Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-22


tic map. LookM it-holdingit il up.) 1t is
large enough t0'be seen across the Chamber
and shows objects with sufiicient distinctness to
be discerned by all. Its western limit is the
longitude of l09 the very limit propose, as if
had made up the map myself ID suit my bill
Here is the longitude OF f02 scsatsttuting the
western limit of the map, running through the
centre of the Staked Plain, leaving every coun.
ty, every town, and every land district, and ey
cry stream and river of Texas With all their
head springs and sources to the dlBt, leaving the
whole course of the Puerco and iIa valley to the
west, and striking the Del Norte Inst below the
mouth Of the Puerco, and three Kindred miles
on straight line below Ri paso Behold III
Here is l02 cutting the long blank space marked
III Ltano Estacado, the Staked pl5in; and hero
are all the breaks IN the eastern decvty of that
long, broad, and sterile table land from which
Issue the thousand little streams Which, takin1
their course toward the rising sun and gather.
ing themselves into large channes give birth TO
all the beautiful rivers of Texas -the Colorado,
the Brasos, C4os Brasos de Dios, The Arms of
Goo, tta Nueces, and the Southern forks of the
Red River. There thcy all are Everything
that is Texan by nalulc o By Nw Rivers,
towns counties, all to the eastaa li2 and all
separated from New Mexico by tht nlgn Heset'
plain which marks the structure Of Che country,
and divides systems of rivers and 81 lands from
each other.
This is the line which proposc,end upon the
adoption of which The sense of the Senate will
be token 1t is entirely different from that of the
committee, and makes difference of 10000
square miles to the United States territory in
New Mexico, according to its adoption or reec.
ton.
have diligently studied the report of the com.
mittee to find out the principle on which they
could take line beginning above u Paso to di-
vide the territories OF New Mexico and Texas
line which confirming to neither claim, fasi
fies both! and which, contradcting history, ge-
ography, and law, invalidates iiselfl hive been
greatly at loss to discover the principle on which
such an anomalous line could be based aud sup.
pose have found it, so far as it canS be found,
in the paragraph of the committeg's report,
which | will read. This is it.:
"The committee beg leave next to report on
the subject of the northern and western bound
ary Of Texas. On that question great direr.
Shy of opinion has prevailed According to one
uiei0 Of it, the western limit of Texas was the
.Nueces according TO another, it exte0ded to the
RIO Grande, and stretched from its iaplth to It's
source. A majority of the committse se, having
come to the conclusion of recommending an am
icajle adjustment OF the boundary y,tb Texas,
abstain from expressing any opinion a9b The true
and legitimate western and northern 4uhdary of
that State. The terms proposed for slch an ad.
justment are contained in the bill lsewith re-
ported, and they are. with nconsideflle yaria.
ton, the same as that reported BY lh9t0mmittee
ION Territories
& According 10 those terms, il ~ hSpposed 10
t1i'cSas Thar her ponnassy 5000 10 tlle
/ Rio Gfunde, and up that river 70 the point co "
monty called Et PdSo, and running thence nm
that river twenty miles, measured thereon by
straight line, and thence eastwardy to a point
where the hundredlh degree of west longitude
crosses Red River; being the Southwest angle
in the line designated between the UnIled States
and Mexico and the same angle in thel line Of
the territory set apart for the Indians BY the u
nted States"
This is it! and pretty light it is to guide the
Congress of the United States-a great diversity
of opinion among the people, and no opmlon at
all in the committee. Some think the {Nueces
the true and legitimate western bounday some
think it extends t. the Rio Grande, The COM
mittee think neither one nor the Other Dor any
thing else but having come to the cOncusion
to recommend an amlcablc adjustment they alb
stain from expressing any opinion as to the true
and legitimate western boundary OF T@as and
them without any regard to what is elLHef true or
legitimate, they cut New Mexico in tFo, and
give half of her to Texas. If the commtoe had
studied the question of boundary, and expressed
, an opinion, and then made their line cOniSrmable
to it. their recommendation might have Deen en-
titled to great weight. But they do no such thing
They do not study the question. They expressly
S abstain from it, They neither give an ppnion
f of their own nor adopt that OF anybody else.-
they neither take the Nueces, as they sly some
0 believe, nor the Rio Grande as they say others
n believe, nor name any line which they thefseIves
believe but, going 1t bnd-making fplt and
half business of it, cutting instead OF qntylng
t the Gordian knot--they take a new course abross
e the Puercos, beginning half way up the Del
Norte, cut New Mexico in two Just below the
= hips, and give the lower half to Texas, haylng
n New Mexico to stump it about as she can with
out feet or legs.
D This is called abstaning from expressing an
. opinion; but it is certainly acting all opinion,
- and executing it also. They amputate New
Mexco-cut her in two Just below the middle
| give nan 10 lbhd5-ulIu Cuil llidl llO VP'''NH
!. Sir, there was once a dispute before wise man
u with respect to the maternity OF achlld. Two dli-
Z ferent women claimed to be its mother, and Sol
). ONION, puzzled with the contradictory asseverH-
Il tions and not able to decide which was the true
, and Legitimate mother, and abStalnlng IRON eX-
- pressing any opinion, ordered the child 10 De cut
=, in two and half OF it to be given to e0cn1 You
% know how it ended. The true mother woGd not
; have the child cut in two and the wise man
70 knew that and his judgment was nohmg but a
10 device to find out the truth by making nature
Q speak. do not know whether our committee
have acted on the policy of Solomoa-SoIomons
y though they all may be; nor. in fact, upon what
policy or principle they acted. There : no
rs point from the head to the mouth Of theI1ver
a which may not be taken on the same Nlnqlple.
1t Amlcable adjustment is the only rule lheY pro-
te fess, and that seems to be very amlcaDe1a1
y according to what they propose, all Their ahlca-
ii bility runs in one channel, and all Their a9nst-
c. ment leans to one side. They give seventy
thousand square miles of New ldexco to Ifxas,
J. and offer her $4,000 GOO to accept it, als Is
amicable enough to Texas, and adjustment e.
10 nough to suit her But how does il sui lhe u
,s nited States and New Mexico? How DOES 1t
>. suit truth and justice-that true and legHqlate
a. line which the committee did not even pretend
to to ascertain?
m The committee propose consideration . be
,e paid by the United States to Texas-how a'l
they do not say in their bill or report, but Tumor
talks of $lO,0OO,000. This is what the report
says:
Y "a consideration for it, and considering that
ID portion of the debt of Texas was created @
,e pledge to her creditors of the duties on ioelgn
Imports, transferred by the resolution of anleSa,
as ton to the United States, and now received ana
IN receivable in their treasury, majority Ol Ine
ID committee recommend the payment Of the sOl OF
10 - millions of dollars to Texas, to be applied