The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-01-06

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II From What prneesies. il appears that The
s0sernmenl II lhe United States consider.
Il lie refusal of MeAien 10 receisc = rrsi.
lent envoy IL minister i > sufficient ranse
ur war. and lie liigdrl Nnrle - ilse leeill'
lnale boundary ii Texas. The fitsl opin.
On j. now II 10 Importance; hui tie ours.
Jon nf boundary, which was lie ilnrnedi-
Bic cause III liosiiliiies. has 10 This day been
ihe greatest impetlim,nl u lire restoration
bf peare. feel satisfied il.at If this was
eilled il,eIe would H. no insnperahlc iii.
fully in arranging other preiensi0ns.
THE United States claim M other pnT'
tim III tile Mexiran dominions. unless il
| bl hy right Of conquest. Tile tract Of
eluniry hrtween the Rio Nneecs and the
/ dI Narie il the only cue which has heen
damned hy hoth parties IS Respectively
Selonsing tilhrr 10 Texas or IN Mexiro.
A. regards every other pari al the Mexi.
,an possessions, ihe uni:ed States never
had claimed any portion If il. The inl.
,uuiiy of acquiring any portion nj il oil'er'
wise than by fair compact, freely consent
I'd To hy Mexic0. j. selT'cvideni. II is In
every respeet most important 10 examine
he grounds an whirh lIe claim ol the tIni-
lcd States 10 the only territory claimed by
both nations il founded. II is the main
/ question al issue.
The republic of Texas did. BY m act
Of December, 1896, declare the Rio dfi
Nnrle to he its boundary. II will moi be
seriously commended that naii''n has n
right, by law Of lis own, TO determine
what il or shall be the boundary between
| II anil another country. The act was no.
Thing more Than the expression Of the
wishes ur prelcIisions Of the Government.
Its only practical effect was, that, emanal-
Ing from lis Congress ar legislative body,
il made II imperative on the Executive no,
10 conclude a peace with Mexiro unless
that boundary was agreed to. Is regards
right, the aci Of Texas is perfect nulli,y.
! We want the arguments and documents
bv which The CLAIM is sustained.
On The FIRST view The preiension is iru'
III startling. There is no exception: the
Rio Noric from its source 10 lis mouth i
fsssss r Ne aa s III. II sb bH%aa %ii Il
tile department, province, or stale Of New
Mcxicn. which it lrayerses through It's
whole length from north to south, dividing
il into two unequal parts. The larges. and
most populous, including Santa Fe, the
capital, lies on the left bank of the river,
aud is therefore embraced within the claim
of Texas. Now this province of New
Mexico vas first visited and occupied by
the Spaniards under Vasquez Coronado,
in the years 1910 10 1919. II was al
that time voluntarily evacuated, subse-
qucnlly revisited, and some settlements
made about the year 1853; finally con-
quered in 1905 by the Spaniar'ls, under
the command of Ona,e. An msurrection
of the lndians drove away the SpaniartIs
in the year 1880. They reentered il the
ensuing year, aud after a long resistance
rc.ronquered il. This was All internal
counict with the aborigines but, as rcla'
ted 10 foreign Powers, the sovereignty oil
, the Spaniards over the territory was never
called in question and il was, in express
terms. made the western boundary Of Lou
isiana in the royal charter Of the French
government.
= The conquest Of the province by Onaic
took place five and twenty years PRIOR 10
the landing Of the Pilgrims in New Eng
land, and twelve years before any perma'
nent settlement had been made III North
America, on the shares Of the Atlantic. by
either England, France, Holland, Sweden
or any Other Power, but that in Florida by
Spain herself
;, have in vain sought for any document,
emanating from the Republic or State Of
I Texas, for the purpose of sustaining It's
claim either TO New Mexico or 10 the
country bordering on the lower portion OF
the del Norle. The only official papers
within my reach, in which the claim Of
Texas is sustained, are the President
messages Of May II and December 8
! 1916: and these refer only 10 The coun'
Try bordering on the lower part Of The de-
Norte. The portion of the message o.
May IL, 1916, relating TO that subject, Is
; as follows:
"Meantime Texas, hy the final action OF ou
Congress, had brcome an integral part of our n
i'm. The Congress of Texas, by its act of De
, rmhcr 10, 1886, had declared the Rio del Nort'
y be the boundary of that Republic. Its Jurs
lic,ion had been extended and exercised hcyon'
hc Nucces. The country between that river ant
he Del Norle had been represented i'll the Con
trcss and in the Convention of Texas; had thu
$ hken part in the act of annexation itself; and II
tow included within one of our Congrcssona
, districts. Our own Congress had, moreover, witt
= sreat unanimity, by the act approved Deccmhe
: Il, 1915, recognised the country beyond the Nue.
DIS IA part Of our territory, BY including 1t with
D our own revenue SYSTEM and IA rercnae 9th
4 Gr, to reside within that district, has been ap
: pinted, by and with the advice and consent o
!, le Senate. 1t became, therefore, of urgent ne
" dssity to provide for the defence Of that portion
t 4 our country. Accordingly, on the 18th of ia
ihaiN last, Instructions were issued to the Gene