Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-08-23
TEXAS.

10 Stdllu OF ldil III defence OIL the rights
of the State. The most reliable
sources give us information that he
has issued orders to nearly every
county in Texas to raise troops, and
we may well Judge ofthe promptness
with which these orders are obeyed,
when we are told, there arc now un.
der arms and ready for service, over
5000 brave soldiers, who knowing
the rights of the Lone STAR dare
maintain them. And it is stated that
great unanimity ofsentiment prevails
among the people, rs TO the bounda-
ry of their State. This is as it should
be, and we congratulate the South
on her unity of feelings as to the
rights of Texas, and the usurpation
of authority on the part of the Ad
ministration. Both Wings and Dem
ocrats entertain but one opinion on
this subjcct-all huzza for Texas and
denounce the tyranny of the Admin
istration. Those who opposed the
annexation of Texas, are among her
strongest friends, and assert her right
to all the territory east of the Rio
Grande. Indeed, it does seem as if
the President in his message has be-
trayed a sort of. fancy or mania to
have things done up after his own
manner of thinking, regardless of the
opinions of others, the acts ofCon-
gress, or of former Administrations.
Thus, when Texas was admitted in
to the Union, it was on the avowed
understanding that she was received
with all her rights and claims, she
then claiming all territory east ofthe
Rio Grande' and soon afterw ids the
Governmcrnment of Mexico was
about to take forcible possession of
that territory, Gen. Taylor was or
dered to defendit, which he did, and
by act of Congress a state ofwar was
declared to exist between the United
States and Mexico, and bloody con
flict followed. Now it is very evil
dent that the United Stetes made no
other claim to that territory except
that derived from Texas, and upon
that title it was bravely defended
The laws and enactments of the Tex
an Republic, the correspondence of
Cobinet officers, speeches of mem-
bers in Congress, and even acknowl-
edgements by Mexico herself, may
he adduced to show that Texas
claimed from the mouth of the Rio
Grande to its source. But all at
once new lights are revealed TO Mr..
Fillmore, acts and precedents long
since ratified by Congress, by the
people ofTcxas and of the United
States, are not lin accordance with
his faith, and he assumes the duty of
declaring all those solemn enact
ments void, and of rectifying the er-
ror Of the General Government on
Il is point. But the existence of New
Mexico is of such recent date, that
only few persons know what por-
ton of country the name designates,
and at the time above alluded to, it
was absolutely unknown to the po.
lltlcal world. But because, within a
few months past, a handful of fexiled
foreigners and vagabond Yankees
have squatted thcre--agreed to form
Govcrnment-and presented con-
stltutlon to Congress, to he admitted
into the Union; that constitution
being agreeable to the politico-moral
creed of the President, he contents
to give them portion of the terrific,
fyof Texas, and then asserts that
he has the power and means to use
1T. Does this savor of Republicanisml
May not the Administration as con-
sistently declare that our Republican
Government is a failure, and proclaim
himself sole monarch' The course
oitho administrations borderingyery
close upon monarchy. But upon
this subject he h,ay rest ASSURED, that
the first gun fred by the Federal
Government against Texas will be
The signal of alarm to all the South,