The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-04

the United States from nvcson their appropriate
Of 1r thu ., @ being the
with the control and direction of their defensive force
But Of what consisted the territory Of this member
as SUCH 1t had thus become the duty of the President
the United States to employ tho forces placed BY the
consntion under ns direction IN protecting from In
To protect State from INVASION to prevent the
occupation Of any portion Of her territory by the armed
force OF any other State or nation. This ALLEGATION
therefore, manfesty implies the existence of limits to
her territoryits the crossing Of which BY foreign
f fo.cs &c, CONSTITUTES an 1ys,ion II necessarily results
ton can have no existence excspt consequently with
the existence OF such limits. When considered with
nate limits contradiction in terms 1t is Of the very
essence OF the obligation that the portion Of the earh
surface to which 1t attaches shall Be definite and deter
minate being otherwise impossible to say when II Ia
invaded, and when 1t IL not invadsd
Where then, were ths limits Of this nsw member of
the Union! AS defined aud asserted by herself the ter
rtory Of Texas extended to the Rio Bravo Her RICH,
to insist upon this boundary equally good and dsp
tcay the same, in all respects the right Of Mexico
to insist upon any other line Of separation and this
right agrceabiy to principle of international law too
we'll established to admit Of dispute or doubt existed
not have been the limits Of Texas whilst constifu
ting part or the Mexican republic. With references to
that period their excelences the commissioners assert
0"a matter OF abeolute certaiaty, thai the countrv
comprehended between the Nuecrs and the Bravo had
never formed psrt Of the State Of Texsn But suppo
right Of the pson ~. i, co sny way aact the
which they had been forced above stated to insist
upon such boundary they might deem e,sentisl 70
their future security sganrt the spirit msnstsd TO-
wards them by the government whose usurped no v,r
they bad 20 successfully defended themselves against
whilst not content with subvertng the Of the
constitution, 1t had sought to stifs and to exin-
gubh forever, within the Bounds Of Texas eepsoisIv
not only every spark Of liberty, but evsry ons Of
those reat elements Of civzatio which that const
tuition designed t. foster and to devslope In word
the republic Of Texas and the republic Of Mexico had
been for many years ut and, as the condition 60
the cessation OF this party had the Same
right identicsly to demand and 10 insist upon In, e.
taolshment Of such boundary ~ in her judgment was
the just and proper If Mexico her part could
assert fundamentsl axiom the one now but forward
by her commissioners, that no nation can rghtfolIy
be required nor should any nation consent TO re-
lnqush her natural frontier and from this axiom de-
ducs her right 10 insist upon possessing the TERRITORY be-
tween the Nueces and the Bravo the ground Of the
usucency Of the latter river alone fer her securitv
either In military OF In commercial point of view
and that the river and the territory together vee
pensa6le to her for this purpose II this right amer
tanned to Mexico, Texas on the other hand had an
equal right to appeal to the and 10 poIut
~ the manifest Involved In the dsduc
ton drawn from which, the ground that the whole
OF broad aud angry torrent Insufficient for hsr a.
cnrfty gaze to Mexico wide extent OF TERRITORY A. an
additional bnw"rk whist u required that ,boud
cbt h-fsrf win haf the Width of a 10
narrow and sluggish srrssm.
such the position OF Texas with regard 20 her
boundary towards Mexico asthe time wheu she
admitted into the Union According to the we'll settled
doctrine of international Law this subject thu iius
OF dsmsrcation between the two republics had become
obt<raed BY the and consent Of beth ad becou
necesss tore establishment Of that line, or tho seIsU.
sf any ethss, - thss sennen boundary Ihi1