The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-09-25
TEXAS REPRESENTATION.

The joint resolutions for The annexation OF
Texas, which President Polk submitted to
the Texan government, and which the gov
eminent and people of Texas have agreed to
are silent on the question OF the representa-
tion of The new Stale ia Congress. The num
Der of Senators is fixed by the Constitution,
al two from each State. The number Of
OF Representatives is based upon population,
and fixed by Congress every ten years. But
the Constitution guarantees at least one rep
reseniative 10 each State. Congress then,
when it shall approve of tine Constitution OF
Texas, and admit her into the Union as a
State, must determine how many members
she may have in The House ofRepresentaiives
until the census of 1880. Ii is claimed that
The new State shall have tUo representatives
and that number was provided for in Walkers
resolution, which The President has not sub
United TO Texas. On the basis of population
the new State con have no right TO Two rep
resenlaIives. Her population does no ex-
coed, if it equals the population of Hamilton
county, and we have but one representative.
Ii Congress shall award TO her two represen-
%talives, ii must be ON account of the superior
intelligence of her people, or for some other
cause unknown 10 The Constitution.
Some of our contemporaries raise a diff
Guilty in connexion with the representation
of Texas, or of any foreign territory acquired
and admitted into the Union. The End
Section of the lst Article of the Constitu-
ton does declare that "no person shall be a
representative who shall not y = have been
seren years a citizen of The U. States" and
the Sd Section of the same article declares
that "no person shall be a Senator who shall
not have 4 y been nine years. citizen ofihe
United Safes" This language is plain and
direct, aud admits of no latitude Of construc-
ton. Suppose that Texas shall be admitted
into the Union on the lst of January, 1876,
and by the act of admission her citizenIbecome
citizens O { the United States; will not their
citizenship date from the act of Congress de-
claring Them such? But they are TO be adj
miiied on the footing of the original States.
Very well. The original States are prohibit
ed from sending to Congress. Representatives
not seven years citizens, of Senators not nine
years citizens. Texas may possibly get over
the difficulty by electing Senators and Rep
r~esentatives from among persons who have
been citizens Of the required time, and inlab-
itants of Texas at the time OF their election,
and who have never lost their citizenship
The Constitution requires that the persons
elected to Congress snail be ~"inhabitants of
the State from which they shall be chosen"
But it is moi Tor us. but those who have
brought about the difficulty to point out the
way of overcoming il. :
Nor do we suppose the ruling party will
hesitate to adopt any measure deemed expe-
dent for The adm ssjon of Texas, on account
of the provisions OF The Constitution. The
oath OF members 10 support The Constitution
and the laws made in pursuance therefore.
as the paramount law Of The land, has not IN
this Texas matter been found strong enough
10 balance the obligation ofmemberst to party.
Allegiance TO the Constitution and the coun-
try have yielded, and will yield again, to the
more powerful allegiance 10 party. Congress
in lS4I-2 passed all act, in conformity 10
the Constitution. requiring tie. States TO be
disiricted for the election of one member
from each district. Four of the States, New
Hampshire, Georgia, Mississippi and Missouri
refused TO carry out this law-nullified it
and elected their Representatives by gener
al ticket. The majority in the House, in the
face of the Constitution and their oaihs, adj
United these members 10 their seats. BY
this unconstitutional act, twenty men were
admitted into Congress, by the mere act OF
a party majority in The House, having no law
full RICH, 10 sit there. These men took part