New Mexico has belonged to us for half a century, not only without oppression, but with all the local self-government for which she was prepared; yet, though an integral part of our continent, surrounded by States, and with an adequate population, she is still not admitted to Statehood.
Reid highlights the paradox of New Mexico's long-standing status without statehood despite its integration into the U.S.
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We are all washed under, and the most of us only live peaceable lives by the sufferance of our Rebel neighbors.
Will you take peace without territory and preserve the integrity of the Constitution of the country?...
Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.
The danger commences with the first extra-continental State.