Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-06-29

the enuson OF Dood In civil strife blood IS about TO stain
the SOIL the sacred soil Of Texas say sacred because that
soil has been heretofore mosened with the blood of her
heroic sons In her great struggle for Independence and liberty
Yes sir, we now get intelligence from Santa Fe to this
effect; Major Neighbours the Texan Commissioner lately
sent to the neghbohood Of Santa Fe the purpose Of
abshing civil organization over that portion Of Texas lying
in that neghbohood has been compelled desis from his
undertaking, and has returned Texas for the purpose
obtaining the aid of military force competent maintain
the civil rights of Texas against the usuping violence Of
Lieutenant Colonel of the United States army acting with or
without ORDERS as the may be. Yes sir despotc military
rule mas been set in opposition the just territorial claims
OF one OF the sovereign States of this Republic and
about to be plunged into all the horrors of a civil war; unless
congress shall Interfere in and arrest the fatal course
OF events The facts to which, referring of
questionable verify would be altogether easy show,
were permitted to the respectable gentleman. letter
from whom, written at Santa Fe TO member of this body
was permitted to read yesterday Yes, sir, this gentle
man says that collision of is confidently expected to
occur between the regular troops of the United States and
the citizen soldiers of Texas time in the ensuing month";
we should DO nothing preventit Sir hsisa OF most
appalling interest," not heretofore wholly unancpated by
as honorable Senators will bear witness For several
weeks ago, Senator now in my eye (Mr SEwARD)
used language here of nature show that he at least at that
time in favor of the exercise of force by the United States
in opposition to the territorial claim Of Texas Yes sr he
dared to employ language that occasion which filed me
with indignation, and which did not fail to denounce at the
time in terms which could fail to understand.
On that OCCASION declared and again seize the oppoun
VI single drop Oh DoOu Snhl
be shed upon her sacred SOIL 1t will be the duty of
every Southern able to bear arms to rush to the
Of Strife in order to put down usurpaton and maintain the
cause Of justice and Of right And, sir then said and
peat it, that do doubt that in such struggle hundreds
othousands Of valiant from the North also would be found
lending their aid against military tyranny and the myrmdons
OF despotism Now, sir, let me ask, who willing to lend
his aid in averting this tragic catastrophe Who Is willing
to sacrifice little of the pride of opinion, little of that
pertnaciy in the maintenance of peculiar views which
Of the great evils of the present day Who is willing to
cooperate with the friends of this measure in preventing
the shedding of aerna blood in New Mexico and in thus
rescung the Union from the most serious danger with which
has been yet menaced All must know-no
indeed possessed of sound deny that this bill sup
plies the only by which the dread scene which have
but family depictured may be prevented and those who
fuse now to cooperate with in this noble effort to pre-
vent the dread strife Of arms will have responsibility here
after to encounter, which am that set of
men that this country has produced, would be able
to encounter without the entire destruction pubc character
THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE REJECTED.
Yesterday the question was taken on the amend
ment of Mr.. SoULE, and it was rejected by the
following vote:
YEAS-MesTs. Atchison, Bamwell, Berrien, Butler,
Clemens Davis of Mississippi Dawson Downs, Foote Hou-
Turney and Yulee-19.
NAYS-Messrs. Badger, Baldwin, Bell, Benton, Bright,
Cass Chase Clarke Clay Cooper Corwin Davis of Mas
sachuses Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge of Wisconsin, Dou-
gas, Fech, Greene, Hale, Hamin, Jones, Miller, Norris
Pearce Phelps, Pratt Seward Shields Smith, Sturgeon, I'm
derwood, Upham, Wales, Walker Webster, Whitcomb-56.