The Woodville Republican., 1850-09-03
TEXAS AND THE TEXAS BRIBE.

We were the channel ofvery erroneous
information about the Texas bill, on Satur-
day last The House had not up to Friday
night, acted on the bill at all, and there ap-
peared no probability that it would be spec
dlIy disposed Of The mistake of the teIe-
graph originated in the Washington coTes-
roudent of the Baltimore papers telegraph
! inc to the latter his opinion that the bill
would pass by fifty majority.
1t is exceedingly probable, however, that
it will eventually pass, and then, the great
question involved is-wll Texas consent
thus to I've mutilated, dismembered, shorn
of her power and dominion, for the consid-
Grafton of ten millions of dollars! There
NAV be reason to fear that she Wl-we do
not deny it; but there is also reason to hope
that she will spurn this proposal to parcel
out her noble sovereignty and set it up for
public sale like the goods OF bankrupt ira
der. So far as we have seen, however low
the spirit of Texas may be i'll the Senate,
the spirit at home is high and determined,
and there appears unanlmlty in the resolve
to defend the Old aud true limits of the State;
to Weld nothing either to the seductive
glitter of gold or the sharp CLEAN of steel
neither to barter their rights nor to be bullied
out of them.
We have before us some Texas papers
by Yesterdays mail They speak only with
reference to the Compromise bill ana to a
mendments offered to it, but their language
is just as appicab to the new bill
The Galveston Journal, IA paper more in
Ginning to compromise than any other W,
have seen) of the 7th inst. has the foIlowin,
significant remark on the various steps ia
ken in Eastern Texas to raise troops 70
Santa Fe;
"PubIic meetings have been held at va
rious places, at all of which the. determing
ton to protect our claims to Santa Fee, {
= all hazards, was unanimously expressed
q = From personal knowledge of the sci
. tim. mt of our Eastern citizens on this SUI
!! ject, we speak advisedly when we say tn;
they will go as far as the farthest, and
: the last extremity defend the rights ar
u , honor Of our State. Moreover, there a
:, few, if any, dissenters amongst them, al
what they say they mean. Their NOV
;, ments may seem rather premature, but the
g are nevertheless sincere"
= The Motagorda Tribune of the 9th A
,' gust, speaking of the support which PC
= ton of the Southern people were deludt
y INTO giving Mr.. CLAY's bill remarks pithil
If "Here in Texas, the people are too sma
- to be caught in such "dead-falls," ," and if Il
:, knowing ones at Washington expected
&c ' to commit the suicidal act of selling o
= birth-right for a. mess of porridge," tn,
=. missed their mark, Not a man in Tex
would dare suggest it, however much
= might be 50 inclined.
To the same effect speaks the Gavestt
" News of August T.
"Our latest information of the compror
! Use is, that MIR. Bradbury, of Maine. had pr
-, sented to the Senate a caucus amendme
~ providing for the appointment of two Coz
be missioners on the part of the United Stat
~ to meet two on the part of Texas all clot
ed with full authority TO settle the disput
boundary. We notice that many of O
e Southern Exchanges speak ofthis as me
sensible arrangement to terminate all furth
difficulties on this embarrassing subject.
O1 this State -c0nld- consistently authorize b
10 commissioners TO yield up any portion
pe her territory claimed ever since the declar
oi o. tion Of Independence in 1886, then this :
yu rangement might indeed result in fin
ne aud amicable settlement. But tif said cor
no missioners shall be instructed to mainta
Die law of our boundary of 1886, land SUI
nd must be their instructions if they are ev
e. appointed )the9it is difficult to see how I'll
ry appointment ossbmmissioners can accor
to plish anything The only way in whic
oi such arrangement can result in an annie
u blesettlement, is upon the hypothesis tn
H. the principal parties shall give the commi
us sioners power to do what they themselv,
Y will not consent to do. This may appe
be sensible to some, but we think il will
n difficult to find two men to whom The neon
OF of Texas will concede the power to pa
OF with any Of their territory