Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-01-15

of five thousand troops being all that left the Central
to maintain their power should permitted
of the river and that he himself should be released These
conditions were complied with Fiisola being permitted to
retire with oil his force the west Of the river and Santa An
ma October afterwards released The treaty contained also
various slpuaons about The release Of prisoners and the
render of property Gen. Rusk then ahe head Of the Texan
forces and under the order Of the Texan Government
miited copy OF the treaty TO General Flsola, who recog
missed it. andat complied with all the obligations imposed
upon him.
In 1885, 10th December the Texan Congress passed law
describing the Rio Grcnde their southwestern boundary
After this Fisola superseded in command by the APP
pontment Of General Urea who Immediately commenced
raising an army renyade Texas General Rus, who
still al the head Of the army of Texas and stationed at the
Gaudaloupe ordered the families between that part and the
Rio Grande TO retire to his the
bank Of the river The most Of them did retire to his rear
but many Of the Mexcans elected the and settle
the opposite side For the purpose Of facilitating the
mova of those occupying the country and Of watching the
of the Mexican army, and preparatory adj
vance upon amoos he dispatched General Felix Houston
with sufficient force to take possession of Corpus Christi
and that was DONE General Houston exercised more autho
ry between the Nueces and the Rio Grande than Urea did
who stationed at Matamoros with force of about
thousand men, At one period Urea crossed the river with
the greater part Of his command and cncamped few miles
Of the river but in very short period he re-cossed
the western side In this condition things remained until
ls43 the Mexicans having army 10 the east OF the river
and the Texans having few troops Corpus Christi and
San Antonio With these troops however, the Texans fire.
quenty made excursions TO Iacdo, place upon the Rio
Grand, and several times crossed it, The Mexican troops
made ncursons crossing the river both times coming
far San Antonio and upon each occasion Immediately
driven back TO the west bank In 1913, ALSO aristce
agreed upon under which the Mexican army
main the and the Texans the side of the river
This armsce in the year revoked and the de-
cIared TO be renewed. The proclamation Of General Wo
who then in command of the Mexican force, issued BY
direction Of Santa Anna declared that all Mexicans found
within three leagues Of the river would be considered ia
vong the usrpers of that territory meaning by the territory
ha If ha Inv
punished. There during this PERIOD at post called
Lacido on the side of the river some citizens under
military organization and organized simply with view ofde
fence against the Indians mustered only upon such occasions
but claiming to be citizens when Hays or Mccullough was
there with the Texan rangers.
From the of the revolution IN 1884 to the
independence declared by Texas in lS36-om that period
the admission of Texas into Union in lS45, and from
ls45 up to the present hou no Mexican document be
found military cv-no Mexican officer, military or civil,
has been known conendthat the territory lying be-
the Nueces and the Rio Grande belonged to Mexico by
any other title than that which she maintained to the whole
territory between the Sabine and the Rio Grande. Under the
colony granted by Tamaupas the settlers
election in Texas in 1871 1912 for members of Congress-
voted at Corpus Christi, claiming to be citizens OF Texas and
their received and recognised by the
The evidences to the title too the lands settled upon,
including all transfers from the time of the revolution Of 1884
the present me recorded amongst the land records of
Texas On the st of March, ls45 the alternative esou-
tons for the admission of Texas into the Union were passed
On the Goth Of December lS45, Texas admitted and
the day act passed to extend the laws OF the
United States the State of Texas On the 3st Deem
ber lsi5 Texas constituted district and the
city of Galveston the only port oil enty having annexed to
it, amongst other ports ports Of delivery the port of Corpus
Christi port the side of the Nueces. Under that
act officer the United States has been appointed
for Corpus Christi On the I'd February, ls47 Congress
by establishing additional post roads in the State OF
Texas established, amongst Others from Brasos Santiago
Point Isabel Fort Brown, opposite Matamoros and
from Corpus Christi Brasns Santiago, point south OF
Point Isabel, near the mouth of the Rio Grande.
Now before stated Texas annexed under the first
Of the alternative resolutions of the lst March, lsi5.
1.-The first resolution provides that Congress doth consent
that the territory properly included within and rghuy he
longing the Republic of Texas may be erected into new
State be called the State OF Texas with republican orm
Of be adopted by the people Of said Republic by
deputies ia assembled with the consent of the
istng Government order that the may be admitted
a of the States of this Union
That the foregoing consent OF Congress given upon the
condition that said be formed subject TO the adjust
by this Government Of all questions OF boundary that
may arise with other Governments and the constitution
thereof with the proper evidence Of its adoption by the
people Of said Republic Of Texas shall be transmitted to the
President of the United States be laid before Congress
for lis final action before the first day Of January,
thousand eight hundred and fury-six
The second resolution provides that the Prssdento the
United States SHALL in his Judgment and discretion, deem it
most advisable instead Of proceeding submit the first
solution the Republic of Texas overture on the part
OF the United States for admission negotiate with that Re
lie OF Texas with suitable and boundaries and with two
Representatives in Congress until the next apporonment OF
representation shall admitted into the Union by virtue Of
this act on an equal footing with the existing States as
the and conditions Of such admission and the
sion OF the remaining Texan territory to the United States
shall be agreed upon by the Governments Of Texas and the
United States and the Of $780, 900 hereby appro
pratel to deay the expenses Of missions and negotiations
agree upon the terms OF said admission and ccsson either
by treaty. to be submitted TO the Senate or by articles to
be submitted to the two Houses of Congress- as the President
may direct
General Amonte, demanded his passports, upon the ground
that the annexation itself state of hostility to Mexico
and from that period tho march Of General Taylor from
Corpus Christi the Rio Grande the frequent efforts Of the
American Government terminate the controversy by nego-
taon failed and before that march the Mexican Govern
ment collecting their forces upon the Rio Grande, with
the avowed design, Of taking possession only OF the terri
tory between the Nueces and the Rio Gande and concedng
to the United States that portion Of Texas which lay west OF
the Nueces but Of dspung with the United States the title
to the whole Of the country between the Rio Grande and the
Sabine, and upon the ground that the whole and every part
Of that territory was still portion ct Mexico, by virtue Of
her original and paramount title Now proposition which
seek TO maintain is, that, between the Government OF
the United States and the Government OF Mexico the former
had, in this condition Of things, perfect right and the same
right for the purpose of repelng the threatened INVASION to
march her troops into the territory between the Nueces and
the Rio Ganje into territory situated between the Sa-
bne and the Nuoces. The question is whether such
OF the troops was, under all the circumstances u
dcous and prudent II is not whether by different
actual conflict might not have been avoided but whether
Of right matter Of self defence the United