Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-12-17


lsshpiArie, q The rrjebM 4 TrtsS' |,
vhich ihey declared tie RI b'rrsdo fry-
ito meth b. ns .curut h. W. their h. ap.tary
ADD By the SAID sci they .r,eesied thc,
"oi1l and political juri-hrtiou" over a.,
oo.s,ry w to that boundary
DurIugA perio1 Of more than uine ,ears
~hch laiery between tie sdopti,n 80,
her oYnsiiiu,i,a and her annexation a. on,
u tho States IT tho Cnion. Teas as.ert "a
and sIcTc,s"l many acts Of so,errgnty and
Jurisdiction over the territory and inhAbii-
suis v,si a the Nucces She organized
and defined the limits 81 couf lies extending
a. the Rio Gande Sh, established court ;
az justice and extended her Judicial system.
oser the territory. She established Acus,nm.
house, aud collected duties. aud also post o.
ohoss aud peat roads IN IT, Sne established
land oeioe. aud lssusd uumcruu, grants Tor
land within its limits A Senator aud
Representative residing ia il we're clcctod a.
toe Congress Of the Republic. and served
~ such before tho act Of annexation took
place.
In both the Congress and Convention Of
TEXAS, which gave their assent "a ths tcrs.s
~ anuexatiou 10 .L~ Uni.ss essoss. prcPoecd
by our Congrcss, were representatives resi-
ding ves, u the Nueces, who took part in
thc act II annexation itself This was tho
Texas which. BY the act of our Congress Of
tbs 29th Of December ISi5. was admitted as
oae Of the States of onr Union. That the
C1ngros. Of the United States understood
tho State Of TEXAS which they admitted into
the Union TO extend beyond the Nucccs is
apparent from the fact. tha, ON the 3lst Of
December. lsi5 only two DAYS after the
act Of admission. they passed law 'to cs-
tablish = collection district in the State Of
TeIn," by which they created a port Of
delivery at Corpus Christi. situated west Of
the Nueces, aud being the same point Mt
which the Tcxa. Custom House, under the
laws Of that republic, had been located and
directed that surveyor TO collect the rev
cnue should b. appointed for that port by
the President. ly and with the advice and
consent Of the Senate
A surveyor was accordingly nominated,
and confirmed by the Senate and has been
ever since in the performance II his duties
All these sr,s Of the republic Of Texas, and
Of our Congress- proceeded the orders for
the advance Of our army to the east bank Of
the Rio Grandc Subsequently, Congress
passed an act establishing certain post
routes" extending west Of the Nucces The
country west of that river now constitutes
part Of one of the Congressional districts Of
Texas, and is represented in the House Of
Representatives. The Senator's from that
State were chosen by Legislature in which
the country west Of that river was represent
Cd.
TO conceive upon what ground i, can be
maintained that, in occupying the country
west 9th Nueces with our army, with
NEW solely TO its security and defence. we
invaded the territory Of Mexico. But it
would have been still moro difficult 10 justi-
Is the Executive, whose duty it ia to see
that the laws be faithfully executed, il in
the face Of all these proceedings both Of
the Congress OF Texas and Of the United
States, he had assumed the responsibility Of
yielding up the territory west Of the Nucccs
% Mexico, or Of refusing to protect and de-
fcnd this territory and its inhabitants in
Guiding Corpus Christi. as we'll as the re-
mainder Of Texas, against the threatened
Mexican invasion.
But Mexico herself has never placed the
war which she has waged upon tho ground
tina, our army occupied the intermediate
territory between the Nueccs and the Rio
Grande Her refutcd prctension that Tex
as was not in fact All independent State, but
\ rebelhous province, was obstinately perse-
vered in; and her avowcd purposc in COM
mencing . wM with the United States was
20 recorquer Tcrse and 10 restore Mexican
authority over the whole territory-not to
the Nueees only, but 10 the Sabine la view
Of the proclaimed menaccs Of Mexico 10 this
effect, ! deemed it my diry. AS a measure
of precauiion and defence, ~ order our ar
my To occupy sposition on our frontier as
military post, from which our troops could
best resist and rcpcl any attempted inya-
zion which MEXICO might make.
Our army had occupied = position at
Corpus Christi, west oftbs Succes, - carly
as August, ls45, without complaint fror,
any quarter Had the Nueocs been recar-
dod a. the true western boundary Of Texas,
that boundary had been passed by our array
many months before il advanced 70 the
eastern bank Of the Rio Grande. In INV
annual message of December last iRfrrn.l
Congress that upon the invitation Of both
the Congress and Convention Of Texas
had deemed it proper to order a strong
squadron 10 the coasts Of Mexico. and TO
Concentrate an efficient military force on the
western frontier Of Texas. to protect and
asfcnd rss ;nhsbitants against the menaoed
INVASION Of Mexico.
In than message informed Congres.
that the moment tho tsrms Of annexation
offered by the UaileS States we're accepted
by Texas. the latter became 90 FAR = part
u our ovI country A. n make it our duty
n asord sach protection and defence and
that Cor that purpose our squsdrcn had been
ordered 10 the Cult. and oar army Ia take
position between the Nucoes and tho Del