New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-18

Sttts, flrfe trOlssrf distant from the county
where these people live What then. IS > be done
then they mast employ that agent some other %
follow the claim these three thousand miles across the
Continent 20 the seat OF the Federal Government and
there become humble sutton before the Congress %
get their claim heard and a. Indicated And what must
they pay for this farther agency Happy vii they BE-
II they get of with loss Of half Of the remaining na
happy In fact If they obtain any decision At s-i they
DO not, Ike Louisiana claimants, sue In vain 20 Con
eress ten twenty thirty years, for sckuow 6gent
Of their rights Forty years hsve elapsed, and many
Of these claims yet unsd lstd the claimants In the
meantime some bankrupt and dead others cnging 10
asst hope and spending the last dollar 10 annual A.
tendance upon the Houses Of Congress. As il
in Louisiana under former Boards Of Commissioner
60 will IL De- and worse because more distant With the
people Of NewMexico and California II this Board ia
established there Senator'S from States part n
Louisiana know full well the truth Of what say. They
know the ruin brought upon many claimants IN Upper
and Lower Louisiana They know that many lost their
homes which they had received from the Spanish Gov
eminent that many, wesred out and disguised sban-
doned their possessions and went OF D. Mexico . OBJ
tain nfw grants from that Power and that In TACT
Texas was largely Deop'ed In tina, way from Missouri.
repeat %. Bad as things were under these Boards
In Upper aud Lower Louisiana, Il will be far worse
with these people Of New Mexico and California 30
much more distant. ~ much more helpless, 80 much
more ignorant Of real character, and finding them
selves 10 be helpless conquered people. Terror and
CONSERVATION will invade them b purchase protection
by giving up halt their property will be their resource
and even thai an unavsiling one for the Commits
sioners 10 have power 20 impeach cverything-to
invsidate overything-snd 70 confirm nothing For
there ia grant Of thousand acres In California or
New Mexico they 90 there BY leagues and half
leagues and this maximum % one thousand acres is
not over divisional fraction Of any grant No grant
can be divided by any number which will end with
one thousand il will be more or less.
Nex-Mexico was conquered and settled by the span.
srds in l59ithe same century that Cortez conquered
Old MeXico-snd ten years before virginia was settled
Two hundred and fifty years have elapsed since that
country was granted 10 its congueror Don Juan de
Onstc almost ten generations have lived and died
there. Yet they al 10 be called upon now 70 show
their land titles and 70 prove them slso. back 70 the
time Of the conquest An titles be ripped up and
rooted up back the original grant two hundred ana
fifty years ago What would Virginia say II she had
been conquered By foreign Power, and should be
served IN the same manner What would hsppeu IN
that state II conquered aud called upon by the con
queror, every % produce his title and make tgood
and wait upon Congress "a humble petitioners, until
was acknowledged make IL good up 10 the time Of
King James the First and Sir Walter Raleigh such
thing could not be done IN Virginia, but the United
states IL strong enough 10 DO what - worse IN New
Mexico and will DO It If this bin ia passed establishing
Board of Commissioners % impeach all titles and
send All claimants here to Congress 10 suppicate the
Legislative power 10 spare their lands.
California settled In l71O-abOve three quarters
Of century seo-cotemporsry with the settlement OF
Kentucky and grants have been going on ever since
What would Kentucky say, II conquered, and her con
queror should require every landhoder TO bring IN ms
title and place il before Board with power 10 con
denim all and 10 confirm none and with the privilege 70
the impeeched owner TO 90 three thousand miles 10
some strange Legislature 10 suppcae for the land OF
bis fathers Kentucky would not submit and yet me
Califoruians must submit the same, and worse II
this bill passes Il bin taBtamOunt In ts effects 20
the general confscston OF all the land titles In Csfor
MIA and New Mexico. say this Is violation oil the
Treaty. ] will read
Art VIII we1ans established territories frs, ou.y 10
longing % M@,oo h ch 1r e i1tlre rf he n Of
. t. NV .e or D. remove A. All, tine ofs M~r
,fl. % ,g,ir, ferst and re.srss ne J-se,sa ,rser,-
. q 2
sai,s t,r ~ change uiaever u The saa Terntor-.
property e,e Lud 5eonras 20 Metoan no. ssioei
there III All BE- oab respected ie present oNe ne lef' Of
traet a ENJOY h respect 70 r ruarsu a,J ample - Il is
sane belonged Co CITIZENS of tae unt@t states.
.sr, The rharlrte c4sn. OF N-scan Rspllc conra5y
with what stipulated o me secsig ,e'e ,s -
time Judged of y The CoEfe OF the United s't-s he on
~ IT, ppes Of Tie Constitution. and The meautm-, hal BE-
maintained add Pos'd he free efoj neni % theI te an.
p I.,iao,op. ego secured ' TITO "'' '''' ''
Here is not only assurance but an absolute stipu
ation that their property should be nvloaoy respect
ed that the shall be at liberty 70 use At their
pleasure selling il and removing with the proceeds As
they think proper And, in the face OF This positive
stipulation for the nvioable respect Of property mere
il bill for the impeachment and for the destruction oil
their titles for the depreciation Of their property for
rendering IL useless and yalueless Inc ute Is I'M
peached the very instant II carried before the bOard
That very instant the Treaty 10 violated 20 lar from
being respected the title is arraigned the value de
pressed al least one half threequarters DO We mol
all know that the value of the unconhrmed lands IN
Louisiana sunk half or more The confirmed u
ties are those which the United states have endorsed
The upconfrmed are those acted upon-the tommis
sioners reject and bring before Congress We al know
the operations in regard to these unconnrmed claims
they are aIrsgned inyadated they cannot De soio OF
bene6cialv improved being at the time liable 10
nav taxes and 10 be sold upon execution ana mus pass
out of the hands Of the owners for little or nothng
Now in this Treaty there ia peremptory stipulation
against ths nvaidsti0n Of property. u Is not 70 oe
bod or vf.latpd DESTROYED way nal IS
the stipulation in the Treaty and yet this Dill goes 70
the destruction of the whole for sir the property can
not be sold 10 any advantage while the uts i mus I'M
ueached And the owner cannot 90 on Win any iu
movements for he does not know 10 whom those I'm
provements are to belong He can do nothing MS
ann is parayzed HE heart Is sick ne looks ana I9oAs
helulesy 10 foreign country, 70 It's mercy ana mol
10 ts Justice He may beg but cannot demand lie
cannot even 70 into Court but must come 10 Congress
legislative body, which, God knows mas more 70 S'
tend 10 beside than they are able 10 do. 900
hsve shown by the Treaty that the scheme OF THIS OH
i violation Of It's eighth and ninth articles now
show YOU Sir tina, il IS violation OF the law OF "a
tions violation Of the decisions Of the supreme Court
s applicable 70 the title 10 lands falling under our DO
minion by acquisition from other countries
The oaaueor acquire. those whom be su,ise te,Foi
power respect 90 YER lives. o.i no' VIZ fr'fet N i- p
~ '.n III ~ i,, WI. rrvs,- p-.oo. an. pernt.l O. 70
TAIN theirs Tn To result ~ ihe oa9 change ef ns'si'
Iaifh .,........... oil, ,,. ,.,-,,,.,
~, Ia "a. b-.u recsgn1-i A. other Courts that
tha .i Nri-tur- PREVIOUSLY fr-Nri
rsi T., property. and h masin equally on-onal % t. -'H
Do n ssus. nd a1t The naNus oi -irflA Asi "N
Tn. sfs- Ciicf Jasftsf MlrftaNl
The tr-sty hy which LoustHl was 41ei, ne -i 'ti
stru-d that of The -d TERRITORY should Dr. ifr
fhs Tree o,eot p-rty Tie li-i state a. great
n.o r-sars@i hi. stipulation The arll = FHrpf "leh
would have e esav iaed tosgaa Bal nf h'fn Hi
- RE c5upad - Pffcrf. hi- 1891.
on inchnsl- I-t-- ND
ti. oi c-s.8n from rounty another only passes h
t 4. tt. .cr-- "a huf does noi what p-.
ed. ~ r WASHER t1se IT. are aoti- % ~
f-rt t.-r are aH held sacred "4 fcfrrt. 7ll.
ne custom. and OF TIE country ~htl .-a-i - ga.
49, f nr,of n Tie coded or e0ulu-fef country -i'l l-
.rs, -r or.e..or ty officer sho BY IA" a-i'f
r-8 male csrres Nrh Frf14 t1-r -f i-1- t.ai p =
h. oo~er. them. or departure 'fpn t-' VII ~
presumed. 90 Pacri. - -,-..-- 81. -
Ia people chang their aezaas blt TIER relation, = -.a
a.r 80 ti- r.hs property remain lrtslfe- fff' 81
Puaendorf book : chapter 6, says The conqlefor
acquire over those he suodues power A. - ther yes
bui not as to their possessions. Vsitel says Inc
conquered lose the possessions OF the STATE eu' not
| that which belongs 10 private individuals nus We
see private persons permitted 10 retain their PuP
erty The result is, they only change tneir mas
The United States Supreme Court says y Is principe
Of common Law which has been recognized A. wei IN
this As n other countries that the acquisition OF sioi
eign country By force of arms works no forfeiture OF
individual rights private property 10 not tneieoy o.
vested And this maxim IL clearly consonsnt VITO he
common sense OF mankind and the principles OF eierna
Justice This was an opinion delivered ~ Chiei Jusucs
/ Marshall -,
The treaty by which Louisiana Was acquired snpu'
/ shOuii BE- guaranteed IN the