Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-09-07

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Texas adopted bv the Senate we free TO say that the
Legislature will consult the views Of large majority sue
people of the State by its acceptance Inc Cian 'ne
goes on to fecite the leading features oil ne ohi.I
i FROM THE PROVIDENCE On. t. JOURNAL.
We hope the Texan boundary bill will pass the House.
II is not by any such settlement Oh tne quesuon -
should desire but still it is settlement gives texas
large territory, which believe she has no Juss
and it gives her large sum Of money in addition. But the
money will 60 to the payment Of the debts partly guaranteed
the of Texas which revenues have been alb
sorbed BY the General Government and the land is Of little
in comparison with the and quiet OF the
Union Nor does the bad spirit in which the people OF Tex
disposed to this great concession discourage our de-
sire to see it carried out We wish only the North
clearly right but wish it take the lead in the policy
Of Cancellation bravo Bravo We wish the North to
be able say "We have done part and more than our
part We have offered you than you had any right to
ask have done this for the sake Of the Union. And
them when the for say will do more,
can also say have done enough.
FROM THE CINCINNATI CHRONICLE AND ATLAS.
TIE sEsATEs MEAsuREs-The Senate has acquitted it.
self noby Of the work had to do Since the failure of the
compromise BILL has taken up by and passed In
quick succession all those great Of cancellation upon
which it has been for months engaged and cleared its table
entirely, believe of that combusbe material which at one
time promised set the whole country in flame. They
have done their part give Territorial Government to Utah;
settle the Texas boundary question; admit California as
State provide New Mexico with Territorial Government
and lastly they have passed the Fugitive Slave BILL
Whatever may be thought Of these in detail.
one who loves the Union prefers and harmony to
bros aud pickering, fail to rejoice that much
has been done ay sectional discomfort and pour oil upon
the troubled Of sectional strife II to be
every in all their provisions but 10 the great diversity oin
es that have be concated and the sectional
eaoues that had be aad the great fear that the Sc
nate would agree upon adjustment whatever But these
fears groundess The Senators have done their duty
FROM BuFrALo coMmERcIAL ADVERTISER, AUGUST g.
The FUsIrIvE SLAVE BILL.-The last of the Union
bills ordered be engossed in the Senate Tuesday,
by the decisive vote of % H. and passed the fol-
lowing day by the This important measure
and in which pretty general interest is aken II cannot
be denied that there is throughout the North general epug
lending assistance for the arrest Of fugitive slave
There of feeling assist his escape than to aid in
emandng him back bondage But this feeling alb
solve from constitutional obligations. It is this and the
difficulties and obstacles which it places in the way Of the
stakeholder in recovering his property that has seemed to
call for the enactment of the law before Congress 1t has
been thought necessary that stringent provisions should
be made in this BEHALF and guaranty given to the South.
that whenever slave escaped, law Of the United States,
adequate to its objects, might be called in to aid in his
capture.
The harborng of slaves the North and the lending them
escape Canada has been fruitful source Of
sectional irritation and lblood 1t of those bleeding
wounds which Mr. CLAY sought heal by the Compro
mise 1t is advisable, therefore, that the cause
should be removed and that such law will be pass
ed will secure the legal rights of all pareswhch shall
be guaranty the South that the constitutional provision
in this relation shall be carried out and be shield against
oppression and injustice to the colored race.
With the passage of this bill closes the action of the Senate
upon the several questions which coupled together in the
defeated "omnbus BILL" That body has done its duty to
the Union, and the issue left with the immediate rep
resentatves Of the people. Upon them is thrown the espon
sbiy Into their hands is placed the power of settling
the questions Of the internal peace and quiet Of tie country
To that body the eyes Of the people Of the United States
turned with trembling anxiety, and the hope is
strong that they will up to the work in the spirit
Of patriotic devotion to the good of the whole that charac
erzed the Senate and faction the wnddeeat the
Vaccinations Of sectional ultrais and meet the expectation
Of the country by favorable action the important
before them.
FROM THE ROCHESTER, (S. ~ DAILY ADVERTISER.
According to conception, delicate and somewhat diff
cult duty devolves upon Northern and the Northern
Press. When banded together formidable number
Of Southern politicians, whose paramount object is the de-
structon of Government in which oenered best
affections, the easiest thing in the world to denounce the
South, and Southern politicians, and Southern institutions
without stint discrimination. Both justice and policy,
however, counsel orbearance and moderation As pa
os and friends Of this Union breathe be found in
the Southern States Their situation in the rapidly approach
ing crisis will be trying in the extreme. They will be de-
by the conspraors renegades and traitors the
South and to Southern interests We to the
sacred duty Of the North furnish them with platform"
which they stand and breast the storm Of oboquy
which they will be assaed Under any degree Of provoca
ton which be anticipated let be generous to those
who stand firmly by the Government amidst surrounding de-
lection. Far from making this Texas outbreak the occasion
for dealing strngenty with the South, should if any
thing to be tolerant towards all those to
whom treason is foregone purpose At the time, our
determination maintain the integrity Of this Federal Union
be the what it may may 6y be expressed in Ian
suase which, while it does not necessarily Offend will not
be liable to Misrepresentation.
| TRox THE "xAsLE AND BULLETIN" (GEoRGIA.)
Scarcely had the Of the defeat Of the compromise bill
been spread abroad when the sound Of busy preparation
sounded throughout ranks Of the desrucon Treason
had el up her head though the time for her stalk
abroad Of MONDAY had anivedhe Lone Star catch. word
vas once more embazoned on the black banner the hosts
Of msdcsp the vocabulary Of dsnuncaion had beer
sncked or hshwought apostophes TO call down the