The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-07-20
PUBLIC MEETING.

asstiiibi'0, PuSsunhI 10 AijVHrtiiucht, at d,
capitol on Tuesday the 18th inst, at tvo
o'clock p. NJ, 10 receive the report Of IL.
committee appointed at the previous ms,..
| ing. on the subject Of the late n,ove,nep,
ut Santa Re for the formation Of n St.,.
government within the limits and in viol..
ton Of the territorial rights Of Texas.
Chief Justice lIemphil resumed u.
chair.
Judge Oldham. on behalf of the co,Dmi.
tcc-Mcssrs John HcmIphill. ". :. Oldham
John Hancock, W. ID. Miller, p. Dc Cor.
dova. James y. Shaw, Joseph Rowe, and
). &. Snced-prcscntcd the following n.
/ port and resolutions:
Report
| The committee, in the d.scha-e" of thu
duties which devolved upon them, by yi1u,
of their appointment, have agreed TO, and
submit to the consideration Of this meeting
the accompanying resolutions Most Of
the propositions therein asserted, we con.
ccive to be scli.evidcnt and incontrovcrti,Ae
Should the doctrine prevail. in regard to
the powers Of the General government and
the rights OF the States. to which the reso
buttons are opposed, all political authority
would hc centcrcd in the Federal Govern.
mcnt. and the States would be shorn Of thei,
strength, aud become contemplate and use
less political machines
But in order to make the application Of
the principles asserted by the resolutions,
decisive rs to the question at issue between
the government of the United States and
the State of Texas, growing ont of the cx.
istug state of things in New Mexico east
of the Rio Grande, il is conceived to hc not
Inappropriate to show concusvely, that
that district of country is not only within
the defined limits of Texas but that The
same rghtiully appertains TO her juris,lic.
I ton.
Texas having successfully declared and
/ established her independence, and absoiyet
herself from all allegiance to the govern.
mcnt OF v Sico. her Congress, represent.
iug the will OF her people, subject to the
/ control of no other earthly power wha,so.
ever, by public act, solemuly declared
and defined the boundaries of the Republic,
and proclaimed them to the world. With
these limits she declared herself free and
| independent, State, with these limits her cyl
istencc as free and independent State WAS
recognized by the United States, ms well AZ
/ by several of the most powerful nations Of
Europe, who thereby admitted that they
had no right 10 interfere with her exercise
of government within N e. limits. The
boundaries of Texas as declared by her
laws WAS the very essence of the dciini.
ton of the Republic 1t was the country
whose independence was acknowledged,
and it was the only country answering the
/ description.
Blu, it has been said, tina; the province Of
/ Texas, constituting part OF one of
States of Mexico, did not extend 10 the ,..o
Grande, and did not include any portion Of
| New Mexico within its limits, aud that the
recognition of the independence of Texas,
only applied to the province of that name
This argument is futile and entirely nntena
bic, The province Of Texas had been blot.
ted ont no longer existed and in her place
and stead new and independent nation
with defined limits. extending FROM the Sa.
bInc TO the Rio Grandc to the forty. second
parallel of moth latitude, had sprung into
existence and was known rs the Republic OF
Texas. It was the Republic aud not the
province oi ieNhs whose national existence
WIS 'ec"H"'H'o
The night 10 establish her boundaries, at
. tachcs To aud constitutes part of the SOW
treign power of n nation, aud no other ma.
ton possesses any night to question such
boundaries when established, IL they do not
come IA conflict with her own. Questions
of boundary existed between the late Re.
public of Texas and the lnited States. and
also with Mexico. The first was settled by
commissioners mutually appointed by the
two governments for that purpose the lat.
ter was lett open during the existence Of
Texas rs an independent Republic, and au.
thority by the resolutions under which she
was admitted into the Union, was confer.
red upon the United States to adjust all
questions Of boundary iha, might arise with
| other governments The only question
/ that existed or could arise, was with Mex.
| co. Failing to adjust the question. by treaty,
il was settled by the sword The author.
ty conferred upon the government u As
United States was to adjust questions Of
boundnr, with other governments. and not
to raise such questions Having settled the
question with Mexico, she has no RICH, to
surrogate herself to the claim of that IA.
ion, and keep that claim in existence, in
opposition to the rights Of the State by
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