The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-30

i Mr. BALDWIN Mr. Murphy in his reply to M,
Upshur, under date OF September 2i ls43 writing from
Texas, says:
1.-THE United States preserve and Texas th
Of her constitution and present form OF
men then have gained all that DESIRE and ais
all thst Texas asks o Wishes
Il This, to be sure, the language not OF Texan bu
of the charge of the United States, then residing at Gal
weston But il shows what in the Judgment Of compe
tent observers in and Of Texas and concerned in ih
measure OF annexation was the then actual condition
OF Texas.
allow me to make explanation. think satisf,
him can the gentleman that at the very tins
this correspondence took place, Texas had the recogn
ton OF her Independence guaranteed to her BY England
against Mexico England and France both guaranteed
defend her against the consequences This was al the
very time she recognised and had been for three
aohths previ Us 10 the time whea this correspondence
between MIR. Upshur and Mr. Murphy took place.
| Mr. BALDWIN. II il enough for my present purpose
that in 1895 Texas had set up her claim to include within
her own limits the greater part Of the population of New
Mexco that the war continued from 1886 down to the
year ls4o when sxae acceded the proposals for he
union with the United States and that in all that period
Texas had not succeeded in taking one single step To-
wards establishing her claim or pIeence to title ia New
Mexico.
short explanation, think | satisfy him. In the
year ls4a Texas carried her The Rio Grande
and took Guerrero and other places and returned From
that time until the xaon, the enemy crossed
the Rio Grande with any hostile iorce--never.
Mr.. BALDWIN Am 10 understand the honorable
senator from Texas to say that Texas ever sent hostile
! Mr.. HOUSTON They sent across the Rio Grande,
where i suited their operations.
MIR. BALDWIN. Was it into the limits of New Mex.
Mr.. HOUSTON No. sir it was in the limits Of Texas,
MIR. BALDWIN. Was it in the ancient limits of
Tamaulipas or of New Mexcos
Mr. HOUSTON. They went up Tamaulipas, where
i crosses the river and Chihuahua The army crossed
Mr. BALDWIN | believe am right, then, Mr. Pres
ident in saying that they hostile foot within the
limits OF the ancient province Of New Mexico
Mr. CHASE, lin his seat) Nor Of Coahuila
much lower down the Rio Grande. And yet. for that
period of nine years before the anIxaon it stood upon
the statute books of Texas that they claimed all east OF
the Rio Grande 10 its source. deny the fact upon
which the argument OF the senator from Texas was
based, that the government Of the United States ever
assumed s during the progress of the war with Mexico
the duty OF maintaining the title of Texas by force the
Upper Ro Grande. or that they ever admitted that Tex
as had any title there whatever What then, Mr.. Presi
ss h upon the part Of Tsss s and how
member OF the republic of Mexico revolted from the
tyranny OF Santa Anna for the purpose of recovering for
her own people the privilege of self government In her
struggles throughout the contest she shared largely in
The sympathes Of the friends Of freedom Originally the
inhabitants OF Texas proclaimed TO the world that they
were engaged in contest of to establish their
rights as eemen to the privileges secured to them by the
Mexican constitution of 1924 Texas maintained that
position She became q free republic. And what was
assert upon her statute book that she had right gov
ern only the people within her own territory but 10
hold the people OF New Mexico province containing at
mat ume believe larger population than Texas her
sell sell N saelscton TO her She asserted right though
CO, egsx,e for that people without their c0nsent and
without inviting their participation. or giving them the
privilege OF representation in her legislature And now
that New Mexico has been cedcd the United States
the result of the with Mexico Texas here setting
up the claim that she has right to hold these people
New Mexico in subjecon against their assent. Is thu
the principle for which my friend ron Texas fought so
valiany upon the field OF battle which signazed the
struggle in which his people were engaged! Was 1t IN
order that they might conquer and subdue and govern
dependent, vassals the tree people OF neighbonhg
provlnce Was this the triumph achieved at San Jacin
to, which established the Independence OF Texas II
was sir, a triumph the great principle OF lib
erty first established and promulgated to the world IN
practical form by own Declaration OF lndependence-
Declaration founded upon and vindicating the iran
scenden, truth of the naenabe sovereignty OF the peo
Ple and which abrogaed al all pretensons to do
minon asserted higher principles than those which
prevailed in the dark ages, usying the sublecuon OF
people by to the OF another people
without their consent Sir such struggle as thus would
have been unworthy OF Texas and OF the cause 10 which
she proiessedly engaged
But sir for what object has Texas asserted her right
over New Mexco' Is it in order that she may govern
the people OF New Mexico better than they can govern
Is hai sue can sve nT 'hsy e.p Obtain
under territorial government to which they have been
accustomed, as separate State under government
admin stored BY themselves No, sir; this ia not the
purpose OF Texas What, then, is il Why she wants
an acknowledgement OF her title to the sovereignty OF New
Mexico, order that shc may transfer II 10 the United
States for pecuniary consideration. The government oil
the United States then has waged war with Mexico, con
quecd the province OF New Mexico promised liberty TO its
people, purchased from Mexico out OF common treasury
cession of that territory and now Il u to be delivered mp
Texas order that Texas may sell again TO the UNI
ted States pay the debts Texas which accrued durng
her own revolution That, sir is the character OF the
claim that what the Congress OF The United States
that what the Senate OF the United States-in the mid
die OF the nineteenth century, called upon TO sanction
that is the purpose for which is now proposed TO you
| IN nd pufVo ma4ll m
the and conditions upon which she - TO ccde TO
the United States her claims to New Mexico Sir. trust
no such purpose this will be sanctioned by the
Senate.
But, Mr. President has been said that there pre-
ceden for the proposition submitted by the senator IRON
Maine II ia said that the thing was done in refer
ence the Mssisspp territory claimed by The State o
iutonary contest, Sir, that ia entirely unlike the
present The State OF Georgia, after the termination OF
The revolutionary claimed territory lying beyond the
recog Used limits of that State Other States which held
western territory under similar perhaps superior
title had ceded them the United States for the common
benefit Georgia disposing Of these lands for her
benefits and the question aroee in regard TO the title,
United States to appoint with power to ad
Just and determine, with such commissioners might he
appointed under Legislative authority Of the State OF
Georgia. all interfering claims of the United States and
that State territory situated west Of the river Chata
hoochee, &c. and also to receive proposals or the reR
qushment cession OF the whole or any part OF the
other territory claimed by the State Of Georgia and ont OF
the ordinary jurisdiction thereof Under that act commis
soners appointed by the President OF the United
States and they agreed with the State Of Georgia to
lnquish to the United States for the common benefit all
her claim 10 The western lands bevond certain specIed