The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-08-14

THE STATE ELECTIONS.


We have received rssurnsfion lssss portion
q he ssss. and ihs indiosicss ss thsi Ca Reid
hes t<sn sisessd Ia plsrs q Ger. Manly By . ma
jorisy ofpshsps soco. The Dsmorsi, have AZ
% elected . p.Ioiiir in bssh Houses q the Leg.
islsinre. We shsa probably reeri.s fun rrsuns
in line . enable s..ss pabaisA sh<a al sossthsr
10 our ssst.
Ths resuli a. The siresisa vas noi altesefh<r
unexpected The iniroaursiea q qoeslisas moi
syisi.nssely connected with de election Of Gesss-
nor was veil calculated 70 disturb he Oh psrty
lines. and 10 give 10 che voice Of The people. an
inds,inctness which leaves much doubt - 10 iheir
rssl wishes. How much the result was aneesed
by the Fee-sufisge question We hssen no means
of sscerisinins. and are therefore leh In as much
doubt a. before the election. - 10 whether ma
joriiy Of the people are for or against the change
in the constitution. or whether majority Of them
are Wings or Democrats. But We hope thst ths
Legislature, q the coming session, will put 81
questions likely 10 arise in relation 10 change
in the conai,uiiou. in such position that they
may be decided upon their own merits, uninau-
enced by political predjudiees. ss patriotism and
justice. and our duty to our posteriiy requires
When these questions are properly disposed Of
national politics and state policy may Be sgair
expected to have shsir due weight in our Stat
elections, and the voice Of ths people sent Of
from the polls will present . disiinctncs which
esnno, be misunderstood.
The Texas QuestiOn.-Iiis with NOR
than common pleasure that we announces to on
readers that the bill introduced into tho sanai'
by Mr.. Pearce, for the settlement Of the bounda
7 ~ between Texas and New Mexico. passed ,hs
body on Friday last, BY svote Of 30 to 20. Thu
bill secures TO the people Of New Mexico ~hs
the people of,hat country 50 snniously desire.
separate political existence. and profsu to Tex q
an indemnity Of ten millions Of dellars for an,
territory which might Be transferred TO the Uni
ted States under the proposed arrangement, an'
for other claims Of Texas against the Unite'
States. The provisions Of the bill are considere'
as . fair compromise the perple1ing difficultie
which seemed 10 surround the settlement Of ih
Texas question; and it was hoped the bill woul
pass with . great degree Of unanimity in sh
other branch Of the National Legislature.
The settlement Of this matter has been cor
sidered the most difficult Of all the question
growing out Of our Mexican acquisitions; an
there l. good reason to hope that all the oths
kindred issues which have been allowed 30 Ion
to distract the deliberations Of Congress may b
happily adjusted in the same spirit Of concili'
ton.
The adjustment Of this question was no dout
facilitated by the message communicated 10 Cor
gress by the President Of the United States on ,h
Tuesday preceding, regarding . recent lette
from Gov. Bell. Of Texas. The strong groun,
which the President felt himself constrained /
take. in consequence Of the imperative obligation
imposed upon him by the constitution, was wei
calculated to impress upon the minds Of all I'd
danger Of delay. and the necessity Of the imme
diate action Of Congress.
Considering the importance and the interestin
nature Of the questions discussed in these stat
papers, the FIRST communicated by the present FL
ecu,ive, we shall cndeavor to give them 10 on
readers in our NEXT.
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