The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-19

no matter under what pretext, among the g. ayess
crimesn
By the above declaration the people Of thc North will
faithfully abide, and judgment, thep ,cu rs assent
to any greater guarantees u good tdih han TIE present
submission Of the proposed anne AdmentY Will il be
adoptedY In Judgment it w.n not Il will be re-
jectednot because the people Of the North desire or
tend TO interfere with slavery, but because they viii
gard IL humiig.ting requirement. proposing as 1t
does that they shall enter into bonds for their good be-
havior, when they have neither committed nor medi-
tated wrong. The submission of such amendment Is
yra acknowledgement by Congress that there Is danger
Of such interference. and the voting Of it down will be
regarded by the South as such declaration of intention
To interfere will greatly add to the present Hostile feel
ing; and that good is likely arise from
the submission Of this amendment, but only evil feel
constrained to oppose IT.
ADMISSION or NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA
The majority Of the committee, further remedy for
the existing evils propose to admit New Mexico and Ar
into the Union State las soon as may be- with
or without slavery, her constitution may determine
To this proposition we also feel bound TO nerpose our
protest The people of New Mexico have not asked TO be
admitted into the union and there evidence be-
fore the committee that they had any such desire that
they possess the population or ability TO maintain State
government On the contrary satisfactorily shown
before the committee that the population OF the
country sought TO be brought in Stale did not ex
coed 20 900 scattered over vast extent OF territory VI
this number all but about hundred natives Of
great OF whom sunk in the lowest Ignorance
over one half OF the entire population poems
sors held slaves for limited period. The number Of
persons OF pure Crcassian blood very small, but
the great majority. are mixture Of Mexicans
and Indians. They are generally poor unused to paying
taxes and unable and unwilling to do So Small as
is the population is believed be quite large
be sustained there from the products OF the soil Of that
country As an nd,pelaent 10 create No Merico AMI 4r
iato a State oiU doubt be eIoieby some that the
mom IS admitted the free people Of The North ,cH 90
there and control Us denies. How far they will be likely
to do will presently inquire We express the opin
ion that it will come into the Union slave State and
it cannot be supported Of adjustment upon
any other assumption In saying that it will come in ~
slave state we do not mean TO say that u viii ever be
country where it will be profitable TO take slaves in any
considerable numbers; but that 1t is country where the
sentiment Is not adverse holding slaves proven by
the fact that the territory which free when it
acquired has established slavery, and adopted slave
code OF most barbarous character II state Is al
mitttd the laws existing establishing slavery will
remain IN force, and the same power that established
in the Territory will maintain it in the state But
certain that would in without slavery
objections to its admission would still remain.
The ldck Of population the ongre chadcterof is IN
hdiHats The otitity 10 support State government all IN
erfoe obstacles OF Tie gdreSt character. To give such
state the weight and influence in cont ong the
States would be serious objection under any crcum
stances but it might be there prospect
that within reasonable time they would have popula
ton emitting them toany such control or influence If it
comes in free State will only further add to the
excltent of the South and they will maintain that 1t
the object and intention in bringing II IN to still fur
her destroy the balance between the two sections OF the
country, and that 1t discoses determination on the
part Of the North to create states for the purpose OF
overwhelming them regardless OF their want of popul
ton or other lifting TO enttle them TO admission
REASON Fer THEIR Soy-ADNlssloy AS FREE STATES
the ground that it will be a free state, and in
the expectation that free white laborng men will
control its institutions we beg submit few facts
twelve years the that country
ans less population than al the time Of its acquisition
Why this? IL is certainly not because that country
has not been sufficiently pulled into notice Tor it IS well
known that persons interested in imaginary gold and
silver mines there have been interchangeable in their efforts
TO commend that country to the favorable notice Of the
public. To gentlemen who see IN this measure n new
statc ,pened, and to the world, which Is invite the
Of Ma saehuses, Ohio and other
possession of il beg 10 commend descriptions Of
In 1915 stjor Emery. with General Kearney and his
military lorce passed across this portion Of the CONT
nent lie SAYS speaking Of the country where the san
Pedro Joins the Cha
IN spot only found fcw punches Of grass. More
Ihe soil light brown, dose sandy earth, supposed con-
taintd something deleterous TO vegetation.
Passing along that region he says OF it,
We travelled till long after dark and dropped down int
.e dust hols There We're not spg Of grass or drop Of
riteous cry Tor both.
lie say further
From information collected the Indians others,
t5the settlement estimated be hundred miles dis
In speaking of the long route over which he had passed
he says
In part of this rains from the heavens
be relied on 20 any e,tenD for the cultivation OF The soil
vegetation whatever.
Lieut.. Mcher, who was attached TO the Boundary
The this region accordance with everything
else relating 70 ~ Having returned the GLOWING August 70
found be e degrees Fahrenheit and over i2o degrees IN
the shade aioIg the river
one hundred and twenty degrees Mr.. Blosgett says
in his work on Climatology,' page l9l, that
At Fort una the for the year is 70 deg and
that Tor the waImes month % only equaed
In the lowest basins and valleys OF Arabia.
Giving account of his travels from Sonoyta to Fort
Yuma and back in the middle Of August, 1856, Lieut.
Mcbler says
and W nnd ann9s as o s rn sT ike
tie seorf o. iarnsca There is no grass and but
s NJ a an ms to be mot c h
and the horned frog bought give life and anlmsn this
ali & i there s sn NO. one drop
O. Mater o be depended upon from he sonoya 70 the
~ the hieh winds saeepils The soil before
them. but d,a,h has s,rewn continuous line Of bleachcd
uients 20 mark the way.
We could add numerous other testimonials in regard
10 this delightful region which. in the estimation Of
some is TO become the future abode of freemen, bat
think We have gwen enough.
aStSDskNTs TO the FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.
The minority have also reported amendment 10 the
Fugitive slave law. The design of this amendment =
und stood to 70 to make the law efficient, and At
The time render u less offensive To the people Of the
North That they have succeeded the former there
doubt; but that VIII, in It's practical operation. be OF
that II Is any Improvement on the old law very ques
tolahc. II provides for the conducting of all the opera
to Of slave catching ut the expense OF the United States
and affords indemnity just protection persons
who may be uDawiul seized and transported for trial
TO distant State. Under II free may be seized
the STATE " Maine and transported Texas, then
held In custody until the next term Of the United STAGES
Court, which may not be for months and If he should
finally be addged free man. the only satisfaction he
obtain for his loss Of time and restraint Of his liberty
IS beng transported back again al the expense of the
United states.
The last section OF the bill is designed remove an Of
cnsc provision IN the existing law that authorized the
marshal TO sunni on 70 his aid any person or persons hc
proper the amendment only authorizes IL the
marshal reasonably apprchenCs that he shall need their
aid Practically there IS but very little difference be-
tween the existing law and the proposed amendment in
this regard, and the whole of the amendment is of
doubtful an Improvement on the present law that feel
justified IN Withholding from 10 our support.
The majority Of the committee also recommend
am,-cment Of the law OF 1893, in regard % fugtves
from uste, making u tho duty Of tho United states
Judges TO surrender such fugtves instead the xecu
tive OF the satoS to which the fugitive had fed. Ts
~ opc Justly Jealous of the power the United States
Courts, as We have before said particularly sensitive
in regard 10 that propose abridge the rights
Of tl..A YuY.o aNtA Vtar sln