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Pron ,ks dsy lk.t Dc baili. q San j..;r,o -
|ouEhs until he presenl hour exieo hss nessr ros-
.e,sed he pouer % recosquer Teas n the i.n-
gu,se stthe sesreisry y State d shs United sttes
- despatch 10 cur minister IN Mexico; under date
Of lhs eighth q July, 1919, ' Msri,o nav hs,e
chosen % consider. ard NAY sin shso,e 10 soassr
Tess :. nssias bern q al Tines s6cs fsSs. and -
sih eontinnlng. feheIlio1s province, bat the
World has beea obliged 10 take very different siew
q Ne MISTER. From the time Of The h.ille or San
!.s,nie, IN April 1885. % The present moHeai.
ex,s h,s exhibited The sane external signs Of Ms
ton.i independenee ~ Mexico he, self, and with
qu.la - snneh stability u g0serBmeEt.
rrsrtIeslIy Tree and intependent, acknowledged
- political s5sereignty y the principal Powers
Of The World. hostile fool finding res, within Der
e, riory Tor six or years. and Mexico herself
reirs1.ng Tor al that period FROM any further IT.
tempt 70 re-esiablish her oun authority oyer that
boeaaegfs (the Secretary Of Foreign A.irk In Mex
ieel complaining that for that whole period siifsns
Of the uaittd StA(ts o. lie government. have been
f~soring The rebeIsof Texas. and supply ng them
with vessels. omsnuRiiion, and money a. &c The var
Tor The redaeion Of the provinces Of Texas bad been
constantly prosecuted BY Mexico, and her; success
prevented By these iuhutneesfrem abroad =
In The ssne despatch the Secretary OF State 81.
hrms that q since 1855, the United States have re-
gsrded Texas ependeat Sovereignty, as much
~ Mexico and that trade and commerce With eli-
zens Of government II var with Mexico cannot
on that account, os reg-rded - IN intercourse BY
which assisisnce and suecor are given 10 Mexiesu
rebels The whole current Of Mr.. de Boesneera's
remarks runs in ,hP seme dirsetioa. - il The inde-
pensenee % 1,fknfbsd not been aekaos ledged. IL
hssbeen ash' Fiedgeds; q Wa acknowledged in
tsSE sgsinst the rempnstrsnee and protest Of Mexi-
co and most Of the acts Of any importance, oi
which Dir. de Boeanegrs complains. Sow NECESSARY.
ly from thar recognition tie speaks Of Texas as
sill being an integral part Of the territory Of the
Mexiean Repuhlie, but he cannot but UNDER
stand that the United States do not so regard
a. The real complaint OF N, xiea, therefore,
Is. IN substance. neither more nor less than com
pi@'nt sgainst The recognition Of Texan independ-
enee. .a4
hmaysbe Thought esther late to repeat thst con-
PLANT aud not quite Just 10 continue the UEited
States. TO the exemption Of England Frsnee, and
b lgum. unless the United States, having betn the
nrst 70 aekooNteuKe the independence oil Mckee
herselt are 10 be blamed for setting IN example foi
the reeogntioa " that Of Texas nI And he added,
that the constitution public treaties. and the Law,
ooiige the Presient 10 regard Texas an indepen-
dent State and s territory part Of the terrific
~ Of Mexieo.''
Texas had been m independent State. with an or.
CANNED government, defsIDg The power Of Mckee
TO overthrow or reeonquer her Tor more than ter
years before Mexico sommenced the present wa;
against the United States. Texas had given Suef
evidence 10 the world Of her sbity 10 msintain hel
separate existence ndeni nation that Sd,
had been formally recognised rs such. not only b.
the United States. bu. b. several Of the princ,pa
powers OF Europe. These powers had entered ink
treaties OF ami,y. commerce, aud navigation will
her They had received and scc.edted her minis
tiers and other diplomatic SCENTS their respective
courts, and they had comm ssioned ministers an,
d,plomats sgents on their part TO the government
Texas.
II Mexico. notwithstanding al this. and her uite
inability to subdue or reeouquer Texas, still stub
borniy refused 70 recognise her - an independen
nation, she none the lesi 80 on that account =
Mexico herself had been reeoe aised an indepen-
dent nation by the United States aud BY other pow
ers, many years before spain, Of which, before be
revolution, she had been . colony. would sgree 4
recognise her as such; and yet Mexico was At tina
time, in the estimation Of The civilized world, AMI
in fact. noae the less independent power beeaus
Spain still claimed her - colony.
II Spain had continued until the present pc
riod 10 aassr, that Mexico vas one Of her co
ionies 10 rebellion sgsinst her, this would no
have made her "a, of changed the fact Of be
Independent exisieace. Texas, nj The period o
her annexation to The United States, bore ID,
same relation 10 MEXICO that Mexico had born
10 Spain for many years before Spain aeknow
lodged her Independence with this importan
difference that, before the pne1aiion Of Tex
,ss e, s ~ X ~
49, $4,000. strsTfue, mai IL the act or recor
niiion she prescribed . condition which she had
no power or authority 10 impose. that Terra,
should not an6es herself 10 any other Power
bot his could no deirset 10 aay degree from
actual independence. Upon lhs plain sts,emen
Of facts. i is absurd foI MEXICO TO alleee as ,
pretext for commeneing hcstiliiies sr,inst m,
Gni;sd States that Terasi u siill par, Of bel
Territory. ~.
bui there ere those who, concedine an this IA
% line, assume the ground that The western
boundary Of Texas is The Nueees. instead ~
the kio Grsnde {; and thai, therefore. in march,
ms our army 10 The east bank OF the latter ,iv.
e., We passed the Texan line, and inysd "a Is.
tsnitoiy Of Mexico. A simple statement ~
iae;s, Known to exist, will eonciusively refu,e
snch 30 assumption. Texas, as ceded 10 the IT
niled States BY France in 1903, has been alw,y.
claimed - extending wesi 10 lie Rio fsrsnde. o.
Rio Bravo. This fact Is established by The al.
|'eorny OF our most eie inc oil statesmen a. peti
amsghen The questioa was as well if net better
Jetfsflood Than tits ct present During Mr..
P;neknes administration, Messis. Monroe and
SIM 10 Nyhc hae teen seat on special mis-.
with The sdt, charged, among other things,
Two countries. Rent Of boundary between The
M,o;.,er ~ Eor.poie addressed TO the Spanish
2Ssh OF January, IesA nairs, under date Of The
res Of Eouisians- ases assert thal me oounds-
BY france, "sre The risitd 10 the United STATES
and the river Bravo on The os the east,
that tthe facts and prineiptes ana ihey add.
conclusion are 50 satisfactory ieich justify this
az 10 convince il hat The Uoiisr government
Aota better rRht TO The island qf e'sies have
under The cession referred to, than III orleans
described bove
Down 20 the conclusion OF he Florida trea
10 February, 1919. By which This TERRITORY ~
ceded 10 Spain, The United States asserted and
maiatsiaed their terrilorisl rights 10 this extent
In The month Of June, 1918, during, Mr.. Mon
roeS administration, Information having been
received that snnmber Of foreign adventures
hsd landed al Galsestoo, with the ayo9ed our.
pose Of forming setilemen, in that vicinity. q
special messenger was despatched BY the gosero
ment Of the Uaiied States, with Instructions
from the SeeretarY af Slale To-. > arm iAea o.
dssist, should they be found there scr any OH
er place north 81 the Rio Btavo. and within ~
territory claimed BY me Uai,ed siaiesn =
vas Instructed, shoald they be found in .
country north Of ihatfivsf. 10 make k1ovIio
them she surprise with which toe Pfesidenills
seen possession thus taken, without auiheiB |