The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-02-09

TurdrT aud security. Tho next rrso,
lmious, SIR are the 81 aud ilh, which, hay,
Ing au Immediate connection with each 9th
cr should ho read together
Third R,soirsd TI,nt tho Western boun,
Diary of the State of d'rxnruughi to be- tiNed
ou the Rio del Noric, commencing our ma.
rine league from ~ month, mud running az
that river ~ the southern line Of New Mex.
leo. thence with that line E,siwnrly, aud
continuing in Nd same direction, Ia the line
established between tho United States aud
Spain, excluding hny portion al New Mex.
co, whether liing on The East or West Of
lInl river.
Fourth R,soircd, That It be- proposed To
the State ol lcXn-, that ihr United States
the ~ NH TINT tr,,r-
lion ofnll the Legitimate and Lona f,ie public
debts ofthaI State contracted PRIOR To- its ni-
noXallon To the Uuricd Slntrs, aud fur whirh
HE duties on foreign imports were pledged
los The said State to ~ creditors, not exceed
ing tho sum ot----dpllnrs. in consideration
OF The duties ns pledged. having been No.
longer applicable to that object AFTER the said
annexation, hat bnying thcurclorWnrd hc-
come payable 10 the Uuilcd States; mud upon
Tic condition also, that the rnid Stn,r Shnll.
hy some solemn md authentic net of her
teFisiaIufC, o. ora ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 80
the United States nny claim which 1t has ia
amy part OF New Mexico.
Mr. Clgy did not intend IN ga into ;hc COM
pick question ns 10 what were the due lin.
ils of TeNns. Ills opinion wns that Texas
has not Rood.tillo TO any portion orwhat II
called New Mexico; but hc WINS free to adj.
nit that looking At the ground which her
senator assumed, The law ufTrxas % '3G,lhe
treaty with Santa Anna, aud 50 on,-looking
to all these ibcts, but not yielding to ihrm, he
must say that there was plnusibilHy in the
claim which she sets ~. He proposed then
that whether the Nuccrs or the Bravo IT., or
Is not, The boundary ofTeNuS, thut her West
ern>lmil shall he on the Del Norio, from It's
mouth TO the mouth Of the Sabine. lie pro.
posed also, IN connection with this decision
Of the question of boundary, that Congress
shall puy the debts Of 'Fcxns for the iiuuidn.
ton at which the duties on foreign goods
-lnlpuEIE1 into IcNns Mcrn- pledEcl prinr IL
annexation. Aitcr some remarks relative to
thc,circumstnnces connected with The con.
traction of these debts, 10y Texas, Mr. Clay
snd, in his humble opinion, he thought II
there wns justice or truth, we owe To the
creditors Of Texns the duty Of rnimhursing
them for money loaned upon tho pledge of
those revenues, which were cut ofhy annex.
ation. lie proposed also that Tcxns should,
ibi ilt 'phNlh'lbslbl lltIlAloUtu, TtllIilUlhn
anY claim she nny have 10 any portion of
New Mexico. Tie was willing to give some
ttiug for -cvrr nm -iE1T1rrfrrt rfuim of this
Kind for the snke Of pence. The fifth and
sixth resolutions were as follows -
Fiih-Resoired, That is inexpodient to a.
boIish slavery in the District of Columbia,
whilst TINT institution continues to exist IN
the Stpte Of Maryland, without the consent
az ha 'nens,lp nr ba n,,I
compensation to the owners of slaves within
the District.
SIKH Resolved, That IL is expetlient to
prohibit within the District tho slave trade,
in slaves brought into il frurn Suites or pla-
rcs beyond the limits of the District. either TO
TIC sold therein, as merchandise, or 10 be-
transported to other markets without the
District Of Columbia.
The first of these, said MIR Cluy simply as-
serted Tint slavery ought not To be abolished
in the Federal District, except on the condi-
lions named. The 9th resolution expressed
the expedency of,prohibiting the slave trade
in the District. lie did not mean Ia inter
fere with the snle OF slaves, from one family
TO another in the District; the slnve trade
which he proposed TO prohibit was that
which MIR Randolph, forty yenrs ngo, pro-
nouncpd M nbominaion. Il WINS misInke
on the part OF the North, u they supposed
thnt the people Oft South generally took
ed upon the slave trader, or his occupation,
with completeness. The slave dealer WINS
frequently excluded from ussoCiutun with
the respectable aud worthy in the South lie
proposed TINT the slave lrndcr should go to
other parts to pursue his caiug-tEnt he
should not he permitted to erect his prisons
..ere. and pnt on his-chnins. and sometimes
shock the feelings by their trains ormnnncIed
beings through our streets and avenues. Nci-