Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-02-26


people ample room 10 deliberate upon III,
claims Of different aspiranls, so iha, tho
best selections may then be made. 81
acting, the whole party will remain united
all will be harmony, and whipery will not
have ticket in The field in November.
: We trust The spilit in which this article
is written will he appreciated BY our co.
lahorers of the press, and that the cuckoo
cant OF "dietaton," "clique,' &c, will
not be raised in answer to 1t. The suspi-
eious man ought always himself to be sls.
pected. Those who impule sinister mo-
tiyes TO others, are very apt 10 be engaged
IN some petty ntrigues themselves.
ANNEXATION OF TExAs.-In the cursory
debate which took placeR the Senate on
the 9Th, on the bill introduced by Mr.. Ben
ton, Of Mo-, as reported in the Globe
Mr.. WALKER said that he was rejoiced
that the great American question Of the
remuneration Of Texas was being present
ed on all hands, on the grounds on which
i was placed originally by by him, (Mr.
WAIKER,) in his Texas letter of Tho slh
of January 1914.
He (Mr WI then proposed more than
a year since, to admit Texas as Stale of
the Union by the action Of Congress, I'M
der that clause Of The constitution, which
authorizes Congress TO admit new States
into .he Union. That clause was not con.
fined to our then existing territory, but
was without limitation; and the trainers of
the constitution had expressly refused 10
limit the general power contained in this
clause to the territory then embraced with
in the Union. The general power, then,
was in express words, and no man has
right to inierpolate restrictions, and espe-
cially restrictions which the trainers of
the constitution had rejected. But when
this mode of admitting Texas as a State
by Congress, was suggested by him (Mr |
WAIKER) in January, 1914, he was held
up as The author of a new proposition, I'M
warranted by authority or precedent, Sir
(said Mr.. W. Mr.. Madison, one Of the
principal founders Of the constitution, had |
expressly sanctioned this mode of admit
ting States by Congress out of foreign ter
ritory; and one of the most distinguished
judges of the Supreme Court Of the Uni
ted States had expressed similar opinion,
all which he (Mr. W. would show in due
time. This opinion was also supported by
numerous precedents. Norh Carolina,
Vermont, Rhode Island, and the Florida
parishes Of Louisiana, were admitted into
the Union as States, or parts Of foreign
States, by The action of Congress alone.--
In the case of Rhode Island, she was not
in the convention which fran
ed the constitution of the Union; and after
the ratification OF the constitution she be-
came foreign State she was treated as
such by Congress for several years, and
duties were imposed on goods imported
from Rhode Island into the Union. She was
treated in every respect as foreign State;
and by the adoption Of tho constitution,
and by her withdrawal from the confedera.
cy, she became a foreign Slate, aud was ad.
mitled as such by Congress, being the
same question, SO far as Constitutional pow
or is concerned, whether she had been
orelgn State two years or two hundred {
years, when she was admitted by Con.
yress as a Stale Of the Union. And now
he question Of admitting Texas as State
Of the Union BY Congress, ii understand
he statements made as TO the report OF ]
he Committee on foreign Relations, and +,
which question is again presented in the I
lilI If the senator fron, Miesour; bae boo, | r