Washington telegraph., 1846-12-30

Nahlhseuus terms were nlfafei In lndiict
them To leave their own country aud be
come Mexican citizens. This invitation
was accepted by many ul our citizens. il
the fall faith that IN their new home the,
would be governed hg laws enacted by rep,
rcsenlaiI'es eleeled by Themselves, aud lha
lives, Liberty AMI property would be pro
lecled by constitutional gnafamees similar
To those which existed in The republic lheJ
had Ieli Under a government thus organ.
ized, the! continued uniil The year 1885
when military revolution hIalc on in the
city Of Mehiea, which entirely snbfclled
the federal aud stale constitutions, and
placed military dictator nj the head oilbe
government.
These pasefs hal eniefel into treaties
oI amils, commerce aud navigation with
her. They had received and accredited
her ministers aud diplomatic agents al their
respective eumis. aud they bad commits.
stoned minister, aud diplomatic agents on
heir par to the government Of ffeAas. II
MoAico. Notwithstanding all this. aud her
utter inability Ia suhale OF feeuua1er rrs.
as, still sllbbnrnly refused 10 recognize her
as an Independent nation, she was n1ne
The less 81 on that account. Mexico her.
sell! haI hfen recognized n an independent
nation by the United States. aud by other
powers, many years befufe spain. oi. which,
helnie her revolution, she had been colo.
ny, would agree 10 recognize her a. such;
aud yet Mexico was al lhaliim in The esli.
malion u. the civilized world. and in fact.
none OF the less an Independent power. be
cause Spain still claimed her as colony
II Spain had continued, until the present
pfrod hat Mexico was nne oi hof colonies
IN rebellion against her. ihis would noi make
hcf 30, Of change the ael Of her indepenl.
cut existence. Texas, Al The period Of her
annexation OF the tuiled s,ales. bore the
same relation 10 Mexico thai Mexico had
borne 10 SPAN i5f many years before Spain
acknowledged her independence, with this
important dtiiafeise,-ihai heiafe The an.
neAallon Of Texas 10 tie uniled States was
consumaiei, Mexico herself. by formal
act oi her government, bud acknowledged
tue independence oi lekas as a nalion.--
Il Is true that in the ael ol recognition she
prcscd,bes a condition which she had no
power or authority to impose, that Texas
should moi anaeK lersel 'toany other power,
bot this could not d"liaei in ANY degree
i.om the recognition which Mexico then
made Of her Independence. upin this
plain slatemrn, Of facts, il is absurd for
Mexico :" allrdgc, as preiexl fir CON,
inenclng hosIl.l'ics against the L. States
that Texas Is a part other territory.
Bnl ihuIe urc tiose whn, conccding all
his 10 be true, assume tie ground that the
true western bouHdey Of Texas Is the Ma
ccs, instead ul The Rio GIanie; aGd that,
therefore, IN marching uus army TO The east
OF the latter river We passed the Texas
line, aud invaded the territory of Mexico.
\ simpl, s'aiemcnl II facts, known TO exist,
will conclusively rrliI'e.such an assumption.
Texas, as ceded To The 4 States by France
in 1913, has been always claimed a. ex.
tending west 10 the Rio Grande or Rio
Bravo. This fact is established By the
authority four most eminent statesmen, at
a period when the question wa as well Il
n| better understood lhan al present.
Ddring Mr. Jelcrsun's administration.
Messrs. Monroe aud Pnckney, who bad
been sent on special mission to Madrid
charged, with other ihiags, with the adjust.
mcnl of boundary between the two coun.
tries, in nlle al rcssod to tEe Spanish
Foreign Affairs. under date II Ihe
2-th uflauuap ls0j. assert that the houn.
darics ol Louisiana as crIel 10 the United
states by France, 'arc the river pcnlido pn
ihe cast, aud the river Riayo on the vest"
and they add, iha, "lhe facts aud principles
which luslilj his conclusion are 80 salts.
liclury Ia uur Goyelnn,ni US to cony,acr
il that he United States have not better
right to the l.anl ct New Orleans, under
b" cession referred to than ihoy have 10
the whole district oflerrilpry which is above
described" Dawn 10 the conclusinn Of
the Florida treaty in February, 1919, by
which this territory vas cedeI 10 Spain,
tie United States asserted and maintained
their territorial Ilglts tn this extent.
In the month Of Jane, 1918, during Mr. Mon.
roo's administration, information having been re.
cciyed that uunber Of foreign adyenturers had
landed at Galveston, with the ayowed purpose Of
formnga scttHment II that vicinity, special
messenger vas despatched by the government Of
the United states, with Instructions from the Src.
Rotary Of State to warn them to desst, should they
be found there "or any other place north Of the
Rio Bravo and within the territory claimed hy the
United States lie was instructed should they
be found in the country north Of the river, to make
known to them "the surprise with which the Pres
idenl has seen possession thus taken without an
thorily from the United States, Of a place within
their territorial limits, and upon which NO lawful
settlement ean be made without their sanction
Tie was instructed to call upon them to "avow
under what national authority they profess to aet
and to give them due warning '',hat the place is
within the Uliod States, who " u suffer no per.
mluont settlement TO be made there, under any
authority other than their own" As late ns the
slh Of July, ls42, the Secretary Of State Of the
United States, Ia "a note addressed to oar minister
10 Mexico. maintains that, by the Florida treaty
lslQ tina tArrtorv pn tvaat he Rio -auia