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filS WAS PART OF 1T.
,...,.r fiat Was Originally 10 the
''''''' louisiana Purchase.
|.,,p cvlBtRsoN QUOTES HISTORY
Texas Was Coded TO
psr aud How 1t Benumc q
n Mexican stis'.

,..,on May Sin a conversation
s', y. Post correspondent made inter-
Y, b the fact that the REPRESENTATIVES, ,,ua
tls !, Louis centennial in 1903 are
~ washtnRton, Senator Culberson Of
I'd said -. 50. rav,s ,,.s
'i'' mo Louisiana purchase.
!. ,srritory now known as Texas was
Z and settled by the French I'M
~ -, sale who landed near the en-
watsgorda bay in 1850. At lhat
ilce q aearest Spanish settlement was
ss wy .roy,mity of Tampico. On this
ine yoarnm in his history Of Texas
hates the historical facts:
Wy. s" s,,,riards had not yet penetrated
iN M RIO Grande. at least below
nso All Norte, and La Sale was still
sa,,ng and hoping to establish the
.s', he was in the vicinity OF one
N, 'n a,ouphs of the Mississippi. Texas
ls md his people, and afterwards his
VI Vas part Of Louisiana; he had
s ua The mouth of the great river;
...s, thence to the confines OF Next
VA ~ nianted a colony on one OF the
~ IA stocked it with domestic ami
IN 'i, and planted it with the SEEDS Oh
..eandry. BY all the rules, then, OF ma
s.s'l law. apart from the claim OF the
sssas the country WAS French, and II
M chose TO call II so, part OF Louis
~ The country was French by right
Z iIsoyery. To Spain it was utterly I'M
rOsn' -.
Tsls climax was maintained among 9TH
!. ~ Nlessrs Pinkney and Monroe In a
Mn 10 the Spanish minister of foreign
MIA ii 1905 and by John Quincy Ad-
"a ne secretary of state Of the United
S,ss. in 1918, as appears from volume
h ot the American State papers. The
.,ns opnion was entertained by Jetter-
M Madison, Livingston, Jackson and Van
Rsrgr :.
her the discovery and settlement Of
7,tas by the French in 1855 1t was In
.,isd in the grant made by Louis XIV
IN crc7at. Marquis du Chatel, in 1T12. 1t
M subsequently ceded to Spain in 176l
IA IN 1900 1t was retroceded to France as
|, art Of Louisiana by the treaty III san
Iuieicuso. By the first article of the
xfesty between France and the United
!Sstes In 1903 the colony or province Of
Ieuislana, which beyond all question in
Iluded Texas, was coded by France to the
United States, tho western boundary line
Ia Texas being the Rio GNnde river
Itslsd sometimes in the treaties of the
|ine Rio Bravo. BY the treaty of 1919
sitxeen the United States and Spain the
Boundary between the two countries west
dths Mississippi river. so far as Texas
sis concerned. was made the Sabine
liver rather than the Rio Grande, and
SAsequently Texas was thereby cedel to
sgsln. in 1924 Mexico bys revolution sep
tfIej herself from Spain and became an
dependent Republic, and the territory
Il Texas with that of Coahuila became
me d the Mexican states under the title
q Coahnlla and Texas. In 1886 Texas
achieved her independence and became an
iadtpendent Republic, and in 1874 neg0-
titions were BEGUN for the annexation of
ltris to the United States.
Ihh naturally and inevitably brought
na Prominence and controversy the
s;asfion whether Texas was originally In
III IN the Louisiana purchase and had
H,}tbs time belonged TO the United States.
I,iDr as know the proposition was not
puted by any public man of that tine.
democratic National platform OF 1914
stared Tor the reannekation of Texas
The earliest practicable period As
az as April 20. 1874, James X. Polk ia a
ner 10 Salmon p. Chase and others of
vEinnati declared for the remuneration
a'eas saying, among other things, that
sSpanish government itself in 1912 was
sfhed OF the validity of the title of the
vFsa States to Texas under the treaty
wpVS, and that in his judgment Texas
un.lsely coded to Spain by the
WY o. 1873. He reiterated this opinion
.pls inaugural address as president. 1t
Mlns also that John Quincy Adams, who
aafsevetary OF state negotiated the treaty
III, saw that mistake had been made
II wnlle he was president endeayoi ed to
| stole tne boundaries of the United
TN 70 the Rio Grande. Among ciner
sl',c men who maintained that Texas
\, acluoed In the Louisiana purchls OF
|r sna ought to be reannexed to the
s'teq states are President Tyler ia his
| OF april %, 1874, Mr.. Benton In
| yfsaes IN the United States senate and
Il Aay IN his Raleigh letter written in
* III this letter Mr.. Clay said:
|,tne United States acquired the title
| SJ'sNas extending, as | believe, to the
| III ~ Norte tRlo Grande) by the treaty
|st, Oue Of his speeches in the Omitted
m senate in reference to the annexR-
pl iexas Mr.. Benton said:
LIZ oidest advocate for the recovery oil
ras must be allowed to speak in Just
rs,SS,o u the criminal politicians who
; IN the question of its recovery tc
|ur uase purposes and delayed its NC
|T[,@ degrading and disgracing It. a
nIs , "a man and coming from state
MAJ nan any Interested in the recovery
,shv country so unaccountahly thrown
|hfsa y .ne treaty of 1919, must be al
EI,ss,. leel Indignant at seeing Atlanti;
~--.'sns selling upon it."