The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-25

WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER IS, 1850
Georgia and Texas.

sures recently adopted by Congress for South
ern spoliation The Governor of Georgia has,
in accordance with law, called convention of
the people of that State, to deliberate on the
emergency. And it is gratifying to know that
wherever the people of the South, with very
few exceptions, have met, either in primary or
representative capacity, they have asserted their
rights and determination to maintain them
We have the utmost confidence that Georgia
will do her duty to herself and to her sister
States.
In Texas the Governor has vetoed the bill
passed by the Legislature, to refer to the people
any proposition that might be made her by the
Federal Government, for cession of her terri
tory, and he has been sustained by the House
of Representatives Of that State. This is en-
tirely proper 1t was not known what PROPOSE
ton would be made, and it might have been
thought that such an one as would be made
could neither be entertained by the legislature
nor submitted to the people. And perhaps the
Legislature has no power to ALLEVIATE territory on
any terms-not even by the sanction of popu-
lar vote. The legislature, also, it is reported
laid the bill on the table that provided for send
ing troops to establish the jurisdiction of the
State at Santa Fe. To this also we see no OBJ
lection, as it was to be hoped or expected by
Texas, that as Congress was in session i. would
recognize her territorial rights, and thereby
avert hostile collision.
If we are to Judge from the public meetings
in Texas, and the tone of nearly all her papers,
she is opposed to the cession of her territory
on the terms Of the bill that passed Congress.
The rejection of the Texan bill by Texas
will be of vast Importance to the South, and
will remove one great obstacle to future pacif-
cation. So long as Texan jurisdiction extends to
40 deG.north latitude, the South has access to the
new territories. But cut off Texas, at the line
of 80, which is the line that divides US west of
the Rio Grande from Mexico, and give all north
to New Mexico, which, in that event, becomes
Free-soil State, and the South is cut off efIec-
tually from all the new territory-as eiiectually
as by the Wilmot Proviso---for the South can
not cmigratc through free-soil States
The States Of South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Florida, and Mississippi, and we think
Arkansas, who will not submit to territorial con-
scation, will therefore see the necessity of CO.
operating promptly with Texas, and effectually
If this is done, the Northern States have no
power to prevent the extension of Southern
colonization to the shore of the Pacific
Our readers will see from the copious extracts
we make from Southern papers, that the South
is aroused-that she spurns the insult which
Congress has inflicted on her, and that she will
submit to no such aggression 1t was proper
for the cotton States to take the lead in this
movement, for they would be the principal VIC
tins in case of submission. 1t is peculiarly
proper for Georgia to take the lead, for she is
the largest and most popuIoHs of them.
We think we see in recent events the opera
ton of a great principle, that has always been
suspicious to liberty. The apathy of one por-
ton of the South, and the infatuaton Of another,
have tempted the North to develope its policy
too boldly and rapidly. The thing has been
overdone. Aggression might have gone on more
gradually ana lnsloiousiy' untii at length the
spirit ana power OF resistance would nave been
destroyed. Inc South was ready TO submit to
much--to too much But the enormity OF this
aggression is enough to infame the most placid,
to exasperate the most pacific, to electrify the
most insensble
People here at washington, and at the North,
are deeply deceived when they take the declara
tons OF papers IN the larger Southern cities for
the opinions OF the people. 1t is one of the
highest traits OF the South that her men of In
teligcnce, character ana wealth, I'VE chiefly IN
the country and don't take their opinions from
towns. Accordingly, 1t is remarkable that the
body OF the people OF Southern State generally
differ on great questions from their principal
towns. There Is richmond, IN Virginia. for
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