The San Francisco call., 1897-12-12
WHY TEXAS WAS ADMITTED.

THE history of shifting sovereignty in Texas further
reveals the utter want analogy between the of
Texas and Hawaii Louisiana territory with its land
ward boundary dmy Defined had belonged alternately to
France and SPAIN By the treaty of St Idefonso in ISoo
Spain ceded the province of Louisiana to France and in 1903
France ceded that province to the United States.
The indeneness of the andward boundary Immediately
caused disputes of sovereignty The subjects of Great Britain
were in possession of the Yellowstone to the mouth OF
the Columbia and this disputed sovereignty that direction
was not settled until Polks boundary treaty with Great
Britain
The same dispute existed the westward and south
westward boundary including the whole Texan territory 10
this in the popular estimation, had the same right that
we had to Oregon By treaty with Great Britain
her the coast line she occupies Puget Sound Had
we persisted original contention would have pushed
the Louisiana boundary clear to Russian America, and the
British possessions would not now have port outetng on
the Pacific
When the possess ion of Florida became necessity and
after Andrew of Spanish province pu
st Indians who harbored there resulting trouble
with Spain settled by the treaty of I0I9 by which, tor
the sum of 100000 and the ceson of our right to Texas
she ceded Florida The King of Spain delayed rahoa-
ton of this treaty until after Spanish sovereignty in Mexico
was ended by the Mexican revolution In his ratification the
King admitted that the limit of time for ratification fixed in the
treaty. had expired This left Spain the attitude of accept
ing the ceson of Texas part of her Mexican province
after she had oused from sovereignty to that SOIL
was claimed bv Benton others that while that part the
treaty ceding Florida was valid and complete by
Spans jurisdiction to that province remaining unmpared
she could not take title Texas part of Mexico after losing
jurisdiction and that Mexico took rights in Texas by virtue
of the delayed cesslon to Spain.
That Texas had been considered part of soil between
the treaty of 1903 and that of 1910 repeatedly shown in
the discussion of the issue in Congress- In 1888 Preston,
Senator from South Carolina, said docs any doub'
that Texas could ejoin the republic of Mexico? Then why
can she rejoin the republic of the United StateS?
This was two years the battle of San Jacinto and
the treaty of separation between Texas and Mexico and
pressed the prevailing opinion that Texas originally
under Louisiana cesson and its cesson by the treaty of
1919 defective.
After the acquisition of Louisiana citizens had gone to
Texas they Oregon and remained there. They
denied the rights of Mexico to the territory, and finally
ngushed them by and practically put the territory back
admitted State by joint resolution in IS45 simply re-
sumed the sovereignty mperfecty surrendered in Is Q.
Any with a bit of knowledge of public and nterna
tona law will that at point the all
ous with Hawaii. Hawaii has had autonomy acknowledged
by US since 1920 No exterior jurisdiction extended by treaty
has destroyed that autonomy There are not esu
ing sovereignty possessed and mpey surrendered by
but proposing to destroy autonomy we have
recognized acknowledged and made treaties with for seventy
seven years.
There is power in this Government to do that by
act resolution of Congress. There is right in policy
morals to do it by treaty with the island oigarchy