Litchfield enquirer., 1837-12-21
WASHINGTON, Dec. l3, 9 P. M.
ANNEXATION OF TEXAS

The motioas submitted yesterday by MT. Adams and MT. HoWard, of Md came up for discussion this morning. MT. Adams motion proposed 10 refer tho to the committee on Foreign Affairs. MT. Adars much apparent excitemen'. He spoke. with great warmth of slavery, of Texas, and of Mexico-dc- nonncng the slave system n the bit'erest fernsii.- timating that Texas might have kind of Botany Bay population, where thieves, robbers, Sc. ouu1 homo and saying in direct terms that Mexico had heen ] unjusty dealt with by the United Saes He spoke by the late administration. and with the knoNcdge of the late administration, and referred to American, 1exnn and Mexican documents 10 snbstaniiate his charge He spoke of the committees of the House ils connection with bis motion to refer the Texan pei'
 tions to Select Committee and said that he wanted
 no suclfcommttee as the committee of Ways ahd gard to National Bank, as ,hey acknowledged,
 without even reading the petitions praying iora Bank
 He wanted no committees who would make reporis
 without knowing and studying the merits of ,he qucs
 tions upon which they reported. He wanted no coni-
 mittees he said, to report upon the merits of Texas and the Slave question, Ike tie committee ot Foreign Attars--slX ot whoms ot nine members, represented slave-hoding States
 MT. LEeARE here called MT. Adams to order, and, much excite, told MT. and the House that he was filling the House with infammatory matter In most impressive and emphatic manner he warned the Mr. L., not be discussed un, fairly broueh! before tho House. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereOf Mir Adams here called MT. Leeare to order. The House was in great confrslon and half dog; on members were on the floor calling MT Adams ana
 Mr. RErrT, of s. c, begged that MT. Adams might go on He had gone so far that he could not go back He had spoken matter that must be replied to- M' Rhett now called to order
 MT Adams, order being restored, was suffered to proceed In moment nm more excited d .i ;aG eyer r9T ton riots, and the murder of Lovejoy.
 The House in a moment was tull of excitement.-
 The Speaker called him to order-.and half dozen
 members sprung the foor the Illinois members. Mr..
 Dawson, of Georgia, MT. Rhett, of South Carolina
 member from Pennsylvania, among the rest. The ex- citement was general, and very great.
 ans might go on. He proceeded with his remarks, continually interrupted by the Speaker, and is on the floor. and the members. particularly from the South, greatly excited and highly indignant at MT. A. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 1897. Mir. Adams was just closing his speech up- on the Texas petitions, when closed my iet- ter by Express Mail. The Speaker called him to order for the ninth or tenth time Ills answer was-"I will reserve what have to say until another occasion, when liberty of speech is given to member or the House ot Representatives" With this he closed, and with this ended the fever of the debate MT. Wise followed, and after few we'll timed and we'll tempered remarks, stating that 1 no one had prayed for the annexation of Tex as, and he, therefore. saw no reason for re- | ceiving petitions against what was not prayed l for ; he moved that the motions to commit the
 petitions, and the petitions themselves to be
 laid upon the table. e l MT. Pickens of S. C., and MT. Dawson of
 Geo., begged Mir. Wise to withdraw his mo-
 tion. Anxious to check the discussion, MT. Wise refused. The question to lay upon the table was not debatable, and by yeas and noes. the whole matter was laid upon the ta ble-l26 to 60-ibid. r. WASHINGTON, Dec. I4. HousE OF FREPREsENTATIvEs.-Mr. Smith, of Maine,
 asked the permission of the House to take up inc R
 for ordering Coast Squadron upon the United Sates
 coast, tor the relief of distressed navigators The
 House consented to take up tho Bill, and ahar beng
 read third time ordered Co he enaFoased amd
 now only awaits the signature of the PTsSident h H". | come a law. "
 Petitions were presented from tho Western sla,as
 praying against tho annexalon of Texas and ths AZ
 oIllIog of Slavery and tho Slave trade n Ihe Nsis,
 Gt Columbia. All 9f lhem hy .m0lIon, and wIh"SSs.
 discussion. were iald on the table "'"~"' l Two o'el0ak-Tha Hnnsa And ganata s,lll lu A..