The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-08-17
Presidents Message
oN THE SUBJECT or
TIE TEXAS BOUNDARY,
August q. 1870.
August q, 1880.


u he Senate and House Of Representatives:
herewith transmit IN the tvo Houses of Com.
80. a Ie,t,r from m. ,x,,llarc, I'M. Goy.rn,r
7,rs,',, t,,..I IN ia. i,,t, Isy :, I,,r, Io., ad
Irassl =, lara pr,.,l.,,, ,,,,,, rr;,cJ St,,as
yl,i,b mo-, Lo,i~,. boon answered hy linn CANE
>, r,,, b,nj. nn HI. d.atb nnI aI.o t,1ns,nit !,
cn,,,. %, tho answer winch have f.I II Il, h NV
,y =, cn,se N M, mad. :, Int cp,n,rt,uic,tinn
f,n,,,c.S will n.rr,ics ,hn, H.. Gny.,nnr NJ
r.xos rt,ii,Iry It,tes Finn, L,. ',a.,n,it, of tls
LEGISLATURE Of That State he d..t..,hei 4 spocal
,n,,i,.inp,r with mn royyfr ami instructions Ia
ext.rI m, civil ,uri.i,inn Of ths STATE over tlr
unrry,ni,.d cnuI,Ir> of FL Pas, Worth Pre,idin
onJ S,rtap f., situated an IL. rnrtb western Inn.
,ts
/ IT,, rr,sreI. io soy that the commissioner had
rcn,rtrl ia him M an officin, form that the mill
,,r, ,fr,rs rn,pl,veI IN the scryi,, of the I'ni-
tsi Stat,. SITUATED M Santa Fe interpo.ed adj
vorselv with I'm, inhabitants to the G,l6lmeut of
his object in favor of the establishment of 4 sep
arotc stare Government east nj the Rio Grand,
and within the ri,Ltfl limits oi ,b, state uf Tex
n These four cpuhties which Texas propo,,.s
To establish ard or,,anizc 4, being withinbcr own
jurisdiction. extend over the whole Of the terrific
I nv east of the Rio Grande. which has heretofore
been recorded A. an essential and INTEGRAL port of
] the department of New Mexico, and actually gov
erped and possessed by her peoplc until con.
cuered and severed from the republic of Mexico
by the American arms.
The Legislature Of Texas has been called to
gcther by the Governor for the purpose. as Is
understood of maintaining her claim TO the terri.
tory cas-. OF the Rio Gande 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 United States and Ireioice that they occur
while the Congress is vet in session IL is fear.
far from bcin,. inpossible that in conseoueuce Of
fhr 90 n,occcdInys of Texas n cri,i. NAV be- bro't
on which shall summon the two Houses Of Con
yress-and still more emphaticaly the Executive
Governmeut-to an immediate readiness for the
performance of their restrictive duties
By the Constitution Of the United States, the
President is constituted omnander-in-chlefof 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 70 time give
to the Congress information of the state of the
Union.
Congress has r,oyv.r by the constitution to rro
vide f1r the calling forth the militia to execute The
laws of the Union. and suitable and appropriate
.
yidiny for calling forth the militia as for placing
other suitable and efficient means in the hands Of
the President I, enable him 10 DISCHARGE the con.
stitutional functions Of HI, office.
The second section the act Of the 2Sth Of Feb
ruary 1885 declares that whenever the lay,. of
the United States shall be onpo.ed or their ox..
cution obstructed in any state by combinations.
too powerful TO b.. s.npre-seI t,y Tho ordiparv
course Of judicial pyocee,Iirs or tn. mower vest
ed in the narsAal.. the President may call trrth
,hs militia so far "a NAV il. ue,es.,,y, tn s,,r
mess spch combination. and m can.e III. l,us "a
be duly executed
/ By the act of March 2 1907 il il nrovidsd
that in all cases az obstricinn IN the law. ei,hor
| Of the United states or onv i,,I;y,l,oI STATE ~
Territory where !, IA lawful s,r do p,os;Jan, IN
cal, forth the militia for the nurnosn of c,usp Tho
/ laws T., hc d,,Iy .yecr,,d :, Iii ho ia,,r'7 g.,
him To cmnloy far The same purposes spch na,,
of the land ar naval G,rc of no I',;,od S,,,,g a.
,bolI be iuJc.J necessary '''e N''''' '0'A'N' 80
These seye,cl enoc,,,on,. ,ro NOV, i, fill .,,,o
so hat il the laws ,f ,bn Irn;tcd S,i,es ar,, o,,
used or ob,tructed in any state o- Terrilorv hy
combinations zoo nove,fnI N Il. sunn,osscJ ~,
the judicial mr. civil nuthnr;,e. i, b.cn,n,s coso
in which il !. tho dm,v os ,he p,o.;Jcn, Gil,
to call On, tho n;I;,;a ~ nn,rlo,, ,h ,iI,,a,,
! and naval s,rco os ,h,, trr,,aJ S,a,os =, 60 -
both il in his iudgoen, the esirency Of the occa.
.ion shall 90 rgouIr. sor IN. nn,,oIo os ."n,rcs.
sing such c,mbino,;o,
The cons,itutionaI Jutv ~ tho prosilc,, :. -,o;,
and nerrmn,orv ,nJ o1,ha,;,y yo.,od IN ILL.,, h,'
Law mr. III nc,i,r,,an.. ci.,a. s,J uo,I" ''' -
Texas /. q state nm,bori,sJ ~ ,o,,i,;, l.r our,
laws so FAR "a ,be, oro ,, ra,,,,na,, y, .h,, C'
s,itu,on laws ani ,ra,,;os - ,h I',;.o ou''
To suppress. n.urrec,iors AGAIN, Tho sat- go
ding 70 the forms nroyde1 Inv bcy ou n con ,,Ss
ton and bcr own l,ws
But ali ,bis nowcr !. ,oco, ,rd continual or,irot,
v.s,hin the limit n, Tnyo. her'slf Sic cav, 80
si6ly confer mo- nptbortv which con h. lawfp I'm,
exercised bevond L.r o;y, horr,la,;ss N''"S
All mi. il MAN ,nJhardIv nesl. oror,,.r, .,
eluciJation If Tcyan m;l;,;, ,bc,c,s,e n,orc,
into onv ON, al, bc other Stntcs or irto o,r ,,r
ri,orv Of the United states ,bo,s ~ ov"cy,o ", ~