The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-08-31
O O n q 4 l1l.
We take the following from the Pieay"ne
Of the 2lM:

We take the following from the Pieayune
Of the 2lst;
Since the defeat OF Mr.. Clay's Compro.
mise bills the L. = Senate has signalized it.
self by extraordinary dispatch in the pas.
sage Of bills upon the same subjects. The
debates Of eight months seem not to have
been without their influence in deciding
the position Of Senators-so the " omnibus y
was not without its uses inclearing the way
for smaller vehicles to follow. The Utah
Territorial bill passed first, without the vii.
mot proviso, or any restriction on the sub.
ject Of slavery. The Texas Boundary bill
passed next The bill for the admission of
California then passed The bill for the
creation OF territorial government for New
Mexico-to take effect on the settlement of
the Texas question, by the acceptance OF
Texas-has been passed, without any vii.
mot or other proyiso.
OF course it WAS deemed unnecessary to
incorporate the Wilmot proviso in the Ter.
ritoral bills the South is sufficiently bar.
red BY the Mexican laws against slavery,
and the doctrine of Mr.. Cass that the peo
pie Of the Territories have the RICH, TO set.
tie the question.
Excitement rcigns at Washington. Mr..
Soulc entered a protest against the passage
of the California Bill, which the Senate
laid on the table by vote of % to 10,
In relation to the California Bill the
Southern Press says;
II the bill passes both Houses, it is made
tie duty Of The Governor of Georgia, by a
resolution of the Legislature of that Stat"
at its last session. to convene that body
bv proclamation forthwith. That duty will
be promptly performed. The Legislature
will meet promptly. II that body retains
the sentiments of last session, or above all,
il the members respect the sentiments Of
the people as pronounced a, the recent eS-
traordinary demonstrations OF public opn'
ion. at multitude OF public meetings IN
that State, it may be expected that the
most decisive and effective measures will
be taken When Georgia shall have thus
decided, South Carolina will follow in ten
DAYS with unanimitv never surpassed in
any community on any measure. These
two States will offer ample aid to Texas.
Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. will i'm
mediately follow And when this is done
the fate OF the Union will probably be de.
cided. When winter comes the other
Southern Legislatures meet. and Virginia
must decide She is State whose fame
since the Revolution has been sustained by
her resistance to federal usurpation and en-.
croachmcnt. She will hardly become its
ally, or "A neutral or her il will never be
said
ITO die State or live slave
Thy choice 10 most i6nohy brave. y
But whatever may BIZ thought Of the
course Of Virginia or other Southern States,
il is certain that not all the federal army
and navy combined can cocrce the States of
Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mis-.
sixsippi Texas and Florida. And II mill
tia from other States are called for not \
solitary platoon can be found in nny slave.
holding State, and very few in the Southern
half Of the Northwestern States. or in the
cities or scabord of the North Atlantic.
We think very Jew can he found any
where, and certainly not enough to make
any impression on the six States we have
named.
The New Mexico Senatorial Bill passed
by ~ to TO-