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

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hss e0GnfEy vAish Are eonangi0as, syn,
pathetic. III he contest we're afoa.
vsth Texas and the Unitsd States,
t5snk there would be sons little proba
eliity that the Unitsd shsesmightrou,
"a victorious in such contest witt
Tenz X b psWibie thar rhe twenty
rsne other States In the Union might re-
Pc, an invasion Of Texas upon New
MEXICO. II every other country stood
eloof. and Jeff the two parties. the
United States and Texas. 70 light cut
The contest. think there 10 some pre-
liability thar. with the gallant individu-
Il now in nv eye, General Scott In
command Of our armiss. who has alrea.
dg 90 signalized the glory Of his eoun-
try and himself. we might come OF not
sscond best in contest with Texas
alone. Bnt. sir. Texas viii not be
alone if . war breaks out between her
and the troops Of the United States on
the Upper Rio Grande, there are ardent
enthusiastic spirits Of Arkansas. Mis-
sissippi. Louisiana, and Alabama, that
viii Hosk TO the standard Of Texas, con-
tending, as they believe they viii be
contending, for slave territory. And
they will be drawn on. State by State.
in eli human probability, from the banks
Of the Rio Grande to the banks Of that
river which flows by the tomb Of Wash
ington. do not say that this viii hap
pen, but l say there is danger that il
may happen. II there should be a war.
even Of all the Southern States with the
residue Of the Union, l am not going TO
cay that in such . contest, such fra
u.cidal contest. the Union itself. the
residue Of the Union, might not prove
an overmatch Cor Southern resistance.
Twill not assert what party would pre-
vail in such . contest; for you know.
SIR. what all history teaches. that the
end Of war is never seen in the begin
ming Of war. and that few wars which
mankind have waged among them
selves, have ever terminated in the ac-
complishment Of the objects for which
they we're commenced. There are two
descriptions Of ties which bind this I'm
ion and this glorious people together.
One is the political bond and tie which
connects them. the other is the frater-
nal and commercial tie which binds
them together. want to see them both
preserved. Iwish never to see the day
when the ties Of commerce and fratcr-
nifty shall be destroyed, and the iron
bands afforded by political connexions
shall alone exist and keep us together.
And when you take into view the firm
conviction which Texas has Of her un-
doubted right. when We know at this
moment that her Legislature 10 about
70 convene, and before the autumn ar
rives troops may be on their march
from Texas to take possession OF the
disputed territory Of New Mexico,
which she believes to belong to herself
lis there not danger which should
make us pause and reflect, before we
leave this capitol without providing
against such a perilous emergency
Let blood be once spilled in the conflict
between the troops Of Texas and those
of the United States, and. my word for
It, thousands of gallant men will fly
from the States which have enumerat-
ed, if not from all the slayeholding
States, to sustain and succor the power
Of Texas, and to preserve her In pos.
session Of that in which they. as well
as she, feel so deep an interest. Even
from Missouri--becaus her valiant po-
pulation might most quickly pour down
upon Santa Fe aid and assistance to
Tsxas-eyen from Missouri, herself a
slave State, it is not at all unlikely that
thousands might flock to the standard
Of the weaker party, and assist Texas
in her struggles. Is that state Of
things which you, Senators, can con-
template without apprehension Or
can YOU content yourselves with going
home and leaving it to be possibly rea-
lized before the termination OF the cur
rent yeara Are you not bound, as men.
a. patriots, as enlightened statesmen,
to provide for the contingency And
how can you provide for it better than
by this bill, which separates . reluctant
people about to be united to Texas, a
people who themselves, perhaps, wiii
raise the standard Of resistance against
the power Of Texas--which separates
them from Texas, and guards them
against the possibility Of . sympathetic
and contagious war, springing up De-
tween the slave States and the power
OF the General Government, which l
regard as almost inevitable, if Congress
sdiourns with the admission Of Caiifor-
mia alone, stopping there. and doing
nothing else. For, sir, the admission
Of California alone, under all the CIR
cumstances of the time, with the provi-
80 still suspended over the heads Of tn ',
South, with the abolition OF slavery sun
threatened in the District OF Columola
a., - of tha admission OF Ca1tfor'