Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-02-11


formed out Of the State of Texas or OTHERWISE!
Here proof beyond controversy, that the principle OF
the Missouri act prohibiting slavery north of So So
being abrogated by the compromises acts 10 expressly anl
ed that proposed repeal Of this prohibition instead
of being affirmation Of the compromise acts ePesi ~
very provision Of important act OF the Sc
ries It soemny declared in the very compromise that
nothing hereia contained shall construed % ,Pau % q1a
W the prohibition Of slavery north q .oh;on ia
be overthrown Can presumption iurner go 10 al VINO IN
any lean upon these compromises we commend TINS ex
POSITION
This is what the Senator says in his speech about the
passages have just read from the address,
"They suppress the following material facts which, pro-
duced would havo disproved their statement They first sup
Texas and cedes United States all that part
which lies north Of $50 30 They then suppress the further
fact the section Of the law of from Texas
large tract Of country west degrees
longitude and added to the territory Of the United States
They then the further fact that this territory thus
of from Texas and to which the Missouri compromise line
did apply incorporated into the Territory of New Mexico
And then what done? 1t incorporated into that Ter
ritory with this clause; .f4
That admitted State the said Territory any
portion of the same shall be received into the Union with
without slavery their constitution may prescribe at the
time Of its adoption
Yes sir the very bill and section from which they quote
cuts off all that part of Texas which be free by the
Missouri compromise together with the south side Of
the line, incorporates it into the Territory of Now Mexico and
then that that Territory and portion of the
shall into the Union with without slavery it
proper"
The assertion here is that all the territory claimed by
Texas north of s6o ao< cut off by the Texan boun
Diary and New Mexico act.
Mr.. DOUGLAS Read it.
Mr.. CHASE. I will do so.
eyes, sir the very bill section which they quote
cuts of all that part of Texas which be FREQ by the
Missouri compromise together with the south side
of the line incorporates it with the Territory of New Next
co. and then says that that Territory and portion Of the
shall into the Union with without slavery
itsees proper 1 ss
Mr.. DOUGLAS lin his seat) Most oft. a.s
Mr.. CHASE. In his speech the Senator said all the
territory claimed by Texas north Of 800 S0 was ncorpo
rated into New Mexico Now he says most Of it. These
are very different statements will show the Senate
what was and what not incorporated. The boundary
line between Spain and the United Statesfor want
to make this matter perfectly clear and dstnct-was
this:
Mississippi shall begin the Gulf of Mexico the mouth
Of the river Sabine, in the continuing north along the
western bank of that to the 32o Of atude thence by
line due north the degree of latitude where it strikes the
Rio Roxo Of Nachitoches Red River then following the
of the Rio Roxo westward to the degree of longitude
1909 from London and 23o from Washington then
crossing the said Red River and running thence by limo
due north the Arkansas thence following the
ofh southern bank of the Arkansas its in latitude
Sea-"
Now, look at this boundary upon the map. Here it is
lExhibting the map Here go up the Sabine to the
800 parallel then straight north to the Red river; then
along the Red river the 1902 longude then straight
north again to the Arkansas then up the Arkansas to
its source then straight north more to the 42 of
latitude There you the boundary between the United
States and the Spanish possessions as defined by the
treaty Of 1920.
thentc evidence of in her act approved December
10, 1885, by SAM. HOUSTON. will read it:
beginning the mouth of the Sabine river running
along the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land the
mouth of the Rio Grande thence the principal stream OF
the said river its then due north to of north
latitude; thence along the boundary line defined in the
treaty between the United States and Spain to the beginning
That, sir, is the boundary claimed by Texas After
her annexation the United States and after the treaty
with Mexico of Guadalupe Hdalgo Texas asserted her
claim the whole territory included within these limits
The Senator from Virginia Mr. MASON among those
who regarded this claim of Texas just not because Of
any valid original title to the territory, but because of
the implied recognition Of her title by the United States
need not say that in with very many Others
dssented from that view But the Senator from Virginia
and other Senators maintained it. That Senator on the
sOth July 1850 moved joint resolution recognising this
claim which will read:
"Resolved, de- That by the joint resolution, approved
March lst lSi5 for annexng Texas to the United States
being ordained that the territory properly included within
and rghtfay belonging to the Republic Of Texas msy be
erected into State &C., it is the opinion and judgment
of Congress that the admission of Texas the Union with
the boundaries described by thereof objected
by the United States at the time Of such annexation
elusive against the United States of the right Of Texas to
the territory included within such boundaries"
The recognition proposed by this resolution would give
to Texas all the land east Of the Rio Grande and line
drawn from its to the forty second parallel and
west of the line between the United States and the Span
ish possessions already described.
that part between tie 800 and $50 Of north latitude and
of 1882 Of longitude incorporated into the Ter
rtory Of New Mexico that part between the 3Sh para
lei and the Arkansas river stretching north toward the
42d parallel in long strip and that other part
included within the 1902 and 1899 of longitude, and the
$50 10Y north latitude and the Arkansas river
incorporated into New Mexico renqushed to Texas
but became part of the territory Of the United States
Here these two tracts of country which the Senator
says off from Texas and Incorporated into New
Mexico. Ifthe claim of Texas was valid, they were cut
off from her territory but they not incorporated into
New Mexico. The Senator is totally mistaken to that
and it is not trifng mistake. The tract west of New
Mexico, between 500 3 and the Arkansas river contains
twenty thousand square miles. 1t is easy
innate the contents of the other tract The first is
large as Connecticut, Rhode Island Massachusetts, and
New Hampshire put together. The tracts probably
nearly equal III extent to the whole Of New England
neither Of which equals in the larger these tracts
probably the smaller. Not foot of this territory
incorporated into New Mexico and yet the Senator
asserted that it all repeat, SIR that here was
great show the Senator that he was wrong in
very material statement but shall accuse him. there
FORE of asyng the public history Of the country with
wiful Misrepresentation, with falsehood? Not ALL
The Senator, like other men, is liable to If he
falls into upon point material any controversy
error but will not reproach the will not charge
him with violating the truth with intentional misrep
resentation.
said the other day to that Senator when he proposed
to deny to posponement warranted by the of
tho Senate that thought him incapable Of understand
ing the obligations of courtesy prefer to restrict
that statement and say that the Senator that
sion, under excitement perhaps and perhaps in
huenced also desire hasten the
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