The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-08-14

: cut such an iDterdietion. What do ycs
, get, thenf What advsntase 70 the
! sopthi Sir. il 10 q one-sided measure
-t--the measure which lam eocsideripe.
! II is all North, and looks not at ell to-
wards Southern interests. II 10 liable
70 objections which have already stat.
ed upon = former. occasion, and which
II Is not necessary that I should repeat
now. But IL you admit New MeIieo
with the boundary between her and
Texas unadjusted. what may the con-
sequences bei You admit q Territory
and people who. If fTexas shall establish
her claim to the whole extent Of the
eastern border Of the Rio Grande, may
he cut Of by the subsequent action of
Texas. or Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States. You admit the State Of
New Mexico. afterwards to be cut in
two. and State left in the Union with
out territory. and without people; forI
will state what is well known I dare nay
to other Senators. that all the people
who can constitute any ground or color
Of claim for the admission Of New Mex.
leo into the Union as State, are upon
the east side Of the Rio Grande. and all
the territory worth having 10 upon the
same side Of that river. Then il hap
pens. If the plan presented for the aa-
mission Of these States be adopted and
carried out, you take California abso-
lutely, with all her present limits. and
New Mexico in such way that IL may
happen that you will have a State in the
Union without territory and without
people. Texas. by the assertion and
successfully prosecution Of her elaim.
will have taken all the territory and all
the people that would have constituted
any ground for the admission Of the
State Of New Mexico. sa3
Mr.. President. | approach now the
question Of what the consequence must
be Of the defeat Of the measure now be-
fore the Senate. and what the conse-,
quence will probably be in case Of the
successful support Of the measure By
Congress. II the bill is defeated, and
no equivalent measure be passed. as in
oil human probability would be the case
IF this measure is not passed, and we
| 20 home, in what condition do we leave
this free and glorious people7 In re-
| gard to Texas there is danger, as | have
remarked, Of two civil wars. There ID
danger, in the first place, Of the resis-
tance Of the people Of New Mexico to
| the authority Of Texas. supposing nom
interference on the part Of the General
Government. But fNew Mexico goes
on to organize herself into State Co
vernment. and insists upon the exercise
Of the powers which appertain to State
sovereignty, we must shut our eyes and
be blind to passing events, if we do not.
see that there is danger of servile ci-
vii war, originating between Texas and
E--ifyou please--the troopsof the Unit
ed States that may come'in in aid Of
New Mexico. Assuming that Texas
will move with military array upon
New Mexico, there will probably be re-
sistance upon the part Of the General
Government TO the entry of the troops
of Texas into the limits of New Mexi-
CO, although there may be uncertainty
as to the course upon this subject which
will be taken by the Administration
just coming into power, upon which we
have the advantage of no light what
ever. But we know that the Admins
tration which has just passed out Of
power, would, in that contingency,
have repelled the attack made by Tex.
as. II the present administration should
feel it incumbent upon itself to repel
such an invasion, the consequences
which | am about to portray are at least
possible, if not likely to occur.
/ lam not going to magnify the power
Of Texas. am not going to magnify
the power of any single State. 1t Is
with infinite regret, with profound sor-
row and surprise, that l hear individu-
ais in States talking as they occasion.
ally do. Why, it was only the other
day that a member, returned from the
Nashville Convention, addressed, We
are told, the people of Charleston,
South Carolina. l do not know which
most to admire, the gravity and posi-.
Bile consequences which may ensue from
carrying out the views of the delegate
to the Nashville Convention, or the ri.
: diculous scenes which occurred during
the course Of tlc public meeting. He
: was applauded most enthusiastically
!, as ! learn from the public papers, and
: as learn also from a credible gentle.
man who was present at the meeting
4 when he declared that, if the South did
; not Join herself to this standard of re,
, bellion, South Carolina would herss,l
: raise it, aud fight this Union s;nglY and
alone Yes. said a gentleman in The
/, audience, in a fit Of most patriotic en-,
r thusiasm, and if South Carolina doe,
not do it. |, with my strong arm and M,
: long purse, will fight the Union my,
) self!
{ Mr.. President, / have no natience "a,