New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-14


Department at Washington. Every reader of The OH''.
s deliberately misled into the belief that The Tribune
bad unqualifedly asserted that Maj. Emory dh sign
the Commissioners line and had rested on no authority
for its statement but that Of the Surveyors o"h he
port. None but palscehounds that bark As tne! are
fed to do would ever deal with grave public question
so tricky
Well: III. Union has Major Emory'' Official Report
hefore :, which va had lot and have not; yet The
Unions citations from different parts oil ths' hePor
i,trded m d,proVe our statement seem TO Us entire
- 20 cors,r, II That our reade-s msy have the same
No ans Of judging that have We quote every ~ord OF
Nsi. EmOrys Report that The UHi0H cites 10 make
our il. case. exactly as The Union has cooked IL up
and Without the intervening portions on whlen 'ne
statement of The ExDrssS was based. Says MAJ Emory
in his Report to the Secretary Of the Interior, Oct l.
1852: ,-,.,..,.,
Your letter .s the was sa5d:d n. on -, a
ofJ.nuays CImlspk u Sleieo ~ ,snos.- d,,-S 70
rner4 the d0te, sfths sareJo :1a dHee
are .9y.rsl POINTS those Instructions based as have
so1 to 91,. TRSDc when they directly
ny with me IN the recomn, ~niSn as -
rivs shall defer doing ~Ih the hope mssu'.
hn the rourd take charge Of the Noven
her al ornd hat BIZ Bsi ,5d ts 49, Az sst os
lad len erected lariius point and hs usual
s1. Is srd Surveyors and Nh Informed
had Ia tened at the ursec request Of the American
so iupa that articles bAsed the lette Of
Tde AionomeT had been entered INTO IN sl az
1'I iod Is ma ost 81 a. b. Col GraIlm
"On he Gh JsnuAy 1884, "hAe on my route ~ 2. - 80
~ oed the letter appointment Of United States Surveyor
md your Two s' 70 Mr. Bss ns dStid so1sef ISL IN
,s, t 81 5,ed hat bou the saryeyor al any
ileI
h he s1veyo vii defer fe CoIGis.one opinion, IN
T came out initial point sgreed up
or AID Il. %onaet sssI the pc With the prote aaS the
vewsof he ComIuissone before him both sd II -.
iui before me HIM ne relieved AID was P-
toinf,d IL his pl.ce, With the instructions. -
la:' eeae& he @a a, a fIS S,r s BEEN nre re
'psr,e Tor the pupoie referred letter Of apPoa a. ani
il, ucn, hvDg presented seton has been ase1 "a
cUot, iron my ntrucon or al sha presently show, has BY
te II he sls By beth 'de', eeaa 70 BE- an important
But have a copuce wh the letter and spirit OF
o. II ct No Auzust l. - sgn the O. rhs
teS tPetrcd nor was Sf sasl,r prepared money
70 90 I rv Will Inn !. soaoner I'd arveyor the only
,srsiue bat he renamed pressing me g ssn eLhsf g
which involved incidentally the initial point seed uPon BY W. bs
lett Mr. Condo, Mr. salszar and Mr Whppe from which COL
1 HS.a. h,G ,lsa'S ne mar 5., adg n.y. aS v5c he
sevs9n IL ID, pse COPY OF 1ncl b. neIsn ssa
m re,rIedto setting j the face Of re maps thu
q r. is s5i '''''a'' '"' ',''' 49,, - - -. '
intended should certificate,
aetur'eyo the Correctness OF the detentel
point which had been determined y TIE o. 9h ana
for doubt the " the government to instruct
The uj,e or seiaie a. 20 y Guy; 20 o y, i f y,
nm By the Coaisi'sioney' II ne tso Gereraos'''
To these extracts Says m Lllio4 viii cOaolu
sve enough add The following further citation from the
marked a, above rel rred TO- appended by
Major Emory 3" has report Tbs statement l. mnue Of
the conference held between Major Emory and the Mexican
Commissioner MIR Saazsrj al the time OF the signing OF
the mips; o...,.. ma. .,..,,
ject si 10 final updesndng he desires tat he
.' 10 o,.sJ @ 1, 10 s o n. iS.,s & M
seuatee By ne sane ne hs cannot <aeeS ii3a oossrs,; ~
mPs pssented 10 h ~ ssnufe winch IN eona a' 10
ire or ba, IN osdeScs 10 tae n.eti9a he
from he Co'ellen dsd nov nher 1851, Hn a.
:, II liz i've wo Cor. .is.icl es 4fdi - 1851"
THE the above quotations the three former instances
,us in tie two latter The Unions. Ed.TnbI
Thus you see, on reading The Unions testimony.
he whole of it, and nothing else, that the bold denial
that Mai Emory ever signed the Commissioners line.
dwirdles away in the evidence, to bubble to the
sense in which be signed 1.-THE force and effect which
lie intended his signature TO have The statement we
quoted from The Express that he actually did sign it
and that between the Bartlett line and the Grey line
"there is very little to choose" not at all intro
duced by The Unions deXterous excerpts from his
Report On the contrary, they confirmed by their
admissions tho former point and their silence on the
latter. Ma Emory did sign the maps recognizing the
Commissioners tarting-poiot for running the Boundary
West frcm the Rio Grande-signed them in pursuance
of express orders from the Cabinet az Washington,
after considering what Commissioner Bartlett had 20
cay for and Surveyor Gray against the initial point
agreed on by the two mmissonerS-and because he
Major Emory considered the matter as settled and
"the action Of the Government as faal" What more
need be laid on this head 1t such a signature does
not bind our Government how e0Ed it be concluded
II the Signature had been affixed in the absence Of
might possibly dsayow the act of its own subordinate
as Unauthorized aud prejudcia; but 20 dsayow IL nov,
in the face of the facts officially established, would be
an &C, of perfdy wantol 20 mpl! contempt for
the judgment Of Cbristepdom
For do but consider what all this pOther is about
New.Mexico while She remained a Department of the
Mexican Republic cost US nothing, never annoyed US.
ard Yielded us s0se little revenue on her trade with
Missouri Since she fell into our possession all this is
brayely altered. 4 large portion of our Army is
CURED for her defense her Government is subssted
our cost; everything required for the subsistence of our
trOors ver dear there: that she cannot in
tie aggregate less than Two Millions year, all Things
cousdertd-aud all for what Our trade with her IS
scarcely increased by her Annexation, il is de-
voted 10 The feeding Of our own unconArcs and troops
tie Revenue formerly received on the products she
us is abolished, and We have the gratifying assurance
As the reward OF our dsuteresJei exertiOls and yif
Gus sacrifices m her behalf that her people hate in
tenstly would cut the throats OF soldiers II they
dared ana are meditang the election Of dear friend
Arr'io is her leeratp IA C1nrrrsst Wouli'ur 10 be