Washington telegraph., 1850-07-17

would be gradually occupied by inhabi-
tants drawn to them by their interest and
| feeling. The institutions fitted to them
would be naturally applied by govern
| ments formed on American ideas and ap
proved by the deliberate choice Of their
| constituents The community would be
educated and disciplined under repub-
lican administration in habits Of sef-gov-
ernment and fitted COR an association as
State, and to the enjoyment of place
in the confederacy. A community so
formed and organized. might we'll claim
admission to the Union aud none would
dispute the validity of the claim.
g. ResoLUed, That a recognition of
this principle would deprive the questions
between Texas and the United States of
their sectional character, and would leave
| them for adjustment without disturbance
| from sectional pre- judices and passions,
upon considerations of magnanimity and
| justice.
10. Resolued, That a recognition of
this principle would intuse spirit of con-
citation in the discussion and adjust
ment of all the subjects of sectional dis
pute, which would afford guarantee Of
an early and satisfactory determination.
| II. ReSOIUed, That III the event dom
inant majority shall refuse to recognize
the great constitutional rights we assert,
aud shall continue to deny the obliga-
tions of the Federal Government to
maintain them, it is the sense of this con-
| vention that the territories should be
treated as property, and divided between
the sections of the Union, so that the
right of both sections be adequately
cured in their respective shares That
| we are aware this course is open to grave
objections, but we are ready to acqniesce
in the adoption of the line of SO deg. 80
min north latitude, extending to the Pa
| cific ocean, as an extreme concession, up
on consideration of what is due To the
stability Of our institutions.
IL ResoIUed, This is the opinion of
this Convention that this controversy
should be ended, either by a recognition
| of the constitutional rights OF the South
cru people or by an equitable partition of
territories. That the spectacle of con-
| federacy of states involved III quarrel
over the fruits of a war in which the
| American arms we're crowned with glo-
v, Z.
ton of the Wilmot proviso in the offer OF
settlement is proposition which four-
teen regard as dispara ging and dishonora-
bic to the country. A termination to this
controversy, 10y a disruption OF the con-
| federacy or by :he abandonment OF the
| territories to prevent such result, would
| be climax to the shame which already
attaches to the controversy. Il Is the par
amount duty of Congress to avoid.
13. ResolUed. That this convention
| will not conclude that Congress will ad-
iourn without making all adjustment OF
this controversy and Ill the present con-
dition of the questions this convention
does not feel at liberty to discuss the
| measures suitable for resistance OF laws
involving a dishonor of the Southern
] States.
IA Res0lued, That the boundaries Of
the State of Texas are defined in ;he
treaty of May 14.h 1886, signed by the
| President of Texas and the members of
the government, thereof, on the one part,
and by authorized representatives III the
! government of Mexico on the other part,
and setting forth the lines of demarcalloE
| in the following words, to wit: "Iae
1
| line shall commence at the estuary or
mouth of the Rio Grande, on the wes-
| tern bank thereof, and shall pursue the
the same bank up the said river, to the
| point where the river assumes the name
of Rio Bravo del Norte, from which
point it shall proceed on the SAID western
| bank to the headWaters or source OF salu
river, it being understood that the terms
Rio Grande and Rio Bravo del Norte
apply to and designate one and the same
| stream. From the source OF the said nv
er, the principal head branch being taken
| 10 ascertain that source, due north line
| shall be run until it shall intersect the
| the boundary line established and des-
crbed in the treaty negotiated by aud be-
tween the government of Spain and the
| government of the United States OF the
! North: which line was subsequently
transferred to and adopted i'll the treaty
of limits made between the government
| of Mexico aud that OF the Unlted States,
| and from this pOIut OF intersection the
| one shall be the same that was made ana
! established in and by the several treaties
above mentioned, 10 CONTINUE to the
month or outlet of the Sabine river. and
from thence to The Gulf Mexico" That
the said State OF Texas asserted sover-
eign authority over all territory compre-
hended within the boundary set torth III
the oregoing resolution before the aa'e
| of the recognition OF her independence
by the government of the United states
aud before the date Of her annexation 10
the United States, and her claim to these
boundaries, was well known TO the gov
ment of the United States, as evidenced
by map distinctly setting them forth'
| nnhlished for the use our government, at