The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-01-23

| would have made peace, towards the last, on
the basis OF the Nurccs line; hut this the Tex
ans would not hear of as they had friends along
the Rio Graudc who were anxious to get under
il nag of their own, where they could enjoy
stable laws and liberty of conscience, and have
press school houses, and churches. 10 at.
tain for herself and her irirhh> these blessings
Texas struggled on. and won'd sign no peace
that cul down her limits to this side ot the RIo
Grande.
In the prolonged conflict, an"iher reason
arose for The trnacitr nfTrxas in this matter o
boundary and domain The lands along lh"
Rio Grande, from its mouth I" the mining re-
rions. were nearly unsettled, aud their sale
was a resource for the public debit. Her do.
main is all that Texas can count upon Tor thr
payment of the debts Of her war of lndrpen'
,ncc. BY tie treaty of annexation, Texas
kept her public lands, and paid her own deb's.
In This her condition differed from the other &C.
Gnrcd States They were paid for out oi the
federal treasury, and the cos, of acquisition
was made good to the confederation out OF The
proceeds of their land sales. Texas then re.
signed To the general government her CONNER
ciaI rryrnne, in exchange Tor the advantages
of the Union, and engaged to pay her own
,irl,.s out of her own resources: the United
States, meanwhile, taking charge of her unset
tied boundaries.
The late administration gave Gen. Taylor
discretionary pnwcr IN take up any position he
chose on the Rio Grande. anda collision with
the Mexican forces followed the advance OF our
troops. Thereupnn we had war, inasmnch as
(accnrdinu to the solemn declaration nf Con.
grcss and the cahinr,) the Me1icans had com
mil,rd hosliIics on our soil, by coming in arms
this side of the Rio Grandr.
After considerable ortlays ofhlond and mo.
ney, though with large returns in glory and
heroes, we made peace by paying the eighteen
millions for California and settled boundary
If,his sum and the expenses of The war are I y"
large price for what we have obtained, the
fault is in those who made tho treaty. They
had The power in their hands TO enforce bet
ter bargain Enr their country.
Texas now claims the territory about Santa
Fe as hers hy the terms Of annexation. and il
places the Mexican war party in this position ::
either the war was made under false prr'cnces,
for soil that did not belong TO the United States
by the treaty of annexation; or, the war be-.
ing juslifabIe, this territory belongs to Tex.
as.
At any rate, Texas is preparing to make a
formal demand that the United States shall not
interfere between Texas proper and hcr.clai'ncd
territory, while they settle between them their
mutual limits anu concessions OF the three
States that must come out uf what was origi
naIly Mexican territory between the Sabine
aud Rio Bravo.
The United States will clam-that is, tho
majority in Congress will claim-the territory
north of 32a, and leave Texas 10 pay her revo
Iutionary debt, or rrpudiale it,, as she cam
Texas will scccdr from the Union sooner than
he driven from this point The shortest land
route to California, and tho only one that tra.
verses rich and dividend.paying, mining. "r
agricultural district, runs through this drha.
table ground, aud both parties will be obs'i.
nate.