Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13
New Mexico Rapping for Admis-
sion to the onion of States.
A Monster Convention Held at the Terri
tOriaI Seat of GOyernment-StrOng
Resolutions Promulgated.
The Wealth of the Country, the Intelligence of
the People Compliance With the Terms
OF the Treaty Demanded.

statehood convention was held in Santa
Fe to-day The following resolutions
were passed.
Whereas, the territory of New Mexico
was coded to the United States by the
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in the year
1910 and has been an organized territory
under the laws of the United States ever
since 1850; and
Whereas, by the terms of said treaty it
was stipulated and guaranteed that the
people in this territory who should not
preserve the character of citizens of
Mexico should be Incorporated into the
union of the United States and be adj
mitted at a proper time to all the risghts
of citizens of the United States according
to the principles of the constitution; and,
Whereas, the people of this territory
have frequently demanded and asked for
a compliance on the part of the Federal
government with the terms of said treaty,
and have always been DESTROYS of being
admitted into the United States and to
the enjoyment of all rights of citizens of
the United States and
Whereas, the people of this territory
have ever since the cession. of New
Mexico to the United States been loyal to
its principles and institutions, and desire
its perpetury; and
Whereas, The population of the terri
tory of New Mexico at the present time
exceeds 10 900, exclusive of all In
dians, which said Indians have 10 right
to vote lie the territory and by its laws
have always been prohibited from voting
and never have voted at any election i'll
the territory, and
Whereas, the territory is now trav-
versed by railroads and telegraph lines in
various directions, giving every part of it
speedy and easy communication with all
other portions of the United States, such
railroad lines amounting to about 400
miles in length, all Of which have been
constructed within the last nine years,
bringing with them from the states of the
Union large, wealthy, intelligent and
enterprising immigration, neasly if not
quite equal to the population which was
in this territory prior to the advent OH
said railroads; and
Whereas, the assessed value of prop
erty in this territory has been constantly
and largely on the increase ever since its
annexation to the United states, aud in
the last ten years such increase had been
ten fold, and,
Whereas, there has been an increase
the last year of over 5000 votes actually
cast at the last general election over the
vote cast at the general election held two
years previous, showing an increase in
population in that time of about 30 900,
and
Whereas, a large and intelligent i'm
migration from all portions Of the United
States is constantly coming into this ter
ritory settling it up and rapidly develop
its resources and increasing its wealth,
intelligence and prosperity; and
Whereas, the territory of New Mexico
is possessed of sufficient resources, intel
ligence and inhabitants, not including
Indians, to authorize and require its adj
mission into the Union as a sovereign
state, equal in every respect with the
present states OF the Union; and,
Whereas, under the territory form of
government the limitations upon our
right to legislate not contemplated by the
constitution of the United States or the
spirit of American institutions are inn
posed upon us, the progress and de-
velopment of our territory is retarded
leaving US in a condition of tutilage and
minority, thus impairing confidence in
the stability of our institutions on the
part of those seeking homes and invest
ments in the west, all of which will be
obvlated by our admission to statehood,
and
Whereas, the name of New Mexico has
been for more than 800 years applied to
that portion of the United States now
embraced within our territory, and the
inhabitants have for generations held
that name in generation and desire to
perpetuate it in our history as the name
of a soqereign state; now, therefore,
be it
Resolved, by the people of the terri
tory of New Mexico in convention as
sembledp representing every portion and
political subdivision and every political
party therein, that we insist upon and
demand admission into the Federal
of the pledges and quarantines
solemnly made by the government of the
United States i'll the treaty of Guadaloupe
Hidalgo, and also by virtue of our
wealth, population add intelligence,
which are wholly sufficient to support
and maintain a free and sovereign state
and all the institutions incident thereto
Resolved, that we further insist and
demand that speedy action be taken by
the congress of the United States to the
end that New Mexico shall be at once adj
mitted into the federation as a state;
therefore
Resolved, that we deem it a sufficient
answer to the many Misrepresentation
promulgated throughout this country as
to the intelligence and morality of our
people to advise the fair minded people
of the United States that more
than one-fourth of all the revenue
raised in this territory, 80
per cent. of which is collected and paid
into the school fund, is devoted to the
of fp1c
sectarian public schools, and that such
schools exist in all parts of this territory;
and be it further
Resolved, that simple justice to this
people demands that they should be per-
mitted TO perpetuate the history and
achievements of their forefathers by re-
tanning New Mexico as the name of the
state.