The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-12-15

cause. When prosecuting thai war. they
were brethren and friends, and shared alike
with each other common tolls, dangers,
and sniitrines. Now, wien ll'eir work is
endet!--when peace il restored, and they
return again TO their homes-pml or The
hahliments of var. take their places IN so
c'ely and resume their pursuits in civil life.
surely a spiri, of harmony and concession,
and If equal regard for the tights of all.
and Of all sections Of the Union, ough, l..
prevail in providing Governments for the
acquired terri ories--thc fruits or their
common service. The who,e people If
the u. States, and Of every State con,ribu-
ted To pay the expenses of that war; and
it would not he Just for any one section 10
exclude another from All participation in the
acquired territory. This would not be in
accordance with The jus, system of Gov
erumcni " hicI, tie trainers Of our Consli-
tuition adopted.
The question is believed 70 he rather All
siraci than practical, whether slavery ever
can or would exis, in any portion of ,ls
acquired territory, even If il were lef, 10
the option of The slaveholding States them.
selves. From the nature of the climate
and productions Of the country, in mueh
| the Larger portion oft, il is certain il could
never exist; and, in the remainder, would
not
But, however this may be, the question.
involving as it does. principle Of equsi-
,y Of rights of the separate and several
States. as equal copar,ners in the confeder.
acy, should no, be dsregarded.
In organizing Governments over their
| territories M fiiioe mrnenL ~ r--------
by the constitution require thatthey should
legislale on the subject Of slavery, while
their power to do so is not only seriously
questioned, but denied, by many Of the
soundest expouuders of that insGument.
Whether Congress shall legisla,e or not,
the people Of the acquired territories, when
assembled in convention, will possess the
whole and exclusive power 10 determine
whether slavery shall. or shall not. cxis.
within their limits. II Congress shall ai,.
stain from interfering in the question, the
people of these territories will be left free
ito adjus, il as they may think proper, when
they apply for admission as States into the
Union. No enac'men. of Congress could
restrain the people of any Of the sovereign
States Of the Union, old or new, slavel,oid.
ing or Notwithstanding, from determining
the approximations which were entertained
+ by some OF OH statesmen in the earlier pc.
Rod of our government--tlIat our system
was incapable OF operating with sufficient
: energy and success over largely EXTENDED!
territorial limits. Those who maintained
that if this system was adopted. j, would
fall TO pieces by its own weakness, have
been disappointed by our experience. BY
the division of power between the States
and the Federal Government, the latter is
: found TO operate with as much energy at
the extremes as in the centre. Ii is as sui
: fcienl in the remotesl Of the thirty States
! which now compose the Union. as it was
! in the thirteen States which formed our
5 conletcracy Irlecd, il may be doubted.
, whether, if cur presen, population had
, been confined within the limits Of The orig.
inal thirteen States, the tendency to con-
. cenUoiin1 would hot have been such Us 10
, have encroached upon the essential rrser-
, vtlrigh's nj tie States, and thus make tie
| Fejscal Government n widely different
one, practically, from what il is in theory.
and was intended to be 10y It's trainers. s."
f far from entertaining apP5ehenslons Of the
safety of our ~ ,lcW hv the extension Of
, nur Tertiary, the belief is confidently en-
= ,crt,inrd thar eacA new State gives strength
g. and additional guarantces for the preserya.
ton of the union itself.
In pursusnce OF the provisions NJ the
' ID h Article of the treaty OF peace, friend
/ ship. limits, and settlement with the Re-
= public ol Mexico, and of the Act of July
18Th. 1873. claims of our ci'izens which
, had been already lQuids,e,l, aud decided
, agains, the Mexc'n Republic, amounting
, with the interest thereon. to two millions
| twen,y.lhree thousand eight hundred AMI
{, ,hiriy-lwo dollars hily-nne cents, have been
, liquiJa,ed and paid. There remains tu b..
paid of these claims. S7i,l92 rs.
Congress, at lis last session. having
made no provision for executing the l5,i,
Article Of the Treaty, by which the United
. States assumed To make satisfaction for the
, "unliluida'ed claims of our ciiizers "
= gainst Mexico, an amour, exceeding s2.-
! 25O,OOO. the subject Is again recommended
to your favorable consider ,iion.
T The exchange of ratification in the ,rea.
: " with Mexico. took place on the 3O,h nf
, May, ls4S. Within one year after tina,
. tune. the Commissioner and Surveyor,
, which each Government stipulated Ia sp.
. point. are required to meet IA, ,he nor, nf
. San Diego AMI proceed to run aud mark
the said boundary in It's whole cou,.r. 10
the mouth Of the RIO Bravo del N"r'e."
|, will q seen from this provision ihs, tia
. period within which these surveyors of ,ha
respective governments are to meet nj San
, Diego. will expire an the tenth Of Nav,
. 1919. Congress. II, the close or its lAs,
session., made an appropriation ror the cx.
, penses of running and marking the boun-
r Diary line between the Two countries, hut
. did not hx the amour, Of salary which
, should he paid TO the commissioner and
, Surveyor To be appointed on ,heIpar, of tho