The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-02-22
VOLUME H.-NUMBER 304.

resolution was attended with good efeets-effeeis /
which VIII be Again manifested by rsassertion Of |
the policy maintained by the resolution Will il |
not calm the South 10 learn by a Northern vote |
that It Is deemed inexpedient 20 interfere with sa-
very in the District without the consent Of Mary
lad, and Of the ciiizsns Of the District and lust
compensation to the owners Of slaves within ,he |
District !ihat the alarm created by the aboIition
lists OF the North and the disnnionisss Of the south
on this subject, is an idle apprehension Ioss fear
As to the question whether :" we Of the South are
lame that we will accept as a boon that which
gives nothing to the South whatever" we answer,
that this question does not betoken spirit Of union
and American fraternity ; and that sneen and,
taunIs and fouiings do not become an American
Senator this subject.
The North is of opinion that Congress has the
constitutional power, as municipal Iegisaiure 10
act the subject Of slavery within the District !;
and majority of its people would be in favor Of
abolishng slavery in the District. The statesmen
of the South, with few exceptions, are Of opinion
thai Congress has no such power and the entire
people of the South are opposed TO the abolition of
slavery within the District. Under these circum-
stances, is not the yielding up Of he desire ibe
attempt by legislation to abolish slavery as sacri
iceupon the altar Of union, an act Of brotherly
concord and good will on the part Of the North Z
And is this patriotic surrender Of opinion, in the
solemn form of Nj. Cays resolution, decently cha
racterised by the sneering Senator's iroDical ex-
preston of :" a boonl' Mr. Downs knows little
of the people Of Louisiana, if he supposes that an
appeal their sense Of honor and courage, ground
ed upon his contempt for act of good feeling and
fraternity the part of their brethren OF the North,
excite any other feelings in their bosoms than
surprise and Indignation al his own folly and rash
ness.
TEXAS CLAIM TO NEw MExtco-The Cinein-
matt Enquirer concludes an able discussion Of this
question, now becoming one Of much interest as
follows
AT the time the war broke out Texas had no more
right to claim the upper Rio Grande for a boundary
than she had to claim the Pacific Ocean for boun
| dairy, and Mr. Polk acknowledged in his instruc-
| tons TO Mr. Slidell. At the time Of annexation,
| Mexico had an armed force in possession Of Santa
| Fe and Taos did the United States attempt to
| Not at all. The United States simply ordered an
army to the lower Rio Grande TO prevent Texas
| from being invaded. sr
| The second point contains more plausibility and
/ difficulty than the FIRST.
AT the date Of annexation Texas claimed the
| whole of the Rio Grande Of her boundaries.
| She had act on her statute book so declaring and
| that statute made part OF her State Consti-
/ tuition under which she admitted INTO the
/ Union. The Annexation Resolutions provided that
| all questions Of boundary that might arise with
other Governments should be subject to adjustment
| by the Government Of the United States. There
being now no foreign Government with which any
question OF boundary can arise with Texas, she
| claims that the Government Of the United States
has no longer any power in the premises, and that
Texas is entitled to assert and maintain the boun-
| dares she claimed at the date of her annexation
| We admit THAT it well known at the date o
annexation that Texas had claimed the Santa FL
valley, but also know that she had right tc
it. and that nobody believes she had any right to il
but STILL provision made in the late treaty
with Mexico in relation TO the Eastern limits o
New Mexico, we must confess that the Unites
States have put themselves in position that rem
ders it extremely difficult for them to gainsay th
claim Of Texas. The justice of the matter is wit
| the United States that to mind is very cleai
and we consider the demand OF Texas to be put i
possession Of the Santa Fe valley as one of whic
she should be ashamed. Had she ever been in pos
session Of that country, had it been embrace
in her ancient limits had she conquered it, ha
she ever by the most insignificant acquired th
smallest right to it, should not complain Of he
course. But she never had particle Of right TO
| in any way, shape, manner, or form and he
! | whole claim now rests on the ground that the Un
ted States have put themselves in position wher
I they cannot dispute that claim. The position
| Texas consider shameless and impudent in th
extreme.