The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-08-16


LAssIEG August l.
fear this Constitutional Convention will prove
a sorry affair for the people. It has now been in
session 60 days. and the prospect is they will be
here about 80 more. The State Treasury is ex.
hausted and is $4,000 in debt to the Detroit
Banks for money borrowed 10 delray the expens.
es Of the Convention. For all time they remain
hereafter they will probably have to take'"cer.
ti6caies," aud peddle them among the brokers
or sell them to the Governor.
There is no income to replenisi the Treasury
! and the State Treasurer has determined not ia
borrow another dollar. The amount already Dor,
rowed and due, will doubtless be paid within
so days by the tax sales but this is the last re-
sort til another year. The hay in the Capital
yard bns been moved aud snld, and the awaits
have gone with the 10000 borrowed, and all
That was in the treasury before. Tke dry wealth
er precludes the hope Of second crop of hay
this season and hence il will luke something more
eficacious tlmn Mrs. JervS's candy to save the
treasury from repudiation aud bankruptcy, unless
Quo Warrunto" is soor applied 10 the Conven-
tiOn and its members sent hUme:
Tue Texas QUESTION Mr.. Pearce's
bill for the settlement Of the boundary
question bet Neen Texas and New Mex
leo, fixes The following boundary:
Tho State of Texas will agree that her boun-
Diary on the north shall commence at the point at
which the meridian OF one hundred degrees west
from Greenwich is rntelsected by the parallel Of
thirty six degrees aud thirty minutes north lati-
tnle, and shall run from SAID point due west to
the meridian of one hundred aud three degrees
west from Greenwich; thence her boundary shall
run due sout 10 the thirty second degree Of north
latitude TO the Rio Bravo del Norte; aud thence
with the channel Of Siil river to the Gulf OF Mex
leo
This we believe, embraces all the
counties in dispute except El Paso. BY
the bill Texas relnqu shes all claims up
On the Uuiled States for liability for the
debts Of that State and all compensation
for ships, forts, arsenals, &C., which ne
cessariy beeame the property of the
General Government at the time Of an
nexatinn.
The Uuited States agrees to pay Tex.
as for this surrender SO, 100000 in gov
ernment stock bearing 0 per cent. inter
est and redeemable al the end OF IL
years-one half uf which shall not be is
sued until tho creditors Of Texas release
the United States,
Texas is To agree To these provisions
on or before The 1st day of Decem6et
next.
The two Texan Senators, Messrs.
Rusk and Houston. voted for the bill,
which leads to the conclusion that its
terms will be acceptable 10 that Stale--a
conclusion almost i,resislable, as il is nat.
urally to be expected that TVxas would
rather embrace the money than the arms
of her adopted father. And especially
ought this to be expected since Uncle
Sam has proved so kind parent, pro-
fusely avlshiug his means upon her and
treating her even more kindly than some
Of his own daughters. She has certain.
ly proved very expensive since she has
been adopted into the sisterhood.
There may be others. who have keen.
er visions than ourselves; but we cannot
see why this State should be so literally
treated at the expense Of Others, while
the Senators aud Representatives who
maintain her claims, refuse to vote foI
the admission of California into the u.
hion, because her people do not desire tc
bring upon themselves the desolating Of
fects of slavery. We are yet to witness
the advantages of Texas annexation -
She has been of no service to the Gen
eral Government, while she mas been 9
bill Of expense evel since she came into
the Uuion, and it is high time for the
friends of annexation to adopt some
measures tn stop the leak in the Nationa
Treasury caused by their folly aud dem
agoguism. 1t is we'll for those who re
fused 10 listen to the prophetic declara
tious of Ewing, Corwiu and others, il
ElS44, to recur To that period of politica
strife and call TO mind those declaration
which were so vehemeutly denied.