The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-17

,, - abieced TO rayage, to desolaton. and 70 ruin,
and mil The most high spirited and gallant people shs.
srenes more horrible and more dsnorofpg imam nave
ever yet polluted The pages Of history
Does any one presume TO think that Texas VIII ever
consent 10 any division of her territory which may IN the
least degree tend bring upon the South such scenes as
these II there be one that has 80 egreslously ms
Judged the people Of Texas let me assure him that ne
Knows nothing OF that gallant race who encountered
santa Anna and his myrnidons and achieved their lib
ey and Independence IN battles as glorious a. any winch
ked the immortal revolutionary struggle OF our own
valiant foreathers Sir feel that may speak confidently
on this subject or know The people Of Texas well have
ssp, ss have visited The fields a enown where
undyng fame acquired, and where the sacred prin
cplss d civil and religious liberty established BY
heroes know the people Of Texas well and humble
- certainly am. and all unworthy OF such distinguished
honor years ago invited BY many OF her most
this body 70 draw up the history Of her Of ndepend
complied with the call 20 gacousiy made writing
two considerable volumes upon Texas and the Texans
the preparation of which for the press il other adj
vantage 10 myself or others shall result enables me
TO bear testimony this day. IN the American Senate,
in behalf Of the people OF Texas and to yndcae them
against all suspicion Of delinquency upon this great and
vital question No, sir; Texas will never consent
that single Of her sacred SOIL earned by the hero
ism Of her sons .elnqashea oy the memorable treaty
hour which have made the OF Jacinto name terri
Bile 70 yrans and encouraging % the sruggers Tor nee
dom throughout the wordof that soil her title TO which
has been tScy recognised by the OF annexation ITSELF
vindicated in all the battles which marked the progress
of our late memorable with Mexico, and soleWnly
confirmed by the treaty OF Guadalupe Hidalgo-never
will Texas consent, or think for moment of consenng
that single Of this her valued territory shall be given
up 10 her own worst enemies, Or be used to enlarge the
Of gadatorial strife. which is large enough, in all
conscience without this enormous addition 10 IT, The
bill OF The honorable senator from Missouri proposes TO
pay 70 Texas large sum Of money. tfeen millions o.
boundaries in the manner proposed and provides IN adj
dition for the laying Oft Of another new State within
hsr limits thus ss n sns %
to one hundred thousand souls; which State is to be
laid off west Of the Colorado Now, in the first place, the
State OF Texas authorized by the resolutions OF
alton to divide hersefinio four States instead OF
ofwhch running, have described them, from north to
south would in all probability be slave States and sup
ply efficient aid to the South in the fierce struggle through
which she is fated pass The bill of the honorable
member will restrict her capacity for division as only
o allow two States instead q oar % ase within hef
the Colorado. This arrangement would be truly most
gracious boon to the South in this her moment OF perse
Again: the population present in Texas west OF the
Colorado, is 70 very considerable extent non slave.
holding In this region there ara certainly many large
plantations along the Colorado and the country which i,
waters; but to the west repeat the population is, for
the most part uhough certainly highly respeciab,e,)
non slaveholding population There IS 70 be found
the increase, among whom, understand. there are no
slaves and in that part OF Texas along the San Antonio
and Rio Grande rivers especially, there still large
known. though partial to their system OF peonage,
hostile 10 southern system OF domestic slavery
Now sir what bright prospect does not the honorable
senator's bill unfold 10 for the speedy organization
Of another State wherein his favore free soil principles
may gain ascendency! Sir, anxious as was to bring
about the early reduction of the territorial limits of Tex
assatis6ed as that this decidedly necessary
to the convenient management OF her own governmental
concerns-I certainly never thought of attempting to &C
compsh such object by such he has chosen
to adopt As senatorial representative OF one Of the
slave States Of the confedeacy, could not have
which menaced the whole South with such serious de-
triment Were TO bring forward at such period as
this project so raught with mischief as is this one to
the whole slaveholdng section OF the conederacy,
should expect to be speedily instructed out Of my seat
in this body; for true it is, John Randolph used TO
say those members OF Congress who cannot be instruct
ed their seats perforce be instructed outof them
Mr. President, feel that have right TO complain
this occasion than attempt has been made by the
honoabs senator from MssOu, TO appropriate to him
Texas TO be sure, he has fallen upon different plan OF
divisions but the proposition of dividing Texas with her
own consent with view 10 multiplying the number OF
our confederated soveregntes, claim have first sug
gested and have pomuged before such idea had
entered the head OF that senator viii go further now
air, and assert that his whole bill is most manfesty bor
YoDed from the bill originally draughted by me, and mi
nutely described in the columns OF certain newspapers
not mean 70 say that the parts Of The honorable sen
aiors bill, 10 which have been seriously Directing,
pidgiarized from me; but that all which is not
tually mischievous in his bill substantially copied
from the bill now in my hand as il was at first framed
and il described IN the newspapers will prove
this: my bill originally proposed pay TO Texas spe
cihc sum, just half oil the proposed by the
from Missouri for her ownership OF the public
lands situated in the county, commonly called New
Mexico, north OF line 10 be eastery direction
from the Paso del Norte the headwaters OF the Red
river cautiously reseving, though, to the territory in
which the right oil property in portion OF the public
lands thus to be purchased the principle of compo
mise imbodied in the resolutions OF annexation.
This had resolved 10 offer scheme of compro-
mise which, with the establishment OF territorial gov
eminent in New Mexico, in Dcseret, and California, and
the ultimate admission OF California State, when
freed IRON her present unfortunate organizations hoped
might tend TO settle the vexed question OF the Wilmol
Provlso forever. | should certainly have offered the
whole bill as il was first drawn up and in the form in
sage friends with whom am in the habit OF counselIng
upon this subject bat for certain proceedings in several
Of the free Saies OF the North, OF which have been
recently notified which satisfied that could offer
anything which all bore the characteristic features OF
compTomfse, without encouraging arrogant foes to
mercer and extended aggressions and bringing down
other and irritating insults upon the southern States
Of the confederacy.
The resolutions OF Vermont, now upon your table
the incendary messages OF the governors OF Pennsyl
wanna and OF Massachusettsthe truly demonacal res
olutions now before the New York legisature--the
extraordinary harangues made In this hall we as
sembed-theee and other facts of kindred character
satisfied me that the for compromise had for
promise hereafter to be offered they ought TO ema
nate from the North became satisfied that the time
had arrived when It behooved southern senators and
representatives in Congress TO stand firmly and
lulsy up in strict maintenance OF constitutional
rgh(n AZ they were secured by our yenerated fore.