The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-04-18

ness. The destruction oil 'neCousaituhon VI
1924, and the despoiism which followed H.
furnished the most ample grounds Tor resist
ance.
I'D. The Acknowledgements OF santa
Anna, by whose concessions, IN $780, MS ar,
my was allowed 10 return 10 mexico. ai'o
carry with them valuable arms and munitions.
and by which Texas was prevented from loi>
LOWING I'D the advantages OF victory, among
which was the opportunity oil establishing
, herself on The Rio Grande.
I'D The certainty OF Texas, II not now,
at least in short period, TO establish by force
her ella i'm TO this boundary. This Capacity
i. fairly inferabIe from the offer of Mexico 10
recognize her independence. and was admit
ted hy the British and French Governments
when they become the medium of the offer.
/ But independently of such circumstances,
this capacity is self-cvideni 10 all who have
any knowledge Of the relative power and po-
stion of Mexico and Texas. II Texas, then
by herself. without any connexion with the
United States, had reached the point. where
she con Id compel the recognition Oflhe claim
10 the Rio Grande, her right 10 do so ought
not to be lessened by becoming member oil
the American Union.
9TH. TIE United States, after annexa-
ton, in addition 10 the foregoing grounds,
will have the older one founded on the Lou
isiana claim. That this claim went as far
as the Rio Grande, is now much more appa-
rent than il was in 1919, when The Sabine
was fixed as The western limit Of the ccssion
10 US, especially if il be true, as is alleged,
that the inhabitants OF Texas al that time,
protested against the right Of the United
! States 10 deprive them ofihe benefits secured
10 them in the treaty with France"
Does this reasoning Of our Charge d'Ai-
flares look as though he believed Texas had
carried her revolution 10 the left bank of NE
Rio Grandc, and subjected that country TO
her jurisdiction and laws No. sir-far from
il. II there should be no declaration Of war
or invasion of Texas by Mexico, 10 furnish US
an excuse for seizihg the country, we must
rest our claim TO il on The ground that Texas
could and would have established, by force,
her claims 10 that boundary, if she had not
been prevented by the agreement she made
with Santa Anna, on the 9Th OF May, 1896,
by which his army was allowed 10 return 10
Mexico, and carry with them valuable arms
and munitions Of war.
But this is not ALL Mr., President. In 1899,
nearly three years after The passage OF the
act oil the Texan Congress: defining her boun-
dairy 10 be the Rio GraDde, Canales, q hfcxi-
can chief. attempted, with the consent and
aid ofTexas, to establish the republic Of the
Rio Grande, TO be composed OF the Staics OF
Tamaulipas, Coahu;la, and Durango. lis
Independence was declared and Canalcs G.
lcctcd President lie collected an army and
encamped al Lorcdo, small town OF Ia
mauIipas on the east side of the Rio Grande.
where he remained five or six months In
April, 1910, General Arista, at the head Of a
large Mexican force, attacked and defeated
Canaes, and he reireated into Texas. In
this struggle the navy and army OF Texas CO.
operated with Canales. Before Canalcs un-
dertook the expedition he entered into se>
cret agreement with Texas. three articles OF
: which have been published in the newspa-
pers Of the day, and are as follows:
"1st. The President OF the republic OF the
Rio Grande Gen. Canales] pledges himself
10 declare the independence olihe republic oil
The Rio Grande, and 10 declare and esla blish
the State and Federal Constitution oil 1924,
so soon as he shall have established his he ad
quarters within the limits OF The territory
claimed by the said republic
I'd. Thai the republic ofthe Rio Grande
shall Immediately after the said declaration
OF independence, recognize the independence
of Texas.
sd. The republic OF Texas pledges her
self 10 aid the ederalists OF the Rio Grande
in their Struggle Tor independence. directly
after her independence is recognized by the
republic of the Rio Grande.''
Mr.. RUSK said he had lived in Texas fol
fifteen years, and had never heard of sucl
agreement. and he asked when and where
the paper was signed, lis dale, and who
signed it.
Mr.. UPHAM,-I cannot give the dale o
the agreement nor the names of The persons
who signed it. | have only the three first ar,
3 iicles as lound them in the newspapers o
the day.
MIR. RUSK said that no agreement wal
ever made with Canales, or any body, Of the
kind alluded to. Canales was considered
there public highway robber. He had o.
> ten attempted 10 raise instruction in Texas
as did other Mexican officers. but he always
kept on the other side orihe Rio Grande.
Mr.. CPHAM.-The agreement makes up
part Of the history of Texas, and l have never
before heard Its truth called in question Il
has been the rounds Of the newspapers, and il
WAS read in the other end ofthe capital in de.
bate last winter in presence, presume, Of the
members from Texas, and not, to my knowl-
edge, denied
Mr.. RUSk said if 1t was part of the histo-
~ of Texas, it had never reached Texas
Mr.. UPHAM.-If the agreement be q for
gerry it ought not to prejudice the claim of
Texas to territory west of the Nueces but If
1t be genuine instrument, it goes very far to
show that she had abandoned all claim west of
that river.
But to pass on: Gen. Taylor's account of his
march from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande
} shows that the country was in possession of
Mexico, AT the Arroyo Colorado he was met
by party of irregular cavalry, (rancheros, }
who informed him that crossing the river would
be considered an act of hostility; and that they
had express orders to fire upon him, if he al
tempted If. He, however, crossed the river
without molestation and proceeded on his way.
When within ten miles Of Point Isabel be dis
covered party on his right flank bearing a
white flag. 1t turned out to be deputation
from the northern district of Tamaulip pas, with
a formal protest against his occupation of the