The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-12

half OF latitude IN leuxshs termtNsstRe ~ Z posns
Well. Voc ca essily Calculate ~ cansenss ~ TIA
Quoted frcm Ike =, 40, ssi sAss .hsws he s,~a
extent Of country which the bcws1~Sy IN he biI
proposes % leave - TsxRs. snsrs thar the lins o
the senstoF from 0hic, 10 be Is 800 square mfie
Of territory; and q gives her thai much thar
the line OF the oornpsumsse bal ~oold h~ss gives
her. But this 10 not all There are rsss.a. whiSi
have not yet been stated. The lac which p~o
pose gives to New Mexico territory on the Pu~rvs
river, abou, the longitude ~ 1850. and on tha
river numerous valleys susceptible Of eeiisss
I ton, according 20 the testimony of the s~naicl
from Missouri mr.. Bssros, generally gces
authority ON geography here. desire 10 msA'
New Mexico ssrcns---so give her these valleys
which, though vacant now, may he filled up here
after with population that viii give her ss~Ieesr
bility an State. That my line VIII accomplish
and the line of the senator from Ohio does not.
i Nor ia that all. The territory which propose
to give to Texas north Of the senator's line, u
Territory on the head-wsters OF the Red river and
the Canadian fork Of the Arkansas river. These
are not rivers Of New Mexico; they run from,
not towards IL. But the senator does not propose
10 give that territory To New Mexico, but In the
Indians apprehend that 10 the vast extent 81
this country we have room enough for them all.
Besides, the Indians nre disappearing rapidly
| they are dwindling away, until, suppose, al
last, there will norremain one red man on the face
of this contnent-lhai 10 the inevitable destiny Of
the race.
We have seen its rapid progress so far, and we
know certainly that such will continue to be its
progress. But. be that as it may, il is not with
me a question whether we give Texas 50 many
acres or square miles Of land, more or less, IN
view Of arrangement, or purchase, or bargain. !,
is not that. This line is more satisfactory "a
Texas. The land is a thing that we can par, with
very well It will be no loss 10 US and IL graft
es her, il it assists in the passage Of this bill, IL
is well worth the giving away; II is Ear better to
give it away for that purpose than TO keep i II il
were ten times more valuable than il really is, for
any other purpose. For, as was said by the sen-
ator from Missouri, this is not bill TO deal out
exact rights to determine titles; il In bill of
compromises bill Of peace--a bill to reconcile
conflicting opinions---a bill To stop agitation. II
is bill TO extinguish disccrd--a bill tn disembar-
rass our legislation, which is incumbered ill we can
scarcely get along at ala bill to relieve the APP
prehensions Of the people, bill to restore bar
mOny-a bill to bind the Union together more
firmly. For, If bound together by cords ever 30
strong, you well know that constant wear and
tear, repeated ABRASION, will at last destroy them.
1t was once eloquently said in the other House
that even the cable, by which the man-Of-war
rides securely at anchor, may be gnawed 10 pieces
by milling mouse. If the constant tension con-
tinues on the cord which binds our Union together,
the time must come when It will give way. The
oftener you repeat the strain the greater the prob
ABILITY OF severance Anu, 6ir, tnere IL q great
tension at this time. We cannot shut our eyes to
the fact, that, whether right or wrong, there is a
condition of feeling in Texas likely TO bring on a
direct collision between her citizens and the troops
| Of the United States. do not doubt the issue of
conflict Of that sort; do not fear that the pre-
ponderance Of the arms of the United States could
not overwhelm Texas by herself but who would
no. shudder at such an issue' 1t is the conflict !
fear, not the issue Of the battle. II is those re-
mote consequences Of the conflict which cannot be
described or defined but which every man knows
must bring enormity of evil in time TO come
| That fear. cannot calculate the value of the
Union, Of harmony and ffaternal attachment, and
Of that identity Of interest which may be broken
up if we do not reconcile this matter. 1t is with
these feelings and none other-I disdain calcula-
tons of money and land--it is the peace and har
mony of the Union, with which its future glory
and good, and the happiness Of every part of il
are inseparably united, to which / look, and
which induce me to appeal to the Senate to pass
this bill, and 10 pass il speedily.
Mr.. COOPER. From the day the compromise
bill was introduced into the Senate until the pre-
sent moments have been animated by Just such
feelings as the senator from Maryland has now
expressed. knew very well that many of my
constituents--and many Of them whose opinions
4 [ value-were opposed to the course which
thought proper to pursue; but, sir did not limit
my view to my own constituents in the State of
| Pennsylvania. believed that my duty MS SEN
| ator u the United States required me to look
| abroad over the whole Of this vast country, and
to survey every thing that was transpiring within
it's boundaries. Seeing that there was danger
from the agitation that had been carried on from
year to year, and seeing that there was more inn
mediate danger from the prospect of collision
between Texas and the United States, went for
the compromise, because believed that it would
quiet the discussion and agitation so long preya-
lent and prevent the conflict which was in danger
Of taking place on the waters of the Rio Grande.
/ | shut my eyes and went for the compromise.
recollect that at that time gentlemen talking all
round the chamber about the vast sum of money
that was to be paid TO buy peace. did not look
at it, as the senator from Maryland does now look
at it, as question of acres or question of dol
lars. Sir, / would have voted to have cast the
ten millions Of dollars proposed by the compro.
mise to be given to Texas, or which it was in
4 tended to propose when the blank came to be
filled up. into the Potomac, where no eye would
have ever seen it again, and where no hand, how
ever itching for it, should ever have touched it
again, if it would have settled this controversy;
and am only sorry that the same spirit did not
animate others, and that there were then found
gentlemen in this chamber to calculate the dollars.
Sir, larger amount of territory was to be coded
by Texas to the United States by the compromise
bill than is to be coded now, and the equivalent to
be paid was no larger than the equivalent proposed
to be paid now; and yet there were then those
who calculated, although now they call upon us
though we are giving territory TO Texas that was
to have been given to the United States--to come
up in an uncaiculating spirit and vote for peace.
| This, sir, has great weight with me. love this
Union; love it ardently; love every portion OF
it; because believe that if il endures our destiny
is to be a magnificent and glorious one believe
that if this Union is sundered we are to become
little confederacies Of States, without respect,
without strength, engaged in continual wars, the
hand of brother raised against brothers life
conflict that viii end at last in over'urning the
republican institution of the land, and substitute
ing in their place monarches and despotisms OF
the most fearful kind.
! Sir, am not afraid that Texas will overwhelm
the Government. | am afraid of no snch thing.
Blu, Texas is sister State, the citizens of Texas
are our brethren. They are excited and vexed
by what they believe is AN aggression upon their
rights--for, although cannot now see it in that
light, yet if was Texan, If stood in the place
Of my friend (Mr. RusK,) should probably feel
as intensely upon this subject as he doesi should
probably see no more clearly than think he sees
now. But what of this ten millions of dollars
If II will reconcile this dsp,te which is probably