The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-07-24


this insidious compromise, and seek to
avert its threatened succession of evils.
Texas protests against this act The
following is the letter Of her command
er, then ia the country Of New Mexico,
addressed to Col. Mnnroe:
SANTA FE, April IL, 1850.
Sir-Elaving seen during the day,
notices posted 40, both in Spanish and
English, inviting the citizens Of this
place to convene on Saturday next, 90
tuke into consideration the propriety of
making State movement, and to pcti-
tion, you, the head Of this government,
to call conventions" ETC.. deem it
my duty, as commissioner Of Texas,
sent here to effect an organization under
her laws OF this portion Of her Territory,
to call your attention to the fact, as well
MS to the Sd Art, 4th section Of the
United States.
deem it the more necessary thus
solcmnly 10 protest against any coun-
tenance Of aid being given to this move
ment by the present head of the Gov
ment, in consequence OF the published
orders which have emanated from the
United States War Department, and
the result Of IN interview between us n
few days since. The Government,
which have the honor to represent,
has declared her determination - main
tain inviolatc all the territory within her
boundarics-such boundaries as were
guaranteed 10 her by her compact Of
union; aud | would take this oppor,uni-
~ to refer you to the second section OF
the "Join, Resolution for amexng Tex.
as TO the United States" and the pres
amble Of the constitution of the Stale Of
Texas, by Which, The terms Of said Join,
Resolution" are accepted. And also 10
the 'Joint Resolution for the admission
Of the State Of Texas into the Union"
approved 29lh December, iS45. All
of which, in my opinion, would be vioe
lated by consummalon Of the objects
OF said Sialc movement. And further
10 state, that now most solcmnly pro-
test agains, any movements in favorfpf
a Stale course, until Texas has ex,en<lst!!
her jurshi"'inu Oyer this 90 81 :s3iE .,S,sls
Territory, or until !h9 VIII, llpa I'm !,
OF Texas can be known in this matte,
MS guaranteed 10 her by the enac,ments
referred to above.
have the honor TO be, very respect
fully, your obcdicnt servant,
ROBERT S. NEIGHBoRS,
Commissioner State Of Texas.
To Colonel J. MuSROE.
Cong. 9th Div. U. S. A., Santa Fe.
The submissionis,s will involve them.
selves in the absurd position of ndvoca.
ting the admission Of New Mexico with
free soil constitution, and Immediate
~ thereafter, Of Utah. The catalogue
Of our shame will then be complete.
We shall have acknowledged the rgh,
Of the North to the whole territory ac.
quircd from Mexico, and strengthened
her arms in support Of her declaration
that ''no more slave territory shall be
added to the Union" What glorious
compromisc.-Whal culogics shall we
be prepared 10 bcstow upon its authors!
We shall have acknowledged too, the
power OF Congress 10 abolish the slave
trade in our territories. We shall have
acknowledged TO Congress the righ,
to interfere with slavery wherever the
rights of the South can be stul,ifiad,
while when slave property il. !. he pro-
tected and placed upon an equality with
all other species Of property, our consn-
tntonal scrupies will have been SO re.
fined that needles point Of difference
will have been sufficient to reject all
protection, and place ourselves and
property nj the mercy Of any little eli
que Of free solcrs who nigh, have the
favor Of a Col. Riley, or Col. Munroc,
10 usurp the whole territory to them
selves.
We are not Of this breed. The pco.
pie of Mississippi will stand up to the
Missouri compromise, but they will not
recede step behind it. Those men
are not Sou,herncrs who tell the North
we are prepared 10 yield up every thing
rather than cndangcr the Union. We
have feelings and sympa,hcs which
cannot be outraged with ;mpunily. We
have country teeming with every
thing that can contribute to our happi.
ness and wealth. The men Of the
North have already dissolved the Union.
Their ePithets against us; the odium
they desire TO fix upon us; the dissolu-
ton OF the national religious societies;
their repugnance TO worship at the same
altar with Southcrners; their love ofpo.
lItlcal power over us; their desire TO
make the national treasury a conduit by
which the resources Of the government
can be drawn off to build up gigantic
systems of internal Improvement; their
desire for banks and high ,ariIs--cvcry
thing in the North socially and
politically, is opposed to union with
the South. Her cant about union is
like the hymn Of mercy in q past age
sung before the victim at the s.ake.~-
We are despiscd, and our ruin dclibo-
ratcly sought, while this word "Union"
IS rung upon our ears.
We are only for ono Union, and that
is the Union that brought together the
States which formed the present cons,.
tuition. We sec no evils in secession
when that union is at an end The
,Snt,i IN will find ~, n,,aa .,,L.1 a.