New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-27
VOL. WI. NO. 3Of.

ac1nsiierAbe part the gfsser part VI tue Popu-t on
OF what is called Ne~-HeNie0. do not argue tue
question Of toe Soat1ern Western ne Of Texas
ony tls apparent 90 ye1 COY "ho WI Ioos a
he map, and Learn hng Of the gaitsr mat New Mex
be divided b. THE sef the ko Gance, VIII ca
shallow fordsbe insgahesnt stream funniug along
through narrow valley, st the hae o. enormous noun
,sns New Mexico must remain together; Il must be
State With It's seventy thou sni people, aud 20 II viii be,
and 20 will BE- California But thsu Sif suppose Texas 70
remsu unit and but state Tor H. present. siill
have th,eo states. Texas NewMeSico and California
Senators then for less three hundred thou
sand people We May Senators or three hundred
thousand people 10 that region have for New York,
Prnnsy vsna and Ohio, with four gs millions Of peo
pie and that ia What call equal representation Is
DOT this enormous Have gentlemen considered t1is =
Have they aits Are thew willing 10 look il 10 the
face, aud then say they enbrsce IL, trust in God the
people will look AZ i and consider H. Ard now let me
add that this aisproporon never be dimuishcd u
must remain forever How you going 70 diminish u:
Why here Is Texas with hundred and foriynins thou
sad people With one State. suppcss that population
should flow into Texas, where will u 90: Not 20 any
dense point but &c be spread eli that region m places
.Ss c.s,s Of ~ byssaTs !. on "a there in
copstrscSn Of the Consttaton sad our prsstse in res
pee; 70 the admission Of Stsss ny honorable friend from
Texas viii have new State, ana have no doubt he has
chalked Il out already Wei, then a. New Mexico,
stupid who has looked at the msp Of New Mexico aud
read the accounts OF H. who supposes there c1n be any
people there hsn there g now; sixty or seven
~ thousand IL is an old settled country the people ivns
along In The bottom Of this ley on the two sdes OF ~
te sresm garter Of land only side and the other,
allied By coarse sudhoders sud miserable poems 1t can
sustain not only under this cultivation but under any cai
tvston thst American should submit TO- no
people than there are now There will then be
the end OF lives and ~ the end OF the lives Of
We'll. now, how Is It with California, We propose to
take ali fornia from the foyeooud degree OF NoIn lat
itude down the thirty second degree, pICPose to
take degrees Of latitude along the coat OF the Pacific
All along that great distance there settle nents aDd
villages and forts back OF Is all wilderness ano barren
and Indian country But about ssn fIancisco snd
perhaps down 20 Monterey little 10 the North here
shall be enough to mske State why the people five
hundred miles Oft In time 10 viii have another state,
than rTA IN Fae
aud must 20 Oh, and cannot prevent IT. ssy,
Sir that according 10 ny conscientious we
are now liking upon the eonstiuton OF the United Ssies
ana form Of Government mOntIOsty-h olshg.
ufatonsn enofmity. Sir, hardly dare trust myself
not know that may not be under some deloslOn
do not know that head net turned may Dc Inel II
IL the weakness Of nine that forms this monstrOus
sppartion. But may trust myseif-i may persuso5
myself that IN right mind then does appear TO
that In this Senate, have been acting ana are ae
ing and are likely 10 be setting hereafter, part when
will certainly form remarkable epoch 10 the history o.
Government hold II 10 bo oIuiOus-ha8ta
outrage upon all the principles OF popular represent,
!atve Government and upon the elementary PROVISIONS Of
he constitution under which we I'VE ana when We nave
sworn tosqpPort But thea SIR what frees the case from
this enoTmity Why II Is that We suPulse only That
these new States shall he brought In at suitable time
Now what constitute the suitsbleress Of time =.
who Is 20 judge OF II tel you slr thatt he sutaos
time will Whenever tbs Prepondefance OF party
The time viii depend upon the state o. our poCs mere
and upon the condition of these states etewhefe
Be assured Sir, there viii be suitable time whenever
st ensth party power, or votes are wanting 10 'his
Senate. We have little experience OF this Texas
in in suitable time, very suitable Texas was nosl
ly admitted IN December l54o Ny friend near me hsie
(Mr KusE for whom have great segard,whose aequant-
cultivated with much pleasure, took his seat
here, with his colleague, in Msrch lo45 la July lof5,
these Texan votes turned the balance IN the Senate,
aud overthrow hs Tariff OF 1872 In my Judgment the best
systsn II revenue that established in this
tIy Genteusn Of different opinions think otherwise
They think fortunate They think the Texan votes
came 10 in suitable time and they will take that
New Mexican votes shs in 10 suitable time also
understand II perfectly we'll ltis difference OF opin'
ion between myself sod them To their pohcy, TO thsI
fh.fr NHa
aid efficient aud decisive. Sir, IL $780, perhaps sui-
questions may be agated here-they are not likely to
change The Of the Administration OF he Govern
nent take place and, according to my apprehension,
looking general results flowing from our esabshed
system Of and revenue in 1885, two years from
thi, may probably be engaged In o.
system the work Of establishing If we can, tam
Of specific duties 10 the woTk OF protecting we eau
the domestic Industry of this country and In the WORK oil
preventing 10 extent, II can, the Overwhelming
food Of poItsons Suppose this 10 be the case ana
suppose that our opponents require additonai srensh
thai will be exactly the suitable time Tor two Senators
New Mexico make their appearance here
But aseo, hear other haieyon, soothing, 9uleung
tones which quiet none OF my alarms sspsge none o ny
feaIs, commsud me to my nlshuy resi- win no more iess
nation. 1t Is said trust The popular branch OF the
egssurewe nsy look TO the House of Representative
the great majority Of whom are from the NoIth sua u
die States sy them, that these new Ststes
are not admitted sooner than they shou'e 90, VI %
tor any party purpose am coinPenea Oy
dstrus all such reliance. IL we cannot rely on ourselves
when have e clear and unquesoned constitutions, su
thoIy peteut 10 carry through beg 10 Know how
we rely Others Have we more respect or me
patriotism, the hrmness OF others than our own Beside
shows that things of this may be sprung
upon Congress aud the people IL was 50 IN the case
OF Texas IL so in the 2sth Congress The members
Of the h Congress- were not chosen with the view 70 oe
eide the question OF annexation or no annexsnon Ihey
here upon other grounds political and party grounds
supported by their friends one side and The othe ioI
reasons not connected with this question What then
Why the Administration sprung the question upon Con
gress 1t obtained and carried the meas
ure Of annexation That he proved by many faets
will There four gentlemen In the house
of Representatives from Connecticut elected before tins
question arose-beongiug TO the Democratic party they
been here long before they entered INTO sp
OF supexation; and when this becsme known, remon
sTances-pubc private and lseislsu7owere uttered IN
sounds which any could have heard VINO couo neal
thunder. Did 1t move these gentlemen! MOI az eI
Every OF them voted for annexation The election
came round fes months afterwsro, and they were al
turned out but Whist did those care for that who had he
benefit their votes Such agencies, or II IL be proper
call them instrumentses maintain respect no longer
than they continGe 10 DO useful -
weak enough to think there end Why, DO We not
he IL every day, thst proper for US also 10
OF Northern Mexico, Who thinks hs the hunger for do
rninion will stop here Of itself Somebody has saa that
this acquisition and unsatisfactory that we sha
seek farther. In my Judgment, sir you may osneNS
that, II you believe that rapscious animal
that hS. made uGpycductiye foiay won't Try Tor
better But farther there are some things ttat We
can argue against with temper ana submit TO- II over
ruled, without morhhcaton. there are osn s ~
that TO affect ones consciousness OF oeips Iea
sonabls man, aud evince disposition TO impose upon
And Of this class OF topics or preen
,ons, have heard of anything, and canoot con
ceive anything ridiculous in ITSELF more sosuru
arontive to all sober than 'ne cry lha
we are getting indemnity Indemnity by the acquisition VI
New Mexico aud California; hold them not 10 be worth
dollar and we pay for them vast sum OF money we nave
expended everybody knows large treasures IN me prose-
sutton Of the waF aDo what is there 70 oonsttute IN
deruuity! What do gentlemen mean % ~ nst Us sec
how this matter stands We get country we get d
country in the rs either by cession OF aeknow
edgnent Of b0Gndsryl care not which way you state
the couatyy between the Nueces and he MO oIsnos.-
What country IL appears from apubeson OF an non
orabe gentleman the other House IN which he quotes an
account by Major Gaines. He that the country Is
worth nothing he would not hszsId The bic OF single
individual for every foot Of land from San Psteo 70 tue
valley Of the Rio Granco Tais gentleman has been eie
lately and all acquainted with ti' svpditioh OF the
country. SO far then that para Of our acquisition Is
concerned take II for granted II is not worm doliaf
Now Of New-Mexico OF Inst forty nins nitleths' a.
least 10 mere barren waste OF desert PLAIN or mouh's!n
There is no wood no timber and little segos 20 igata hfe
ATeearred thirty forty miles mules there u no MAJ
ufal fall Of Ia temperate climates The place ahd
sceue are Asatic-enOmously hish mount ans running
p some the hight Of ten THOUSAND feel WIN very hA
row valleys at their bases through which streams some
times Iickle aiong-a garter winds along, thiousn tno
thread Of which, the Rio GTaode from siaI IN ne
mountains 10 the latitude Of about thirty three De
stees some three four hundred niles There THESE
sixty thousand persons In The mountan Oh me tsnt
and LEFT are whose natural tendencies would De as
lateral eow into the Rio GraDde and IN certain
seasons Of the year. when the rains have been soundsnt
IN the mountains Of them do sctusly reach Tho MO
Oraods bus The greater psrt Of them, awsysaDd al o,
them for part Of the reach an outle
They are absorbed IN the sandy and desert