New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-12-15
Texas ana new ,He1icc.
III. Boundary Question.


e. adorable nvO,ts5ce 10 several t-spects IL 10
pe-hsgs yroo.l = say AZ t,s cV,set that TIE ia
cuss,or +. ensc-sc upon vito 20 pDiair OF 'os,is
f-4li,. % the gst Gains n Texas. il aoooffance
with tn. spirit Of our ios,,t7oDs L.: the Tight -
paramount no matter bat ma, D. tla sac tc2 y
60 i5q- -4tJ q T,&@s DC 20 c'&Ded in ner b@oaii
lot jg.sce oe 30 70 her IS lee oonocs' So ~
What's she claims; it, hsTe5er, it be otberv SO, Re,
o codside a'ior g p-b'is oy proven. occasion
accordingly it would be far better that the de-
csioo stoold b. based upon the intrinsic raeri" 81
the clsiro 81 II il abor1 "a the occsson OF sry
pubic Inconvenience let It b. mse sha subject OF
compromise O. .o,u".sry corc5's,co Aiser the right
ia settled
" Colonial division of ,9e VICE hoyalty q
Mexico rror 70 177e -.s i~Eo ter p7,' r"'''
among which were Coan1lia Texas AM New
Nez.cc. IL .as, yo'- : Dew division "sI @sde
into twelve IntendeEctes ana tn-ee ProYinces'
TIE lntendeDcy Of San L ia Pot al included what
we,s sterward desgnste1 a. s0e States Of san
La, Po,o.i New leon, LoAuu,,s and Texas Sso
Tansulipas In 1924 the Republlc 81 Mexico vas
divided into 70 states ,nd Ter tories Coshoi.
snG CoAss being ons Of the States and New he1i'
co one Of the Territories.
TIE earliest mention OF Ts.ss - 10 'te year
1859, y uen AZ expeds;oa assent by the spshiih
Coz, nial Government 20 dis.cdse .ts gfeoch ir1m
os. winch they had then coaeat!y estsbiiahed
on the Bay Of iSa. Bernardo, siterwNd cAlef BY
the spSnisrds the Bay OF EspT1W Sasto In
tbis petition ~ oh pains W.. taAsn T. eonciii=ie
the Indiana IN the neishbOrhood ut the fort, ard
the a,me TC0s, sisuifins jrtend was sPPhcd
70 Them, which tern sii.fgsro was u'ed n de'ig-
nate the entire corutry from SsD Bernard tpth-
iu, Of Louisiana, the Indians inhsDitirS II beng
CO ed Ig0Hcs.
itis quite unnecessary b enter mere INTO ~
examination of the respective c's'ws OF France
and Spain ~, respect q tre boundary h7sSee''
Texas rud Louisiana. IL vii be suifc eDt Tor our
present purpose u state that the csln GA me par
~ Fcaucc ives founded urOn tie 20 'i1'nts. en-
cumsssnoG that La Sale Ia seeking iJf thc mouth
If tho Nselssiepi, sailed beyond the place 81 ~,
dss;iOElon without int nding To do co. nna lGnoed
AZ Bernardo now more generally known rs Mat'-
gords Inc SpaBiarc: who claimed to entire
western coast Of the Gulf by right OF disco' cry
century rrlcr 90 the expedition al LA sSlei a.
though they had never msde settlement WITHIN
he present limits Q! Texes, proceeded immoci
stslc after the bresAlnR Up OF tie trencu post &.
Bernsrlo. O. guard against future encroschmeIt,
hy the establishment OF military posts at dlfer'
srt pnnts IN Texas cue Of which Zss - Adses
in tho vicnity u NktchitOches end suc~ eded 10
m siutainiuS control over tire entire country . me
present boundary Of LonisiAns up 70 TIE time
rhen the disput5 " az ended by tbs Tresty o. tne
United SteteG with Spain IN 1870. D!0cfViIc,
the frat Governor oi Louisiana, claimed e. inc
limit OF his Province from the Mobile River n the
BAY OF Ssn Bernardo. There never wa AaSrIctis
clsim msde n tire Rio 0rsnde 80 the boundary o.
Louisiana uutil act up by tho United stsres ster
the cession OF Louissns by Frsrce II 1907.
L.. s-.-N q.
Texas whether there was suything substantial "a
tie lat asserted by she United States. th9i
vas settled by the treSty OF 1919, making me
sabine she boundary between Louisiana shd
Te~e. TIE night Of Texas 10 derived rom the
Sosuish title and the question ia what were -
L,-ra,ris: "a ore Of The States of Mexico, when
she declared her Independence, ~, az - "
shox: hereafter, nothing wes esquire oy coz
quest beyond her former territory.
In examiniog the sarly statistics OF Mexico. -
had Gcs: 1hs c0ur.-v nc- soc'-a ia Texas was
the last ths. y - icsgnssed by ProvipciallHni
Camsuh2ss, Ccabuis and ChinUehus-1 hich ~ers
tae States Of Mexico adjoining Texas south sd
west were knows aud settled 20 some extent be
fore nsme nad Teen given - re country between
tksn ed loE;si.us Cosh9h. va csSSse" :
province IN to"v, sHc IS early as tocv, -f.o~ "'~
frat sestlemen WA 70 sdc BY the Fre1ch in Tey.,
q, before mentioned, it is historically well -stsb
li.heu mat CaAliuis extended = the Medins river
ease Of 1hc Nueces. This a. east vss cisir 81 ~
the spanish CoicniN Government
There is a srea. deficiency Of tasPs snc sssii:ti
cal records prior e tns division OF the heS,cSn
Repubic into States in 1874. Coshoils s"dTexss
,-s~c g. thar Tine consttaset ene State. IN ccuse
evs,cs Of IA ANAL population Q. re !Ais-r. bot
the territorial limit Of each remained a. before.
Mr. Ward, who visited Mexico in 1873 az
1885, ia. annexed 70 his h.stcrys map compiled
from the best authorities he bad access 70, BY
which tne Nveces rrpcr Ia made the boundary DC
Tam SvF IRTEs rearfg u me
source o. SCAT r've--thence the oound.-y -
hoe north parallel snd adjunct b tue ooh degree
Of 'ousituds rrsil 10 reached Chinu:sus-
Amsp was compiled 10y MIR. Austo, re r ~
press,ic 30 had tie opportunity = ersn'clIS
me maps and public rscosl, IA The CRY Of Mexico
a. vel 40 e. Msaclovs. Es provincial oSyi''' G.
Coshuils ana Texas, which map ID Is''--- ~ pS
Mr.. Hc..sy in hsr work o. Texas, when y.
nuhl.eed in 1881 ss tine cry .pth-,t,S rap 81 zoe
c,rntrv then existing in Texas BY this usP ~
Western boundary Of Texas 10 TIE Noees'' Nn'co
s.rsr.:ss i from Tausulipss aKi CoAS0-.s-
The most ersinsnt ssoSrspie's ei'o ssd - es
sc~iption Among other WORKS Of niSh authority
| would refer TO Mursys Encyclopedia oi de0s
rsphy. published before Texa oscsme indsPen
deaf. ia which Coshuila 10 bounded BY the N"ecs''
and Texas 10 described 40 being ipc'osed BY me
Nuecss, the Sabine, the Red hiver snd toe eSst
ern ridge Of the Rocky Mountains. This WORK
perhaps Of no further authority apon the qlestl1n
psriod thers WAS no conflicting claim on The sub
So 0. the boundary. IL az American edit'oo,
published In 1885 asignihoan remark !, made
that snoud ths independence OF Texas Re Sc
cured, or should !. be annexed to the U'ilss
States Il 10 not difficult TO soresee that us frontier
,-iY he erfsaisd 10 Tie De- Norts.
In the year 1884 Col. Aluorte v!s.ts5 Texas
c.sar q commission from the Mexicsn GO7ernsn;
~ sxsnins the statistics OF tie cosntry. By hia
,soors Texas was described as bounded on the
sou,h BY TsnsuliPa. sod the Gall OF sex.So, ard
ON ,ha Wes, by Coahuils, Chhushus am III. ter
yI,orw n, Nsy.Nexico. He further s.sisd IA his
ssOoyt dat the government Of coshuils AID Tex
made public syos' TO hin thai s b. re sp ssss
S.,x ,..~asr Ts1,, aud Coshails snd % ssid
down upon the map. ga not the true eo1 nd.'y;
bu, .hs, the line CON nsnced At the emecachqre o.
the Arsnsae River, proceeding thsnss 70 % Iaoo
tioa Of the Medina and Antonio ht'sra nsncs
sloos the Medina to IL source ~ sas border o.
Chiheahoa. r.ss we. 80. .r.ss
= ~ b perceived By n 'xsnsass'Ss o. e'