Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-08-23
THE CLAIM OF TEXAS.

We have heard frequent inquiries
since the publications. ofthe Presidents
Message asto the particular grounds
upon which Texas based her claims.
One of her representatives, Hon. ID.
). Kaufman, in rec ent speech thus
condenses in brief space the ire
iragable claim of our sister State, a
claim which many who profsss to be
governed by reason are disposed to
reject and set at nought:
But will say, in passing, that
Texas knows she has perfect right
to every inch OF territory lying east
of the Rio Grande, within her claim
ed limits, as against Mecico and tile
United States She has right against
Mexico, by the treaty with Santa
Anna, ratified by Filisola, chief of
her armies, who received the consid-
Grafton; by the Acknowledgement Of
the Mexican commissioners that ne
gotiated the treaty Of Guadalupe Hi
dalgo; and by thattre yitself, which
had attached TO it map on which
New Mexico is put down as Iyiug
entirely west of the Rio Grande,
which treaty was ratified by Mexi-
CO herself. She has a perfect right
against the United States, by joint
resolution of annexation,o which ac-
knowledge that Texas owned the
territory Of what was once New Mex
leo lying north of3O deg. 80 minutes,
which is north of Santa Fe; by the
acknowledgement ofaour imdepen-
dence; by the treaty between the
United States and Texas of 1898;
by the declaration Of war against
Mexico; by the treaty of Guadalupe
Elidalgo, and map attached thereto,
above alluded to, as conclusive against
Mexico; by the provision of,said an
neXation resolutions, only giving the
consent ofTexas to the President of
the United States and two-thirds of
the Senateto settle our disputed
boundary with Mexico, and conse-
quently Withholding her. consent to
any other mode Of settlement, or
with any other party; orby the re-
peated, emphatic, and solemn ac-
acknowledgements of the late Presi-
dent Polk, that the claims of Texas
TO allthe territory claimed by her
east Of the Rio Grande were we'll
founded by the letter Of Mr.. Buch-
anan, Mr.. Polk's Secretary cfState,
to Governor Henderson, bearing date
February l2, lS47, when he said
speaking of the military government
established at Santa Fe: :Nothing
therefore, can be more certain than
that this temporary government, re-
ssulting from necessity, can never in-
jurous!y affect the right which the
President believes TO be justly assert
ed by Texas to the whole territory
on this side ofthe Rio Grande, when
ever the Mexican claim TO it shall
have been extinguished by the trea-
ty;' and also by the instructions
which Governor Marcy, Secretary
OF War under President Polk, gave
to the commanding officer at Santa
Fe, on the 10Th of October, lS48,
whicn are as follows: "In regard 10
that part of what the Mexicans call
New Mexico, lying east ofthe Rio
Grande, the civil authority which
Texas has established, or may estab.
lish there, is to be be respected, and
in no manner to be interfered with
by the militia y force in that depart.
ment, other than to lend aid on pro.
per occasions in enforcing it. ]
might quote many other acknowl.
edgements of the title OF Texas tc
this Santa Fe country by Mr.. Polk
and his Cabinet, but time will moi
permit"
FROM EUROPE. Z
BALTIMoRE, Aug, 10. d