The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-12-17


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INTO he uaion Il fx'ent kry0ad lhs
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be llaisiy-kssi n Drreabsr. 1915. sn,y
iwa dsy. str The ari af sdmissi0n. thsy
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di'iist IN b. S'sis ri T,sxss." Ly Hhirh
shsy rEssled pnEs II delivery =, Gaspns
ih'lsli. sisu 90 wrsl e tie Nasess. add
he'ns lie ssmr point - = hirh he fsxas
rnsiaa-h0usr. nrdtr he lsas Il HAT rs-
easlle. bad iesh lees'ei. and d,rse,sd lat
sSrsts": . r,llarI d { rslrnue sho,Ii
- aglsoin'sd lof lh.i pasi BY he Pss.,-
'i.hi. By snd ain tie adsirs and ronssni
~ The 5, nat. A surtesSr sss sesos-
dm IN dominated. end co.. isHed by ihs
Senate. aud has bssn sssT since in ihs
Periol msnss oi his dnrrs. All these srls
"f the Ispsllar Of T.xss. aud Of orr Con
grsss. pIeres'sJ the nrdsr. feT The advance.
Il cur army IN he fast hark Of lie RIO
GTsnds. Subsequently. Corgftss passed
an ael " tsletlishrg certain rOs, routes"
txirndirE west file n. e.. The roun.
Try wet Of hat raseT nov CONSTITUTES a
part IL one at the congressional dI.lsirls
Of Texas. sEd 10 repTesen al N The House
nj r. p,tssnlane'. Tie Ssnsleis f,Om
,haI .is;e ssTe chosen By lsgi,l.Iu'e in
whirh lhe county wet Il thai river vas
reTrssfn'Sd. In view Of 40 these f.cls, II
IL difficult To col cslye upon vhai ground
Il eaa be mai,i .ined iha', in Occupying
The country sssI OF the Sutees with az
army. Nth a lies suiely 10 iis security
and dtlfLee. We invaded the Mnitpry Of
Mtxe'. Bni il ~nuld have hen still
more d'Glirmi. T. sI'y The Executive.
sho.e day i, I. 10 see Tia, the laas he
faithful, 81 cDitd. II IA ihe face of all
.hrse proc, edin!', bath Of the G. ngress
oi Ttxa, A. i Of he unHsd Slams, he had
assumed she resPon-irllily of yie dug ~
,he teri i'ry wet e The SO,css to Mex.
CO, or a ref, arg - prolrcl and defer d This
territory aud It's inhabitants, including
Corpus Chu..i. as ne n the remainder
II Il xas, against ihe tlrraIcned Mexican
/ Insas,op.
but MEXICO herself has never placed the
war which he has aged upon Tire ground
.hs, our army pecup'ed the Intermediate
territory b,tseen the Nusces and 1he Rio
G,a,de. Her refued preiension thai
Texas vas not IN TACT an independent
S,alr, but rebrll,ous province. wss or
.tinsitly perseveted in: aud her avowed
purpose in commencing wsr with the
United Siass wss 10 uconquer Tcxas,
and to rs,tore Mexiesn authority over the
whole ierri,oiy-notto The Nusces only
bit n The SABINE. In view OF the pre-
claimed msnsces of Msxico to this Effect
! deemed il my duty. a. a measure oI
precsuilon and d, fence. TO order our army
TO occupy posi- ion on cur lrcn'ier ss .
r, ,n,l,,s,. russ. nunI ~TtSn ""t ss""Is ~"-''
beet rssl.t anil rePel any attempted inrs'
,ion winch Mex ca might make.
, DOR army had occupied = rusi ion :
Corpus Christi, we., Of the Nusces, a.
, early as August. isl5. without compla n
!, ! frum any quarter. Had The NGsces btsI
4 regarded as the .r"e western boundary o
T.xa,, that boundary had been passed b!
aur atmy many mouths before II advanced
: 20 the eastern bark nf The Rio Grsnde. II
nv annual message OF December lsst,
4 informed Congress th.i. upon The ihVi
4 lion OF beth the Congress and Convention
4 of Texa., | had deemed Il proper 10 crde
= as,tong squsdron TO The coasts OF Mexico
and 10 concentrate an efficient mi!I'a',
=, force on the western frontier Of Ftxss, I
protect and defend the inhabitants agains
>, The menacrd invasinn of Mexico. ln tina
- message | informed Congtess that 'h
mnm.nI ire ,cr,ns Cf annexation ottere
, bv the United States were sccepied b
rexss, the lauer became so TAR part
=, our osn country a. ~ mike !, our dul
~ 10 afford 8, CHI raIeciIon and defence; sn
~ hist for that purpose our squadron ma
been ordered To the Gulf, and our arm
,o"takc position between the Nuece
W ,nd The Del Ncr,e." or RIO Grand, an
=, :. "to rrpel any inv'sion OF the Texan 'e
'e r,,orv hich night be attempted by III
y Msxic.n force"
- 1t vas deemed proper TO issue this o
d Ter. because, soon after the President
Ia Texas, in April, ls45, had issued h
% prccl.mstlon convenIng the Congress
- ,bss epublIc, for the purpose OF suhm''n'
=" to ,ha, body the terms Of annexation pr
c" posed by tie United States the Cover
NJ men, Of Mexico made serious threats
e invading the Texan territory.
- These threats became mote imposing
~ il became more apparent, in the prog'e
t.. IF the question. that the people OF Tex
81 would decide in favor OF accepting u
=" terms Of anneAa'ion; and, hs'lly, they b
-, assumed such formidable character,
:, induced both the Congress and Conve
~ ,i.n of Tex4s 10 request that mll'''
M farce should be sen, by The United S'a'
aJ into her territory for tho purpose OF pr
$500. II l,c,ntiinu her AGAINST