The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-06-04

allegiance, but as It, euemies, coming ia
hostile array to eXpel them from tLeir
homes , Would thIs state Of things have
existed, It Texas, IA addition 10 the act Of
claiming the territory IN dispute, had ever
been able to make that clalm eoadl
But We have still anap or letter from tho
camp before Us, addressed to the Editor Of
the Albany AIlas, 10 which We Gud tie FOL.
loving decisive statement:
WLg or THE NEraCs rus rEoPIg ,RE ALI
SFANI,EDs. This cruntry IL unmtalilable sKccp-
ting the valley Of The RIO Gunde, and that con
laius pretty dense population. AID m TO part
2 The country are tho people more loyal to ths
MaNican Government.
" he sol on the river is 81 gre1, fertility and,
though lnperfoctly cultivated produces c5usicc-
radio corn, cotton, aud sugaf On tie rlser aro
several towns, some on one eide some On the 9th
~. Maiamotas 5000 inhabitants, Icuos8 1909,
Camongo 1000, Miof 5000 Guerrero $500 hurs.
do la1O Ptcsldios 5000, san Fernando 5,UUu;
end, Wien you get hig 81 up towards Santa lie,
Here Is another populated country These peo-
pic are oil Sp-nlards. and actuatti = uulyaisat
/ ise.tug Of Eostili,y towards tue Uu1ud States
{ 0u4 SINCE our ARRIVAL ueafay all Of them have lest
tbs eide Of The river aud conc over, lg.yinstiei,
houses aud much Ha44L.c ~ party, uotWitia stun
alng every assurance ifaaH Gsuasa! 'Iaylof tlHt
I 81. ltelf 'ghls and properly would 10 respe. led
~ our HYFernmcGt Trey 4Iarsel aaoug them
solves, b4s against f.ra - los bay arc 9uled"
IT, as has been said, the dlspa,,d tcffl.
tory has Jeeu represented 10 the I,zas
Congress, aud uow constitutes poitiaa Of
one Of lhe Congress,un1! districts r,pfesou.
ted al Washington, We should Ike to know
how maHy voters tteta we're, Hnd where
The polls were held Ia what Agh. Tho
resident population Of The country regard.
60 our army, IS shown by the universal
fght on lie approach Gen. Taylor bun.
acil 10 enc Of bis dispatches, indeed, era.
phicelly depicts the CONSERVATION as weliaa
tie resentment excited ~ his appearance
Writing from Mttamoas On tic @3d Of
March, Ee SAYS
bike on my way hitler, Gu; column was
'nffaachea - party or Is n .bt flank, bearug
white t'-E II proved TO BIZ a clv4 deputRtiuu
|'m Maiamo4a-, desr,pg an interview with me.
informed them that | would hah at the fist
=Hilas.t place on the road. aud afford them no
desired in.c'wcS with mc. II wac. however,
found necessary from the want Of water, to con
time the rou,5 to the rlce The depn,aijou
h'ited while yet some miles from Point Isabel
declining to cuue further. and sent me a formal
protest gi the Pte'g-l u the northern district OF
IlnaH'p a- against oug occupation Of tie couu.
Try, ali.A enclose herewith. A, this moment
1t wss discovered lat stg buildings at Point To-.
bel SCI. 10 flames / then lgtoraCj lhc bearer
Ct toe protest HAT | would answer j. whom opro-
sio to Matamorsa, and dismissed the dopul4tioa.f
In What other part of TEXAS, We ask,
would iho American arWy Gut the Am5fi-
cun e1E have mct with such reception
All "il, eohccda that lf could only have
heen upon MeSlcnu sod anl from a Mex
eaa population that 30 American common.
der would have been thus greeted
We have thus examined Iar question oG
ale as cue Ct fact, to be determined, 10. by
searching archives aud records, but by as
eetiaInng ~ whose possession Ihe country
"as Shen our army crossed tie Neuces and
marched 10 tue RIO Gtaudr, IN conformity
TO Executive orders. Can any man deny
that Il vas 10 possession Of Mexican cit.
zens pcacoably pursuing their Ordinary av.
ocalIous Have We been yet pointed to
single spot over which the Texas Gag f1a.
red o. Texan citizen resided Never,
What 'Acu, becomes ot the assumption that
Mexico hogan the var, because, finding our
troops upon The b.ths Of the RIO Gfande,
"hlch she cllIms as part Of her soil, she
attacked them Had not those troops first
expelled "tIe people Of the SOIL" whom
they found 10 peaceful occupation Of 1t on
thor urusaiI
Ii IS true, lhat The Texan Congress do,
10 l-e6, pass an act extending the Jarls-
jtciuu o. tie laws 10 the mouth Of the RIO
Gtando, Bot surely It cannot be grayeDy
argued that an act OF he Texan Congress,
which never was aud never could be enior
ced, ls to settle n question OF disputed boun-
dairy with az Adjoining State If so, what
becomes Of our lulo to Oregon The Brit
ash Parliament is as omuipu,ent as u Texan
Congress, and IN l,2u ldal body passed on
act declaring that all oregon WdS an Eng
lsh possession, and attached It TO Canada
" III those that contend that the Rio Gran.
de is The western boundary Of Texas be.
cause the Texan Congress so enacted, ad.
mlt that the whole Of Oregon belongs to
Great Britain, because the British Par}a.
mont affirmed the fact to be so But as
GarreI Davis, Of Ky, from whose able
speech We derive this fact, and upon which
wo may hereafter draw more largely, says
Texas horsejf has admitted, in effect, that
her law had no such consequences, and II would
10 wholly immaterial whether she had or had not
made such admission, In 1889, Candles, Mex.
lean chief, attempted with the aid and countc-
rance OF Texas, 10 establish the Republic of Rio
Graudc, constituted Of the States of Tamaulipas,
Coahuih and Durango. Its independence was
declafed and Canales elected President. He
tbefcOpou marched hrs army to Lorodu, small
town Of TamauIipas on tho cast bank Of the Rio
Grandc, and held possession of it with his army
for more than siS months In April, 1910, ho
vas attacked and defeated by General Arista,
who commanded a strong body of Central Next
can troops, and Can0les. with some of his fol
lowers, rclroaod into Texas. In ms struggle
the Texan feet and land forces co.operatod With
Caha'es, and the common object Of that Govern,
ment and him was the establishment of The indie.
pondenee of The Republic Of Rio Grapdo compo.
sed Of tie States Of Tamauhpas, Coahuila and
Durango, the army Of Canales occupying por-
ton OF Tamaulpas between Texas and the Rio
Grando In tho moan time, he and the Govern
mcnt Of Texas had entered into a secret agree,
mont, of which the first three articles as fol,
lows: