The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-27

/ 10 HcSicCt W cAcCutO tHc ouh6oNoh Va 'ho
United States in the treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo! Why, he states expressly, in
his message, that "acih a pieW 10 The taith-
{ full execution of the treaty, so far as lay
in the power of the Executive, and to
enable Congress TO act at the present SEES
sion with as full knowledge and as little
difficulty as possible" he sent certain
persons to California and New Mexico,
with instructions, among other things, to
make known TO the people Of those Terri
tories his &C desire that each Territory
should, ifprepared TO comply with the
acquisitions Of the Constitution Of the
f United States, form plan of State
constitution, and submit the same to
Congress, with prayer for admission
into the Union as STATED" It will not
be pretended, We suppose, that the people
of New Mexico are not prepared to COM
ply with all "the acquisitions of the Con-
stitution'' in this respect.
Another of the objections Of the Senator
to the PRESIDENTS plan is, as he alleges,
that the PRESIDENT recommends that the
subject, or sswound," of the 7eras bounda-
Try, along with that of the Territorial gov
eminent, should remain, and be left UNI
touched, to cure itself by some law of ma
ture-by the DIS medicatrir nature, or
some self remedy-in the success ofwhich
he cannot perceive any ground of the
least confidence. And this in the face of
the following extract from the message of
the PRESIDENT!
ga claim has been advanced by the State of
9 Texas to very large portion of the most popu-
lous district of the Territory commonly desgna-
ted by the name of New Mexico. If the people of
| New Mexico had formed plan of State govern
ment for that Territory, coded by the treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo and had been admitted by
Congress as State, our Constitution would have
afforded the means of obtaining an adjustment of
the question of boundary with Texas by judicial
decision. AT present, however, no judicial tribu-
nal has the power of deciding that question, and
it remains ion Congress TO derse mode of adj
| justnent"
Is this express submission Of the Texas
boundary question to Congress, with whom
the subject properly belonged, ''to devise
some mode of adjustment"-is this pro-
posing to leave it 'suntouched, to cure it.
self by some law Of nature, by the uis med
icatriT nature, or some self remedy?"
New Mexico being admitted into the
Union as State, the Supreme Court
would then have jurisdiction over the ques-
ton of boundary between that State and
Texas, and its adjudication would be COM
petent to heal that wound.
| With regard to Utah, the people of that
portion of the territory acquired from Mex
leo have emigrated thither of their own
free volition, and now constitute an iso-
lated people. They have adopted pro-
visional form of government, perhaps as
well or better suited to their condition
and wants than any which Congress could
devise for them. They are in the full en-
ljoyment of the great right of selfgovern-
ment. They are well armed, and, if we
are correctly informed, abundantly able to
protect themselves from the Indian tribes
in the vicinity. Should they at any time
need additional military protection, the
PRESIDENT will no doubt take care that
it be promptly extended to them. In ref
erence to this people, no imputation of inf
deity to the engagements of the United
States in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
can arise, they having, for the most part,
emigrated thither since the conclusion OF
that treaty, and never having been citi-
zens of Mexico.
| Speaking of the PRESIDENTS plan, the
Senator says: ''He the PRESIDENT re-
commends the admission Of California.
We are willing to admit California. We
go with him as far as he goes, &C."
With the utmost Difference to the Senator,
we must say that we do not so under
stand the two plans. We understand the
PRESIDENT to recommend something more
than the admission of California. We un-
derstand him to recommend the reference
of the question, whether the introduction
of slavery shall or shall not be prohibit
ed in the residue Of the Territory, TO the
people thereof when they shall come to
form State constitution OF constitutions
preparatory to their admission into the
Union as State or States, and that in
the mean time Congress, abstaining from
The establishment of territorial govern
ments, should leave the people of the
Territory TO be governed by their own
local laws and customs, with such mil
itary protection from the United States
as their necessities shall require and the
exigencies Of the public service elsewhere
will permit. Early admission into the
Union as States, non-intervention by Con-
gress in respect to slavery, and non-action
by the same body an regard to the establish
ncnt Of territorial governments, constitute
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