The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-27

ia false position Who would have thought that two
honorable gentlemen. who s n public axty fset apart.
would have thus got But they told OF them
selves aud think that the blame must rest with them
| OF the adv vantage
And now of the senator from Illinois, [Mr DoveLAs
ne cannos vote Tor my amendment suppose b. i not
~ favor Of dsnemhenng New Mexico He cannot vos for
ms DsiaIss begins where the Red river = crossed Sy
the iuotn Isg Longitude. and because will dimnish the
extent of New Mes.co. Why SIR we must bewin come
where There is Obliged 10 be beginaing. Whs. df-
ference would II make to .ay thew should be-
gin al the northwest corner OF New Hanpshrc and then
go on until shey got the true line between New Mexico
and Texas Z You may well begin al one uIxce "a =,
another Ya are moi to remain at that place Thsy be-
gin there, and tsn walk OIL compass and book in hand
and keep on moving until they get to the placs which
they believe to be the beginning OF the dividing line be-
tween the two provinces, and then lay down the line
correctly That is all The tracks they have made in
land that aoss not 10 Nsw
and the right beginning would Ae the point that would
leave what does no, belong New Mexico. Texas
claim ALL four degrees north Of her present actual
ement They begin at the right point and then. in the
language that has been used throughout they 30 on TO
find the true line between New Mexico and Texas and
they establish other boundary They TO 20
on until they find this true ne and then establsh Il.
and whether gets more or less make: no dlnsrsncs
from Kentucky which has been the foundation Of al the
proceedings we have had given. and | hope that that
Mexico from dsmemberment Ii is my design to stand
where the resolution OF the honorable senator from Ken
lucky placed the question on The 29th Of last January
approved the resolutions when they were offered and
nothing has occurred since that time to make ma aban.
don them. have been struggling for the principles OF
hss w hays
New Mexico intact before am done with it.
Mr.. DOUGLAS. There is one point upon which the
honorable from Missouri and myself and
that that Texas at least four degrees Of teroFy
north of this point the Red river. That being the
case that Texas does own this territory them socosdng
leo would get large territory that she could not other
wise claim This is the natural boundary Of New Mex.
poses POI, W to Gu Gu. il off and add il to New Mexico and tie
resolution Of the senator from Kentucky proposes y Do
the same thing and every amendment that has been
without any exceptions has contained the proposition 70
annex that country north of the Red river TO New Msx-
leo. The amendment offered now by the senator from
Missouri proposes to run up to the ooh degree of lonE
tude, making that the east line Of New Mexico and
taking from New Mexico and giving to Texas IN i'm:
shall be glad TO see the senator IRON Missouri modify hs
Mr.. BENTON. will do il before am done with II:
about the heart He proposes the line Of 80 degree.
which just about the heart Before am done with T.
shall conrye form OF words Which s VIII Ofq& ms
everything that he says am unable entirely 70 sc%ps-
conermnous there the boundaries 10 be asce!
tanned wherever they not conermnous then there
40 boundary between them There z no m9rs ;omcaly
duced by the senator from Kentucky We have nov
come to the point OF dsmemberment or no dismembeE-
and on that point repeat what have said beforsst
Texas swallow the whole Of il or none That y what
Mr.. DAVIS, Of Mississippi All the gentleman Who
have lately argued this amendment have agreed 10 cns
one thing they disposed 10 protect the claims OF New
how shsy can eject that Object Now. Sir ior myssli.
have never been able 10 see OF what importance y r1w
10 inquire where the boundary OF New Mexico ~ We
We acquired il merely much land. Il was bounded
only the southern and western sdesthat " . - 10
enable Us to run the boundary between The unssd Ssss
and Mexico. No other reference was made to The Old
@ tion Of territorial boundary We acquired i q whole
provinces 1t with the United State: 70 divide
il into counties they please The question is not the
boundary of New Mexico, but the boundary o. IsxA:
and that great question seems 10 be about TO % o ent
lof II there be any real claim 10 that OF the United
Staes and any OF the extinct provinces o. New sx
co Whatever boundaries she had were obltsrated BY
the treaty Of Guadaiaps adalxG IT. = na NOV s; s.,sa
only question in my mind worthy of inquiry ~ whese
the line Of division between the State Of Tsxas and As
pose sir hold thai the inquiry cosed-that with the
exation OF New Mexico sovereign S.ts with her
boundary defined, saving, have stated before ms!sy
the right to settle the question OF boundary with any fcs
eign country Having failed to make that ssstemeos
negotiations, we went TO war We vent 70 va before
God forbid that should be one Of thoee who Iay
claim to New Nexco and convict the United SAtss. in
the Of mankind oil having gone 70 wal WIN wax
powell with whom she had right TO 70 war, ior The
purpose of apcaiion That s the condition q which We
have arrived That is the position in which We stand
1t is the question Of whether we will condemn our own
country TO bear the inlamy OF having invaded weak
country for purposes Of conquest and personal aggrao,
|dizement For one sir viii give such vote.
have said time and again that the boundary o Iexas ~es
sanc6ed by the act OF the United States and that what
ever may have been the original right, We cannc WIN
out dshonor, contest the title now For one whl never
agree to brand this country with that dishonof.
Mr. HALE. Mr. President, | have never aid any
thing in all the discussions that have 0ken pAcs
upon the question OF the boundary OF IexaA But ths
remarks OF the honorable senator from Missssippi, who
has Just taken his seat to me to require ana
have induced me to venture single remark which y nn:
The honorable senator from mississippi assumes wnai
has been continuously assumed upon this noos tn. we
annexed Texas sovereign State with the ooonosn~
that she had fixed for herself.
Mr. DAVIS. made reservation. VIII the sepAo'
from New Hampshire state that asoi
Mr HALE That was OF the right Of this govslnmeaA
to settle the question OF boundary with any ioIe8n -.
ton undertake TO say that if It bad been po.aoss
the wses man in the world, with the Freasss ~
pathological learning, to have framed s1 n9r ~ N
would have excluded that conclusion ne cooie ns oAve
Sn IN srms more explicit than it 10 done by theeo very
resolutions Of annexation say was not n u power
~ .nv,hnu .hor OF infinite wisdom TO pat toGehof Ian
..rs thai would have excluded such coeclnsoA mors
earsiully more specifically, OF more explicitly than
done by those resolutions What did We annax 70 ths
IIn;tad S,aesi Why, sir, 'all territory properly In.
nded within and rghuly belonging 10 the rspabic OF
Tsrss on the FIRST day OF March, lS45" That 10 whas
was annexed to the United Satesnothng more, noahne
less