Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-01-22

III -, ,,;th those base and unprnclpltu "H, -,
a ro,t nm n wicked excitement IN the iWn ~ lion
unS N. anJ Iuaho will never be content uhtii Tic iaiitst Po'. ~
:, III rcnublic shall be subjected to raNage' 10 ", ns 90
VI .na aanJ until the most higl-siiriicd ana saiiahi penpIJ
10 ruin -"m n ~ heaven has ever shone upon, shall be ln'ol'eu
.mn more horrible and more degrading THAI u'' -"
YET uollutcd the pages OF history! ,uiu . con-
= ~ y one presume 10 think that Icxas VIII ese y" ~,
Docs as d;risiiuu Of her territory which may, in the least
Jcrrrc. tend 10 bring upon the South such scenes - MI.
If there be one that has so egTesiousiy ihlsJn ~ - 81 ,b1nt gr,l.
e g Tay,s LEI me assure him that he knows notllh9 ." i''' gu
" , 80 ubo encountered Santa Anna and his illsrhiid,'' dHu
anhieyeJ thrir liberty and independence III Da'acS d -'or :" -
y = which marked the immortal revoiutlohaf! stluSs"o4
- -, y,lianf torefathers. Sir, feel that | may speak con
= Ill ,p This subject. for know the people ot texas ca,
bov, s,iourned among them, and enjoyed thclr coluIa. "mu
IT," -, b,on;t,li,irs; | have visited the fields oil rcno"n "h.ic
-" 49, ann was acquired, and where the sacred principles
- y ciyil7 and religious liberty were established by the Poulins
forth of the precious blood OF patrioisa ana heroes, IN : NM nmd -, IN
nn,n,o of Texas well, and, humble rs certainly am, ana M
,,,rnr,hy of such distinguished honor, ! CHANGED ten years ago
- ~ invited by many Of her most illustrio'ls cltizens l'hr "
,yb,u, j. now a mcmbcroi this body 10 draw up lhv ni>lo'! VI
~" "ar II INDEPENDENCE. | complied with the call mus @ra-
ni,uslr made. writing two considerable volumes upon l.Aas
and me Texans the preparation OF when Tor me presI' Il no
,,hcr advantage To myself or 10 Others shall result ehapes "u l
>, hoor testimony this day, in the American Senate, IN n'hah
y, ,bc ,coul. of Texas, and To yindicate them against al sIs-
picion Of delinquency upon ths great and VIA i"es'.9n ~
.ir no: Texas will never consent that a single acre VI hf 81
80 .r,d III earned by the valor Of her ons-relinquhShed ny me
,nam,,nhl. treaty wrtn. from the Mexican Dictator anna inc
ol1ics of that hour which have mace inc name VI '",ill' .
,am,c terrihIc 10 tyrants and encouraging 10 the strug@l'Fs Tor
frccI,u throughout the world-of that soil, her Tile toWhich
Ia, hccn ,,citly recogniscdby the act Of annexation tS,i II YIN
dirot,d in an the battles which marked the progOs oi our ia'e
memorable war with Mexico, and solcinnly contrii'l ~ TIE
treaty If Guadalupe lIidalgo-ncycr will Texas consent, OF
mink for n momcnt'o Of conserving, that Il single acre oil her
valued territory shall b. given M t. her own worst enemies
or bc used 10 enlarge the arena Of gladiaiorlal stiii., which !
large enough in all conscience without THIS enormous luui-
lion la il. The bill of the honorable Senator rom Mlssouil Pio-
moses IN nav To Texas a large sum Of money, (tlltcen millions
uf dolars1 chiefly in consideration OF the reduction oi htr
boundaries in Inc manner proposed, and provides III Tradition Tor
the LAYING off o. another new Stale within the limits oi lcA-
as thus previously reduced in dimensions, whenever her
whole population shall be found 10 amount 10 one hundred
Thousand souls; which new State is 10 be laid OF west oi tc
Colorado. Now, in the first place, the State Of Texas Is ai-
,horizcd by the resolutions Of annexation 10 divide herseii
into four States instead Of two--al OF which running, IL l
have described them, from North To SCUM, would, W III pro-
liability. be- slave States, and supply efficient ad 10 tht
South in the fierce struggle through which she Is lated To
mass. The bill of The honorable member will SO far restrict
her capaciiy OF division rs only 10 allow two States instead
of lour 10 arise within her contlncs-one 10 INT east ana 'h'
other 10 the west oil the Colorado. The arrangement would
truly bc Il most gracious boon 10 the South IN ihs her mo
mcnt III persecution and ri danger!
Again-thc population al present in Texas, West oi the
Colorado, j., Ia avery considerable extent, Notwithstanding.
In this region there are certainly many large plantations
along the Colorado and the region which 1t waters; but !" tae
West, l repeat, the population Is, Tor the most part Vronsh
certainly highly rcspcctablc) a non saycholding population.
+ There is Ia be- found the large German colony, which Is con-
stal;y on the increase, among whom, understand, there are
no slaves; and in that part at Texas, along thr san ANTONIO
ana Ri, C;randr rivers especially, there are sun a large mum
her Of Mexican inhabitants, most al whom, II Is well known.
though partial 10 their own system oi lconags, are hostile 10
our Southern system of domestic slavery. Now, SIR, what 4
bright prospect does not the honorable Senators bill unfold
10 Us for The speedy organization OF another STATE where MS
fayoritc frcc-soil principles may gain ascendancy' ~, any
ious rs was IN bring about III. early reduction ol te ttr-
ritorial limits Of Texas; satisfied a Was that This was de-
cidrdly necessary Ia the convenient management u ne own
Governmental concerns. certainly never thought of at
tempting 10 accomplish such an object by such means rs ne
has chosen To adopt. As a Senatorial representative oi one
Of the slave States Of the Confcderacy, could not have re-
concned II 10 my sense of duty 10 engage III any scheme
which mcnaccd the whole South with sacli serious dctrment.
Were / To brina forward al such a period - this a PROJECT 50
iraueht with mischief as is this one to IN Whole slavfnon-
ins section Of tbs con.cderacy, | should expect 10 be speedily
instructed al ii NV sea, in this body; Tor true it Is, n John
Randolph USED io sly, ihose members al Congress VINO can
not be- instructed N Their seats must per i.lct NJ instructed
oi al them.
Mr.. President, l feel that l have some RICH, I" complain on
this occasion that IN attempt has been made by me hpl"fl-
bic Senator from Missouri Ia appropriate to himself ic
credit If originating this scheme Of dividing Texas. To
be sure, he has fallen upon a different plan OF division;
but The proposition oi dividing Texas, with her own coir-
scut, with IA view 10 multiplying me number oi "af con,
federated soyerci-niics, claim III have lr't suggested
and 10 have proinulgcI, before such an idea had ever en-
tered The had oi that Senator. will - further now, sir,
and assert that hs whole bill is most maniie>ily borrOred
from the bill originally ~,raushted hy me, AMI infinitely set
! forth in the columns, of the puhlic newspapers. do not
mean 10 say that the parts III The honorable Senator's bill 10
which have been "a seriously otJccting were plaguri,td
from me; bu, that all which is not actually mischievotis N
his bill was substantially copied irom The bill now III my
hand. ~ il was AT first framed, and a. II was described IN
Tho newspapers. vii! prn this: my bill originally pro-
posed 10 pay 10 Texas a specific sam, Jnst one nan 81 ,ht
sum now proposed BY the Senator from Missouri. Tor her
ownership Of the public Lad, situated III The country com
monly called New Mexico, north Of line 10 BE- run IN nm
,l,t.I!y direction from the Passa del Nortc Ia the head WA
tcrs al the Red River, cautiously rcserying though, 10 The
territory in which the right ol property in n portion Of the
public lands WAS thus To BE- purchased, The prlncip'e 81 COM
promise embodied III The resolutions oi annexation
This had resolved 10 offer asa neir scheme ofcompromtSc,
which, with The establishment OF \ territorial government IN
! New Mexico. in lc-cret, and California, and the ultimate
admission of California AZ a State, when ireed rom her pre-
sent unfortunate organization, l hoped might tend 10 settle
the yeycd question of the Wilmot proyiso forever. should
certainly have offered the whole bill as 1t was hrst drawn up,
and in the form in which | had submitted il TO the consider
alton OF various sagc friends with whom am III the habit oil
counsclins upon this SUBJECT, but Tor certain proceedings-oi
which we have been recently notified in several Of the free
States Of thc Norlh-which satisfied me that could not OF,
Ter any Thing which NJ all bore the Characteristic features oi
4 com prontise without encouraging our arrogant Toes 4 h'r-
Ger and more extended agGresSions, ana bringing Down
other and more irritating insults upon the southern States
of the Conicdcracy.
The resolutions Of Vermont, now upon your table-thc
~inccndiary messages of the Governors vi Pennsylvania and
OF Massachuscts-the truly demoniacal resolutions no" be-
fore the New York Icgislaturc-th extraordinary haran.tes
made in this hall since we assembled these, and otnor iacis
If a kindred character, satisfied me that the season for COM
promise had forever passed by; or that NJ least. II proposl-
tons OF compromise were hereafter 10 bc offered, they plghi
10 emanaic from the North. | became satisfied IT, The
time had arrived when ii beloved Southern Senate and
representatives in Congress 10 stand hrm!y and reSolHieIy
up in strict maintenance ol our constitutional rights, Is 'hey
were secured Ia lis by our vcncratcd ioreiatlIcrS, leaving u To
the champions ri aggression ana inc perpetrators ~ nus
tee Ia determine whether they would indeed take upon
themselves and their constituents The responsibility ~ dis
solving that Union which was once so Justly dear I" me
heart Of every American. With these views, cnntcnttd
myself with offering the bill which am now asking To be
allowed Ia introduce, curialled 81 those osAer provisions
which have bccn now brought forward In Il disguised form by
the honorable Senator from Missouri.
Now. sir. appeal 10 the Senate and the country whether
have not Il right Ia complain of the honorable Senator rom
i Missouri Iir having thus unccrrmoniously appropriated To
! himself the work IL ms hands and tho result 81 my painful
nrditaiionS II tho honorable Senator had ronIcSrcndci To
ask ms consent 10 his becoming godfather 10 a measure
which. in IL pur,r and less Objectionable shape, did not orig
mate with him ii h. had given III" due notice Ut his in,ru-
ZION thus 10 pirate upon The poor creations OF my Intellect:
had this astounding liberty been taken by 4 friend, or by
one friendly 10 tn South in her present irving position,
/ should not perhaps have seriously complained Of tie ont
rae. Bui. sr. the case j. a very different one indeed
The oil; n~ive conduct which am noticing has been prac-
ticad hy an individual ror- responsible, in my judgment,
tlln any man, living or dead, for the unhappy condition III
which the republic is involved. Ii twas he that urged So
impcriou>ly through the Senate the odious Oregon bill
PASSED eighteen months since. II was he that voted against
The Mexican treaty. by which Il territorial domain 50 invaiua-
bic was secured 10 The nation. II was hc who ATTEMPTED,
after the treaty had become part ri the supreme law .; the
land, 10 nulliiy its provisions, by setting up what Is known
as the profpcoi in opposition Ia il. Its he who prrsumcs la
dsoter the instructions Of the Missouri Legislature. to whom
hc owes the Senatorial robes which now invest his
person, and all the opportunities Of acquiring Tcnown
and influence which h has cnJoycd for the last thirty
years. |; is he who has taken i, upon himself to wander of
some thousands OF miles into the bosom OF his own STATE,
and inveich. in Language of the coarsest scurrlity and most
cnyenoincd abuse against men whom he darcs ~, here meet
in dcba,c-whosc characters. public and private, are ~ spot
less rs purity it-rli-and whose whole lives have been illus
trat.d and adorned hv the practice of NIL those virtues which