Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-12-23
From the Georgia Constitutional list.
TWENTY EIGHTH CONGRESS.

from nc georgia JOnNNHEoHuH S''
TWENTY EIGHTH CONGRESS.
The arrival Of members at the Seat of
Government, betokens busy and most
exciting opening Of the session. 1t has
been thought that no delay would occur in
LAYING before Congress the Presidents
Message; and the feeling which several OF
its anticipated gu Is have excited, wi |
render lis publication o! more than ordi-
nary interest The questions of tie IN,
ncxation If Texas and possession Of Ore
gon, are the most important which It Is CO.
pec,cd will lie recommended 10 Congress.
The inte esls and feelings ~hi@h will he
brought into collision on The io!mer Ques'
ton will render its discussion, We tear, any
thing else than cceditabIe 10 the trst delo-
eraIye oly of The Republic. Are 'dy
the virulence of Il certain portion OF the
press have held ont ominous threalenIngs,
if the annexation should meet with an afiir-
native decision; while even tho more nod
crate in TIC non sl"v.hol 'ing States regard
it is who " inexpedient, with III the p'ssl'
bility OF It's contributing in the slightest
degree to the welfare OF any potion o! the
union. Whether the annexation Of Texas
would prove ud ,antageous to the north by
her agricultural product, and her c"nsump-
lion OF American manufactured articles,
or lie advantageous to the sub by drain
ing off her black population, as has been
suggested, they are features in this sub
iect, which will he found comparatively
unimportant, when viewed in connection
with that of slavery, 10 which It's introduce
tiol. will give the widest latitude OF dis
cussion. Indeed, the extension of slavery
in the United States, is the insuperab'e OH
lection Of the greatest portion OF the non
slaveholding states; while immunity from
foreign interference in our domestic lnstl-
tutions, is the ground upon which the
south will rest all her efforts to secure the
admission of Texas. The annexation of
territory 10 the United States, not inclu-
ded within their limits, if beyond the pur-
view of the Constitution, has been album
dainty sanctioned by the precedent In the
purchase of Florida and Louisiana. And
il is remarkable that these purchases were
made for the important object for which
the annexation OF Texas is mainly ought
freedom from collision with foreign titles.
Less opposition may be met with upon
this question than is here expected, and II
may be considered less important; though
we have no reason 10 inter such results.
On the subject of Greg N, WE have late-
Iy met with petition to Congress pub
lshed in the New York Sun, setting forth
the modes by which the title 10 this errl.
tory was acquired by the Uni'ed States;
the advantages to be derived from its p s-
session, and praying that Congress will
proceed in the adoption oil measures FIR
marking and establishing the boundaries
OF Oregon - beginning at the Pacihc
Ocean, in lat. "a deg. 40 sec. N, thence
east 10 the summit of HE Rorky Noun
tains; thence along the summit OF the
azores id range OF mountains, IN a sodth
edsterly dirert',n,'o a p Int where he f"r-
~ ninth degree Ut north latitude interse'4s
the aforesaid chain of mountains, and d.
viles our territories from the contiguous
BIRTHS possessions.
The importance of this su ject," s'ys
the Sun, involving as 1t dee the title t.
more thin $4,000 square mi IS Of terri
tory incon est ly "ur own. and bonnda-
~ line 10 the United States on the W st,
can hardly lie over. estimated. The time
to act on this subject, and to act vigorously.
is emphatically The present. The subject
should be LAID before the next Congress IN
the strongest possible light"
The Paris correspondent of the Boston
Atlas, writing under cate cf the l., INST,
Gays: