The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-02-23
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or MaRrLASD.
d o. ~ 81 AIDING Ten s1diiiOnsl Regiments
o he Regular Army.
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CONCLUDED.

o fhe Regular Army.
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conclnesd.
NJ. PEaRcE.-l hare heard The Sena-
cor flom SOulh l'srOlina with great deal
Of pkHsuIe. had not l0rgalrn that map
OF Texas, and think know al about il.
if reralleei distinctly. in The memoir
which accompanied Il. the intelligent off,
Ger who made The map. Lieut.. Emory,
stated that he ielI himself bound 10 dssig-
naie The boundaries nf Texas A. presrri-
bed ~ her ordinance. moi meaning 10 as
sign hem as the true boundaries. II ex-
hihiliied The boundaries rs claimed nv
Texas. and | was not unaware Of the p0-
silioh Of the Senator from South caroli-
m on this point; nor did mean To say
that the objection taken by the Senator
from Missouri property applied 10 this
treaty. pruhabIy if had not been IN
TERI pled. ] should have made the expla-
naiien which the Senator himself has Just
ofTefed.
Hut the Argument Of the Senator from
Missouri was conclusive 10 me OF the
wan Of title TO the whole OF the country.
From the source Of the Rio Grantle in the
region Of eternal SHOWS, to It's mouth. i'm
the CLINE Of perpetual flowers. If the
Senator from Arkansas will pardon me
the remark, ! have often heard him say.
that this Santa fe country was the weak
point Of this case am afraid he did not
characterize il exactly right after al. |
have heard Of such a point as il is else
where. II is called point mo point. IL
has not the semblance Of argument; there
is not fragment of fact TO sustain il.
lie, himself, admits that Texas never had
a soldier at Santa Fe, except as priso-
ner. All the Texans that were ever there
were either taken prisoners by the Mexi-
cans or killed. The Mexicans had I'M
doubted sway there, they had dominion
there for centuries, and the Senator from
Missouri knew that well; and he stated
that they had possession Of il for hun.
dred years before La Sale ever saw the
coast Of Texas. Well, sir, we must all
admit, that the only armed force in the
disputed territory on the lower as well as
the upper Del Norie was Mexican force
| allude 10 The armed company at Loredo
commissioned by the Mexican govern
ment. Very possibly the object was tc
lnraiect ihe, 1ennle, from Indian ,inclrsiQps
as ! think have heard stated by the Sc.
nator from Texas himself.
Mr.. RUsK.-I.oredo is in the bounds o.
Texas, as defined in the constitution o.
1924.
| Mr.. PEARcE know il is not in Ia
maulipas. IL was within the boundary o.
the united state of Coahuila and Tex.
as; but not in Texas itself. In 1924
Texas was not yet created into separate
state: Coahuila extended across the coun'
TRY, as all the maps show. TO the Nueces,
The only military post then on the Rio
Grande. was the post of Loredo. at which
were stationed armed men. commissioned
Iby Mexican authority.
But my colleague referred 10 severed
acts Of Congress as authorities, to sustain
him in his position. The first act of De
cember, 1915, extending the laws of the
United States 10 Texas, was cited by him
as one of these authorities. confess
AIN at loss TO know how any Inference
can be drawn from that, in favor of oul
right, or The right Of Texas. to the country
between the Neuces and the Rio Grande,
II atiirms no limits of Texas. As the re.
solution Of annexation applied only to
Texas as properly limited, SO this law
provided that over Texas proper, with hen
rightul limits. the laws Of The United
should he extended. Well. then nv col.
league referred to the act OF February 1916,
making Corpus Christi port OF delivery
and Galveston port of entry. But Cor
pus Christi was within the limits which
Texas maintained by force of arms-wiIh.
i'll the bounds of revoluiionized Texas
and undoubtedly we took Corpus Christi
into the Union, when we admitted Texas
and we had as good right 10 establish a
port of delivery there, as we had to es
tablish port of entry at Galveston. Cor
pus Christi was the frontier settlement Of
. Texas. and having been always since the
revolution under her jurisdiction, was as
, little disputed as Nacogioches ITSELF
. Here the possession was unquestioned
and the title absolute, but this fact coull
/, give no color to The claim to territory beyont
= her reach and not subject TO the sway o
Texas. Butlhe act of FEBRUARY Cd, lS47. i.
also invoked in aid of the argument. Sir
. this act was passed long after the war was
$ recognised by Congress, indeed i, was ;
$ consequence of the war, and cannot appl,
f to state Of things existing at the com
Increment of hos,ililies. II provided q
mong others fora post route fromthe Brazo
= to Fort Brown. well recolectthe hisior,
o Of that act and The proceedings while
o was pending here. Some objection wa
a made 10 il, as likely TO be quoted in aid Q
the boundary question, when il was en-
planned BY more than one member. al
a low me TO refer to it, and to read fe,