Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-06-28

+ American blood On American soil That blood wa. shed h.
ieen me Neces and Rio t;rande, beyond the limits Ii
oi IrofiHcc at Texas; but within the b"nari, Of the new
""ePcdenf sorerciga State Thus Inc tide has been alludn
"' ,'.h ny ihc people and government ol the Union.
opening Of the w:r power under Heaven pcten,
: d !" assert IN: sha,w o claim tlc territory with
es boundaries except Texas and The Republic 81 Moxic,
lie United States in the prosecution oi th. war cxpcn
r!ncnsc and sacrificed thousands ol lives IN d.,
.il: IA tndcang sG sovereign rights OF Texas .aIs
eAIco over all the territory conpcicuicd within her a.
i serted boundaries The terminated Mcxc
r "- 'anqshcd and her claim rcIinunscd in Tex
a. 'e only power which asserted "lau adverse 10 that
MeH'c" Aud n"w the Government ol tie United States
n-'aiich by innncsn and aboitionisln nngrarousl
"''uSh forward Ia assert against Texas, member ui ot
""" '"n,'i'acv, Ih" Nriy clam which conquered ui
M'Nlr" and which W resisted by when asserted by
foreign power
1t would lr dii,lr for ,t. Government Of ti. Ipt
9','s and llc General then in command o:r the ""
iisablc apology Tor The battles the Rio t;fandr. il IN
lille !" TcNns Ia the land cn bad aud entitled
ili respect oi the United States II the title :" Mexico
'll' lnd wcre then "ood by what system rlsuistry
lic United "ia", h" Justified in conqucrins by vio. nc
from Mexico? Aud ii the iltl Of Mexico were then btt
low shall justify c United States in con1uering thi
l"m ilo from 'eAr" and then, by violence, e.iorcin"
against Texas! And ,ycn il BE- insisted against the ru
"i the case thai tnr H. Of McNco rclnquisicd,
10. me benefit :" y. hHi f"I tr nrd States yer ~
what system "l in- shall satisfy TIL world ihar IN
iite wih was hia n M"Airo !" bc resisted 10y var hc
b'ne> ooa in The hands u The United States, ana may by
,i'in, b" r,.iiiuiIy enforced against Texas
ihr IfHih n there is nothing support this naked PIE
ncc oi disputed Texan boundary. II only be regard
al, aS prirXt further haass and Insult Tia, south an,
ii this >rdlcnt shall sacrc,j, ii wl! Only add another I,
la, raia'sIe ol inI't"' sc have already endured.
! II WI. dlvc>i frNts :" her sovereign power about
hundred aud twenty live thousand slnarc mis ol terri
ory eighty fwn Thousand slure miles ri which, an
S"nth {" IA ~ aud ~" oP.n :" tr rrrre'"n ri ~l.S'
lhu but winch N pass jurisdiction f!e ~
Gcr t'SeEncG aud hrf"n. SUBJECT t" the mariinailo, :"
Ircr s"l'r" ana ahnlunsts.
utIh and New M'Sco i'll lnum lhr subject ri bul trw
rn.Iks lirr cnn.>s,lv i, lrast valuable oi thr
Immense possessions acioc M'Ni,". odd and STE
nj t"y ailfi srini riurn i"f liic lo",> III industry
Labor unpfiucrilr ,iA Iowatd,d un,iii"i
ly -,iI aud rilnIi ln tn I.',nry, and bein. it
iupvo,l from !,uiii aui extremely dilliru "t
tI.s are ty uray in H. ibc aT the purposes al comlrcG
aml trade Too worthless l",>cr tit, rul!lty, nilanr
TN, ambition III , ab"lnnlis, liiy iiI- ;!t .nsJrct
:" io l,r south. II IL p"ln.sd lay Nj. ia. :
conp,oni>c . for h,n lroi!. governments. wh
ll,r application u Ih Win"t rtuN>,hnt tn ab'll-
iI!-ts advised that i,ry hy re.y "n ihc "!,"y "i
tn Mexican IL" io tn exclusion Southern Inst!iu uns;
whilst Nj Webs lnctnl~ that slavery j. cNcu,cd iiul
tloe barren c..orS bs tie inulihie laws al niihs'.
by SOIL cnnc dn physical structure aui where slavery -
,Ncled by r command II mature iilcl' ~ arr gidc.1l,-
Is permitted occupy wita slave, il aud Ia
s= through liz .,r ~ran'y n W. ';' ''ii
lcins al csi,!iGt ~! iAran las" i.eI hy "nf nisrr-
bc i'll rcc ~ whcfc c territory snlir! l" t
purposes II ~" ""Eh "hti >ltt" li'"l would c"niihi
ai,g guair reward, rIeNdr bs human laN Where
nature admits os, 's!r " eNcinir "l"re human laws
!inu i nare , \ Ind, nj this i, i c"ntri.ri bs i.
psu,,ls, cotnitoi,-' r,ciualv eNcnr , south nom
cyorY nrtc oi band obtained i,on MeNir"
g., he Land, any considerable saur, III tho whole NieN
cIl>p! comprised within le b1hhuilt"" "i 'H
proir,scd State al California nit.d II wr - ! our Eyes
bpou the mIp Is difficult exclude ihc idea o' 'cSis IN
tei,g ll aoanlis with The S"w ~ embracing ali HE
territory .ltit, slave tabor. Ii VT examine iiir sub
,,,i with reference The beauty AMI prritny "i @cuedii
l., cu.i.Iti.i1n shah nd :!t l most beautiful d.
In, tiu III a slul STATE IL ho seen IN rca, perhaps
IN ilt world Viii 1t, r't.ac,d within tn b"i;ittrs i'n
"a H.. Pacific The Nr-I Of.ia IN m Norm, '''
range Of tie Nevada tn ei. i"iwin. iilc c'~'
oi those it"n /! d.. ND;ih latitude ~ A"a"H
di hrr S"nlIcn extremity, ahd t'rn'i''lt4 80 ~
,h. clsi ,ian TN Ssh '. ii i'iii',e Inc >t'te ,N'".
thus -. defended all es, hv III strongest h'i hoa
beautiful natural h"nndarir- aud Nouid ''Hiiciiei p'
i,acr though vast lu these Suggestions o' stfrts
ana beauty entirely dtsrcgai,d by the proposed p,a"
which f.tks the line non ht Sierra Neiaa ABOUT .. ues
latitude, striking tho open country ny h,H, ~
poScd ar line in a south east direction mill II reaches some
nt on The Colorado, thence down It's le;iiei@S !" vac
| Mexican line. lho head ri the gull "i Cali"ini t ne
wc=, b! tbnt In I" th' ocean, '"iii ~ - W. Wv
nounlin s.. !ci, latitude aud - dr@ Longitude; H'ish4
| Ike dc.ufmlty tr proii, :" the Saip
Ii difficult account Tor til, ciiF""hs me- o" ''S
ot!r. ,ncplc lsau t aga ~ e.narlcin9 MI lffi'pis
suited H. ,layr laa" AMI f excluding slavery from 'at Yer
nry is provision =. the proposed o'is'l'illoa-
lt scniins :,boipaleis molv" IL adil ,hr 't" ''
IN. nio aud a.iiu. achieving tie hhtH designs ~ ''e
y no, los-n without forcing that measure On tio lNc
uliyr a,rin thu s9nih IN "loFinS 10 h III A. ~
II cannot ba cxpccicd by rational nina 'ha e t''
ry wll continue la b. snsIe Stale IL would be- m"i'
icnnycuicnt oi the administration :" Stale ''"Nel"
h1n IN, combined ar Virginia Kentucky and icnn'S
seq II must be- divided, and tat SOON ana u ti' SCUM
shall permit California b. admitted w1ih h'.c oon''a''
w!t slavery excluded hy tir hnna nS confN"'t - -
| : ne
Srnli"ss Ia Swell iie arrogance I" ao"h'h-l' III" ' "
thr load ,i Southern oPpr'Ss!on m
/ n has been suggested hy Southern g,ntl'inrn "i M
I,,i,s uat,oii,Iu aud all respects "ahl ~ III W.u
,n that il wcrc be-! ai ihr Territory should h'
comlfheulcd IN one STATE u diminish th' "'lS,' y
n. senatorial influence. With great dcitfenccl am "pi,'
IA dissent because have No idea shth III cApenh' " ~
alirI lo slightest obstruction {" iAr designs III n' a'
tanss The, wol divide The Sar without *cf"p"' "'I, :
ser occasion -nt! re'inisr ALL; M 'da!'S'' o ~
,uia iiic power legislation wili have passed c"i'iit
,,p ,r hands; They wl hayca mIi"ny "l MY '"' ~
,. House ii Rrpfcsen.li, lhry Will haze hjo:!'iM ~ "
i..n in tlic SENATE even when p'I"aft W. ~ -
S,: li when D,.w;lr yoics with the N"ft 'h'ii -
- ,,ral majority wiil b. siN They viii have "a hiI"'! :"
ttv, in the Elecinrni Colleges I" choose Pr's'H'h ''
vie President ol llr United states Aer i'e nc:i e'A'
r,4,n liz people it is lo'a'. Their power "' =. w.,
farther Increased They will BE- ahc I" pass what laws,
,l,,sr and elect their President 10 approve t'
aw- and that those laws shall he l.s''in: - ~;
,;.tt r.,ru on the ur,at rc-uai;cS whlcli dia'!t
,;sL,L the formation their State Constitutions WI
l,yc M wish excite you al all. really 'nis N'''
ularilic- great that they annhnt I" actual ts2e'.' ' :,
l. rights AMI authority al the Si'ie' ~ 'l''' @ n.y. =, ,h
cnlrr deem they would snpPor' osgrcnn' '''n ~ ~, NV
adnIi.-inn Of California and necessarily ','l ~ H. H. ;
r,,nis, but IL, them, horalSc 'diuo,s ""'
hat il those Irregularities had never existed ioI ~ W
messed Ia admission ot California, because 81 "r r"
,, oi her boundaries which believe I" have pern hr,as
I'd with a Slc" = even. - VI" SCUM ''"' ~ ~
can acquisition .,.
The who'll rerrryg s,uh of sc 80, conprehcnted wi'h
,c limits uf the proposed Stat" comprising lonr ac@fefs
,,i., and about six degrees OF longitude was tpsene
!; ,Ir California Conycnl,r uominahy ony -Four lncon
iJr ,lIr towns situated the Pacific Coast clc,d ~
mir delegation The immense interior elected no d''.
~ III. and ~ Tar Is informed the military %oSrfhhah
,h,u IN authority summoned NJ delegate ifoin u' ihel
,ho,nh il assumed The ro,ai pcroearr ol dessnati'G con
\ muncs to be represented in the cohScnii"l "hi1" va"
h, invested with lhe high dnty ana sacred irnst 81
na the orrinic law. Fnm Tie best information "'i 49,
rf1cuie | harm that the inadequate h'l's' So, %
these fnur opposed Ia lc adoP"" ~, -, -.
CON suti. and desire. tho establishment 81 ~ 80 -
Government They pl"poaoi Ia make th' lhe -, ~ ~ " "
Santhern boundary al ili STATE :" - !" -, -
rory SOUL, oi that nr In lie organized amer - 'I',
y,Inn,nl !.ut thrir wishes were dsr 'rded ''l'
!, and this Immense region forced mo nv f''i ~.
.rul H. will n. cxntcssf.: through Ms ohiy repre-
Il r..ard ihis ~ proof that hc reniit 81 '''''' ,
4; 81 d..>it. that line 4 tinghsIns hli'N III " "
l2iIion 81 political communities
have grra coniirnco III thu rii'ta'v al ~" '' , -
p,inrplc | am so much 81 an rnii''l's'' IL i'tI ~
.,na hopes nt its poIec:tiiv ai' al'"s',nei u 80 m
opp,erlie it, bcnciccnt influence "it te Pi>' hst w
,,ri.n,s country confidently anticipate i's 'A.si s.
fulu.ss and sl hsier refinement IN l's
In remains io lc shown thai il yet exists III "''''
,ir;u. which eau carry into comitdei;cy i "cah -" W. W.
unal,. Ia project itself with peculiar interest "i '
fer cauail, al cNcn. the cupldlty ot lis slr''s as.'
nd yci rntcct that w,ak member from tyranny ana "iPa q
.,u S,,neIhn.. fear, ,rnins to u d"l - "''',- "
.,,,liIr urncplc inu -,,i state -! p''l''"'' - " -
,- NJ cont a, ic. tlit Suuill - Tie wtik h!e'h'. = "
,, mower Ia protect it-. II has distinct '''"'i, ~
re-. mari aA intercs, pctil:ar Ia itself nat rt''i' "
r.sl has c.psry cite The caPdI;y ~ 'e s,loi- -