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

being the STATE Of things Tsxa asserting her right and
h:r 70 insist upon the lower part q the
SION into the Meth Ansrican sstsrhood with respect
10 this point however, the American Congrss through
have Or might suppose hsrssk to have any portion
of the territory sbraosd within the asserted limits Of
mine those limits BY means Of friendly negotiation with
Msxico this being - hes already been obssrved the
only way IN wbsh "a International boundary IN the
though one Of two nations may select for
ITSELF spd may maintain by force, the line which h to
boundary between them can never be said exist
capt In virtue Of the consent and recognition Of both
two nations whose territories touch each other can be
Such was the state Of the case between Texas and
the American Union and such it necessarily continued
to be after that event. with this single dins
the question between Mexico and Texas had become
one between Mexico and the United states No sgres
msnt understanding had yet taken place between
Claiming to consider Tsxs a. rsbsous province, over
which It intended to rs-estabish its authortyt
In the nature Of thing .nas the S
become determined
From this state Of things resulted the Obligation
equally imperative upon the United States and upon
Mexco-to effect speedily possible that settlement
of boundary which, BY events now reca and mani
had become matter Of absolute necessity between these
two parties ss that BY virtue which alone either Of
tn. could S n s
without the certainty Of collision between the equal right
and the equal obligation Of Zach to defend It's territory
from invasion; for has already been stated whilst
Texas on the one hand asserted that these rivers
constituted her boundaries, the Mexican government
stenos Of Texas ss IN independent state and claimed
the whole country embraced between those streams ~
@ part Of Ms.OS % @ t.s on
rreconcilsble with the fixed facts OF tho indie
pendenoe Of Texas her into Union
acknowledgment to which they were entitled from
human reason, still, even on this supposition, the
have been NO less absolute than it has been shown that
1t was; for, until ascersined BY compact or agree
msnt, dennitivs OF prov aonsi, between Inc United
pubIics when considered by the United States with
reference the national obligation to protect their ter
boundary which had bsen asserted by Texas herself
From the very nature Of things could not be other
tro sg
except In virtue Of their mutual consent that con-
sequsnty it was impossible that this boundary should
be determined by the United States alone indspend
emily of this TRUTH the necessity here referred to
suited from the care taken BY the United States whilst
in the act Of admitting Texas to respect the ter
rtorial rights Of Mexico mot, indeed, by denying
her government persisted In DOING the existence of
S S ao
Texas Alone the line Of demarcatton between herself
and Mexico should be determined From this mani
oonstitutional organ for faaling the obligation Of
Ss sSs to tS
entirely with respect to Texas or to consider It IS CO.
Extensive with the limits which she had herself asserted
Between these altsrnativss medium presented ITSELF
except that the Executive should assume to decide what
The m Of Tsn.s - thing . On
than fragrant for whist on the one hand It could mot
but leave the question Of boundary precisely where 1t
the rights Texas violation Of the rights Of Mex
oo and defiance Of the authority Of the legislative
having Ay that authority been referred to the
rent action OF the power OF the United
and Of Mexico y Th 81 t
msnt Of the United States constituted the only possible
middle between the alternatives above stated
And this state Of things must continue 90 long as the
boundary Of the newly admitted member Of the Union
should not be denitively provision
ally, By treaty or convention between the American
Thus stood the case between the two republics Here
vas IN human sar; res ming 49, h5 S
passed beyond human con.ro-the absolute necessity
Of Immediate understanding and agreement between
least Professionally that boundary should be ascertain
ed by Of which alone their respective fields Of
ccilsion, in the discharge Of those duties, could BE-
avoided The existence OF this necessity and the fact
that 1t had taken its place among those thing: which
the whole world And how was 1t INST by Mexico =
By refusal to acknowledge it TO endesvors the most
ouIuobt, EebpcctAuA noSs
most patient and perseverng to induce her to listen
she responded by refusal to hear The admission OF
Texas into the Union was denounced BY the Mexican
government In terms that the undersigned will not re-
cau az On oct OF war; and It's unatersoe determine
from sas United states By the force Of arms Armies
we're embodied and the resources OF the country ex-
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