The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-06-16

These have no political States; nor they take any
Interest = lazy and gosefnmeat l \ Tie duty q other,
the above classes have had any agency IN urging issues
that may result in collision that Is TO be avoided by
bsTwho would make the easiation of Congress sub
servent q their ends In the general name Of the people
OF New Mexico, they speak for themselves They wanl
such territorial limits will enable them to form .
State the borders OF Texasnct ally but as an
adversary to that State in political organization TO ef
feet that, they must have the territory now claimed by
this potential demand IN derosaon o vested rights now
under the protection OF recognised jurisdiction will
not characterize those who are looking to this future
Stale They avow the policy which they know will most
likely propate influence to favor these ends They
ask 10 have territory assigned to them that they make Out
non.sayebodng State; and they ask hsfrom slave
hodets and from slaveholdng State ltisthe asking
Of the forest apiece Of timber to be made its helye BY
which il may PROSTATE the forest itself Those who are
camoring for the rights OF New Mexico have yoluntal
turers, looking to preferment through strife and ltga-
ton They the seeds OF controversy, and then Com
plain that they the victims OF oppression They FIRST
lake attitude OF defiance to Texas, and then invoke
the aid OF the federal government to give them It's pro-
teciion. Two considerations arise Congress take
The territory claimed by Texasl and, II we can,
ought we 70 do so ~ reference to just and provdent
polIcy-to make State exert very grave attribute OF
OUR comUon rus If the policy and interest Of the
federacy require such measure in view Of our foreign
relations the local interest OF the State In conem
pation should have little influence But when the local
policy OF such Stale is to affect deeply the relation OF
the States with themselves and to give strength where
strength not wanting, and by the sacrifice OF one
part should look to the and consequ OF
this R}licy understand there are not more than fve
hundred while population in New Mexicoi and they
have gone there since the treaty with Mexico They
cannot have the feelings OF local attachments or Of long
social connexions. They live in community that has
right to claim the protection OF territorial government
These people, in my opinion, ought 10 have govern
ment, and something more than an arbitrary militia
I ry government. II had it in my power. would
give them territorial government Of the first grade
ILat hat o N lump
acquisition, with governor and council with the
laws and constitution OF the United States The kind Of
government to be given would Of depend, in
measure, the boundaries be designated II these
boundaries be made wholly in reference to future
Stale 10 be formed within them we must ask Texas TO
give her claim 10 what was New Mexico, on the east OF
the Rio Grande. This involves delicate question Of sec.
onal policy. can great necessity 10 look TO any
policy that has tendency g multiply wl'h rapdlly she
they should depend upon the progress OF events and their
natural aptitude.
When the federal government shall become the fac
tor OF States from design and policy, it will assume a
jurisdiction dangerous in itself. and destructive in its
consequences Ii Texas has right TO the territory lying
on the east OF the Rio Graude, from It's mouth to its
territorial government Of New Mexicoi II Texas has no
such claim lhee there might be considerations to
modate the State e-inaking policy But if am satisfied
left free 10 say whether will subject her consent TO
her partition for the purpose indicated My opinion rs,
that we al once recognise the right OF Texas to ursdc-
has heretofore coniended '.ihe peope-that term SO
often used and often abusedof New Mexico east Of
the Rio Grande will assimilae TO the institutions OF
Texas submit 10 her jurisdiction, and become quiet and
conened; and II Is the fault of Congress \ we keep the
controversy open any longer II is said that the people
OF this territory are unwilling TO be joined 10 the State OF
Texas DO they suppose that the Stale 10 be created
will be better than the State already created and acting
as an organized government
The senator from Kentucky says that have heretofore
maintained the proposition heretofore that the right OF
Texas extended to the Rio Gande My opinions post
bem, very different from what they were aafe teiiwn;
for that lime regarded all the territory between the
Nueces aud the RIO Grande disputed possession.
On the banks OF the Rio Grande the Mexcans had pos
session ; beyond the Nueces the Texans had possession
and certainty that me Texas was the estimation OF
the civilized world an independent nation, and had
right TO claim any territory which she had acquired BY
conquest from Mexico al the revolution Well, the con-
quest went far beyond the original limits i went TO the
disputed terory and for that disputed territory the war
commenced She claimed the disputed territory, and
got the territory fought for disputed ground, not
claimed by the United States for themselves but Tor Tex
as Texas had claimed IL a conquered territory, and
had good color of title the time OF her annexation
and she had good title against all the world but Mexi-
And suppose she had decided her right BY actual bat
tes and had made treaty acknowledging that rght her
right would have been good legitimate conquest un
der the laws OF Ii pending belligeren contro-
versy-fsgrane beiio-hatthe United States assumed the
place OF Texas; and our government must be held bound
10 the declaration that she struck al Mexico because she
entered the disputed territory previously claimed by
Texas In going 10 war, we recognised our duty to hight
the United States would have claim or title We were
the John Doe TO make good the title of one lessor TO
the that involved and Il was involved 10 The
extent claimed by Texas, and cannot dispute the title
under which we entered. Shall we now take any por-
ton OF this territory from Texas, either by arbitrary de-
termination by compact The first cannot be thought
Of and the latter involves both the power OF the govern
ment and the expediency OF exercising IT, The PROPOSE
on that the United States may make bargain with a
sovereign Stale Of this Union for territory, with view to
shaping II TO make States, will be but preiext to
arm and fony majority under legal sanction. II will
give TO the majority the power OF making States here or
hcre according 10 the principles which may govern that
majority. The senator from Alabama need not disguise
from himself from anybody looking al the history Of
this question, only Tor the last five years, but from the
time when the indications OF coming events had shown
what the majority would do, that there can and
never will be- beyond the line indicated for New Mex.
co. any territory transferred to the jurisdiction OF the
United States, to be placed in the territorial condition.
there settle there with distinct advertisement that they
have possible faculty OF becoming State unless
they conform othe dciaon and prescription OF known
and fixed majority IN this government This majority
will always be proptated IRON policy. And II Texas
is entitled 10 this territory, and give 1t up TO the urs
dicon OF the United Saiess do II knowing what will
be the consequences. We OF the South must that
up adversary; whereas II leave il under The
jurisdiction OF Texas, the prevailing institutions, and
known public opinion OF that Commonwealth will control
all who 90 to settle within her territory You will hear
OF no adventurous politician going there to raise the flag
OF free-soI. do not know that slavery will 20
there but know that so long Texas maintains her
jurisdiction H. il will send forth no influence hostile
to the interests OF the minority, the interests Of the
Souhhe slave interest; and for this reason fwoud not
LET foot of this land 20 out Of the jurisdiction which IL