The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-07-13
Now Msxice---A Constitution Termed.


Louis Republican Of the 18th ult, by the
Western mail, letters from Santa Re as late
as the 25,h May, They do not enter SO
much into detail as we could have wished,
but the contents are OF real Importance, in
the present condition OF public affairs.
II seems from these letters that Com
vcn,ion Of delegates from the people has
been called; that 1t has been held, ard in
the shor, space OF eight or nine days it did
devise and promulgate constitution for
the government %, the State NJ N,w MeI.
ico. We proceed TO give all the iniorma
ton on this subject collected from two or
three of these letters. The Convention, OF
the manner of whose election We know
nothing. assembled at Santa fc on the 18th
Nav. and one OF our letters says with great
unanlmiiy in their action. They We're in
session eight or nine days, and IN that time
produced constitution, which has not yet
reached us, but which 1t Is said will be in
operation by the first of Jul Y, The bound.
aries Of the State, as contained IN the let.
tiers before us, are not very well defined
but we give them ~ they come 10 us. "On
the east, the State runs to the tooth degree
Of latitude. The points where that line
cuts the Arkansas aud the Colorado of
Texas, are points in the boundary. On the
west. New Mexico is bounded by the Ith
degree from the Colorado of California to
the intersection of that line of latitude with
the ella Thus, on the cas-, and west, the
State Of New Mexico is bounded by par.
allels Of latitude BY the constitution
siarery is prohibited in the State.
The constitution was adopted on the 25th
of May. In fifteen DAYS thereafter, an
election was TO be held for members of the
Legislature, and, as soon AS it could be
done, the machinery of the new Govern.
men, would be set in motion. Two Sen.
ators and Representative in Congress
would be speedily elected, and AN effort
would he made to get them To Washington
in time to take their seats-if such pro.
cecdings are recognized at all-in the pres
en-, Congress. IL am satisfied lsays our
letter. that we will have good cons,itu.
ton, and one entirely suited to this pecu.
liar people
AS to the officers Of this new State,
Ccran St Nrain, Judge Oiero, and Henry
Connolly, are prominent candidates for
Govcrnor---all, however, belong 10 the
same political party, and a selection Of Ell.
Their would be perfectly agreeable to all.
Capt A. ". Reynolds, 4. $. A.. and Maj.
r. H. Wcghtman, late Paymaster, 1T pres.
ent lawyer Of this Territory, stand most
prominent among us for the L. :. Senate
Both are well qualified for the station, and
will do honor To the State, There are two
other candidates. Judge Houghton and
Capt ". Il. Angrcy, late of Jefferson City;
but their chances Of success are small.
when placed in opposition to the gentlemen
have named, who are considered the first
men in our community"
Another letter says-llugh y. Smith,
our present delegate 10 Congress, will, no
doubt, bc elected to the House of Repre-.
scntatives.
Notwithstanding these apparently sincere
demonstrations of the intention Of the PEG.
Pile of New Mexico to set up for themselves,
under n State Government, we do not sup.
pose there Is any one, in Congress or out
Of il. who would be willing TO admit them
into the Union. II is, Ms we humbly think.
cheapenng this great privilege too much, to
permit few thousand citizens to form a
State Government, and TO ask to be placed
upon an equality, in the Senate, with the
States Of New York and Virginia. They
have no RICH, to prefer such n claim. Let
them pass through their pupilage; give
them IA territorial governments protect them
in their persons and property; encourage
emigration to the territory but Let us not
be guilty Of so much folly as to recognize
tAe existence Of State which contains, a,
ID only a few thousand inhabitants, and
those not very well suited for Republican
government Even IL there were no other
objections, the people are incapable Of sus.
tanning Il State Government, ap1 il would
be n burden instead Of being relief to
them. The labor Of forming the present
constitution, and Of electing officers under
II, will prove to be. we apprehend, time