Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-07-20

This confirmation both Of the cession and Of the title Of
the United States. 1t makes provision for esuming the
title Of the United States If the exchange is agreed by
Texas. II remits the tle-sends it back-to the United
States il Texas does not accept and give emphatic
meaning to this remission, return to its former owner
the expleve back superaddeda redundancy OF phrase
which could only be justified by the extreme desire of saving
the title of the United States the committee cannot succeed
in giving it away.
The report Of the committee in explanation and support
of their BILL fully accords with these clauses of the bill
itself Il treats the line they propose making cesslon OF
United States territory to Texas, and carefully recaims the
title, if the cession is not accepted. Thus:
If this boundary by Texas she will be quiz
eted that in her title And suppose that
consideration of this concession by the United
might without any other reirgusn any e,a
part of New M1ico But under the influence OF sentiment
ousce and great iberay the bill proposes to Texas TOR
her renquiahment Of any such claim large Pecunary
vaent."
And again
be anticipated that Texas will decline to accede
these liberal propositions but she should to be dis
tncy understood that the M the United States to any ter
rtory acquired from .Nerco of the Rio Grande Will
main mpared and in the condition as the proposas
Of adjustment now offered had never been made.
Here distinct combinations Of the meaning express
ed in the committees BILL and shows that the import of the
words employed by them duly and cautiously considered
CONCESSION is the term they apply TO it. which Is the equi-
vaent of cesson which is itself equivalent to the word grant
Unimpared is be the state of the United States title If
the concession accepted by Texas and acquisi
ton from Texas the remaining part Of New Mexico is pro-
posed be held The words all imply cesson and acquisi
ton and in that the bill and report right It is cession
of 900 square miles of New Mexico to Texas for nothing
with proposal purchase the remaining part of New Mexico
from her greater price The whole crowned by bum
Cling savo to title unimpaired, if Texas cannot
be induced to accept these fine termterms which give her
both land and money Thus the report accords with
the bill, and sustains my proposition.
l now proceed to other evidence
Here is map the title, contents, date and verfcation
of which vital to this inquiry 1t is entitled, MAP OF
STATE Texas, CoRDoyA and declares itself to
be complied from the records Of the general land Office of the
State and dated in the spring Of lS4e, and processes to
give every county, every town. land District river and stream
the State and verified by the signatures Of the Senators
and Representatives of the State Congress- by the comms
soner of the general land ece and the aesation OF the
Governor and of the Secretary Of State must be assumed
be authentic map of the State such at the time OF
its compiation-spring of ls4s-and will not be questioned
by Texas and is the sole evidence for which the United States
will have occasion in maintaining the possession Of all New
Mexico until the question of title shall be competenty dspos
ed Of shows the possession Of Texas as stood at the
time that the United States acquired New Mexico is the
map of map of the State that
identical moment vital this question extends from the
Sabine l02 degrees of west longitude And here
duced map the Of the large embracing the coun
try from the Mississippi river the Pacific and show
ing the whole extent Of the claim of Texas will explain
the reduced map first. Here it is, (hodng it up The
blue color represents the whole claim of Texas extending to
the head Of the Del Noe and thence to north latitude AZ
Degrees where with Oregon and California having
g Santa Fe county written upon il, San Migue-the
place where the Texan expedition taken prisoner in the
year s4l The small red and yellow squares in the eastern
part of this little map represent the countless land districts
and the colonial land grants in Texas and they show that
the longitude of O2 degreesthe same which propose for
the western limit Of Texas-was the utmost limit to which
any land district occupied county then extended Fannn
land district extended precisely that longitude, and bound
ed by it. Bexar county extended in that direction, but with
settler it. This is what the little map shows-the
all nf
Del Noreand her actual possession limited to the eastern
| side Of the longitude of l02 degrees
now recur to the large map, entitled map OF the Sfatt
of Iras and first read the certificates of yefcaon which
find on its face. These are they:
"WAsH1NGToN CITr, AUeUsT 90, ls4s.
1. "We the undersigned Senator'S and Representatives
from the State Of Texas do hereby certify that we have care
fully examined j. De Cordovas map of the State of Texas
compiled by R. Creuzbawr from the records Of the Genera
Land Office of Texas and have hesitation in saying that
map could surpass this in accuracy and fidelity 1t has de-
neated upon every county in the State its towns rivers
and and cordially recommend it to every person
desires correct geographical knowledge Of State Te
persons desrous OF visiting Texas it will be invaluable
[signed Thomas ]. Rusk Sam. Houston, David Kauf
man, 8. p Pisbury]
81 hereby certify that this map has been compiled from
the records of the General Land Office by Robert Creuz
bawr and that it the most OF the State
which have SEEM which has within my knowledge
meanders Of the rivers all correctly represented be-
1 ing made from actual surveys .".
[Signed by Thomas w. Ward, at Austin, July 4, ls4s
s. "The undersigned, Commissioner of the General Lane
Office of the State OF Texas has hesancy in declaring il
his rm conviction that this correct representa-
on OF the State representing all returns date having
compiled with great from the records the Genera
Land Office by the draughtsman, Robert Creuzbawr."
| [signed July 4, ls4s Geo. W. Smith,
State Of Texas certify that George William Ware
Commissioner of the General Land Office from the 5t
day of January 1Sl to the Goth day of March, and
also that George W. Smith and has been
aforesaid since the said Goth day of March last In tes
mony Whereof have hereunto my hand and affixed the
seal Of the State Ausn the 7h day of july ls4S and
the independence of Texas the thirteenth year."
[signed, George T. Wood countersgned by the secre
tary OF State, w. D. Miller
This is the authorization of the map, and certainly moth
ing could be more full and satisfactory The dates OF the
certificates are also most essential for they show the map
have been compiled late the spring Of ls4s the very
date Of the treaty with the Republic of Mexico,
extent OF the Texan possession the day she became inter
ested IN the question, by becoming the Of the territory
contiguous to Texas Here is this authentic map Look al
t-(hoding up) 1t large enough to be the
chamber and shows objects with sufficient dnctness TO be
dscerned by ALL Its western limit is the longitude of 102
the very limit propose, if had made the map myself to
suit my BILL Here the longitude of l02 constituting the
western limit OF the map running through the centre Of the
Staked flain leaving every county, town, and every
land district and every stream and river Of Texas with all
their head springs and the east leaving the whole
Of the Puerco and its valley the wes and striking
the Del Norte just below the mouth of the Puerco and three
hundred miles on straight line below Ell Paso Behold il
Here lO2 cutting the long blank space marked E Liao
Eacado the Staked Plain and here all the breaks in
the eastern decvy Of that long, broad and sterile table land
from which issue the thousand little which, taking
their towards the rising sum- and gathering themselves
into large channels, give birth to all the beautiful rivers Of