Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-12-31

The in the last annual message ofPesldent Folk
that he Texas which eeded To Spain by the FLORIDA
treaty If Isl embiaccd all the country now claimed by the
sine of Texas between the Nueces aud the RIO Gande
is so wiru attempt 10 f,lsiy historical uh as 10 re-
onc brief Of the facts connected with Tie west
.rn boundary Of "The Texas which, he says, was eeaed
To Spain BY that treaty
The language Of the President leads 10 suppose that
the treaty ceded Texas by name, 10 Spain Such howey
or i. moi the fact There nothing said about Texas IN
A. Al the time Il was concluded, il was as well known
that the river Nueccs the dividing line between The
intendcncy Of sanander and Coauia, and The province
Of Texas as that the west bank Of Connecticut river
the dividing line between New Hampshire and Vermont-
Humboldt who travelled into New Spain IN l79 and isO
and colIccted the materials for his map Of from
his own observations aud the examination Of is records
and authorities makes the Nurces the weslsr boundary Of
Texas rs also General Pike in the map attached TO
his Journal It is believed that map or geography ex
stnr at the date ofhe treaty. and Of acknowledge author
iy FIXES the western boundary any other place His a
tempt to exchange Louisiana for Tera rather extend
The western bound Of The latter far commended
was the limit Of the former canno, be rendered
successful BY any thing in the treaty The third
article which contains al that there s in i relating 10 the
subject, after specifying the boundary line between the two
countries Of the Mississippi and making the Sabine,
Red and Arkansas rivers, throughout the extent Of the
boundary the inhabitants Of both nations pro-
ceeds follows "The high contracting parties agree
TO cede all their rights claims and prciensnns To the terri
tories described by the said line that 10 say The United
States hereby cede Ills Catholic Majesty, and renounee
forever all their rights, claims and Pelensions to the ter
rtoes lying west and south Of the above described line
and in like manner, His Catholic Majesty cedes 10 the
said United States al his rights claims and preensons
any territories and north Of the said line and for him
self his heirs and successofs all claim 10 the
said territories forever 1.-THE United States eeded any
thing by treaty. they eeded that which they claimed
belonging to them which portion Of Louisiana, in.
GLIDING Spanish Texas and part of TamsuPas and Goa
hula. 10 ether words, they claimed the eosny part
Of Lousians they crded al their rights claims. and
preensions" TO such In the negotiation which pre-
ceded the treaty, the United States laid claim up to the
Rio Gande the ground thut Louisiana which they had
purchased Of France extended to that Spain claimed
the whole country, far the right hsnk OF the Mississ
pp and the Missouri BY right Of discovery, conquest and
settlement grounding her Prernsons only upon the
missions and garrisons established by her authority IN Tex
bot also upon the voyages Of various Spanish travellers
in the sixteenth century, the establishment Of the king
doms OF leon aud Santande in 1885, and the province Of
Cohaqaa, in 1000. She pretended that Texas
tended far west the Rio Grsnde hence, she insisted
upon oil the rights secured 70 her by the settlement Of Leon
and sanlander and Cohsquila whose eastern boundary
has always extended as FAR as the Noeces.
Texas indebted spansrd for her name, and down
the date Of Mexican independence her people loyal
subjects Of Spais The Of her and rivers be-
ing entirely Spanish, conclusive evidence 10 whose
Jurisdiction the county has been under The first Span
sh settlement made in consequence Of royal order Of
Philip H. enjoning the determination Of all foreigners who
should penetrate into the Gulf OF Mexico that gov
then claiming tile 10 The whole northern coast Of
the Golf In obedience that rnyal ORDER the vieeroy Of
Mexeo expedition, under the command OF Aonzo
De Leon the country and hunt out the French
Who in the year 1886, under Ia Sale had made lodge
st the bay Of St Bernard, and buli FORT St Louis it
Is supposed the sPo, where Musgorda stands This
expedition was formed Cohsquila and arriving at fort
st LOUIS April 29d 1852 destroyed the fort and dispersed
the colony which never afterwards attempted 10 be re-
established by the French Leon then shaped his course
towards the nation Of the Asais, who received him and
his eompan,ons with marks Of friendship and respect; he
treated them with the grea,es kindness aud called them
Tsras, which, in their language, signifies riends The
veeroy order to prevent any further neuson Of for
egne and preserve the conquest established the mia
sion Of ST. Francisco de Texas among the Asmais
year $780, and also various other missions and gaisons
throughout the country subsequent to that date The prov
nee included mission settlement west Of the
Nueees for lis boundaries first established by Spain
and tina; river the limit on the south west
The Independence Of MEXICO was Acknowledged by the
treaty Of Cordova entered into the 24h day Of August
52i This date being subsequent 1872 any regulations
which may have been made by the Mexican republic in
laon 10 the boundaries OF is States have weight in
determining the limits Of The Texas which ceded"
by the treaty Of that year.
The French title 10 the country up 10 the Rio Grsnde
such title is established by Judgment or about four
years upon territory claimed at the time By Spain and
one doubts but that President Polk ia the eye Of slave
breeder and Of him who lives upon the unrequed labor Of
others, very dashing figure he galOPs up that
river on his French but insist that where he
changes and bestrdes the Spanish aniu he only sp
pears supremacy ridiculous, bot that, beyond the Nueces
sits no 90" WILKES.