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Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar
which she held to the Sabine. When she was admitted into the
Union, these boundaries were well defined, and recognized by Con-
gress; and it was out of this very Santa F6 country, that the new
states were expected to be formed, which are alluded to in the
resolutions of annexation.
He went on to say that it was a violation of that territory by
Mexico which had resulted in a declaration of war by the United
States, and said that the only remedy for the South was secession.
"This is the only course for the South," he said.
There is no safety in the Union as it now exists. It is not the
Union of the Constitution-not the Union established by the
Sages of the Revolution; not the one that 'ensures domestic peace
and tranquility;'-but another great dynasty erected on its
ruins--a Russian Empire, which makes a Hungary of the South.
He advised a convention of the Southern States, fully empow-
ered by the State sovereignties, to meet as speedily as possible
upon the adjournment of Congress, to organize a Southern Con-
federacy in case the measures of the abolitionists were adopted.
He doubted whether or not the Union could continue, but thought
that if the South should withdraw, the North would come to
terms; however, he thought the South was too divided to secede.
Thus he placed himself among the extremists of the South, which
was not strange when we recall his earlier alignment in the Indian
and tariff controversies of the Jackson period.6
He continued to collect historical material, which he began to
organize, and even had one chapter of a work on Long's expe-
dition printed. No record of public activity remains, however,
until January, 1855, when he became president of the Southern
Commercial Convention held in New Orleans at that time, retir-
ing before the close of the session on account of ill health.7 In
1857 began his diplomatic career, which I shall discuss in some
detail.
At the outset of the Buchanan administration Lamar became
an applicant for a diplomatic post, which he considered as jus-
tified on account of his record as a States' Rights Democrat, and
because his nephew, Howell Cobb, was secretary of the treasury.
Lamar Papers, No. 2461; (olumbus Timres, September 10, 1950.
7Lamar Papers, No. 2489.321
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