Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-03-04

to the ordinary expenses Of this Government.
The President IN his message informed US that when he
sent this most distinguished dplomatsi Nicholas ms,
clerk in the department of Staeof whom probably not te
members OF congress knew any thing befoeha his pogo
son to TIE Mexican Government TO take all the terrory
he Mr. had mentioned and in addition Lower CallioUia-
cape of and-no he would not pervert language
say OF land, but cape of rocks, mountains sandy desc u.s.
sannng down back OF Mexico the equator lilo com ent-
ed upon the chafienng disposition manifested N TINS affair
He had been able 10 bring himself 10 believe that
wild extravaganza ridiculous be considered this Admins
aon they had been in earnest in making this propo-
ion 1t had turned out that real bargain was what the
President driving The Yankees were said to have
talent at ade but he confessed here was specimen
of Tennessee ingenuity which disanced them
He next proceeded argue from the understood stipulation
Of the treaty to pay this large amount money the hollow
Of the petence set up by the Administrations OF "nde
nifty for the past = this had been TIE real Object
(Mexico having nothing but territory to indemnify with,
lac woad have merely taken enough to amount to de
OF course, taking territory, convenient boundaries
necessary and might well have been that such boun-
diaries would have taken beyond claim for
dcmn and have been necessary for Us to pay them half
Million millions OF dollars. kut when
the Administration propose paying about twenty
millions of dollars in addition clearly proved that their
object compel Mexico cede suca portion Of her
we wanted and 10 pay her the terms we ourselves
saw 1T establish The object Of this war, it turned out
then to drive bargain with Mexcoto torce her TO sell
her country
Mr.. s. here remarked that his time moving away
rapidly, he must pass of the topics Of which he
had intended SPEAK and himself BY general refer
to te iesevng to his written speech the full express
sion of his views. He should attempt therein show
That this acquisition of territory the less con-
quest because we stipulated 10 pay compensation.
That in Acquiring this territory, and forcing large
berobably fe0 900 citizens Of Mexico come under our
jusdcton-we would be violating great fundamental pn-
4 cple OF our own Government.
That, by the acquisition of this terrioIy were likely
introduce disaster and disunion among ourselves That by
this acquisition would be broken whst has eomnated
the Missouri compromise, because would destroy the
n
far, just and equitable division Of the existing territory
the United States between the free end slave States. After
having acquired Texas in the manner we did, If we in add
ton, acquire New Mexico and California il would be
an utter annhilaton Of the basis which the Missouri
promise rested.
And, he said. (and this regarded as material
point bat ne could no, dwell upon it, action upon this
treaty in the Senate of the United States OF should
require IT. here, would place these bodies such position
to prevent their passing upon ats merits The President Of
the United States involves the country, by his own wanon
foreign war; and after prosecuting il at an enormous
expenditure and sacrifice of money and valuable lives he
makes treaty TO close the Now, he asked if the SEN
nate Of the United States, or if the members Of this House
could, under such circumstances act the merits Of
treaty Were they not placed in such situation that they
We're forced TO chose between evils and was
not likely then that it would be ratified though with entire
repugnance Night not gentlemen in the other wing of the
Capitol for it while believing the highest degree in
furious TO the country, for they found themselves so situated
that they obliged TO chose between bad war and bad
treaty. They might t chose the latter as the least evil
OF thetwo He wished, however, in any remarks that he
might make here not to be understood expressing any
opinion whether the treaty should should not be ratified
lie nevertheless must insist that would be the highest
injurious to bring New Mexico and California
jurisdiction and the laws Of the United States place them
The same footing with the members Of this Conederacy-
New York, Pennsy wanna, Ohio Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
and Missouri States which at distant day would have
from three millions to five millions of inhabitants each. He
utterly denied that this country could derive considerable
advantage from the territory TO be acquired And this brought
him to subject that had very important bearing the
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and that was, whether the policy Of this Administration
regard to the objects of this such accords the
prosperity and true interests Of the people He desired
say at this time that be had coated and collected and in point
OF fact had before him his table, large testimony
on this point which il totally impossible that he could
submit TO the committee in the time prescribed by the rules Of
the House Its general tendency and effect however,
show that impossible that the Administration could OBJ
tain indemnify, for original claim from portion
OF that territory of Mexico denominated the Northern States
He fully prepared to show that the President max
ing most extravagant bargain. If Government were to
take all the territory which he understood Mexico was now
willing 10 cede in consideration of the proposed be paid
and the claims existing anterior to the he insisted would
be most extravagant bargain He denied that the whole
OF that territory worth five millions Of dollars And in
regard TO the country this side Of the Rio Grande he de-
sired TO PROFOUND inquiry for the consideration OF his friends
on the other side Of the House After having conended here
gentlemen had done for long years that we were the
real the valley of the Rio Grande after deonstra
ting gentlemen with great ability and ingenuity had sought
to do, and the gentleman from Maryland (r Mc.SK) had
told hem the story about The appointment of inspectors of the
Gus omhouse there after the repeated assertion that Texas
did extend the Rio Grand and that the army Of this
eminent had the right to fake its march the Rio Grande
and TO occupy from its mouth its source the twen
yone millions OF dollars now any part Of it, be paid for
that territory II IL not TO be paid for that what was
that enormous consideration to be paid for
Mr. ASHMUN interposed and begged enghen the gem
teman from Connecticut that point Perhaps the gentle
did understand the full value OF the purchase Now
he understood that intended consideration for not
only what properly Mexico it was also to pur
chase the right Of Mexico Texas We were now TO pay
for Texas
Mr. SMITH would say nothing Of the real value Of Texas
for bad this floor gentlemen who represented her for
whom he had great personal respect Nor would he under
take say how IL would be that should have repre-
enaves from the sister States New Mexico and Cali
torna but seemed strange him that were now to pay
large consideration for that which the Administration and
IL friends demonstrated ours and which they contended
for zesousy for "54o 40 fight" No longer since
than the last Of Congress they had heard these arp
ments and yet the President asking us 10 ra,y
treaty by which Mexico sells her right Texa-to all on this
eide Of the Nueces well that lying between the Nueces
and the Rio Grande
Mr. McLANE understood to explain thar this Govern
nen pay for tertory-no for inch on this
SIDE Of the Rio Grande but for jurisdiction over territory to be
eeded by Mexico.
Mr. SMITH said, then il appeared not to get
loot q territory, except in the deserts Of California but we
we're 70 get jurisdiction Jurisdiction what Over saw
ages aud impossible desert where no man could travel
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