ted
Down 10 tie CONCLUSION e The FL ra treaty in Feb
riars 1919, ~ whch this territory coded to SPA n
the nttd Safts Gssced and Their rnor,a
rights to this Atcnt. In The month Of June. isis Gu
rng Mr.. NJ ur3e's admnis atom. mi rnlaon liza ing
been received that number lil reign adventures had
landed at Galveston, with The aypW,d pursssc Of forming
seemeniln that vicinity, special MT, niger was de
sp.tehod by The government OF the United States. with
Instructions fl III the Secretary Il STATE 10 warn Item
d.sst should they b found til, r.. any other pac
north 81 the Rio Bravo, and within the territory claim
bv the ni,od States" He was instructed should they
be found in the unry north Of that river. make known
To them 9Th" sufpr with which the l'rtsdcn, has
81, Inss,sson thus taken, without authority from the
United States, IT place within their territorial limits
and upon which lawful settlement can be made with
out their saoon" lie instructed locali upon them
under what national authority they prof, IS 10
act : ard 10 give them due warning that Tie place is
within the United States. who will cr p r.naneui
settlement TO be made there under any authority other
Than their own." As late az the eighth # July, ls42,
the Secretary OF State OF the nii.d States in noe adj
dressed To our minister IN Mexico maintains that, by the
florida treaty Of 1919 the lrinry as far west the RIO
Grande confirmed 10 = ain In that notc he states
that. ''by the treaty oi the twenty second Il February.
lsl9 between the United States and Span. the Sabine
wasadopcd as thc line oboundary lewcenihe two Pow
crs pto that period, dcrate elimination al
been all ctod IN IcNas but the teir nv between lt ~
hine and the RIO Gtande beng confirmed T. Span by
the treaty. appllca,lrns Were made 10 tint Power Tor
grants Of land, and such grants, rerms'i,n MS IF
settlement. IN fact made by the Spanish auth
tiles IN favor ii citizens OF the United States props
ing To emf rate 10 Texas in imlIls before
the declaration OF the Independence # Mckee"
he Texas which Mis- ceded 10 y ain by the For.da
treaty of 1910, cmt Traced all The country clar ~,
the State OF Texas betw the Nucces p. ,he R,o|
Graade. TIE republic # ToN3s alWa" claimed tbs
river AS her western boundary. and ~ brfto,f, i edo
with Santa Anna in May 1850 ne RECOGNISED il rs ste
by the constitution "hie cNas adopted in March le2G
senatorial aud repe' natiyc districts were organized eA
',hale west" .ne Nueees. The Congress t'TeNas, On
l,e '''h - December 1856 passed An act TO define
l'e .ndarcs If the repu lie d'fcNas in which tn
.,ecard the RIO Grande from lis mouth t. It's source 10
lie their boundary and 10y the said act they extended
their civil and political jurs clion' over thecprnry up
to that boundary During PERIOD of more than Q aIs
which interviewed between the adoption fhr constiiu
4 Recommendation asone ofthe States -four n,n Texas
asserted \ exercised IN aco. soy re!gny and juIdlc
ton The TERRITORY and inhabitants west Of the Nuc
She organized and fins the limits It counties
endng tothe RIO Glandr She established courts II lus-
ce and eaten led her judicial system the terrific
~ She established cus'omhouso, and collected
Duties and Also post Offices aud struods in She ,sab
sled Il land oirc and issued nunit us grams land
within It's limits. senator ana repre- sentative residing
in II elected 10 the Congress Of the republic and
served as such oio~e the act for annexation ok place
In beth the Congress and Convention d.feNis, Which
gave their assent TO the terms Enumeration to the ned
States. proposed by Congress. representatives
residing west of he Nuccts, who p,k par, in Ia. act
of annexation itself This The Texas which by the
act our Congress Of the twenty -ninh of rcecmbyr
lsl3, was admitted If the States Of our Cuen-
That the Congress of the ncd States undo sod Tie
State Of Texas which they admitted into the Union
extend beyond the Nucccs is apparent from the fact,
that the hr first Of December 1913. only twt days
after the act of admission; they passed law ito csah
she'd collection district in the State If Texas" by
winch they created Of delivery at Corpus hr
situated W 81 uitle Nneces. and eng h point at
which the Texas cusomhouse, under the laws of that
public. had been located, and directed that surveyor
collect the revenue should be appointed ior that port Ivy
the President by and with the advice and mt If h
Senate. 4 surveyor urdingly nominated and con
rmed 10y the Senate and has been since in the per
tomance ohls duties All thu, acts Of the Republic OF
Texas andot Congress preceded the orders for the ad
iuur the east hank Of he Rio GTande Sub
sequen'ly, Congress passed "establ shng certain
post routes" extending west of The Nuocts The com
Try west of that river now constitutes part Of
the congressional districts of I, Nas, and is eprcscn ed
III the House of RoprCsen aiives The fir u
tal State were chosen by a legislature in which the
country west f flat river represented In view Fl
all these facts it is crlt toctnoeiye upon what gr,u
il can be ma MT il ed II at, II yirg The country wcs
# the Nueoos with army. with view solely 10 IFS
security ard dotrce, invaded II tcr, ~ f Nj Xjco
BUTT would have teen still ficult Justify the
Executive who duty it is 10 that the laws be faith
fully eX"cu ed, n the face fall these rroc eings, 10th
the Congrss o Texas and OF the ned States he 2,
assumed the responsibility of yielding upthe territory
Of the Nuooes TO Mexico, of refusing to protect and
defend this territory and nhahitan including Corps
Christi, we'll as tie remainder If cNas, against lhe
e. threat ned NJ, Nican inv; 81 n.
But Mexico herself his never placed the war WhcI
she has wagod upon the ground that army occupied
the intermediate territory between the Nuccos and the
Rio Grande Her rcfuod reension that Texas was not
} IN fact ndepcndn State bu rchelous province was
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