The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-12-17


She established courts Of Justice aud ex-
ended her Judicial system over the terri
DRY. She established custom. house, and
duties, and also post Offices and
post roads, IN 1t. She established land
Dlhcc, and issued numerous grants for land
within its limits. A Senator aud Repre-.
residing in II were elected to the
Congress OF the Republic, and served as
such before the act OF annexation tooh
place. In both the Congress and ConNen-
tIon of Texas, winch gave their assent 10
the terms of annexation TO The L. States,
proposed by our Congress, were fepresen-
tatiyeS residing west OF the Nueces, VINO
took part in the act of annexation ltsell'-
THIS was the Texas which, By the act oil
our Congress of the 29Ih OF December,
1915, was admitted as one oil the States Of
our Union. That the Congress OF the I.
States understood the State d Texas which
they admitted into the Union to extend be.
you'd the Nueces Is apparent IRON the tact,
that on the 3lsl December, ISIS, ouly two
DAYS after the act o. ADMISSION, ihey pass.
ed law to establish collection district
IN tie State o. Texas" BY which theH Gre
aled a poit OF delivery AT Corpus Chrs'l,
situated west Of the Nueces, and being the
same point at which the Texas custom.
house, under the laws oil that republic, had
been located, aud directed that surveyor
to collect The revenue should be appointed
for that port BY The President, by and With
the advice and consent Of the Senate.
surveyor was accord ~ y nominated, and
confirmed by the Sen,te, and has been eN-
er since in the performance Of his duties.
All these acts Of the republic OF leXds
and OF nur Congress, preceded the orders
for the advance Of our army 10 the east
bank Of the Rio Graude. Subsequently,
Congress passed an act " establishing Ger.
tain post routes, extending sc q the
Nueces. The couatfy west Of that uyef
now constitutes part Of one OF The Con
gressl nal districts Of Texas, and Is rep
resented 10 The House ot Representatives..
The Senators from that State were chosen
bv legislature il hich the country Wesi
of chat r,yer was represented. Ia we" oi
all these facts, Il IS difficult TO conceive up
on what ground il can be maintained that,
10 occupying the coultry vest oil the Nue-
ces wlih our army, With a view solely %
is security aud defence, we invaded the
territory Of Mexico. But It would have
been still more difficult to justify he TX.
eculive, whose duty II IS TO see that the
laws be faithfully executed, II in tie face
Of all these proceedings, both OF the Con.
gress II Texas and ct The |. States, be
had assumed tho responsibility Of yielding
Up the territory west Of tie Nucces to
Mexico, o1 Of refusing 10 protect aud de.
fead this .erritor, aud us inhabitants, IN
cludlug Corpus Chris as We'll as the re-
maiuacr Of Texas, against The threatened
Mexican invasion.
But Mexico herself has never placed the
war which she has waged upon the ground
that our army occupied the intermediate
territory between the Nucces and the RIo
Grand Her refaed preteuslon that Tex.
as was not IN fact an independent State,
but a rebeiIious province, vas obstln1tely
perseyered in; and Ter ayuwed purpose IN
commencing a war @I'h tie I. States "as
to recoadler Texas, an 10 restore Mex.
can authority over fac whole territory
no, to the \ueces only, but 70 the Sl-
bIne. In view Of the proclaimed mcnates
Of Mexico to this effect, deemed it my
d4y, as a measure of pfccauion and dc.
fence, to order our army to occupy Po.
saIon on our frontier as a military post,
from which our troops could best resistant
repel any attempted Invasion which MeXt
CO nigh, make.
Our army had occupied a position a
Corpus Christi, west OF the Nueces, a
early as August, 1915, without complain
from any q1arter. Had the Nueccs beer
regarded is the true western boundary q
Texas, that boundary had been passed BY
our army many months before II advanced
10 the eastern bank Of the Rio Giandc. II
my annual message of December last
Informed Congress that, upon the invita-
ton Of both the Congress and Convention
Of Texas, | had deemed It proper to order
a slrou5 squadron to the coasts Of Mexico
aud TO concentrate an efficient military
force on the western frontier Of Texas, Il
protect and defend the inhabitants agains
the menaced invasion Of Mexico. la tina
message informed Congress that the mo
men, The terms Of annexation offered b.
The L. States were accepted BY Texas, III,
latter became 50 far part Of our owr
country as 10 make It our duty 10 afford
such protection and dcicuce; and that lor
thai purpose our squadron had been order
ed t. HE Cult, aud our army TO "take {
position between the Nueces and the De
NOrie," or Rio G5ande, and I" 20 rcpe au,
invasion Of the Texan territory wh.ci
might be attempted BY the Mexican forces
vas deemed proper to lssue this order
because, soon after the Pres dent Of Texas
10 April, 1915, had issued his order con
yeaing the Congress If that republic, 70
the purpose Of submitting TO that body tn
terms Of annexation proposed by the L
States, the government Of Mexico mld
serious threats Of invading the Texan ter
rtory. These threats became NOR
imposing as ii became apparent, in tn
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