Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-08-11

"Jo;Nr RESOLUTION for annexins Texas to tho
United States.
| Resolved bv III, Senate and House Of Repro
sontatives of the United States in Congress as
semblod Tha, Congress doth consent that tho
| territory properly included within. and r'Shttul-
| Nv belonging to- the Republic of Iexas, NAV DO
! erected into new State. TO be called tho STATE
of Texas with republican form Of government,
10 be adopted by the people Of the said republic.
| by deputies in convention assembled. with tho
consen: of the existing government. IN order that
the 81 me NAV be admitted one of tho States
of this Union.
| >. And be- i, further resolved, Tha. tho fore
going consent of Congress Is gwen upon tho io'-
lowing conditions, and with tho following guar
antees. TO wit First. said State to De formed SUD
iec, to the adjustment BY this Government OF all
Questions of boundary that may arise with other
governments. &c.
Apr owed. March lst. 1915.
! From this resolution it is shown that when Congress
proposed Texas TO this country the proposition
m, t. mon the express condition that the boundary
of Texas should be adjusted by this Government 10
what boundary did that stipulation apply! why sur TO
the boundary between Texas and NeMco Every o'her
h,,,3,rv line of Texas clearly defined. and could
h, no possibility give rise 10 any controversy ne ACT
of the Congress. hNing the western ooui"ar! VI
,,s n, the Rio Crande, had been passed many years
before that and well understood Iii thus country IL
WIS well known however, by the Congress whch pass
cd the resolutions of xaton that eNaS ma no right
- t conn1ry upou the Rio Grando. 1t was well known
49, an assertion of title part, attempt To
take portion of the country would inev
i,ablv involve war with MeNco Ana IL was LOT
,b ox,ress purpose of avoiding this difficulty that the
resolution of ration reserved 10 inns
"a r;h, of adjusting the boundary. The debates which
occurred in both of Congress prove that such
was the united opinion of members Had II then been
,8crto,d tina. by annexng Texas should have been
,;tted 70 take possession of the whole country up
10 tho Rio tranie the project would lave been voted
down WE'LL sir, Texas through her oonsrsss agreed |"
,nna,,on upon the terms and conditions OF tho resou-
non Of the Congress the United States This then.
clear and express compact 'ne TWO
that the boundary between exas ana Mex
TO should h., adjusted by the Government of the United
States. Adjusted. how "hy' by iair anu "o"orao'o
n iditional evidence tina, we'll under. food
that the country upon the Rio Grande belonged to Mex
20 would ask pentle look at an act passed by
the same Congress which passed the resolutions to annex
Tex,s which recognised 1t Mexican territory. Tho
act to which refer approved ID Mfeh' 1919, ai'er
the passage OF the resoiauoh Vi "hnoA""' anu Oe"S
/, the following title:
IAN act allowing drawbacks upon foreign
merchandise exported in orr nal packages to
Chihuahua and Santa Fo, in Mexico. and to tho
, British North Americ provinces, adjoining the
: United Stntes.'
SAINT, Fe is within the country claimed by the
United States upon the east side of the Rio Grande
1t contains Mexican population of some six thousand
, souls The Mexican laws regularly administered
: there All the officers appointed by the Mexican
Government Texas never had more control over
it than Great Britain has And yet the President tells
us it because Texasi in - 80 passed law which
e ~ pos;dsnt in his message of 9Th Of Nav at
,nns 70 as,ign reasons for sending army to the
Rio Grande Let us near wha' ,hoso ate' ITO
Iii boc,me therefore Of urgent necessity to
" provide for tho defence of that portion OF ou'
t country. Accordingly. on the 18th OF January
last instructions issued To the general IN
It command of these troops to occupy the left bank
: of tho Del Norie (Rio Grande.) This river
If which is the southwestern boundary of the Stat
e Of Texas, is an exposed frontier. From TIL.
). ouo,tcr invasion was threatensd."
e It seems them from the Presidents message, that il
was should be sent TO the Rit
Crande "for the defence of that portion of
,rv'' Preside mt that there were Ameri-
can citizens upon th Rio Grande, whom was
20 ~ to defend by ser ling troops thereY He wei
: knew and every member of this House knows, tina
" there were citizens there-that the onl,
population there Mexican population, ivlng unde
the protection Of the laws and government Of Mexico
The extreme verge Of the frontier OF Texas and the ut
> most limits of settlements had been reached by
troops when they stationed at Corpus Christi Be
: tween them the Mexican settlements upon the R'
Grande interviewed the vast desert waste which occupies
the greater of the region between the Nueces anc
the Rio Grande. And yet troops were ordered Il
march across that desert and station themselves tn,
: midst Mexican population for the purpose OF dc
Tending American citizens whom they had left one hun
. bred miles in their rear.
a The President urges another for sending tn
y troops to the Grande the assertion, that the
u were sent resist invasion OF Texas which wa
threatened from that quarter Ever since the battle
San jacinto which occurred ten years ago. Mexico ma
~ been continually threatening invasion Of Texas 1e
- has never been made Ii Mexico, dunnj
i period of ten years, and while Texas compelled t
eIv upon her of defence, dare not aftenp
a an INVASION although constantly threatening il.
he induced to believe she would seriously attempt it
when bv the act of The whole Of thu
n United States pledged for her Defence Why, 81
or il ridiculous absurd suppose It. These threat
Of invasion the idle gasconade which has char
r. c,e-zed the Mexican warfare, and Mexican diplomacy
a eve, since the Of that nation However muci
H. thew NAV have alarmed the President they produce
~ fear. else where The alleged by the President
l. for this noveme at be utterly futile Their
II was in no possible of the any necessity fol
u such move mt, if question of title OF boun
darv existed
10 But the most extraordinary and alarming feature IN
the Presd the arbitrary and
n lawful assumption OF power IN assuming ~
- iousstion of boundary between Texas and Mexico-
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