The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-02-16

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she already had Il. and II she had mo-.
what becomes of he argumensg Sic. he
Argument is sranenrd 10 The winds BY The
testimony of our own agents, which Ne
cannot eonlFoEert. and which we rannoi
doubt. Imghl = Rsl gise The Senate.
perhaps, some additional snlh0rliies. |
Iind these facts Recognized By The SerIe-
iary of War, - vel IS BY Senssors and
our Diplomatic agents. ] end in letter
of The Secretary of War "a General 1ay.
Ior. or the 30lh July. ls45:
sThs Rio Grsnds . clsinod 20 te the hOua-
dary hesMetn The two countries. and MP 10 Ihls
boundary yOu are % sHieE5 sour PFO'eeiaon.
emily e1oepling any pa<is On lhs eastern ssls
thereof which arc in The actual occupancy o. Met
ican fonors, o. Merriam Settlements over which
the republic Of Texas did no, exercise jurisdiction
81 the period Of annexation, or shortly before that
event"
AMI another letter Of orr Secretary, TO
the same officer. WAS rs follows:
War Department. July 9. IsiS.
@SIn. This Department Is informed that MsI-
leo has some military establishments on the east
side Of the Rio Grande, which ere, and tor sons
time have heen, in the sexual occupancy Of her
troops In carrying out the instructions hfFeioiofe
received you win be careful 10 AVOID say acts q
aggression. unless an sexual state Of var should
sIist. The Mexican forces II the posts In thsiE
possession. and which have besn 80, will not b
DISTURBED as long a. the relations Of peace betwreh
the United States and MeHico continue.
"wM. l.. MARCY.
Brig. Gen. \. TArLoA."
Well. now sir. you will recolleel that
in his march he was mri al San t'OlnIado
by Officers Who demonstrated against his
passage; and al San Isabel he found thai
The custom houses had heen sci on fiIe.
How did this happen, If Texas had pos
session of this country! How did II hap
pen that he found none but Mexicsns
there. burning their houses and flying
IRON his troops! The Texans were our
friends. They would nnl have lled frnm
friendly forces and burned ihtir houses as
if our troops were barbarisns Gaming to
waste wIlh fire and sword. No, they
were Mexirans. Well, our army encamp-
ed, where! Ia the Mexican corn anil cot
ton fields bordering the river; they placed
their batteries on the hank Of the river
commanding the city Of Maiamoras so as
To spot any house in the town. So wrote
our officers from the very place. Sir, the
Senator from Missouri well said, that such
an act as This was an act Of unparalleled
outrage, seizure of slice of the Next
can Republic. | will mention another
fact in connection with this subject, whirh
is worth remembrance. II is Ihls--Ihal
Texas framed new constitutions " hen
she came into this Union, and took espe-
cial rare not to specify her bonndarIes.
! looked over il to-day, and found thai
she has left that matter entirely open,
'ss~---..-~~-L .I.~ s.i Of anne X aliou hy
winch she came into the Union made pro-
vision for the establishment of the boun.
Diary by The government Of the Union.
Sir, the first Of these annexation resOlu.
lions provides
"That Congress doth consent that the terrific
~ properly included within, and rightlulIy he
longing TO, the republic Of Texas, may be erected
into new state. 10 be called the state of Texas,
with republican form Of government, to he adop,.
ed by the people Of said republic, BY deputies in
convention assembled. with the consent Of the
existing Government, in order that the same NAV
be admitted as one of the states Of this Union.
" That the foregoing consent Of Congress is
given upon condition that the said state be form.
cd subject to the adjustment by this Government
Of all questions Of boundary that may arise with
other Governments"
Now, why we're these words inirodu-
ced into that resolution -! Did not the
speech Of the Senator from Arkansas, from
which have read, furnish key 10 this
mystery, which seems to have oppressed
the minds Of some gentlemen That Tex.
as was not admitted with the limits which
she had prescribed for herself. but with
such as might be righ.luly and properly
assigned 10 her, 10 lie subject to settlement
by negotiation with this government, is as
clear as any proposition can be.
Mr.. CALHoUS.-Will the Senator WELD
the floor that may make short expla.
nation in reference TO that treaty! Il is
treaty which negotiated in reference to
the admission Of Texas, and which was
rejected by the Senate.
In making that treaty, and entering in.
10 it, | by no means assumed tina, the Rio
del Norte was the western boundary ol
Texas. On the contrary. ] assumed that
the boundary was an unsettled one be.
tween Mexico and I'exas. No provisions
were made in reference 10 il, because Tex.
as, by the provisions OF that treaty, was
TO come into the Union as territory and
as such, the right Of the government oil
the United States 10 settle the boundary
was unquestionablc; there was an express