The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 7, July 1903 - April, 1904 Page: 194
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194 Tewas Historical Assooiation Quarterly.
ity had practically been extended. The second was that no injury
should arise to the political interests of the South by an unwar-
ranted cession of territory south of 360 30', which had already
been conceded to the South and to Southern institutions by the
joint resolutions of annexation, framed in the intent of the Mis-
souri compromise. The author of the bill said that he placed the
western boundary one degree farther west than Benton's line to
\ conciliate the senators from Texas.'
After the adoption of some amendments, none, however, chang-
ing the boundary, the bill passed the Senate, August 9, by a vote
of 30 to 20. The Pearce bill was more liberal in its allotment of
territory to Texas than the omnibus bill, as it granted 16,200 more
square miles, and it conceded to the State nearly 90,000 square
miles more than the Benton bill.2
Senator Houston said that a higher object than pecuniary con-
sideration, a higher interest than sectional feeling animated him
in supporting the bill. He would vote for it in order to conciliate
and reconcile the great interests of the country. Senator Rusk,
whom Webster considered as first among the young statesmen of
the South,3 said that if the bill passed, receiving his vote, it would
result in the forfeiture of his seat in the senate, but he would vote
for it cheerfully, looking "beyond it to a peace and quiet; to a
time when affection and good feeling will exist between Texas and
the balance of the United States and this Government." Senator
iale, of New Hampshire, said that he accepted in part the sena-
tor's declaration as one of the things he believed on faith, discard-
ing reason altogether. It was inexplicable that he should become
unpopular with his constituents, unless it might be that the people
of Texas might say, the United States is such a good cow, and
so easily milked, that he ought not to have been content with ten
million; he ought to have gone up to fifteen or twenty. Senator
Benton paid tribute to the courage, fidelity, and skill shown by the
Texas senators in the interest of their State. The representatives,
Howard and Kaufman, both vigilant in guarding and defending
the interest of Texas through the long session, also supported the
1 Cong. Globe, 31st Cong., 1st Sess., 1541.
2Cong. Globe, 31st Gong., 1st Sess., App., 1559, 1560, 1566.
8Blaine, Twenty Years in Congress, I 90.
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