The republic., 1851-04-15
From the Ne,o York Express.
The Cnmnro~lse Ralls

From the Neto York Express.
The Compromiso Bills.
Mr.. Seward in his recent letter to the Aboli-
tion assembly in Boston, which was stirring up
| rebellious resistance TO one of the laws of the
land, says:
"Nor is the law, which is obnoxious in itself,
commended to my favor by its connexion with
what are called the other means of compromise.
Compromise implies a mingling OF truth and error,
right and wrong. One of those affiliated measures
denied the admission of New Mexico, because she
had determined to come in a free State, and re.
manded her, with permission to come back in the
| habiliments of slavery. Another distinctly init
mated to the Mormons the consent Of Congress that
they should, if they could, plant slave State in
the very recesses of the continent. A third abol.
ished public slave mart in the city of Washing
ton, without abating either the extent or duration
of slavery In the District of Columbia. A fourth
obtained peace on humiliating terms from one Of
| the youngest and feeblest members Of the Confed-
erasy in attitude of sediton; while fifth only
reluctantly admitted California free State.
when she had refused to contaminate herself with
| slavery"
This is the first opportunity we have had
since September last of publishing letter from
| the Hon. Mr.. Rusk, Senator from Texas, which
has, since that time, been in our possession,
| with permission to publish only ON condition
| that Mr.. Seward denied, what he has frequently
| been charged with, that is being in favor of
the Ten Millions Texas bill. In this letter to
the Abolition assembly in Boston, Mr.. Seward
| for the first time in public, that we have seen,
takes ground against the Ten Millions bill, in
saying:
| "a fourth (measure of the Compromise) OBJ
tanned peace on humiliating terms from one of the
youngest and feeblest members Of the Confederacy,
| in the attitude Of sedition."
| What we now profess to show is, that Mr..
Seward himself proposed these terms of peace,
and their "humllating conditions" to this
youngest and feeblest member Of the Confed-
eracy," as is explained and shown in the fol-
lowing correspondence:
Copy Of letter from the Hon James Brooks Of Ne,u
| York, to Hon. Thomas Rask, Senator from Itras.
WAsHINoroN, Sept. IL, 1850.
SIR: Some fourteen members of the House of Re
representatives. from New York, including myself,
have voted to pay the debt Of Texas, to the amount
of ten millions OF dollars, in Texas surrendera
her claim to all territory east of the Rio Grande
webelicve that in our vote we fortified by the
thority Of Governor Seward, one of our Senators,
and that have such authority, not only in one Of
his speeches, but in proposition which we un-
derstand he made to you, in case the 20 called Om
nibus bill was defeated. AS it is Of some import
ance to defend and maintain our vote, by all the
authorities that exist, will you be kind enough to
state what these propositions were?
| Yours, respectfully,
(signed) JAMES BROOKS.
Hon. THOMAS J. RusK, Senator from Texas
| Copy Of the reply Of the Hon. Thomas J. Rusk.
WAsHISoroN, Sept. IL, $780,
| DEAR SIR l have received your note of this
date making inquiry in relation to certain propo-
| sitions made to me by Mr.. Seward ,,of New York.
| Some months since, while the bill reported by the
Committee Of Thirteen, usually called the Omni-
bus bill, was before the Senate, Mr.. Seward called
upon me and said he thought Texas in bad
company that he was disposed to treat her kind
ly-that he did not believe she had good title to
| New Mexico, but he believed the United States
were bound to pay her debt-that he would vote to
do 80, at any time, if Texas would relinquish her
claim to New Mexico; that all his friends would
do 30, and that, if would draw him up bill to
that effect, he would have it introduced into the
| House Of Representatives, and had doubt it
| would pass. He said he better friend TO
| Texas than many of those who were supporting
| the Omnibus bill, and that it would be better for
Texas to disconnect hersef from the bill then be-
| fore the Senate. listened to all this, but did
not draw up any bill at the time, for sew
eral days afterwards. He asked me, think,
| four or five times, whether had drawn the BILL to
which answered that had not. He then left for
! home and was gone several days. When he
returned, he asked me whether had yet drawn
up that bill. l replied that had not, when
! he again urged me to do 80. / then learned
from him that he had spoken to another member
| of the Senate upon the subject. l concluded tc
draw up bill, and did 80, fixing the line at "a de-
grees of north latitude, and inserting twelve mil
| lions Of dollars as the compensation. To this he
objected, but proposed bill to pay the debt o.
| Texas, provided il did not exceed ten millions
| Texas relinquishing her claims to New Mexico
| proper, she stood previously, under the organi-
| zation of Mexico. He said this was ground upon
! which he and his friends could sustain themselves
and that if would draw such a bill, he would
| have it introduced into the House of Representa-
tives. I thereupon caused bill to be drawn by
one of the clerks Of the Senate, which handed to
| him. Some time afterwards the Omnibus bill wai
defeated; Mr.. Pearce's bill was then introduced
and, on its passage, Mr.. Seward voted against it.
Some time afterwards, MIR. s. approached me and
said he had objection to the ten millions, but he
did not like the word ccde' in the bill. He re.
marked that he had voted against it. told him
had observed the fact, and astonished at it.
| after what he had said to mo. said that the
| bill conceded more territory to New Mexico thar
her former limits; to which he answered, that the
word "cede" gave rise to his only objection to the
measure, and that he saw there were enough votes
without his, &c.
| Soon after the bill! went to the House learned
] from highly respectable source that Mr.. s. was
excrting himself to defeat it, and Immediately
called upon him and reminded him of his previous
conversation with me the subject. then told
him that, after what he had said in the Senate,
had no disposition to assal q man who had declared
che would not defend HIMSELF" but when he had
sought me and made declarations which were cal
culated to deceive and mislead me, in matter o
| vital importance TO Texas and the whole country,
he assumed different position, of which he should
not avail himself with impunity, and that desired
| then to know whether he had been exerting him
self to defeat the bill. He replied that he had
heard of the charge-that II was untrue-that il
| was made by Mr.. Fillmore and hs friends TO get