The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-10-16
From The National: InieIlisrnorr.
TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO.

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TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO.
The following Letter from distinguish
ed sarnd and plilsnlhrnpisi has hren
placed in our hands. with permission TO
publish IL:
L<iitr from Prefs,sor Hre 70 Ssnotcr Posfs.
Philadelphia, October. 1850.
Dsss SIR: As you did me The honor
10 publish in ymr History of Texas a
letter written in reply To one addressed IN
me By distinguished clerical opponent
of slavery. in which ] vintirale the Tex.
ans against The blsme cast upon them rs
cuipa5ie inrodtrs. trust you will moi
hslieve me capable Of any undue HAS as
repecis their territorial claims. II. at thai
time. | sirnve 20 vindics,e them from GEN.
sure. wherefore should now he disposed
10 treat them with injustice, Ye, Ahere
is one ground upon which the preiensions
set up by The Stale in question seem To
me utterly inconsistent with Tho pIinri.
pies npon which the resistance TO Great
Britain was grounded. and which have
ever been sanctioned by slllparlies in the
United States. especially that party whieh
has marched under the banner &c Demo
rrscy.
I slluJe 10 the principle that people
ought mol TO be- bound in law or reason
by any legislation. treaty. or political com.
pact 10 which they have not been made
parties with their nnequivocal consent, or
in the making &c which they have not been
represented. Il was the attempt TO sio-
late this principle which led to The war by
which our national independence was es-
,ahlished. As The resistance Of the au-
ihorily Of Santa Anna was jusiiliably pre-
Dictated on bis attempt to transform Fe.
deral Government into centralized des-
pniism, whirh was both reasonably and
legally considered as releasing The people
of Texas from allegiance TO the Mexican
Government. | rannot understand why
the people Of New Mexico were moi equal
" emancipaied from any iyrannic and H.
legitimate control by which he cnteavor
ed 10 dispose Of them and their territory un.
der the irea,y-making power. Even il he
hat, not been captive, bu, on tile cou,ra
~. had in the . Mexican metropolis" been
in The full enjoyment 81 his assumed
power. backed hv subseryienl Congress.
The ronsequen, treaty, II male ,rithouf
Tic consent Of The people Of -Nem Merico,
would hive been invalid IN the estimation
of every true Democratic Republican. and
ouohl To have been especially futile IN the
eyes of Texans who bad entirely repudia-
ted his preteniions as ruler.
By what process. then, have The people
Of New Mexico become par, OF The "sore-
reign State Of Tsras?" When and where
did they ever consent TO lie part Of that
sovereign State! Have they ever sent
any repre-. eniaiivcs 10 any con, en,ion By
which constitution was formed for them
as part Of a sovereign State! Il APP
pears To me that. without The consent OF
the inhabitants. no part Of the territory
which came into the possession Of the
United States hy the treaty with Mexico
can be considered as pant Of the State
of Texas, agrseahlv 10 the principles OF
our farhcrs upon which our Independence
was asserted. or those of Democracy pun
forth by Jefferson, at the foundation Of
which is the right Of man TO. self govern
ment.
i the sovereignty Of people to be set
aside BY the words sovereign STATE? Are
nominal States rights TO abroga,e the &C:
tual rights of man. Is the sovereignty
Of the people Of one part Of country 10
abrogaie the Claims ,olhe same sovereign.
~ Of the people Of another part! Can
any thing be more minus, than that the
people Of Texas. while claiming sovereign
~ for themselves. should not only not
similar privilege to the people |
Of New Mexico, but should actually as
sumo TO be their masters, and hold them .
hound by State constitution in The making
Of which they had no participation!
IL such he the ideas in Texas, what is
there called State sovereignty will else
where be deemed State usurpaiion and
what is there SET up a. States rights, win
elsewhere be deemed S,a'es wrongs. Ii
we're. indeed. most Notifying and La
nentable exhibition Of hxman incorfsis- i