The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-08
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Datid aufIj t5S&is cons Dhents. We have
also Fived om On a col Df the map he has
htely Mfepa@ ~ these Monuments will be
sent to every Post-offiee in the country, we will
endeayor by an examination of their merits, to
eounteract, in some measure, the effect intended
to be produced by Them
First We will notice tho map. II pretends to
have been drawn from Disturnals which was ap-
pended to the treaty OF the correctness of this
map, we have no means of judging f.srther than
1t differs very materially from all Others We have
seen, and particularly from that of De Cordova's
which Is endorsed as correct not only by Mr.
Kaufman, but by Houston; Rnsk, SIfilsbury, and
others ut is aPpareHt why Mr. *. used Distur.
nalF instead OF De Cordoyas, i'm preparing his
map when we lind that according to Disturnal's
map there arerin the e0uateyt proposed to be
cedfd bbstA7, 46Or acres, wlnie according to De
Cotdovas II amounts to i93 ,72e96os; or a diff.
ference of 46, 28i !6oO!n Ees the reader takeithe
twd maps and compare them, and he win see
that AIR, *, vert. artfnlly inakes that point be-
tween 1the ssth and 42d. degrees lof Moth lati.
rude, only BALI a degree IN width, when accord
ing TO DE, Gordoyas it is two. dsgEees. Here
thefeds a,Iesss of lS,460,S00 acres. Between
tbe I39thaad 884 degreesiof north latitude, there
Is a further1oss In kaufmans map OF nine square
degrees, owing TO the difference in tie 'fJchtion
ut the Rio Gr.hde, eqaalto 1920 sdtiafe miles
or, 3T,72Os 800; making tile difference between
the two maps, as mentioned before Of 46, % 600
80 much Tor K,'s,maP, the evident design Of
which, was to deceive his constituents Before.
noticing his circular; we desire toeau the,aften-
IRON OF the reader TO the 9TH article Pcarcs's
bill 'HefeWe find that before the $4,000 600
which the United States holds in reseryei can be
used by Texas, her creditors to whom the duties
on irnPosts wefe specially pledged,a shall frst
flel at the Treasury OF The United States, re-.
.lleafespf pll claims, &c,s'' Now the fiI,ire Of
.ond creditor TO, file his release will render fhe
whole billr imperative, which. will !, place her
measnreably at the 7meroy,,of these men, !, She,
'will be debarred of all chance of scaling this.
debt, but will OF course be compelled to pay ii
in full. The object of the trainers of the bill
seems to have been to prevent Texas haHao1the
benefit OF q dollar ofsthe $sIO,G90OOO,. but to
pour it into the Zap Of those, who have specu
lated off of her necessities =" ~, 80
II we will now proceed to notice the circular.
Mr. X. tells us that it is hardly probable that
New Mexico will be admitted as Estate under
twenty years. This strange deearatioat to make
in view OF the fact that New Mexic6 has already
constitution seut and dried" excluding slavery,
and which the Senate voted I9 to fT9in fay0f
of referring to Committee. 1T may Be said
that she will not be received. We have Only to
lodk.at the admission Of California to be salts
fled that the whole patronage of the Government
and the influence ofttheiExeeutve,w ba exert,
led to'ketp ont isiapery9 @ftis idleuto say that
the Territorial legislatures cannot prohibit the
introduction of slaves, if'they stould see proper
to exercise the power Gen. Cass, and u large
number OF .others-say they baye the authority
and what shareholder will run the risk of ven
turing into territory when at best he must en-
I,t,, Ia yols Il l.,
it viii be only TO lose his slave III tile organiaa-
ton Of State government. 1t is an insult
therefore to our common sense, to tell us that
if the climate and soil Of New Mexico are adapted
TO slave labor, it will 60 there .'"H
The North will anever. admit another, slave
Sthte, Notwithstanding pledge of, Congress.
An that Texas may FEVER wish to de in the way
ofdividng should be doneat the time of selling,
if she sells at all. The portion proposed to be-
sold leaves the State in ragged shape. All
that portion between the Indian Territory and
lob deg. west longitude, will certainly be lost
to slavery, if Pearce's bill is adopted Let the
State reject the bill, and if it should desire Ito
sell, it can make its own proposition by which it \
cab provide for every thing-new States and all
Pearce's bill is intended as a violation of.the
Missouri compromises precedent To Justify alt
encroachments which Frse:soiT mhyt hereafter
QeSire-eHtehdInS olU Illlea SCUM OF tnat lines,
THE con- agon of Free soil will thereby reach tie
he art of the State and paralyze its interests.
1t is adding insult to injury for Mr.. X. to at
tempt to justify himself for his vote, in the fact
that representatives from the other Southern
States also .vo' ed for the bill. The truth is he
is responsible for those votes, as are also Hous-
ton, Rusk, and Howard; for by their Submission
the South was led into the act. By their defec-
tion'the issue will be lostt By taeir,own yqlqn-
tary offering, Free-so with all its denominations,
is to have fobthold IN the heart'of the State
It is,not the lack of brains but of honesty that
Texas is told that New Mexico, md S:lnta Fee
down to 49, if adapted to slave labor, will be
permittedIto adopt the institution of slavery
1t is time the South d,pndeEstand the North.
There is alasc abous The CONSTITUTIONS Seward,)
Upon this law the North will act whenever. q
new State presents itself for admission. A
Southern man with hnlf an eye ought to see that
the moment the General Government takes con-
trol of the soil. abolition takes control of the
General Government and condemns it. to Free
soil. What has gone with Oregon !-Calfor-
MIA 3, So vii, go Utah New Mexico, Santa Fe
and every inch Of Texas that the General Gov
ernment lays its hand upon.
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