New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-23
FROM WASHINGTON.
Message Of the Prssidenf-'iews ON .ar
err Question Boundary Of Texas, &C. q


err Question Boundary of Texas, &C. -
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The Documents together Tlrh the Message Trans
mitted 70 the House SOME days sinoe' IN A. " ''
Mr VESABtEs resolution ss 70 Ca-iio7nla "N@
New Mexico. and the organization OF me "'l-e'
into a state, have been made Paaiic today lac
Message Of tie President. accompanying the
answer - that resolution. develops fully @ s'-ho'
uauisfa1eajly the policy Of the AdHi-A's' A'oH "a
regard 70 the settlement oi this oiaVe7! t-o'''"'
So Jar az any alton eaanatlns from ne EAo,
can settle L The ground assumed VIII IN 80 p'o'
ability appease neither the uitrss Of tie North 1o'
those of tue south but Il vii be such po'lpon
that every PARROTS heart can respond approving!
o. 10 matter IL what state or section OF tie mon
hat hear, may beat
The sroand taken bv the Presdeuf s'iostaa
ialv Ibis J. That California should os admitted
INTO the Union. under ihe Constitution 50 IMAM
iaousy adopted by her citizens, aad win me oonH
daTes fixed ty that Coasuiut on. : lnat Ne"
Mexico and Desere, should be permitted = remain
IT, the condition they now hold, until ths peHod
when TIER numerical strength viii % such as 70
justify Their asking and beng admitted INTO me
Coufederacy Is sister States. And that tho quee
nm Of SLAYER. :. sprlcsbs 70 either oi those two
distinct communities shall not be sSiiated ~
Congress. but that TIA whole SUBJECT a. 70 te
existence Of that Institution smons tnem' shA.
be left for ulumat. agitation and decision by
the People composing such new states
IA % the oues;ion Of Boundary between Texas
and New Mexico. there are but two ways IN which
sucb oon,olcsted questions can De disposed OF One
G bv compromise betw cen Texas and the United
States. the ether as it is question arising purely
under Treaty and tie laws OF Congress. BY sub
hitting the disputed points 70 the edeFa Judiciary
If the land
When Texs, was admitted INTO the Union. there
we're FIVE existing Bona fde debts due by her, .or
tie payment OF which the revenues OF her hide
pendent organization We're irrevocably pledged -
Those revenues, BY her becoming an integral part
o. the Union were absorbed by the General Gov
erumeut and the creditors Of the State loft without
the means. which in good faith had been set apart
or the payment OF their debts against Texas. They
nave always maintained that there was moral
and quitab.e obl.ga on the part OF the Genera
Government to pay these debts. IN consideration o.
having received from their debtor a.. the assets ont
o! which they looked for payment. ! shall not
Nv object is attained when state the fact, as tie
bass. Of what the Administration might Tee iustlA-
ed in dong for the purpose OF settling the whole
difficulty
Il, then. in preventing protracted and uncertain
litigation 10 grow out Of this Boundary question, II
can be settled. satisfactorily by compromise, upon
the payment Of a gwen sum by the United States
for the release the part OF Texas OF all claim she
NAV have real or in aglnary, to the disputed err
2 bacoue q
Gus import that should be calmly reflected
upon before being hastily condemned In the
event OF such compromise the agitation OF the
Slave question as applicable to that large tract OF
territory would be terminated; and whatever sum
the Government might see tit 70 agree i0pay would
not 90 into me public Treasury u Icrds, but be
applied in the liquidation of her debt, which the
holders thereof maintain the Government Of the
United States are morally and equitsbly bound Tor.
Hero would be- the accomplishment Of two great
ends, without ia tie least ieoparding the question
a. 10 that Territory remaining free. Il IS now Free
Territory. aud If left 10 the Judgment and decision
Of lis population viii erer remain such have yet
10 meet the first Intelligent man who honestly he
ieves that under am circumstances, either New
Mexico or Deseret can ever become Slave Terrific
~ The attempt therefore, to force Territorial
Governments over each. merely for the purpose OF
attaching a prohibition thereto, against the exist
ence Of domestic Institution among them, which
Z is conceded ufrCr would exist there, ~ IN iaCt
eoparding the integrity OF the Union and the
peace OF the States merely for the purpose OF avow
ing and enforcing an abstraction Before such ex
trcmes are resorted to, it becomes well the people
II the Union. who desire It's perpetuity and rrus
oeritv. 10 reflect before iustyiug the means that
are being employed by the ultrss OF the North AID
Of the South to thwart the Administration IN then
Eft rts 20 settle this grave and vexed question
! am IN hopes that the Message OF the President
81. have the desired effect Of promoting better
state OF ieC ing and OF defeating the neiarious dc
.irns Of the FooTE, and tie GiDDISGsEs ltis
he conviction Of as patriotic heart as ever throbed
% the breast Of man, and whose whole sou. Is
wrapped up in securing the prosperity and happl
less Of Al sections and States Of the Union
The letter Of Hon. WV. A. DUR. published in
the iibary ErepiHg Jop1n0I, embodles in the
main. as understand II, the policy Of the Admin
,stration so far the Slavery and Territorial cues
lions are concerned It policy that tho Wings
ot the Union can. without regard TO geographical
divisions unite upon. and il carried out VIII save
The country, strike a death bow at faction. and
irive Loco Focoism where. for the next twenty
years. II viii not be heard OF again.
It not sTlc that MICHAEL NoURsE has been
appointed Register Of tina Treasury in pl,ce Of Al
I'm A HAIL. Esq. He was merely appointed
1r, TEN unit! the Senate should act the uomina-
ion of TOwSsEND HAISEs, ESQ the present sec
retary Of State OF Pennsylvania. which the Pres!
lent has scot TO that body ior Us confirmation
ALPHA