Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-08-03

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Congress would be likely to to settlement Of ia
there any danger that the commissioners will run 20 IN
mouth of the Rio Grande that Texas will assent n born
day that shall annhilae her existence Il there any DANCE
tina. any absurd proposition vii % sseed upon BY the
the United States Not at all. think the Senator from
Missouri is unnecessarily alarmed. We have the examps
of the past show that suitable be appointed tbs
the proposition to appoint commissioners in this case when
such James Madison and Albert Gaan have agreed
to act in such capacity is hardly open to the Of the
Senator about commission business.
Mr. President will not trespass further upon the time Of
the Senate. believe have sustained the proposition that
the amendment is not obnoxious the objections urged by
the honorable Senator from Missouri and that had right
to suppose that such objections could come from him.
Mr. BENTON. suppose the Senator from Maine has
not read the Of New Mexico fixing her boundary for it
not to be supposed he would have made the statement
which he has made he had read it. did not bring here
for did not know that it would be called in question.
deavored sir week ago to make myself fully understood
this question of the boundary Of Texas far show
that the Of New Mexico but seems totally
failed The Senator from Maine does seem to have COM
pretended in that particular. He quotes the southern
side, like the Senator from Kentucky, (Mr CLAr and that
Southern side happens be the wrong way for Texas II
chihuahua that is to the south.
But happens that Texas lies to the rising from
New Mexico the dividing line between them to the east
Of New Mexico and to the west of Texas endeavored to
be comprehendable and ineligible upon that point but
New Mexico standing in New Mexico you look east to
Texas. Now Texas has got q western side, and had
idea to be forgotten that New Mexico had eastern
side to her. and therefore they divided by line north and
SOUTH and not east and weby the l02d degree of west
longitude as propose.
MI. BRADBURY. When spoke Of the lO2d deg. Of
longitude referred to the proposition made the honorable
Senator from Missouri commonly called the ffeen-mlion
proposition And when referred to the boundary of New
Mexico, incorporated in her constitution, intended be
understood that my recollection right it commenced
on the Rio Grande not great way from Ell Paso, and from
the east of it.
Mr. BENTON. Well, sir that is on the south and
where will an east line go from Ell Paso To Red river
That might be after making the circuit Of the circumference
Of the globe, not The south line Of New Mexico
to go BY that constitution east from the place where the
Gcequin he canal of irrigation for the Ell Paso settemen
leaves the river and that is full twenty miles below the point
where the committees line leaves the river It then goes
east and BY going east you will get to the Red river
on the 34th parallel Of latitude Now, sir, the point is how
far does east How far does the Mexican constitution
carry her eastern boundary That is the point The ale
cation Of the Senator from Maine Mr. BRADBURY) was
that gave New Mexico than she asked That what
he said Now, will ask the Senator from Texas how far
does the Mexican line, by her constitution, 60 east
Mr.. RUsK. really do not remember how far but it
does not to the Red river at all It goes from the old
boundary Of New Mexico to the hundredth degree
Mr.. BENTON. knew it I; did not ask for informa-
ton, but confirmation. knew it the hundredih de-
gree Of western longitude which that constitution named
1t is precisely two degrees beyond the boundary proposed
Yes, there two degrees Of longitude than proposed
at that place, which makes hundred and twenty odd miles
on a straight line further east.
Now sir the Senator from Maine has made il
stone in his argument that the Senator from Missouri had
offered in his bill more than New Mexico claimed, and it
turns out that New Mexico claims exactly two degrees more
than the Senator from Missouri offers Precisely and that
added to the difference of about four parallels Of latitude
ers upwards Of considerable amount of land Ia laugh
and in the New England States would be considered
thing being equal to several Of those States Yes. Mr.
President the Senator is excusabe for his mistakes he had
not the constitution Of New Mexico before him, and did not
read it. If he had he had forgotten that the boun
dary to be two degrees beyond the hundred and
second degree This sir not case in which assertion
can be made the side and denied the other not at
ALL and so balance the account The Senator from Maine,
(Mr. BRADBURY built his whole argumenr it. He made
stone of i'll he stood upon and it is thrown
away and lying where the omnibus lying He said gave
more than New Mexico asked It is proved offered less by
two degrees The Senator from Maine has come back to
point occupied by the Senator from Pennsylvania, (Mr
CooPER, two three weeks ago. in which endeavored
set that Senator right and must the Senator from
Maine right Gentlemen to orty themselves in what
they are going to do BY what proposed TO do guile
willing that they should orty themselves by my posons
but then they must take my positions. Gentlemen refer to
bill which brought in at early period Of the session.
and which nothing else than the reproduction of which
brought in six years ago upon the annexation Of Texas
wishing at that time to settle all these questions. Sir
happened look ahead how could take her
the Union without the danger Of settling all these questions
AZ subsequent dae was willing TO take her IN and have
settlement of these questions beforehand and make her
pensaton for her territory. did it six years ago. and
knew what doing, sir knew that exterior to the
lines OF Texas there territory territory, about
which there dispute with New Mexico. alluded to
the whole course OF the Arkansas river making about
thousand square miles, and to all the country that lies north
Of the settled part Of Texas-north Of 81. All this held
be undspuiedy the property of Texas and proposed to
pay her for that which undsputedy her property but
proposed pay her cent for the Santa Fe country
WE'LL sir the line proposed the hundred and second de-
gree Of longitude and that line left the outside nearly two
hundred thousand square miles Of territory. proposed it
and have always said too that in order reimburse Texas
that part Of her public debt for which her revenues were
aken and get cession of her surplus territory this sum
Of fifteen millions should be paid.
Now. sir, that is what proposed proper boundary-no
1ismemberment of Now Mexico-and cession of all the
Texan surplus territory My bill limited to the load
degree and it the 10000 square miles which the bill
Of the committee would have off The Senator from
Maine says is only half Of TO- 900 miles, Good sir
Now we have got to mathematics and they always out
straight There is not mathematician but will the
dgues through his head, when state that give him the
point of west longitude l07 and then another point of lon
ytude l02, both in the latitude Of $40 and when from lon
gitude lO2 60 to latitude go 30 then give him r
ANGLE Any man will work it out; is the simplest thing
10 the world. We make paralIelogram out Of it, and it
emans calculation to bring down $4,000 square miles,
nothing Of my bill in support Of theirs Their bill dis
members New Mexico mine did not. In my bill there
was something real for Texas She got proper boundary
and money did undertake invest any party with
power to give away all New Mexico, as this amendment
does. did leopard New Mexico did not propose