Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-10-16
re. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER is, 1851

the recipients Of this benefit, as well as the
country poor. Il is, in truth, the poor
mans law. and was intended 10 be such
| Let US test this little more practically
There are, in the couaty of Bedford, about
400 subscribers to the Sentinel. Las,
year it cost each subscriber SO cents, in ad-
dition 10 his subscription ofS2. This year
and hereafter, each subscriber will be re
| lieved from the fifty-two cents, constituting
an exemption in the county. of about two
hundred dollars, in postage on the county
paper alone. But there are many who
take papers published out Of the county.
On these the postage is considerably re-
dnced Adding to this, the amount ofre-
liefin the payment Of letter postage. and
| Bedford, at moderate calculation, is re-
| lieved Of an annual tax of 500. THIS is
the same as an exemption Of like sum
/ from direct State taxation, because, the
county is that much more able TO pay its
State taxes. Making reasonable aver
age among all the counties ofthe State, the
people of Virginia. by the operation o.thls
postage law, will lie annually relieved ofa
tax of $50 000l Yet there are some who
/
as small affair If our State Legisla-
ture were to relieve the people of such an
amount Of taxation, it would be, at once,
immortalised. Every member who voted
for such reduction, would be reelected by
overwhelming me)orities, whilst its cppo-
nents would he permitted 10 remain at
home, to attend TO their own business. 1t
is lust as reasonable and right 10 apply
the rule in another, and in all cases. VIM.
|. L. Goggin, was one of the first movers
if he is not the author OF the cheap postage
system in thscountry-haying reported
Bill similar to this one, when in Congress
Mr. Powell, voted against it, and is oppos-
ed to it. Let the people decile which is
the poor mans friend.
Texas.
Among the Compromise measures was
a Bill for the settlement Of the boundaries
of Texas A dispute threatening hostili
ties, existed between Texns and New Mex
leo, in relation to the true boundary be
tween them. New Mexico was terrific
ry, and under the exclusive care and pro-
tecton Of the United States-the owner,
in fact, of her soil. The Government
, troops at Santa Fe, We're, consequently, m
structed, TO resist any hostile demonsira-
ton by Texas against New Mexico. The
propricty and necessity of this no rational
man will question. II still further, how
, ever, excited the Texans, and Gov. Bell
called for ten thousand men for the pur-
pose of enforcing the claims of Texas at
the point of the bayonet a collision be-
tween the Texan and United States forces,
would have sounded the knell of.the I'm
ion, beyond peradvonture No man doubt
ed it. The stoutcst heart quailed, and the
frmest lip quivered at the prospect. Du-
ring the impendency of the danger, and
while the cloud was blackest, this Bill for
the settlement Of the difficulty was intro
duced into Congress. The Senators Of
Texas advocated it. Her representatives
in the lower House, though notapproving
, all its features went for it, for the sake OF
peace. Clay and Cass, Webster and
9 Dickinson, Douglass and Bell, Rusk and
Foote, Houston and Berricn, Wings and
: Democrats, all laid their political differ
/, ences on the altar of their country, aud
fought side by side. for peace and the I'm
ion. In spite Of all the oppression Of the
:. Aboltionists of the North and the Disun-
onists Of the South, it passed, and the
Country was rescued from the horrors Of
| civil war and frafernal strife. MIR. POW
. ELL voted against it also, although tire
D most eloquent appeals, from all parts ol
] the Union were ringing in his ears
e "save the Union--spare the work Of Wash
: ng,on."
Bu, Mr. Powell's vote is censurabN IN
another particular. This Bill provided
} that it should be submitted 10 the people
g of Texas for their decision. Why was he
, not willing 20 trust them with their own
e businessl Did he think that he knew SO
r much better what they ought to do, than
= they, themselves, did, that he would not
/ even let them vote upon their own rights
and honorl Yet he did it, although her
own representatives in Congress were in
p favor of the Bill To prove that he thus
assumed too much and that he did not
I know their wishes or feelings on the sub
@ ject, it is only necessary 10 state, that they
1 afterwards accepted the Bill by majori-
= ~ Of 3 TO /.
. But Mr.. Powell contends that Texas
was wronged in this settlement. We have
+ seen what the peopie thought oft, and We
n will low introduce some Democratic tes-
timony in relation to it.
/. Gen Houston, who is supposed to know
i more of Texan history than any man liv.
/. ing, in an address delivered at Galveston,
spoke particularly of the Texas boundary
!, Bill.
/ He alluded to the sale Of the Santa Fe
f territory, and thought that iflhcrc was any
o thing wrong in the trade it was that Texas
! had got little more than the country
was worth; but as he acted only in the
: capacity of agent Of the people, that res
possibility must rest on their consciences
r. Texas, he said, had but claim 10 Santa
F'e, and that the Government of Texas
: from 1883 to 1S4l had weakened tha,
claim by offering, in substance, to treat with
3 New Mexico as foreign Power.
r The Hon. VIM. r. King, Democratic
2 Senator from Alabama, and the Presiding
officer ofthe U. S. Senate, says:
/ 1.-The clamor which has been raised a
gainst the measure, that slave territory
, has been surrendered to free soil, has no
\ foundation in fact Many, however, with
out giving to the subject thorough exam
! ination, have been made to believe that the
boundary Of Texas had been established
at the time Of annexation, and that her right
70 the whole territory east of the Rio
Grande, from its mouth 10 its source, was
, unquestened. Nothing can be more erro.
I neous."
NOn-EntercOurse.
18th. That lie was and is now, in favor
: Of a Legislative tax upon Northern pro
ductions, as retaliatory measure upon
f the aboli,ionists, and with the object of
prevenfino their introduction hcre-a tax