The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1850-09-05


ment Of the whole affair for Texas, aud OBJ
taining a complete title and possession, il
is not competent for her at this late stage
Of the business, to turn and say to Texas.
you have only $lo,0oo,o00 interes. and
You can make your election to take that or
aoging. 1t ia vain to talk Of the trouble,
expense, &C., which she subjected herself
to in the execution Of the trust reposed in
her by Texas; this should have been con-
sidered before undertaking he business.
AT the time of annexation, the title OF
Texas to the disputed territorE was regard
ed by this Government as go d. Which isl
evidenced by the fact, that law was passed
by ongress extending the line Of 36 deg.
80 min. through it, dividing it almost equal
ly, aud declaring that all above that line
should be free and all below it should be
slave territory. We certainly would not
legislatc for territory not orr own. But
again, to make this thing still more clear
so much SO that he : that runs may read,
Mexico herself admiued i'll 1914, the Rio
tIrande to be The boundary Of ::'exas. D
RIEN NooL, the commander Of the Mex-
can army, issued proclamation this year.
at the expiration Of the armietice between
Mexico and Iexas, in which hf says:
Every individual who may be found at
the distance of one league from the LEFT
BANK OF THE Rio GRANDE, will DE regard
ed as favorer and accomplics OF the U IMP
ERs OF THAI PART.oF HE NATIONAL Ter
RlrotY, AND AS A TRAITOR I'd HIS COUNTRY,
and after a summary military trial shall re-
ceiVe the said punishment"
Thus acting for and Ivy order Of his gov.
eminent. he designates the Rio Grande as
the boundary line. So even if our Govern.
ment could, under the circumstances. have
acquired a ii lie from MEXICO she could have
obtained no more than He1ico prDf ssrd 10
convey, which was Just such utle as she
claimed TO the whole State of Teas.
This Government, has moreover, repeat
eddy, before and siuce the war with Me1ico
acknowledged the title Of TeIas to be good
and never dreamed Of setting up a claim o.
her own un;il within the last ten months.
President Polk, in his message of 1916
says:
1.-THE jurisdiction of the United State,
1 y has passed the capes of Florid;
and been peacefully eZtended 10 tue D.
: Nofte (Rio Graude]."
The action of Congress upon Il Mes
sage was in perfect conformity W tn th'
= view here oppressed by the President
Again, in 1876, the President says:
!. "'The Cong Of Texas, by this act o
g d ccmber ID, 1896, bad declared the Ri
del NorIe To he tn Boundary Of that republic
d Is Jurisdiction had been extended aud exer
i cised beyond the Nueces. The country h.
e tween hat river and the d. Nnre bad beer
u represented IN Cong e.s and. in the Cnnven
lian ui Texas; had thus taken part in III
act Of aexa.ion ilse.i; AID Is now include
4 within our Congressional districts. Ohf ow
y Congress had moreover, with great uuau
I. nifty, by the act approved December 81, IS
= IS, recognized the counlry rgond The Nh.
ccS as part of our territory, BY including
FHhll or uwu revlHue system; and rev
II lus officer. t. res de within thai district, In
is hscn appointed, i,y and W tn the consent an
\, advice of the Senate. II became therefore
Of urgent u ccssIJ to provide iorthe defrnc
=, nf that pori II Of our Country, Accordingly
III On thu 18th of January last, lnslru.tl
ID were issued 10 he General IN command
I'd these tr.ops Ia occupy the eh hank at III
III NJ ,,ti,,, -
western boundary Of Ih4 STATE Of Texas. Is a
exposed lrnntiPr. Aier reiterated m
or aces, Mexico has passed the boundary If n
as Uu.t-d States. has invaded our territory a,
IT'S she'd : meriCan blood upon American SOL,
ed In further vludicatlon of our righ's, aud d
fence Of our country, invoke the prompt II
ton OF Congress To- recognize The existan'
ofthe war with vigor; and taus Fastening Il
.es Restoration oi peace"
tie All recole't the prompt action of Co
'x- gEess upon this part of the Message! T
he haste, almost .fxror with which war W
Las declared, as eGlsiug by the "act o! MeIcc
ay and the munitions of war voted, to email
en- the President to prosecute it TO speedy a
Mt, honorable peace In the annual Ne ssa
vi of l947, the President states the uItimatl
as which our Commissioner was to yield TO
ire, "the boundary of the Rio Gr nde and
en- cession 70 the United States of New M
elf, leo and Upper California; Why speak
'ng the "Boundary of the Rio Grande" and
&C l. Cession of New Me5ico" if they are id
pal, tical? New Mezico is TO be ced ed-cec
lci- as unit-entirely distinct from the "Bo
Of Diary of the Rio Grande.'
per- In special Message Of Mr.. Polk in i
icn =. IL IIe,nan &c z onrasnt,,nti,a L.