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EDITED 1JV IL 0. MATTHEW BON.
AU&RMP SATURDAY NOVEMBER1 10;i849.
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Tho IjovcrHor's Message.
ajjMYb recommend to our renders ft cnrcfiil pcrusnl of tho Gov-
ernor's Message to tho Senate and House of Representatives
winch will bo found in our columns to-day. Our limits preclude
'ifs'trom entering urtho present number into anything like an
-elaborate discussion of the policy advocated in tho Mcssnge. It
)isinnnblo document and treats with great clearness and brevity
ttj'pbn subjects which are of tho most vital importance and con-
fibqilenca to tho present interest and future welfare of oilr State.
tliho.sccurinjrottlieir land to ihescttlcrs under thedifferent colony
'.contracts tho protection of our frontier citizens against the rob-
beries ntid barbarities of the Indians the suppression of those
tfratidnlentlond claims so prevalent throughout the State the en-
forcement of our jurisdiction over the district of Santa Fe the
liquidation of our public debt the appropriation of our school
'futfd to the purposes of education and other matters alluded to
jinthc Message are alt subjects of the highest importance each
ofjwhich would require a separate articlo to enter into nny thing
.like a full discussion of it. "
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friKj? Both branches of tho Legislature it will bo seen from
4jueir proceedings uavo gone 10 wor. hi goou earnest ana witn
a manifest determination to despatch the public business with all
tjiejpromptitude consistent with due deliberation. The prospect
ojfa busynud useful session is certainly cheering. As citizens
Haying a common interest in the welfare and honor of the State
ivo.trust that the harmony decorum and attention to business so
far "evinced may continuo without abatement to the end of the
session. - C
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'ttfPF During nn nffray which took place in Mt.Seiders'
angJestttblishmenton lastSnnday evening Jacob Weber
drink-
angJestublishmenton lastSnnday evening Jacob Weber one of
our German citizens was shot with 'a pistol by a man of the
namo of Montgomery. Tho ball entered at the lower part of the
abdomen ond lodged iu the body. Weber died Thursday morn-
3mg.
." Montgomery is in jail to await his trial. We have not learned
tho particular circumstances under which tho act was committed.
'' Crcuzbaur's Guide to California.
'"We have nt last received a copy of this work to which reference lias already
been made in our columns. It contain? a description of all the explored rouics
from the Gulf of Mexico ond the Lower Mississippi Valley to California and
tKc Pacific Ocean. It lias been compiled by Robert Grcuzb.tur Eq. principal
Draughtsman In our General Land' Office from Fremont's Iteport ol his Explor-
IngiExnedition In 18-13 44 Emory's Notes of a Military Recoiinoissance in 1810
-S.;47. Cook's Report of his march from Santa Fe to the Pacific Ford's Report
of Major Neighbors' Exploring Expedition from Austin to EJ Paso del
Worts' in 18-19 the Records of the General Land Office of this State and other
reliable sources. It is accompanied with a general map and four sectional map-:
carefully constructed by the compiler and neatly executed at Mayer & ICorfl's
Lithography in the city of New York. The elegant manner in which the work
and maps are executed is highly creditable to the publishers Messrs. Long &
Brother of New York.
The Importance of correct information on the topography of the country with
reference to the contemplated Atlantic and Pacific Rail-Road must be apparent
10 all bur readers and we hope the work has been promptly laid before the Mem-
Ehis.ConVenlfon. As this question will probably be discussed in our present
.cfrtslaturc. we would suggest to onr Senators and Representatives the imnor-
iiin.ee of n careful perusal ot' the work. A correct knowledge of the surlace of
nscountry its nature appearance atiu advantages ana disadvantages can be ori-
glijtiilv ascertained only from actual observations; and the authorities quoted in
tbe present work arc oi the highest character. This work ought to be iu the
jKwseijslon of every person who wishes to make himself acquainted with the
ceonraohv of the country from the Mississippi to the Sacramento and to our
own citizens it is particularly Interesting as we have more at slake in the direc-
tion of the route than any "her Slate ol tho Union.
jl San Marcos
mX aro gratified to learn thatii school of a superior order with
separate ueimrtiiieiiiB tor iiiuiu aim tuinate summits uus uecu es-
tablished in the tdwn of San Marcos under the superintendence
o?Mr. and Airs. Charlotte. Wo ore informed by an intelli-
gent gentleman from that section of country who occasionally
Visits tho institution that it is in a flourishing condition ond that
'tho able manner in which it is conducted justly entitles it to the
.attention of parents andihe friends of education generally-
"' .The town of San Marcos js pleasantly situated at tho head of
-JjlO'river of tho sanie name and is rapidly becoming a place ol
'Considerable importance. Tho soil is rich and the locality heal
itliy and upon tho whole we know of no place which oilers great
er inducements to those who wish to settle in this section of
MWY- "
"n&S3 Wo regret to leorn that General Burleson since his orri-
.jvalOriUie city several davs ago has been so seriously indisposed
ttfTto'bQ unable to take tifs seat in the Senate.
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SO The Governor of North Carolina has set apart Thursday
'the'fifteenth November ns a day of thanksgiving in that State
"aud the Governor of Massachusetts has designated Thursday
1tho429th as a thanksgiving day in his commonwealth.
p-
SClr The citizens of Now York contemplate the erection of a
monument to the late Silas Wright
llfcaSr Wo learn from the Galveston News of the 24th nit.1 that
- Captain Darling upon arriving in New Orleans with the remains
o(?lGpn. Worth and Col. Duncan was instructed by telegraphic
llcspa'fch from New York to return to Fredericksburg for tho re-
185103" of Maj Gates. On his return to New Orleans ho is to pro-
ceed to New York with the remains of those three distinguished
individuals.
2jfe Meotiags f Secietfes in Toxas.
The pattern Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
jGlmrch will meet at Paris Lamar county on the 14th of this
imcth. The same body for Western Texas will meet at Seguin
Guadalupe county on the 6th of December next. Bishop Paf no
jgwll it is oxpectedj preside at both meetings.
' f The Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance in this State
will hold its first quarterly sessidnfor 1850? at Austin in Janua-
ry ; its second session at Iluntsvillo in April and its third at San
skugustiue in July next.
Ia-f T. A. Patillo Esq. has retired from the editorial charge
zSrf th& Marshall Republican as ono.of its co-editors.
t. a :
The Steamer Galveston has met with another serious ac-Miy-coming
n collision with a. soil-vesspCIerlhull js not
albutotherwiso.the daranrmis saidsby thftfialygston News
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A tremendous gale lately swept over all tho Great Lakes. At
WlutoPoint on Lake Superior the water rose eight or ten feet
higher than it had ever been known to riso before.
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JO3 The Panama railroad has been let to contract and opera-
tions will bo commenced about the first of December. Messrs.
Totten and Tratitwinc ore the contractors. Tho company at
tho head of which stand Mpssrs. Aspinwall Stevens and'Chaun-
cey of New York havo ail tho facilities and enterprise for its
speedy completion. Wilhin two years it is exported tho whole
fifty miles will bo completed when a passenger lighting his cigar
on leaving thp steamer on tho Atlantic may smoke it until hens
cends the ship's side in the Pacific thus reducing the distance
between the two oceans to less than the length of a cigar !
JO1 Gen. Trousdale the new democratic Governor of Ten-
nessee was inaugurated nt Nashville on the Kilh ulf.in presence
of both Mouses of the Legislature ond'a large body of citizens.
US3 The Hon. Benjamin Toppan Into United States Senator
from Ohio is at present sojourning in this city. He was the im-
mediate democratic predecessor of Tom Corwin.
DSfj We learn from the Mutamorns Flasrof the 3d nit. that the
ship Roland wns wrecked on the 19th of August about half a
mile from shore at Mnzntlon on a rocky reef. A South-Enst
wind drove her on the breakers near the island and in less than
five minutes after she struck she was dnshed into a thousand
fragments. There were on board about forty persons of
whom about twenty-five were drowned. Maj. C. Tnylor who
formerly resided in Nueces county wns drowned. The captain
of the vessel -was not on board at the time.
Citv or Austin Texas October 3lst 1819.
"Wm. II. Cushney Dear Sir: I herewith hand to you a letter to Gen. Sam
Houston from myself containing reply to his verbal message recently conveyed
lo me which you will oblige me by publishing in your next number of the State
Gazette and 1 will also solicit through you the publication of said letter in all
the Gazette; ol the Stale that I may have a fair hearing in reply to the accusa-
tion of Gen. Houston that I ara a whig and permit our fellow-citizens and not
Gen. Houston to determine what are my politics.
I remain very respectfully
your obedient servant
MEMUCAN HUNT.
Exceedingly interesting and entertaining letter from Gen. Hunt to Gen. Hous-
ton Gen. Houston's public verbal message to Gen. Hunt reasons fur reluming
a written and public answer their respective politics Gen. Houston a fkeb
son democrat by Ms acts Gen. Hunt a conservative democrat both of them
Texas nulltfirrsGen. Houston's ambition vindiclivtncss and selfishness Gen.
Houston's and Col. Benton's vote for the bill establishing a government in Ore-
gonits consequences Get. Houston's shifts and subterfuges to screen himself
Hon D. S. Kaufman his apologist for siidvole Gen. Rusk Aw vole for
suspending the rules of the Senate that the Oregon bill might pass his refusal
to sign the Southern Addicss of Member of Congress Gen. Houston and Col.
Benton the real disunionists of the South their free soil associates of the north
and north-west the disunionists of the north and north-icesl Defamation by
Gen. Houston of citizen teat riors and statesmen of Texas some of them named
his iccapons of attack his succces in destroying their popularity Mr Cal-
houn Mr. Buchanan Judge Woodbury Mr. Walker or Mr. 11. M. T. Hunter
preferred to Gen. Cass asnomince of the democratic parly for President in 1818.
Gen. Hunt's voie for Gen Taylor and the causes of the same. The late Judge
White and Mr. Van Burcn compared as democrats Gen Houston's pi eference
for the latter Gen. Hunt's for the former Ex-P resident Jones' aud Gen. Hous-
ton's issues before the people relating to AnnxalionGcn. Hunt's withdrawal of
his Idler to Col. Claiborne editor of the New Orleans Jeffersonian Gen. Hous-
ton's issues of veracity with distinguished citizens of Pennsylvania abortive al-
ttmpts of Gen. Houston lo obtain an expression of public opinion m his favor
Mr. Kaufman's letter apologizing for Gen. Houston's Oregon vole recent refu-
sal of the citizens of Walker county to invite Gen. Rusk to a public dinner
threatened loss of 40M0 voles lo Huhlsville as the Seat of Government in conse-
quence Gen. Houston's admiration of " northern society" and his desire for it
in Texas his probable want of southern society at the next election for Senator
Very 'important conservative 'democratic proposition of Gen. Hunt lo amend the
Constitution of the United States so as to give the election of certain officers of
government to the people and lessen Executive patronage cr-c.f'C f-e.
Crry op Austin Texas October 30ih 1819.
Gen. Sam Houston
United Slates Senator Huntsville Wulker County.
General ; I have just received and avail myself of the first moment's leisure
to acknowledge through the medium of your lnend Maj. Neighbors your verbal
message expressing your high regards and personal friendship for me but at the
same lime your emphatic regrets that I have become a whig and an advocate ol
whig principles.- Thisjs indeed uews to me for yon aie the first gentleman Ibe-
lieve who has ever accused me of being a whig in the present acceptation of
the terra as applied to the two great political parties of the United States and I
am the more so enlightened about myself as in my acts and professions I have
always been a democrat if you please a conservative democrat.
As doubtless my political history is so insignificant and obscure that you arenot
at all informed respecting it except very recently and you pros to be exceed-
ingly solicitous respecting my welfare und pi inciples I will although it is very
Inconvenient at Ihe present to appropriate the lime lor the purpose gratify you
with a very brief sketch of the nttbt prominent positions 1 have occupied as a pri-
vate citizen towards parties and men under the government of the United States.
At the age of about twenty-iwo years in 1831 1 think it was beinc classed in
my political views with the republican or democratic parly I was placed by a
large and respectable meeting of citizens assembled from various parts of ihc
Stale at Shocco Springs North Carolina on a committee of correspondence to-
gether with the Hon Joseph H. Bryant and Mr. Josiah T.Granbury to address
political intcrogatories to Mr. Martin "Van Duren and Mr. Phillip P. Barbour
soliciting their views thereupon they both at that time being considered can-
didates tor Ihe office of Vice President of the United States. I accepted the ap-
pointment and endeavored to discharge my duty ns a member of the committee.
Was there sny thing whigglsh In this General 1 Well the election for President
and "Vice Piesident came round in 1830 and the first vole I had ever cast for a
President was given and polled at that time for General Jackson and as a consp-
qucncel voted for Mr. VnnBurenfor Vice President but at Ihe lime I should
have much prefercd to have voted fonMr. Barbour. Was this sir. the disposition
and vote of a whig! In 1831 I moved from North Carolina to Mississippi and
being a new resident in that State 1-was not active in the election between 'Go-
vernor Runnels and Governor Lynch but expressed my preference for Governor
Runnels. Governor R.'s election was advocated at the same time by the subse-
quently very distinguished Robert J. "Walker. ' Was this undemocratic? Hut
General you and mylf. split in feelings at the next Presidential election. For
although I had at that timo identified myself with Texas it afforded me great
pleasure lo express my preference lor Judge White as being a conMirvativn de-
mocrat"lo Mr. Van Buren.apartizan intriguer without any fixed or real princi-
ples as has been abundantly shown subsequently by his acts. I would again ad-
vocate Judge While in preference lo Mr. Van Buren if it were possible they
could occupy Ihe same position they did to each other in I83fi. Bui vcu appear
not yet to have parted company with your friend Mr. Van Buren. You are not
only still together but together on the great question that is now shaking this
o'herwise happy and united country to its very heart. Which do you ihlnk
moit democratic General the advocacy of Judge' White's or Mr. Van Buren s
election in 183C 1 My oftlcial position al Washington in 1837 nnd 1838 caused
me to be studiously neutral in respect to the local politics oi the Untied SWtes
during lhat lime. From 1833 until 18451 did not spend a month in the United
Blatcs but in 1844 I used my pen with mybet ability both putlfcly and private
ly to secure the election of Mr. Polk over Mr. Clay. Wi.ich of these gentle-
men General was considered the democrat 1 I advocated your election to the
United Stales Senate in both instances when you wcrebeiore the Legislature of
Texas. Are you a democrat! You were General but you have been known
familiarly since the first hessjon of the last Copgress as a free soil democrat. At
the election of President the 7th November last I voted for General Taylor in
prelerence to General Cass Gen. Cass had been considered n very changeable
statesman. He had it is believed been on all sides ol all parties nnd questions
since the days of Join. Adams. It Is said lhat even when federal principles as
they are termed were in the ascendant he avowed and advocated them in his
youth by siding wilh and sustaining Ex-1're.-ident J. Adams and has filled lucra-
tive offices under ever ndministrallon Ffnce until he occupied a seat in the Se-
nate during Mr. Polk'a pdministratfon. Idid notdesire Mr. Cuss tobe President
I prefered Judge Woudbtiry or Mr. Buchanan or Mr. H.M. Hunter or Mr.
Robert J Wplker. or Mr. Calhoun. I feared his firmness for i!u rMmt ctMi
on Ihe great question you have deserted us upon and others-connected with the
ierriiurj;yeii aiah uinm enierwincja ironj tne impretsio.is I have derived of
iMprjvjte "character an exalted opinion of Gen. CnV virtues; and since his re-
centle'.ler tothe editor of the" Unlon'-'and my knowledges! the atliiude In which
&
he stands to your friends the free soil branch of the democratic parly espe-
cially the two leadipgaspiranlsCol. Benton and Ex-Proideni Van Buren 1 in
gratified 'to stale that I now have confidence thai he will be sincere and linn It
neither uniting or keeping company wilh Ihetn nnd yourself on the vital questions
growing out of lic Wllinol Proviso nor in nny other way encourage a dissolu-
tion of Ihe Union. In Qen. Tarlor I have great confidence thai the IntcrcMs of
the Soulh will bo protected ns far as in his power lie-. In addition lo thl- I uvm
a greal rcvcicncc and n warm personal attachment for thi-sgentleman Mv feel
ings ana opinions in regard to aim are nnovo ait party shackles and I expect will
always so remain. You know this for 1 communicated the same to you tnvself
when we Inst met in November 1817 ; and I then mentioned to you in addition.
mat H uen. iay iors name wns nol ueioio tne couniry nt tne then i
moron e h ne
election for President of the United States. I should vote for the democratic nomi
nee lou cannot nave lorgotten this as we visitcdJLteu. Taylor at the Si Charles
Hotel by your own request at (he lime ami conversed together repc.iledlv dur-
ing your stay in New Orleans. I made my intentions no secret any one who
wished lo learn them were promptly gratified. And in addition many of the Ga-
zelles of the country announced among many oilier name my own as a demo-
crat who supported Gen. Taylor's election none of them however stated that I
llad changed my politics and no person whosoever that I am aware of but your-
self hasso declarci). In voting for Gen. Tnylor as a consequence I voted (or
Mr. Fillmore for Vice President and with the opinions I then entertained of
General Cass and his position towards ethers which have since become
changed however I thought him (Mr. Fillmore) ns trustworthy in refer-
ence to our most important interest ns General Cass. How different )'our
course towards me has been in reference to my vote for Gen. Taylor from your
colleague Gen. Rusk. For in a correspondence with him (Gen. R.) during lh
period of the canvass bf-lwcen Generals Taylor aud Cas I mentioned in one of
my letters that no reasons or considerations whatever could divert me from mv
intentions of voting forGcn. Taylor and knowing n he did like yourself that I
wasa democrat butlikewiselhc exalted opinionsnnd personal attachment Ibore
towards him (Gen. T.) together wilh existing ties lie justly replied that under
ihe circumstances no one could blame me for voting for Gen. Taylor; but that
he of cour.se should do all he could lorGen. Cass. What a.commentary this is
on your gratuitous menage bv Maj. Neighbors. And if I am a whig I do not
know it and no otl er person professes to do so but yon rself. As it may be in
better connection here than in any other part of this paper I will lake occasion
to state that I am truly sorry that Gen. Ru-k voted to suspend the rules ol the
Senate that the odious bill funiler the circumstances) to establish a territorial
government in Oregon might be acted upon and become a law nnd that he refus
cd subsequently to sign the Southern Address. But believing as I do that h-
deserves the censure of his constituents for both I do not abstain from the avowal
of the opinion as oneof them.
I thank you General for the high personal appreciation that you profess to en-
tertain for me and assure you in return that 1 sincerely wish you health and
prosperity and happiness in private life; and in doing- which regret lo tell you
in my written message in reply to the oral one from you how much I was astound-
ed at your desertion of Ihc just rights interests and dignity of your constituents
by associating vonr.self politically with the " free soil democrats'' in Missouri and
the Nonh and North-west or perhaps 1 should have more properly said the ftee
soilcr of Missouri; and also your late repudialion of your old and formerly
cherished principles of nullification in which you acted so conspicuous a part in
ihe counsels of Texas in the consultation of 1835 nnd subsequently in the con-
vention nnd in the field in 183(7. The history of ihe political differences between
Texasand Mexico General is or ought tobe as familiar lo yourself as any gen-
tleman in Texas. You know thai Texas nullified the laws of Mexico in thp con
sultation and in the convention in which you participated officially and you also
aided prominently in her arnlies in making this nullification practical. You
may not oe aware or the tact that you are considered the great practical nnllifier
of the age. To you is awarded however justly this reputation and the conspi-
cuous Otliee VOU now hold anil the fnme. Ui.it vnn h.nvp npnnir..fl tc wlihnnt 1nt
.VI ... .. .JVU .1V.U V
rtW uaJ"Ji ":u .ti-ugui. 'At.ii io.i ?in proposing io negotiate an annexi
lion of Texas lo the United States and in unfolding to the then President throng
IllS Secretary the causes Ol Ihe flifierenresnnrlRniinr.nl. on nr'tV-r.-ic rrmn TUavf.7.
ine result ot your political and mi tarv deeds of iiutliication. 1 wnnnn linmhu
actor.to a small extent in attempting to consummate Texas nullification nnd sub-
sequently the annexation of our magnificent State to the United States. I re-
gret therefore to see yon attempt to lay so mnch stress and attach so much odium
in your recent letter to General Gadsden of Sonth Carolina tothe teim nulli-
fication. It appears (o me that of all polilicans in America yon should appre-
ciate it most. But General yon may have reasons which it would be wroujr
perhaps in me even lo suggest as the probable cause which induced you lo attach
odium lo the name nullification. I purposely avoided the use of this term in my
fill
fearing that the prejudices of a large majority of the citizens of the Uniteif
Stales to the term nullification was so great that it mighl ptejudice and impair the
prospective success of my negotiations in behalf of an union ol the two Repub-
lics. 1 on possess uncommon talents and tact in attaching odium and ridicule to
names and to persons and in associating them together and impressing the pnblie
mind with prejudices or professed prejudices of your own. I take the liberty
as having been your co-laborer in Texas nullification to suggest to you to be-
ware of prcjudical allusions to nullification as its magic influence may totally
destroy your future hopes and aspirations for the Presidency of the Uniie'd Slates.
I was gratified at some and greatly amused at other portions of your letter io
'.. ry'!"?" j'.ui nu wen umi x arn Dy no means certain ns vet
lhat General Gadsden intended for you lo consider his letter as official which von
published. Why did you not publish the other letter he wrote to you at Washing-
ton containing interrogatories addressed to you officially nnd in your recent lei-
tcryinswerlhose interrogatories. I say I was gratified at parts of it.especially that re-
lativetoyourrespective educations. It is indeed inimitable. I appreciated the truth
and force of it myself individually as in respect to my cducallon lam like yourseir.
having been taught the little I learned of letters nt an old field school house and
have greatly felt the want of a more general acquisition of learning in all my re-
imiuu.- wi me. imicii me more so ioo man yourselJ as I do not possess a mind
utjuaircu iuim.uuH.-iHv wuiisi your uncommon talents by cliglit application
long since to a considerable extent overcame any embarrassments in this res-
pect in the hieh and exaltei! nnsitinn vim n.u- linlil nn.l t m:t:... i i!.!
(Ml positions you-have held heretofore. 'And moreover General Gadsden's ai-
lempted ridicule for your not acquiring a more perfect education in your enrlv
youth i is beleved would apply as aptly to General Washington Dr. Franklin
Edmund Pendleton Patrick Henry General Jackson General Taylor and manr
other of the ablest statesmen and trnest patriots of onr country.
i s.iiu vaenerai tnat t was greatly amnsed at some portions of your letter to
.l lrf!!. ' . " l ...
Ueiieiill VJ.UISUCII. 1 n llMr In ho nrlrinr. nn.. !...-
ffl nB aivert public opinion and censure from your vote in company
With Col. Bentnn nnd ihn nthcr ii CrUon!i. . .i. vu-i. 1 .
-i-i ... .V 7 . "uucia in me c.Niauiisnmeni or a terriio
ii Huvei.ii.emin uregon oy attributing any excitement in the South to Mr.
Calhoun and attaching to his name a title known lo be odious to a large majority
of ibo pnoplo oftho United State. whinh title is appropriated grnernlly? indie . I
mR nnnrly who wcro ndvopmo. of political principles nnd proceedings ! which W.
mr letter to Gon. Gadsden n reference to your friend nnd political niiocinief ita
free soilcr. ond tor proceedings in tho Senate when n mnnoiiiion wna mad.
in
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onerr io insert tho Alisaotiri mirf Tovn- ?.....:.. is s . i .. . .
o Sfi.'Imn.l'"10;" 1'.V4r.Tnt' n' t0 ' future action of Congress in rfcicn.(
to tho ftirrnnuon of lerntor.nl government in tho rcid.io of tho territories belong
ing to the United States. If a man over did deserve credit for a di.play of .ulroif.
nesK tact and cunning in n composition I beliovr vou entitled to the award in nt-
einptingto screen yoursolf from tho odium lhat many of your constituents holievo
llmtjnu deserve for voting for tho Oregon territorial bill under tho circumstances
ns it passed the Senate. You know General you votod for this bill with a full
knowledge that tho Wilmot Proviso ns it is termed wns at that moment beforo
Congrefi. denying to tho citizens of Texas tho right to hold slaves in any of the
newly acquired territory from Mexico South even of the Compromise line of 3fi
degrees 30 minute. Wh lat.tuuo ond was also ingrafted upon tho Oregon bill.
Yet notwithstanding these nre tho circumstances in connection with tho net thai
so much d.ssatishcd your constituents nd causes on your head surh cetmiro and
rebuke nut only from your own State but from nil tho slave-holding States u
omitted to namo or oven allude to it in your letter to General Gadsden. Yo. sav
that all iho excitement produced in tho United States in referonco to the subject of
slavery in tho Southern States has been occasioned by Mr Calhoun nnd nuiifion-
tion. anil in th North and North-west by the abolitionists and fanatics. Now. Gone-
ral. 1 res-pertfully .k you if tho majority of Congress who rejected tho Missouri
and loxns Comprom.so hues m rorerenco to Oregon nnd tho newly acquired terri-
;2im?PX'C"'.m(r"lir"rfian'1 Now Mc "ore all ronalic. ond aboil-
tlonists . It was sir that rejection nnd tho Mmnltnnonus crontlon of tho torriio-
liS!lhlTent.in0?'SOn"n.rBCn?l'no Wilmn Proviso aml t"e Principles i-
n?n.m I ' "' .produced the great excitement nMho South and 6oneral
a aim nnd apprehension in respect to a continued union or thoso Slates. And tho
.range.! of oil ih.r.gs i. that Col. Benton nnd yourself should desert vour co ...
;.r ii.-rJ . l T".lno "Jrce toilers." disregard the intentions and spirit
i vir".'! '"'"" nmI1 "'"Vricio"8ofy?urri!''I"!"ivo Legislatures nnd mad.
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in lur n Honed lor udvnncnmnnt r.r vnnr nnA
iKn ?nip' r nr"' onoiJcoT0 Oregon torritoribl bill could not Imvo'passcd
tho Senate but for your and Col. Benton' votes. You and hjmsolf are tho real
dmimoniM. of tho South nml ...tMr. r.nn i.i inr.-.: '
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lew hundred people who hud smiled in Oregon as controlling you is indeed a ilimsy
exi .r.o w lrn it is remembered that you disregarded tho greatest and most Peculiar
interest n fourteen States of tho Union and million of inhabitants. I do rri re-
member certainly but I balloro tho popular vot polled in Oregon did nut oicoed
.t T '" ' Pn lho?'"?d' Yet yo"' eocitud0 was so great for tr.is small popu
lotion that vou mii.t jlold to thorn your vote seriously adenting five or six million
oi nopiiinuon . your own constituents of tho number nnd hazard also the -porno-imiy
ot Hie Union '
In JvU?vU "fr cern" naons exprpfi.:(l by.you in tho Senate inducing nnd'enu-
.diS V?l?for.' 9"8"fel .whW frimi .oine Unaccountable cause were never
puoiisiiLd. jot ifAo.e reatont uro so important for your vindication a. you leaw
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Matthewson, R. C. Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 10, 1849, newspaper, November 10, 1849; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80903/m1/2/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.