Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-06-29

The SOIL the sacred soil Of TeXas say sacred because that
soil has been heretofore mosened with the blood of her
heroic sons in her great struggle for Independence and liberty
Yes, sir we now get intelligence from Santa Fe to this
effect Major Neighbors, the Texan Commissioner lately
sent to the neghbohood Of Santa Fe for the purpose Of es
tabshng civil organization that portion Of Texas lying
10 that neghbohood has been compelled desst from his
and has returned Texas for the purpose OF
obtaining the aid OF military force competent to maintain
the civil rights Of Texas against the usupng violence Of
Lieutenant Colonel of the United States army, acting with
without orders, the may be. Yes sir despoc military
rule has been set up in opposition to the just territorial claims
OF one of the sovereign States Of this Republic and
about TO be plunged into all the horrors Of civil war; unless
Congress shall interfere in season. and arrest the fatal
of events The facts to which referring of I'M
questionable verify would be altogether easy to show
We're permitted to the respectable gentleman. letter
from whom, written at Santa Fe, to member of this body,
was permitted to read yesterday Yes sir, this gentle
man says that collision Of is confidently expected to
occur between the regular troops of the United States and
the citizen soldiers Of Texas time in the ensuing month";
we should DO nothing to prevent Sir, this case OF most
appalling interest," heretofore wholly unancipated by me-
as honorable Senators will bear witness For, several
weeks ago, Senator now in my eye (Mr. SEwARD)
used language here of nature to show that least at that
time, in favor of the exercise of force by the United States
in opposition to the territorial claim Of Texas Yes s he
dared TO employ language that occasion which filed
with indignation, and which did fail denounce the
time in terms which could fail TO understand.
On that occason declared and again seize the oppouni
y Of declaring, that single drop OF Texan blood shall
be shed upon her sacred SOIL it will be the duty Of
every Southern man. able to bear arms to rush the
Of Strife In order put down usurpaon and maintain the
of justice and Of right And sir, then said and
peat it, that do not doubt that in such struggle hundreds
Of valiant the North also would be found
lending their aid against military tyranny and the mymdons
of despotism Now, sir let ask, who Is willing to lend
his aid in averting this tragic catastrophe Who is willing
to sacrifice little of the pride of opinion, little of that
pernacity in the maintenance Of peculiar views which is
of the great evils of the present day Who willing
cooperate with the friends of this measure, in preventing
the shedding of aterna blood in New Mexico and in thus
rescung the Union from the most serious danger with which
has been yet menaced? All must knowno man
indeed possessed of sound deny, that this bill sup
plies the only by which the dread which have
but family depictured may be prevented and those who
fuse cooperate with in this noble effort TO pre-
vent the dread strife Of arms, will have responsibility here
after to encounter, which am that set o.
men that this country has produced, would be able
to without the entire destruction Of public character
THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE REJECTED.
Yesterday the question was taken on the amend
ment of Mr.. SouLE, and it was rejected by the
following vote:
YEAS-Messrs. Atchison, Barnwe, Berrien, Butler
Clemens, Davis of Mississippi Dawson Downs, Foote Hous
tom Hunter, King Mason Morton Rusk Sebastian, Soule
Turney, and Yulee-19.
NAYS-Messrs Badger, Baldwin, Bell, Benton, Bright
Glass; Chase Clarke, Clay, Cooper Corwn, Davis of Mas
sachusets Dayton Dickinson, Dodge, of Wisconsin, Dou
gas, Felch Greene, Hale, Hamln Jones, Miller Norris
Pearce Phelps Pratt Seward Shields Smith, Sturgeon I'm
derwood, Upham, Wales Walker, Webster, Whtcomb-s6.