Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-07-07

Of The American title 10 The Rio Gfanie viii i.
lerest the reader at the present time:
To the Editors ofthe Enquirer.
Gentlemen:-We, The people, have been alton,
ing 10 The late debates in Congress RESPECTING 49,.
boundaries and limits OF Texas, with g,ea, ds.I
OF interest and anxiety. We have ALWAYS wi.bo5
and professed 10 he governed BY PRINCIPLES q, ;ns'
lice and equity; and il is no, oar desire Ii .ena,,
from those principles IN regard 10 tie preser,
much Irrigated question.
Tha, The limits and boundaries which wsro !,
knowledged 10 be the true and legitimate Inn
and boundaries OF Texas, al The Tine wien M,
| portion OF territory was dismemherei ,rom H.
| United States, are mar the tue sna leairims,a
| boundaries, none, presume will ieny. mn ,o,ts
western limits oiihat territory which conceive i
bethe essential subjects OF controversy shall ~.
| fine my observations
In 1905, Messrs. Monroe and Pinrknev n,..
sented memoir 10 Don Pedro Cevallcs NOV.
ing that The boundaries OF Louisiana extended
Eastward 10 the PeTdido, and HeNiraJd /, he RI
Bfaro or Graade del Norte. They said in !
note sent with that memoir, that ''lhe fact. ana
principles which justly his conclusion are )
satisfactory 10 Their Government, as IL convince
II that The United States have moi a better rlsb
10 The island Of New Orleans, under the ces>ion
referred 10, than they have 10 the whole district 4.
territory thus described"
Three principles were laid down by these GEN
llemen, and supported by arguments which ne
yer have and never will be, answered These
were
First-"That when any European nation takes
possession Of any extent OF seacoasl hat posses.
sion is understood as extending Tito the interior
country 10 the sources VI The rivers cmp'siHs
within that coast, 10 all their franchises. ami ,te
country they cover, and TO give il RICH, IN a.
| clasion OF all others 10 the same.
Secondy-"That whenever any European ia.
lion makes discovery and takes possession II
any portion Of this continent, an ahoIh, at,sr.
wards does Tie same 4; s9n.e GiS.ancc iam 4
where the boundary between them i ~, deter.
mined b. the principle abogc mentioned. mat
the middle distance becomes such II course
! Thi!dly-"That whenever any European IA.
ton has thus acquired right 10 any potion a. ier.
ri,ofy on this continent, that right can ngre. H.
diminished or affected rs any other power b. ~.
lac oil purchases made by grants Or conquest. Il
The nations, within the limits thereof
nc iacis 10 which these principles were ap-
piled were
]. THAT the Mississippi in is whole length d
the ocean, was discovered ~ French subl.c,,
from Canada in 1863
2 That La Sale, a Frenchman, with A con-.
mission and authority iTom Louis XIV, tI,co.
vered the bay OF ST Bernard, and formed ! ;, '.e-
inenl there, on the Western side OF tie ri.er c.
dorado, in lhe year 1853 anil HGt ne goSs.per
hus taken, mite bQp 81 81 B,faa,d, ~ coat,x.
| ion with that on The Mississippi, int Qhrats ton
mndey1ood rs n risit Il onsff, q stf3i9 y II
R,o Brdro' u Graade III Node different name,
| for the same river.
3. '7Tat n. bopndarp has 0a,tie apcl, acss.
sum- traS dSsrsbcd as fo5mias NJ Asias ~ Lara.
ana IL NJ grant bp LENS wv, Il Co,tl, &
ma
4. "That twas supported IS he testimony i
| The historical writer's, Du Pra2 ana Cham2isny
BY historical and political memoir on LOUISA
na written by The Coun, lie Versennes liz Mi
mister Of Louis xvi; by a chart q Louisiana
published i'll 1862 by Don Thomas Lopez aee.
srapher 10 the King OF Spain; aud by mag &,
| De Lisie, Of The Academy OF Sciences i; PAS,
revised and republishei there in l7,2."
These facts and principle show, teyoLd
doubt, that the Rio Grande del Nore river ! ~
uue Western limit .. Texas
II is we'll known that La Sale after lie disco
veled the mouth Of the Mississippi, returned n
France that he gave The klng and his nials,f,
such an account Of the country he had explored,
and 50 fine description OF the father ul waters
As pleased Them extremely and that loui> lie
Fourteenth determined 10 iii out an expeditions
make a settlement al the mouth OF The Ms>lssip-
pi river.
This expedition, consisting OF four vessels, arl
| nearly 300 persons, sailed from La Rochelle, III
the oath July, 1854.
They tailed in finding the mouth 81 tie Nj
sissippi, and, after many calamitieS, La Sale
whose name will ever stand high on The roll Il
those distinguished for undoubei courage ~.
fearless genius and who was one " The efea-
est aG:catnrcrs in an a.c u adyehtuIcrS, lance
in February, 1868, At The head OF The pa; Saint
Bernard, and built fort 10 he Westward q he
Colorado. Thus France acquired a isht 10 ih,
territory which was called Texas, BY discovery
exploration, and acknowledgement i rlgh',
founded On dtScorcrg 0Rd scttien,cHt ~ Ms m
Grande ,rd,cl maS its Hcsteyn hma. Tnal france
acknowledged The Rio Grande 10 b. The Wc>iria
boundary Tho faiIo ia. order, t. III. IL IL lidrpc
from Bienville, the commandan, general for The
King oi France in Louisiana sufficiently proves
In 1921, NJ. lie la Haipe receive. the following
order:
ave, John Raptisre de Bienville, ChcvalieI OF
the Military Order OF -. Louis, AMI Command
ant Genera for the IL ny in the province q. Icni>-
ana Il is hereby decreed that NJ. de Ia iiafrc,
Commandanl Of lie Bay Of -. Bernard, shall
embark in the packet Subtle, commanded ty
Beranssr, with delachmen; Of twenty soldiers,
under VI. Dr. Ia Palile, and shall proceed iui.l-
with 70 the BAY oil ST. Bernard, belonging to this
province, and take possession in the name ci he
King; and the West company shal! plant III
arms OF the King in the ground, and build iou
upon Whatever spot appears mos, advantageous
for the defence OF the place.
IN The Spaniards mr. any ofhsJ nation, iare IT.
ken possession, w. de la H4,ps 'ciA sgatip Il Inn
that heyhare no 7isa In he conatrU, = te,ns i-a
tn0rn TINT possession lr0s TAKEN IN 1865, by ". ~
Ia Sale IN tie name If tic Hing Of Ft0Ncc,' s
"BlENVlLLE
II is clear then, that lie Rio Grandr ssfnnD,
JfsseyA bound1rp NJ T,T0S repeatedly acknow-
lodged 10 be such, both by France and til, Unci
States. And Mexico need not expect. need ~
hope for the Establishment 81 any othe, BOUNDARY
II i folly in her 10 look for boundary io,f =
the Rio Grand.. pUBLiuS