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renewed the effort 10 procure the cesson of Texas


In his letter of instruction. of that date Min
lster at Mexico he says The President has


thought the present might be an auspicious period


Tor urging negotiation at Mexico, to settle the


boundary of the two republics" 'sIf we could


obtain such boundary as we desire, the govern.


ment of the United States mig bit be disposed to pay


a reasonable pecuniary compensation. The bound


ary we prefer is that which, beginning at the


mouth of the Rio del Norte in the sea, shall as


cend that river to the mouth of the Rio Puereo,
thence ascending this river to its source. and from


its source by line due north to strike 1.-The Arkan-
sas; thence following the southern bank of the


Arkansas to its source in latitude AZ deg north
and thence by that parallel of latitude 10 the South
sea-" And he adds, the treaty may provide for
the incorporation of the inhabitants into the
I Union"


Mr.. Van Buren, in his letter, as Secretary of
State, to our minister at Mexico, dated August 25,


1929, says: " 1t is the wish of the President THAI
you should, without delay, open negotiation with
the Mexican government for the purchase of so
much of the province of Texas as is hereinafter
described" He is induced, by deep convic-
tIon OF the real necessity of the proposed acqusi
ton, not only guard for western frontier,
and the protection of Ne1c Orleans but also to Sc
cure forever to the inhabitants of The valley of the


Mississippi the undisputed and undisurbed posses
sion of the navigation of that river" "The terri
tory, OF which a ccssion is desired by the United
States is all that part of The province of Texas
which lies east of line beginning at the Gulf of
Mexico, in the centre ofthe desert grand prairie
which lies west of the Rio Nueces" And Mr.


Van Buren, adds the treaty may provide for the
incorporation of the inhabitants into the Union"
And be then enters into long and powerful ar
gument of his own in favor of the reacQuisition of
Texas.


On the 29th of March, 1888, General Jackson
Through MIR. Livingston as Secretary of State, re-
news to our minister at Mexico the former in
structlons on the subject of the proposed cession"
On the I'd ofJuly, 1885, General Jackson, through
Mr. Forsyth as Secretary of State, renews the in
structlons 10 obtain the cession of Texas, and ex
presses an anxious desire to secure the very de-
slrable alteration IN our boundary with Mexico"
On the 9th of August 1885, Gpn. Jackson, through
Mr. Forsyth as Secretary of State, directs our min
lster at Mexico to endeavor 10 procure for u.s. from
that government, the following boundary begin
ming at the Gulfof Mexico, proceeding along the
eastern bank ofthe river Rio Bravo del Norte TO


The 37th parallel of latitude, and thence along that
parallel to the Pacific" This noble and glorious
proposition of General Jackson would have Sc
cured to US, not only the whole of Texas, but also
the largest and most valuable portion of upper
California, together with the bay and harbor of
San Francisco, the best on the western coast of
America, and equal to any in the world If then
it was deemed, as it is clearly proved most desir-
able to obtain the remuneration of Texas, down to
period as late as August, 1885, is it less impor
tant at this period


We find the administration of Messrs Adams
and Clay in 1925 and 1927, and that of Jackson
and Van Buren, in 1929, and subsequently, in
1833 and 1885, making strenuous efforts 10 pro-
cure the remuneration Of Texas by a purchase
from Mexico at the expense of millions of dollars
Let lis observe also the dates of these efforts
That of the first, by MesSrs. Adams and Clay, in
March, 1925, was within three years only after
the recognition of the independence of Mexico by
this country, and prior to its full recognition by
other powers; and it was within less than five
years subsequent to the final ratification Of the
treaty by which surrendered Texas not to
Mexico, but to Spain. Now, as Spain had not
then recognized the independence of Mexico. and
the war was still waging between those nations
the only title which Mexico had to Texas was by
a successful revolution and is precisely the same
title, and depending on the same principles: as that
now possessed by Texas. The same remarks ap-
ply to the subsequent efforts of Mcssrs. Adams and
Clay in 1927, and of Jackson and Van Buren in
1929, to acquire Texas by purchase from Mexi-
CO. And even at the latest period, no more time
had elapsed between the date of the recognition of
the independence of Mexico, and the proposed pur-
chase from her, than the time (now about seven
years. since our recognition of the independence
of Texas. Throughout the period of all these
proposed treaties, the war was waging between
Mexico and Spain. The brave Porter, our own
gallan! commodore, commanded the Mexican ma
w, aided by many American officers and crews
In the earlier part, also, of the conflict on the
land, the gallant Perry, and the brave Magee an
American officer, with combined American and
Mexican army had defeated the royal forces of
Spain in many glorions conflict. Throughout
this whole PERIOD Mexico was soliciting and OBJ
tanning the aid of our countrymeD on the ocean
and on the land; and it is more than doubtful
whether, in the absence of that assistance, Mexico
would yet have achieved her independence On
the 9th July 1929, Barradas, with a Spanish
army of four thousand men, captured the Mexican
city of Tampico, which he held until the 10Th
September of the same year. Yet, on the 25lh
August, 1929, whilst the fate of this expedition
was vet undetermined, the administration Of Jack
Son and Van Buren, as we have seen, proposed
the purchase of Texas from Mexico If then,
there be any force in the objections, that Texas
was, aided in her conflict by American citizens,
that the war is still waging (Which il is not,) or
that the independence of Texas is still unrecog-
l-Hized by Mexico, or that treaty with Mexico (as
we had with Span) had been ratified these
reasons apply with far greater force against the
proposed purchase of Texas from Mexico in 1925,
1927, and 1929, when Mexico was yet unrecog-
nized by Spain; when our treaty, surrendering
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