The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-05-06

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S.hinsl We isok Flnrida ID sKrhsEes
II, ihfr, ire ran a. tark and pfsdiessr ii
NE m sseh . r's,a. spsin ~ Mea,ra 60
- the same 10 fl..rds. What en- argu
! menl Tor . President - nsr. VITO fgs
lsnrF"ssd man eo1lJ q bstk 81 be dee
. ri ressiong
i Agsia. sif. inr anoIisr srgumeni in De
frtse d or lille, Mr. PIX sa,s: "Tsx
, = alasys slsinisa lie G,o t:Iande - b.
. sesiern boundary." | most Iesperlfull,
. deny u. Texas i'd nof slwass 20 claim
In 1891. ffsaas briag N iniegrsi pan o
. McKee,. Gsnsrsi Alnnnie vas srnl GU
= eoamissiarsr On The pa, Of lie Re
| rIbllr 70 ascertain. among n,her lhlngs
lie BOUNDARIES Of 1'sSas. lie tut 1t he
! tween csrssin parallsls of iali,udr, wLtel
did mol bring IL siiLin nhe bundled ant
thirty miles Of lie Ria Grande. More
over. lie seis Of The fexas and caahuil,
congtes-, y hen ihcy were uni.td in ont
department., dsfne The Nneres as tie
b"aatafy. These farts have seen sl,lst
7 .nsrr tien. Alaonie's oan l.snd.
hui Mr.. PIX says, agais: "fex,s. by
heI act o! c"n.ress in 1896. defined thai
. river a. he western boundary" Sur
posr size tllJ; aud suppose hal act. for tie
time teing, g,Es her niIe; id che DOT,
nine ears sfirr, in 1915, By ssssntiag to
The laial resolution, agrte n wsiEs tic
QUESTION ef boundary and sllos Us to SIT
tie u y Ter by negotiation! Tnis was,
pro taltO, repeal or modification OF LEI
lsri.
! Dm deny, cir, iha, her sr parte &C.
Of 1896 etsr gave her ore patch Of SHRED
nj nile. Mrxico vac moi party ID thal
ae; ,he ala ays resisted j.. Que party
rahnai shu. manufacture title lor+himsell.
LEI NE give ny frFnd. case. Suppose
tie mtmbtt lr,a Texas lMr. Pilsbnrt)
snj mysslf osn contiguous isrms. We
occupy, eide by side, tveuiy years. lie
Iakfs il into hi. head that lie will have
fty rods 90 The south sIle of nv farm.
Tie enters and claims II. ltesisi. A fight
ensurs. ! call on lin for hi. tile. | sppea Il
|" him, and ask lin, Lave | not always
lived on snG occupied III "Yrs." " Have
you ever occupied IL al sll!" No."
Have ever given you any deed. scrip. or
Hri,iing! No" Have you ever tired
- Gus. me by loreel Ye., twice." Did
not each tine resist yon--shoot your
dogs, Whip your negroes and sue you loI
,uespass! Yes" Well. then. mhere i.
your littel Oh" says he. lin my of
Zee, 10 q pigeon-hule, ihsre is a certificate
solemn instrument, under my band and
seal, certifying hal | own City rods fur.
lher OF 70 your fsrm," What rush al
ha,.r. lie would have 10 bring a suit fol
him On a,tch proof? And yei This is The
k6td Of proof eerlain ex.Tennessse law,
yer |. urging In support Of our tile 10 the
RIO Grande. / maintain that national
boundaries cannot be filtered. or territorial
jnri.dirtion acquired, bu, in one OF tao
"ays-by treaty or by conquest. Mr.,
+ Folk vas aware Of thia. and he makes a
lame at,emp, al each for tile. lie SAYS.
/" Ttx,s revolted in 1896. and carried her
evpluiion. beyond Tie Nueces." All. he
st"ps sLor, oil telling how far. lie means
10 have IL inferred she carried il TO The
Rio Gtsnde, tuI he had 10, the elIrontery
10 SIS il. True. Texas did carry her re-
r"i' just scro.s the Nueces, embracing a
lutle settlement a, Corpus Christi, no,
wlth,u one bundled and thirty miles OF
the Ria Grande.
! Tnen. sir, having got "across the
j Nueces," it Is amusing tn see lis excel
senry ringing The changes about the occu-
patton aud Jurisdiction oil Texas ia the
disputed lerriiory." lie tells Us OF "..col.
lecIars," "custom houses" "pos, OFF,
ces," post routes"--of her "-courts,"
Sen norisl aud Congressional " districts"
Really. one would think The valley OF the
RIO Gtande all alive with these Texas
de monsra'ions. But,he buzzing all ceases
ahen you ask him - be liule spec fc.
Custom houses I" Wheres Al Corpus
ChtIsti: nowhere else. Collectors -
Where! Corpus Christi. "Pos, offices -
Where! Corpus Christi. POS, routes |"
Where ending, Corpus Cmisti. "Sene.
torlsl and Congressional Representa-.
nves!' From what par'! Ctorus Christi.
!" Courts" and selections u Where!
Corpus Christi. Tha, vast valley of the
RIO Grsnde, four times the size oil the State
o Ohio. is, then. claimed by our sagacious
President because uf these Texas demon
STATIONS at tina. little village Of Corpus
ChrIssi--all cen,ering in that one place;
not one of them coming within one hun
drPd and twenty-five miles Of the Rio
Grsnhe. Was there ever a more barefaced
attempt at deception? Ifshese demons,ra.
lions al Corpus Christi give Texas any
title 10 all that valley, certainly Mexico
will be an hundred.fold stronger. She ha,
more than ten post offices to our one
City courts, elections, and magistrates ID
; our one; ten representatives, 10 our one
Why is no. her title ten times stronge,
J than ours?
. The message insists ,ha, ".he Rio
r Grande. from its mouth to its source, il