Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-08-13

wv q" !" 'sano leave ell Yea s|at'Vs as vel
Is eircuure power 90 HE hans, ol the Pres.
Gent To tlls end We ave bas'cr,nc win
IAtid and fatal step Tie time il no, far
nIsshl. We may vel lest. Ia be not Alread,
|" hand when the Cungrc. OF the / States
become ins meie register Of Presidential
edicu.
Again, iheptcsjdeni roe. on 10 say Mean.
Time Texas, tv the FINAL action of our Con.
er''s, bad become az integral v,u OF tho
| "lou. The Congress OF Texas. uy ~ act
OF December ~, 1896. lad deciatod the RIO
1elNoue TO be tho boundary ofihat republic
NIf, - 1t 90 be seriously con,endcd that one
government may settle and s,abhsh dispu.
'ed line OF boundary between itself and ano
'hel government by act Of legislation, and
lha' such act shall be conclusive upon bo,h'
i 80, We might have saved ourselves vast
amount Of expense and trouble In reference
To our north eastern and north western bnun.
hsHeS We had only o. pass a declaratoty
act defining the boundary between ourselves
and Great Britain, and according 10 the logic
Vt the President, the thing was done, and
England was concluded Texas might a.
veil have enacted tia, the Sierra Madfc was
bet southwestern boundary, a. The RIO del
imperative upon the rights aud jurisdiction
Of Mexico
he President again says "Its Junsdlc-
lonhad been extended aud exercised 10.
yorl the Nuoces How far, ask, beyond
lheNueces had tho jurisdiction Of Texas
ben exercised The President =, careful
MOTTO say, ~ terms. TO the Del Noue but
SUD II ine 5H.4 sac trS.uI ,nc s',i'.nt,,
Ilr truth is. the jurisdiction OF Texas had
neer been extended or exercised beyond
iheNueces, eIpepi at Corpus Christi, and
the country lying Immediately upon tie right
balk OF that rlvet. 1t was never extended
FOND that desert 1t was never exercised
ovr any portion of the territory or people
bo~een the desert and the Del NOue
ID the same character IL the statement
which Immediately follows that, The coun-
IN between that river Che Nucccs,) and tho
lfl Nor,e, had been represented IN tibet on.
CESS and m the Convention of Texas, and
hid thus taken part IN the act of annexation
uelf and Is now included within one Of our
Congressional dlstucis.' The question re-.
cars ngaln-how much ard what tortlon Of
tie country bct,reen the Nueces and the Del
Aoue had been represented IN tibet Congress-
sVet is Corpus Christi and the country v-
ing directly on the west bank OF the Nreces
Is It possible that the President means to be
understood, as ASSERTING thai the country on
the east bank Of the Del Norle tina, the IN
habilaut : Of Brasos Santiago and Laredo,
NJ any portion OF the country between the
Del Nor,e and the great desert, had ever
been represented IN tie Congress and IN the
Convention ri Texas, and had Ihus taken
part in the act OF annexation Does he mean
to saw that the people of this territory ever
consented to he annexed, or even dreamed
that they were to be annexed, to the United
States THIS IS the meaning of his Ian
gu1ge, II II means any thing. 1t admits o
no other Interpretation, lnasmuch az he ad
duccS /, lSan argument IN justification of ia
klng iorclOle possession OF tins territory -
Whereas the truth is, that no portion OF tn,
vast extent Of territory between the great
desert and the Del Nurie ,tand which Is con
sequen,ly "bshcecn the Nueces and the De
Nortc,D had ever been represented IN tn,
Congress aud Contention OF Texas no one
Of It's citizens had ever taken part IN, or con
scented tolho act q annexation. They wcu
citizens ofMeIlro subject 10 her lurlsii cuol
and obedient 10 her laws We might Insis
with equal persp,cul,y Of language and force
OF argument, that the whole Couutry heiWsC
the Mlssppi river and the PacliicOcoan wa'
represented in the Congress Of the Unite,
States. because Arkansas and Missouri ar
represented here. and as they he upon th,
west ank Of tho Mississippi. they conse
Quenfly he bShrcr1 that river 4 the PlCIiic
Hence tho President might have atduce a
ia Of t.lst
/ ble possession ulNcw Mexico audCall'ornla
as Of Point Isabo, and the country upon ih'
east side Of the Del Noue. As 10 Tho fac
that Texas had seen fit TO embrace ias ter
rtory within ono OF her Congressional dis
/ tric,s, II has the same binding force upn
! Mexico. that her act Of 1896 has, decldrin,
/ the Del No rte to be her boundary, md tina
/ is no more nor less than none atall woUi
| like 10 ask the honorable member from Tex
rs, (Mr PusnrRy,) who represents that DIS
trlct. how many votes he received from hl
. republican constituency IN that section q
! territory. how many 10 Santiago, how man
in LAREDO. how many Ia San Fernando, hov
many IN Santa fe
/ MIR PiIsbury Il dh not receive any
llsy were given TO my opponent
Mr. Foot Does the gentlemen inlrn
to be undo rsood ms saying his opponent r.
ceived votes there thu, my voice wer
given TO any Texan Candidate for Con
gress
Mr. Phlsbury 1t was our intention
TO open the poll. aIIAredo, bot the trouble
came on about that Time, and It was nc
done
Mr. Foo, -Nolwithsland ne the ovasIo
OF the condemons first answer We hay
the ncknowIcd smcnl from HIM Of what "
AT knew before, that moi, n poll was opon''
not vote received in all that leru'ory. ic
an election to the American Congress.
The Precedent further saws DOR ow
Congress had, moreover, Wnh great UNI
nimuy, by the oct approved b.erm,er .
l545, recognized che country beyond Oh
Nuecos as a pan o -four territory Ly "c.n'
ing !, wnblo our own revenue s}sem an
revenue oGi,or 70 r'I.ie Vahn '.H q.
t,-, ba. b,rn arraiqrd ty and with oh