The Yazoo Democrat., 1851-07-23

gogues, fanatics, or traitors rs--fof the pur-
pose Of multiplying the number OF our ad-
versaries in tine national councils, by peI-
m,tting additional free states TO be FORMED
within her limits, whose represe natives
here and in the other wing OF the Capitol
would be shortly found I'm close alliance
with those base aud unprincIpled meu who
have so long kept up wicked excitement
in the two honses of Congress, and who
will never be content until the .fdtrest par
ton Of this n16Ze replb5ttc shall be Sn61ec>
ted to raUage to eieS0Lati0n, and 10 ruin,
and until The most spirited and gallant Peo-
pie that the sun Of heaven ever shone upon
shall be involved in scenes more horri5Ie
and mare diStonoring than hare cvcr get
E'otInted the pages Of history2
D0es Guy ore TreSunea to think that Ter
0S a0U cUer consent to any diUSSton
ofher territory, a0cjsih may ipa the least
degree, tend to 6riaag upon the South such
scenes as these? If tnere be one that has
50 egregiously mttIWdged the people of
T. let me assure him thai ne knows moth
ing of that gallant yeomanry, who encoun-
tered Santa Anna and his myrmidons; and
achieved their liberty aud independence
in battles as glorious as any which marked
the immortal revolutionary struggle of our
own valiant foselalhers. if, | feel that 1
may speak confidently on this subject, for j
have sojured amoug them, aud enjoyed
their cordial and elegant hospitalIties;
have visite the fields of ronown where
undying tame was acquired, and where
.he sacred principles of civil and religious
I.berIy were established by the pouring forth
of the precious blood of patriots and of he
roes. | know the people of Texas well; q
4 S.,I,v IaII
thy of such distinguished honor | was, ten
years ago, invited by many OF her most L.
lustrious citizens, Zone of whom is now
member of this body,J TO draw up the his
tory Of her war Of independence. / com,
pied with the call SO kindly made &wrote
two considerable volumes upon t'Texas aud
the Texans" the preparation of which for
the press, if no other advantage TO myself
or others shall result enables me to bear
.es imony this day in the American Senate
in behalf of the people of Texas, and to
vindicate them agains: all suspicion
of delinquency Upon this great and vita!
question. No, ,sir;no Texas will never con-
sent that single acre Of sacred sol earned
by the hesoIsm of her sons reliuquished
to le- by the,memorable treaty wrung from
the Mexican dictator amid the glories OF
1 nat shout which have made the name of
Ia .into name terrible to tyrants, and one
OF encouragement to the struggers FOR free
dom throughout the world-of that sol
her title to which has been taGitIy recog
nized by the act Of ANNEXATION itself, win
dicated i'll all the battles which marked the
progress of our late memorable war with
Mexico and solemnly confirmed by the trea>
ty of Guadalupe Hidalgos never will Texas
consent, or think for moment of consent
ing, that single acre of this, valuable ter
ritory, shall be given up TO her own worst
enemies, or he used to enlarge arena of g adj
atorial strife which is certainly large
enough,in all conscience, without this enorf
nous addition to it. The bill of the hon
orable Senator .rom Missouri proposes to
pay to Texas a large sum of money, Fifteen
millions ofdolIars)chiefy in consideration Of
the reduction of her boundaries in the man
ner proposed. aud provides in addition for
the laying off of another new State within
her limits, thus previously reduced in di-
meEsions, whenever her whole popu alton
shall be found TO amount to one hundred
thousand souls; which new State is to be
laid of qvcSt of the Colorado. Now,in the
first place, the State of Texas is authorized
BIZ the resolutions of anuexatTon 10 divide
herself into four States instead of One-alt
of which running as have described them
from North to South, would, in all proba.
bility be slave States, and would supply ef
fcieut aid TO the South IN the fierce strug-
gle through which she is faied TO pass.
! he bill of the honorable member will so
resist her capacity for division and subdi-
vision, as only To allow two States, instead
of four, to arise within her confnes-one
to the east, and the other to the west Of
the Colorado This 0zrGng cement q0OltLd
be truly q most gracious boon to the South
in this her moment Of persecution and
danger?
Now, sir, what bright prospect does not
the honorable Senator'S bill unfold to us
for the speedy olg anization of another
State, wherein his fugorlte free SOIL 27rGpp-
ciplcS may gain tie aSce1de7scyf Sir,
anxious as was to bring about the early
reduction OF the territorial limits of Texas;
satisfied, as was, that this, was decidedly
necessary to the convenient management
of her own governmental concerns-l cer-
sainly never Thought of attempting to ac-
complish such an object by such means
as he has chosen to adopt. As a Senate
rial Representative fof one of the slave
States OF the Confederacy, could not have
reconciIed it to my own sense of duty to
engage in any scheme which nseatGeed che
sOhoLeS0attE aOitIS SUch serious detrinSes1t
We're TO bring f0raOGrd OF such q period
as thaS, a project So frGugbt a0sth nssSchaef
as as this 0ne to the g0lb0te. SlGUehOzds1g
Sects01t Of the cOasfederacys I should expect
to be speedily Instructed out of asy seat ~
THIS body for true ct as, as John Kan
doLplb used to say, those members ~ on