Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-22
VOLUME VII. NO. "a.

,I,;st' 7 my oner and the committees. and
"n''T "a, VIII 'hank the senator from Penn.,lya.
'iu MI "COPPER" to recoIlect the next tunn he
P~uH9 y" ,"e sunlcct; and credit he difference
y" ~ 'ggt ~ sac OF the account But there is
Iio..el u,.ereIce m ana OF another kind between
t'io Two ollefs' and which may be fully devploo.
ed when we come to the work of film, nm tI,at
COY ana sensitive blank, upon when the com.
.Ditteo are so dumb, and the knowing ones 50
knowing My offer affects no other LIIl or
measure. 1t is in bill by itself MIA Tezos
OlII, and confined to Texas. The money if
proposes canys no Influence. rood ar had to
any other measure hoo n5Ae1fect on rne l1fe or
aPath 'di california, OF tEs fwo ferfjtofps. II
carries no vote, Tor or against them-cxcjtes no
STOCK Jooblng interest, for or against them. II
IS a parliamentary bill, confined to it, own sub.
Ject' nhmXed with any question, claiming de-
ciSloh on It's own merits alone, and LEAVING all
other bills to he decided, IN like manner. Tnon
their own merits. This is parf,cnE,r difar-
ence between the Committees bill and mine in
addition to all the other differences between
them, and which, at the proper time. | shall
more tuly develope; and, in the mean fine.
must remind the Senator from Pennsylvania moi
10 overlook these differences when he CONES
again TO iortiiy his intended vote for sacri6cinr
,'e" mexico, by reference to my bin for SAVING
her -! 'i'' t'i so'lng
ne h,c ,ccommtte, as justification for cediog tbe
.'i "a NG" nieH'co to Texas, and then pur-
CHASING the other half from her. arunr tb,t + :,
the only way to prevent rexas from, sya';,s' 70
her all up. This was a great mistake in la,v md
a further mistake in fact. in snpDosino .tho+ 4La
fresident-the then President General TavIor
would not do his duty. There were three woys
% save New Mexico without gving no any paTt
OF her to Texas. First, for the United Stntns to
occupy her as She was On the day OF her cession
by the Republic of Mexico; secondly. by suit
IN the supreme Court; thirdly, by Offering fair
compact, based upon The true boundary. Nv
elher OF these three ways New Mexico could
be saved; and the late President. in messare
before his death, let US know that he would do
MS DUTY, and MAINTAIN the possession until the
question OF title should be decided by the com
Petent authority. This is his message:
81 have already, in former message. refer
red to the fact that the boundary between Texas
and New Mexico is disputed. have now TO
state that information has been recently received
that certain Robert S. Nelghbors. styling him.
sell commissioner of the State of Tex,s, has.
proceeded to Santa Fe, with the view of organic.
ing counties in that district, under the authority
OF Texas. While have no power to decide tl~
question OF boundary, and no desire +. 5ntericre
with 1t as question of te,l have todbserve that
the possession Of the territory into which it ap.
pears that Mr.. Neighbors has gone, was actually
acquired by the United States from Mex
ico, and has since been held BY the United
states, anu IN my oT'hioni o"g'l' 70 10 fe,hfin
utti' t''e quest'oh VI ooluu'Iy Sn''i nav ueou
~ 1D''''
wi.t.e' ''I'h V.i9e - II" tu'so ol ousiy ~
gi, n .na. vAf ~ Tn' ae'oy =. 'siieie
mis- is toe 90 ot tbo Iat, p.,l.
II il tba In md tho nronhat, h.iaf ai,"
bn, +,,,o ,nd s;sa o,,rG r,,t,;. I' s'''P'e'
nrgnn,ant Grr tho d;,oi,,I,on'7 ~ T'li''
cn Uo t,Ils W., ,nat h., oil, iyA.-
session snch rs # ,ya, ,yb, ,a IT 1l poo,
received if nntil tho onoslior, ~ hn,io,' ,'.IJ
he decided bv tho cnn,notont an,lr;t;ny ir;,
is ennunb Gorus VVa ota j., ,,.Ia', lug ''I
have onlv to rctain il Thoso ,,I,, i''a'
of tb, Ito pros;5e,t AMI thor, -,
hour them Tia snnLo G,r bin,.'f "a ',,.J,
will stand monno,ent IN l,; ,,l.,',r,, ,32o,
unent to his indrroont tn. 500 fho ri.,,t anl e.,
his lirmuess in rnoint,,,;n,, if +, ,,.s ri, L,t
mess1ne. and the sv,nbnI If b,s c6,r,c,,..' hr,,f
Main. honest wise 6rm and +, tb, ,oi,t Il
was worthy to he the LAST ,nnss,,,a oF C,n,or'i
Tavloi and will oo inro fine bn,ds nod ha,,ts
Of the people. and will remain on the ,,s.o,rv
of his country loncer than prg,n, .yyorls c,n %
main pnon sf1no nr b,ass ,,,i,, ~, ,i,,,,'o,
Ito tha nrnson, prosidont l. a,l h., ,,','.,,
nontorv and indnrorons to l., 81 lTa b.'l s..a,
NJ, ,',o,so,,o ~ ,,, ,ao t,,, ,,...N ~
Et,,.,, ~, IN s., ~ J,... w. " OS.
nd -, .,l ,a,, ~, LyJ. .'N' -
anu a' Il" rVen'S we ha'e no fgh' u tct upon
ooi'''ty SuFPo7!tlo" ~ suppose ''ll. tne Tfe5'
id1hI VIII not MAINTAIN tne a|iitooe oI ms Pred
eceSsof' ana thelehy MAKE II necessary lor Con-
9fcsS TO 40 something IN his place.
Mr.. President, we are government ot dlvd-
ell dPoWefs-leglslat'vc executive, ami Judlcili--
and no one depart nent has a right 10 assume
that another department viii not d. lt' duty, and
theIeupOn assume those duties itself, or do
something that it ought not to do, on the Suppo-
sltlon that the other dGpartnrut will do nothing.
Such assumptions and interteraoces are the b4ne
of all government, and the excuse Of much
wrong. We have seen how mistaken it was to
assume such thing of the late Presdent-t
was to suppose that he would nat 10 his duty in
maintaining the possession of New Mexlc0-
and nuke that suppostion our excuse for giving
her away. II NAV be equally mistaken to make
the same supposition Of his successor. bnt
will not suppose one way or the other. It rests
on the princine of parliamentary law and de-
corutn, and viii not suppose, or presume, de-.
lnouencv of duty on the part Of any other de-
partment of the Governments and, rising above
all party feelings, shall hold myself ready in the
case of President Fillmore, us IN That Of Presi-
dent Taylor, to sustain him IN the fall execution
of all his constitutional duties whcn believe
him to be right.
The late President, in that same message, IN
formed Congress that he saw no reason to ap-
prehend that Texas would practically interfere