Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-07-11

States" was, of course. regarded by her rs 40
invitation to such uniJn, and accordingly,
The first act OF her minister, Mr.. Memucan
Hunt, W as 10 make proposal to that effect
As The ESccutire could not add new Stais
to the Union, ne was obliged TO dechae the
proposal. Bot in the mean time the appro-
prale machinery had been pu, in motion, and
numerous petitions, together with resolutions
OF Stale Legislatures, IN favor OF annexation,
were LAM upon the tables OF Congress. They
were met by counter resolutions OF the Legs
latures OF Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Ohio, and Michigan, together with the
circumstances of more than ole hundred
Thousand petitioners against annexation.
On the the 25lh Of March 1898, all these
resolutions and r.enorials were referred TO
the Comrliitee on Foreign Relations, who on
tho 18th OF June asked t. he discharged
from their further consideration. This non
-7mm.ttdi proposition was met by motion
TO recommit the report, with instructions 10
repor: in full as 10 the merits Of the question:
and this was proposed TO be amended SO as
to instruct the commi,ieeto report joint res
olution for annexation whereupon Nr. Ad-
ans moved an anne Rdment, TO the effect of
insiruciing the committee 10 report the fol-
lowing resolutions, viz
"Resoired, That the power of annexing the
People of any independent, foreign Stale to
this Union is power not delegated by the
Constitution Of the United States 10 their
! Congress or to any department OF their Gov
eminent, but reserved by the people"
"ResOtred, That any attempt BY act OF
Congress or by treaty, 10 annex the Republic
OF Texas to this Union would be a usurpa.
| lion Of power, unlawful and void and which
il couid be a right and tie duty Of the free
PeopleiJ The Union 10 resist and annui."
! Upon these resolutions Mr.. Adams made a
speech, which will be long remembered by
those who heard il; in which he exposed
and denounced with scathlng severity, the
whole Texan movement, and the dupicity
of the administration in regard 10 it.
! The sudden and extraordinary recognition
/ Of Texan independence. followed by the re-
sponsive application of Texas to the Union
had aroused the people to the sense of dan
ger. This wakefulness of the public mind
suggested TO the managers the expedience Of
a on-commitial policy, for a season and the
I Report of the Committee of Foreign Relations
was the result. Mr.. Adams resolutions took
the bull by the horns and his speech which
was continued during he fragments of the
morning hour from the 10th Of June to the
!
gave for the time Icing, an effectual quietu,
10 the project for annexation The session
closed, pending Mr.. Adams speech and nc
action was ever had upon his resolutions
nor do the Journals Of Congress present any
trace Of the annexation movement for three
years after!
But the project was not abandoned The
/ Pandorn's Box, as MIR. Adams called it, was
| again opened by the presentation to Congress
at the session of 1912, of resolutions of AL
ALBANIA, Mississippi and Tennessee in favol
Of annexation. No action of Congress fol
lowed these movements but they were &C
companied by a sympathetic movement or
.lIe part Of HUMOROUS southcrn presses. anc
/, followed by an extraordinary speech in Con
gress, by Mr.. Wise in favor of annexation
and an equally extraordinary letter from Gov
Gilmer, member OF Congress from Virgini;
to the same effect-both which shall here
after more particularly notice.
To be continued