Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-06-02
He DEL NORTE THE TRUE
BOUNDARY OF TEXAS.

THE DEL NoRTE THE TRUE
BOUNDARY OF TEXAS.
BY the organic law of 1916, the repub
lie OF Texas fixed her boundary a, the Ric
Del Norte, and with this boundary her in
dependence was recognised by the United
States. and by England, France aud Hol.
land. After the battle Of San Jacinto,
the Mexicans retired beyond the Del Nor,e
have never reoccupied the country be.
tween taa. river and the Nueces. Ii was
organized into county Of Texas, rum.
ing from the Neuces 10 the Del Norte, and
has been constantly represented in the
Congress Of Texas. in their Convention,
and now in the Congress Of the United
States. port Of delivery west Of the
Neuces was authorized by law of our
Congress, unanimously passed IN Decem.
Der last, and our revenue laws are now in
full operation there The lower Del Nor
tie was always the boundary Of ancen,
Texas, as a part If LOUISIANA ceded to us
by the treaty Of 1903. Such has been
the opinion Of distinguished statesman and
Presidents, ever since 1903. Mr.. Jeffer.
son distinctly announced it in repeated
communications. and especially on the 9th
of July, lS4O, his fixed opposition to the
REIMBURSEMENT of any territory whatever
eastward Of the Rio Bravo"
Mr.. Madison, in his letter Of the 31s,
March, 1904, says, our boundary "exlen-
ded westwardy to Rio Bravo;" and he de-
clares that the French commissioner de-
livered US the possession Of Texas with the
"Del Norte as its true boundary" On the
9Th November :, 1903, Jas. Munroe declared
that incontestably" the boundary Of Louis.
lana is "the Rio Bravo to the west" and
Mr.. Pinkney uni:es in the declaration
Mr.. Monroe, in his letter Of 10Th January,
1916, and Jnne 10, 1916, says, none could
dispute "our title TO Texas" and he adds,
''tha, our title TO the Del Nor,e was as
clear as to the island Of New Orleans" p
Ia his letter Of the 18th March, 1918, John
Quincy Adams proves our title to Texas,
and says, ''well might Messrs. Pinkney
and Monroe write to Nj . Cevallos, in 1905,
that the claim Of the United States 10 the
boundary Of the RIO Bravo was as clear
as their unquestonabl erght 10 ,heisland OF
New Orleans" Mr.. Henry Clay, ir his
speech of 1920, in Congress-, quotes and
repeats the same opinion; and his cee5ra-
ted anliTexas letter of the l7th April, 49,
"A, Mr.. Clay says: "The United States
acquired title to Texas extending, as
believe, to the Rio del Norle by the treaty
of Louisana;" and the distinguished sena-
tor from Missouri, Col. Benton, in one OF
his able letters on this subject, republished
by himself in the Globe OF the 18th of May.
1874, says:
The best and numerous harbors on the
continental coast of the Gulf Of Mexico lie
between the sabine and the mouth Of the
Rio del Norte. AS a naval and CONNIE r.
cial power, owning the great river which
carries the commerce of an empire into The
Gulf, we had The creates, need for these
harbors. BY the acquisition Of Lou sana
we obtained them; by the new boundary
established on orr southwest frontier in
1919 we gave them away" Before The
establishment of this boundary all the coun-
try TO The west of the lower Mississippi
quite to the Rio del Norle was ours
That Texas was ours by the treaty Of
1903, and that lis boundary extended to the
del Norie. is proved by the concurrent au.
thority of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Ad-
ans, Pinkney, Benton, and Clay. 1t was
the boundary fixed by Texas in her organ
c law Of 1886. and beyond which The Mex
leans were hen driven. And if Texas
had no other claim to the country between
the Nueces and del Norte, that by con-
quest and occupation would be com 2le,e.
INDrA.-The campaign against the Sikhs
must have cost the British Indian army,
in killed and wounded, 5000. 10000 men
including officers, by whom the troops are
chiefly commanded. A majority Of the
non-commissioned officere and privates
killed and wounded were natives. The Of.
ficers' reports of killed and. wounded on
the British side in three principal engage
ments, are as follows: Killed, 1880;
Wounded 7,143.
BANKING IN EARLY TIMks.-A banker
in early times pursued very different
trade than which occupies the attention OF
the opuent and influential class SO called
al the present day. 1t is well known that
the latter derive their profits from The en-
ployment of f1uctuaing sums Of money de-
posted IN their hands for convenience and
safety by the public, and for the safety
Of which the respectfully of the banker
Is sufficient, guarantee. But this is a re-
6nement OF comparatively recent introduc-
ton, with which our forefaihers were wholly
unacquainted. AS late as The time of Swift
b,nkers gave and took bond on receiv-
ing and lending money, and made their
profit by obtaining higher rate of interest
or usury as it was called, on the latter op-
eralIon, than they allowed on the former.
Ten or twelve per cent. was the customary
rate of interest during the reign OF Queen
Elizabeth, at which period. we mean no
disrespect to the banker when we say that
he united in his person the trades of the
Insurer, the pawn broker. the money scriv-
ener, the goldsmith and the dealer in bull
| lion. A German traveller who visited
| England in 1893, says that he saw in
Lombard street ''aIl SORTS Of gold and silver
vessels exposed to sale, as well as ancient
and modern coins, in such quantities as
must surprise man The first time he sees
and considers lhemn Ii is curious cir
cums,ance that Lombard street should have
retained its character as well as its name