Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-02-10

an Independence. Then it was We
made that declaration. We made il
IN The face Of Heaven We thel
pledged Our lives, our property, Chat.
indeed, was but little J and our sacred
honor. tina, we would vindIcate our
jus, AMI natural rights agains. the des-
pot and orprcssor. We die! Iris, and
after the iytani lay manac'ed at our
feet, we liberated the captive. II was
after Tie declaration of Texan hide
penlenct; after that the despot was il,
the military control Of the country,
when victory bad justified our cause,
and triumph an'i success had crowned
our Declaration Of independence; il
was then that The tyrani directed the
ORDER ana sent The mandate to his
general, EiIaSola, to yacate the terrific
ry which WAS now the independent
territory Of q nation which had risen mp
and declared its independence. Cha.
mandate weni the next morning TO
t'ilasola, ordering him to retire with
his troops from the soil of Texas; and
where did he retire. Where did he
stop' They did not stop at the Il ue-
ces. That MAS not the boundary of
Texas. They did not stop at the Rio
Gande. Tha, was not the boundary.
Bat lkey marched on iii pursuance Of
he mandate, TO leave Texas, and they
first stopped at Monterey, leaving all
Texas behind them, and leaving il free.
The government agreed with Sas:ta
Anna afterwards upon the Rio Grant!e
as the boundary Of Texas, and no
question ever arose as o to the Nueces
being its boundary pending the nego-
tlations for annexatlon; but it is only
since this war began shat ,his cues
zion has been raised by its enemies
But still more. By law passed in
1886, it was promulgated to all the
civilized world that the Rio Granle
was the boundary Of Texas. This
boundary was then defined and strictly
laid out as beginning at the mouth OF
the river of that name; then running a
north west course up the middle Of the
river, from thence crossing in line,
particularly defined over the territory
of the United States, on to the ocean.
This was then declared by Law to be
the boundary of 'i'exas. This was not
done in corner-it was not hid under
a bushvl; but it was promulgated IN
the face Of ull ihe civilized world
This was in 1886. a'57.a
This was then recognised as being
our boundary by the United States;
this was then recognized as icing our
boundary by France; it was SO reccg.
nized by Belgium. 1t was no, cues
toned by any one, or BY any power,
bat that this was our boundary. No
ls.an can contest this truth. All Chris
tendon rece gnized this to be the boun.
Diary Of Texas by their subsequent acts.
( Great appIause.) Bat this is not all
the evidence chickens upon me, but
time will not allow that should bring
it all forward before you. When Mex
leo invaded Texas, she crossed the
Rio Grande, and then there she began
her work of spoil and devas,ation.--
And again, after these fur,ive exploits,
when she fled, driven away with infa-
tay by our sold:er-cilizens, she skuIls-
ed back again to hide in her fastness-
es on the other side Of that river
This was declared and manifested be-
fore all the world to be the boundary
of Texas, and this long before the act
OF annexation with the United States.
Nor is this all. Mexico, after two
Successive outfages upon Texas,
still refused to learn wisdom by exne-
rienee. -eaI1sg3o
The President Of Texas ordered and
prepared an army which crossed over
the Rio Grarde, reduced Guerreo and
re-erossed it again at its leisure, say
ing efectually 10 Mexico, awe can
eross-over into your country as, we'll as
you can into onrs: you stay where you
are, and weswiIl let you aIone.'' They
never crossed again The unfonu.
nate Mier expedition arose ou, Of This
state of things. # cost us .aach
trouble to teach Mexico that our boun.
Diary must be respected by her, ar, else
tina. her boundary would not be regard.
ed by us. But this is not all. Mexico
never occupied this country after our
Independence was-tfec]areu and assert
ed. We possessed and occupied the
country, and would not permit the es-
Enlistment of'any Mexican settlement
in the country We occupied. III all
The negotiations which were entered
inso in relation to the armistiee, :here
was 20 question raised Of the Nueres
boundary Of Texas; but our
went on the other side.
sf the Rio Gfans!e TO meet the Mexi-
can commissioners, and there it was