The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-06

AL of them will, as well as ourselves, be al
ways glad to greet him again.
. The First Gun.
We, commend to the South the following,
from one Of her most gifted and patriotic
sons and sentine!s:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES., July 8, 1850.
Gentlemen: In your paper Of this morning.I no.
tice the following editorial
eve take itfor granted that there is founda-
ton, Of some kind or other, for the statement in
the following extract from the Washington cor
respondence OF the New York Journal Of Conn
merce. IL it be all really true, the gallant State
OF TEXAS is about to- march an army into the
territories of the United States, and against an
armed station Of the United States within them;
and we are to have news Of il in less than. six
weeks from this time! Let us hope, however,
that the worthy correspondent. of the Journal is
prematureIy, alarmed for the safety of Santa Fe
and the detachment of the army whose dnty il
| viii be to defend it,
& Correspondence Of thc Journal Of Commerce.
ga" WASHINGTON, Saturday, June 30, 1850.
"There will be some startling intelligence from
| Texas in less than six weeks from this time.
Texas will send an adequate force at once, as is
! supposed, to effect her objects--probably $500
men. There are at Santa Fe about two hundred
Texan camp followers, who take an interest IN
favor OF the Texans. The troops of the United
States, under Col. MuNRoE, number about five or
| six hundred to which six hundred are about to
| be added x, The Texans in this city are Of opin-
| ion that Texas, supported as she is by the SYM
patlries of the whole South, will arrest the United
States military officers and bring them to trial for
obstructing the operation Of her laws Should
The adjustment bill be defeated, there isno doubt
! that Texas will absorb New Mexico, and if the
United States interfere, the Southern States will
give her all the aid she needs. tE ia. aa@# s@
I From this it seems that. you hold tito be the
! ssduty' of the '>army of the United States now
stationed at Santa BE to Defend without authority
of law, the military occupation Of that portion OF
| New Mexico lying this side Of the Rio Grande
against any attempt of Texas to maintain her
vlairI1 by extending her Jurisdiction over il. ~
| Your right to entertain such an opinion it is not
my object to question But Iwish to say to you,
! lest you may be mistaken in the opinions OF
others, that the first Federal gaul that shall be fired
against the people of Texas without the authority
Of law will be the signal for the freemen from the
Delaware to the Rio Grande to rally to the rescue.
| Whatever differences of opinion may exist in the
public mind touching the proper boundary Of
Texas, nothing can be clearer than that il is not
| question to be decided by the army. BE not
deceived, and deceive not others. g later a7na
ieges silent" When the g Rubcon" is passed,
the days of this Republic will be numbered You
may consider the g gallant State of Texas" too
weak for q contest with the army of the United
States. But you should recollect that the cause
of Texas, in such a conflict, wrll be the cause of
the entire South. And, whether you consider
Santa Fe in danger or not, you may yet live to
see that fifteen States of this Union, with seven
millions of people, "who, knowing their rights,
dare maintain them, y cannot be easily conquered!
"Sapientibos perbitia sat !" J. S
Yours, most respectfully, y "
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~. NOTE BY THE EDITORS. 4.8
It will he recollected, doubtless, by every rea
der OF ours, that several weeks ago we explicitly
disclaimed obtruding upon the attention of Con-
gress our individual views of the great questions
now depending. upon which the wisdom and
intelligence Of both houses are fully employed.
j The rule thus laid downfor our own govern
ment we have no intention of now departing from.
Certainly, we had no idea of doing so when we
penned the INSTRUMENTATION, as above, to piece
Of information which struck US at once with sur
prise and unbehef Our object was rather to at
tract the attention of our readers to an important
fact, if fact, but which mig not, after all, be
fact, but one of those bubbles Of rumor which
float for. a day, and are dispersed by the next
days sun. We intended our introductory re-,
marks aforesaid rather as a pleasantly than a
statement of serious case: and a very serious
case would be- if true, as stated by the cores
Texas was about to march an army into the Ter
ritory of New Mexico. -. E IS q rr
There is something in the remarks OF Mr.. Ste
phens which seems to imply that we spoke not
only with serious intent, but with some authority,
in regard to what would be the duty of the part
I Tor detachment) of the army now stationed in
New Mexico. Far from it. We have no war
rant to speak for any branch Of the Government
on that subject; nor have any information in
relation to il which the public has not 4sa
We shall not contend with MIR. Stephens in a
question upon which his mind is made up, hut
which'we have yet gravely to consider before we
come TO a conclusion upon it. We may be per-
mitted to remark. however, in passing, that it
would almost seem that we canhot, nowadays
even deprerate civil war and bloodshed, without
calling down censure from quarters whence il is
least expected; indeed bloodshed has of late come
to be talked of as a remedy for grievances,
whether real or ideal, with alarming levity and
frequency, Knowing well Mr.. STErHENs's sin
certify Of character, and the high-nlinded feelings
which in general direct his course, we are truly
sorry to see him INDUCING in such bloody visions.
yN&iond Iateitigencer,
h. @1~A travelling emissary Of the Ohio
Anti Slduery Bsgtcs writing from Nash
vile, says: ss - asa' hW ,
Slavery exists here in full strength, full one
half of the population being slaves and as ne
cessary consequence, find the most bitter and
uncompromising hatred to its opposers, evidences
of which are unhesitatngly given whenever oc-
casion of the slightest kind requiresit THERE'S,
ss the natives say, fright smart" of Yankees
here, some Of whom ore opposed to the existing
institution, but they are obliged to cherish their
opposition in secret or abide the consequences,
which are by no means to be disregarded.
The amount Of gold coined at the United States
Mint in Philadelphia during the month of June,
was ~, SAC, Al so. During the same time SAC, ESQ
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