Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-22
amount of what is thus proposed to be advanced

The consideration is not named but some
things are named which may help to form iudg-
ment as to what it ought to he. Let us consider
Them In The first place, this is an affair of mutu.
al cession-an exchange of land-so much on
one side, and so much on the other-and then
boot from the United States to Texas to the flo
ure OF some millions. The first question is, how
liluch land does each give? And the committee
aliswers Tor Texas, with great precision, a little
oss tnan l24,932 square miles, including that
pdrt OF New Mexico which lies east of the Rio
uruhde; and answer for new Mexico, 10000
9quate miles, including the Ell Paso and Puerco
country. Upon the figures, Texas would seem
10 nave ceded most and entitled to ecelve boot I:
out when 1t comes to be considered that this
cesslon from Texas includes all New Mexico
east OF the Del Norte, from twenty miles above
I'll Faso to the head of the river-tbat it cedes
oOO miles OF what was New Mexico for a hun.
dred years before the name of Texas had been
heard of-that it includes thirty towns and viii
lagos, and 10000 New Mexican people who adj
mt no allegiance to Texas--then it becomes a
question whether this 500 miles of New Mexico
should not be deducted from the committees
quantity of l24,933 square miles. | happen to
be OF that opinion; and so would deduct about
5O,OUO square miles fiom the committees count
That would make the two cessions about eoua
in extent about equal in quantity And now fol
quality and value.
How would the two cessions stand in that ra
spect? Evidently the 70 COO SQUARE miles taker
l'o,n 1Se" ~ MEXICO IS worm more thdh the |o,UOC
ceuea oy lexas' IT Is ~ better climate, be
ing an OF u ooutI o. 81 ana part as tar soutf
as ~ ~ while the Texan cesslon goes ~
TO AZ ID the Rocky Mounta Bs-wlthln thirty
miles OF the South Pass. and cornering on Ore
gOn and California. 1t is better land. 1t ha.
civilized people upon it-four or five Thousand a
San EIeazaro, and two or three thousand at 9th
er places 1t is unencumbered with resident In
dams. and will he readv for i,nnoJio,o io o,,
settlement, and lies in the direct track from lht
Lower Mississippi to the Northern parts of the
Republic of Mexico, and the Ga route to Cali
fornla and the Pacific ocean.
1t is the most valuable cession, equal in ex.
tent, better IN climate and quality, and more de.
slrabe fiom position. And yet the committee
propose boot good boot-some millions That
is rot the rule in the horse swap. It is not the
rule to give the best horse, and then give the
price OF the other in boot, especially when botI
horses belong to yourself.
The committee, IN their report seem to be a
little conscious that they were rather overriding
the matter IN this article OF compensation to Tex
0s-thls new mode OF swapping land-giving the
best land, and then giving boot besides. They
says:
aIf ,b;s bo,pdorv bo ossortod 70 h., Tovos
LIN 't,,S h 'iay uuunuS.y uo 's'on..u 10 oy 1A'9
AID riov tt,t w -
tb;s M co,,cess;o,, hv ,he un;,ed Sto,as sbo rnnbt
w;,hont anv olber so,,;,o,e,,i yelngIsb anv cIsiu
! she has hevond the nroposed bolndarv Tint is
dhy clam 10 ann pari af yNe,u lFerico. But, un
der the influence Of sentiment afjnstice an
great 6beralitu the bill proposes TO Texas. Tor ne
relinqeisl,n,eni Of am such clam, large pecuni
arg eq"'vafenL"
This il Candid Do,h.,o.s ,,orv will s,rroso
AS the committee th;,,, s,,ao ,n;u That tbn ITnt
ed States had oven and enongh without sinner
adding money TO if rbnv would think en- pnor
the very reasonable Drinci11e. that when ma,
had niyen up half his land TO Guipt n claim ,o #
that he should not nav money for tho o,bor half
especially when he believed both halves bclonn
ed to himself and when he had nossossion ot I
all for two hundred and fflv Years II is vor,
reasonable, in such case, that some wonld snn
pose that he had done enouqh in rivinr nm half
/, myself. would certainly he ono Of that some
! ", tOtnmlttpe. luVn
rule to 90 by, unknown in trade or nolit,cs be
fore They have recourse to sentiment and
under its influence, and from feelino of prea
liberaity, they will make "other eouivaIentn t,
Texas for relinouisbInr her claim 70 the rest q
New Mexico.
This is the wav it stands in the comnittee'
bill and report; and | rive what thew saw il
tbo,r o,y, ,ro.1, ,La. ,I7., H. ~ - h.
about it; another equivalent is what thew pro
pose. One might suppose that one equivalen
was enough, but they propose another. SO tha
there shall be both a monied and n landed @
quivalent to Texas. Now, | object to all this
object to accepting a cesslon of New Mexic,
| from Texas. first, because the United States ha
a claim to it herself. and has the actual possess
ion, which is RIGHT to possession until the CLAIM
Is decided. Secondly. because the accentenc
of such cession wond admit the lille of 'reva
to all New Mexico cast of the Rio Grande. nm,
so raise questions to disturb both New Mevic,
and the UDned States. Thirdly. heconsn w
give more valuable territory than we receive
and then nav the vaIno Of what wn rocoiva inf
the bargain, and which was our own before.
Sir This is stranre work A cnn,n;ttea nm
dedakinc TO guide in n case where tbev ADM
they have not look ked for either truth or law
prescr,binu limo which thew admit IN ho noi,b
er ,rne nor legitimate -.ahstoininr fro,n exnress
inc an onnion, and vet nnforcin9 an onin;on-~
MAKING y sacri6ce ond calling II a cor,nro,r;sa
undertaking 10 save New Mevico md say;n,
her bv oivinG awnv one half md nnrcbaoino % n
other half Ths i stranfre yvork md now ,SorL
in the American senate! bnt let ne oo u1 y, vii
il.
Tho .,;,,oo n.o,,o.. o.;,a..;., -.
nonn m 11,'1e Tor tuPosG S nn ill.,
ias a.o'1 i,e0 Po
VIVA. plnoiple ~ 10 a TN T%o"a"so G .'I,,'o hn.to
mutual oes'ohI"eu e G eN"9 ,eGe'os og''o
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