Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-05-16
NO. IS.


which Is 10 be h ped she may one day be distinguish
ed member.
Tie committee beg leave next To report the subject
Of the northern aud YVES boundary Of Texas. On
that question great diversity of opinion has prevailed
According view Of it the western limit Of fexns
The Nu'ces according 10 another. II extended TO The
Rio ande and stretched from lis mouth To its sputce.
mqjrty Of The committee. having came 10 the coneln
sion OF recommending an amicnbe adjustment of Tho
boundary with Texas. ahsain from expressing any opn
lon 10 the and legitimate aud nnrthern
boundary Of that State. Thetetms proposed for such an
adjustment cIntAined in the bill here with rep1ied
and they are with Iueousdnmbc variation, the same as
that leroued by the Committee on Territories.
According In these otms, II is proposed 10 l. that
her boundary BIZ recognized II the I.lo Gfane. aud up
that river 10 tho point commonly called FL Paso and run
ming thence up that river twenty miles measued thereon
by s9algh linz and thence oaslwotdly to pint where
hundfsth degree Of west longnd crosses Red river;
bcnr the southwest aGpe IN the line desqnated between
the United States aud Mexico and the angle in The
ro of the territory apart for the Indians by the Uni
ted States.
II this boundary he nsened TO by Texas. she viii be
quoted 10 thai extent in her tr, Aud some may snp
pose lha, in consideration If hs concession by the u
n'tej States she might wi hout any other equivalent,
rrmquiah any claim slo has beyond the proposed
boundary; thai s,anY claim amy part Of New Mexico.
i'u nndor the Influence of scn mt oi justice aud
great ibc ally, the bill po11sos To Texas or her ren-
Wahmenl of any such claim. lagh p"cnnary 'quivs-
lent Asn consideration Tor l. and dsng that por-
tn e the debt uf Iexas created pledge 10 her
creditors of dncs on brlgn lmotts. transferred by tho
olnon Of aancxaion t. The U I'd aies, and ov re-
coyed and receivable in their treasury maHlty of tho
committee recommended the payment Of the sum ef---
millions Of dollars to Foyas. 10 be applied IN the Il st n-
snnee To the extinction of lhat portion OF her debt ir tho
reimbursement of which the duties on hrelgn imports
pledged aforesaid aud the resi- lue IN soo m,nni
as she may direct The said tun is 10 he paid by tho
United Slles IL snek 10 be created. baafng 1--WE pr
interest annually payable half yearly al The treasn
~ oihc lInied States aud the principal relmbursble at
the end ut laufoon years.
According To an estimate uhch has bcen m1de. there
are included ~ the territory To which II ia proposed that
rrNas shall reloqus her claim, embracing h,' par, :"
New MeXico lying eas, Of the Rio 6node. a II tie hsi
hrn l2i ql3 squire niles aud about 70 go 40 ncfcs
Of and From the proceeds Of tho atlc oi This land tho
'nilrl States may ultimately he reimbursed portion II
no the wholr Of the amount Of What is thus proposed To
bo advanced 10 Texas.
teannot be anticipated that Tcxas will Decline 10 ac
code 10 these Liberal propositions; but If she sh u -
10 be distinctly understood hal The title OF the uited
States 10 any territory acquired from Axlro rnd of ihe
Rio Gande will remain uonpalred and IN same candi'
If the proposals Of adjustment now oleed had new
or haoa IN ldr.
A mnifiy of tho committee recommend 10 the SEN
nto that the spcon containing these proposals To Texas
shall he incorporated no the bill embncng the adnls-
sion nf California asa Smte. aud the eshhi -hment o'
territorial rivrrnn.enfs fu Utah nnd New Mexico Tho
definition and establishment of the ,undafy oetween
New Mexico and fexns has an intimate nnl nee ssary
couueNon with the esah shnont ol ierrifal gosofn-
ment far New Mexico. 10 form atanor,a K veramen,
td New MexInn, wi hout prescribing The limits ol tho
rrnnrv would leave the work imperfect aud neon
plofe nud mipht expose New Mexico IN serlouS MIRO
vosy if dangerous collisions with the state oi Texas
Aud IN st. If al, the considerations which unite III
favour of combining the bill for the admission of Caor'
MI, as State aud the territorial bills Apply t. The hounda-
~ question Of rcxas by the union ol the three meas
ures every question 'nliy and division which has
arisen out of The territorial acquisitions from Mexco VIII
is hoped be adjnsted, or pa ed IN Th n sa siaeoy
adjustment. The committee, awaiting themselves OF No
oflnou4 and valuable labors Of the Gobmlec On Ter
fittti,s rcporl bill. herewith annexed. (mtked A.
ombfienI thtsc three measures, The pa slge nj WHICH,
unng lhein together, loy recon meHded |" III oehae.
Tn committee will now proceed II The consideration
ol aud t. report upoo The subject Of rers ms owing ser
vice or lahr in one State escaping into another ne
text Of the Const ton Is quite elaat; no person htln
to labor or service in State under The 'dcs thereof.
escaping int another shall in consequence OF any law
or regulation hceia be dsrhar .ed om such service or
labor nt shall be deliucred mp on the caim OF The party
to whom such service or labor may b. due No'h'ng
can be more explicit lhan this language = nothing more
manifest than the gh, to demand ard The obligation 10
deliver up to he clamanl, any such tigge. AID 'he
Constitution addresses self alike IN III states coml'-
sinp tie Unnn and TO the General Gveinlnen'. H. M
deed thro wc,o amy difference in the iniy To enforce
this p1on of the Constitution between me o'aes ao
the cdcral G vernnenI il is clear that lsihat
or In frner than # the latter. But II Is the duty ot
bhh 1t is nov well kaown aud incoh''stao'e 'ha CIV.
z,ns l., saveholdng Sla'es enc nnt.r me grea,s "'
fully in oh aiming the benefit oi ths provision VI '"a S"
stlnlun.
The attempt to recapture fugitive - almost always
s,ii cI of gte,t lrr aiinn aud excitement nn1 ORION
load. l., most unpleasant if not peril us. cdsons. Al
o,yo. f slave il is quite nlornns. cannot pursue ms
rnrtv for the purp of It's recovery. III some :" 'he
St,,es without imminent psrsan hlzud lhi' IS de-
nlor,hlr state of thinrs which ought TO b' medl'd-
The law of 1903 has been found wholly neitc'us, ana
rconjfps mere stringent enacimens. lhtfe Is e>eo-
aIIy \ deficiency in the number al pubic fnhc' oha'"S
oubarizeJ IN afford all in the zare and ares o u,'
tivet V,rious States have declined t. MI III nl ad ca
,nef,on in the surrender Of lngityes iom in"f as '"e
committee believe from ui-concepthn oi lheir aniy
nrisinp under the Constitution ot the uiea o'a'es
s true that decision Of the Supreme Conte ~ te C-
ted States has ven couutenancc 10 them III w'nou'"g
hor assistance But the committee cannot oot oei' We
that the intention of the Supreme C"ur' hhs oeeh ms
unders,, cd They cannot but think ha' cu'' merrY
meant thai laws of the several States "heh c'e"'o "
staelqs in the way Of the very OF tugVts were
authorized by The Constitution, and ne" aa' '''e 'W'
aine rctes in the recovery oi tusaSe' were ''-
bidden by that lnstlnment .....,,,;.,
The non-slavehoding States, whatever symPa''eS
an, of their citizens may feel tor pe!s'hs w"" 'so'pe
f. n other States cannot discharge themselves oh an
OBLIGATION To enforce the C"nsiin'n" vi '"o o.a ~
Saie An parts If the instrument being dependent up
on and connected with, each other, '"en' 70 oe 'a'''
and n,st,v enlnced fs,me SIans may seek To EXON.
o,.t ,hmselves from one portion Of he Constitu l"
orher SAFES may enleavor evads the rerfo nance o
,l uorons of if; and thus the instrument, IN sohe :"
lis mos, impotant provisions, might become 'noie'a'''
ard invalid s;i;;l,,,, S,,,es
Rnl whatever nav be the conduct OF IndiVtiua' a'eS'
I,' H. 1,.ao,,t snverrment is perfectly clear