The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-05-18
New Mexico.

resulted to his personal advantage Though his
of the valley OF Mesla was hailed with
enthusiasm by large section OF the administrative party
statesmen, who responsible for the
OF the country, took such view OF IT, and
promptly removed Mr. Lane, The appointment OF Mr..
Meriwether, OF Kentucky, will suspension of
ceedngs that may have been taken for the unauthorized
extension of our boundaries in that quarter.
Ne0 York Courier g. Enquirer.
The above extract is fair specimen OF the style OF
comment upon Governor Lanes proclamation which has
been going the rounds of the wing press The statement
that Governor Lanes proclamation. il intended 10 keep
him in Office did not accomplish It's object is OF course.
quite true. But we are not advised that such was It's
object If the statement means that The administration
have approved the proclamation, suppose that al
to be 1t has appeared 10 us from the first that
the administration had nothing TO do with it, In SO far
as may have resulted from any instructions given TO
Governor Lane, the responsibility OF those instructions
not with the present administration. Gov Lane. how
ever, says that the proclamation is his act done on
his personal responsibility. On that view OF the
NATTER the responsibility OF his action belongs solely TO the
late administration which made him the governor OF New
Mexico. With regard to the proclamation itself, we think
now just have thought and said from the rst-lha
exact and authentic information must be waited for
to determine whether it well ll-iudged, fiji or
fit, seasonabe unreasonable. We have from the first
repealed. and repe, the idea that Gov Lanes
proceeding hllibusterism or constructive annex
ation." 1--WE believe that the Meslla valley is part Of
New Mexico, and that, such, it not construc.
lively" but actually and righuy, annexed" to the
United States by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidago,
destood and construed by the Congress OF the United
States II this be SO, Gov. Lanes bunder, il he made
one blunder in the right directiona blunder com
mitted in the form Of procedure by which he sought pro-
ec the territorial rights OF the United States. when sacr
feed and put in jeopardy by boundary commission organ
lied and instructed by the late administration AT any
rate the country well knows that before his procama
ton was heard of in Washington, his removal had been
determined upon, and successor to him designated
We think it, therefore, quite erroneous TO infer that the
administration intended TO mark its disapproyal OF his
proclamation by the subsequent appointment OF MIR.
Merwether. We equally sure that no intima,ion
has been given the public that his proclamation is APP
proved Whether it will be approved or disapproved
hereafter a Of public policy, will depend we
suppose upon the facts Of the when they shall be
fully presented Meantime, Governor Lane must rest
under the mputa,ion OF having taken avowedly upon
his personal responsibility an unusual and unauthorized
STEP Whether any public necessity existed make any
such step ushable his part. is not yetclear Wheh-
er his proclamation was judicously conceived and
public necessity have existed is also OF course, open
to question The only thing yet certain in the case is
that this administration is way connected with the
procamaiion nor bound TO approve II disapprove IT,
or to regard it al all Thshas been opinion from the
first and we reason now 10 change one word OF
what we have written about the whole matter. Various
wbig journals have denounced Governor Lane while
knowing nothing of the facts OF the Their gno
~. ,nur ,Ig haxy
grossly misrepe sented the Of the Washington
Unsoa on the subject their eagerness 10 put in the
wrong This like other falsehoods, inexcusable /;
but fortunately II has done us no harm.
Wha, has been heard from New Mexico since Gov,
Lanes proclamation made known here shows very
clearly the proprety OF waiting till the facts Of the
are fully presented before coming to any conclusion
to what ought to be done BY the American authorities
in that region is stated confidently, though do not
understand the information be Official. tina, the Mexi.
can governor OF chihuahua has resored TO the very
strange and outrageous proceeding of arre.tng and
,mprisoning such American citizens he found re-
siding in the Mesilla valley We are not yet informed
whether this action OF his is alleged TO have been
taken before Governor Lanes proclamation or subse-
quenily. Nor is this pon, a, all material TO the
character OF the outrage alleged to have been perpeaed
II may however turn out to be material in its bearing
upon the course pursued by Governor Lane II il shall
appear hereafter that the governors proclamation
measure Of defence and OF protection against such high
handed aggression IL il shall be shown that in
tended even Of prevention, designed TO ward
off the occurrence of such event by warning the
Mexican authorities not TO rely for their iusii6ca.
ton upon the miserable blunder committed by Mr..
Fllmore's boundary commission, them undoubtedly,
a new complexion will be given to Governor Lanes
procedure In that event, il will appear that the
wing administration began by sacrifice OF the rights
of the country, through the bunder of its bound
airy commission; that in the next place It sent out
u governor who, in an unauthorized manner, repudi-
a,ed that commission, and in the interest OF the United
States, and in pursuance OF the opinion OF Congress.
nnl6ed its niqutous action and that in the last place.
the wing press, clingng the OF the commission
alter IT bad been exposed and exploded capped the climax
OF 'he whole series of wreched mistakes by denouncng
~an'only and uniustIy the whig governor as "hbu.-
' Inc whole transaction, specimen of wing
poney must take its place side by side with the
Cuban proclamation and its deporable conseouences
With two such cases occurring within two wears. il is
not wonder that almost the whole people ro.e nm II an
effort to change the administration |
II is somew hat remarkable that the state nj ,h;n..
our Mexican frontier has excited little public apprs.