The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-06-28

Adoption has sgnin and again been sought 10 be se
cured, Ia times Of excitement and peril, preeisol,
as they likely 10 he BY the rattle alton of thu
treaty.
Ia 1911, the Executive Was empowered BY Con
gress after careful delIberston in secret, 90 TAX,
possession OF Florida by force, with view 10 PIE
We, undisturbed, the domestic relations ans
quiet Of the Souih. SO, IN 1910, Mr.. Madison, Of hI
own motion, took p ssession Of the country east o
Lake PoDichartraih 10 the river Perdido for Tins
among other objects that need not be repeated
Though his course was then denounced as war b.
bis opponents yet Congress, by act IN 1872 ra,i
hed IT, and annexed that tract 10 the State OF Louisi
ana and did This without asking the consent OF Spain
of the people of the United States, or Of the In
habtanls Of the soil, and while many Of them wer'
in state of actual revolt
Again; In 1920, for the same, among other OBJ
Jecs, when the treaty for the cesson of the Florida
renamed wroogiulIy unratifed by Spain, Mr. Mon
roe recommended 10 Congress the Immediate occu
patton o that country by virtue Of legislation an,
this was prevented only by the subsequent ratification
and peaceful delivery Of 1t, without rendering al
actual resort violence, on our part necessary, afe
II had been proposed.
In short, the South stood shoulder 10 shoulder will
as III the Revolution, with this property ard thes,
institutions They came into the Union with then
on equal terms they have remained for half
century and SO must they continue tiil injustice
ianatcism or treason, violate all the sacred compro
misses Of all we hold.
he ratification Of this treaty is also vastly mpor-
tant 10 our whole people in an industrial point OF
view. IL gives To u enough additional territory for
Tour or hive large States Immediately contiguous
and some Of then, by their location on the ocean,
WIN hne bays and immense rive $, virtually Atlantic
states IN their habits and intercourse increase
OIL near t.lird OF million in population and a
near and rich outlet for the oye howngs Of the other
States swelling AS they in the next fifty years,
to m,re than most Of the kingdoms Of Europe in their
he It If Fave in Its m
fluence on all the great branches of industry, is not
merely western or southern question, but deep
ly undressing to every quarter OF common coun-
try-Whether IT promotes that industry 10y opening
to agriculture more fertile soils and genial climates,
or by forming wider home market for manulac-
lures, or by furnishing new articles Of commerce,
and new bays and rivers for the free navigation OF
western steamers, we'll coasting and reighting
vessels from the East. Our independence of other
count les by more lands, more fitted to sugar, fine
cotton, and rice, and even coffee, would thus be
greatly promoted.
On this, ard ether kindred topics, shall not, on
this occasion, enlarge; believing that very strong
case OF duty TO take the cession made out unless
il be counterbalanced by some of the objections
which have been urged in this debate
proceed at once to examine, in some detail, the
most prominent of these objections
The anDexati n is opposed by some, on the
ground that it will make territory too large but
lie can; with convenience and efficiency, extend
over limits far wider than from the St Crox to the
RIO del Norle. Indeed by the aid Of railroads and
steam, TIE Union, with Texas included will be far
more accessible III all its parts either for business
gosernment, than ii was at the revolution with only
thirteen States and those all situated in the
belt Of the eastern decivity of the Alleghanes md
this objection if tenabe, should have been urged,
and prevailed, before purchased either Louisiana
or the Floridas
How groubdless, in connection with this, is the OBJ
lection by some a,ors Me srs Miller and Choate)
that duty does not require assent to the cesslon, be-
cause il is the lust for "erritoral ACKNOWLEDGEMENT"
which now prompts us-when The whoe we seek
was not only obtained two genr ations ago, but was
justified then by such men J, herson, Madison aud
Monroe, and advocated since, and attempted TO be
r. gained, by such men Adams, Clay and Jacksoni
Or because. as imputed by the senator from New
Jersey, we wish to izc Texas now as "spoils OF
victory" conquest BY treaty." when in truth, she
comes into equal union VI rights and privileges
from friendship and mutual interest---lrom choice
and suited for ii by education and principles, and
gaining quite much by it as We OF Of Rhode Island
gained by uniting with us after 1888, Scotland
gained by her union with England near the com-
of the last century.
To repeat again some OF my remarks former
occasion;
:" The annexation has been opposed as not duty,
because nclIning the balance Of political power 10
But the course of reasoning would strip us of
all our great domain on the Pacific ocean--a country
never TO be surrendered while an American whaIer
visits ITS waters, or an American emigrant chooses 10
fish, hunt, or plant the banks of the Columbia Ii
would also from like approximations to he balance
Of power IN The North, prevent any future peaceab
Of the Canadas, so ardently contemplated
by fathers from the commencement Of the reyolu-
uon ADD IL would heretofore have defeated the pur
chase Of the flordas by MIR. Monroe, and of Lousi-
ana, including Texas, by Mr.. Jtferson; and would
not only cast them and their yeLsrabe CO.
adjutors, for thus deranging the balance Of power
then, but would add reproach Messrs. Adams and
Clay Tor attempting 10 regain Texas in 1926 and
1877, and on General Jackson and M. Van buren,
for Iks attempt in 1893; and what still worse by
tins course OF reasoning, for seeking, was dooe
in 1895 by General Jackson and Mr. FORSYTH TO
obtain vast tract Of additional country still farther
south and west from the iortysecond degree OF Iat
tude to the thirty-seventb end stretching towards
the ,etung sun over that degree across the entire
continent Bui, IN truth the durable interests ofthe
whole Union are believed TO have been looked to on
those occasions as nov and the theoretical balance
OF power, II adyerted TO at ALL can never endanper
ire pracucsi wo kings OF our system which will al
ways produce greatest harmony when least ioau
enced By sny sectional ealousies or local preiudc
and which VII aisays be most attractive, strongest
ana most a'uiishing, where ireos unless liberty and
progress are mere phanioms OF the Imagination "
siorc than all tins, Texas, II added 10 the Union
may well be regarded for ages II not forever eui,e
as much porthern as weston and southern IN many
Of ier principles and tsst,s Her position on the
ocean--her numerous and la.ge rivers near-her c,,
lure OF sugar and rice, well as cotton her ~asy
intercourse with the West Indies and the North.
make hei an Atlantic State for most Purposes, aud
VIII connect her people, IN their intercourse and
and views of political economy very
closely with the Atlantic portion Of the Union and
perhaps more Intimately with the northern parts of
i than mssy now imagine.
[" Is opposed by Others account Of the badn, IS
d some oil The reasons assigned FOR il as IL a good
treasure ough' 10 DC rejected because any one may
pieass 10 urge some weak reasons for il, nv o,b,rx
because few OF It, advocates are suspected of being
Interested IN the question; ss If that coull impair
ne usefulness OF the annexation itself or was not
Always an incident to almost every question of great
magnitude aud by others still, because the auspices
i h "hee e'e measure IS nov proposed are dis