The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-08-01

hat opinion and 80 would deduct about $4,000 |
quare miles from the committees count. That
would make the two cessions about equal in ex- !
ent, about equal in quantity. And now for quail
ty and value How would the two cessions stand
n that respect7 Evidently the 20 900 square
niles taken from New Mexico is worth more than
he rs 900 ceded by Texas II is in better eli
nate being all Of it south Of $40, and part far
'outh as 29x; while the Texan cession goes up
% 40, in the Rocky Mountains-within thirty
niles of the South Pass, and cornerng on Oregon
and California Ii is better land. 1t has civilized
people upon it--four or five thousand at San
and two or three thousand at other
places. tisunencumbered with resident Indians
and will be ready for immediate sale and settle
ment aud lies in the direct track from the lower
to the northern parts Of the Republic
of Mexico and the ella route to California and the
Pacific ocean. 1t is the most valuable cession,
equal in extent, better in climate and quality, and
more desirable from position. And yet the COM
mittee propose boot-good boot-some millions.
That is not the rule in the horse swap. IL is not
the rule to give the best horse and then give the
price of the other in boot, especially when both
horses belong to yourself
IT, "oro,"i,'AA 81, 'he;- report seem TO be lit
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matter in this article of compensation TO Texas
this new mode of swapping land-giving the best
land, and then giving boot besides. They say
"If this boundary be asssnted to by Texas she will be
quoted to extent in her title And may suppose
tha in consideration of this concession by the United
any claim beyond the proposed boundary that u.s.
any clam any part Of Neo Merioo Bat, under the In
nuence Of sentiment Of justice and great hbedhy the
bill proposes to Texas fer her reLnqushne any Such
claim II LdTge pecu11idry e9utodtent"
This is candid. Doubtless many will suppose,
as the committee think some will, that the United
States had given land enough without superadd-
ing money to it, They would think so upon the
very reasonable principle, that when man had
given up half his land quiet claim to 1t, that
he should not pay money for the other half e.
pecially when he believed both halves belonged
to himself and when he had possessed 1t all for
two hundred and fifty years. IL IS very rea-
sonable in such a case, that some would suppose
that he had done enough in giving up half |,
myself would certainly be one Of that some.
But. not so the committee They have new rule
TO 20 by, unknown in trade or politics before.
They have recourse TO sentiment! and, under its
influence. and from feeling Of great liberality,
they RiQ wake G. other eduivalent 70 Texas for.
relinouishing her claim to the rest or New Mexico
This is the way it stands in the committees bill
sv' -xSrt ;.2G4 give What bev say in their own
words, that there may be no mistake about 1t
another equivalent is what they propose. One
might suppose that one evuiqalent was enough,
but they propose another, so that there shall De
both moneyed and landed equivalent to Texas
Now, object to all this | object TO accepting a
cesson of New Mexico from Texas, first, because
the United States has claim to it herself, and
has the actual possession, which is right to pos
session until the claim is decided. Secondly, be-
cause the acceptance of such a cession would ad-
NIT the title of Texas TO all New Mexico east
of the Rio Grande, and so raise questions to dis
turb both New Mexico and the United States
Thirdly, because we give more valuable territory
than we receive, and then pay the value Of what
wereceive into the bargain, and which was our own
before.
Sir, this is strange work committee I'M
dertaking to guide, in case where they admit
they have not looked for either truth or law
prescribing a line which they admit to be neither
true nor misunderstanding from expressing an
opinion, and yet enforcing an opinion-msking
sacrifice, and calling it q mpromise-underta-
king TO save New Mexico, and saving her by CIV
ing away one half, and purchasing the other half
This is strange work, and new work, in the
American Senate but let us go on with it.
The committee propose consideration in money
to Texas for accepting their line. Upon what
principles ID is an exchange OF territory-amu-
tual cession-and Texas receives better than she
gives Is it for the remaining part of New Mex
100 III III Is uDlustlHdpic W puICuaSo Nhhto
we already possess, and dangerous to rouse the
questions to which the admission of Texan title
to New Mexico would inevitably give rise This
is too serious question to be lightly evoked If
the State of Texas now covers the Santa Fe
country, as the bill and report of the committee
admit then the Constitution and laws Of Texas
are in force there and this is what the Senate
will say if it sanctions the committees bill and
what cannot be said without rousing great ques-
tions.
A moneyed consideration is to he paid to Texas
but how much is kept profound secret, for the
profound reason of preventing jobbing in this
Texas stock In the mean time it seems to be
| known in the knowing circles, that ten millions
is the amount to be offered and that basis stock
! iobbng is rife and three hundred per centum
has already been the advance The chance OF
| California for admission, and of the two Terrific
ries for Governments, rises and falls with this
rise and fall of Texas stock. They are all in
one cart together California, Utah. New Mex
leo, Texas boundary, and Texas stock; and must
all 90 through or balk together and all depends
upon the Texas stock.
The committee say in their report, it is not t
be anticipated that Texas will refuse to accede L
their liberal propositions That, presume, viii
depend upon the amount OF money with which
that carefully guarded blank is to be filed anC
that is not to be filled until the last momentum
Ill the bill is on its third reading Then the fill
ing is to come; and upon the quantity Of it, pre-
sumo the vote of the State of Texas is to depend
both the State in it's rejection, acceptance of tn
proposed terms, and her representatives here, il
voting for or against the bill which contains them
spe TX of the State and of her representative
here, as would speak of my own State, and of my
SELF under the like circumstances. Our first dut,
is to our own State and under the sense Of tina
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this omnibus bill, in which the admission of Cali
fornia and Governments to the two Territories i
mixed up with money to Texas-their vote upol
the whole bill must depend. Money enough b
Texas, and they 90 it! and all the measures ar
carried. Not money enough to Texas and the.
halt and all the measures are lost. 1t is not onl
an enormty in itself to make the passage of tn
other great measures dependent upon the amour
of money voted to Texas, but it leads to viciou
and condemnable mode Of fixing that amount
IL leads TO voting the amount, not which Texa
ought to receive, but of what will pass the bill
and to the contrary, what will defeat the bill
Thus, those intent upon the bill must vote larg
sum to secure the Texas vote those opposed to
must vote small sum or nothing, Ia order to de
feat it. This is vicious voting, and to be cor
demned everywhere A jury that should max
up a verdict in that way would have their verde
set aside and themselves reprimanded Wha
should be done to us and our verdict under tn
same circumstances For one, confess the vic
. of my vote, and lay its blame on those who fore
me into the false position in which am to vot
Ia bill by herself and for such line as pr
pose would vote Texas q liberal sum in tn
connection and under these circumstances, not
= cent
: Mr. President, there is something overrulir
in the affairs of men, which, in the end, brinl
e out things right, and establishes the dominion
b truth and justice; and never was this overrulir
r superintendent more visible than now. He
I are measures Of the most discordsnt kind clapp'
together in one BILL in violation Of all parliamen
n airy law, and to the ruin of all fair legislatio
+ in order to force some measures to carry Other
. 1t is the most fragrant of parliamentary il
e propriety which the history of our legislation h
| tod. and N 10 MI crush