New-York daily tribune., 1845-01-22
Terns In the House-Hamne't-Hn nesoh-
Mr. Benton in the senate.
Correspondence o; The Inoafe.

twice and referred.
Mr.. SL1Dg1I. moved rea9lB,ion rclativa to
pereons enplayed in the Custom Houses of New
leans. New. YORK. &c. asking for information
from the Secretary Of the Treasury whether the
number Of persons employed was suthcient
Passed.
FIR. CoBB lDovsd to suspend the rules TO en-
able him to introduce restitution thst iiie hour
of meeting. on ard after tomorrow, &c / o'cieck
instead Of u Yeas and nays ordered on sls-
pending the rules-yeas, l42; nays, "a.
Mr.. KENNEDY moved TO amend BY making Il
inr,ss,bic i,r any gentleman 10 move for an ac-
;9nrsment before O'Clock P NJ. without vote
| oftyo thirds. On this the previous question was
cs!ied-'Teilers wee appointed-}eas, 10; nays
A..
The amendment was then put and lost; the
resolution was agreed &c.
MIR. .scHeycK made motion that the House
be governed by parliamentary usage, IN place OF
| of rules Not entertained.
The House then resolved itself into Committee
of the whole on the state of the U0ion.
Mr. HAnMErr of Mississippi, having the floor
| from Wednesday last, proceeded TO address the
House IN favor Of Annexation. The unfortunate
debates that mad sprung up 10 interrupt him,
might have weakened his ardor in addressing the
House but this was The greatest question OF the
dav. lie quoted the opinions Of J Q. Adams,
| Mr.. Clay and Others, who, ne contended. INSIST
ed on our right to the territory ofTexas. Ii gen.
tlemen would 70. believe Jefferson and Jackson,
they might rely on these names.
| He would remark again that this Government
| had no ri hi 10 Fart WITH Texas. No night IS
siycn by The Constitution 20 ALLEVIATE Territory.
| rhis Constitution demands that Government
should secure 10 all her citizens Republican
form of Government. But if you cedc away a
part of a State, or part Of our territory you
cannot sacure this. We have no right 10 trans
far The liberties of our ciiizans. Monarchies may
transfer their subjects, but here, where the sove
reignty resides in the people, we cannot transfer.
The treaty of 1919 ought to have been declared
null and void. In support OF this position he
Quoted from Jefferson, who spoke thlsdoctrine On
The authority of Washington. This doctrine was
ccndemnatory of the votes OF great men on both
sides of party lines, but be knew 1t would CON-
mend itself to the good sense OF he community
in general. 1t is the language OF Washington
and Jefferson and ali the Cabinetor Washington,
in the letter of Instructions to Carmichael, &c.
We have nov right and an opportunity to re-
store the People Of Texas to their foimcr rights.
She has fought for her Liberties and now with her
Republican .spirit-her wide domains, &c. she
comes to offer you al! and unite herself with you,
and to Join the victories of Houston 20 the gores
Of New-Orleans.
Mr.. Il. here quoted from Senator of Njassa-
chusetis, who was selected in place of Daniel
Webster to represent that State. That Senator
asserted that it could not he joined by Treaty :;
that Annexation could be carried only by an ect
of CONGRESS Nov the gentleman in this House,
from Massachusetts, asserts that 1t can be an
nexed ooiy By treaty. Such are the ways in
which tbe opponents Of Texas argue
The interests of the country would be benefited
IN avery section. Manufacturers Of the Vest
Farmers Of the West, &c.
Mr.. H. then referred to the agreement that we
could not import Slaves into his Territory after
1916. Yet Florida had been introduced since,
and one half OF Florida was Slave population.
The gentleman from Pennsylvania q. K.
IngersolD had said that Texas was not much
worth Thatit was full ofswemps and alligalors
and tefrapius.
Mr.. IYGEEeoLL said he had not mentioned the
| terrapins. U.aughtcr.)
Mr.. HAMMeTT said he would take back the ter
rapins. But Lord Bfopgham thought differently
1t was merely shadow the gentleman had said.
| 1t was shadow that had defeated Dir. Van Bu-
| rem, had defeated Sir Cisy, aad it would defeat
all who oppose 1t.
The gentleman f:om Ohio (Mr. Bfinkerhoff)
might have better opportunities to Judge OF It's
military importance, bu: he would not forgive him
when he insinuated that Gen, Jackson had been
made 10 say what he Rad said on this question:
Nobody bnt the Almighty had ever made Andrew
| jackson do anything. (Laughter)
Mr. HAMMErr's bearing toward his political
opponents is dlgnified and high toned. have
merely attempted 10 give an outline Of the heads
| of his speech The conflicting sounds, created
by the strange echoes OF the House, prevent me
from giving fuller account of IT, the bes, speech
that has been made0n this side Of the question.
nsr. HUDSON Of Massachusetts, then obtained
the floor over some dozen clalmenta. He referred
TO the speech made by the gentleman from Ala
bama, mir Yancey). He would rot defend
Massachusetts. They (thc people Of that Slate)
were charged with being psnurious. They might
not be very rich, but they did not i've on gains
wrung from slave-abor performed under the LASH
If they try to Gu; down tradesmen in Their prices
(as was the case witha gentleman who had bean
referred to, in buying vosN they usually paid
the prists. wh5n they did buy, and that was more
than other parts Of the country could say.
Bet we are to have & great increase to our
shipping. and ar increased demand for manuiac-
tures by annexing Texas! Why, the ports of
Texas ste so shallow that even Jefftrsons gun
boats would get aground in them. The most of
the ports are about from ) TO 6 feet deep. The
population of Texas are too few TO give an in
creased demand for our manufactures. The popu.
lation Goes not amount 10 that OF two or three
impoT;an, counties in Massachusetts,. 1t was a
new country too, and new countries Dc not con-
sumo manufactures as much as I'D countries.
The argument in favor of tho Western Interests
is as ridiculous as the Others. The gentleman
last up (Mr. Hamme,O made tie statement that
Texas was fruitful country, and yet imme-
diatey aiterward he said that it would be mar
ket fer the Auter, Beei, Pork, Cheese, &c: Of
the West. In place Of that, Texas wonld yet
become rival with the Western States in these
articles
The military argument is one that we ought
to approach with more reverence, since Gen.
jackson, who once defended New-Oteans, says
tha: it could not be defended again without
Texas Gen. jackson, then, would make us
believe that the best way for England to get at