The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1846-12-25

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cretary of State 10 warn them TO daist, should
they be found there, Tor any other plpe north Of
The Rio Bravo, and within the Terribly claimed
by the United Slatcs.r He was inslrqied should
they be found in the country north d that river,
to make known to them "lhe surpnse8th which
she President has seen possession thu taken OF
place within their territorial ltmlts. and upon i
which no lawful settlement can be mde without
their sanction.'' He was instructed b COLL upon
them to "aYow under what national authority they |
profess to act,n and TO give them die warning |
that the place is within the United states, who
will suffer no permanent settlement p be made
there. under any authority other than heir own" |
AS late as the 9th of July, 842, the Secretary OF
State of the United States, in note addressed to
our Minister in Mexico, maintains tais by the
Florida Treaty Of 1919, the territory 70 far west
as the Rio Grande was confirmed tospain. In
hat he states 'sthat by the treaty OF the 22d
OF February 1879, between the United States and
Spain, the Sabine was adopted the line Of boun-
dairy between the two powers. Up toihat period,
no considerable colonization had heenefected in
Texas, but the territory between theSabine and
Rio Grande being confirmed to Spain BY the trea-
ty applications were made to that power for grants
Of land and such grants, or permissiois Of settle.
ment. were in fact, made by the Spanish aulhof-
ties in favor Of citizens OF the United States pro-
posing to emigrants TO Texas in NUMEROUS fam-
lies, before the declaration Of independence by
Mexico.
ne ACAdb WHICH RdB CGuGu GPdlu Uy
the Florida treaty of 1919, embraced all the
country now claimed by the State Of Texas
between the Nuecas and the Rio GFande.
The republic of Texas always claimed this
river as hor western boundary, and in her
treaty made with Santa Anna in May, 1886,
he recognised as such. BY the constitution
which Texas adopted in March, 1886, sena-
orial and Representative district were orr
ganised extending west Of the Nuecos. The
Congress Of Texas, on the 10Th OF Deem
Der, 1886, passed San act 10 define the re-
public Of Texas" in which hey declare the
Rio Grande. from It's mouth to its source to
be their boundary, and by said act they ex-
tended their "ciVil and political jurisdllion"
river the country up to that boundary. Du-
ring period of more than nine years which
interviewed between the adoption Of her con.
stitulon and her annexation as one of the
States of our Union, Texas asserted and ex-
ercised many acts Of sovereignty and luris-
dction over the territory aud inhabitants
west of the Nueces. She organised and de-
! fined the limits of counties extending 10 the
Rio Grande. She established courts of jus,
tico and extended her judicial seytem Owe
the territory. She established a cnson
house, and collected duties, and also pos
offices and post roads, in IT, She establish
ed land Office, and issued numerous grant
for land within its limits. A Senior and
Representative residing in it, we're elected
to the Congress Of the Republic, and serveC
as such before the act of annexation tool
place.
In both the Congress and the Convention
of Texas, which gave their assent 10 thu
terms Of annexation 10 the United States
proposed by our Congress. were Representa-
lives residing west Of the Nucces, who too
part in the act Of annexation itself Thi
was the Texas which,by the act Of Cong es
of the Goth December, lS45 wasaamited a
one Of the States Of our Union. hat tb
Congress Of the United States undersioo
the State ofTexas which they admitted int
The Union TO extend beyond the sNueces,
tapparent from the fact that on the 3lst Dec
1915 only two days after the act OF admission
they passed law ''to establish collecto
district in the State Of Texas" By whic
they created port of delivery at Corpu
Christi, situated west Of the Nueces. an
being the same point at which the Texa
custom house, under the laws Of that Repub
! lie, had been located, aud directed that
: surveyor to collect the revenue should
appointed for that port by the President, b
, and with the advice and consent of the Sen
, ate. Asurvsyor was accordingly nomina
, and confirmed by the Senate, and has beel
lever since in the performance Of his duties
All these acts Of the Republic of Texas. an
of our Congress, preceded the orders for th
advance of our army 10 the east bank of tn
Rio Grande. Subsequently, Congress pass
ed an act establishing certain post routs,
extending west Of the Nueces."
j, The country west of that river now con
} sttntes a part of one Of the Cougressiona
districts Of Texas, and is represented in tn
House Of Representatives The Senators fror
that State were chosen by a Legislature i
which the country west oflhat river was rep
resented. In view Of all these facts, it
difficult to conceive upon what ground il ca
he maintained that in occupying the coun
try west Of the Nueces with our army, wit
a view solely to It's security and defence, W
in AIDED the territory of Mexico. But
would have been still more difficult to justif
the Executive, whose duty il is TO see thu
the laws be faithfully executed, ifin the fac
OF all these proceedings both Of the Congres
Of Texas and of the United States he ha
} assumed the responsible ity of yielding up th
territory west Of the Nueces to Mexico, {
, Of refusing to protect and defend this tel
= ritorY and fIs inhabitants. including Corpu
( Christi, as the remainder of Texas, agains
) 1.-The threatened Mexican invasion.
D But Mexico herself has never placed th
4 war which she has waged upon the groun
a that our army occupied tue intermediate tel
I lritory between The Nueces and Rio GVande
Her refuted pretension that Texas vas nc
lin fact an independent State, but Febelli
! Gus province, was obstinately preserved in
and her avowed purpose in commenting
war With the United States was TO FCcOnque
D Texas and to restore Mexican authority Owe
i the whole leHitoTy-nol the Nueces onl
# but the Sabine. In view Of the proclaim
e ton menaces OF Mexico TO this effect,