The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-08-11

make no apology for presumption in putting questions
upon law TO the Secretary oi State lie IL certainly very
bad authority with the american people IN his political
opinions and when we see how easily whg legal 0pin-
ions are shaped by their political preIudtes, we feel al
Liberty 10 question them, even IN the most exalted sta
tona
of the United interfere with the erIory clameu
by Texas, Jusiifes such iDierrencei Your answer
treaty Guadalupe Hidslgo; which, beng treaty
with ioregn power, Is ~ be held sacred by The Execu.
tive and It's provisions faithfully earned out as the su.
preu.e law OF the isnd.
In what a OF thai treaty /. contained stipulation in
relation to Mezieans "saa OF me REQ Grandsr The
President dtcases that the hexicais residing eaS OF
that river under tie projection VI the ninth article ~
The treaty dhs,s MOI one .'o,a - any Ra't y vac
ton Not only IN Inere eDilfe absence O such de-
scription Of Mexican citizens IN the ninth aruce, bui
there is equally failure 10 md 10 The eghih article or
il sy,denl that the whole basis on which the Presi-
dent rees thar pat OF the eighth arlicle that guar
ri,oes previously belonging 10 Mexico, and which re-
main Tor the future within the Uned States as defined ny
the present treaty." NC But in order TO ascertain who
they are, and dt territories TO belong for the iutne
10 the United Sales must examine The nth arlicle n
whch alone the boundaries are defined.
is little singular thai the President in his message.
should have been guilty Of odence against the public
which, ia one 81 number station, would be called grt
l,x public document He has gwen the hfst past oi
the fh article, which describes the dividing line between
Mss,co and the United States. but omls ne essential
par INCH follows the second paragraph oil the af
cie and BY when the key given ~ tue whole subject
OF boundsy and By the use OF which the president and
his apettors are convicted Of gross violation oil Toe
rights OF Texas That paragraph makes DistornePs
SNAP Of ne U,.itsd Mezioan States as organised ana
df.ed bg pay acts Of The Congress Of sasd rePubltc
an aidenddm TO the treaty, 10 which IT was attached
under tue scale OF the penpotentlares Ihai map de-
lines the boundaries OF New Mexico as lying entirely on
he wEsTKRs s,ds Of the Rio Grands mol one 1901 o.
New MeAico - there delineaed on the eastern SIDE va
the contrary all Of that ~ declared 10 be iexas
which once part OF tie United Mexican States and
always included IN her maps.
How will the friends OF Mr.. Fillmore defend his con-
duct this occarlon And how dare he say that this
treaty reQuIes him 10 shed the blood OF American citi.
zens 10 protect Mexcans residing the eastern side oil
the ko Grande, when the treaty shows that Mexico her
se lodges, IN thai instrument the per.
sons intended be protected by u reside its western
side
wha was the understanding OF tue parties on this inter
es,pe subject II leads the parties from the Gull OF Mex
co 10 hs Rio rande to the point where strikes the
sou,bsro boundary OF New Mexico thence, westwarty
along fbs uphos southern bonedarg of Nsw Msrco,
twbich tuns north OF town called Paso to ~ west.
ern ,srninaliou," &c II any portion Of Neg Mexico
was situated the eastern side 81 the fivef me ABOVE
.d<khson OF tue boundary would have been erroneous.
Bot 10 make the 40 PLAN that no one except
Tas Tor, a Fillmore, Webster, Or Gaphm could MS
take goes and says the second paragraph wnlch
the President omitted 10 polish in his message az ioi-
lows.
The southern and western limits Of New Mexico, men