The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-03

military force When arrived, you viii, Ia suitable man
ner make known the chief leader Of the expedition
sa. % The SSs e, e s y9,sa /,
shas ,sien without aahod from The Unsd
Sases Of place within their territorial limits and upon
which lawful settlement be made without their
ton. You will call upon him explicitly ayow under
what national authority they profess ACT and Jake care
i ~isan the Ua.sd States who viii suffer no penansn
settlement TO be made there under any authority other than
III. cannot be denied however, that the Florida treaty
of Februa e. lsi9 ceded to Spain all that part Of
the more important inquiry now s what the extent
the territorial rights which Texas has acquired BY the
soas with Mssico s adspsnasncs q Texas must Be-
considered settled iact and 10 not to be called In ques
Texas achieved her Independence the plains Of San
Jacnto. n April 1885, by one Of the mos. decisive and
vnced the world by her courage and her conduct that
she deserved to rank as an independent nation TO use
despatch 70 our minister al Mexico dated sh july 1912.
From the time or the battle Of San Jacinio, in April,
external signs Of national indie Mexico herself
and with quite much stability Of government Practi
sovereignty BY the principal powers q me world nos.
tile foot finding rest whn her territory lor six Or seven
from any further attempt reestabiish her own authority
over thai territory, 40, &c.
and French governments. acknowledge the ndepsndence
self, or become subject. 10 any country whaiever
2" may. however, DO contends the part OF Mexico,
western boundary Of Texas need no, furnish you srsu.
con,rovsr this position You have been perfectly
that the ursdcfon Of Texas has been extended beyond
thu. river and 'ha, from ss e9an,. ~, be-
raons Of both her Congress and her convention Besdes
this portion Of the territory was embraced within the limits
| These, Mr. President, were the instructions under
which Mr. Sdel went out to Mexico TO settle the ques
tons between Texas and Mexico. i known thai ms
tween Mexico and the United States; and after it had
been prosecuted for time, another genecman (Mr
oT Ss np ~
given to Mr. Slde but were accompanied by map. TO
which shall have occasion hereafter TO refer 10 act
ing the negotiation Of Mr. Trst. that he had
somehow agreed treat leaving this Texas question
settled until further instructions from his government
was said to him by the Secretary OF State:
! Mr. Buchanam TO Mr.. .Iyia.
.'DRPARrMKsT OF STATE,
| "Washington October 9, lcf7
SR On the I'd instant, there received at this de-
parment from Vera Cruz, printed document 10 Spanish,
a pss Goto
del ejerci,o Americeno e comi.ionado
as,a Of the origin. progress and ansacsss. ter@na.
OF negotiations with the Mexican commissioner:
under ali The circumstances, most extraordinary docu
Its extavagance concusveiy that they were
and that amisice and subsequent negotiations
intended merely TO gain time They mus. have Known
render eher the territory between the Nueces and the Rio
Grands, New Mexico. Or any portion of Upper Caor.
they may sustained by in the prosecution
OF the just and necessary war-and never could
duties upon good. imported into ports now in our
scsas which had already paid dn., to the
cry And here ought to observe, In justice TO YOURSELF
the Mexican that You had proposed f the
other terms of the treaty were made satisfactory to refer
question surrenderng Mexico ha, portion Of the
ereign State of Texas between the Nueces and the Rio
Grande, or any part Of Upper California"
He was dismissed and ordered home because be
even entertained proposals OF that description will
read sir, an extract from despatch OF Santa Anna,
after the battle OF Buena Vista, to show in what light
he regarded this question Under date Of the 27h Febfu
ary Is47, he writes to his government:
.sFrom the impression we had made the enemy, he
dag, however arrived with proposition from General
Taylor for an exchange Of psonsr and 10. our send,ng
expressed the desire which the Americans felt for
the reestabishment of peace eped-in order that he
s ns 81 20 Of so and the
nationality and rights; thar we were
ss s Se nsd States hs,
say nothing peace while the Americans were on this side
pp Sd we we
perish yindca,e rights; that fortune might not al
22d and Esd should convince them that coud change"
From this ii will be seen how Santa Anna himself,
pending these negotiations and before any treaty was
formed, regarded this matter will now show what
was the opinion of the Mexican commissioners, even
after the treaty made. These commissioners, in
communication which they make to their government,
and which was published all over Mexico, declare
that 4#E NgH#
The intention OF making the Bravo limit has been
by the cearc for the last twelve years and
IL would have been impossible, at the present day. 70
change it. If the dsfsat Of San yacsmfo ~ April 1875,
that the territory watch afyStaed to spaesa and
poros In this place afterwards statoned what was
called Army of the North; and though true that ex-
pedtons have been made there even AZ Tar
Bexnr retreated, leaving the inter
mediate space absolutely free. In this state Gen. Taylor
found when the early part oil last year, no entered
/ there by order OF his government"
This, sir is sufficient to show in what estimation il
was held there Under this state of things, the Mexicans
after they had broken of this communication with Mr..
TIist again opened negotiations and made the treaty
which is now the law OF the land Mr. Trs n making
this treaty. has the instructions OF his government in his
hand and il is idle say for single moment that the
question OF the Texan boundary did not enter fully into
that negotiation. Ii is charged now, and always has
been, as the cause of the war.
WE'LL then, the establishment OF the boundary OF Texas
was the object Of this government: II had formed the
subject of instructions 10 both commissioners, and
map had been furnished TO Mr. Trst part OF these
Instructions That map have before here u 10 and
il shows that all of New Mexico the west side ol the
Rio Grande and describes all east OF II as Texas Now
with the instructions to Mr. Slide in the first place, be
fore him with similar instructions also in his possession
with this map, too, before him, distinctly Designating
this territory east Of the Rio Gande up TO the 42d parable
OF north latitude as being part Of Texas and with letter
in his pocket dIsmssing him and ordering him home. be-
cause be even offered to leave anything about me
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