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r From tte Baltimore American. " HISTORY OFTHE BOEtf A VISTA FLAG L OF TRUCE. Among the really valuable adJrf sses deliver 1 j n the occasion of the death f ihelate Pre. df nt, Tavlor,. IV one pronounced at; Salem, p ef., on tne 19th huiau't by the lion. C. W. l pham. h contain an "account -cf tho cele. aed flag ol Iruce whichduring the battle of illuena Vista, was sejvt bom, Santa Anna to f en. Taj lor ; and as this account was derived (rbm tbe Jips of the late Preside ut, and it is ve racious in erery respect, and will hereafter pass InW history, Tbe patsnge is as follows : v j As this incident of "the battle may possibly,, iftbe secret hWtory of the war U ever fully ret Vealed, be found to shed light upon it, I will, hjse record the facts related to mo by CJeq. 'fryl'or himself. During the height of the con.. fliCt a fl-ig was seen approaching. The einer. fancies of the day had so stfipt him of hj staff, fbjit, having no one to send, htf went himself to hiVet it. As lb yung officer who bore it could 'nil rpeak English, npr tbe Spanish, the confer oce took place in French. The cprnmunica titi was ibis Gen. Santa .nna desires to Uijjow what General Taylor vantsV Feeling ' soynewhat indignant that a message so appar ently impertinent should have been sont at such llnoment, and. regarding t as perhaps, a, de vice merely to gain time or some other illegit irriale advantage, or at best a species of trifling, he gate an answer dictated by the fueling of ilijb moment, " What (general Tiylor wants' is vipi. oaoi A)i i ;Mij j Herc the cotifWenpe ctosed, and the Mexi ean officer withdrew. IJpon a moment's re flection, he regrciled that he liad given an an Aver so undiplomatic and having so much the alKof a repartcb. IJe called to mind the fact. tjiM his government had advised, him that they bad ftvoredVthe return of Santa Anna to Mex--ifco!, from a belief that he was disposed to pro . rb tie, and might have influence enough with hi countrymen to effect a termination of the ,r, and, it occurred to him, really designed to oppn the way for negotiation, and perhaps a pa . cleeaiion an object very near to his heart. Ih;rode over the field in search of General Wool, mda known the circumstances to bim, ,and suggested, if not loo great a personal ex posure, the expediency of his carrying a flag of tr'tice to t!)3 Mexican lines to ask an explana tion ofthe messige. Fo send on officer of lift rank, character and position, would remove the indignity,' if it should bp so regarded, of his blunt and summary an giver. (Jen Wool readily and gallantly under, took (he service, and rode forth to executes it, ; bju'l the fire of the Mexican batteries could not ' again be stopped, and no further parley took place. The- next morning, when Col. Bliss vas sent with a flag to the Mexican head quar ters, he was requested to ascertain what had icn intended by the rrjessage'of the previous dak but he found the state of things such a to render it vain to enter tmonl the subject. The' - ijnport of tbe message xemainsnriddled to this " day. Santa Anna cin undoubtedly solve the 4'nigma.' ." ' ; jf Mr. Upham, in tbe course of his address, gives numerous anecdotes, exhibiting the late Presi dejflY courage and generosity. Among other ( Instances of the display of these qualities on .ihelpart of the deceased hero, he gives the fol lowing: : li the conversation from which I dcrjvpd iHeie interesting items of information, General .iTajlor described lo me the anxious consulta- of the second night of the battle. II is of s came. to him, one after another, express a decided opinion that his army was too PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGED A message was received froni the President f the United StatesTiy Jhe hafidslof EdmusO M. Ev4KsEfq.t hfsprivate Secretary as fob lows L ! " ' ' ' cijitiu ''7': j WAsniGTox, August 6, 1850. 'Afthe Senate and Ifoiise of, tifrpresentcdives. I herewith transmit' to jhetwo Houses of Congress a letter from bis . Excellency the Governor of Texas, dated on the- 14th" day of June fast, addressed to the late president o the JJnited S'ates, whichf not hating been answer. r a A fif? ri m tfk ma In m t li l nL r n Hl na(h and I also transmit a copy of th? answer which I hae fU it tofbe ray dutyjto ciuso tp be made fo-tbat coromunicatron. .' IV Congrevs will perceive that the Governor of Texas officially stales that, by authority of the Legislature qf that State, he dispatchpd a Spe cial Commissioner, with full powder and in structions to extend the civil jurisdiction of the State over the unorganized counties of El Paso, Worth, Presidio, and Santa Fe, situated on its northwestern limits. He proceeds to say t)at the I Commissioner had reported lo him, in an official foim, that the military officers employed in the eervice of the United Slates, stationed at Sanla Fe, inter posed adversely, with the inhabitant?, to the ful filment of his object, in favor of the establish ment of a separate Stale Government east of the Rio Grande, and within the rightful limits of the State of Texas. The four counties which Te;as thus proposes to,establish and organize, as being within her own jurisdiction, extetfd over the whole of the territory east of the Rio Grande, which has heretofore been regarded as an essential and integral part of the Depart, ment of New Mexico, anth actually governed and possessed by her people, until conquered and severed from the Republic of Mexico by the American arms. The Legi-dature of Texas has been called together byjier Governor, for the purpose, as is understood, of maintaining her claim to tbe territory east of the Rio Grande, and of estab li&hing over it her own jurtsdictiou and her own lawa by force. These proceedings of Texaf may well ar rest the attention of all branches of. the Gov ernment of the United States!; and I rejoice that they occur while the Congress is yet in session. It is, I fear, far from being impossi ble that, in consequence of these proceedings of Texas, a crisis may be brought on which shall summon the two Houses of Congress, and sun more empnaiicaiiy tne .executive uovern menl, to an immediate readiness iqr the per formance of their respective duties. By the Constitution of tbe United Slates, tbe President is constituted Commander-in chief of the Army and Navy ; and of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual ser vice of the United Stales. The Constitution declaers also that he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and that he shall, from lime Jo time, give to the Congress infor mation of the state of the Uniim. Congress has power, by the Constitution, to provide forr calling forth the- militia to execute the laws of the; Union ; and suitable and ap propriate acts of Congress have passed, as well for providing for calling forth; the militia, as for placing other suitable and ; efficient means in the hands of the President lo enable him to discharge the constitutional (unctions of his office. The second section of the act of the 28th of February, declares that whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or their ejection obstructed, in iany State, by combinations too powerful lo Ijjb suppressed by shall be made, utider the authority of tbe Uni ted .States, shall be the supreme law ot the land.rIC thereforeNew Mexip be aTerri tory blithe United States: and f if any treaty stipulation; be in lofce therein;, supb treaty stip ulation is the supreme law of the) la.nd, and is to be maintained and upheld iccordfngly. In the letter to the Govefno of-Texas my reasons are given, for believiijiglliat New Mex ipo is' now a Territory; of ilie United States, -with the same extent and the; safiie boundaries which belonged to it while in the actual pos sesslon'bf the Republic of Mexico, and before the late war. In tbe early j pat , of that war bothlCalifornta and New Mexico were con. que red by the arms of the United States, and werei in the military ; possession lof the ; United Siales at the dale of the treaty pf peace.' By that treaty tbe tide by conquest was confirmed, and these territories, Provinces, or Depart, ments separated from Mexico fojrever ; and by the same treaty certain important rights and securities were solemnly guarantied to the in habitants residing therein. J, By the fifth article of the treaty it is declar ed I bat j 1 . The boundary line between the two repub lics shall commence in the Qulf of Mexico three leagues from land, opposite, the mouth of the Rio Grande," otherwise called the Bro Bra vo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deep, est branch, if it shouli have more than one branch, emptying directly into Ihe sea ; from thence, up the middle of that rjver, following the deepest channel, where it has more than one, lo the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico ; thence westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico, (which runs north of tjie town called Paso) to its,, western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mex t ico until it intersects the first ; branch of the river Gila ; (or if it should not intersect any branch of that river, then to the point on the said line nearest to such branch, and thence in la .1 . 1 X 1 1 . t a direct line to tne same thence down tne middle of the said branch andof the said river until it empties into the Rio Colorado ; thence across tbe Rio Colorado, following the division line between Upper and Lower California, to the Pacific ocean." The eighth article of the treaty is in the fol lowing terms : j " Mexicans now established in territories previously belonging to Mexico!, and which re- main for the future within the jimits of the U. States, as defined by the present treaty,, shall be free to continue where theyj now reside, or to remove at any time to the Mexican republic, retaining the property which they possess in the said Territories, or disposing thereof, and ment, and. Cong jet consequence which no human i triu Jh broken to be brought up to the struggle 'J0 ordmary course of judicial proceedings, or iioo bef day. He declared to them his belief ,he power vested in the marshals, the President may call lorlh tbemihtia, so fae as may be ne cessary to suppress such combinations and to cause tne taws to be duly executed. n ihai dreadfully as his forces had suffered the en icfni had -suffered worsen that retreat or any jolhrfr alternative was entirely out of the ques tion!; that he had-made his arrangements to present still a formidable front to tho (be, and afy that remained for them was to make up (heir tntncls to conuer or die together, if the, assault iJpbf their posUion should be renewed with the tetinng light, 'But," said he, 44 gentlemen, It j will not be renewed. I surveyed the whole fiU as tbe sun went down, and 1 believe we bavi i beaten the enem)." i V 'hen:the ibirdday dawned, it : was discov. I ere i tba( Santa Anna had fled from the ground. . jtJer eral Taylor instantly ordered a train of wa- jgrfni provided with meqical and oiher means of tejief, accompanied by surgeons from his town tm ', lo (Mo w on the track of the Mexicans and idminiiterto lhe wants of the wounded and diia iled whom they had abandoned on teir re tra . Upon some one's expressing a doubt wjic her such a use of tjie public stores and wa grini , for the benefit of he enemy, would be al loVdby the department, Taylor cut the.diffi. ; ! CUltf short, at once, by saying, ' Th en" f will pay the bilj and, to provide Tor Ihe conlin. geneV, be directed a separate account to be kfpt.of all that was expended lorthe purpose. c ya$binglonii7ndiof the Oih inst. cdpfips Uorfi the Philadelphia Pcnnsylca mwjj, tho following djsintecested tribute of regard lo Mr. Clay : - IIenry Clay. -Mr. Clay was at IIoIrncs, Atnrican Hotel, in Chesnut street, yester iin)vcro wo called to pay him oor re ppHcjte, as an admirer bf bis recent glorious rlfojts in favor of the Union. A kind Yh(g friend enabled us to see him, while hundreds vrre crowding to take him by thfe Land. The intense heat, and his ina- to stami the pressure of the crowd il imperative that he should remain :'IIo looked exceedingly well tmoLu with great familiarity and energy f-lhhnked earnestly and enthusiastically ihi rmocratic party of the North for its ilevction.to the Union, as manifested in the iccent struggle and conversed with ftea om upon all subjects. His voice is cla , spnorpu?, Apd firm ; his form is sin gularly erect and steady, and hisgesiures pgrkejefu) to n degreej We look upon him l as-nlgreat American, and, as a Democrat, ' nrp (ree to say that be deserves well of 1 tuS dounlry. . : j; j ' ; ; Jr.tp vp ine f ires. 'ii is a custom among tb flrmers and others in many put of tbe i l. a .i niry, io nave uti i um, cr.uer in me i . . - lling or in theyard.j It is a practice which fchnu d -4o universal. 'I hey are veil known j iq U g't safeguards gabrst all sorts of dis irase by purif) jng ibe jaimosphere. The tbe- L bused iipon pbilokophical-frinciples. and liy.theactof March 3d, 1807. it is Drovidd that, in all cases of obstructiort to the law, ei ther of the United Stales, or any individual Slate or Territory, where it i's lawful for the President to call forth the militia for the pur pose of causing the laws to be duly executed, it shall be lawful for him to employ, for tbe same purposes, such part of the land or naval force of the United States as shall be judged necessary. ; - These several enactments arn now in fUH force ; so that if the laws of the Uni'ted States are opposed or obstructed, in any State or Ter ritory, by combinations too powerful to be sup pressed by the judicial or civil authorities, it becomes a case in which it is the duty of the President either to calLout the miliitia or to em ploy the military and naval force of the United States; or to do both, if in bis judgment the exigency cf the occasion shall so require, for the purpose ol suppressing sucii combinations. The constitutional duty of the President is plain and peremptory, anaVlhe aujhority vested in bim by law; for its performanceiclear and ample. Texas is a State, authorized to maintain her own laws, so far as they are pot repugnant to the constitution, laws, and treaties of the Uni. ted States ; toxsuppress insurrections against her authority, and to punish) those who may commit treason against the Stater-accordin" to removing the proceeds wherever they please, tvillimit itiaii- 1 1 o t n rr enlinit ol U-tn this OPCfllint to any contribution, tax, or charge whatever. "Those who shall preler tq remain in the said Territories may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens, or acquire those of citizens of the United States. But they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the dale bf the exchange of ratifications of this treaty ; and those who shall remain in the said Territories after the expiration of that year, without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexi cans, shall be considered td jhave elected to become citizens of tho United States." 44 In the said Territories property of every kind now bejj&nging to Mexicans not establish ed there shall be inviolably respected. The present owners, the heirs of these, and all Mex icans who may hereafter acquire said proper ty by contract, shall enjoy y?ilh respect to it guaranties equally ample as if the same be longed to citizens of the United States." The ninth article of the treaty is in these words : , ' i "The Mexicans wha, in- the Territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican republic conformably with what is stipulated in the, preceding arti cle, shall be incorporated into the union ol the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (lo be judged of by thefCongress of the United States) to the enjoyment of all the rights ot citizens of the United States, according to the principles of the constitution ; and, in the mean time, shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of ther liberty and pro perty, and secured in the free1 exercise of their religion without restriction.' It is plain, therefore, on .the face of these treaty stipulations, that all Mexicans establish ed in territories north of the line of demarkation already mentioned, come within the protection of the 9th article ; and that he treaty, being a part of the supreme law of the land, does ex tend over all such Mexicans, and assures to them perfect security in thejfree enjoyment of their liberty and property, as well as in the free exercise of their religion ; and this su preme law of the land, being thus in actual force over this territory, islto be maintained and enforced runtil it shall be displaced or su perseded by other legal provisions ; and if it be obstructed or restricted b combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the civiljiuthor ity, the case is one which omes within the provisions of law, and WbicH obliges the Pres- reg? is. the sole judg-3 of the time ana manner overeating or auiooriiwij; such Governmerijt, JlTbe duty of the Executive extends only to die' execution of laws and the maintainance of Jtritaiies already in force; and. the protection of the- people of the United Slates in tbe enjoyment of ihe lights which those treai ties and laws guaranty. It is exceedingly dej sirable that no occasion should arise for the exf ercise of the powers thus vested in the presi, dent by the rotistitutioo and .ihe laws. With whatever mildness those powers might be ext ecuted, or however clear the case of necessity! might nevertheless follow of sagacity can foresee either the; evils or the ead Having thus laid before Congress tbe comi munication of hii ; Excellency the Governor of Texas, and ihe answer there, and having made such observations! as I have thought the occa sion called tor, respecting constitutional obli gations which may arise in the further progress of things, and may devolve on me to be per. formed, I hope I shall not be regarded a3 step ping aside from the line ot duty, notwithstand ing that I am aware that subject is now before both Houses, if I xpress my deep and earnest conviction of the propriety of an immediate de. cision, or arrangement, or settlement of the question of boundary between Texas and the Territory of New Mexico. All considerations of justice, general expediency, and domestic tranquility call for this. Il seems to.be, in ita character and by position, the first, or one of ihe first of the questions growing out of the ac quisition of California and New Mexico, and now calling for division. No Government! can be established for New Mexico, either Slate or Territorial, until it shall be first ascertained what New Mexico is, and what are her limits and boundaries. These cannot be fixed or known lill the line of divis ion between her and Texas shall be ascertain ed and established ; and numerous and weighty reasons conspire, in my judgment, lo show lhat this divisional line should be established by Congress, with the assent of the Government of Texas. In the first place, this seems by far ihe most prompt mode of proceeding by which the end can be accomplished. If judical pro ceedings were resorted to, such proceedings would necessarily be slow, and years would pass by, in all probability, before the contro versy could be ended. So great a delay in this case is to be avoided, if Dossible. It would be every way inconvenient, and might be the oc casion of disturbances and collisions. For the same reason, I would, with the ut most deference to ibe wisdom of Congress, ex press a doubt of the expediency of the appoint ment of commisioners, and of an examinition, estimale, and an award of an indemnity lo be made by them. This would be but a species of arbitration, which might last as long as a suit at law. So far as I am able to comprehend the case the general facts are now all known, and Con. gress is as capable of deciding on il justly and properly now as it probably would be after the report of commissioners. Il ihe claim of title on the part of Texas ap pear to Congress 10 be well founded, in whole or in part, it is in ine competency oi congress to offer her an indemnity for the surrender of lhat claim. In a case like this, surrounded as it is by many cogent considerations, all calling for amicable adjustment and immdiate settle ment, the Government of the United States would be justified, in my opinion, in allowing an indemnity to Texas, not unreasonable and extravagant, but fair, liberal, and awarded in a just spirit of accommodation. I think no event would bcTliailed with more gatification by the people of the United Slates than the amicable arrangement of questions of difficulty, which have now foLa long time agi lated the country, and occupied, to the exclusion of other subjects, the lime and attention of Con gress. Having thus freely communicated ihe results of my own reflections on the most advisable mode of adjusting the boundary question, I shall nevertheless cheerfully acquiesce in any other mode which the wisdom of Congress may de. vise. And, in conclusion, I repeat my conviction lhat every consideration of the public interest manifests the necessity of a provision by Con gress for the settlement of jhis boundary ques tion before the present session. be brought to a close. The settlement of other questions con nected with the sam3 subject, within the same period, is greatly to be desired ; but ihe adjust ment of this appears to me to be in the highest degree important. In the train of such an ad justment, we may well hope that there will fol low a return of harmony and good will, an in creased attachment to the Union, and the gen eral satisfaction of the country. MILLARD FILLMORE. Corrttpondence of tie Baltimore Sun. i WAsmsGTOjr, August 1st 1850.V An Error Corrected Singular Course of Senator; Pearce His defeat of the Com promisethe Utah Dill The California fnd we heartily congratulate Mr Hill uecitnanon or jur. nates, w JMy telegraphic despatch with the close of the Senate proceedings contains sever al typographical errors. -'I' wrote that 4 the Senate re fuses to reinstate New Mex ico in the bill," not Mr. Foote as prirjted. Bv the wav. the cause of the defeat of the bill was the striking out of those pro- subject. It is a happy cifccmstancs that tbe Lai was so-wisely framed and matured subdue so many sectional prejudirp IIHIUIVIIIKW ww J vuuuivtlv iewt. on the success which has. crowned his f forts. We feel justified al?o in ccngraI lating the friends of the Adminjstratj ' that this happy adjustment has so spe ly followed the wise and conciliatorv ' t.: r r -i , C tuuiiiiciimiiion ui me i ressiuent i to 0 gress on this perplexing and menacii to visions relative to New Mexico. " now only remains that the great Don. . If Mr., Pearces amendment had com-1 u,ar Drancn ot the legislature should f0j bined the motion to strike out with the ! ,ow UP ihis noble work and cornDleu ;. fmotion to insert the proviso propossd by We confidently trust they will doi so. Y. aim, mere wouia nave ueen some Dasis to u(u.iu uaswe ihM" but in opposition td entreaty, j uc aue to announce mav mis and other neaung measures nave Become ;Jawi. That is the consummation most devoutlr to be wished. Then, indeed, would this great and glorious Republic be once more Miole a the marble, founded aa a rrck " And broad and general as the catin; .air."' Nat. Intelligencer. THE CAROLINA WATCHMAN Salisburrt C. TrJTRSDlT EVEM5G, IfGrST 15, U50. act upon he seperated the motions and afteri get ting New Mexico out it could not be re instated. The friends of the bill lay the blame of its defeat upon Mr. Pearce. He would not listen to any expostulations, but took such a course as to render defeat inevita ble. After New Mexico was out of the bill, the whole scheme of course fell with a crash. Mr. Dawson's amendment might with some care, have been so modified as to affect the object sought by the Texan Sepatofs, without implying anything ad verse to the rights of Texas. After the mischief had been done, Mr. Underwood, who had co operated with Mr. Pearce, in dicated a mode by which this could be done. But though Mr. Pearce's motion was as Mr. Clay said to day, the immediate cause of the defeat of the bill, it had in it the seeds of dissolution. It whs always in danger from some quarter or another. It would perhaps have broken down upon the question of reducing the boundaries of California. Ihe American people will on me puoiic mina, ana mens dopes for its learn with regret lhat the Senate, after so , country became overcast and depresied. And protracted a struggle, was obliged toaban- j when from Washington they turned iheir evei uuu uie euon 10 seme mi uie uiMruuimu questions. Mr. Foote, it is lo be hoped, is not a type of the situation of the public mind. If discord reigns in this high body, it does not, as believed, with the people. It is a question, as Mr. Clay said, some time ago, between a people united and a Congress discordant. The Utah bill, when it gets to the. Hoiise will, in my opinion, be Wilmoted. and will, ofcourse. fail between the two Hous es. The Wilrnotis not dead in the House. It was scotched by means of the ofTer of what was called " the President's plan." and the expectation of the success of that, or of the Senate compromise. I do not know upon what grounds any expectation is entertained of the passage of any bill adjusting the Texas dispute, or providing means for its adjustment, and giving New Mexico the protection of civ il government. No bill can probably pass the Senate seperately. which could not be passed conjointly with other measures. The question is a national one, to some extent, and the Southern extremities, the Northern anti slavery men, the two Tex as Senators, and a few impracticables in addition, will continue lo form a majority in opposition to any bill that can pass the House. The California bill proposition to reduce likely to give much has bound herself for resistance in casexCalifornia is ad mitted with her present boundaries. But the bill some time or other, will pass the Senate, and if it pass the House with out a severe convulsion, it will be remark able. Mr. Clay and Mr. Foote were more than usually eloquent in their remarks to day upon the consequences of the de feat of the Compromise. Mr. Foote was exceedingly rich and spicy in his review, of disunion doctrines and movements. Mr. Bates of Missouri, is here. He informed the President verbally, yesterday that he could not accept any office what ever having a numerous family, and being obliged to attend to his private af fairs. Ion. is now up, and the the boundaries is trouble. Georgia to adopt measures THE COMPROMISE TEXAS BOUNtu ARY. J After-the failure of the Compromise plan the subject of several months anxious care and debate in Congress a plan so generally hail. throughout the holo Country as containing those features of fairness and just compromise of the difficulties which seemed to threaten the existence of ihe Unionafter its failure wasan. nounced, gloom and despondency took hold up. on the public mind, and in ihe direction or Texas and viewed thi state of things in that quarter, Texas threat ening to carry her sovereign authority im0 tb6 TVnitory of New Mexico by furce of arm j and the American troops there stationed stand ing ready to repel tucb an attempt by the same power; the? asperts, laken in connection with the bitterness of feeling which has oflate maa. ifested itself in the Northern and Southern sec tions of ihe Untm. the one against the other i were well calculated lo excite the apprehen. ; sion of the citizen for the perpetuity jof the 0. vernment, and the peace of his Country, h would have been painful, indeed,' to bear (oj any considerable lime ibe suspense in whic all were left: what was to be the next step what the next event as indicating tbe fate f tbe Country 7 All were anxious and fearful; and after the expenditure bf so much time ia an attempted adjustment, few we believe, con fidently hoped for much good. Bui in ihe Providence of God, by disposing the minds of Senators to true patriotism, libt suddenly bursts upon the Country, and tbe " The Texas boundary question the one of greatest difficulty, perhaps nas been settled. The bill offered by Mr. Pearg?, of (Maryland, alter several amendments, passed ibe Senate on Friday last, by a majority of ten. It onlj remains now to receive tbe adoption of Texai, of which little doubt is entertained, and all ii settled in that quarter, it is hoped, forever. -On ihe other questions embraced in lbs Compromise plan, the admission of Calilor nia, the law in regard to fugitive slaves and tb slave trade in ibe District of Columbia, no action has been had. And though tbey are all ques tions of great importance, yet they are not, any of tbem, so difficult but they may be arranged speedily and satisfactorily, if the late disposi tion of Congress shall last. Let this be done, and then will the Country feel secure in i' governmentr A new impulse will be given to all Industrial pursuits, and with tbe 'assuranr of peace, tbe land will prosper more rapid!; than i r- 'wiiti xnAd quie tlie-forms provided by her own constitution, j 'dent lo enforce those provisions. Neilherlhe nnrt tiPirtvn latva lin, nlliL: t i , tnn si il nl inn n r r iko law mviAtvrr m V nath ctf office, leaves me any alternative or any choice in my mode ot action. j The Executive Government ot ibe United ;4 will 41 U f tUo Supported by experience. Cai are known hack at two centuries igo, woen -.tne fires wat raiberl the result of accident I general knnweldge of the benefit of th prjicucr,?r Carolinain. and her own laws. Rut all ih and confined entirely within the limit's of Texas herself. She can possibly confer no anthority which can be lawfully exercised beyond her own boundaries. All this is plain, and hardly needs argument or elucidation. It Texan mi. litia, therefore, march into any one of the other States, or into any Territory of the U. Slates, I there to execute or enforce ay law of Texas, j ibey become at thjat moment trespassers ; they 1 are no longer under the protection of anv law. ! ful authority, and are iq be regarded merely as I intruders ; and if, within such State or Terri tory, ihey obstruct any law of the United States, either by cower of arms or mere nower nf numbers eonstituling.sucii a Sconibination as is loo powerful lo be suppressed by the civil au. ihortty, the President of ibe XJniied Slates has no option left to him, but is bonnd lo obey ; the solemn injunction of tbejConrstitution, andfet ercise the high powers vested in him by that instrument and by the acts of Congress; Ur if any cud posse, armed or unarmed, en ler into any Territory of tjj tJnited Slates, with intent to seize individuals to be carried I efse where for trial, for alleged offences, and 101s poise te too powerful tp be resisted, by the local civil autbortiy, such seizure or attempt to seize is to be, prevented olr resisted by tbe authority of tho Pnitld State'!. ; Tbe grave and important question now aris es, whether there he in the frerninrv nf n Mexico anv existin? law of the United SiaiPa i . . f . T opposuton to which, or the obstruction of which, Would constitute a case calling for the interpo sition of the authority vested; in tbe President. Tbe Constitution of the United Slates de tlarea that thi consiitpiio, and the laws of the United Slates which shall be made in pur suance thereof, and all treaties made, or which States has no power or authority to determine what was the true line of boundary between Mexico and the United States before the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; nor has it any such power now, since the ques ion has become a question between the State, of Texas and the United States. So far as tbis boundary is doubt ful, that doubt can only be removed by soine act of Congress, to which the assent of the State of Texas may be necessary, or by some appropriate mode of legal adjudication ; but,; in Ibe mean time, if disturbances or Collisions arise, or should be threatened, it is absolutely incumbent on the ExecutiveGovernment, bow. ever painful the dut, tb take care thai the law's are faithfully maintained.. And he can regard only the actual state of things as il existed at the date of tbe treaty, and is bound to protect all inhabitants who were then established and who now remain north and east of the line of demarkation, in the full enjoyment of their liber ty and property, according o tbe provisions of 9th article of the treaty; in other words, that all must be now regarded as New Mexico which was possessed and occupied as New Mexico by-citizens of Mexico at the date of the treaty, until a definite line of boundary shall be established by competent authority. This as sertion of duty to protect tbe people of New Mexico from threatened violence, or from seiz ure to be carried intoTexas for trial for alleged offences against Texan laws, does not atj all include any claim ofjpowejr on the-part ofithe Executive to establish any civil or military go. vernment within that Territory. That power belongs exclusively to the? Legislative depart- Interesting from Washington. Washington, August 1, 1850. The Hon. Mr. Bates, of Mo., perempto rily declines taking either the War or In terior departments. He will not be in the Cabinet at all. j Much complaint is made against Mr. Pearce, of Maryland, for defeating the Compromise bill. iHe was warned that his proposition, if carried, would defeat it, but he persisted, and death to the. Crmpro mise was the consequence. Feelings of exasperation are now engendered, which will foment, and cannot be allayed. The California bill may go through the Senate, but it cannot pass the House, this session. Col. Benton wilt find that he missed it, for California and Col. Fremont, in going against the Compromise. N Y. Herald. In The Question Settled ! a long course of Editorial life it has seldem fallen to our lot to enjoy a greater pleasure, in announcing a public event,, than we experience to-day in announcing that which, if wo could, we would spread over the whole country in. a breath, the passage through the Senate of the Bill lo settle the Texan Boundary Question. Considering this the most difficult of all the questions growing out of our Mexican acquisitions, and its adjustment as deci sive of the early setllementof the remain ing points of controversy, we confess to ihe uncommon degree of joy with which it fills us. Hail Liberty and Union and Domestic Peace ! Hail Liberty and Un ion and every great interest of the coun try ! Hail the return of the Government i from its lone aberation back lo its inr sphere of action and usefulness.'. Uur tirst leeltner is cerlain v nnn nf Inviolability of a Church. The Su preme court of the third judicial district bf New York has decided that an action .1 . . on me case lies against a railroad ever. MR. BADGER. The " Southern Press,"-at Washington, go up ostensibly for the purpose of defending Sou them institutions, but the practical effect ot whose course only aids in blowing up tbe flama of disunion, is out in bitter terms against Mr. Badger, for what it is pleased to consider " smbmission" speech. The "speech referred lo takes high constitutional ground for the set' tlement of the questions between the Noflb and South. Mr. B. is opposed to going out ol the Union says be will not go but there, 09 the floor of Congress, usinii ihe means whici the Constitution places at his disposal,- wiJ fight for the rights of the South, lie will wiih hold his vote for any measure calculated to sus tain the industrial pursuits of the North until a returning sense of justice will dispose tbem lo act fairly with the South. He will g,TB them no assistance to sustain fheir palaces i labor, though their streets team with bfgsars' thankfulness to Providence for this impor- i whi!e tbe pe'6'11 'heir course toward tl com- tant first step in the restoration of Nation al harmony. Our next sentiment is one of high respect and gratitude towards those who have persevered with unr.h un- ins strujnile pany in favor of a church corporation for ifl'nchmg resolution through this most try a nuisance, in running cars and engines, ringing bells, blowing off steam and ma king other noises Jn the neighborhood of a church or meeting house, on the Sab bath and during public worship, which so J I -L a. .L r . . anuuy anu inoiesi ine congregation wor: South. Tbis looks like submission like bar- iug ibe arms for ibe manacles. - One of the editors of ihe Southern Vttn is a South Carolinian, and glories in tbe I disunion movements of ber Rbelts and otter-' Tbe chivalry are more disposed to sneer North Carolinia and North Carolina men, pr haps, iban al any of her immediate neighbor This is no doubt owing to the facl that Su 8 sniping there as greatly to depricate the value of the house and render ft unfit for a place pf public vrorship. A Stampede.--Tpe Clearspring, (Md.) Sentinel states that eight slaves were seen crossing the mountains west of that place during the past week; They were all in a gang, arid belonged to the citizens of the southern; paj-t of Virginia. The assessed value of real estate in tbe city of New Yerk is 8207,141,436. 01 the last six months seduced," " unterrified." They have en countered it cheerfully ; they have made great personal sacrifices at least some of them and thev have mart noh sacrifi ces promptly, and with entire disregard Carolina politicians can never eel oar peT1 of personal consequences. Distant, far to dance to their miserable music. We lcTfl distant be the Jay, when such patriotic ; union and harmony here, but South Caroliu11 efforts, sustained by such extraordinary j always ringing some discordant note, ability and energy, will be forgotten by 1 tne people ot the United States. ; e do not undertake to recite tbe pre- cise terms of the healing measure which has now passed, for we do not yet know them ; and, in truth, we do not care to know them. It is enough for us that the bill was carried by three-fifths of the votes of the Senate, confined to no section or party. PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. President Fillmore's Message to'Congrf!. on the subject of the Texas boundary quesi't0' give in ibis week's paper, which we give in tbis week's read with interest. The President . y calm, dispassionate view of tbe whole sujcC and clearly sets forth tbe duties imposed upe him bv the Constitution of the United Siaif actio bo! ree a - todi totb 'else Su 'rem wa! rool reel Hoi wo I i H Mi It ba ws as bo i p 1 t 1 i at 4 re - cfc u i to 4 1 ? pi ' v .! rr - ti C h li t f i 1 -
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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