The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-02-22

ULoef ihese circumstances, thought, ani
still think, that il was my duty to endeavor {,
put il in tho power of Congress, by The ad
. mission Of California and New Mexico a,
/, States, TO remove all occasion for tie unne
cesssry agitation Of The public mind.
: IL is;undefslood that the people of the ives.
torn part Of California have formed plan oI
q Stale Constitution, and will soon submit the
same TO The judgment Of Congress. AID apply
for bdnission as u State. This course on
their part, though in accordance wrh, was
not adopted exclusively in consequence Of sny
expression Of my wishes, inssmuch as mea-
sures tending TO this end had been promoted
BY the officers sent there by my predecessor,
and we're already IN active progress Of execv.
tion before any communication from me reach
ed Csh!olnia. II tho proposed constitution
shall. ~ben submitted 10 Congress, be found
TO be 10 compliance with tho reqls,iions of
the Constitution Of the L States. | esrnes,i.
recommend that i, may receive the sanction
Of Congress.
Tho Part Of Cs'ifornia no, included in The
proposed State Of lha, name, 10 believed 10 be
uniahsbi,cd, except in q settlement, Of our
country men 10 The vicinity Of Sal, Lske.
A clsi u has been advanced by the State OF
Texas to very large portion Of the mos, po
pu!ous District Of the Territory commonly de.
sIgnaied by the name OF New Mexico. II the
peop'e Of New Meaco bad formed plan Of
State Government for that Territory, 90 &C.
ded by the res-y Of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and
hsd been admitted by Congress as a State.
our Constitution would have aHo drd the
means of oba'nng on atjas,nen, Of the ques-
ton Of boundary IN Texas by a judicial de-
cisiou. A. present, however, no judicial .Ii.
bunal has The power Of deciding that question.
and it remain, for Congress to devise some
mode for ito adjustment. Means hile, sub.
mi, TO Congress the question, whether i. would
b. .-r-S.-~s, s~s-. 500. ~s.s-
blish Territorial Government, ~hlch. by in.
cluding the district, so claimed, would prac'i
cally decide the question adversely TO the
State Of Texas, or, by excluding IT, would de
eide i, in her favor. 10 my opiuion, such a
course would no, be expedient, especially as
the people Of this Territory siiil erjny the lie
nefi. and pro,ec'ion Of their municipal laws,
originally derived from Mexico. ard have
military force stationed there to protect them
against the Indians. Il is undoubtedly true
that the property, lives, liberties. ond religion
oe the people OF New Mexico, are better pro
,ecled than they ever were before the treat,
OF cession.
Should Congress, when C,,fornia shalt pre-.
sen, herself for Incorporation INTO the Un,ou,
annex condition to her admission as State
affecting her domestic institutions contrary 10
the wishes Of her people, and even compel her
Temporarily to comply ~nh it, yet the Sale
could change her constitution at any time, az
teT builsslUDt Wutu W Ucf " eCCu ea
pcden,. ANY stiemp, 10 deny to tie people
uf the State the tieh, Of sell. government, in
Q matter which peculiarly affects themselves,
~ll infalibly be regarded by them as an in,a.
sion Of their rishs and, upon the principles
lsld down in our own Declaration Of lndepen
dence, they will certainly he sustained by the
grea, mass OF the American people. To as
cert ,hs, they area conquered people, and
mus, as a State submit 10 the will of their
conquerors, in this regard, will meet with no
cordial response smong American ffeemen.-
Grea. numbers Of them are native citizens of
The U. States, not inferior 10 the rest Of our
coun,rymen in intelligence and patriotism; /;
aud no language Of menace 10 restrain them
IN the exercise Of on uudoubed right, sub
stan,ially guaisnted 10 them by the treaty OF
cession itself, shall ever be uttered by me, or
encouraged and sustained by persons acting
under my authority. llis,o be expected that,
ia the residue Of the territory cedrd TO US by
Mexico. the people residing there will, at the
time Of their Incorporation into the Union as
a State, settle all questions Of domestic policy
to suit themselves.
No material Inconvenience will result from
the want, for short period, Of Government
ests blisbed BY Congress over tina, part of the
Territory ~h,ch lies eastward Of tho new
State Of California and the reasons for my
opinion that New Mexico will, a, no vety dis.
tan, period, ask for admission into tho Uaion,
are founded on unofficial information, which
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