The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-03-11

States" He then tells him what course 10 pursue and
whence 10 draw troops, if resisted by force.
In his proclamation Mr. Madison closes his reasons
with these words considering, finally, that the acts OF
Congress, though contemplating present possession by
possession OF the sand territory by the United States and
are accordingly so framed as in that case to extend their
operation to the same; !" and concludes, "Now, be il
known that |, James Madison President of the United
States OF America, III pursuance of these weighy and
urgent considerations [rot usual, by virtue Of the
tory rested mel have deemed it right and requisite
that possession should be taken of the said territory,
the and in behalf of the United s"-[3 For
eIgn Relations, 1897 '' '' i.si-
All the law which Mr. Madison had to sustain him
the act Of March %, 1904 declaring That all that
portion Of country coded by France to the United States
under the name OF louisiana which lies south OF the
Mississippi Territory, and of east and west line to
latitude extend west to the boundary of the
said cesson, shall constitute Territory under the name
Of the Territory of Orleans Under which act he might
have, with proprety seized Texas ITSELF than the
Mobile country which he Congress contemplated
to continue temporarily in possession of Spain.
land the act of February "a 1884, authorizing the Pres
dent [secon l whenever he should deem erpede
to erect Mobile bay and its waters ito separate coiiee
ton district, which protested against by the Spanish
minister and indeed, carried into effect by Mr. Jefferson
in cautious proclamation, in which he confined its OPP
Grafton to such bays rivers, &c, fyng 1ctn the boun-
daries of the United States"
Mr. Madison could not lay hold OF the act of October
81 lso3 authorizing the President $50 take possession OF
in the time of Mr. Jefferson and then, as Mr.. Madison
himself writes to MIR. Livingston, January 81, 1904:
at does appear that in the delivery OF the province
i ire limits either TO the east the west or the north
nor was any step taken by NJ. Laussa either whilst the
province was his hands, the time OF his transferring
ours, calculated to dspossess SPAN OF any part OF the
territory east ofihe Mississippi On Tue contrary IN pr
yae conference, ne steu os'e 'hho mo part o. the
tlorlaas was i;,d ~ have II er,ended ~ ,i NJ
having a sHenuousy orlv rai;,sed bv Snan wv
one W. Az, or. Mar.h 1901 be fur,bor ov,,n e.
NJ A'1l On ..,e o.'' 1'''''N' NNf'o "
SIN mine OF January 81 informed you nat louisiana
naa peei M e. 81 Soh If bacnner thar no,i" hd
o;nIv ,assd On The occasion concerning the boundaries
Of he ceed Territory but that NJ Laussat had conden-
ay sjpned that It did not comprehend any part of West
Florida adding the time, that it extended west
wary the Rio Bravo, Otherwise called klo del Norte
Orders accordingly obtained rom the spanish author
y for the delivery OF all the posts on te west SIDE OF me
MISSISSIPPI, as wen W. Eioria orers for he Ieve
e 10 ,e drsd to NOR demanded by our
No instructions have in fact been ever given them to
make the demand This silence the part of the Execu-
tive was deemed eligible: First because it was oreseen
that the demand would not only be rejected by the Spanish
authority at New Orleans which mad IN an ofcia publ.
cation limited me cessoh "esWay 10y e hiiissss,Ppi
and the island OF New Pn 81" Dh, a
hs re"w 70 sunport the demand and might even be dis
d y, second he spanish opposton to it. Secondly be-
cause in the latter Of these cases. check would be
given to our tite and in either of them, premature di
a aN w1a'u Se sesa 10 ee Thirdly silence
would be no bar to plea al any .,ne una, delivery Oh
part par,caary o, ne hls ~ IL ne aon , @ d
delivery Oh lhe Wnoe s, i ,h n, m, T ,h
French rovemment' and avail ourselves Of thai and any
other favorable circumstance for eecng an amicable adj
usment of the question with the government ofSpain"
And the Spanish minister Onis in 1876 upon renewal
If dnIomatic intercourse insisted for long time upon
the restoration of this country to the rghtful party form
erly in possession as preliminary and sine qua non to
treating upon the subject of boundary
The conduct Of our opponents has been no less strange
upon the subject of the causes of complaint against Mex
leo and the limits of Texas than about the origin and
conduct nj tbe war
10 prasidant az grossly false