Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-05-19
Truly yours,
THOMAS w. GlLMER."

The impoverished condition of Texas, her i'll
ability to raise and sustain troops TO defend her
self against invasion for any length Of time and
her want of character and credit abroad are urg-
ed as reasons for IMMEDIATE ANNEXATION, and the
opinion has been frequently expressed by those
who feel deep interest in this subject, that il
would take place AT A VERY EARLY DAY IN THE
NEXT SESSION OF CONGRESS!
Al the present session the resolutions of the
State of Alabama in favor OF annexation, and sun
dry petitions and circumstances against it, we're
referred TO the Committee on foreign Relations
majority of the Committee, consisting Of mem
bers from the slaveholding States, refused to con-
slider and report on the subject, and directed MIR.
Adams, their chairman, 10 report resolution as
king TO be discharged from the further considera-
ton Of the subject, which he did on the 26h day
OF February. At the same time MIR. Adams ask
ed, as an individual member of the committee,
for leave to present the following resolutions:
RESOLVED, That by the Constitution ofihe Uni
ted Siates no power is delegated to their Con-
gress, or to any department or departments of
their Government, to aIix to this Uulon any for
eign State, or The people thereof.
"Resotoed That airy attempt Of the Govern
ment OF The United States, by an act Of Congress-
| or by treaty, to annex TO this Union the Republic
OF Texas or the people thereof, would he a viola
ton of the Constitution of the United States null
and void, and to which the free States OF this Tn
ion and their people ought not to submit"
Objections being made, the resolutions were not
received, the Southern members showing dsin-
cllnalion TO have the subject agitaled in the House
al present NJ light it not be considered as SAVIOR
ing too much OF violation Of private conf ience,
we could refer TO various declarations Of persons
high in Office in the National Government, avow-
ing fixed determination TO bring Texas into the
Urion, declaring that they Ind assurances of the
all OF the Tree States 10 accomplish the object aud
insisting that they prefer dissolution Of the I'm
ion 10 the rejection of Texas, expressing, howev-
err al the same time, their confidence. that it the
annexation could he effected, the people of The
free States would submit TO il, and the nsliu ions
of the slave States would he secured and perpet-
uated. COntenting ourselves, however, with The
above brief glance al soine of the most prominent
evidence in relation to the SUBJECT we submit TO
you whether The PROJECT of annexation seems 10 I've
abandoned, and whether there be not The most i'm
ninent danger of its speedy accomplishments an.
less The entire mass of the people in the free states
become aroused TO conviction Of this danger, AND
SPEAK OUT AND ACT IN REFERENCE TO IT IN A
MANNER AND WITH A VOICE NOT TO BE MIsUNDER-
STOOD, EITHER BY THE PEOPLE OF THE SLAVE
STATES, OR THEIR OWN PUBLIC SERVANTS AND
REPRESENTATIVES,.
Although perfectly aware that many important
ana controlling objections TO annexation exist, a.
side from the question Of slavery, we have in this
address confined ourselves principally to that be-
cause of It's paramount importance, and because
The advocates of annexation distinetiy place il upon
that ground. Most OF the specous arguments and
reasons in favor Of annexation, with which its nd
vocates attempt to GID the pill for northern palaies,
are Just about as sincere and substantial as were
those Of Mr.. w Use in the speech above referred
TO, in which he labored long time TO convince
Northern phanthropisIs that they would best
promote the object they had in view by favoring
annexation, tina, they might have slavery in Texas
within the power and control OF our own Govern
ment, tina, they might abolish Il or mitigate its evis
lie himself beng an advocate of perpetual slavery,
and among the very foremost TO irampe on the
right of petition itself.
None ean be 80 blind now as not TO know that
the real design and object OF the South is 10 ADD
VIEW Weight TO nER END OF TEE LEvrH" IL
was upon that ground that Mr. Webster place q his
opposition in his speech on the subject IN New
York, in March 1887. In that speech, alter sta
ting that he saw insurmounisble objections TO the
annexation Of Texas tina, the purchase Of Lou
isana and Florida furnished no precedent for il;
that the cases were not parallel. and that no such
policy or necessity as led TO that, required the an-
nexaiion OF Texas, he said;
Gentlemen, we all see that by whomsoeyer
possessed, Texas ID likely 10 be- aayehelding