New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-06-03
The Boundary of Texas.

10 LS EGit0f y lhs ErlOHEe-
Ii seems TO me. With all Difference to superior
Judgment tha, We have nothing 10 do VIII
lions as 10 rzhts made in l3o9 sad l9o4' ior o 'oe
Treaty OF FEB. 2ad, lsle. between Tue A"eu
States and Spain, the United states resigned ana
confirmed 10 Spain ali the county " est OF the ga
b7e I'D 10 30 OF North latitude any cisias !" nico
the United States nay. by any Poss'oii'y hsre sup
posed she posse ssed, were clearly a0ana0hsp Ae'
The Treaty Of 1919 vas recognized arc coHN'-leu
- r.,,,- ~ limits between Mexico and the un'
ted States 7th January, ICES
Al tie close of The last GENTRY Ne" ePa-r ~
.ained me following divisions i hingaoin o. INCA
;co. >. HiDcd n OF New GaIlicia J. Aingoom %
Wow Leon: 4. The Colony OF New sah'anaes' o
TO Province OF Texas; 8 The Province OF New
co.bniIa The Province of New Biscay; :. 90
,o-s o New Mexico; 10. Old AID Ne" oal'i's-
ma Constitution O; the Mexican United states
.la:,e5 II 3a4 The Republic was divided INTO -
p.ogincss ss follows: Yucatan. Merida, 4ooaSco'
70 Cnianas Oxaca. Vera Cruz. TamauiiPas; San
- po,osi I con Coahuis. Texas, &c conp7ehend-
iry all the territory on the Ailabuc sue a ,a
Tho nited Sla:es The States OF Coshuiia anu IN
a. conlpreheHded The same extent OF !el''.p.
constituted the Provinces called before tne,r UNION
2 :
Ii,;.s f these provinces as separate ana !huePen-
dent has been settled and defined long ago,
TIA. By an &C; OF the Mexican Cortes May tn,
100. was annexed 10 CohshGia Tor Coahuiiaj Until
!, hooId be of sufficient importance TO form sep
a.aT.. STATE when il il TO became an independent
Sta,e of the Mexicaa Republic. equal 10 the other
S-a-es. free. sovereign and independent. Il Is
most evident that this union was provisional merely
and N terminate and be dissolved whsn Texas
should possess population and resources requisite
10 form constitutional unity A!Ier the oppressive
rJle of Bostsmente, 1889, succeeded by santa Ana
who established Military Dictatorship Texas re-
solved to claim this right OF Operating. and accord
iogly bv memorial TO the General Cover ameni peli-
toned for a separation of the Provinces. This me-
MORA! forth that The language OF the people vas
different that Cohahuila and Texas were altogether
dissiyni4r in soil climate and natural productions.
that owing 10 the numerical inequality OF their re-
spec:ive representatives the enactment OF laws ben
eGcial 10 Texas could only emanate from The gen
erous courtesy of her constitutional partner. STE
phen Austin vas selected by the people 10 proceed
10 Mexico and present their petition. Austin waited
a wear at the Mexican capital and unable 10 gam
fe;:!y advised his counu men TO organize state
de fGciO. without waiting for Congress 10 decide.
This vas regarded by the Government as treason
able Austin was arrested and did not return 10
Texas for two years. On his retui he advised Inc
Texans TO form an independent State Government
which was accordingly organized Nov. 3D.. 1851
Then followed the struggle for lndePendence-the
Texans dscaiming all connection with Mexico and an
DENYING that they were longer morally or clvl'iy
bound by the act OF Union. Now what state re-
VOTED Teras
In 1884 Col Juan n. Almon!e, by commission
from the General Government visited Texas ana
drew up Statistical Report of the country Ac-
cording to this epori Texass bounded North by Ar
kansas Eas, by Louisiana. South by the Cult OF Mex
Eco and TsmarIipas, West by CoahuiIa, Chihuahua,
and New Mexico Col Almonte was informed by
the State Governmen, OF Coahuia and Texas that
instead of the River de las Nueces az as trdS cen
rally supposed, pud as then appeared on the Mp
the boundary between Coahuila and Texas was
the Aransa a stream Fest OF the Nueccs. Mrs.
Holley. in her WORK on Texas gives 'ne River
Nueces az the Wes,erh boundary, separating 1t
from Coahuia end Tamauipcs. Bur by the
Bounda,y Ac, of Dec. 10. 1896. are included psrts
of Tamauipas, Coahuila and New Mexico; and
the Rio Granlc is made the Wcseln boundaly.-
This declaration seems 10 me the only t9hc OF
Texas to the country between the Nueces and h'o
Grande JUS.