Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-15
Texas and the Union,

Texas, though she has been a member of the
confcdcracy for a period of only five years, ex-
hibits a maturity of arrogance and insolcnce by
no means inferior to that of the eldest of her
slavcholding sisters, and which marks the orr
gin of her political existence and the prcdomina-
ting characteristic of her population. Instiga.
ted no doubt by the advice of the friends OIL
eternal slavery in other States, and prompted
by her own villainous instincts, she has set up q
claim to a large portion (two-thirds, we believe,
of the contiguous territory of Now Mexico, and
actually has the face to talk of extending hc
jurisdiction over it. The Governor of the State
in his recent message, informs the Legislature
that the agent dispatched to Santa Fe under til
act of March, 1S4s, to effect tho organization |.
the territory as q part Of the State, was baffiG
by the authorities of the United States, cxcre,
sing military and civil jurisdiction and refusig
to yield to his modest demands. His Excelle-
cy complains that he has appealed both to Pre-
idcnts Polk and Taylor for redress, and that ne
thcr of those high functionarics dcigned even %
much as to reply to his communication ;,-
| whcrcupon he exhorts the Legislature not D
tcmporize upon a question of so much impd-
tancc to the sovereign dignity of the State, bit
to place at his disposal "amplc power and an
pie means to " raise the proper issue and COZ
test it, not by demonstrating in argument to
business of our claim, nor by reference to on
statutes, but with the ,Ohole po,oer and resource
of the State" In plain English, he goes in fo
a fight with Uncle Sam in case the latter doe!
the Stasz
We shall sec what the President and Congrts
will do under the influence of this appallig
threat. The Houston Gazette complains of tb
Governor that he did not at once order out t.
militia and invade Santa Fe. Not a man in Il
Union, it says, would have dared to intcrferct
on the contrary, the Democratic party woI
have rallied to our support!
His Excellcncy winds up his message vii
the subjoined blast upon the Slavery questio:
81 deeply regret that l am unable to COZ
: municate any abatement of the efforts of DE-
Abolitionists at the North, to agitate IL
question of Slavery. 1t is respectfully col
ceived, that there has been already too niue
said upon this subject, one not admitted b
the South to be debateable, for we cam.
view it as a question involving merely til
continuance or abolition of Slavery. The
interference involves other and far more 81
rious consequences; for its tendency is to Il
ment and encourage servile insurrection-
the conflagration OF our homes-the murde
of our wives aud children. Violent and il
flammatory resolutions upon the subject hay
only the effect of exacerbating the feeling
of our opponents, already so intensely malig
nant, and to accelerate a crisis which ever
lover of this country should desire to aver
The danger which threatens the South is
common one, and it behooves them to max
common cause against it; and, when th
emergency arrives, she has true sons enough
whom temptation cannot seduce nor DANCE
appal, to protect alike her rights and the U
Mon. A formidable party, too, in the Con
gress of the United States, are %strenuousl
endeavoring, OF every occasion that is pre-
sented, to apply the principles of the Wilmo
Proviso to all the territory acquired iron
Mexico. Were they to succeed, the effec
would be to exclude the South from a fai
participation in the fruits of a conques
chiefly by the valor of her arms. In refer
ence to this territory, we ask nothing whicl
is not secured to us by the guarantees of tn,
| Constitution. Under them there is but on,
American citizenship, and that forbids tn,
idea of any restraint upon his personal move
ments within the limits of the nation. II in
wolves a ubiquity of privileges-the freedom
of commercial intercourse and the right tc
carry his person, his opinions, and his prop
erty, TO all the possessions of the Union anC
if these rights be not sacred, our Constitution
is but little better than a parchment"