New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-01

/ that shall at any time-it is 4 very complex sab
/ ie-t, aai one not free from dihcgry-yo intD the
/ q1estioa Of what are the true limits OF Texas
NJ own opinion IS, | must say, witf1-. Intending
b. the remark 70 go into aav argunea- sAst Texas
ms Dot good title - any porti7s q what : eAled
Nev-Mexico And vet, Sir am free to adnis
that booking AZ the grounds which her Representa-
t.ves assumed, first in the war with santa Anna IN
rs. then At whs; transpired betwe 81 NJ. Trisi
and the Mexican n-rltiators when the tresty OF
peace vas negotiated and then az the fact that the
Z nited STATES have acquired al the country which
Texas claimed as constituting portion OF her ter
uiory boxing AZ al these facts, bat without ~
t1rhln- % them. either together separately, the
same degree o. torce which gentlemen who .a,nk
TIA. Texas has a ricl; 70 New Nexico do. | mus.
say that there Is p.ausib.hiy - say the least ot .,
~ the p.c.easioas that she sets mp 10 New Mexico.
! DO not thiak they constitute or demonstrate the
existence OF good tide, but a plausible one
Wen. Their. Sir, what 10 rr,posel Without en-
terinS into any inquiry whether the Nueces o. the
Rio Grande was The true boundary Of Texas. |
propose by the first Of these two resolutions that
its Scss9ra limits shall be fixed on the RIO de-
Misunderstanding west from the Sabine 70 the
mouth Of the X o 10. N1r,e-aad that II shall tsloN
~ rhe Bravo, or the Rio del Norte. TO where il
strikes the southern line OF New. Mexico and .hen
divcrsn- from that line follow on in that direction
. until it reaches the line as fixed By the United
States and SPAN by their treaty Of 1919 and thns
embracing a vast country sbuaiantly competent
% form three States country which
think the highest ambition of her greatest men
ouch, 70 be satisfied with. as a state snd member
II this Union.
But, SIR, the second of these resolutions makes n
proposition 10 the State OF Texas upon which de-.
sire b say few words II proposes that the Gov
crament Of the United States VII provide i"r the
payment Of al that portion II the debt o. Texas for
which The duties received upon imports lrcm for
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when she had authority 70 make pledges. How
much i; viii amount 70 have cndeavorcd - ascer
tain, but Al he means requisite 10 the ascertain
meat of the sum have not been received, and lt is
not very essentis, ut tbs time, because IS the
principle and Dot the amount that Is mos, worthy
ol consideration. Now, sir, the ground upon which
base this liability on the part Of the United States
70 p1va specified portion Of the debt OF Texas 5
not new 10 me IL is one which have again AMI
again announced ~ DO an opinion entertained by
me. ! think t j. founded upon principles ot truth
and II eternal iusticc Texas being an lndepeb.
dent Power. recognized rs such by all tho great
Powers o. the earth invited loans ~ be made IN
her - enable her to prosecute the then existing
war between her AMI Mexico She told those
whom she invited 20 make those loans thar 4 yor
make them The duties on foreign imports shall be
sacredlv pledged for the reimbursement Of the
loans" The loans were made. The money was
received and expended n tho establishment OF her
annexed herself TO the United States, who thence
forward acquired the RI ybs to tho identical pledge
which she had made ~ the public creditor 10 satisfy
the loan Of money which be had advanced 70 her
The United States became the owners Of that
pledge and the recipient Of all the duties payable
In the ports Of Texas
Now Sir | do say that, in my humble Judgment,
Il there c honor or justice or truth among aen.
we 10 Owe 70 the creditors who thus advanced their
money upon that pledge, the reimbursement OF the
money, at al events 10 tie extent that the edged
fund would have reimbursed IT, fit had never been
appropriated b. rs ~ our use We must recolect,
Cir that in relation to that pledge, aud to the loan
male in virtue and on the faith Of it, there were
three parties bound-t mean after anne aton--the
United States Texas, and the creditor OF Texas,
who had advanced his money on the faith Of
solemn pledge made by Texas.
Texss and the United States might do what they
thought proper but in justice they could do nothing
70 deprive the creditor OF security IN iul reliance
upon the faith of which he had advanced his monoy.
Sir il is impossible now {, -scertsin how much
would have been received from that sou co OF rev
enus by the State o. Texas Il she had remained
independent. IL wcnlt DO most unjust 20 20 there
now and examine ~ Galveston and her other ports
to ascertain how much size row receives by her Tor
eign imports because BY. being incorporated into
this Union. ali be- supplies which formerly were re
ceived from iC.ogu countries, and subject-rnany
Of them at east-tO import duties are now received
bv the coast.ng trade, instead OF being received
from other countries they would have been
she had remained independent. Considering the
extent OF her territory, and the rapid man er III
which her population Is increasing, and hkeiy b.
increase II is probable that in the course Of few
wears there might have been such a. amount re-
ceiyed az tho various ports OF Taxas-shs remain
ing iliependelt--as would have been adequate 20
the extinction of the debt 10 which have referred
But. SIR il is Lot merely IN the discharge Of what
| conceive to Do a valid aud legitimate Obligation
resting upon the United States to discharge the
specified duty. II IS not upon that comflton alone
that this payment IS proposed 70 be made II IS Also
upon the further condition that Texas shall re
nquish 70 the United States any claim that shs has
10 any portion of New Mexico Now, sir, although,
as believe sac has not a valid title 10 any portion
OF New.Mexico, she has q claim and tor the sake
Of that general quiet and harmony, TOR that gene
raj accom- mediation which ought 70 be as much
the object Of Legislation as II - OF individuals IN
their transactions In private life we may do now
what an individual in analogous circumstances
might do give something for the REIMBURSEMENT o!
a claim although 1t should not be well founded LOO
the sake Of peace IL u therefore proPosed--and
this resolution does Propose-that we shall pay the
amount of the debt contracted by Texas PRIOR 70 its
annexation 10 the United States, consideration u
our reception u the duties applicable u the extinc
ton of that debt and that Texas shall also, N con
sderaion u a sum 10 be advanced, rehnquish any
claim which she has 10 any portion Of New Mexico.
The fifth resolution, Sir and the sixth, Ike the
third AID iolItl, are somewhat connected together
They are as follows
Sh Rs,ored Thai 10 pedent 70 ABOLISH SaNsry 10
the Dscf OF Columbia while that institution eoninles %
"a q ~ he State Of Maryland wihou, the consent q thai
STATE without Of The people ot ne DsiTie AID
IA, 10 the owners of saves "fSin
The District ,,..-....-
s,h Bat Re.o.sd That expe1ent 10 prohibit within
he sTci hs sAFe-usde Ia slaves bronkni mo TOtn
states or places beyond The limits Of the District ether 70
10 sold herssn merchandise, OF 10 % transported 70 On-
er naraefs without the District Of Columbia
The first Of these resolutions, Mr.. President. IN
somewhat different language. asserts substantially
no other principle than that which was asserted oy
toe senate Vi the United States twelve years ago,
upon resolutions which / then offered, and which
passcd-at least the particular resolution passed
by majority Of four-fffhs Of the Senate. ahade
u the resolution presented by me IN lses. shah
not enlarge on that resolution; Il speaks for nseH
!, declares that the institution Of Slavery should not
be- abolished in the Distract Of Columbia without
the concurrence Of three conditions; hrst tbs as
sent Of MARYLAND second the assent OF the people
within the District: and third. compensation u toe
owners Of the Slaves within the District Tor their
property.
Tie mex, resolution proposed deserves passing
remark Il 5 thst the Slave Trade within the DIS
tr,ct ought 70 be abolished. prohibited. | do not
mean BY tia; the alienation and transfer OF slaves
fum the inhabitants within tins Dsstncs--tle
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