New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-09
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EVER a. her western boundary and in her treaty MADE
with Santa Anna in Mag 1886 be recognized X as sCc
By TIE Constitution which Texas sdopteG IN MArntcSo
senatorial and representative districts organized
extending west OF the NReces The Congress OF eSss
on the 18th OF December. 1886, passed An SCI 10 ccnhe
ae boundaries OF the republic OF Texas IL "hlcH tney
declared the Rio G.sde from. lis mouth 70 lis source 10
be their boundary sd by tie said act Trey e>'enos0
their civil and political jurisdiction over the country
Up TO that boundary. During period OF more thSn
nine years which nterycned between the adoption OF
Fer Constitution and her annexation o; tie States
OF our Union Texas asserted snd exercised sny acts OF
sovereignty And jurisdiction over the territory snd IN
hsbtsnts west OF the Nuecss. She organized Snd de-
rns the limits OF counties extending 10 the no Grande
She established courts OF justice and extended her Judi
csl system over the territory. She established Gus
;J1house ana collected duties and also post Offices and
post-rosis II il She established land Office and issued
numerous grants for land within its limits Senator
and Ssrrssrrst:ve residing in i elected 10 the
CONFESS of the republic ana served such before the
set of annexation took place IN hoth the congress so
Convention Of Texas. which gave their assent 20 tie
terms OF annexation 20 the United Ststes pF0poseu 1y
Congress representatives. rcsiong "es1 o .'o
Nueces who took part the set OF annexation ltse
This ne Texas which. By the act OF our Congress OF
the 10Th OF December. lsi5 was admitted as one OF .s
States OF our riou That the Congress OF the United
States understood the State OF TeNs which they sd'rt
ted into the Union extend beyond the Nueces s sppaF
ent from the sct that the 5lst OF December te+n
only days after the act OF admission they pSSstu
law 10 establish collection district in the state OF len
as By which they created port OF delivery AZ Corpus
Christi situated of the Nueces and being at me
of that republic had been located and directed tina,
surveyor to collect the should lie appointed
for that port by the President: by and with the advice
and consent the Senate. surveyor was accordingly
nominated and confirmed by the Senate. and has
been ever since in the performance OF his duties
All these acts OF the republic OF Texas and OF
our Congress preceded the orders for the sd
vance OF our army The East bank OF the Rio
(iranie Subsequently, Congress passed an act estao
fishing certain post routes. extending west OF the Nc
css The country west OF that river now constitutes
| Ot nj
j. represented in the House OF Representatives. the
Senators from that chosen by Legislature
in which the country west OF that river represent
ed In view OF all these facts II is difficult 70 conceive
upon what ground il can be maintained that; IN occupy
ing the country west of the Nucces with army,
with view solely to its security and defence we inva
ded the territory of Mexico. But il would have been
still more difficult; justify the Executive whose duty
that the laws De faithfully executed il in the
tacc all of these proceeding. both of the Congress OF
Texas and OF the ned states he had assumed herrSpo'
biity OF yielding up the territory OF the Nueces
TO Mexico OF refusing TO protect and defend this ter
ory and its inhabitants including Corpus Christi ~
well the remainder o.; Texas, against the threatened
/ Mexican invasion.
But Mexico herself has never placed the which
waccd upon ;hc ground that army occupied
the intermediate territory between the Succes and the
Rio Grande Her retutcd preienson that Texas was
not in fact Independent state but renellous pro
vince was ohstinatey persayercd in and her avowed
purpose liz commencing war with the United States
recouqucr Texas and restore Mexican authority
the whole terrtnry-uot ID the Nucccs only but To
the Sabine. In view OF the proclaimed mcnaces OF
Mexico this effect deemed II my duly as measure
of prccautiou and defence to order army "a occupy
position our frontier as military post from which
troops could best resist aud repe! any attempted IN
vssion which Mexico might make.
our army had occupied position at Corpus Christi.
west OF the Nueccs early "a August, le19, without
complaint from any quarter Had the NueGes oecr re
eRrdCd as the true western boundary Oh lcNaS' tuut
boundary had been passed by our army many months
before advanced the bank o! the Rio Grsnde
In my ennUal message of December Last informed Con
IS. aIRrtfu NOT hDfh
Convention CT Texas had deemed proper to order
strong squadron the of Mexico and 10 conceu
tra.e an efficient military force the western frontier
OF Texas TO protect and defend the inhabitants against
the menaced invasion OF Mexico. In that message IN
formed Congress that the moment the terms OF anneNa
ton offered by the United States accepted by Tex
the latter became tar part of own country ms
make duty afford such protection and defence
and that for that purpose squadron had been ordered
TO the Gulf and our army 10 take position between
the Nueces and the Del NOrte or Rio Grandc and ITO
repe any invasion of the Texan territory which might be
attempted by the Mexican forces.
It deemed proper issue this order because soon
after the President of Texas in April lsi5 had issued
ha proclamation conyening the Congress- OF that lcpuh
lie for the purpose Of submitting that body the terms
of annexation proposed by the United Su'es the Gov
eminent OF Mexico made serious threats o invading The
Te1sn territory.
These threats became more imposing it 0ccsrc
apparent in the progress OF the question, that the
people OF Texas would decide in favor OF accepting the
OF annexation and finally, they had assumed such
formidable character IA Induced both the Congress
and Convention Texas request that military force
should be by the nite states into her territory Tor
the purpose OF protecting and defending her against the
threatened INVASION Il would have been violation OF
good faith toward the people Texas 10 have refused to
afford the aid which they desired against threatened IN
yasion 10 which they mad been exposed by their Tree
determination themselves TO our Union, in COM
pance with the overture made TO them by the Joint re-
solution OF our Congress.
Accordingly, portion OF the army was ordered to ad-
vance into Texas Corpus Christi the position Sc
lected by General Taylor He encamped at that place
in August 1915 and the army remained in that poston
until the eleventh OF March c6, when II moved west
ward and the twentyeiehth OF that month reached
the bank of the Rio Grande opposite TO Matanoros
This movement was made In pursuance OF orders from
the War Department issued the hireth OF January.
1916 Before these orders issued, the dispatch oi
minister in Mexico transmitting the decision OF the
COuHcil OF Government OF Mexico advising that he
should not be received and also the dispatch OF our con
sui residing in the city OF Mexico-the former bearing
date the Eth. and the latter the 18th OF Deceu.
Der lSi5, copies OF both OF which accompanied my
message to Congress Of the nth OF May ast-wero
received the Department of S.ate. These com
municaions rendered il highly probable, II not
absolutely certain that minister would not be
ceiyed by the Government of General Herrera. 1t was
also we'll known that but little hope could be entertain
ed of different result from General Paredes in case the
revolutionary movement which he prosecuting
should prove successful as wss highly probable. The
purtsHns OF Paroles, Minister. the dispatch
ierrrd states breathcd the hercest hostility against
the United States denounced the proposed negotiation
treason. and openly called upon the troops and the
people put down the government OF Herrera by force
The reconqusstot Texas and with the United States
we're openly threatened. These the circumstances
existing when it deemed proper to order the army
under the command OF General Taylor to advance 10 the
western frontier OF Texas, and occupy position
/ the Rio Grandc.
The approximations of contemplated Mexican nya-
sion nave been since fully justified by the The
determination OF Mexico to rush into hostilities
with the United States afterward manifested
from tire whole tenor Of the OF the Mexican
Minister of Foreign Affairs 10 our minister bear.
ing date the l2th OF March, loI6 Paroles had
Their reyolu,ionzed the Government and his minis.
ter after referring the resolution for the annex.
alton Texas. which had been adopted By our Con
gress In March l5i5, proceeds to declare has fact
such this TO speak with greater eactness
table act OF usurpaton, created mpeous necessi
y ha, Mexico for her honor should repel with
proper Hrmness and dignity The Supreme Government
had beforehand declared that would look upon such
4 beil and consequence 81 this declar
Ation negotiation by its very nature, at end
and war the only recourse OF the Mexican Govern
ment"
Il appears, also that on the ith Of April following
General Psredes through his Minister OF War. issued
orders the Mexican General in command on the Tex