The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-08-10

sued for twelve Year, past, should now, for the hrsi
'ime, be met BY tempest OF opposition and II u
eery strange that he should be found riding upon and
directing the storm, who the very first man 10
propose the annexation Of Texas, as one Of the very
earliest measures Of his administration after he
made President Yes. MIR. President Mr.. John
Quincy Adams had hardly assembled the Presidential
chair before he assiduously addressed himself To the
task OF repairing the injury inflicted upon the coun
try by the treaty Of 1873 in the making Of which II
has since been understood he the rtlAciau agent
As Secretary If State, in 1919, he negotiated the
treaty OF transfer as President Of the United States
IN 1874, he instituted a negotiation Tor the re-arnexa
lion. Through his Secretary OF State, Mr.. Clay,
the President instructed MIR. Poinsett, then Minister
at Mexico, to open at aud vigorously urge ne
COLLATION. for the re-acquiton Of Texas, and the re-
establishment OF the southwest line Of the u. States
at the Rio Grande del Norte. The Secretary urged
II upon the Envoy matter OF the deepest interest
to The country, and the highest policy Of the Govern
ment. The advantages are deliberately and Jealous
set FORTH and although the country at that time la
bored under large debt, the Envoy was authorized
10 offer five millions for the acquisition"
II Mr.. Adams was sincere in this attempt, he
must have known that the result would be to add SO
much saye-holding territory, and as many slave
holding States as could be carved out Of Texas, to
the Union. His present objection, therefore, on the
score of the increase of slavery, is o newborn OBJ
lection, to which his eyes were not opened, until
modification and deiea ed ambition had embt.ere
his feelings towards the people Of the South.
We have alluded to one peculiar consideration
affecting The constitutionaty or legality of the
sion OF the territory in question TO Spain. 1t has
been well questioned whether our Governpept has
right, under the Const uton, to cede by treaty any
portion Of territory without the consent of Con-
gress: but in addition to this objection 10 the of
Texas, express stipulation Of the Convention,
by which that country ceded 10 with the rest
of Louisiana. The Sd article of the Convention of
Paris of 1909 says:
"The inhabitants of the coded territory shall be
incorporated into the Union Of the United States
and admitted as soon possible, according to the
principles of the Federal Constitution, TO the enjoy
meM Of all the rights advantages, and immuntss Of
citizens Of the United States and in the meantime they
shall be maintained and projected in the free enjoy
ment of their liberty property and religion which
they possess"
Now treaties are, by the Constitution, the supreme
law of the land Ii therefore violation of the
Con stitution, well as of solemn treaty stipua-
ton, place any Of the French inhabitants of Loui-
sans or their property without the pale Of the pro-
lection Of the Union. It is mmaterial how many, or
how few such Inhabitants were in occupation of the
territory coded; the principle would apply if there
was but solitary individual, unless his assent had
been formally procured But in fact there were
many such in the territory west of the Sabine.