Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-08-14
The Texian Boundary.
Message from the President.

Message from the President.
To the Senate and House of Representatives.
| ha,ew:lh transmit to the two H1uses O
co"s-nars letter from his excelIency tn
Governo,, -. Texas, dated on the I4,h q
June last. addressed to the late Presiden
Of the United States. which, not havin.
been answered by him, came into m,
hands on his death and also ,ransrni, a
copy Of The answer which have felt il Z,
be my duty TO cause 10 be made 10 iha
communication.
| Congress will perceive ,ha, The Governor
OF Texas officially states, that BY the su.
ihoriIy OF the Legislature oi that State. HI
dispatched special Commissioner. w,lt
tUii power and Instructions 10 extend civi
jurisdiction oflhe Safe over the unorgan.
ized counties oi L; faso, Worth. PrsidIo
and Santa Fe, situated ON lis northwestern
| limits. .t..- .-.
lie proceeds TO say, tia, the Commissio-
ner had reported TO hun, in an Official form.
that the military ofbcers employed in the
service Of the United States, stationed a.
Santa Fe. in'erposed adversely with the
inhabitants, 10 the fulfilment Of his object,
N favor of The establishment Of a separate
State government. east Of The Rio Grande,
and within The rishtlul limits Of the State
"f Texas. These four counties which
Texas proposes TO establish and organ
ize, as being within her own jurisdiction,
extend over the hole Of The territory east
Of the Rio Grande, which has, heretofore.
been regarded as an essential and integral
part Of the Department Of New Mexico,
and actually governed and possessed by
her people. until conquered and severed
from the Republic of Mexico, by The Amer.
ican arms.
The Legislature o. Texas has been
called together by the Governor. for the
purpose. as is understood, Of maintaining 9
her claim TO the territory east of Rio
Grande. and Of establishing over it her
own jurisdiction and her own laws, by
force.
These proceedings of Texas may well
arrest the attention Of all branches of the
Government Of the U. States. and rejoice
that they occur while the Congress is yet
in session. II is, fear. far from being
improbable that. in consequence Of these
proceedings Of Texas, a crisis may be
brought on which shall summon the two
Houses Of Congress-and still more en-
phatically the Executive Government-to
an immediate readiness for the performance
Of their respective duties.
By the Constitution Of the United States,
the President is constituted commander. in
chief of the army and navy. and Of the
militia Of the several States, when called
into The actual service Of the United States.
The Constitution declares, also, that he
shall take care that the laws be faithfully
executed. and that he shall, from time to
lime, give to the Congress information of
the stale Of the Union.
Congress has power, by the Constitution,
10 provide for calling forth the militia to
execute the laws Of the Union and suita.
bic and appropriate acts Of Congress have
been passed. as well for providing for call
ing forth the militia, as for placing other
suitable and efficient means in The hands
ofthe President, to enable him to discharge
the constitutional functions Of his office.
The second section Of the act 2s,h Of
February 1895. declares, that whenever
the laws OF the United States shall be op-
posed, or their execution obsiruc'ed in any
State, by combinations, too powerful to b.
suppressed by the ordinary course Of Judi.
c'aI proceedings. or the power vested in
the marshals The President may call forth
the militia, 50 far as may be necessary, To
suppress such combinations, and 10 cause
the laws to be duly execned
BY the act Of March 3. 1907. it is pro-
vded that in all cases oi obstruction to the
laws, ether Of The United States, or any
individual State or Territory, where il is
lawful for the presiden, to Gull forih the
militia for The purpose Of causing the laws
to be duly executed. i, shall be lawful for
him to employ. fur the same purposes, such
part Of the land OF naval force Of the ULi-
led States as shall be Judged necessary.
These several enacimeDis are now 10 fnll
force ; so iha: if the laws Of the United
States are opposed or obs,rucied. 10 any
State or Territory, by combinations Too
powerful TO be suppressed by the judicial
or civil authorities, it becomes a case in
which it is the duty o: the President. either
TO call out the militia, or 10 employ the
military and naval force Of the United
States, or TO do both. if in his judgment the
exigency Of the occasion shall so require,
for the purpose Of expressing such eombi