The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-09-08

IN .ne Sou.hsrn Press Of this morning there is the
TO the especial notice OF the country
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New Mexico territorial bill has passed Il has passi The
in opinion, Il Is die most calamtous which has
yet befalen this Union. 49,
majority eight The day before sha, the blu containing
Texas was defeated by over.
10 prehend these sudden and extensive changes
We publish to-day the successive votes by yeas and nays
Grafton OF the southern people II public men, Invested
with stnpendous pablo trust can vote one way Today and
change IN events only is the Union failure, but the
representative system is failure How can the people
tue Wlimol Proyiso The bill does more. The Proviso
posed BY Wiimot himself extend tbs Territories and
T T no' have applied 70 Texas which STATE
equitable adjustment Of the srca. Questions OF the day
eectaa Of Caforna 70 the
abolition Of the slave trade in this District, or 10 anything
the will of a northern majority. tea M y e'--',T
We shall have immense can,iug about peace and h.r-
nony but there The two houses Congress have
ory by section another through fornsiity
of majority vote, and with an immense expenditure Of
The question, however, goes to the people, and first
Texas and Georgia. On the course they adopt will do
pend very much the destiny Of the South. All
from Texas unite Ia expressing her opposition
this scheme As for Georgia. she has spoken hopgh her
legislature and multitude oil public meetings, Lot her
prepare for her convention.
When the other southern
States will assemble, and Ill then what they
by their resolutions last winter they shall detormine that
n declaring their resolution 70 resist The Wimot Prcyiso
ended the comprehensive and memorable FARGO that
has been enacted before tho civilized world and the
South will have sunk, to rise no more, 0#N
.sUnwept, unhonored, and unsungn
But before tia, becomes her fate it is our opinion that
siany banner win be torn, ram
II will not be expected that shall do 1t present
than glance at lew OF the prominent positions assumed
and considerations suggested IN this article evidently
written under the pre- of defeat and the CALLING acAr
biy of disappointment Its temper betrays the feelings
under which it dictated, and perhaps for this very
It's sincerity and earneslness may be - the
The bill fixing the boundary of Texas, amended by
adding the proper provisions for establishing territorial
House and WILL without doubt speedily be concurred in
by the Senate With the general features OF both these
your readers are iamia for they are substan-
ago The proposition offered TO Texas is fair. open,
and reasonable one aud has been zeaousy supported by
all her members IL, both houses and has been most bit
ery and erce opposed every step OF its progress by
the free soies aboonsts, and southern ulas. joint
alliance The organization Of the territorial government
OF New Mexico Is very similar to that OF other territorial
governments heretofore created anu contains no provB
ion relative slavery to which any candid and dispas
sonae will object This also, has been con-
stanty and urously assaed by the Tree solles, abo
onisis and, unfortunately some southern uliras in con-
junction The passage OF these measures restores peace
and harmony 10 the country 40 tar as depends on the
action Of the federal government and If acceptable to
Texas, doubt not they will be, removes all danger
of collision, and consoldates the Union IN manner to
defy all unhoy efforts to weaken or subvert it, IT is
hoped, for generations to come For this happy consu
nation every true patriot will return thanks 10 that God
who has long smiled beloved country, amidst
all trials and all its dangers and made bare his mighty
arm to from evesy peril in the darkest hour yet
this is the event which this Southern Press leo casd)
deems the calamitous which has yet beallen our
Union This is the proceeding which that paper asserts
proves Union failure and the representative system
itself failures and all this because public men, invested
with supendous public trusts, vote one way to-day and
another way TO morrow.
in the House somewhat variant and indeed singular,
on the several days il was before that body; but
does this prove the Union and the representative i've
branch of the national legislature chosen by
the good people of the States themselves, in the
same manner as they choose the State legislators
Judges Justices and consabesas free, unshacked and
deliberate in their selecton and would be just AZ wise
and rational assert that because these State officers
casonaly acted dispeasing TO some OF their
constituents that fac, alone proved the State govern
ments failures and the representative system failure.
What the remedy for any actual supposed griev
ance OF this knd Is to abolish the State governments,
destroy the system, and break up the Union
II this Southern Press is rghth this is the only alter
nave-tbs must be the next stage its great work Of
preserving liberty and the rights OF the South. On the
other hand, all rational and intelligent will say that
if invested with stupendous public uust' beuay
them, incompetent to discharge them, wihdrAw
these trusts dismiss these fathess agents. and substitute
better men in their places This the oaly courss for
wise and patriots to pnrsue not TO assai the Unson
and denounce the representative system-the system OF
enlightened freedom, OF civilized man. OF hope and hap
pines TO a regenerated world. .gf
The Press says this question now goes TO the people,
and first TO Texas and Georgia | presume that when
Texas has acted IT, the people OF the other States
have very little do with ii. The only right the latter
have 10 complain results from the appropriation Of tan
millions OF dollars to purchase the title oil Texas They
hold their representatives to strict account ios this
alleged msappropriation OF public money! but what fur
her ground have they Justify interference in this affair
The boundary OF Texas is the business OF nobody but
the people OF Texas Their domestic institutions are
subject TO the regulation OF but hereelf and It
appears be- to say the least act OF impernent dc
aton for other States 70 nerpose in her domestic con-
spirit any such interference whether IL proceed from the
Stewards Hales and Giddngses OF the coun'y, or from
those who have voted the same side, living htiis
nearer the South pole
But southern conventions and legislatures called
upon TO come the This s the plan OF the n.
to be sred up. with most industrious efforts by pciioa
agators The Nashville Convention 10 10 Be reAsse@-
bIed the State Legislatures to be invoked stump
be busy and the spirit OF disunion V 10
be conjurcd up by the potent spells Of thsas mighty
wizards OF the Southern Press All this II very wul.
Let them set the political cauldron boiling they VIII
soon learn the result the people Of the South viii rise
in the majesty OF their strength and hur them headlonG
from power.
II the madness Of the Southern Press should happen
rule the hour and honorable men tempted oy 9eu
Temporary passions to follow its insane eounsels tnen
The people must decide The baot-box, in this countYs
has fold greater terror for such rsnreseoIs man
bat sure 1t spills blood, but il causes maj oiooo
backen in the SIGHT OF the nation az an Iof ~
future t,mes To the judgment Of this high rioaneA
MAJ consixn the friends and the enemies OF this O.