Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-04-06


Src 3. And 10 Il tsrtker enacted, Ihat one
hundred thousand dollars be appropriated 70. de-
fraying such expenses as the President may deem
for obtaining possession ~ Aforesaid and
the security Of the said teritory, to Be applied IN.
der the direction Of the President out Of any mon
ey in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. g. and Be L nsrtAer enacted. That IN case
possession Of the territory aforesaid shall DO obtain
ed by the United States Aforesaid that until osh'
or provision be made by Congress- the fTesadcn' %,
and he is hereby authorized to establish w'lh'n 1c
territory aforesaid temporary government, and The
military, civil and judicial powers thereof shaii DC
vested in such person and persons and be exercised
in such manner IS he may Direct Tor the protection
and maintenance Of the inhabitants Of the said terri
tory in the full enjoyment Of their liberty property
and religion.
Approved January Is. 1911.
AN ACT uceruus an enable the President of the
sessiua II the eounlr, lying cas-, the river Perds and
south It the State Of Georgia and the Aisss.pr Tern
tory and r other purposes. and the dcenf''0n see"
panvug the same.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatices Of tie United States IF Amsrea IN Con
qress assembled That this act and the act passed d
ring the present session Of Congress entitled IAN
act to enable the President Of the United States I'M
der certain contingencies, to take possession Of the
country lying cast Of the river Perdido and south Of
the State If Georgia and the Mississippi Territory,
and for other purposes" and the declaration accom-
panync the same be not printed or published until
the end Of the next session Of Congress- unless di.
rested by the President Of the United States; any
law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved March B. 1911.
AN ACT authorizing the President Of the United States
take possession Of tract VI enuniry lying su,h u
the Mssppi Territory and west Vi the river ii Fssdd"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
Al. IL
gress assen.bed That the President be, and he b
hereby, authorized to occupy and hold all that tract
of country called West Florida, which lies west Of
the river Perdido, and now in possession Of the
United States.
Sec. 3 Ind 10 it further enacted, That for the
purpose Of occupying and holding the country aorc-
said and Of affording protection to the inhabitants
thereof under the authority Of the United States,
the President may employ such parts Of the military
and naval force Of the United States Is hc may deem
necessary.
Sec. ). Ind be It Jatler enacted. That, for dc
fraying the necessary expenses, twenty thousand
dollars is hereby appropriated out Of any moneys in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated. AMI nc
applied Cor that purpose under the direction Of the
President.
Approved February 12, 1913.
Happily necessity arose for the exercise BY the
President Of the extraordinary powers conferred
him BY these acts and they became obsolete on the
subsequent &C ,uiSiton Of Florida by the treaty Of
22d Of February, 1872
1t is a fact Of some significance that these acts
and resolutions were for the first time published and
promulgated with the laws. pending the negotiation
Of the trsasy for the ccssion Of Florida.
| Even after the treaty had been signed by the
! Observation-Disclosures Of the contracting parties the
Spanish government withheld its ratification friv
olous pretenccs until the 2lth Of October. lss0
nearly two years and completely had the patience
| that President Monroe, in his annual message Of
December 1919, brought the subject to the attcn-
! ton of Congress and said: "Trom full view Of
all the circumstances, Il Is submitted to Congress
whether it will not be proper for the United States
to carry the conditions Of the treaty into effect in
the same il it had been ratified by Spain
claiming their part all its advantages and yield
| ing to Spain those secured to her"
From these Legislative and executive manifesto
tons, Immediately preceding and succeeding our
last with England, We might desiucc an example
which we do not follow, because We may now safe
~ repose on the conviction that our power Is ado
quate to our protection under any emscrrncy.
OF the immense colonial possessions once held BY
Spain in this quarter Of the globe none remain un
der her authority except the islands Of Cuba and
Porto Rico To her they are distant and expensive
appendagcs in no way connected with or participa
ting in her government, adding nothing to her pow
er, and held solely for the advantages dcrivabc I,
the mother country from monopoly Of their trade
Though the inhabitants Of Cuba arc probably NOR
world-eight hundred thousand free persons o
whom two hundred thousand are free negroes, pay
ing more than twenty three millions Of dollars pc
annum-yet Spain derives little or no advantas
from the revenue, it being absorbed in the supper
of nearly 25,O 600 pcninsular troops and numcrou
navy, on and around the island, to keep Il in sui
lection. Whilst Spain held large colonies on III
main land Of the continent especially whilst Mex
CO, Texa$ Louisiana and Florida were unicr Il
rule Cuba was important to her as . comments
entrepot, and also as military outpost from whic
were fitted out her expeditions to Mexico and Ger
trail and South America. Its importance in ths
respect seems to have been appreciated by her an
recognized by other nations; for whilst Louisian
and Florida repeatedly changed sovcrcigns, Cut
never has from the time the Spanish flag Was plan
ed upon il by Columbus in 1899, except for sho
time, during which Great Britain held Il by Gu,
quest Its value to Spain in this respect, has c,
tirey ceased and it has become Of even greater IN
portance to us rs her SUCCESSORS in Florida, Louis
ana and Texas. Our rights aud obligations in n
ercnce to the Gulf and the nations lying around
: to which the committee has already sdvertcd, d
mand that the island Of Cuba should constitute
, State Of our confedcracy, bound to Us not only
, . common constitution, but by the bonds Of m
tua interest and side by side with the sister Stat
!, Of the Union, aiding to place under our flag d
. Its importance to our national security, and {
the protection Of our foreign and coastwisc Col
|, mcrce, will be perceived from considerations viii
. we will briefly present
Into the Gulf Of Mexico empty all the rivers
! Texas, the Mississippi and lis tributaries all d
rivers Of Alabama, and portion Of those Of Gcs
gia and Florida, furnishing q, 900 miles Of inla
navigation and bearing towards the markets Of I
world the surplus productions Of fifteen Of the mn
fertile States in the Union. The trade Of the po
n in the Gulf may be set down at two hundred N
e lions Of dollars per annum, Is follows:
l. Exports Of domestic produce to
y foreign countries (ofliciaD 1l13. 5&l ,S67
= Imports from foreign countries
(oficiaD ls.Tos,s7o
J. Exports cosstwise (estimatedD 100000
Imports cosstwise (cstimatcd) 100000
!. No one can doubt that these figures a.s mu
4 lower than might safely be assumed and that vi
- in very few years the same trade win amount
\, five hundred millions Of dollars. independently
10 the trade with California oyer the Tehuants,
~ route which battles al comnutation