The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1846-06-05
From the Washington Union.
The Del Nortc the true Boundary OF
Texas.

The Del Nortc the true Boundary of
Texas.
by the organic law Of 1896, the Rcpub-
lie Of Texas fixed her boundary al the
Rio Del Norte, and with this boundary
her independence was recognized by the
United States, and by Engisnd, France
and Holland. After the battle Of San ia.
cinto, the Mexicans retired beyond the
Del Nortc, and have never re occupied
the country between that river and the
Nueces. Ii was organized into county
Of Texas, running from the .Nneces to the
Del Norlc, ana has been constantly rep
resented 10 the Congress Of Texas, in the
Convention, and now in the Congress of
the u. S. A rort Of delivery West Of thef
Nueces was authorized by q law Of our
Congress, unanimously passed in Decem-
Der last, and our revenue laws are now in
full operation there. The lower Del
Norte was always the boundary of ancient
Texas, as a part Of Louisiana, ceded to us
by the treaty Of 1903, Such has been the
! opiHivn Q! our distinguished statesmen
and President, ever since 1903. Mr..
Jefferson distinctly announced ii in re,
peated communications, and especially
on the 9Th of July, 1904, his fixed oppos>
tion io.the "relinquishment of any terri
tory whatever eastward Of the Rio Bra
yo.'
Mr.. Mad son, in his letter Of the 3lst
March, 1904, says our boundary "exten-
ded Westw ardly TO the Rio Bravo;' and
and he declares that the French Commis>
sioner delivered US the possession of Tex
as, with the Del "Norte as Its true boun-
dary." On the 9Th November, 1903, Jas
Monroe declared that "incontestabiy'
the boundary of the Louisiana is the
Rio Bravo to the Vest" and Mr.. Pink
ney unites in the declaration. Mr.. Nom
roe, in bis letter of 18th Jan, 1916, and
June 10, 1916, says, none could dispute
"our title TO Texas" and he adds, "that
onr title to the Del Norte was as clear as
our title TO the Island Of New Orleans"
In his letter of the 18th March, 1918,
John @. Adams proves our title to Texas,
and says, swell might Messrs. Pinkney
and Monroe write to M. Cevallis, in 1905,
that the claim Of the United States TO the
boundary of the Rio Bravo was as clear
as their right to the Island of New Oe
leans" Mr.. Clay, in his speech of 1871,
in Congress, quotes and repeats the same
opinion, and in his celebrated anti Texas
speech Of th l7th April, 1874, Mr., Clay
says: "The United States required title
to Texas extending, as believe, to The
Rio Del Norte by the treaty of LoiJsi"
ana;'' and the distinguished Senator from
Mo-, Col Benton, in one of his able let
ters on this subject, republished by him
self in the Globe of the 4th of May, 1914
says: &
The best and most numerous harbors
on the continental coast of the Gulf of
Mexico, lie between the Sabine and the
mouth of the Rio Del Norte. Asa naval
and commercial power, owning the grea
river which carries the commerce of an
empire into the Gulf, we have the great
est need for these harbors. BY the acqni-
sition of Louisiana we obtained them; BY
the new boundary established on our
Southwest frontier in 1919, we gave them
away" Before the establishment of this
boundary all the country to The West OF
the lower Mississippi quite to the Rio
Del Norte was ours"
That Texas was ours by the treaty oil
1903, and that its boundary extended to
the Rio Del Norte, is proved by the con-
current authority Of Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Adams, Pinkney, Benton and
Clay. II was the boundary fixed by Tex
as in her organic law of 1886, and beyond
which the Mexicans were then driven
And if Texas had no other claim 10 the
country between the Nueces and Del
Norte, that by conquest and occupation
would be complete.