Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-06-27
Vol. X....No 40

The committee do not deem 1t advisable
to recommend any action on the part of
the House of Representatives, calculated
to PREJUDICE any such proposition should it
hereafter lie formally submitted for deciS-
ION, or to toreslal pubic sentiment in rela-
ton thereto. La consideration thereof,
the following resolution is reported:
Resotred, That the Committee on Fol.
eign Affairs be discharged f om the fur
Their consideration of the whole subject. &
that all the papers relating thereto, and TO
them referred, be laid on the table.
Mr.. Cushing called for division of The
question, so that it might be first taken
upon that palt OF the report which propos-
ed TO discharge the Committee ON Foreign
Affairs. MIR. G.. dissented from the report
entirel V, and should, before he sat down,
move a recommilment for the purpose of
having the subject more deliberatel " AMI
rgumentativcly presented to The House.
1t was due to the country and the subject.
| The preamble says there Is no proposition
! before the House for the annexation Of
Texas to the United States. This might
be technically, in true parliamentary lan-
guage, correct, since there was not any
motion or resolution pending in the House
for the annexation of Texas. But MIR. c.
denied that this was, in substance, correct
Three S,ntes ofthe Union, Tennessee, AL
ALBANIA and Mississippi, have passed rtso-
Intions for the admission of Texas into the
Union; and Of two at least of these Stacs
the resolutions have been presented here,
and are in the possession ofthe honsp-
In addition to which, Texas herself hasa.
pied TO the United States for admission
This proposition was pending nov, anl
in force and not, as the late report OF TIE
Secret 1ry Of State would Seem to intim7t'.
Withdrawn from the cognizauce the gov
eminent. BY the very latest intelligence
from Texas, the Senate of that republic had
distinctly refused to Withdraw the appca-
T ton.
Furthermore: Thrceo fthe States, Obi,
Michigan and Massachusetts, have s,rt
here resolutions solemn y remonstrati"5
+ against the annexation of Texas. Ii is due
TO those three States, also, to express our
e opinions frankl y Oh the subject. 1t was
due TO the thousands upon thousands ui
~ petitioners, whose opinions on this suffice,
:.
. They ask It-lhty demand it-thcv have
:, a right to it. Mr.. G.. insisted upon the
y duty of the committee to make full, ar
q cumentalve report. He would not under.
!, take 10 discuss the merits Of the q ,rsti,o.
But he desired to see full report, auI
f therefore he submitted the following he.
ton -
O That the report BE- recommi,t,s1 10 TIE
II same committee, with Instructions to maize
= report thereon in foil as to the n is Of
Y the questions pres 'nted BY the resolutions
= Of the legislatures of the several States Of
Y Tennessee: Alabama, Michigan, Ouo AMI
n Massachusetts, and of the various petitions
A. before the House on the subject Of Texas
IT. Mr.. Adams asked if the numerous eg;s-
rs Iative resolutions, and the memorials Ct
t, thousands and tens of thousands of the c!-
J. liens of this country, in relation to this
IF SUBJECT: had ever received five minutes con-
h sldora'on in the Committee on Foreign
?. fairs?
e Mr.. Dromgoole said he had but on"an.
= swer TO make to this question; which was
Y TO deny explicitly any right of thai men,
D Der, or any other member, TO catechise the
i cOnm!tee, as 10 lis action.
MIR. Adams Immediately rose, (amjds
h various cries of y " go on - g.
I, and said: That is enough, sir That ST.,
is enough for the House, and for the couo
try. The committee refuse to answer.-
:, Much confusion.l
Mr.. Pickens said he concurred in tie
. motion Of the honorable gentleman from
h1
: init, with instructions 10 report some prop
= ositiOn for the action of the House. Il"
= was for meeting this question boldly frank
o y, and firmly. He could not agree wi,h
d the honorable gentleman from Tennessee
}, MIR. Carter,l as to the effect Of agitating
this question. He did not dread this aS.
r tatlon. He was for letting it 60 on. It
t would not be the first question that nd
!, agltated the American people. lie dtsir'
s ed to meet it, and at once. He was for let.
r. ting the country see who was for and who
O was against his people. The Legislature
r. OF his own state, as we'll as that Of his
g friends state, Tennessee, land those ofstv
r erdl other states, had sent up hither their
J. reso lutons upon the question. |, was &c"
(. tated on the other side, all over the non.
siaVehoIdIng part of the country, and by
n the representatives upon that floor, for
n months past. 1t was time to take declJf1 .
IF and bold stand uponit. AS distinguish J
q ed member [Mr. AdaInsl of the NIassachO'
sets delegation had said on former occ'' .
: sion, 1t was question Of union or dIsO0- !
ion
The Speaker reminded the genI'mo'' .
q from South Carolina that he was s.ray"s
T. from the question before the House.