The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-04-20

tants of Texas ut that time, protested against the
right of the United States to deprive tneih OF inc
benefits secured to them in the treaty win FRANCE
Does this reasoning of our Charge DAT
flares look as though he believed Texas had
carried her revolution to the left bank of the
Rio Grandc, and subjected that country TO
her Jurisdiction and laws? No, sir-far
from it. If there should be no declaration of
war or invasion of Texas by Mexico, 10 fur
nish US an excuse for selling that country,
we must rest our claim to it on the ground
that Texas could and would have established,
by force, her claims to that boundary, if she
had no: been prevented by the agreement
she made with Santa Anna, Oh the 18th Of
May, 1886, by which his army was allowed to
return to Mexico, and carry with them valu-
able arms and munitions of war.
But this is not all, Mr.. President. In 1889,
nearly three years alter the passage of the
act of the Texan Congress, defining her
boundary to be the Rio Grande, Canales, a
Mexican chief, attempted with the consent
and aid of Texas, to establish the republic OF
the Rio Grande, to be composed Of the States
of Tamaulpas, Coahuia, and Durango, Its
independence was declared and Canales
elected President. He collected an army
and encampcd at Laredo, small town OF
Tamaulpas, 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 MeA'can iorct' "',"eNeu arr uel'"'Iu
this struggle the navy and army of Texas
co-opcratcd with Canaes. Before Canales
undertook the expedition he entered into a
secret agreement with Texas, three articles
of which have been published in the newspa
pers of the day, as follows:
Grande General Cannies) pledges hmselfto declare
the independence of the republic Of the K9 G'i.nde,
ana 70 declare ana establish uI sui oI, ,.n hl
HonJon"ters Win ibe limits Of the territory claimed
by the said republic
80 That tbc r.nublic Of the Rio Grandc shall
Immediately after the said declaration of indepen
dencc, recognize the independence of Texas
"a. The republic Of ne leXas pledges s. herself to
@e t fny mdannndence drety AFTER her udcpen
dence, is recognized by the republic of TIE Rio
"f"lde
Mr.. RUsK said he had lived IN iexas Tor
fifteen years, and had never heard OF such
agreement, and he asked when and where
the paper was signed: Its date, ana VINO SlSheu
it?
Mr.. UPuAM-I cannot give the date of
the agreement nor the names of the persons
who sipned it. / have only the three first
articles as | found them in the newspapers of
the dav.
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Mr.. UPHAM.-The agreement makes up
part of the history Of Texas, and have new
er before heard itS truth called in question.
1t has been the rounds OF the newspapers,
and 1t was read in he other end of the capt.
tol in debate last winter IN presence, pre-
sumo, of the members from Texas, and not,
to my knowledge, denied.
Mr. RusK said if it was n part of the histo-
rv of Texas. it had never reached Texas.
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west OF that RIVER
But to pass on; Gen. 1aylors account OF
his march IRON corpus Chris'l 10 the K'o
Grande shows that the country was IN pos
session OF MEXICO Az me arroyo No'ora"o
NJ was '''c' oy parry VI i!eeui"' '"'".',
rancheros,) VINO informed nm mat crossing
| the river would be considered an act of hos
tility: and that thew had express orders TO
fire. unon him. if he ottemnted il. lie. how.
ever, crossed the river without moestaton
and proceeded on his way. When within ten
miles of Point Isabel he discovered party OH
his right flank bearing a white flag 1t turn