The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-12-22
NJ L s A G &
OF THE
PRESIDENT OF TsSE a.. STATES.
E3ccenibcr s, IS16.
rcoScLuDED FROM LAST WEIR.

fhOA LAST ZEN
Down 40 lite conclusion Of the Florida
treaty, Ia February, 1912. hy which this
,erri,ary was cedel 10 Spaii. the Uiited
S,a,es asserted and maintained! their ter.
riorial rights is thIs extent. In the
maa,n of June. 1918, during Mr. Nom
r,e's administration, information having
been received that a number oT foreign
adyenlurers had landed at Galvestun.
with The avowed purpose OF iurming a
settlement IN IiIat vIrInilv. specI'l mes
senger was es7atehed by the Govern.
menl uf the Unied States. with insIruc-
ti1ns from the Secretary of State 10
warn them /, desisi. should they be
found there ''or any other place north nf
the Rio Bravo. AID wi hm the territory
claimed Dv The UnIted STATES" lie
was instructed. shoutI lhpv he found in
the cauntrv north VI that river, 1" make
known 10 them the surprise with
which The President has sreh possession
tkus taken, without aniioIiiv from The
United Slaies, of a place within their ter
%riiorial limits. and upon which, nn law
fui settlement can he made without their
sanction" lie was instructed 10 call up
On ibem tn ''avow nader what national
authority hey profess TO act and 10
yjvs ltpn the warning That The place Is
wi,hin The United Stiles. wln wilt sui
fer no permanent settlement TO NE mate
there. under any authority other Ihan
their nwn."
As late as the Sth Of July, 1912, the
Secretary OF State OF the United States,
in a note addressed 10 our minister in
Mexico, maintains that, by the Florida
treaty Of 1919, the territv as far west as
the Rio Grande was confirmed 10 Spain.
Ii that note he states that, ''by the treaty
Of the twen,v-second Of February, 1919,
between the United States and Spain, the
Sabine was adopted as the line OF bonn
darv between the two powers. Up TO
that period, 0 considerable colonization
had been effected in Texas; but the ter
ritorv between the Sabine and the Rio
Grande being confirmed 10 Spain by the
treaty. applications were made TO that
Power for grants of land, and such grants
or permlssions Of settlement were in fact
made bv the Spanish authorities in favor
ofcit;zens Of the United States proposing
TO migrate tc Texas in numerous families
before the declaration OF independence by
Mexico.
The Texas which was ceded 10 Spain
bv The Florida treaty of 1910, embraced
all the country now claimed by the State
OF Texas between the Nueces and The
Rib GrAnde. The republic of Texas al
ways el7inci this river as her western
boundary, and in her treaty made with
Santa Anaa in MAY. 1886, he recognized
il as such. BY the constitution which
Texas adopted in March, 1896, senatorial
and representative districts were organ
lied extending west Of the Nueces. The
Congress oi Texas, on Tie 18Th Of De-
cember. 1886, passed An act TO define
The boundaries OF the republic Of Texas
in which thew declare the Rio Grande
from is mouth to lis source TO be Their
boundary. ani by the said act they cx-
tended their q evil and political jurisdic-
ton over The country up 10 that boun-
dary. During 4 period Of more than nine
years, whicn interviewed between the a.
dopiion of her constitution aad her an
nexa;i0n aS ane Of the States Of four Union
Texas asserted and exercised many acts
of sovereignty r.and jurisdiction over the
Territory and Inhabitants west Of the
Nueces. She organized and defined the
limits of counties extending to the Rio
Grande. She established courts Of JUS
tice and extended her judicial system
over the territory. She established a Gus
~tom-hnuse, and collected duties and also
posl-ohiees and posl-roads in Il. She
established land Office, and issued nu-
merous grants Tor land, within lis limits.
A Senator ard representative residing in
ii were elected 10 the Congress of the re-
pablo, and served rs such before the act
o~fanneXaiion look place. In both the
Congress aud Convention Of Texas.
which gave their assent 10 the terms of
annexation 10 The United States, ~prnnosed
by orr Congress, were representatives re-
siding west of the Nueces. who took part
IN the act o~fannexation itself. This was
the Texas winch, by the act of our Con-
gress Of the 29ih Of December, 1915,
was admitted as one Of the States of our
Union. That the Congress of the T.
niied States understood the State or Tex
as which they admitted into the Union 10
extend beyond the Nueces. is apparent
from The fact, that on the 3Ist Of Deem
her, IS45, only two days after the act of
admission, they passed a law to establish
q collection district in The State Of Texas.
by which they created a port Of delivery
at Corpus Christi, situated west OF the
Nueces, and being tAe same point at which
the Texas casl0m-house under the laws
of that republic, had been located. and di-
rected that a surveyor to collect the reve-