Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-10-29

md ihs ns~ Rapsbhosof Rexa.s nj - noe
ihai usa hatef mciUEts whaf sas never alv paTt
OF feNaSf bui Partoi s'.s pauieuI department.
aud iofmer province ui New A,xicos aud parts
oi other departments Of the Mexican Rspbklie.
To discnInuhue between ihl ~ Two 'fcxases. AMI
N show 10 my ieow-c,uzsu8 thar ioak the irou-
bic 10 iogk Al the fexasq Question hciors ducised
"a. and subEeied mr. uInd iu ihe prrrcss of Goa
sldeung WhaI was a50ui before spoke. l wroa3
'WHh respect "a Texas. her destiny IS hxcd.
Of course, |, wiio cuDsidvr Nhal aul a5oui. a..
ways speak Of Is1as a. constituted Al The ,imeo Of
The ugsty Of 1919. md noi a. constituted by tis
kepuJhe Of 'lexB e. mpf,hrnding ihe espi1al
and forty towns and villages Of New Mexcol
nov and always rs fully under the dominion Of
The repHblIc Of Mexico as Qucbec and all the
towns and yillHgs of Canada urs ander he do
minioh Of 0reai Bnlainl d IS Of .hs Texas
Ihs old Spanish flsxss--of which always
speak; aHd Of her. fsay, her destination is hxedl
u hHlevet may be The fate Of the present move.
meHt, her destination is to return 10 her naturnl
PosiIloii--ihat Of a pan Of Ihe American L.
H5On! G .g .l.-... ... -..
TWO 1exsses, and now prupCse 10 SEE which VI
the two we are asked b, ahe President Of the
United States 70 incorporate inio Ihs American
Union" .
He then read the FIRST article Of the treaty.
which have quoted above; aud al,er some iur-
Iher remarks, 10 show thar lhe Teas proposed 10
be aHHezed was thai described in The scIof the
Texan Congress, he proceeded to .uy:
"From all this IL results that lhe treaty before
Us, besides the incorporation Of Texas proper,
also Incorporates into our onion the left bank Of
the Rio GTahde, in It's whole "&teHI from lis head
spring. near the South Pass IN The Rocky Noun
alns, 10 lis mouth 10 the Calf Of Mexico. iogr
degrees south Of New Orleans, m latitude 20. IL
Is grand aud SoiitaTy rirer,' almost without
aniucn!s or tributaries. lIs source is in the re-
gon oi eternal SHOW; lis Quiet IN lhe cline OF
eternal flowers. lis direc, course is 200 miles;
It's actual run 1900. This immense river, ST.
cond on our continent lU The Mississippi only,
and but litlle nlcror To il Ia iengh, Is proposed
10 be added 10 the whole vxlcnI ol ts leil bank to
The American Union, and that by virtue Of d
treaty for the Pronunciation cf Texas! Nov,
the real Texas which VIC acquired by the treaty
Of 1908, and flung away BY the treaty OF 1919.
never approached the klo Gfande except near lis
moulh while the whole upper part was settled
by the Spunards, aLd great part OF II IN the year
1854 just one hundred years before La Sale
first saw Texasl--aIi this upper part was then
formed into provinces, on both sides Ol the rW-
er. and has remained under Spanish, or Mexican
authority ever since. These Iormer PROVINCES
Of The Mexican viceroyalty, Euw departments OF
me Mexican republic, lying on boln sides oil the
RIO Grande from It's head 10 It's mouth, we now
propose 10 incorporate. 50 lar as they tie on The
left bank of The river. inIo oGr Imon, bl virtue
Of a Irealv of Remuneration win Texas"
Mr. B.nlon then went on to show what plo-
yinces this line includes, IAcir population, their
Towns, CIlies. SC.
"These'--he says--"in addition 10 the old
TcXas-;hese paris Of four SaIcs--these Towns
and vl.Iages-lhese people and ierritory-Ihesc
hockS and herds--thls slice Of the Republic OF
Mexico, Two thousand miles long and some hun
dreds broad--ali this our President has cut of
from lis mother empire, and presents US and de-
ciares it is ours ill me Senate r"ccis IL He calls
il Texas and The cuuiug OH he calls Te.anueXa-
ton! Humboldt calls it New Mexico, chihuahua,
CouhuiIa, and Nuryo Sunraader, tnow TamauIi-
pa5,) AID .he civilized world may qualify Ihis re-
annexation by the application ot some odious and
terrible epilhel."
In the course Of this speech, he goes further
and says:
The treaty in all that relates to the boundary
OF the Rio Grande, is an act " unparalleled
outrage OR MsricO."
These extracts are made from COPY of Mr..
Benton's speech, delivered in the Senate of the
United SRtes on the 10Th. l8rh and 2Olh Of May,
1914, as revised by himself and published in the
Congressional Globe.
Mt. Calhoun, the Secretary Of State, attemn.
ted to repel these charges brought against His
treaty, by referring 10 his dispatches bolh 10 Mr..
Summon and 10 Mr.. Green, who were the agents
of our government, at thai time, in Mcxico-lu
show that we never meant 10 claim The territory
embraced in the act of rhe Congress of Texas,
but that on the contrary. we were very DESTROYS
to open friendly negotiation with Mexico for
the purchase of such a boundary as would be
most convenient. To express this purpose to
the Mexican Government, MIR. Calhoun wrote to
Mr.. Green on the l9h of April, 1874
"You are enjoined by the President. to assure
The Mexican Government, that ii is bis sire 10
settle all questions between the Two countries
which may grow out Of this treaty, or any other
cause, on the most liberal and satisfactory terms,
THAT OF BouNrARY."
This declaration, however, did not satisfy the
Senate. They were NOT willing 10 give any sane
lion to such claim as the words of the treaty
covered. MIR. Walker endcayorcd TO persuade
them, and so did MIR. Woodbury., that the treaty
could only convey what actually belonged 10
Texas, and, therefore, lhaI il would be void as
regarded the territory TO which Texas had no
right. But both Of these gentlemen made argu-
mens in favor Of the claim 10 the Rio Grande,
thus foreshadowing what Mexico might expect if
The treaty should be ratified; aud so the Senate
rejected the treaty by the decisive vote have
mentioned.
In the course of these proceedings upon the