Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-08-31

sentiment this subject The press which is oil but
nimous in urging Congress to act upon and the other sub.
ects that have long agaed their councils and by acting
settle the still but family reflects the mpatence Of the
people the delay that has taken place. and their greater
patience the suggestion Of longer delay They want the
subject settled and strong their feeling that way, that
they Indifferent to the mode Of settlement il
cures peace now and hereafter
FROM THE "SEwBERSIAS," (SoRTH cARoLIsA.)
Now the danger of disturbance conflict, growing out
of this feeling OF discomfort will be infinitely increased, il
Congress shall adjourn before all tho questions at issue
acted upon by Congress- Should national councils mani
fest sincere desire to settle a these issues upon fair and
liberal terms each section yielding something for the sake Of
peace, THE GOOD SENSE THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE WILL
AceuIEscE At oscE There will doubt still be who
will do their utmost to raise Storm But these of that
class ichom nothing WiH satisfy. Unsusained by public
opinion, they may et and ume but all will be purpose
Their mock thunder will prove entirely harmless, and they
will gradually sink into contempt and oblivion Should the
system OF measures for the adjustment Of the slavery
ton which has been before Congress pass and become laws
zoe shall then breathe more freely We have idea that any
opposition that could be raised them would amount any
thing serious The great body Of the Southern people,
whilst they these do not 60 far they
have right to expect, yet look upon them mansting
disposition TO do substantial justice to the South They
will Jown doWn with indignation any attempt that shall
be made TO resist the Government account Of discomfort
from such source.
Whilst them evident that our affairs are in delicate
and critical position, the whole danger, think lies in the
longer delay BY Congress TO perform their plain duty to the
country Every where the people should speak out distinct
" and ernphatcall. Meetings should be held, and Con-
gress should be e to understand that they longer
re with the pace, the harmony the very existence Of
the Union Ever thing hold dear is endangered by such
course Evils intod threatened by the ficous
prncpled course of the opposition in Congress. Better
hu every fanatic and every disunons into the Potomac,
without judge jury than that Congress should dourn
without effective action.
If any idea the wishes and opinions Of the people
North and South be gathered from the tone Of the public
press throughout the country, then certain that Con-
gress ciA msera6ly isrepresent public sentiment if all
these questions cic haze long agtdted the country and
distracted the national councils, are not adjusted substa
italy according the provisions of the bills that have passed
the Senate and others that have been before that body during
its present session. We opposition it. except in the
abolition and ultra reeso papers at the North, and the hot
spur mpractcable disunon journals Of South Carolina and
the few presses scattered throughout the Southern States,
that echo their notions
FROM THE sTAuSroS (vA.) SPECTATOR.
In our last we noticed the PASSAGE by the Senate, Of the
bill to settle the Texas boundary question have the
pleasure Of announcing the passage by that body Of other
bills Of scarcely less mportance-he one for the admission
of California into the Unon the other establishing Terri
toral Government for New Mexico
The Territorial bill having passed the Senate ithOut the
iLno prouo, il would that far all apology for
continued agitation had ceased exist Notwithstanding the
undeniabe nfomaity of the admission of California but
when turmoil is the element in which men delight to live,
and the only in which they mature their schemes an
excuse for it can always be found One thing is certain
the people of the Southern States will not dream of dssovpg
the Union Of bockadng the mouth Of the Mississippi
suggested in South Carolina. nor Of pepetrating any
other extreme FOLLY, account Of the admission Of California
Hisennestiy hoped that the House tcN olo,c the eram
p ofte Senate and pass without delay all the bills
their table which necessary to restore peace and har
mony to the country.
FROM THE PrEDMosr wH1e, (vIRGIxrA)
We wait with anxiety to what course the House 0
Representatives will pursue with reference to the comproms
Of the Senate We hope that the wisdom and pru
dence displayed by the guardians Of State sovereignty
be initiated by those toho are the immediate representa-
us of the PEOPLE Themselves and that the present session
Of Congress may claim the merit of having healed the wound
which dscod and dsunion have already made in the bod
polite Of our glorious Republic Let the Union be preserves
any sacrifice but that of true honor AND PEOPLE O.
VIneIxIA WILL sAr 3AMES."
FROM g THE VALLEY DEMOCRAT (sEwMARKET, vA.)
The TRxAs BoUNDARr-We cannot withhold our graft
caton that the great bono Of contention between the Nor
and the South has passed the Senate There diff
Guilty in adjusting this question Of boundary between Texas
and New Mexico than in settling all the other questions pu
together Texas claimed all east Of the Rio Grande from it
mouth to its source We frank in stating it belle
that as between her and the United States she had good
claim majority of the people OF the Southern States be-
leved she had legal and equitable title also but the fac
cannot be disguised that many from the South think he
claim doubtful one, and very manifest that the whole
North utterly repudiate her pretensions to this claim Under
these circumstances think toas the part of isdom ha
this subject about which there such diversity Of opinion
should be settled by compromise by the Senate.
FRom THE KENTUCKY OBSERVER AND REPORTER.
Nearly the whole of the series of recommended
by the Committee of Thirteen have passed the Senate sepa-
raely and been the House of Representatives for
concurrence Gratifed should have been, in com
mon with an Overwhelming majority OF the people OF the
United Sttes to have the bills reported by the commit
tee pass in the form in which they presented, still we
are prepared to do full Justice to the patriotism Of the Senate
passing them in the mode which seemed to have been
feed by the majority the members Of that body Of the
embraced in the compromise but recommend
ed as Of the series Of which to constitute the
entire plan Of pacicaton upon the subject of savehere
vet remains to be acted on the bill the better provide for
the reclamation Of fugitive slaves This made the special
order for Monday last and equally little doubt is felt in
gard to the passage this Of any of the other bills and
for the simple reason that is measure founded on
Justice and right and demanded by the guarantees of the Fed
era constitution This passed the Senate, and the
whole having received the sanction OF the coordinate branches
of the law making power Of the Government cat else
nus 10 cause discord and agitation and to infame the
minds of The people? The response will be found in every
mans breast 10 be, nothing, absolutely nothing.
FROM THE AUGUSTA (sEoRsrA) CHRONICLE Of Aue. 20.
The Language Of the Charleston Mercury shows how
willing the rass of the South the question set
tied which now agates the country and how resye they
are when there gleam Of hope that may be adjusted
satisfactorily all parties the agators and fanatics.
They each seem to have INDUCED high hopes when they
had by common and united effort defeated the compromise
BILL that they might succeed in producing collision between
t,,h If tho