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

rated before Al overcoming this objection with mao
Il our moot eminent friends Of liberty aud uhI.n
thfojy, know mol but certain II To- that IL \ ~.
prevent Mr.. Jefferson and bis nodhem dem, c,s,,
friends from Iufehasing Louisiana incluJiog r.
herself ia 1903 Florida from being 49,,
by Messrs Monroe and Adams in 1919. No, rs
Ags'n iron beng negotiated for by Messss. Adam
and Clay ia 1873 and 1927 and by General -
aud MIR. Van Buren, in the summer of 300 ~ ~
decree OF Mexico Tor abo.ishing slavery in her mss
sons not being issued ull September IS $50 o.
tSee Bunts Annual Register, p I47.)
III dld not prevent as from keeping 1'e.as with 81,
her slavery Tor sixteen wears and then eYcbsn; ~
her ior another slave territory l. it not safer n, 49,,
WIN such men on great national question 2 men ~,
all parties, coincdent this single mfasn,e No.
~nhsiandIng the objection TO slavery Nj
safer tbnn to indulge rashiy in a DISREGARD cfeya,,
precedent and principle adopted in respect 10 4, d.
ing half a century ~ - 'u-
| International interirrences, or acknowledgements o.,
uesuoy inc domestic or political Institutions of
eaoh o'heh are alike mischevous, whether attemp-
ed by US against her cbuIch-a nd-state vs.
ten, and monarchical govern emf or bv EIsoJ
| ~ Inc worlds convent on, in sight Of her Pa,
"'men. against any Of our Institutions Without
gong INTO details on this unpleasant tonic thes,
oinc'ous complaints about us tend 10 plum the world
into state OF constant warfare rather than promote
durable peace and civilization
Even The despo Santa Anna, talks Of keeping up
hosuii les against Texas, in order t. put down do
nestle slavery there; and Ali Pacha in Egypt "a bile
England to profess the emancipation Of his slaves re-
news nearly frontier slave hunt recruit his armies
| navies, and household
What is this object when ma lie among ourselves
so pertinaciousy, but violation Of Washington
farewell injunction against encouraging sectional
Pr'Judices and sectional divisions and Of Jeersons
ceprecatons IN The Missouri controversy against the
drawing OF IA geographical line coinclding with
marked principle, moral and potcal;" and which
II co,ntenanced, would, in his opioion constant,
sink deeper and deep r, and never to b. obteraied
except by disastrous results, which he did not wish
324p) '>'''
| Declaring, as We have SO often that Cuba shall
never be allowed to go into the possession of another
power, should Ike to know what is to be done win
slavery there, II the island occupied b, US =
Ana u becoming territory or a State on what Drn-
cipe Is II TO be so, except that applied to Louisiana
| Florida, and therefore to Texas Are we 10 have
whites under dominion not free nor ever IN he
ad'l Ted into the Union on equal princp
VIII only add, IN order to avoid mist pprehen-
sion, that so far from feeling opposed to the termi
| nation OF slavery by all legal, safe, and conslu-
| tlonal means none could rejoice heartily than
| myself TO see it thus ended the world over and
among The whites as well as blacks among the dis
iranchised, The seris and paupers of Europe, aud
even the dark Hindoos, wei! the sable so IS of
Africa not combining my sympathies to color or
name, but to real degradai ion among the whole bu-
man race, and to their relief, by introducing gra
dually superior state Of intelligence, religion and
rights rather than by rash crusade against law and
order, and the public peace"
Others still object to the form of The cesson hold
ing IL TO be insufficient, unless made by an act OF
Congress, and hence il is not our duty to take The
cession by this treaty Various technica ities as To
the power of treaties have been urged against the
present proceedlng-such the want of existing
parties till the act completed and The abserc az
legislative as well executive sanction to the union
OF the two countries. But the people of Texas still
continue separate, Independent government com.
peent TO contract aud hold their rights not only tn
the treaty is ratified by our government and their
own, but till an act OF Congress Il ere and here
passes TO enforce many provisions, which, in their
nature, as 10 many other treaties are imperfect and
imperative TIL that takes place. And if the sanction
OF their people to union ike this given at the same
ume ihelr constitution was adopted, by an al
most unanimous vote, was supposed TO be obso-
lete, should think il prudent TO take their opi1-
ION again before the proceedings are deemed com.
Plee. Then, and not till all this is concluded au
actua' oehvey OF possession takes place, and is ne
cessary to the validity of the cession-(I Kenr,
Com, l77) Nor even after that is Texas e.tn.
gushed, as some have have argued she is sult IN
political being, as territory Of the Union and with
'uil claims to enforce her rights in due time and on
equal terms, TO become State.
An aci oil legislation In the form Of compact is
no stronger than law of Congress carving the
treaty INTO effect by establishing territorial govern
men'' and making the proper appropriations and pro
VISIONS III these done, then our peopie have a.
senied through their proper and accustomed agent,
'or such purposes and Congress has assented as well
as Texas, both lis government and people We shall
stand towards each other in all these respects and
shaii continue TO as and new separate Stale
and territories do. The matter has thus duly com.
menced with treaty. We take by il one step A
ueay 100 The usual instrument for making agree
nents wan foreign powers. IL is defined 90 be ga
compact OF accommodation relating 10 pub a.
iaifs And II enforced by act Of Congress car
!ng Tvs provisions INTO effect, j. will have all the
'o' ana substance IN It's course TO completon,u
any legislative compact II union between coun,ri,.
before IN domestic relations could possess in EnelaD
or here. e''''
some confusion has arisen on this point | anne
memo, IRON not sdvertng to the circumstance that Y
tnis case, The ceded territory and its government s.
foreign, and not like those using legisl,tion aI,,
ALREADY ~ some degree connected as domestic mem
oe's OF lhe same soYereIen-hke Scotland and Ire.
lana. And so far from Texas being thus conquered
OF snhlhia,ed, or degraded, defrsudod she rc.
49,. 70 our own PLATFORM her privileges gained
que quai TO ours her star is placed in our gaasy
"a neI IMAM ertinguished AID The union is alike h5.
"o''oie ana advantageous 10 all concerned
hno'her new objection has been pressed that the
cesson contains too much land and is thus not d
GUY, ou' wrong, snd exposes us 10 unavoid. Ole
coisioiis with other powers But unfortuna civ f0f
THIS ground, the cesson docs not describe a. ,,
ocular quantity of land or extend he limits OF 1,f
as 70 aay specified boundaries whatever IL mere,
~ speaking OF ITS extent says all its territories
ca" "o'o men, or claim, only "a its territoric-"
us true and rghllul boundaries be th.y uoo,e mr. .
% was IT with the purchase OF Louisiana wiiboYi
any other limitations and Bonaparte declined 90
make any specific ores, when asked (see Marboi,.
history OF LOUISIANA but for reason directly ts
reverse 10 that which existed here the b,und.Y.
being lcG without specification here In o.der 10
avoid dlhculty -(See the Texan documert.l
ne better opinion certainly Is that the old Tex.
run west TO the mouth Of the Rio del Norte on The
uu', though Mr. Jefferson, as compromiss va,
In xfp At H.
the Gsudaioupe and General Jackson m Is2s
proposed to buy only 10 the centre Of The desert b,
tween The Nueces and the Rio del Nortc but 10
io59 he wished 10 go quite TO the latter as dad Nes