Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-12-17
NUMBER NJ.

France, are the river Perdido on the east, and
the river Bravo on the west = and they add, that
the facts and principles which justify this conelu
sion are SO satisfactory TO our government as TO
convince il that the United States have not bet
ter right to the island Of New Orleans. under the
cessoa referred TO- than they haze ihe whole dis
trici or territory which is above described"
Down to The conclusion Of she Florida treaty, in
February, 1919. by which this territory was ceded
TO Spain, the United States asserted aud maintained
their territorial rights to this extent lnthe month
of June, 1918. during Mr. MoWoe's administration,
info nation having been received that Number Of
foreign adventures had landed at Galveston, with
the avowed porpose Of forming settlement in that
vicinity, o special messenger was despatched by
the government Of The United States, with inssruc
lions from The Secretary Of State TO warn them TO
desst. should they be found there, ''or any other
place north Of the Rio Bravo, and within the terri
tnry claimed BY the United States" He was in
siructed, should they be found 10 the cnunfy north
Of that river 10 make known 10 them ''the surprise
with which the President has possession thus
taken without authority from the United States, Of
a place within their territorial limits and upon
which no lawful settlement can be made without
their sanction" lie was instructed 10 call upon
them 10 "ayow under what national authority they
profess to act" aud to give them due warning
THAT the place is within the United States, who
will suffer no permanent settlement 20 be made
tnefe. un0er any dutnOfny Otncf tUdu tUttI OWU.F
As late the eighth of July. 1872 the Secretary Of
State Of the United States, in no'e addressed to
minister in Mexico, maintains that. by the Flor
ida treaty of 1870 the territory Ear west the
Rio Grande. was confirmed to Spain. In that note
he states that '.by the treaty of the iwcnty-second
OF February. 1910, between the United States and
Spain, the Sabine was adopted the line Of boun-
dairy between the two Powers. Up TO that period,
no considerable colonization had been effected in
Texas; but the territory between the Sabine and
the Rio Grande being confirmed TO Spain by the
treaty, applications made TO that Power for
grants Of land. aud such grants, permission Of
settlement were in fact made by the Spanish au-
the rites 10 favor Of citizens Of the United States
proposing to emigrate to TExAs in numerous fam
lies before the declaration of Independence by
Mexico" m 81 tnleN
The Texas which was cedei to Spain by the Flor
ida trea,y OF 1919 embraced all the country now
claimed by the State Of Texas between the Ndeces
and the Rio Grande. The republic Of Texas always
claimed the river as her western boundary. and in
her treaty made with Santa Auua in May, 1886, he
recognized il as such. BY the constitution which
Texas adopted in March. 1886, senatorial and
representative districts we're organized extending
west Of the Nueees. The Congress Of Texas.
the pneieenih Of December, 1886, passed an Act
to define the boundaries Of the republic Of Texas,
in which they declared the Rio Graude from its
mouth to its source TO be their boundary, and by
the said act they extended their civil and political
jurisdiction over the country up 10 that boundary.
During period oil more than nine years, which In
,eryened between the adoption OF her constitution
and her annexation as one OF the STATES Of our I'm
son, Texas asserted and exercised many acts OF
sovereignty aud jurisdiction over the territory and
inhabitants west OF the Nueces. She organized
and defended the limits Of counties extending TO
the Rio Grande. She established custom house,
and collected duties, and also post otfces aud post
roads, IN IT, She established land ONCE and IS
sued numerous grants Tor land, within ITS limits
| Senator and Representative residing IN Il were
elected to the Congress oil the republic, and served
as such before The act OIL annexation took place
In both the Congress and Convention OF Texas,
which gave their assent to the Terms OF annexation
| TO the UnIted States, proposed by our Csngress,
were representatives residing west oil the Nuaces.
who took part IN the act oil annexation ITSELF This
was the Texas which, by the act OF our Congress
OF the twcniy.ninth oil December, lsa5, was edmit-
ted as one Of the States Of our Union. That the
Congress oil the United States undersiood the State
oil Texas winch they admitted INTO tho Union, to
extend beyond the Nueces. Is apparent from the
Tact, that on the thFly-hrst oil December, iS45 on
ly two days aer the act OF admission, they passed
law TO establish collection district IN the State
ofTexas, By which they created port OF delivery
at Corpus Christi, situated west OF the Nueces, ant
being the same point At which the Texas custom
house, under the laws oil that republic, had been
located. and directed that surveyor TO collect the
revenue should be appointed lot the port by tho
President, by aud with the advice and consent Of
the Senate. surveyor was accordingly nomina''
ed, and confirmed by the Senate, and has been e'-
er since IN ,he performance OF his duties. All