Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-06-22

and took possession OF large portion of her adjoining terri
tory the whole condition of parties had changed.
But again, the analogy fails in this In the negotiation
between the United States and Great Britain with reference
to the northeastern boundary, Maine and Massachusetts
sub parties by their commissioners and the documents
accompanying that negotiation show the understanding be-
those States and this Government that the land which
within the line of boundary fixed should be the territory
Of the States within which the land fell That by
desandng agreement between the parties not by any
principle emitting them 10 it. There is, therefore, in my
judgment, analogy whatever between the But,
again. my friend from Texas has asked where is the title Of
the United States to New Mexico Why, SIR, who has The
deed To whom did the treaty make the transfer We
have got the paper title Hence, if Texas says she has title
the upon her let her prove it, In regard to the
cen boundaries Of exa she holds by revolt and occupancy
But how does she get New Mexico By what act did the
title Upon the face Of the treaty it is in this Govern
men and it the duty of those who aege title out of the
Government to show how it got out How did Texas get
Her Senator (Mr. RusK) admits that she could not
by the agreement with Santa Anna he admits that she could
not by the bare act of Legislature asserting her boundary
II these things be So the treaty Of Guadalupe Hdago
which vested the title absolutely in us could not have
tured rom an nchoae 10 perfect right IN Texas But
has the United States claimed that Texas she herself
aside from the treaty OF Hdago, had ownership within the
limits Of New Mexico Never, sir, On the
ry, through her minister, Mr. Sde she offered give the
Government Of Mexico five millions, and the claims Of
citizens estimated four five moe for the whole province
Of New Mexico the claims Of citizens alone for that
part east Of the Rio Gande No preence Of claim then
made by President Polk north Of Ell Paso, but the
trary, expressly discaRed Even after annexation kept
consul al Santa Fe, Mexican town, and allowed by act
Of Congress drawbacks upon foreign goods exported there and
to Chihuahua That state Of things continued to the day
that we took military possession Of the country. But last not
least, the act OF this Governments when she accepted and
annexed Texas, shows that considered New Mexl
part of Texas. We took Texas, knowing that
citizen of New Mexico held in the Convention which
made the transfer, invited to there. Here
have one representative Government dealing with another
preventative Government for the transfer of the allegiance Of
entire country the sinking Of its sovereignty but yet it is
pretended that annexed New Mexico with Texas when
knew that New Mexico had had representative in the
body that made the transfer Sir, if it be true, it is out
rage unparalleled in political history it would shame des
potism Poland destroyed before she divided But
New Mexico is actually made the object Of traffic between
two representative Governments without act OF aggres
sion without her knowledge and without her consent Her
natsnal characteristics destroyed and her allegiance trans
ferred to foreign Power and that Power Government
which boasts that its basis wholly upon principles Of
popular representation Sir cannot be- II would violate
the first principle Of our Government the organic law OF
Confederacy No. sir, neither Texas herself this
Government has dealt with this subject though Texas
had title any part of New Mexico. Texas, in my judg
ment, has no title.
The only question then is how much will you pay not for
her title, but for her claim How much will you give to
buy your peace Let this be settled it may, take that
the number Of slave States into which will be claimed that
Texas may be divided will be diminished by the
of territory taken from her. What price called upon
to pay am willing to compromise even this groundess
claim am willing to buy my peace at all times, BY paying
much the claim may TO be worth. But have
idea of paying for claim double the full value Of the property
It is difficult to treat upon this subject without assuming
hypothetical price, have heard it stated here, by the
Senator from Texas in his place, that ten twelve millions
must be paid for the claim. Take ten millions, merely BY
way of hypothesis We paid five millions for the Flordas,
fifteen millions for all Louisiana and eighteen millions only
for all New Mexico and California and called
upon to pay Millions not for this part of New Mexico
alone, but for this claim TO parf And what the In
ducements holden for this in the committees report
The first is that that tract Of country will contain nearly
hundred and twenty-five thousand square miles Of public
land, and that perchance, shall get back our money in
whole in part by the sale of these lands Why, sir do
recoect that New Mexico the oldest settled part Of this
continent Do recolec that she settled at the time
the Atlantic slope from the entire board to the mountains
was odden by wandering savages Is it not probable,
therefore, that all that part ofhe vaeyof the Rio Grande which
is worth cultivation has already been located But what
do the Convention Of New Mexico themselves say this
subject have their instructions their Delegate upon my
table, and in these they fact which goes show what
they think Of the value of their public lands They say
"That our public lands are comparatively worthless
and the five hundred thousand be mpraccabe
that said Delegate insist on equivalent in money at
least that the United States pay annually $50 OOO the
period OF ten for the purpose sustaining such
nent."
Thus that in the opinion Of their Convention,
in the event getting State Government there not pub
lie lands enough Of any value, in all New Mexico to make
the five hundred thousand ordinarily given to
State II is perfectly obvious therefore, that little to be
derived from that And how much from the rest Of it,
the rowing ground Of the Camanches guess
What is the inducement which holden out Il il said
that the debt Texas certain extent least secured
upon the import duties OF the country and that nasmuch
have taken the revenues qudae the debt always
supposed that would to that always supposed that
the long rum would be made question whether the
United States should the debt Of Texas. co
menced, in the first place, reference debt of
eight hundred thousand dollars in regard Certain
vessels which it is said transferred to us and which
the creditor who sold them the State Of Texas had
thought, equitable lien. The next step in the pro-
gress Of this movement is the present. Certain Of her
debts neary a charged upon certain parts of her
have taken that and ought therefore to pay
them do not know that there would not be equity
in this Government paying the entire debt of Texas taking
her public lands. But if attempt it, want to be
brought up to the thing square want it done face to
and not indirectly In the first place. the
time Of annexation, could hare had Ieras paying her
debts, and taking all her public lands but that zoe ,coud
not do. The proposition in effect s, that tce are
10 pay all her debs and substantially, eape her all her
lands and give her, fke,ose, full share That
the result of this thing exactly The entire debt of Texas
shown by the Of her comptroller in lS4s was only
eleven millions and odd Of that has doubtless been IL
quidated by land scrip fifty per only other
ways, and we to Pay her for this portion of New
Mexico and that miserable part Of Texas above her north
line ,he rowing ground of the Camanches, sucien.
quidate her entire Indebtedness and suppose her
comfortable balance As before said we could have
taken Texas bodily, lands and all and paid her debts but
we refused 10 do that and now pay ALL and yield
all and BESIDES give full share Of the great public domain
of this country
am opposed to this thing and Leave the bound
Of Texas to the courts Let her rights be settled by the
Judiciary as the rights Of other States great she, have
been settled before.