The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-08-22

property which they possess in The said
territories, or disposipg thereof and remov-
ing the proceeds wherever they please,
without their being subjected, on this ac-
count, to any contribution, lax or charge
whatever.
SThose who shall prefer TO remain IN
The said territories may either retain ihe
tile and rights of Mexican citizens. 81 ~
quire those d citizens Of the United STATES
BuTthey aall Be under the obligation a
make their election within one year from
lhe date IF TIE exchange Of Publications
~ shis treaty and those who shall remain.
n TIE saia ierEiiories altsl ihe expiration
Id that year Rithaus having deelafedtbeir
intention h retain The character Of Mexi-
caus, shall Be considered to have been
elected 10 become citizens Of The United
states. .. .,.
I'm The saidlerriicfips property Of every
kind, now belonging to Mexicaas q es-
tabhshed there, shah be inviolably respec-
The present owners, the heirs d these,
and all Mexicans who may hereafter acs
quire said property BY contract Shall enjoy,
with respect 10 il, guarantees equally am,
pie asiif the same belonged to citizens Of
The United States.N
The ninth article Of the treaty Is q lhese
Nords$ NJ,
"The Mexicans who, in the territories
aforesaid, shall not preserve the character
of citizens Of the Mexican Republic, con-
formally with what is stipulated inthe pre-
ceding article, shall be incorporated into
the United States, and be admitted at the
proper time (to.be judged OF BY the Con-
gress Of the Y. States, 10 the endowment
Of all the, rights Of citizens Of the United
States, according to, the principles Of the
constitution aud in the meantime shall
be maintained and protected in the free
enjoyment of their liberty and property,
and secured in the free exercise Of their
religion, v lthout restricIion.W ,s M
II is plain, therefore, on the face Of these
treaty stipuIations, that all Mexicans IS
tablished in territories north or east Of the
line Of d markation already mentioned,
come within the protection of the ninth
article and that the treaty, being a part
Of the supreme law Of the land, does ex-
tend over all such Mexicans, and assures
to them perfect security in the free ehioy-
ment O. their liberty and property, as well
as in the free exercise of their religion
and this supreme law Of The land being
in actual force over this territory, is 10 be
maintained until it shall be displaced or
superseded by other legal provisions; and
if it he obstructed or resisted by combine
tons too powerful 10 be suppressed by the
civil authority, the case Is one which comes
within the provisions of the law, which
obliges the president % enforce those pro-
visions. Nei'her the Constitution, nor the
laws, nor my duty, nor my oath Of Office,
leave me any alternative, or any choice ID
my mode Of action,
The executive government of The United
States has no power or authority to deter.
mine what was the true boundary line be.
tween Mexico and the United States before
The treaty Of Guadalupe HiJalgo, Nor has
it any such power now, since the question
has become a question between Texas and
the United STATES! So far as this bounda.
Try is doubtful, that doubt can only be re.
moved by some act Of Congress, 10 which
the assent Of Texas may be necessary, Of
BY some appropriate mode OF legal adjuca-
lion but in the meantime il Disturbances
or collisions arise or should be threatened,
it is absolutely incumbent on the executive
government, however painful the duty, to
take care that the laws be faithfully main
tained andhe can regard only the actual
state Of thingsas It existed at the date Of
the treaty, and is boundto protect all In
habitants who were then established, and
who now remain north and eastlof the Diic
q demarkalion, 10 the fell enjoyment Of
their liberty and property according 10 the
provisions Of the 9th article or he treaty ;
IN other words, all musl now be regarded
as New Mexico which was possessed and
occupied asNew Mexico By citizens IF
Mexico at the date of the treaty, until 4
deanileline Of boundary be established ~
conpetpnt authority. This assertion IF
duty to protect the people Of New Biex,eo
from threatened violence, Of from seizure.
to be carried into Texas fof TRIAL fof siIse.
Sd offences against Texaa laws, does not
at all include any claim Of power on tbs
part Of the executive 10 establish any civil
or military governme1t within that terri