The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-05-29

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question o. the allowance or prohibition Of do
mes'ic slavery, The committee believe that
they express the anxious desire &C an I'M
mense m jorIy Of the people of the Ua;ed
| Sis'es, when they declare that it 10 high time
that good feelings, harmony, aud ffaternel sen
',mtns should he again revived. and tha, The
Norernmenl should be able once more TO pro
ceed IN lie great operations 10 promote The
hap iness sod prosperity OF the country undis.
turb' BY this dIsiractlng cause.
xsiar California, far frcm feeling her sen.
slSlliiy 'ndvctrd by her being associated eub
! other Kindred messures-s she ough, to reiolce
and be highly graf fed that, in entering into
the Union, shc may have contributed TO The
'tanqallly and happiness Of The srea, family
OF States, ol which, II IS 10 be hoped, she may
on' day be distinguished membor.
The committee beg leave mex, to report on
the subject Of the northern aud western bound.
ary OF Texas On that question a great d.
versi'y oil opinion has prevailed. According
TO one view Of II, the western llmil OF Texas
was the Nuece.; according TO another, TEX.
fenced TO the RIO Grande, and stretched from
ITS nouih to ts source. A msjptliy OF the
committee, having come TO he coucluslon o.
recommending an amicable adjustment of the
'undary With Texas, abstain from expressing
opt"t0n as TO The true and iesitimate ueStera
and northern boundary Of ths, State. The
lerms proposed for such an sdjusimen, are
cOnislned IN tho bill herewith reported. and
they are, with in0onsiderabie variation, the
'Hue as hat reported by the Committee on
Trrritories.
According 10 these terms, il is proposed TO
Ieyas that her bsundary be recos snlspd TO the
Rio Gtande, and up ha, river to he poin
commonly called E P,so, and running thence
up that rIver twenty miles, measured there
40 BY straight Ike, and thence eas,sardls
10 pom, where The hund edth degree Of " es,
loGgtu crosses K d river; being he south
west angle IN the line dsslgnaed between the
U0lied Slsles and Meslco, aud the same
an-le IN :he line Of the tetiliJfy set apart for
the Indians by the United States.
II this boundary be sssenltd 10 by Texas.
.he Wi b. queled TO that extent IN ber iitlr.
Aud some may suppose that 10 conslders ton
OF 'hi. coucesNon by the Ualed Sstes, she
uhahl, without any other equivalent, teln
qolsh any cla,n she has beyond the prop pseG
boundary that IL, any clsin to any part o
Nv Mssico. Bui, under The II fl1euce cf :
seniuent ot J1siice aud great hbersiry, the
oil proposes 10 ieaas, ios her TeIiUqpishnen
ol any such claim, large pecuHiary touIva.
lent. As a consideration for It, snd conssuer.
'ng that portion Of The deb, of Texas
created on n p!c6ge to her creditors ct the
duties on lofegn imports, transferred by the
resolution of snnesaii0n to he Unted Slatts
aud now tece we'd and receivable IN their trea
sury, msjori, Of he comm,Iee recommend
the pay ymeul Of the sum of - millions OF
dollars TO lesss TO be applied IN the f IS, u-
stance 10 HE extinction OF that portion nf her
debt for the reimbu semenl Of which the do.
ties ia orergn imports were pledged as afore.
sad and ibc residue IN such manner as she
NAV direct. The SAID sum is to be rad b,
the tulted 5 Saies IN a stock 10 hs crea ed, (,
besrng five per cent. interest annually. psya.
BILE halt yer y at The treasury OF the United
) ates, and The principal teImbursab bic at the
nd OF fourteen years.
AccoI dlug 10 an estimate which has been
made, there are included IN the territory to
which Is proposed that Texas shall relinQush
her claim, embracing that par, Of Now Mex
ico lying eas, Of the RIO G,aude, a Ilule less
than "a 933 square miles, and about 10 957,.
100 acres OF land, From The proceed. OF the
sale Of this land, the United S,stes nav uhi.
mstely be reimbursed portion, If not the
~hulo Of The amount Of what is thus proposed
10 be sdvanced TO Texas.
|, cannot be anticipated the, Texas will de.
cline TO accede 10 lhase libersl propositions
bul if she should, II is to be distinctly under
stood iha, the title of the United States to any
territory acquired from Mexico east of the
RIO Grande v ~ remain unlmpaited aad in the
same condition esi the proposals Of adjust.
menr now offered had never been made.
A mojorly Of tbs committee recommend
to he Senate that the section containing these
proposals TO Texas shall be Incorporated into
the bl embracing the admission Of Californla
as State, and the establishment of tcrrito
rial government for U,uh aud New Mexico
Ihs definition and establishment Of he bound.
ary between New Mexico and Texas has an
intimate and necessary connexlon with the
esIabIlshmc nt of territorial government for
New Mexico. To form a territorial govern.
ment for New Mexico, without prescribing
the lIml,s Of The Territory, would leave the
work imperfect and incomplete, ond might ex
pose New Mexico to serious controversy, If
no, dangerous collisions, with the State of
Texas. And most, If not all, he considera.
ions which unite 10 favor OF combining the
b for the admission of California us Safe
and the territorial bills apply to the boundary
question of Texas. BY the union Of the thrpe !
measures, every question Of dtiica,y and dl.
VISION which has arisen out Of the territorial
from Mexico WILL i, is hoped be /
adjusted, or placed in tram Of satisfactory
adjustment. The committee. avaing them
selves Of the arduous and valuable labors OF
the Commlitee on Territories, report bill,