The Terry County Herald (Brownfield, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1910 Page: 1 of 6
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to recognise the political sov-
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claim of the Rio Grande 1
western boundary was i
nised the slave erea sou
thirty-six thirty would st
very great. The contest v
of the territory south and west
of the old Mexican boundary
36,80, and followed it southward
166 miles, setting up monuments
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the National boundary westward
to the Pacific. This raised the
lexico." The difficulty .here
igMboen in determining the 103d
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and on Nov.25 of the same year .
Texas accepted it. As defined by
the statue, the western ’ bound
ary starts at the intersection of
north latitude 36 degrees and 30
minutes with the 103d meridian
of longitude, “thence her: bound-
ary shall run due south to the
324 degree of north latitude,
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the point where his measure-
ments told him it crossed the
103d meridian and there: estab-
lished a corner. This was 211
m les east of the . Rio Grande,
and the difficulties experienced
and to some extent the care ex-
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thecauses, and it is important
to remember that the United
States followed the Texan act
of December, 1836, in adopt ng
the Rio Grande as the southern
line. The war not only confirmed
our right to Texas, but carried
eadoner
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expedition to invite the inhabit-
ants of New Mexico to cover
themselves with the folds of the
Lone Star flag. Though soldiers
accomanied the expedition, its
Canshrind any tireup to four inches, hot or cold. We
want your trade and will treat you right. Call and
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generous for President Lamar,
who, in his inaugural address on
Nov. 10,1838, pictured Texas as
stretching away to the south
and west as for as the obstinacy
of the enemy may render it
ary dispute that might ariseedin taentirety, the two eitee.
Gouernments on —ausgmompyrqsdac ppA
posed by Henry Clay. Briefly,
this was to the effect that
i “Though the line alongthe
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inery etc,, and naa do anything from plow work to
aiding you a wagon or carriage, out and out.
Posts, Wire,
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starvation and thirst, and sent
them prisoners to Mexico.
QUESTION IN ANNEXATION OF
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eyer, in connection with
boundary question. By
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To the Terry Co. Trade
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“thence her boundary shall run
due south to the 32d degreejof
north latitude, thence om’said
paraBel of 32 degrees of north
latitude to the Rio Bravo del
Norte and thence with th-chan-
Complet abtracts of Terry County and
the tw or Browneld and Gomez;Prices
reasonable.
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necessary for the
mark the boundry."
in any event the soldiers were
instructed , not to use forco.
The expedition ended in disaster,
* .for Gov. Armijo declined to
Iff I believe in its pacific intentions
a and captured practically the
* j entire force, when* the men were
2€ on the verge of exhaution from
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made by long and furiously, and was final-
• t ly set tied by a compromise prb-
States had already recognized
the southern line. To be consist-
ent, therefore, it must also
accept the western one. This
ton gin running Tues*
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relinquish to New Mexico the
land between this line and the
thirty-second parallel west of'
the 103d meridian of longitude.
In return, Texas was to receive
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some Senate called his dusty notes
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b object was essentially peaceful.
If the people of Santa Fe refused
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discussing the merit of this
; definition of boundary by the
j First Congress of Texas—
i though something might be
J said for it-itis sufficient to say
‘ercised in making the survey
may be judged from the fact
that to mark this 1 line Clark
traveled more than 1,200 miles.
From this corner he surveyed
northward two days along the
meridian, a distance of twenty-
four miles, when want of water
compelled him to abandon the
work. With Clark during a
part of time he was running this
portion of the boundary was
William R, Scurry, who had been
appointed commissioner for
Texas by Gov. Runnels: From
here Clark went to the north-
west corner of the State, picked
from the United States by way
of compensation $10,
with which to pay its
1 new
Territory, and here the matter
of slavery enteral. Texas had
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the 42 degree of north latitude.’
Even this was not sufficiently question of organising the
. 24 grees and 30 minutes with the
annexation I oft .
103d meridian of longitude,
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so the bill was passed.
“On Sept. 9, 1850, Presiden
Fillmore signed the act establish-1
“During the long contest in ing the new boundary of Texas.
miles, which he did not survey.
Afer running the r northern
boundary of the panhandle,
with which we are not here con-
cerned, Clark returned r to
Washington and began the
labor of preparing his report.
This was just at the beginning
of the Cival War. The work
proceeded slowly and Congress,
0000000000000000
. Brewnfield, Pm,
run, and always with a different
result. It is from this disagree-
ment of the surveyors that-New
Mexico's claim arises.A
“The first survey was made by
United States Commissioner
JohnH. Clark in 1859, Under
authority of a law passed in June
the of the previous year. Starting
boundary issue did enter into on the Rio Grande near E Paso,
he marked the 32d parallel to
school of history iu the Uni-
Rugzarezcqramicouea
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long-headed tethers of Texas,
and after the declaration of inde
pendenc and the victory of San
Jacinto .they fzed their own
boundaries by act of toe first
Texan Congress. According to
this the southern and western
line began at the mouth of the
Rio Grande and followed the
principal stream of said river to
its source, thence due north to
RESOURCES
OVER $100,000.00
WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS
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> “Under Ute Spanish rule and|
other reguired Texas to
ran just west of A zigzag line, _
tnat might be arawn through the! giveop • principal..
Nkik present towns ofJnActioa, Brady j for. paying em a is,
, Brownwood' Palo Pnto, Gr-’custum ravenues.
de ' 221 ham, and Wichita Falls, But Tne Mexici War was
1 for the very small degree the result of
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TEUSIEY MEXICO
BOUNOIRT DISPUTE
debts.
beaskedto trade with her,/and Logically, Texas had as much
right to fix its western bound-
ary.h statueas itdid.to fix.its losing both interest and patience,
southern limit, and the United orderedit discontinued in Jan-
uary, 1862. No more is heard of
Clark's survey until January,
1882, when a resolution of the
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been admittd as a slava State
with the • previsa that slavery
should never exist north of the
Missouri Comrmise line of
thirty-six degrees, thirty
minutes, north latitude; but if its
CUSTIS A BENSON, Abstracts and Land
Main omca, Brounda, teas ‛ Brandh: 214, East 3rd st. Ft. Werth, Tom
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BRDWNFIELD, TERRY COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAV, NOVEMBER. 111, 1910.
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Texas this statutory boundary
came in for much discussiom:
spatchethelii-fated’SantaFe W north of the
There remained a gap of 180
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Benton particularly declaring
against the injustice of
despolting Mexico. Nevertheless
in December, 1845, Congress
admitted Texas in accordance
witha joint reslution previonalan
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Stricklin, A. J. The Terry County Herald (Brownfield, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1910, newspaper, November 18, 1910; Brownfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1563762/m1/1/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.