Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-08-15
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Aug. 5, 1851


dismemberment. II now ems
probable that all the leading provis-
ions will speedily pass the Senate as
ldistinct and separate measures.
Mr.. Pearce, this morning. intro
duced his bill for the establishment OF
the Texas boundary line-and ably
supported if, in a speech which was
well received, and which seems to
have created an impression through
out the Senate favorable TO the bill.
and there can be but little doubt of
its passing by strong vote, a; an
early day. ,-G -.
The California bill was also taken
up and engrossed, and would un-
doubtedly have passed had not per-
sonal controversy sprung up be-
tween some two or three Senators,
which consumed time, and the Sen
ate adjourned without taking final
action upon it.
The House are pretty well pre-
pared to receive these important
measures from the Senate, and, il is
hoped, will be disposed to act upon
them with but little debate.
Mr.. Campbell, Of Ohio, occupied
the floor of the House, and the at
tention of but one of its members,
This colleague,) in an hours speech.
TO which the listening member re-
Piled. Then there were rejoinders,
rebu.ters a n d sur-butters, which
would certainly have been more ap-
propriate on the stump in the State
of Ohio, than in the House Of Repre-
sentatives; and il is TO be regretted
that members, who have acquired
some reputation and good positions
as debaters from we'll timed n d
masterly speeches, should afterwards
destroy them, and provoke the impa-
thence and censure of the House by
such totally irrelevant and sectional
controversy.
Mr.. Clay will be absent from the
city some three or four weeks, and
intends TO pass most of his time at
Newport.
A telegraphic dispatch was receiv-
ed to-day from Mr.. Geyee, (who is a
lawyer Of some distinction, in good
practice in st. Louis,) declining the
offer that has been rendered him OF a
place in the Cabinet. The vacan-
cies, it is said, will not be filled until
Mr.. Crittenden's arrival which is
daily expected.
"Juvenal," the correspondent Of
the New York Express, was taken
suddenly i'll in the House Of Repre-
sentatives this morning, and W a s
caught by some member just as he
was falling into the lobbies. He was
taken to his lodgings, and has since
somewhat recovered. Probably pre-
vious indisposition, the extreme heat,
and over exertion produced fainting.
We have an impure atmosphere
here. +. M.
On :he 9th, President Fillmore
sent to the two Houses message in
relation to the Texas and New Mex
leo difficulty. The President says
that that portion Of the territory in
dispute, which lies east OF the Rio
Grande has ever been regarded as be-
longing to New Mexico-thinks that
the exigency that is likely to arise
may require an extra session of Con-
gress -alludes to the duties imposed
on his official position by the laws
Of the United States, and says that
he will perform those duties, and
support the laws. He thinks this is
case where he is authorised to call
on the militia force Of the country,
and that il would be his duty 10 call
upon it, and also to employ the
regular army and navy. Texas as
State, may suppress any insurrec-
ton which arises in her own bor-
ders-this is her local authority; but
ii does not give her the right TO set
at naught the laws Of the United
States. In such case Texas would
be an intruder, and would be treated
as such, if she should attemptit.
Accompanying the message was
letter from the Gov. Of Texas to
the late President, and also the re-
ply of Mr.. Webster as Secretary Of
State. The Intelligencer says the
message will not fail to attract the
undivided attention Of all classes, and
thus remarks upon the subject Of the
message:
The question OF the territorial
claims of the State of Texas beyond
her generally acknowledged limits
has been brought to the notice of the
President in such a manner as TO re-
quire the frank and explicit declara-
tion of his opinion of the conflict of
those claims with the rights Of the
United States, and also Of the inevi-
table duty by which he feels himself
bound to maintain the authority of
the United States in the territory ac-
quired by conquest and by treaty