The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-08-10

GEN. HoUsroN's REMARKS
~ REIN TO MIR. sIwh AID, on Tur SUBJECT
OF rHr BOUNDARY or T.Nhs.
Mr. Prcsdem ! have entertained great
anxiety for the progress OF the business of
the State. 81 it IS therefore with great re.
luctauce that ! inirudc myself in this Dis
cussion, but some remarks have fallen from
au honorable gentleman this morning re
speeding Texas, which. as n co.rcprcscnia.
tive of that State, cannot permit 10 pass
without notice. My silence might be deem.
I'D submission 10 an ndigmtN
The honorable Senator from New York
Nr. .'ewardI has thought proper TO give an
opinion upon the title OF Texas to the boun.
Diary which she claims. and we have been
asked to show the authority by which that
boundary has been claimed. will not en-.
ter INTO the discussion of that subject after
the argument. which have been Submitted
bv gentlemen who have participated in this
debate. amongst whom is my very able col
league. who has lief, nothing for ne to say.
II he has failed TO convince the Senator
from New York, | ccr'aiulv do not expect
to succeed IN convincing him that the title
of Texas extends beyond the Sabine. Yet,
sir, the Government Of the uitcd Sta.cs
must be placed in peculiar circumstances
IN relation to the national honor, il Teas
has not n claim even beyond the \ueees
II was not objected after the annexation OF
Texas TO The United States. that Corpus
Christi was then territory OF TcSas, and
IT viii be admitted that the war grew ont Of
the position taken by the Mcxlcans. opo.
lite Naiamoros on the Rio Grandc.
But. sir, Texas was anncscd with her
declared boundaries of the Rio Grandc
from rs mouth Ia it, source. No question
then arose respecting the boundary which
we declared in 1896 Texas then conceded
to the uited States the right To settle the
question of boundary with Mexico bat she
did not canccde the right. after the acqui.
sition of al the territory which the Hited
States acquired from Mcxlcu. of adjusting
il between Mexico aud the nited States
The uited States was the agent Of Texas.
and rs such acquired limits beyond the
boundary which Texas claimed. and con.
sequently secured to hcs all she had rs.
sgmed for herself H. however this bin
shonld pass. It will not be decisive with
Texas. as the subject viii be referred To
her Legislature. 10 Judge of the fitness Of
dispensing of this territory or retaining il. rs
she may think proper Il imposes no Oh.
legation upon Texas. il inifinges none Of
her rights. il cocrces her To- no submission
10 the action of Congress. hui il rccog.
nizcs all the rights which she originally
possessed Gcniemcn say this j, an indig.
nitv aud indeed the honorable gentleman
from Florida was SO kind rs 10 remark that
il would be prosttuting Tex il She sub.
mlticd to such degradation. ! will, with
great Difference 10 the honorable gentleman.
assure him that ! think al Tcyas viii re-.
turn him thanks. and in the uamc OF TeNas.
return him my thanks for becoming the
special guardian of her purity and her hon
or, aud hope i; will suffer no danger from
his friendly luterpoeitlcn.
The gentleman has exhibited degree Of
solicitude that woould have been favorable
to Texas at one period, when She was sur
rounded by temptation and diilicutics aud
when She was wvnod on all sides and was
in situation Ia Yield TO solicitations. The
honorable gentleman then steps forward
aud cShor's her TO maintain her purity, and
also TO maintain her standard unsuled hv
prostitution. Sir. Texas has never been
prostitutcd II she were incapable Of Vim.
dicatsng her rights here through her repre-.
scnta,,os. the collective wisdom of Texas
in her delibcraiiec assemblies, viii have the
proposition submitted to them and Texas
through her agents can then say whether It
is comfortable To her wish that she should
rolnqnish her rgh, to this territory. of
whether she will maintain it, II viii be a
matter of discretion with her. and trust
she will not stoop SO low as 10 humiliaie
or degrade herself to n state Of prostitu-
ton Texas is surrounded on the one hand
rs sympathy. and on the other by menace
and rcproach. Honorable gentlemen have
threatened her with expulsion from her ter.
rtory which she claims, and which uoue
other haa cser claimed Sir. !, is said that
Texas has asserted her right 10 that tern.
tory or has preferred Il claim to H. She
has never preferred a clam 20 H. In the
face of eight millions Of people She has as
sorted her right. She has no claim to ad.
vance. Yer right has beer asserted from
the very beginning OF the independence Of
/ Texas The Executive of the uiied States
and the nominal delegate ffot. New NeSi.
co, are, believe. the most Otto ahlc per.
sonagcs that have alleged that Texas has
set up claim 10 this territory, N I'D.
verse claim 10 the righ, Of Texas aas aeen
set up, hu; Texas has set mp no ciaim adj.
verse to any others. She has asserted no
claim which she did ~ ronicnd for through
I years OF revolution. II Mexico, AT amy
/ period in the Texas revolutionary conflict,
had offered II Texas would rrlinquish her
title to the country beyond the \ucces. 10
recognize her sovereignty and Independence,
Texas would have spurned IL, every man
within her borders that had heart would
have bit the dust in defense of that territory
And now il /. sand that she has set up a
claim. Trace her history down "a an
ncxa,ion. and that right remains IN
changed aud un,ilspu'cd by Mexico Her
contest WAS for the Sabine boundary,
and never for the \ueccs, but she subse.
quently cclcd the right Of Texas TO all The
territory cas-, OF the Rio Grande. The
honorable gentleman from New Jersey. the
other iay. appeared To think that the Cen
Z trail Government YES. sit, the Central Gov
eminent. which means ! suppose the gov
ern1nent At Washington had power and
right and q, ,rh, ought ta rxpc rc,as