Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-06-15
TExAs Observation-Disclosures OF
THE TREATY---IR. BENTON,s BILL.

The Senate in Executive session, on Saturday
evening, rejected the treaty for the annexation
of Texas. The vote upon the question of con.
firming it, was as follows-Democrats in italics
YEAs-Messrs. Atchison, Bagby, Breese, Bu.
chanan, COiquih, Fulton, Hay,cooa Henderson,
Hngef, Louis, McDu6ie, Semple, Sepier, Sur
geon, Walker, WoodJuy--i6
NAys-Messrs. Allen, Archer, AMert0n Bar
row, Bates, Bayard, Benton, Berrien, Choate,
Clayton, Crittenden, Dayton Evans, Fairfield,
Foster, Francis, Huntingdon Jarnagin, Johnson,
Mangum, Merrick Miller, Morehead Niles,
Phelps, Porter, Rives, Simmons, Sprague, Tall.
madge, 7appan, Upham, White, WrigM Wood.
bridge.--35
Immediately after the rejection of the treaty.
MI Benton, in open Senate, introduced a bill for
the annexation of Texas. The Bill is in the fol.
lowing terms
"Be it enacted that the President the United
States be and he hereby is authorized and advised
TO open negotiations with Mexico and Texas for
the adjustment of boundaries and the annexation
of the latter to the United States on the follow
ing basis, to wit
|. The Boundary of the annexed territory to
be in the desert prairie of the Neuces, and along
the highlands and mountain heights which di.
vide the waters of the Mississippi from the wa.
ters of the Rio del Norte and to latitude ~ de.
grees North.
III. The People of Texas by legislative act
or by any authentic act which shows the will
of the ma ority to express their assent to said an.
nexaticn
III. a State TO be called "the State Of Texas
with boundaries fixed by herself, and an extent
not exceeding that of the largest State in the U.
mon, TO be admitted into the Union by virtue of
this act on an equal footing with the original
States.
~. The remainder of the annexed territory
10 be held and disposed of by the United States
as one of the territories, and to be called :.the
South Western Territory"
v The existence of slavery to be forever pro.
hibited in the northern and north western part
of said territory, as to divide as equally as may
be, the whole of the annexed country between
Slaveholdng and non Slaveholding States
VI. The assent of Mexico TO be obtained bv
treaty to such annexation and boundary, and to
be dispensed with when the Congress of the T.
States may deem such assent TO be unnecessary
VII. Other details of the annexation to be ad.
Justed by treaty, so far as the same may come
within the scope of the treaty y-making power"
The reading ofthe Bill as we'll as the speech
OF Mr. Benton created much feeling in the Senate
All listened to it, and some portions of the
speech of Mr.. b., particularly that aludng TO the
new born zeal of the new friends of Texas or
neophyte friends as Mr.. Benton called them,
seemed to disturb the equanimity of Mr.. Nc.
Duie. Mr.. B. proved that he had been a long.
er and better friend OF Texas than all of them
together
l send you below copy of Mr.. McDuffie's
Joint Resolution introduced into Executive ses-
sion May 23d, and ordered to be printed May "a
The injunction of secrecy was removed from it
Saturday night.
Resolved, THAT the compact of annexation
made between the Executive Government of the
United States and that of Texas, and submitted
10 the Senate for confirmation by the President
of the United States be, and the same is hereby
ratified as the fundamental law of union between
the United States and Texas as soon as the su-
preme executive and legislative power of Texas
shall ratify and confirm the said compact ofan-
nexation
This Resolution is now before the Senate in
public session, and upon the question shall il be
read second time,