The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-10-22


and the S ed less can r "" Sr afford to have her Congress
into h the onon as matter OF life They have eem rU
State dreaded precedent but measure me nIson VISION OF the
of West 2 nGaen IN time OF peace believe that
main tie had determined to divide Virginia that the Nation might re-
he acted from military NECESSITY call attentions m c fac, evidence Ga that
re" Hou OF his approval OF the West Virginia bill on the last
Gay Oh december, 1902, he ss,,aI ,,a G"at
o~nalon for the emancipation the the several States
ing viii I n "frss5 E Ella Air. G2n then prevail
eTpeient to admit the West Virginia 8y trc a WA,
b E territory there was placed between States and
Range extending the line of PENNSYLVANIA 70 E Ia2cna8
kentucky and from thence OF the quasi neutral or fr;l
rite OF henuck % the northern boundary Tennessee With
2Ha 0no Railroad the time in the Country
the Grafton there divided into o meTry westward one to
Westward Ci ITS terminus at st. Louis and the other north
within" 1i 1t aso afforded to the National Government
Constitutes " Il espmg to the mouth Of the Big Sandy
Rvcr~in ALL distance f open HIGHWAY to the Mississippi
this river were Of ncI ABOUT 1920 miles Tbs railroad and
@ & troops and munitions OF and for military advan-
thousand men and would have paid mint Of COIN "''''u
acquired as v wa o" that the territory Of West Virginia was
am NAYS nG" 1t meGessay to do this that the resolution
Oe'eTe o 5o be- ao controlling on its consideration
the force of e@ committee of Judges and able lawyers
the pGTsian kins unable sleep midnight arose to search
throughout his chronicles for predents that day till the
present the only law governing sovereignty any question has
similar
tons IN former times Indeed the bulk of civil action
but the appj f an" no the great unwrten common law is
OF fact 1917 0'o o'0e gwen state
1t will be proceed that the United States has o
various occasions both time of peace found exDdent
aGque from foreign countries and States
f certain territories and except the
the requirement from Virginia OF the Northwest Territory
to whch shall hereafter aude single in which
nearly if not ante all Of se COMPENSATION therefor and in
OF large money considerations made the Government has
ns5%ed the payment Of unsettled underlined unqudaed debts
Wmch were ciargeabe against the territory acquired
After the annexation Texas to United States
%ar arose between this Nation and Mexico because
aa long been acknowledged by the United ndeepn
the treaty Of Guadalupe o. B was b terminated IN IS4S by
the soldiers had made full Conquest b R Re- ,g war ar
e%Go ana our flag was flying and troops quartered the
whole territory belonged United States Government "a an % b T
Of BUT necp} G b to MAKE compensation for there
@ enVe$,ed Mexico with title to all that portion OF original
thereto provided that the Government pay to her the sum- Of
for that of the conquered territory wing to the north
Of the river and west OF Texas Besides the payment
took OF money BY the SAID treaty this Government under
a% @ e te1 determined and some be determined
81 but N says mat these debts amount to about
me by letter that the paid and assumed TO be had At
that time amounted to S5,34o253I6 " p "
M rive years after the adoption the treaty
Gs Government under the Gadsdn treaty, purchased small strip
aGa winch It SO generously SURRENDERED MEXICO paid
this time n t s9 [ TINS country again engaged in foreign war
mman treatment Of neghborood island OF Cuba This %a
was short but yet long enough for Army Navy forces to
| OF Porto Rico and the Philippine Archipelago wy ~
we held these possessions by the right war with title which
would nave been recognized and acknowledged every civilized
nation or the world Yet following the humane plan formerly
adopted in regard to Mexico this Government by its treaty made FIJI
compensation to Spain for the territory which she had been de-
vd We paid her $2oOooOoo in cash in addition thereto
N one cause OF inc treaty the Government agreed to
IPy every debt public private all OF the citizens I
this country might have against Government of Spain and Sna
was entirely absoved tferefrom ~ $3.50 Pun
nd date OF the 9th OF this Secretary OF the Treas
mas ADVISED me that under this clause OF the agggatinp
p 845T4 have been allowed paid approximations ,ad
Iby Congress. ~ 'lF'p aS 'Ds ~ ~. 80 ~
Prior the 1902 this Government had been dispute With
me 2aie OF Georgia relative to the territory then claimed by Georgia
Ian" constituting the \Iississnni
was claimed by the National Government that the tIc ~ Cr
only extended her present limit, and that the lands Re-
u 'S' Hn' and the Mississippi River held the Gov