The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-25

!, .na have no opnions upon the subject will not
nrr.nms that The President Of the United States, being
The Presden OF The whole Union will look out for those
who have an opinion upon side or the other but
either supposton dlvuges al the inequality the
monstrous inequality, OF the which proposed
by the senator from Maine On the side men are TO
be selected who liked xoraby fixed IN favor oil
certain line the other side. if the President Is 40
fortunate TO ind who entertain no opinion upon
the subject after all thai has been said upon the subject
in the United Saiesand il he does he will be pretty sure
10 nd without minds and without principles
il be succeeds in finding such men, sir, what then !
They meet together Here, then upon one Saas are ea
whose opinions are nexoraby fixed and CERTAIN anu
upon the other side men who have no oP,nioh =" .he
subject Sir, are these combatants equal Are me
cases equal Is there fair play between The TWO parties
Does not every principle OF human action require that
both parties should be equally free from opinions on the
subject Sir the very statement o. me case saoua DC
OF the principle Does not the simplest regard for justice
and rish. make every person who has regard Tor the
President Of the United States and for right revolt from
putting such duties upon him
Web, sir. suppose il gets far The President makes
his nominations and they come here. What do we do
but 20 10 work Instantly ourselves upon the bust
ness Of ascer,aning the principles and opinions Of the
and get satisfaction upon that point
vote for against the nominations For SIR, after
the experience have had-afer finding out that this
great pharmacy is thrown to the dogsafter finding out
that this great medicine which reconcile us all IN
union Of brothers Is worth nothing and IL thrown 10
tho dogs what, sir, TO doS Are we to DC larmo-
n0ns here upon the confirmation OF these commissioners
VIII not the old controversy break out al precisely the
same point at which il was' Wlil not that harmony
which will prevail here then, upon the confirmation OF
those commissioners be like the harmony which prevails
here now and shall we not vote for or against them,
precisely as we know hem suspect them 10 be
Tor or against the side OF the question which we ndvid
ualy espouse A bone OF contention will have
been thrown amongst and, throwing aside all ques-
lion Of fixing the boundary OF Texas the old dissensions
will break out anew the question OF confirming the
commissioners who have been nominated. Is J. 10 DC
supposed, after all that have Of the neficency
suhi hna IN ma
the thirteen docoss it TO be supposed that we are to be
harmonized upon these nominations! Is il not certain
that all our contentious will break out when these
commissioners brought before We shall have it
fore.
Well, sir, we are to have three commissioners. We
ara going into the commission business. Laughter ]
Thx business sir, which believe gentlemen resort
VIXEN they about TO fa-when they cannot 90 into
any other business-when they have neither credit nor
capital left. And that is what we propose. Our
capital is all gone have nothing to proceed upon, and
we are going into the commission business
"AppOnted by the legislative authority OF the State OF
Texas" Well, sir, they will be to take care who
they appoint Commencing tho point where the Red
river nerseced by the hundredth degree of west long
tude being the southwest ANGLE and running to point
the Rio Gande to agreed upon by the said commission
era" Now, sir. what point they TO to- We know
are q on se
single word inserted in the bill by which their to
b run. They may i they please go to the mouth Of
tho ver, and cut OH Texas from any portion OF the coun
Try on the Rio Grande they may up the mouth
OF the river and leave Texas 10 absorb swallow up the
whole OF New Mexico east of the river not merely the
lower extremites but body arms, and head They may
take her all the boa constructor swallows oxnot
even leaving the horns behind That is what may be
done
Now sir, gentlemen here may have different rules of
action; but, for one will give authority to do
thing which believe that myself have not the authority
TO do and ought not to do.
There are about twenty gentlemen on this floor who
believe that the claim OF Texas is good to the head OF
the river; not more than that number There also
PARCEL will not say how many-who believe that the
inst claim Of Texas does approach pass the middle
Of the river Now sir. how these gentlemen, holding
such different views to vote They have fixed opinions
upon precisely opposite sides OF the question. Are we,
sir, senators, men of age, men OF gravity. men looked
70 BY the country to egsate wiselyare sir to in
vea men with the power to do that which ourselves
will not do, III this have shown BY action
that We will not doas we have declared by action
over and again that will not do Sir, when the
rssouhons were read upon this floor on the 2sh day OF
January. there was very general concurrence in them
that no part Of New Mexico, either the the
west side OF the river. TO be given TO Texas That
met with general concurrence Now, after having cut
Oh 900 square miles, and being unable off 10000
square miles morehavng failed in that point, not being
able TO get the remaining 7o,0oomoe, we 10 in
YEA men with the right 10 The whole Sir, il would be
perfectly immaieral whether these should give
me their bond Of fathl would be wholly mmaieriaI to
me they should offer me the most undoubted security
that they would not do anything contrary to my own
sense OF right will not give them power to act
l viii not admit that they have the right to do it.
will not admit their right TO go to the Rio Grande
10 il whole length, and absorb New Mexico / will
do no such thing, sir These who vote for this amend
ment will, in my opinion, vote to give to these men
the power 10 do whatever they may peaseo go TO the
head OF the river il they please. They Ito agree
upon the terms, upon the conditions, and upon the
alterations upon which the line shall be established
MI President let there be attempt here TO assmlae
this authority to what has relation to- make
appear TO be ordinary thing 1t is common 10 send
commissioners to fix line which is already fixed by an
authority competent to do SOTO trace out line to
which they directed by proper specifications and words
to enable them to follow IT, That a common. ord
nary thing from necessity But SIR such proposition
n this, undertake to say wiihou, parallel in the
annals oil human legislation. Here comm ssioners al
lowed TO take point they please between the head and
the mouth OF the Rio Grande del Norte That is a river
$500 or 5000 miles in length. 1t is rver crossing
fourteen degrees OF latitude and eleven twelve OF lon
gitude throughout the whole extent OF which
markno single word by which their direction is 10 be
Of human legislation, there such power
ferred upon men, with absolutely limit upon their dis
cretion-no limit as to the point at which they 10
strike the river within the whole length OF 1900 miles
none o. 10 the amount the consideration. the terms
no limit upon any single point OF their duty. What Is
this, ar but 10 invest these with legislative power
with the power which belongs to ourselves-whch
power we have not been able by passing the
Texas section OF this bill, with the millions proposed
TO Be nserted' That ten millions be inserted here
and We invest men with power by which they in
sst hity millions, they choose After they shall have
appropriated il they choose Texas every foot OF land
from the head TO the mouth OF the rvef they make
heif return to the President OF the United States, be
by him submitted to Congress, with such Recommended
ti0na circumstances, his opinion, may require for
the approval and action OF Congress thereupon