The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-30

BURY, providing for the appointment Of board Of com
missionefs 10 adjust The boundaries Of Texas
MIR BRA DBURY said The extraordinary and unex pcct
ed opposllon which the honorable senator from Missouri
has made 10 the amendment which offered this morning
cs s for sone reply think that reply will be easy b
BE- made and think il will require but few moments 10
show that the honorable senator IRON Missouri Is the
ast senator in this chamber that should make the obec
ifns which he has urgelGno tins amendment | will su.
TO demonstrate that, by proposition which The
honorable himself presented here, and by the po
alton which he has assumed In debate the great obise
lions made 10 this amendment have been most ssnaIy
eiuled and answered One gser objection rs that under
The provisions OF the amendment, Il 10 possible that the
comm sslonerc be appointed may adopt such lne
boundary as that New Mexico may be absorbed IN Texas
and heard reiterated, once and again, that New
Mexico is to be absorbed OF dismembered The honor
able senator says, II will never give authority 10 do wha
believe we have power e dos ami he dehounces The
proposition IN The bill 10 establish boundary iine beweel
the United States and Texas, and to make compensation
TO Texas besides La answer 10 tins objection Of The
alor appeal 10 the proposition made by the senator him.
sell in his resolution offered TO the Senate during this
sion, by which he proposed certain boundary line be
tween Texas and The Uaed States and 10 pay 10 Texas
the sum OF fifteen millions OF aollais apon her assent
10 the terms OF the resolution This proposition was
to pay larger than has been named by any othe,
senator And why, ask was thus large amount 10 BE-
paid 10 Texas If she had claim 70 The territory and
the title of the United States easI Of The 'o Grade
clear from dispute Did MOI the honorable senator pro-
pose give fifteen millions OF dollars 10 texas ~ order
that line might be agreed upon aud ne controversy ter
minated' Had not Texas claimf hai she no right 10
the territory for which thus enormous sum was to be
paid And this question OF boundary as clear when
this resolution offered six months ago. as the
honorable senator supposes II to he this morning II No.
why did he propose hIieen million aolias Call The
attention OF the Senate AMI the country TO That proposition
of the honorable nator from Missouri Early IN the
session. such the state ol uncc alny such the in
portance he attached to the claim OF Texas and the settle
ment of this question OF boundary, that he proposed 10
give fifteen millions OF dollars Tor The Adoption OF line
by which Texas reduce her boundary on the west
TO l02 degrees west ongtude aud on The north TO Ned
hof,u Tho fan
pushed by Texas by the senator's proposition and by that
in the bill under consideration is not halt 900 square
miles" II senators will look TO The map, they will had
this to be the fact Notwithstanding we have heard
repeated that there difference in the amount OF land
be coded to New Mexico, as proposed by the senator
from Missouri and by the bill OF the Comaltlee OF Ihu
teen of 10000 square miles, yet there ID not one hall
that difference. And TO the territory. what IS lis value
We know that considerable portion OF It Is barren
wastes and mountains We know, too that II Is occu
pied by the Apaches and Cumanches that it is hardly
worth iarhng the United States and that far as
the United Sta and New Mexico concerned, il will
be perfectly mmateria whether the line proposed by
the honorable from Missouri, for which wen
pay fifteen millions OF dollars, or the line which
proposed in this bill, shall be adopted The difference
far this country is concerned is not worth conro
versy Our difficulty about boundary could be settled
either Ii propositions for settlement can show the I'm
porance of adjusting this boundary controversy, the hon
orabe senator has done il more sgnay than any otha
senator
But the senator says the bill proposes divide New
Mexico. and think he alluded the other day to certain
transaction which took place IN the pre- sence OF Soomoa
and said that proposed to divide the living chih
Now it happens think that the honorable senator pro
poses do mach better for New Mexico in this respe
than she asks for herself 1t is known that the people
New Mexico have undertaken 10 form constitution
and suppose they ought to know, they are prepared
for admission into the Union as Sate something abou
their own boundaries They have shown, by embracing
portion of the uadspued territory Of Texas the east
and portion OF The undsputed territory oil California
the west, disposition to embrace all that they want !.
And yet they only 20 TO FL Paso They leave ou
Lars nj hp hlp r2tIX
them believe he complained, the other day, thai
proposed by the bill to cut New Mexico al he
hips aud turns out that the people OF Ne " Mex
leo themselves leave out the legs which the honorable
senator anxious she should retain. leave thai
matter to be illustrated by that very transaction which
he referred Would the real mother divide the liviue
chiId' Would New Mexico, if her boundary is whe,
the honorable senator from Missouri supposes, propose
voluntarily TO cut herself in twoi She her
herself off the bill does Why should we be 70
socous to do better for her than she asks should
do' But the amendment which have offered is not
open to the objection OF the senator proposes that The
commissioners should the southw esern angle
the Indian territory, the point at which the from
Missouri arrived. and the very point that struck BY
believe, without exception and that from tina, point h
shall run 10 the Rio Grande, at such point rs may
agreed upon by the parties
Another objection urged to the amendment u.s. that this
is an improper mode Of adjusting this difficulty have
said that thought, with all respect that the honorable
senator from Missouri should be the last member 10 make
FooTEl was the first to make offer of money 10 |
Texas Il believe seven millions and half for the I'd
Justment of this boundary difficulty That FOLLOWED
by proposition by the senator from Missouri OF fifteen
the amount thought at the time that |
there was Impropetyperhaps that s not loo strong
an expression-a seeming want Of decacy in this mode
OF proceeding thought that the Congress OF the Uni.
ted States the last tribunal that should undertake
max baKains, and that, when controversy Of this kim
IA 10 be settled there ought TO be another mode sdoped
than that OF attempting to fix sum. and make bargains
in act In such matters there must be differences Of
opinion among sixty members here, and much non
among the two hundred and thirty members OF which the
other house composed The conviction, Mr. Presi.
DENT tina, there this Improperly, and that Congress
ought not to undertake this business OF bargain
and Of settling questions OF this character confirmed
by the able speech of the honorable SENATOR who pre-
sented this view OF the subject in language strong
that II must have arrested the attention of every
did think he portayeda such ought not TO be e
hblied here. by attempting TO fill up the blank in this bill
did think, il should agree upon filling up the
blank II would have injurious tendency in bringing
about settlement, because the government OF Tens
would undoubtedly be embarrassed by the proceeding
The people of that State would undoubtedly insist that
The government should claim the largest that would
be offered And II filled the blank by amount /.
less than should he proposed by any considerable num-
Der Of senator's think you that the people OF Texas might
not be stimulated TO insist upon such com
handed the support OF considerable number 81 eena
ors here propose TO obvate that dlficuity-a dACu
y to which the proposition Of the senator from Masoan
has doubtless contributed for he among the first 70
make proposition Of the kind. But must say that,
after the able and scaihng speech OF the senator in
which he showed the Improperly of attempting make
'uch bargains in bill, with surprise that heard
him object 10 my amendment ! did not propose dis
refer 10 the other provisions Of this bill fell
, incumbent on me to make this proposition. whether