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question, and it remains for Congress to de-
WISE Some mode for its adjustment Mean
while i submit to Congress the question,
whether it would be expsdient before such
adjustment to establish territorial govern
meht Nhish. BY including the district 50
claimed, would practically deeide the question
adversely to the State Of Texas, or, hy exelu-
ding lit, " ould decide it in her Mayor. In
my opinion, such a course wpuN not he ex
pedieht, especially as the people Of this Ter
ris5ry still enjoy the benefRand protection Of
their municipal laws, originally derived from
Nj xi9o, and have military force stationed
there To protect them against the Indians,
1t IS Undoubtedly true tbSf 1.-The property,
lives, liberties, apd reEfesqla.s 9 ae people Of
New Mexico, arr better p h. than they
ever were before the treat 81 'eession
Should Congress, when California shall
present herself for Incorporation into the
Unfons annex a condition to her admis-
STOP al State affe ng her domestic ii.
stitutipns contrary to the wishes Of her pee
pie, and even compel her temporarily to com
ply with it, yet the State could eiange her
constitution at any time after admission,
when 70 her it should seem ekpedient Any
ATTEMPT to deny TO the people Of the State the
right Pf selfgovernment in ia matter which
pecplidrly affects themselves will infallibly
be Regarded BIZ them as an invasion of their
rights and, upon the principles laid down
I'M our own Declaration of Independence,
they viii certainly be sustained by the great
maSs OF the American people 10 assert
that they are d conquered people, and must
as State submit to the will off their conquer
ors in this regard, viii meet with no eordi,
al RESPONSE among American freemen
Great numbers of them are native citizens
Of the United States not inferior to the rest
Of our Sountrymen in intelligence and patri-
otism land no language Of menace to re-
strain them in the exercise of an unaoubted
right, substantially guaranteed to them BY
the treaty Of cession itself, shall ever be ut
tcrd "a hE me, or encouraged and sustained by
persons aetingunder my authority. 1t is TO
tory cehed to ps by Mexico, the people resi-
ding there viii, at the time of their incorpo-
ra.ibn into the Union as a State, Settle all
questions Of domestic policy to suit them
selves.
Np material inconveniancewill result from,
the want. for short period. Of a government
estab lished BY Congress oyer that part tof the
territory which lies eastward of thc new
Statp Of Calif9rniaf and the reasons for my
opinionl that New Mexico win at no very dis
tantpetiod ask for admission into the Union,
are founded dn official information, which 4
supPosd is common to all who have cared to
make Inquiries on that subject
! Seeing, then, that the question which now
exclfas such painful sensations in the toun-
try Will in The end, certainly be settled by
the silent effect of causes independent of the
wisdbnA the policy recommends in ntyannu
al m9fsAgc ofawaiting the saIutary operation
Of tllose causes, believing that we shall thus
avoid the creation of geographical parties,
and Secure the harmony Of feeling soneeessa-
~ tothe beneficial action Of our political sys-
tenn. Gonneeted as the Union is with the
remam Prance Of past happiness. the sense of
present. blessings, and the hope Of future
peacS aid prosperity, every dictate Of wis
DOM cHery feeling of duty and every emo
tion Of patriotism, tend to inspire fidelity and
devotioh to.it and admonsh US cautiously to
avoid ally unnecessary controversy Which can
eitiieF ehdanger il Or impairits strength, the
chief elemqat Of which is to be fouud In the
regard Ind affection Of the8people for each
otGor. Il n TAYLOR