The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-10-12

| ted Siatcs and the provisions OF this act
but no law shall be passed interfering with
the primary disposal Of the soil no tax
shall hc impo.cd upon the property OF the
!, nilcd States; nor shall the lands or other
property Of non. residents be taxed higher
than The lands Of other property Of resi-
dents. All the laws passed by the lcgsla'
tive assembly and governor shall bc sub
mitted 10 the Congress OF the United states,
and if disapprovcd shall be null and Of no
effect
"Wri's Of error and appeal from the final
decisions Of the supreme court ct New
Mexico shall be allowed and may be taken
to the Supreme Court Of the n'tcd states,
in the same manner, and under the san'c
regulations, rs from the circnit courts OF tho
United States. where the valuc OF the prop
eriv, or the amount in controversy, To be
ascer,aiued BY the oath or affirmation Of
either party, or other competent witness,
shall exceed one thousand dollars except
only that ia all cases involving title to
slaves, the said writs of error or appeal.
shall be allowed and decided by the said 81
prcmc court without regard to the value of
the matter, property, or title in controversy,
aud cxccp, also that writ OF error or ap.
peal shall also be allowed 10 the Supreme
Court of the United States from the dccis.
ion OF said supreme court created by this
act, or Of any Judge thereof, or of the dis
iric,s courts created by this act, or Of any
Judge thereof, upon any writ of habcas cor.
put involving the question of personal free
dom, ~e. DC.
SIC. Is. And be Il further enacicd, That
the Constitution, aud all laws Of the United
States, which are not locally inappicablc,
shall have the same force and effect within
the said Territory Of New Mexico As else
where within the United States.
"Src. ~. And be- II further onaciod, That
the provisions OF this act IN rcrerd 10 New
Mexico be. and they are hereby, suspended
until the boundary between ,he mite |
states and the State of Texas shall have
been ad justed and when such adjustment
shall have been affected, the President Of
the United States shall issue his procla
nation declaring this act 10 Ire iii full iuree
aud operation and shall proceed To appoint
the officers herein provided to be appointed
ia aud for said Territory"
For he bill from which have Just quo.
ed the above extracts, the Senators and Rep.
rcsentatiscs from Texas voted. We did
not thereby many manner commit YOU 10 the
support Of the bill We made not single
pledge for you we merely, by giving 1t our
support, said that we were willing to sub
nit to the people Of Texas the decision Of
this question for themselves You are not
only left entirely free and untrammcllcd to
act in this matter for yourselves. but you
can do so without prejudice 10 your intc-
rests, AS you will see that the Territorial
Government Of New Mexico is no, 10 go
into operation until this boundary question
is adjusted We have taken our share OF
lie responsibility. and you must now take
yours. speak in this manner in regard To
your action. because hope, il the Legisla-
turc he IN session when the special mcsscn-
ger shall arrive at Austin, conveying a copy
of this act, that they will at once submit,
this matter to the Eeople Themselves aud
if it is not in session, shall recommend
the Governor promptly to refer the question
himself to the people, and If they decide in
its favor, to convene the Legislature to re-
gislcr their decree rs It Is required that the
proposition, II accepted, must abe agreed To
by Texas in an act passed by her General
Assembly" Should Texas not accept the
terms now proposed | trust the people
will instruct the LEGISLATURE to propose such
terms as would be acceptable, TO the State,
aud thus have this matter settled ms all mat.
ters should be settled, particularly between
members of the same political family, by
amicable and peaceful negotiation.
My object in addressing you now is to
state some facts that may be useful to yon
in making up your decision. | have had "A
map prepared by the General Land Office
here, which have had Autographed. and
copies Of which shall send to every Conn.
ty Clerk and Postmaster in my District for
the inspection Of the people. from which
the following facts appear, There is in Tex.
as, rs her boundaries are defined by her act
of Congress of December ~, 1896, an ares
Of 3!5, 800 square miles of which i3,537
lie north Of the Missouri compromise line of
~ deg. 30 min. north latitude, and - $3.50
lie south o' that line The area left in Tex
learce's bill is 237 ,'s!l square miles more
than five times as large as the State Of New
York. The area proposed to be left in Tex
rs by the Compromise bill of the Commit.
Tee OF Thirteen, of which Mr.. CLAY was
chairman, is 203 !'>G square miles, so that
by Pcarce's bill Texas retains 81, 1875 square
miles more than by tho Compromise bill of
Mr. CLAY, BY the propositions now made
Ia Texas, besides the territory lying north
Of the Missouri compromise line, she is ask
I'd TO ccde her claim TO II .6ti2 50. miles south
oi said line. BY Pearce's bill Texas retains
1890 81. miles more than il her northern
boundary was the Bath parallel fnorth lat
tudc from the Rio Grandc to the Red Kiv. /
rr, which Is the line alluded 20 by Govern.
Or BELL IN his late message to the Legisla !
lure of our State. The difference is, that
IN the line mentioned by Governor Bell the
territory lies south Of - Degrees north lat |
'ude and on the Rio Grandc. while in the |
bill of Mr. Pearce it lies north Of "a deg |
and soath of hi deg 30 min. including the
hcad-waters Of Red River, Washita, and
Canadian Rivers
The proposed southern boundary line of
New Mexico is about fifteen miles north of |
III Passo. 1t is about four hundred miles |
IN straight line from San Antonio to the |
nearest point of what is proposed to be |
organized ms New Mexico. |, is about $50 |
miles from the mouth OF the Rio Grnnde !
10 I'll Passo by a straight line, and BY the
river II must be more than double that dis |
lance. From the northeast corner of the