The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-07-04
Correspondence ofthe Pubic Ledger.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsH1Ne1oN. June 81, 1850.

oil the cobweps which MIR. Soule had very
artfully introduced in the California Bill
showing by the unanimous decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States, that the
objections raised by Mr.. Soule now in regard
to the public domain in California have all
been answered, ana that the same argument
which Mr.. Soule made on Monday last, had
been made twenty years ago, when Mr..
Webster first took his seat in the United
States Senate, had failed, and exploded then,
and was since forgotten. MI Webster spoke
in an exceedingly phlegmatic tone, as ii the
subject was not worth talking about, and re-
marked that there was nothing in it, that
there never had been anything in it, and
that there could not be anything in it .hereaf-
ter, and in conclusion called on the Honora-
BILE Senator from louisiana to reconside.
what he had said, and 10 aid in, instead of
preventing, the settlement of this vexed
question. In the same manner he replied
to the other arguments of the Honorable MIR.
Soule in regard TO the extravagant boundary
OF California. Mr.. Webster was for admit
ing her as she is, and avowed his conviction
that nine tenths Of the country are for admit
ting her as she is.
The speech of "Back Dan" settles the
question of the Missouri Compromise, which
will not receive single Northern vote in the
whole Senate so that the great demopstra-
ton made by the entire South, backed by the
Southern Press, and Col. Davis gallant Miss.
ssippi Regiment, under threat OF disolu-
ton, havoc, bloodshed, and cutting off the
supplies, will, after all said and done, and all
the saints invoked in aid of it, come TO MOTH
ing at all. In does not comand one Northern
vote in either House no, not one The
moderate men Of the North are willing to set
tie the question on the principle Of non-inter-
vention but they will not accept the ultima.
tum of the Nashville Convention, and show
their manhood by resisting it. The South
have talked so much about disunion, that
the North is beginning to be tired of it. If
they don't want the Compromise Bill of the
Committee of Thirteen, they will get Califor-
MIA clean, dry, without sugar, as the only
means of settling the question Let us see
whether the South will dissolve the Union on
that, and that alone, with the full knowledge
that "all the chivalry" are alone responsible
for the act. The people of the south-I
mean not the politicians Of elegant leisure
who manufacture public opinion for people
of less estates-are no bigger fools than the
people of the North, and are as little desir-
Gus 10 knock their property down from dol
lar 10 fifty cents as the handicraftsman or the
merchant of the North. 1t is precisely the
people who own real estate in the South that
would be the first victims of dissolution !;
and we have yet TO learn that when they
shall be called upon to put their hands into
their breeches' pockets, they will fork up
the cash faster than their Northern brethren.
But it is all nonsense to talk about the dis
olution of the Union. The great bulk of the
Southern people are as loyal as any of the
North, and besides, there is nothing TO fight
about with the best possible intentions Sup
posing California is admitted tomorrow,
whom could the South attack? March to
California and cut off slice? Let they try
March that Mississ sippi regiment 10 Wash
ington and put down Congress- Rather
dangerous, before Gen. Quitman is acquitted
at New Orleans for infringing on the neutral
ity law of 1918. What then is to be done
Why, kick up row generally. Call togeth-
er another Convention, publish another ad-
dress, pass another set of resolutions, con-
tanning still more saltpetre, sulphur and char
coal than that Just issued, and in regard 10
which the whole North stands aghast. All
these thiLgs frighten nobody. There is but
one issue which involves fight; because
it is not mere worthless, ridiculous abstrac-
ton, Ike the Missouri Comromise, but some-
thing tangible. The issue is in regard TO
Landslide strong point of attraction of the
whole Anglo Saxon race. allude here a.
gain TO the Texan boundary. Texas will
fight for her boundary as a matter of honor,
and the disafected Southern States will assist
to bring on general war; Tn ey 'cant TO
dissolve the Union, and are only at loss
how to do it. In New Mexico they fight for
property, and the fact that the major part of
the population consists of Mexicans and Pa-
eblo Indians, would give additional zest TO
the engagement. The Texan boundary
then, is the only pregnant issue; the admiss-
ioE of California, after the South shall have
defeated Clay's Compromise, will settle it.
self.
AS to the Territories, this CongIess will
not adjourn (were it to sit till the 4lh March,
1851 without having established govern
ments for them let the Nullifers vote a.
gainst that if they dare; or. let them go
home, for we can spare them exceedingly
well, and be oil the better off without them.
If it is time to stop Northern Free Soil and
Abolition agitation it is quite time TO stop
glorifyin5 the Nullifiers, and making heroes
and statesmen out OF a mere factious set of
unruly politicians. Let us draw Gordon san
itaire around the nulifying States, that the
plague spots may not spread and disaffect
other STATES of the Union. Notification
must be rebuked as much as Abolitionism (;
public opinion must brand it as crime a.
gainst the country, or it will spread and With
ate the whole body polite. If we had Gen.
Jackson at the head of public affairs, the ca