The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-07-22
YAzOo CRY. l.IlLD F3IDA :, July p 1853.
Tlle nresilia valIey dispute.

to bring US in collision with that Govern
ment Is based upon the following historica
facts. We give them As we find them Sc
forth By 4 meeting Of The citizens Of SAINT
Fe. held to approve the action taken BY Gov
Lane:
ION the 9th of March 1897. Joseph Sar
.miento. Marquis de Ia Laguna, Viceroy Q
] Mexico under the Government of Spain. is
|, sued decree declaring the boundary be
tween New Mexico and New Biscay (noy
Chihuahua) to be at the Rio Nombre d
Dios, or Sacramento. and described the vii
lage ofEl Paso to be within the jurisdiction
OF New Mexico.
Don Juan Bap'iste Pine. Deputy Of the
Province Of New Mexico to the Cortes o.
Spain, in memorial to the body bearing
date, Cadiz, 1918 claims for New Mexico
jurisdiction to the 28th degree of North lati-
tude; and thus the southern boundary Of
New Mexico seems to have stood until, by
an act Of the Mexican Congress, passed July
9th. 1924. the northern limits of the juris-
diction Of the town of Paso was made the
northern boundary of the Province of Chi
huahua, and necessarily the southern boun-
Diary OF New Mexico In the subsequent
year. 1926. Chihuahua was by an act of the
Mexican Congress, erected into State. with
the northern limits as described in the act
of 1924. By no subsequent act of the Mex
lean Government has this boundary line
been changed.
By the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the
Southern boundary of New Mexico, as laid
down in Disturnell's map. was made boun-
dairy between the two Republics.
The southern boundary Of New Mexico.
as laid down in Disturnell's map. strikes
the Rio Grande at point not exceeding
eight miles above the town called Paso.
| Tracing then all changes in the position
ofthis boundary under the Mexican Govern
ment. up to the date Of the treaty, tits clear
that New Mexico extended to the northern
limits of the town Of Ell Paso. and that the
treaty so contemplated the boundary.
This territory in dispute was under the
jurisdiction of New Mexico. as depart
ment of Mexico. The civil authorities Of the
temporary Territorial Government from
1916 to 1861; and the Territorial Govern
ment established by the Congress of the
United States. continue to exercise jurisdic-
ton over this disputed territory until the
illegal and unauthorized fixing Of the initial
point on the Rio Grande, in 1851, at SO
deg. 22 min. north latitude more than forty
eight miles above the town 81 81 Paso. by
Commissioner Bartlett
Il appears that Mr.. Bartlett was misled
and imposed upon BIZ the second article Of
the constitution of Chihuahua. in which the
boundary line of that State is claimed be at
SO deg At 43 min This line was run by
Messrs Staples and Condo in the year 1884,
but was not adopted by the Government of
Mexico. il was an act on the part of Chihua-
hua for which she had no authority. The
editor OF the Sante Fe Gazette was IN Chi
huahua at the time this survey was made by
Mr.. Staples, and vouches of his own knowl
edge these statements 10 embrace the facts.
Mexico claims under the treaty stipula-
ton Disturnell's map, and the initial point
fixed by Comm ssioner Bartletts. The facts
given above would seem to render our claim
valid. We think it clear that the dispute
is one that should be settled By fair and
friendly negotiation, and ought MOTTO give
just grounds of war to either party.
af. ....-sh, TNx,smr,,v, y N ~, MRS. TpArr.