The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-04

should invite all others to place themselves under exact
and full responsibility the States and to the people
honorable and excellent senators, must be allowed to
think that their consent TO this bill betrays want OF con-
6dencs in her claims or in the justice of Congress-
lust claim ought not TO need unjust combination.
Those who that Texas has valid title to all OF
New Mexico east OF the Rio Gande as high as the 42d
parallel, will necessarily regard that State suenderng,
secured % slavery 10 tbs equiyocaons Of this Compro
mise those, on the contrary. who regard the preten-
SONS q Texas IN New Mexico groundless. will as
Thousand square miles Of soil pregnant with liberty TO
Inc hazards OF this Adjustment Both OF these parties,
think. must agree that the United States ought not pay
Texas the equivalent unless her title good and that
her title 10 good then the United States have no consttu
tona power TO buy her territory II they may buy part
q Texas FOR purposes not defined u the constitution they
slave State 70 make free they equally buy the soil
Of free State serze i with slavery II Be replied
that The ts y 10 dispute then ne transaction changes
not yet lifted up high the United States brought
down 50 low, as to obtain my consent TO so humiliatng
traffic
have heretofore said that could vote to pay the debt
Texas. the ground that the reputation Of il BY the
United States IN the agreement Of annexation, was fau
domain and dominion from her rather than pay her debts
She must be content therefore, to satisfy concerning
the cardinal points in the bargain, viz
l ~ IcuSOStuVcTc5S
Secondly. The Uaius Of ne sqaiUaie' ws are q re-
Thirdly 1As title Of he vsndoy.
Fourhly The use 70 Uhict the territory Is 10 be APP
First How much are we to pay II The sum is set
down 10 49,. and the blank s peItnaciously kept open
replied to who asked leave 10 what he carried
under his cloak carry i there that you may not see
Well we are obliged to assume that Texas is to be paid
more than her claim is worth, because she will trust
70 distinct and independent negotiation The payment
we see California desire OF the nation and the envy
Of the BY the Senate of the United States
to the humiliation OF chaerng and chewing with money
changers and stock brokers' continually batting her offers
with richer rewards, to obtain her admission into the
Union.
The extent and value Of the acquisition are equally I'M
paid, Texas owns nearly all New Msxico but when it
comes the domain to be obtained turns out that
to cede to Texas part Of that province 70 save the
rest Surely if concede to Texas the admiration her
representatives require, they must admit that she knows
how to coin our admiration into gold.
The rye Is beyond dispute that the territory which
Texas offers was from time mmemorial integral part
@ q Texas equally clear hat hat the UNI
quered, and bought il. and that they hold il BY treaty
solemnly executed II is certain that Texas never
conquered II never bought il. and has no treaty con.
But Texas insists that she has equitable title. She
asserted think in 1885, BY law in her statute book.
tina, her boundary should be the 42d parae that s she
co. But she never executed, nor even attempted exc
cute that purpose She came into the United States with
out having executed il Her statute therefore, mere
6ruSum ttAmsn The United States in the articles OF
annexation refused to commit themselves TO the claim Of
Texas Subsequently the United States waged against
Mexico not iO the claim q Texas but ior Other causes
cal debts, and indemnes for the expenses OF the
Being thus engaged IN the United States accepted
New Mexico and California in satisfaction of the
mercal debts and the expenses Of the contest after paying
fifteen millions Of dollars for their value Thus
the United States free from obligation TO Texas acquired
paying the whole consideration alone The claim Of
Z As groundiess in equity as BY the strict rules Of
The claim Of Texas Just as good to the whole OF
Nor is the proposition satisfactory in regard to
the purposes 70 which the Territory 10 TO De applied
am satisfied that the soil Of New Mexico is soil now
il would be less safe il this bill passed The bill
would raise cloud upon the question prefer rather to
New Mexico has no representative here Every phase
OF this Compromise exhibits ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF her
Territory and yet she is to receive equivalent Texas
Mexico Is less expansive and comparatively sterile This
bill, nevertheless, literally applies the Scripture, He
that bath to him shall be given, and he that hath not
This perverson OF right proceeds upon the ground that
either New Mexico has certain title, that she has
no political government to defend It 80. ~
Mexico was State in the republic OF Mexico and af-
forwards political Territory in that republic She
less than that We found her in that condi-
ton and character. She retains that character now
Only her allegiance is transferred 10 the United States
while some Of the powers OF government suspended by
conquest remain in allegiance She is republic accord
eoetw muifudnis, juris ct ,iatis conlunis
| socidfus."
| New Mexico has domain, population, resources, and
qualhed dominon--arfs, CUSTOMS laws, and religion.
She holds these physical and moral elements OF State
subordinate to the United States, but nevertheless dis
tinclly, and apart from all other communities New
Mexico, moreover, has formed her Institutions on the
government OF God And thus she possesses the FIRST last
and chief element OF democratic or republican
States-imparial civil bery--that element which
/ iavors the creation OF wealth, without which
State must be powefess; the equalization OF prop
erty, without approximation 10 which State is
exposed OPPRESSION the diffusion OF kno Wedge,
without which republican institutions cannot be pre-
served and the development OF strength, courage, and
enterprise, without which State cannot flourish New
to maintain war; and the system that is best adapted 10
secure peace. New Mexico therefore, might well have
aspired even under Mexican sway--and much may
aspire under the fostering OF the United Stateso
such greatness the free States in this Union have at
tanedsach greatness is asiaablc by purely demo-
ratio States only
New Mexico, pressed by the encioachment Of Texas
and BY The Jealousy o. the slave States impores from US
protection OF her territory and OF her constitution. This
bill Of Compromise compromises her claims by dividing
her territory right and left, boldly assigning part to
disguised slavery, and the rest nsdiousy to exposed
freedom. Sir, il concur in giving any government 10
New Mexico, must be good she has already
Although the drama OF conquest in Mexico falls into
successive acts, conducted BY different performers i