Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-08-24
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on. ! hi Washington, despite the violent
and determined opposition Of the tiltra'
and distifii5nists Of the South pnd abolition.
ISIS mud frte sellers of the North. Just
as we have frequently predicted, no sooner
was Mr.. Clay's great Compromise defeated,
than separate measures having the same
Object in view. were Mt Once pressed for
ward. and one OF them, and q very i'm
unrtntit one, too, has already received the
sanction Of the Senate. VIZ nllnde to the
triumphant passage, through the Senate,
uf the bill presented by Mr.. Pearce, d
Maryland, fxing tfesboltnlaries II Texns,
and giving her lei, millions Of dollars for
her claim upon territory now in dispute.
The bill as it passed The Senate, may be
found in another portion Of today paper.
Iy this bill the boundaries of Texas are
carefully and fully defined, as will he seen
by reference to it. Texas receives TEL,
millions of dollars for yielding mp her dis
ptl,sd claim to New Mexico, which will
be Of infinitely more value to her than
the possession of such a distant and barren
territo,1, even admitting that she would be
able to maintain her title, n thing involved
IN much doubt.
As was the ease almost invariably when
All important vote was taken on the de-
tented Compromise. the Southern ultras
aud Northern fanatics voted most lovingly
and tremendously together 10 defeat the
reace.onering presented Ivy Mr.. Teatee,
To overthrow it "tlie ultras tnited-the
rprosites am touether-the extremes
met and confessed. :" But they were not
successful,
To show the loving communion which
exists between tile illtraa and dislinionists
Of the South. and Tie aboiitionists and free
sellers OF the North. in opposition to all
measures of Compromise. we will give the
vote taken upon the passage Of Pearee's
bil0g extracted from The P%icayune
Itas-Messrs. Badger. Dell. 3errien. Bradbury.
bright. Case, Clarke, Clemens, Copper. Davis Of
Massachusetts,, Dawson. Dickinson Dodge Of Iowa.
Douglas. Fplcil. Fonte. Greene, Houston, Ring.
Norris. pearcn. Pbeleps, Husk. Shields, Smith.
Spruance. Sturgeon. Wales. Whitcomib, Winthrop
to.
Nays-Messrs. Atchison, Baldwin, rafnwell,
Benton. Butler. Chase, Davis Of Mississippi
Dodge Of Wisconsin. Ewing. Hale, Hunter. Mason,
Morton. Seward. Sonif Ti,rney Undet wood, Up
ham, Walker, Ynlsp~2o.
The extremes met aud roalescnd - nj
the time the above vote was given, to an
indnbitable certainty. Butler. Of SenM
Cd,piiHa. voted with Baldwin, Of CoH-
necttcm-Davis, Of mississippi. with
Chase. Of Ohio-llunter, of Fuginia,
with Hale, Of Ner Hnmpshtrc-Soult,
of Loutstn1ia. with Seward, Of Ne,r
Foykf
The constituents Of some Of the Senators
enumerated above. will he very apt to en-
uuire of them. when they come home. Of
the reasons which induced such strange
companionship. They will want to know
why the fierce ultra of Sopth Cayoitnd
was cordially sustained by. and sustained.
the radical free soiler Of CouHectfruf-
how it was that the views of the fiery
Nissjss,ppiaR conceded SO exactly with
those of the Ohto abolitionlst-how it was
that the co,irtly L~outsidnian voted and
acted witl.the tanatical Seward. Of Ncr
YORK. The people will be sure to enquire
of these things. and will demand a salts
explanation. If the case above
was All isolated ot1e. At, explanation might
be made but as they have almost uniform.
" acted in concert since the first measure
Of ad ltstlncnt was presented in the Senate.
we opinc that any justification they may
attempt to present for their conduct will
be satisfactory to IN intelligent and
constituency.
And how eau it be How Gun any
patriotic people sustain the acts of men,
who, from first to last, have spoken and
in n manner calculated to i1npetil
the stability Of our glorious fhbric of free
government! to bring confusion and an
archy upon the land ! to sweep from the
face of the earth the last landmark Of pure
and stable freedom ? of men, who seeming
" reckless of consequences, would apply
he torch of atsunion to our noble temple
If liberty who reject, obstinately, nil
compromises, defy the wishes of their
constituents, and corsort with the dead.
lest enemies Of the South to thwart and
iefeat the measures Of peace and harmony
brought forward by the greatestald pllrest
statesmen, from both political parties and
rom both sections of the Union?
Such men will meet with q whitening
when they return to their constitu.
,nts. They will be told that this Uni0a
> not a toy, a worthless baublc, to be play
ID with as caprice, or q worse motive,
.naydictate, and, q the retirement which
awaits some of them, will, we hope, be-
better and wiser men, and truer
NoRTH CARoLINA.-It is a mistake in
papers stating that the newly elected
Legislature of North Carolina, which it is