The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-11-22


us all our rights Oh, no. Has consIe,s the consitu-
or al power 10 prohi slavery north 81 that ei Ger.
tsiny not; bur will take q an tkreine coDcessiou
What becomes Of ,As principle here They give
clear a. 70 any portion 81 the public domain and thsn
ak OF gong 10 war on principle for narrow strip OF len
miles on The Rio Gsnde Beautiful consistency! Wise
and sakaelons instructions Of the people There is no
principle involved ~ tnfrendeng four ffhs OF the Terri.
tory Acquired from Mexico. and conserving
suiiohal prohibition OF slavery therein, but Congress
must 10, touch ,S one loot Of the valley o. he Rio Gnds
do not understand what kind Of honor that which at
one moment counsels the abandonment OF an uqueson.
able right ard the next fobds the friendly settlement OF
adoubiul claim; which teaches to submit 10 The loss
OF avast domain and then urges Us to engage IN civil
war for tre There is honor IN such course,
and. what is quite as much TO the purpose there Is no
II seems, however, there is some magic ia the addition
oi The words Gas an extreme concession, which takes
au az the nQuy Of giving up 10 free-solers the whole
ler iory north oil 80 deg, 80 min Well, we will add
'as an extreme concession TO the Texas boundary BILL If
il will satisfy The isstdious taste Of opponents. sup
pose the words will be potent in the in the
other. But seriously, agree with them that SO deg. 80
ain. would have been an extreme concession. II in
yolved the Necessity o. voting Tor MEASURE admitted 10
be plain violation Of the constitution. think have
done better The boundary OF Texas is the subject about
which there has been the widest difference of opinion
and at the risk OF being tedious shall endeayor 70 make
question plain that there can be misunderstood
ing hereafter have here map prepared at the General
Land Office since The passage OF the ACT upon which pro-
pose 10 show you what Texas claimed, what New Mex
leo claimed, and what each received by the Senate
lMr Cemen. here traced upon the map the original
boundaries OF Texas Coahuila New Mexico, and Chi.
Now, let us see upon what the claim Of New Mexico and
Texas was based Not long since had occasion to ad-
dress letter TO the editors OF The Democrat can save
time by reading an extract from that letter;
!" The boundaries of New Mexico, although never de.
tabsh the that every foot Of the territory given her by
the Senate bill was included within her limits pom this
all the authorities both an carrier and ater date agree
Wiszenus OF science and ofgeat research thus de-
/ -crbes the boundaries OF New Mexicoi
.. Towards the north aud northeast New Mexico meets
with The boundaries o. the United States as sgreed upon
SPAIN wiz that pa Of the line which runs from Red
river, in The Ooh degree ofongilude Greenwich up
antude, and following the Az degree TO tho Pacific.
i, CONNECTED with sill undecided question OF the
boundaries OF Texas The limits Of the Mexican province
Texa~, previous its generally
the Nueoes river the southwest the Red river
or,h the Sabine on the sas, and The Gut Of Mexico on
Independence from Mexico ia 1886, lved Of
erpedsaey % extend The southwestern boundary o. Texa.
nom the mouth of tue Rio Grande along the ls
source, aud up the AID degree OF north alilado.'
10 give Texas me nli benefit Of al that may be de-
non. thar santa Anna by atreay executed while he was
soner recognised bar claim o The territory within
'.Caiuu.naa the principal boundary Of New Mex
% s New saee s. aes III
nortths line to he proaced towards the east 10 the Rio
o. Texas the San saba, t4bou, 80 deg nrh au,uds)
and late German work ny Muehenport places her norm
pub i.aea 10 chiauahaa in 1872 contains the oIown y
passage,
".rhe Pecos river forms the dividing line between the
State OF Chihuahua and that OF Coahula and Texas IRON
70 deg 80 min north latitude down 10 It's mouth into the
Rio Grande'"
a. II accept now In all directions the widest bounda-
res tor New Mexico would extend from 81 deg 30 min
4 iattft.. III xtAU fr,a
deg Longitude ives, Of Greenwich; but the country OF
The wild Ildans mas never been under any jurisdiction or
of The Mexcans and settlements
tended over the whoe county the name Of New Mexico
generally been applied 10 the settled country between
Sd deg and 3Sh deg latitude morrill, and from about l0i
deg 10 i03deg longiude west Of Greenwich
| TT win tius bs that New Mexico has always
claimed the whole Territory coded to her by the Senate
bill aud the most scientific raveliers-men wholly
dsn'ere sedhave united in denying the claim cf Texas
But do quote these authorities conclusive for do
not regard them is sufficient foi my purpose show
there reasonable doubt Of the title Of rexassuch
doubt woud render settlement by oomprornise or
agreement proper and expedient
FL ias been urged that the title OF Texas to the
whole territory has been placed beyond dispute by the dee
iarrion of sgans Mexico But thus argument will
not bear examination Her t'le 70 the Lower Rio Grands
sion She hsdoganz-d counties aud m
lazy posts aud when !. was invaded by Mexican uoops,
that invasion sforded Of Her lille TO that
territory has bsea confirmed her boundary extends 300
mites sons the river, i'm r =, mosia 70 the saa dssfss
different ofsairs existed Texas did not have pos.
session Of loot Of T. The Msaicsn authorities Mere 10
laws usages, and customs In full operation Tbe reso,
utions of aaasxauon expressly provided that the Unied
nigh set e the boundary by negotiation. Texas
always wilsg 10 part with any cat she might have
u the United Thought proper DISPOSE OF H. The
Lover Rio Grsnde supposed would Ire parted
with and accordingly Gen TaylT was ordered TO en-.
camp upon backs but the Upper Rio Grsnde was left
IN the nndistufbed possession oil Mexico until hoses
actu ally commenced J ~ W..@ #H La
The ext inquiry Is what Is ihe value Of the territory
which New Mexico obtains She gets from % deg. IS
ieg north latitude, and los deg log deg lon
gitude or this the whole u unnhabtabe, except tue vat
-y OF the Rio Grande The valley Of the Rio Gfsnde h
about twenty mites in width. or shout ten miles each
sids We have then, given up TO New Mexico strip OF
country miles Ia width aud six degrees oil latitude IN
cDgthi All OF this broken sandy desert country,
without wafer without timber, or even For ninety
miles II is utiey destitute ofeverybing which
port e that the early Spania named Jor1adn del Nh.
better Everything Of value which New Mexico obtains
the valley Of The lilo Grande, rather miles Of
the side. The valley Is inhabited by about 5OJ
Americans, few SPaniards and Mvxcans, and tho re-
Chrisiianity-a population which would have added 10
Texas neither wealth strength So that, her tile
in all clear and certain, she might well afford
surrender u for the sum she 10 TO receive Bot has been
urged that we could not honoraby surrender foot Of
ground claimed by Texas because Is matter Of prtn
eips How IL matter OF principle when the litIe Is
dopbul-when both parties claim title with equal con.
hdsnce Such controversies are always settled between IN
dviduals by suit arbaonbetween nations by treaty
or The boundaries OF Maine and Oregon were set
tied by treaty between the United States and Great Britain
The boundary controversy between Ohio and Michigan
wnsetded by Congress and that between Iowa and Mis-
OF the parties gave up what they believed to be n
portion OF their ahs but who heard that the least
| dshooor attached TO them for 80 doing boundaries
he subject Of negoation OF treaty, OF bargain
bought Georgia The United States might have
fused buy AInbama and Mississippi aud then, Instead