The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-01-26

MIA. II the proposed constitution shall.
when submitted to Congress- be found
TO be in compliance with the requisi-
tions OF the Contitutlon OF the United
States, / earnestly recommend that it
may receive the sanction OF Congress-.
The part OF California not included in
the proposed State Of that name, is be-
lieved to be uninhabted. except in set
Element Of our countrymen in the vicin-
ity of Salt Lake.
A claim has been advanced by the
State OF Texas to very large portion of
the most popnIous district OF the terrific
~ commonly designated by the nam" of
New Mexico. If the people Of New
Mexico had formed plan OF State
government for that territory as ceded
by the treaty OF Guadalupe Hdalgo, and
had been admitted by Congress as state
our constitution would have afforded
the means of obtaining as adjustment of
the ou"stion OF boundary with Texas, bv
a judicial decision. AT present, howev-
rr no judicial tribunal has :he power OF
deciding that question, and 1t remains for
Congress to devise some node for its adj
jnstment. Meanwhile ! submit to Con-
gress the question, whether it would be
expedient, before such adjustment, 10 es-
tablish territorial gove:nmt mt, which,
by including district so claimed, would
practically decide the question adverse
ly 20 the State Of Texas or. by excluding
| it, would decide it in her favor In my
opinion such course would not be ex-
! pedient, especially as the pc pie Of this
territory still enjoy the benefit and pro-
lection of their municipal laws. original
" derived from Mexico. and have mill
tarv force Stationed there to pro ect
them against the Indians. II is undoubt
eddy true that the property, lives lib+r-
ties, and religion Of the people of New
Mexico, are better protected than they
ever were before the treaty OF cess'on.
Should Congress when California
shall present herself tor incorporation
i2to the Union, annex a condition to her
admission as State, affecting her domes
tic institutions contrary to the wishes of
her people, and even compel her tenn
porarily to comply with 1t, yet the State
could change her constitution at any
time after admission, when to her it
should seem expedient. Any attempt
10 deny to the people Of The State, the
right OF self-governnent, in matter
which peculiarly affects themselves will
iafalliby be regarded by them as an in
va~ion Of there lights; and: upon the
principles laid down in our own Decla-
ration of Independence, they will GER
tanly BE- sustained by the great mass of
the American people. TO assert that
they are conquered people. and must
as State submit to the will Of their con-
querors, in this regard, will meet with
no cordial response among American
freeman Great numbers of them are
native citizens of the United States not
infrr,or 10 the rest OF our countrymen
in intelligence and patriotism; and no
language OF menace 10 RESTRAIN them in
the exercise of an undoubtrd right, sub
stantially guaran eed to them by the
treaty OF ces>Ion itself, shall ever b. ut
tered by me, or encouraged and sustain
ed by persons acting under authority.
II Is to be expected that in the residue
Of the territory coded to us by Mexico
the people residing there, will at tn
time ottheir Incorporation into the Union
as State, settle all questions Of d"mes-
tic policy to suit themselves.
No material Inconvenience will result
from the want for short period. OF
government established by Congress over
that part OF the territory which lies east
ward of the new State Of Caifo MIA; ard
the reasons for my opinion that New
Mexico will at no Very distant period
ask for admission into the Union. ar
founded on unofficial information, viii h
! suppose is common to all who have ca
red to make inquiries on that sul iect.
Seeing, then, that the question which
now eXcltes such paint al sensations in
the country will, in the end, certainly
be settled by the silent effect causes in
dependent of the action of Congress,
again submit to your wisdom the policy
recommended in my annual mess g. Of
awaiting the saIutary operation OF thos"
causes believing that We shall thus avoid
the creation of geographical parties,
anu secure the harmony of feeling so
necessary to the beneficial action Of oul
political system. Connected as the I'm
ion is with the remembrance of past hap
piness the sense of present blessing, and
the hope of future peace and prosperity,
every dictate Of wisdom, every feeling
of duty, and every emotion OF patriot
ism, tend to inspire fidelity and devotion
TO it, and admonish us cautiously to
avoid any unnecessary controvers
which can either endangpr it or impair
its strength. the chief element of which
is to be found in the gard and affection
OF the people for each other.
z. TAYLOR.