The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-16

proposal to purchase ts tsnsinag pen q New Msxi.
60 from her q xesssr pties tbs whole ctcwnsd By
cannot b induced to accept thess hhs 4rAs- !esma
which give Der both our land and our money thu
the report secods with the bh and sus,ains ny PROPOSE
ti0n.
now proceed to other evidence
Here IL map tAs title c0nents date, and vsi6ca-
ton Of which ars vital 20 this inqusy Ii is entitled
NAP o. the STATE o. InxAs. ~ CoaDovA; and Il de-
clsee issst - c0mpIsdirom The records Of the sea.
s!sl iand OF the Siate and 10 dated in the spT'ns
OF isAe, - pEotsases % give every county, every
towns 80 e,ssct nveF and stream IN me state ana
10 vesd BY the signatures of the senators and repre-
ssatstiysa oi the State in Congress, BY the Con-
nissio1sr Of the General Land Office, and the ss"
ton a ~ governor and OF he Secretary OF SLATE h i.
b. Aeeu0ed 70 b authentic map Of the Stss ,S~a
Il vas q thu time OF It's compllaton-sPnnyh Js ~;
and will not be questioned BY Texas ana - "s ~;
dsaes for which the United States vii, ns' Moy;co nail
ths question q ,s shall BE- eomps,sny disposed q
4 shows the possession Of I sson,sS New M.xico
time taas the United y, s.sas map Of the State a.
nossesssd-st that Identical moment, vital TO this ques
ion i extends from the Sabine to l02 degrees OF
wsst Longitude. And here is reduced map IN the
eoynsr OF The large one embrang the country fron the
Missssipp 10 the Pacific ocean, and showing the
whole extent Of the claim Of Texas | will explain
blue color represents the whole claim Of Texas, extend
ing the bead Of the Del Noe, and thence 10 north at
tude ~ degrees, where il with Oregon and Call
fornia havng "San,a Fe county" written upon it, near
San Msuel-ths place where the Texan expedition was
taEsa prisoner in the year ls4l The small red and yell
low square in the eastern part Of this little map repre-
sent the counties, land Districts and the colonial and
grants in Tsxss and they show that the Longitude Of
iO9 dsgrses-the Which propose for the western
limit 81 Texas-was the utmost limit to which any land
district OF occupied county then extended Fannln land
district extended precisely to that longitude, and -
bounded BY it. Bexar county extended in that direction
but without settler near it This is what the little map
sss q he D ssf se,s
sion limited to the eastern side OF the longitude OF lO2
degrees
State Of Texas and 6rs read the certificates of vertical
ton which find on its face. These are they
'WAsHlNGroN CRY, August "a. 1913.
We, The undersigned senators and repres from
examined De Cordovas map Of the State Of Texas
piled BY T. Cteuzbawr. from the record. Of the General
Land Office Of Texas and have hesitation In saying that
deineasd upon every county IN the State is towns ry-
pecn who desires geographical know ledge of
sass TO persons dssirous Of visiting Texas win b inva
[Sixned Thomas j. Rusk, Sam Houston, David S.
Kaufman, s. r. Pilsburyl
hereby certify thar this map has boon piled
bawv. and that it Is the of the
stats which have seen, which has within my
represented, being made from actual surveys.
rSgnsd BY Thomas w. Ward, at Austin. July 4, 1s4s
The undersigned, Commissioners OF the General Land
his firm conviction thai this map very repre-
senason Of tho Sate representing all returns up date
having been complied with great from the records
bavr.
rSigned July 4. ls4s: Geo. W. Smith,
Of The I s"S 6os om ,ss sS
day q January iSa the 10Th day ofMarch. 1873; add
. :Ia h.; sss
L. sss%ony Whereof have hsrsun'o g. my hand and
s s: h: ss s
[0Saed George T. Wood: countersgned by the Secre-
taty q Staie, w. D. MilIer.l
1his il the authentcahon Of the map and certainly
nothng could be more full and satisfactory. Thnates
OF II certificates are also most essential; for the how
the uap 10 have been compiled late the spring
Of o1hs very date Of the treaty with the republic Of
hs0ned Ssas tent Of he Texan possession on the
day he bseams int in the question, by becoming
the ownsr Of the territory contiguous 70 Texas Here i
hs enough 70 be seen across the chamber and shows
offsets with sufficient disncness be diseerned by all
lts western limit 10 the longitude Of l02 the very limit
pose. - II had made the map myself 10 suit my bill
Hsss y hs longitude Of l02 constituting the limit
q ~ nap. running through the csntrs of the Saked
Pa. ssvng every county. Every town, and every land
diarp. md every stream and river OF Texas, with Ill
and sources the east, leaving the whole
oouFse Of the Puerco and its valley to the west and
striking the Del Nos just below the mouth OF the Paer-
and three hundred miles 4 straight line below FL
Paso. Behold it! Here 10 100 cutting the long black
Paee marksd 81 Uano. EAeeado, the Stsked Plain and
hefe I'll she breaks in the decvity OF that
OnI ogo4d, and sterile table land from which the
tho6sand ltse streams which. taxing their course 10.
wass ths raag and gathering themselves into large
channsls eSe birth TO all the beautiful rivers OF Texas
the Coa9o. the Bnssos Los Brassos dc Dios the arms
Of God the Nueces and the southern forks OF the Red
river. Thsss they all are Everything that Is Texan by
nstnre a. BY law! Rivers, towns, counties. all to the
ease q l02, and al separated from New Mexico by the
hoh desen plain which marks the structure Of the coaa-
try and divides y stems OF rivers End OF lands from each
This = the line which propose and upon the adoption
OF which the sense OF the Senate will Be tsken Il -
entpy derent from that OF the committee and makes
dseece Of 10000 square miles to the United Sass tes-
oy IN New Mexico, according TO It's adoption or reec-
tion.
have diligently studied the report Of the committee
find eat the principle which they could take line be-
ginniag slow "a Peso 10 divide the territories OF New
Me1o And TexAsa line which. conforming 10 neithel
clans falsiGss both and which. contradcting history
grelly q los 10 discover the principle which such
adsa6naloas line could b. based aud suppose have
found l. - fAr be found the paragraph OF the
eoaaitasss report. which viii DOW read This 10 III
IT, csmni.ss beg ssvs next 2 report on the .ub.c'
Accestas o~s Of IL, The limit Of Texas
The AAeoo according s~olk<r extended 10 the Ri
0roe4e, and sustohed from mouth source No.
jsy q The COMMITTEES having come to the Conclusion
VIII Tenas, staS~ FROM sxpresNg sar oys~io. 10 tr
90 legitimate boundary OF thar Stale
The eome propossd for such contansd
In - ~ ksrwih reported. and they ars with moon
soaoae vfaton tho same that reported by the Com
ntl11o - Tsutosies
thsss terms. j, is proposed to Tera. ,h.. he,
rivsrD ~ poiAs eo~smo~y called FL Paso and running
th1nG0 ~ NJ river twenty mes, measured thereon By
arAiRht nn4 and thence castwardy to point where hs
hunaEsdh dn1oe Of Longitude crosses Red river BE-
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