New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-02

a crime fit to rank IN history with the Partition
Poland.
And what do Southern gentlemen say 70 this
! The gentleman from Virginia Gov. McDowELL1
who 50 eioquenty, pathet.caly conigred US g. a.,
together iOr harmony, Cancellation. uniop.-Wbai
Wal ne say 20 this Can be hope o lul - bv
| ms cOquence into acquiescence ia the suI.T
cation Of Free New-Mexico bv Slave Texas
Can he imagine that our constituents would &C.
quiesce ~ this II We could be- induced 10 ? Let
him not 50 deceive himself
And here, Mr Chairman. Is rnv main ground of
objection 70 al. the substitutes proposed IN this
House OR the other for the Terntoris. bills now le-
Ultimately before MS. Our Committees bin Mr.
| c. 3. SMITHS gives New-MexicO expressly her
ancient and proper boundaries. There Is 10 dodee
nor shuttle about them. They organize New.
Mexico and California into Territories and give n
each distinct and definite boundaries. None of
the substitutes proposed do any sBcn thing. On
the contrary, they all lean the other way. That
Of the gentleman from Virginia Mr. PRFsr0Nl
proposes 70 leave the whole matter % the Supreme
Court but 10 Is only appearance. In the first
place, 10 forms al the New Territory into one
state, 70 be caled-Nhatl The State Of C0lif1r-
ma. New California Is properly the name Of a
small portion OF Ourne acqgisiti0ns-that portion
lying west OF the Sierra Nevada aud bordering on
tue Pacific Ocean. Il capital Will naturally be
san ! francisco, aud who believes that Santa f..
Taos, Albuquerque, viii be represented DO. pro-
tected by state Government whose capital Is
there Who that knows anything OF the savage
deserts and rugged mountains that separate Santa
Fe from san Francisco can believe that the latter
can be properly governed, protected cared for by
state authorities located in the former No Sir
this whole State project is c0ntuved 20 cover the
surrender Of NewMcxlc0 o. Texas. and IS such
! must oppose u % the utmost.
And J cxhOrt the friends OF the incoming Ad
minisraiion 20 meet this question in a manly. de-
cidcd way, for reasons which appeal especially o.
them. Il Congress does not meet this Boundary
question fully, the New Administration must. n
We DO not plant the shield OF the Z nOn before the
people and the liberties of New Mexico the Presi-
dent must decide 10 protect or abandon them. We
may blink the question. but the Executive cannot
II we do not determine 10 protect the New -Mexi-
can People, the President will soon be entreated
10 do it, Just as Mr. Adams was obliged to protect
the Chcrokces against Georgia. and As Mr. Tyler
was required to interfere in the troubles OF Rhode
Island. ] ash the friends Of Gen Taylor If they
choose 90 involve him 10 this dilemma DO they
wish TO force upon him the necessity of deciding
% acqulesCe m the prctensiOns Of Texas % New
Mexico or TO heed the prayers Of her People and
defend them by armed force VIII the South
quietly, unmurmuringly assent t. this ] cannot
answer for her; but this am quite sure oi-that
If Gen. Taylor shall surrender the People OF New
Mexico 10 the enforced domination ot Texas and
Slavery, he will have no single State IN the North
Or Free West 20 sustain him IN that c0urse-he
will not have twenty supporters from Free States
on this floor chosen at the election after such ac-
ton on his part ! entreat, then, his friends on
tins floor to shield him from responsibility which
belongs not to him but to US. by passing some bill
which shall settle deiinitivey the boundary be
tween Texas aud New Mexico. The terms OF the
Annexation Of Texas require 1t AZ our hands the
harmony aud peace of the Union. the safety and
rights of New Mexico require IT, Let rs not
shrink from our proper responsibilities but fear
lessly discharge our whole duty.