New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-26
Sev.Nexsco.


r.. 1,-u,n.pts transmitted % Congress by the
p,s.deot m answer 70 the requisition Of the House
9Th re1srd 10 New Mexico and fslhorla. Official
~ establish that the People Of New Mexico have
had very narrow escape from the clutches OF 1la
very Il indeed they yet be said 70 haze escaped
II appears b. Sec. Crawford's dispatch q March
2sth last to the T. 8 Military oonmandsn: II Santa
~, that lc5r JYliiam l.. Marcy, Mr Polks 5ecre'
tary Of War, and a member q the Csss Democracy
Of New York, which is as much opposed 70 Slave
ry az any body. only 1t does Mt approve OF agta
ton nor Of irritating the sensbIites Of our south
ern brethren officially instructed the then J..
comma ndant at Santa Fe as follows
v"Ia ysga,4 % nat part af Nh9t tl> NsfV1n' eau
~ y,tp 1.rzoo iyta1 Of ne RIO Sr1r1> Nc nm 49,"
~ Dvty paiea Ten. Aas ,,tatt'aAed or may eti1'
n ~ u. mauoyy oyee hat Impairment ooe'vi's has
n nkad aid on proper oeoasons m 'astai"tng u"
- That part Of what thc M1,cons call New
Me,io,,-Is Humboldt a Mexican Are all the
eminent geo0rsphers on earth NeIicsns Gov
Marcy has W begin with gross misreprcsenia
ton in order 10 confuse his own CONSEQUENCES o.
the niquity Of his order.
The order Itself Is very PLAN It directs the
u 3. Military officer in command m New Mexco
not 10 protect the people Of that country against
the odIous clam II Texas 10 exercise dominion
over then-but N respect that clsan, and lend
aid on proper occasions 10 sustaining It
Such were the instructions under which our NIL
,ary officers m New MexIco were acting down ~
the accession Of Gen Taylor 10 the Presidency
Had Texas then put forth the exertions she Is no's
about 10 make IN assertion Of her claim b the bet
tar mart of New Mexico the whole available fore
NJ the Federal Government would have been ez
.rted in her support New Mexico must have SUI.
oumbsd carrying Texas and Slavery up to the i2i
degree OF North latitude.
Had Gen Cas- been chosen President this ordef
would still have remained IN force, this policy would
have been persisted in. and New Mexico must
have fallen She is saved thus far, and we trust
permanently by the election Of Gen. Taylor Three
weeks after his accession 10 the White House, the
above order from Polk and Marcy was vlrtualJ
overruled and rescinded BY new dispatch from
the War Department March &C. 49, saying
aIhave 10 remark that It is not expec ted Texas will IN
derake extend her civil government over me remote r
gon Designated but should she do So you Will eOnhne oD
action under clause above cited to arranging your CON
nand In such manner into conflict with iie
authorities constituted On the claim Of Texas To any
the whole Of New Mexico east q the RIO Grande Is No.
necessary 10 give an opinion Congress and that STATE
alone have the power Of adjusting IT,
This IL not so plain-spoken as we could wlsh
IT, but the intent good, and II IS more clearly eX
pressed in the Instructions given by the same De
partment to Dol. Gee. a Mccall, Nov. 18th las
10 urge the People OF New Mexico to form Stat
Constitution and seek admission into the Union
lSce dispatch in correspondents extracts from
the correspondence above referred to- Now th
People OF New Mexico referred 70 VIGOROUSLY Inv
on his side 81 the Rio Grande, and there are a
the Military posts known TO our Go eminent. T.
talk OF organizing State of New Mexico an.
10 instruct our officers to promote such organ
zaiion, Is 10 instruct them how most etcC'u
ally 10 resist the claim OF Texas TO that c0uu
try and TO do their best TO thwsrt IL We &c.
clearly that the President and Cabinet are meanit-
To do the right thngthst they mean To protect an
preserve New Mexico from the pretensions of Te''
Ms that they are taking that course which in the
Judgment will best subserye the end which the,
az we feel TO be that of Justice We wish, howe,
er thsy might, and trust they yet will see thHt
timdity in the assertion and justification of night
has sometimes the effect Of connivsnce at wron
and that not alone in the battle field but in the cou
Gil aud cabinet also. he walks safest who walk
bcldest, and shuns the mazes vi assimilation oul
the lsbynnths OF crooked policy