The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-06-12


Texas Pecos 10 the old village Of the Indians Of that
name famous for the sacred fire % long kept burning
there for the return OF Montexuma Gran Q9yiFs Va.
considerable mining town under the Spanasds betQfe the
year 1880, when broken up the great Indian
volt Of that year Dr.. Wisizenus thus speaks 81 L,
4 June, 164o y
found the repnted treasure, they certify a isasl 20 the
standing walls Of several chnrchss tho sculpture of hs
spanish coat q arms and @ many spacious p sappo.sd
town and s unlikely that twas destroyed II leo
H the general and succesnl nseecson Of hs Indans In
New Mexico against the Spaniards.
Las Salnas the salt lakes in the valley OF the Pu-
ERGO. aboune hundred miles southeast from SAINTS Fe
and where the people Of New Mexico have obtainsd
ept day This is what Dr.. Wislizenus says of hese
About ssur nys nayelins tptobably 100 ntIssy x.A,
nas from which all the salt used il New Msxco i pso-
Large caravan; goase every yea 1so s,Hss e.
u Of Indian corn. se I Or one. ana even swod0
San Miguel. twenty niles from Santa Fe is the place
where the Texan expedition, under Col Cooke. were
TO ali these evidences Of New Mexican possession Of
the Rio Puerco and its valley is to be added the further
evidence resulting from acts Of ownership IN grants Of
superior Spanish authorizes before tie revoaion and
BY the New Mexican local authorities since The Iower
he best il lie country I % stf lie United States s 49, ~
The great pastoral laAds Of New Mexico ~ IL the
valley OF the Puerco. where millions oi sheep were
thousands by the depreciation Of the Indians Ths New
Mexican inhabitants Of the Del Norte serd their looks
this way, and BY taking their salt there, and IA sdon
to their towns and settlements, and grants Of lands the
New Mexcans have had possession Of the Puerco and
one hundred years before the shpwrsck Of "a Sails, in
The bay OF San Bernardo, revealed the name of Texas to
These arc tha acs,,al yossaas;ons ~ Nav MAv;co ~
the Rio Puerco On the Rio del Nore, cut "a by the
committees bill there The little tswn of Frontiers ten
Exaro twenty miles below and some houses lower
down, opposite Fl Presidc del Norte Of al tese San
now Of New Mexico, and the property Of The Upisd
States BY avulson Il an leland; and the main river.
leaves i in New Mexico When Pike went through Il.
It was the most northern town, and the frontier 9aeon
q New Bseay and there The then Lieutenant Systnor
Is the most southern town Of New Mexico without
channel
TO the south Of the island Humboldt thus deacrbe this
phenomenon: s u assfss
The nhabtan,s Of the Paso del Nore have The
the year 1852, they all bed Of ths h1sr
below s Passo The water Of Of the % river I ,hrsw ssf
newly formed, and did Issue again
continued ccnsdsrabis lime The bssnsiiu 6sds wIioh
surround the Paso and which avensdby li.s csnal
IN se sans with which Ss q s
sIs It's lie
say NtW Spain, vol Up. aoi.
reterate: ! not arguing title; am only show
ing possession which Is right to remain in possession
until title is decided The argument Of tide has cfssn
President Polk, through Secretary Buchanan has often
been read the Texan side Now. &hat have to say
Of that letter. frequently referred TO- and considesed 90
conclusive, is this: that. however potent Il may have
been in inducing annexation, or how much soever Il
may be entitled confederation in fixing the amount 70
dence Of e after tiile should pay no more regard to
than 70 chapter from the Life and Adventures Of Robin
Crusoe Congress and the Judiciary are the auson.
ties 10 decide such clamsto titles and not Presdsns and
rest upon the position them that the Rio Puerco, and
its valley. is and was New Mexican possession. 4, 4
Paso to below the mouth Of the PueFco and that this
be disturbed without rdsing the double
ondly the present legal existence OF slavery AL New
MexcQDast of the RIO Grande, a. part OF Texas
These & the questions which The proposed line u the
committee ses and forces 10 face They are notques
lions Of my seeking but shall not avoid them. not
a new question with me-his extension Of slavery in
Texas On the 10th day Of June Of that year. and =
part OF bill for compact with Texas. and TO settle all
questions with her--the very ones which now ysrplex
as-beiore she was annexed, proposed as article Win
Asr v. .The existence Of slavery be forever prohib
that Of the annexed territory which lies west OF
the hundred.h degree OF longitude west from the meridian
OF Greenwich" tf ElHl Sfa
This is what proposed six ago, and - one in
series OF propositions to be offered 10 Texas and Mexico
for settling all questions growing out of the protected an
nexation beforehand They were not adopted. lmme-
date annexation, without regard TO consequences was
the cry and all temperate counses were get down 10
British traitors abolitionisls and wings Well. We have
TO regard consequences nowseveal conecquences one
OF which s this extension OF slavery, which the report
face did six years ago, and heard ouibrsak
tension Of slavery dates further back than is44-foy
years further back and this is suitable lime for
general declaration, and OF general conscience De
livery, will say that my opposition to u dates from
1904 when was a student at law in the State OF Tan
nessee and studied the subject OF African slavery IN IN
American Book--a Virginia book--Tuckefs edition Of
Backstone's Commentaries. And here ", lhocing up
volume and reading from the title page y "Biaeksionfs
Commentaries; u,h notes Of reference 70 Ne eoaa1sSson
and iaics Of s federal government Of me Uniisd Sdess'
and OF hs Commonwealth Of Virginia, IN five cofumss
u an appendix each poiume containing short fyQes
as appeared necessary TO form eonnecfed uiew 81 ~
iags Of Virginia as a. member Of me federal Vnson
BIZ ST. George Tucker, Professor Of Law IN hs UsscW
stu of William and Mary, and one Of the Judges Of
ihs general court in VIginia. In this American
book-ths Virginia edition Of English wofkI found
nv principles on the subject Of slavery Among the short
tracts in the appendices OF fifty pages in the appen
dix the first volume, second part winch treats Of the
subject OF African slavery 10 the United States, with
total condemnation of the institution and plan for isex
tinction in Virginia In that workn that schoo-that
old Virginia school which was taught to reverence-i