Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-02-06

preme Court al any moment. X neeOS nj
act cf Congress TO authorize that. and III
&C, Of Congress can invalida,e her lega
right, Let Congress do its duty in the
premises. never doubling that the Su
preme Court will find way to decide al
questions legi;mately pertaining to tina
tribunal, without the Indictment Of special
] legislation. Let each department fulfil it.
own responsibilities. and not busy i,sel
in making up cases for the action of ano'
Their That action will be evolved in due
time.
w c regret that the scope Of the Pre-.
siLent's remarks on this suhjec, is not such
as we could heartily concur in. His &C
ton. with regard both to California and
New MEXICO. seems 10 have been fauliless
Observation-Disclosures. indeed. bu, bcneii-
cent and tending to the hes, results. At
this moment. as hitherto. the L. S. Military
Governor OF New Mexico has his head
quarters at Santa Fe-U. S. troops. under
Gen Taylor's orders. are protecting New
Mexico as well as they can from both her
savage and her half-civilized foes. They
don / talk about disputed territory and the
claims OF Texas. bu; send home her
mushroom Judges and would be di>iric,
attorneys for the County of Santa Fe. &c.
with premium fleas in their ears. This is
exactly what the Executive should do. and
in Justice must do, and he only weakens
his own position by holding the dubious
language Of his late Message.
The documents transmitted 70 Con-
gress bv the President. in answer TO the
requisillon of the House with regard 10
New NeNico aud California, officially es-
tablish that the People of New MEXICO
have had a very narrow escape from the
clutches of Slavery. if indeed they can
We, be SAID to have escaped. 1t appears
br Sec. Crawford's di.ratch Of March
Goth last to the L. S. Military comman-
dan, at Santa Fe, that o. William l..
Harc9. Mr. Folks Secretary of War, and
a member Of the Gas, Democracy OF
New York. which is as mUc, opposed 10
Slavery as any body, only it doesn't APP
prove Of agitation nor of irritating the
sensibillties of .our Southern brethren.
officially instructed the then I. :. COM
mandani ct Santa Fe as follows,
n -a"In regard 70 that par, of what
-sI>----S nt-ihe NeNicans call New
n'rNexico living east of the Rio Grande.
~ the civil authority which Texas has
(CJr established may establish there. is
Co-,o be respected. and by no means in
f.-terfered with by the military force in
JTthat Department, otherwise than &c
C3-lend aid on proper occasions in sus
UItainIng II.
That part Of what the lIericans cal
New Mexico'-Is Humboldt a Mexican
Are all the eminent geographers on earth
Mcxcan,, Gov. Marcy has to begin
with gross Misrepresentation in order
TO confuse his own consciousness Of the
iniqui,y of his order.
The order itself is very plain. 1t di
reefs the |. :. Military officer in com
mand in New Mexico not 10 protect the
people af that country against the ot!lous
claim of Texas 20 exercise dominion owe,
thenI--bui to respect that claim. and
LEND aid on proper occasions in sustain
ing it,
Such were the instructions under which
our Miltar, officers in New Mexico were
acting down 10 the accession Of Gen
TAYLOR 10 the Presidency. Had Texas
then pa, forth the eXertons she is now
abou, to make in assertion Of her claim,
to the better part of New Mexico. the
Government would have been excr.ed in
her support New Mexico must have
sucumbed. carrying Texas and Slavery
up to the 42d degree of North latitude.
Had Gen CasS been chosen President
til, order would still have remained in
force. this policy would have been persis-
ted in and New Mexico must have fallen
She is saved thus far. and we trust perma-
neu1ly. by the election Of Gen. Taylor
Three weeks after his accession 10 the
White House. the above order from Polk
and Marcy was virtually overrulcd and
rescinded by new dispatch from the
War Department March IS, 49, say.
ing:
~ have to remark thar il IS not expect
ed Texas VIII undertake To extend her
civil government over the remote region
dcsigna ted. but should she do so. you will
contine YOUR action under the clause
above cited TO arranging your command
IN such manner as not 70 come INTO con-
fict with the authorities so constituted
On the claim of Texas 10 any or the
whole of New Mexico east of the Rio
Grande. il is not necessary TO give an
opinion. as Congress and iha, State alone
have the power Of adjusting IT,"
This is no, so plain spoken as We
could wish it, but the intent is good. and il
is more clearly expressed in the instruc
tons given by the same Department &c
Col. Geo. 4. Mccall. (Nov 18th LAST te
urge the People Of New Mexico to form {
State Constitution and seek admission in
IN the Union. Now the People Of New
Mexico referred to.notoriously live on thi'
side of the Rio Grande. and there are al
the Military posts known to our Govern
ment. To talk of organizing State o
New Mexico. and to instruct our officers
TO promote such organization. is to in
s.ruct them how most efIectually to resis
the claim of Texas to tina, country and tc
do their best to thwart it. We see clearly
that the President and Cabinet are mean
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