The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-02-21

He knew that there were other gentlemen as much
opposed 10 the who were CONSTITUTIONAL law
yers. lie brought no railing aeeussuon ssaln'' mem
yet II was certain that la this matter oil annexation
they snd such men az Garrison the editor OF the Lab
orator took like ground. GeniIenen raised The out
cry about disunion on account Of annexation while
people by their side acting with them sgsna iehss,
were openly for dsunon On other grouno' as wen as
ths-were 10 fsvor Of buryng TINS Capitol In ruins,
aud all the embens and evidences OF our eonisdera-
tion aud causing the ploughshsre OF Wild fanstei'm
10 pass over the seat of this Federal Government
and, such Government, leave the SPOT, where It's
foundations were laid desolso as Uneven OF ar
myrs Surely IL was things like these that should DC
rebuksd, and secuted, and put Gown. When be sa,d
put down, he meant by argument only for he thsnk-
ed God that IN this country the opinions OF men were
not TO be put down by any other force, however whd
or disorganizng.
Gentlemen talked about the stability Of this Gov
eminent beng endangered by this measure. Had IL
been rendered unstable BY the admission OF Louisiana
and Florida against all tbs wishes and circumstances
OF Massachusettsi Or did il not stand hrmer from
that extension OF our boundsresi Had We ever
brought IN any State or people by foreef Had any
one ever been driven into our Union un~illinsy -
State after State had come, yet what revolution had
taken place in half century Of our history Could
the Governments Of Europe say rs mueht With
that tract Of time Catholic emancipation, and the
extension Of representation and suffrage, and other
great questions Of kindred nature, had made vast In
had quite changed her Government, and bad become
first democracy, then empire, and then king
dom under citizen king Span had again aud again
been reyolutonized and drenched 10 blood and IN
Mexico We heard Of q new Government by almost
every mail and yet gentlemen talked about instsoii
ity here, and the danger Of revolution herel We
should quietly unite with the people who desired 10
link their fortunes with ours.
MIR. w, observed, In conclusion, that the great ar
gumeni In favor Of passing this act was the avoidance
Of political excitement and turmoil, which already
inhaming the public mind and entering one OF the
Legislatures in the Union, to the extent ofdenuncia
tory resolutions some OF which be read lfgentlemen
wanted to qusnch this flame before Il spread further
lei them immediately act on this proposition. Texas
was ready her assent had been given at the very
adoption vi her Government it bad been repeated
since. They were people trained 10 the principles
Of our system. They were not such as the popula-
ton Of Louisiana had once been but consisted In
large proportion OF our own citizens. They had no
idea ofcomlng into the u MON territory as II had
once been proposed that the people Of Louisiana
should do, and remain territory forever. IL had
tually been proposed TO Keep these people within our
limits a sort 0f white slaves, and worse than Roman
colonization and cOnquests To be admitted 10
equality with ourselves, and the blessings Of self
government. BuI the Texans desired 10 come in
Stale, and to stand on the same footing with the
other Sia:es Of this Confsderacy. They we're a peo-
pie who worshipped at the same affairs with ourselves
who held the same principles possessed the same
feelings and habits spoke the same language held
in general the principles aud admired and VEN
Grated the same pure patriots Of the Revolution.
They had among then their chivalrous Lamsrs and
their gallant Houstons-men who had fought our
battles, rlsked their lives, and spilled their blood IN
kindIed cause To that OF our Revolution.
And as a further reason why we should do this
thing now, and not delay by everlasting eonsttu-
tona arguments found in the fact that there
hoary headed veteran at the Hermitage, whose lamp
OF life Pickering in the socket, who looked with
anxiety for the action of Congress, and who hoped
that IT ghI be bis lot pass that bourne from
which traveller returned until his eyes had be-
held the lone star of Texas mingling its rising ray
with the hght of our own brighter and more glorious
Constitution. .r..|.f .