Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-08-22
The Aspec. of Affairs.

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ally becoming more pacific and hopeiui. ne
Senate, deyoting itself with pairotic purpose, \
which will every where be hailed with feelings Oh
ioy. to the measures of pacfcstion before II, nave
successfully passed the Texas boundary bill, ana
the bill for the admission of California into the
Union, and had yesterday under consideration Inc
bill 10 establish Territorial government IN the ter
ritory of New Mexico, of the prompt passage OF
which we entertain no possible doubt, II indeed, II
has not already passed that body. We have thus
all the measures embraced in the recent compro-5
mise bill, in state of happy forwardness; and
the qualification of a vexed and swearied people
would break forth in exulta.ion, even at the ac-
complIshment OF SO much, were there not in the
other branch of our national legislature, signs OF
bitter and unrelentng hostility to these measures,
and disposition to proong and keep alive the
excitement they have occasioned. In our gratlh-
cation, therefore, at the success OF the patriotic ell
forts of the Senate, we turn with some little con-
Germ TO the House. These measures will undoubt-
edy encounter difficulty there and all possible ell
forts to produce delay; but we have strong con-
fidence in the patriotism of the majority Of that
body They will be called upon 10 act unitedly,
prom pity and determinedy In referring TO the
difficulty which these bills are evidently to en-
counter in the House of Representatives, the Re-
public Of yesterday says:T Il re v.E q sgoa
The difficulty lies in the determination of the
ultras of the South, declared in one OF the re-
solutions adopted at the recent meeting of South
ern members of the House Of Representatives, to
" resist ny all usual legislative and constitutional
means the admission OF the Texas boundary, un-
I'll settlement of the territorial questions set
tlement, they mean, that shall be satisfactory TO
them. Now, the establishment by Congress of tel
ritoral governments, for New Mexico and Utah
is an exceedingly small-it is totally insignifi-
cant matter, when compared with the adjustment
Of the Texas boundary and the admission OF Cali
fornia The demand, therefore, by small minor
ity of the House that the consideration of the lat
ter should be postponed until the former Is settled
TO the satisfaction, is inadmissible, and should be
promptly met and resisted by the majority We
know the minority have their rights, and so have
the majority. The people Of the United States
have their rights, also, and they will hold to rigid
accountability both the majority and the minority,
for the manner in which they shall discharge the
high trust which they have confded to them
Not upon the latter however factious their course,
will rest all the responsibility of further unneses-
sary and unreasonable delay, much less OF de-
feat of either of the two important measures in
question"
We hope therefore, continues the Republic, a
hope in which all well-wishers for the peace and
prosperity Of the country will heartily jon-that
the moderate, conservative, patriotic members OF
both parties will come TO an understanding among
themselves, and take up the Texas Boundary Bill,
as being the measure of the most pressing impor'
lance upon which they will be called on to act,
with an infiexible determination not to cease the
use of all legislative and constitutional means
until the boundary is adjusted. That done, let
them adopt the same course in regard to the Cali
fotnia bill, and all other measures which the pub
lie interests require the adoption Of during the
present session. By adopting and pursuing with
out faltering of this kind, the majority of
the House of Representatives may justly enttle
themselves TO the lasting gratitude Of the country.
Daily Netes.