The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-08-03
{ NUMBER 40.

o'uc' W ogEtdFdte ine hCt VI gisuS u"oy
Texas, which be charges ma with. he has
made assertions entirely Inconsistent with
the grounds he took, and the course he pur-
sued while the question Of the annexation
OF Texas was before the Senate. lie now
asserts that the boundary Of Texas as part
Of Louisiana extended TO the Rio Grande;
when the treaty OIL Florida was made, IN the
very teeth ofihe assertions, he made, when
the question Of annexation was before the
Senate. la The speech lie made in May
lSi4, on the treaty for anBexing Texas, he
asserted, that "The Texas which we &C.
quifed by the treaty Of 1909. Chat Of Louis
lana never approached the RIO Grandc,
excepting near its mouth" To show ,ha,
by 4" near It's mouth p he did not mean that
ii touched The river, he said speaking Of Ia
maulpas one Of The States Of Mexico, that
1T covered both sides Of the river from liz
mouth for come hundred miles up" lie as
serls IN he same speech hat all New Mex
leo. chihuahua, Coahula and Tamaulipas
made no part of the Teyas which we &C.
qured by the treaty OF Louisiana. lie es.
Inmates the part belonging to Mexico lying
on the east eide Of the RIO Gfande TO be
1000 miles long, Che whole length of the
use,) and some hundred miles broad. and
concluded by ying he washed his hands
OF all attempts TO dsueiHber the republic
Of Mexico by seiZing her dominions in New
Mexico, chihuahua, Coahula and Tamau.
llpas."
These were his assertions, solemnly
made, aud as he states afler the fullest ex.
animation, when his object was TO defeat
The treaty which negotiated with The com.
mlssione,s Of Texas for It's annexation.-
For that purpose he attempted to show.
that the treaty covered large part Of Mex
leo, which never belonged TO Texas, al.
though the treaty specified no boundary,
and left The boundary open on the sides Of
Mexico, Intentionally, in order to settle it
, by treaty with her. Bu, now, when his
object is 10 show, that gave away Texas
By he reatv, of Florida, he holds a very
different language. He does not, indeed.
say IN SO many words, that Texas covered
the hole region from the Sabine 10 the Rio
GraEde, for that would have been too open.
ly aud plainly a direct contradiction 10
, wha, he contended for when his object was
TO defeat annexation but he does the same
thing, in more covered and Objectionable
, way, by using language tina. could not fail
10 make that impression on all who heard
Q him, or Who may read his speech.
s lie goes further. In order 10 aggrava,e
! the charge against me he becomes appar.
5 emily a warm advocate Of slavery extension,
. as he calls 1t, and uses strong language to
show the value Of Texas 10 the South, in
that respect. He says, it was all slave Ter.
: ritory that it was looked TO as the natural
, outlet Of the Southern States with their in.
, creaslng slave population, and it was large
enough to make six large States, or ten
, common ones. Such, is his language, when
bis object is to prove that gave away
Texas. You would suppose from this Ian.
3 guage, that he ives slavery ex;eusionist,
as he calls all those, who defend your rights
, and that he placed high value on Texas,
' as an outlet for your slave population, and
, to preserve your just Influence and weight
! IN The Union. One would conclude, that
I with these feelings and views. he would
} have been q strong advocate Of the treaty,
! that was rejected by the Senate which pro.
posed to annex Texas without any reslric.
ton whatever in relation 10 slavery so as
, 10 leave it, TO use his own language, as the
outlet to your increasing slave population.
Instead OF that, be made the most strenuous
effor, to defeat it, and contributed not lit
| tie towards it. He went further. After
It's defeat, he moved a string of resolutions.
} containing provisions for It's admission, and
! among others, one which proposed to divide
! Texas into two parts, as nearly equal as
, possible By a line running North and South,
, and 10 aloi the eastern TO you, and the ives.
: tern to the aboli,onls,s, 10 the entire ex.
clusion 10 your increasing Stare popula.
S ton" J, can hardly be, that he forgot all
{ this 10 delivering his speech; but, if not,
+. hat matchess effrou,ery and inconsistent
cy TO make the charge he does against me Z
There would indeed seem 10 be no limits to
his audacIty and inconsistency, and he ap.
pears TO have selected Texas as a proper
field to make the greatest display of them.
As, if TO cap the climax, after having so de.
lib rately asserted, and SO s.renuo1sly main.
tanned. that the western boundary Of Texas
did no. extend to the Rio Grande, he placed,
short time afterward, bis vote on record,
that it did--by voting for the bill declaring
war against Mexico. The bill assumed it
did in asserting that the blood shed on the
eastern bank, was blood shed on the Amer.
lean soil, which could not be, unless Texas
extended to The Rio Grande. If it did not,
the war stands without justification. lift
did not, the march of our army TO the Rio
Grande was an invasion of neighboring
country unauthorized by the Constitution or
law; and yet Col. Benton, who had but q
short time before declared solemnly, after
full investigation, that oil the east bank Of
the river for some hundred miles wide, be.
longed to the Mexican republic; and en-
pha,Ically declared, he washed his hands
of all attempts to dismember the Mexican
Republic, by sszlug her dominions, New
Mexico, Chihuahua, Coahuils, and Tamau.
hpas," voted for the bill He went further.
Ha rennrtpd n a tho Chairman of the Cnm.