The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-01-29


ing satisfactory evidence that Texas WIS a."
dent power,--lhe President, say' Ho'"''s'""u'"s
n, this suddenly lost his scrupIes' forgot MS own ur
rumens. and, without waiting ito reeeive' sa''S'ae'
,orv evidence or any evidence, Instantly perceived
,bo, rexns icas an independent power, and instantly
became satisfied that il ras "eSpedient' 10 appoint
tho minster; and thereupon, in the very same hour
IN which he signed the bill making the appropriation
sent nomination Of the minister TO the Senate; and
the Senate in that same hour passed the vote OF con-
6rnation
Thus was carried the recognition of Texan indie
peudence! And by some such spring votc-some
such Legislative slight o'hand' and Executive second
slpht will annexation be effected, r effected ut all
The sudden abandonment by the President oil his
objections to recognition, without any chnnge IN the
condition ofTexas, any dsavowal by her OF an In
tention to seek "admssion into the Union as one oil
the Federal States was, of course, regarded by
her as an limitation to such pnoni and according
w. the first act of her minister, MIR Mcmucan Hunt,
was to make proposal to that effect. AS the Err
ecutive could not add Slate to the Union, no
was obliged to decline tho proposal. But, IN the
mean time the appropriate machinery had been put
in motion, and numerous petitions, together with res
olutons of State Legislatures, in favor Of annexation
were LAID upon the tables Of Congress They were
met by counter resolutions Of the Legislatures ofVer-
mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ohio and Mich
igan, together with the remonstrances of more than
one hundred thousand petitioners against annexation,
On the 25th Of March 1888, all these resolutions
and memorials were referred TO the Committee of
Foreign Relations, who on the 9Th of June asked 10
l. a., i. Cat
non-committal proposition was met by motion to
recommit the report, with instructions "to report in
full TO the merits Of the question:" and this was
proposed to be amcuded to instruct the
mittee to report joint resolution for anRexaon;-
whereupon Mr. ADAMS moved an amendmentto the
effect of nstrucng the committee to report the fol-
lowing resolutions, viz:
"Resolred, that the power of arncxng The People
Of any independent fnreign Stute TO this Union is
power not delegated by the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States to their Congress, nny department Of
their Government but reserved by the People.
"ResoIped, that my attempt ny act OF Congress,
or by treaty. 10 annex the Republic Of Texas 10 this
Union would he usurpaiion Of power, unlawful and
void: and which h,couid be The right and the dvty Of
the free People of The Union 10 resist and annd"
Upon these resolutions Mn ADAMS made n speech
which will be long remembered by those who heard
it; in which he exposed&denounced with scathing
verify, the whole Texan movement, and the duplic-
W OF the administration in regard to it.
The sudden and extraordinary recognition OF Tex
an Independence, followed by the responsive appl.
cation Of Texas for admission TO the Union, had a.
reused the people TO sense of the danger. This
wakefulnsss OF the public mind suggested to the
ugers the expediency OF noR-commiLdl policy for
season; and the 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 fragments of the "morning
hour from the 10Th Of June TO the 18th of July,
ng,a effectual quetuS the project for annexation.
The session closed pending MIR ADAMS speech, land
action ever had upon his resolutions; nor do
the Journals of Congress present any trace orlhe
neSntion movement for three years after!
But the project not abandoned. The Pando-
ras Box, as Mr. ADAMS called it, was again opened
by the presentation TO Congress at the session of
ls4l-2, Of resolutions of Alabama, Mississippi and
Tennessee in favor Of annexation No action Of Com
gress followed these movements; but they were ac-
'companied by sympathetic movement on the part
ofnumerous Southern presses, s. followed by an ex-
traordnary speech in Congress by Mr. Wise in favor
Of annexation; and an equally extraordinary letter
from Gov. Gmer, member of Congress from Virgin
ia, to the same effect-both which shall hereafter
more particularly notice.
ITO be continued
Important Remedy for Canccrs-Coonel Essay,