Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-08-14

punish those who may commit ireasou
against the Stale. according to the forms
provided by her own Constitution and her
+ own laws. % " tra
But all this power is local, and coo6csd
entirely within the limits Of Texas herselE.
She can possibly confer no authority which
can be lawfully exercised beyond her .owa
boundaries. .,ss s-.f ----l-s
Ali this is plain and hardly needs argu.
ment or elucidalion. II Texan militia.
therefore. march into any one Of the other,
States. or into any territory OF the United
States. there 10 execute or enforce any Law
OF Texas, they become at that moment
'resPassers; they are no longer under pro-
lection OF any lawful authority, and are to
be REGARDED merely as inruders and il
within such State or Territory they OBJ
struct any law Of the United States, either
by power Of arms. or mere power OF mum.
bers. constituting such combination as is
100 powerful TO be suppressed BY Ihe civil
authority, the President Of the Unite d
States has no option left to him. but is
bound to obey h .oemn injunc,ions Of ihs
Constitution, and exercise the high power
vested in him by that instrument and by
The Acts Of Congress. --.L.
Or,ii any civil posse e,armed or unarmed.
enter into any Territory OF the United
States under the protection o! the laws
thereof, with intent TO seize individuals 10
be carried elsewhere for trial for alleged
offences, and this posse be too powerful to
be resisted by the local and civil author
tiles, such seizure or attempt 10 seize IS to
be prevented or resisted by the authority
Of the United States.
The grave and important question now
arises. whether there be in the Territory of
New Mexico any existing law Of the United
States. opposition 10 which, or the obs,ruc-
ton Of which, would constitute case call.
ing for the interposition Of the authority
vested in the President.
The Constitution Of the United States
declares that ",his Constitution and the
laws Of the United States, which shall Be
made in pursuance thereof. and all the tres-
ties made or which shall be made under the
authority OF the U. s. shall be the supreme
law Of the land" II. therefore, New
Mexico be territory of the United States.
and if any treaty stipulation be in force
therein, such treaty stipulation is the su-
preme law Of The land, and is to be MAIN
taned and upheld accordingly.
In tie letter 20 the Governor OF Texas,
my reasons are given for believing that
New Mexico is now territory Of the Uni.
ted States. with the same extent and the
same boundaries which belonged to il.
while in the actual possession Of Tho Re-
public Of Mexico. and before the late war.
In the early part Of that war, both Calif6r-
MIA and New Mexico were conqeufed BY
the arms oflhe United States. and were in
the military possession Of the United States
at the date Of The treaty Of peace. '.-' >lf-
By that treaty the title by conquest Is
confirmed, and these territories. provinces.
or departments, separated from Mexico for
ever; and by the same treaty certain i'm.
por,ani rights and securities were solemnly
guaranteed to the inhabitants residing there
IN. l-tl
By the fifth article OF the treaty il is de-.
clared that l-1 .1
The boundary line between the two
Republics shall commence in the Gulf Of
Mexico, three leagues from land. opposite
the mouth Of the Rio Grande. Otherwise
called the Rio Bravo del Norte. or opaosits
The mouth Of its deepest branch if it should
have more than one branch, empiying di.
recliy into the sea /; from thence up the
middle OF that river, following the deepest
channel where it has more than one. To-
the po;n, ~here il strikes the southern boun.
Diary Of New Mexico /; thence westwardly
along the whole southern boundary Of New,
Mexico, (Which runs north Of the town
ralled Paso,l 10 It's western termination;
thence norlh~ard along the western line of
New Mexico. until it intersects the 6rst
branch Of the river G;la, Tor il it should not
,n,ersect any branch of that river. then to,
the point on the said line nearest to such
branch, and thence in a direct line to tho,
same y thence down the middle Of SAID:
branch and OF the said river, until it empties
into the Rio Colorado; thence across the
Rio Colorado, following the division line
between Upper and Lower California to
the Pacific ocean" ..-...
The eighth article Of the treaty is in tho
following terms: ,..s os 10
I" Mexicans now established in territories
previously belonging to Mexico, and " hich
remain for the future within the limits Of
the United Siates.a defined by the present
treaty, shall be free 10 continue where they
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