Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-06-11
Whole No. S44,

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upon tae declaration Of Texas, as de-
cidipg this question II is, therefore, a
matter Of profound asionisbpent, tha, the
Presiden,, in his late message, should so
presume upon the ignorance Of Congress,
MS to present that er parte act Of Texas
as having any bearing upon this question.
But the treaty was rejected by the SEN
ate. And no objection was urged with
more force than the one we are copsider-
ing, that II attempted 10 Gerry tie western
boundary OF Texas To the Rio -Granoe,
'ar beyond ihs- true limits Of Texas.
The distinguished Senator from NJ is-
sour MIR. ReuloD, when speaking against
The treaty, SAID "The one half Of The
department Of New Mexico, with iis cap
ial, becomes The property Of the United
States an angle of Chihuahua also he
comes ours n part Of the department Of
Coahulla, not populated on the left bank,
which we take, but commanded from the
right by Mexican authorities /; the sawe
oi TamaulIpns, which coyers both sides
oi the rlvet, from it's mouth for soue hun
idred D1es, and all the lefl bank Of which
IL II the Eowsr and posse ssioD Of Mexico
These, in addition to old Texas; these
parts of four Slates these towns and VII
lagea these people and territory; lhr-e
hocks and herds this slice Of the Rcppb-
lie Of Mexico, two thousand mi!ss kong
and some hundred broad, all rbia our
President has cut oh from its mother EN-
pire, and presents To us, end declares il
ours, TIL the Senate rejects !"
"The treaty, IN all that re- laics To the
boundary at The RIO Grande, is an art of
unparalleled outrage on .Nepico- il is the
SEIZURE Of two thousand miles of her ter
riory, wlihoula VOID ofexplanation with
her, and by virtue Of "A treaty with Teyas,
To which she Is no party"
"llaving sbowa the effects Of the trea-
ty on the ,fio Grnnde frontier, take up
the treaty itself, and under all It's aspects,
and 10 It's whole extent, and assume four
positions IN rclation TO IL, viz
|. That The ratification Of the treaty
would be, in itself n war between the
United States and Mexico.
2. That il would be an unjust war.
3. That II would be war uacopst,iR-
iionai.y made.
4. 1ha, it would be war upon weak
and gr6undiess preiert
The treaty failing, the subject nj the
next session was brought forward in a
form To obv'nte in some degree this OH
lection Of the Senator OF Missouri The
Joint resolution Of apuexation provides
that "tbe territory property included wih-
Ia, and rightiully belonging, 10, the Re
public of Texas, may he erected into O.
State, Sc" But the first condition iu-
posed upon Texas IL the resolution wna
this "!Said State TO be formed, subject
to The adjustment by this Government of
all questions Of boundary tina; may arise
with other Goverumenls
Here, sir, we have fall recognition
Of the unsettled state of the western
BOUNDARY Qf Texas. The language Is
selected With canton the territory
properly included within, and rightlully
belonging 10 Texas" aud this is followed
with q provision that all questions of
boundary wkIca may arise with other
governments, shall be setIcd by The
United States and that other governpfni.
These provsiong car have no sig pIfcaacy
on the suppos.lioD tha, the boundary men
toned by the TeXan Congress il valid.
Not only the resolutions Of auneyalioR
implied that the boundary OF Texas did
not extend To the RIO Grande, bu, Mr.
c. }, lngersoll, the chairman Of The
Committee on Foreign Affairs, who
brought the subject before the House,
and opeOed the debate, gave W. The lules,
assurance that /, did moi approach within
a hundred mlles Of ,ha, river. iis dec
lagatjon is this /; "The lerri,oria limits
(of Ttxas) are marked IN the conGgura.
ton Of this cQniinen: by an a Am'ghty
hand. The stupendous deserls between
The rivers Nueces and Bravo RIO
Grande) are the palural boundaries be-
tween the Angso Saxon and the MsuI-
,anian races. There ends the valley Of
The West. There Mexica begins -
While peace is cherished, that boundary
w,l be sacred. No, I'LL lhe spirit Of
conquest rpges viii the people on rrher
side molest or W,S with each ethnT
tie virtually qdaIls that We shsl havo
no right even up TO the desert, by yutge
uf aEncY,ng Texas, for he speaks Of buy
lDn cur peace WIN bfNlco, HHO nnlalUlHE
the county up TO the great desert b, the
offer of money. "Ahhopgb the publc
correspondence between the Two North
American rrpubllcs,' says he, has he
come angry, AIN happy to be au'b"''z"d
to assure the House, that Those beet ne
gnainted with the true state Of thugs, ap
piehend mhe or no danger Of "ar-'h'
main sinew Of war, money w'H heal ht
breach and The controversy dm,cnbly ~
Here is n frank confession that the con
boundary Was the great drs.ii,
and even that could be obtained oulv by
the payment OF money. Aud what has
been the policy oi our Government SINCE
the adoption OF that joint resolution =
Why ih" President informed VI ~ his
annua message, tha, he had appointed
dlsling uJshed citizen of Louisiana, ard
sent him To Mexico, 10 ndln-' and
de6piijyrly settle all pending d'ti''"""s
between the two cuunifies. lm lndmg
those ol boundu'U bd,reh .NeIico aud
Ihe State Of Trros" Aud ~ hi. tcr.n,