The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-02-01
leusson The mere consideration Of the trea,r mad

eussion. The mere consideration Of the treaty made
by MIR. Calhoun and Mr. Henderson, BY the proper
branch OF tue Leg statue, adDission and cor
Ioboration OF the whole power that We demand.
la regard 10 tho other points the 81 section Of the
4h article oil the contribution reads hus. I" ks.o
States may b admitted By The Congress i'lo the Union
bat STATES shall BE- formed created wiihia the
jurisdiction Of any other State ay Stale BE- formed
by the actiOn Of hco States parts Of States
oahouI the eonssl Of the Legislatures Of the States con
esrnsd, as W'H as g Congress" Such Is the plain aud
inteilgIbie language OF the scriptures Of American
Independence. New States may be admitted Nv the
Congress into the Union, and there is limitation
expressed, derived, or understood, confning the
structure Of these States To territory then within the
compass OF the Union, could such have been the
design Of those who famed that instrument. BY the
old articles OF confederation, express authority was
gwen 10 Congress To admit Canada a neo State by
her own consent, and the authority coz
feIred upon Congress 10 admit all other new States
not then belonging 10 The Coniederacy To the tel-
ntory Of the Union with this restriction only-thst
Canada might be admitted at once but the consen, Of
nine States was required for the admission of any
other State After Il peace, efforts were made for
the admission OF new States not included within the
jurisdiction Of the United ates. At the convention
IN 1857 was proposed 10 require the assent Of more
than majority Of the States TO the admission of
States A his ~as oyrIrutd and the proposition of
Mr. Rutledge, TO conins The power o. admitting
States 10 those "lawfuly constituted. or established
tcithn the limits II the United States, was rejected
| and the substitute Of Go,erpeur Morris adopted VII
that new States may he admitted by the Congress"
Thus, Il u apparent, that the eIecse Of this power
by Congress Was not only we'll understood before the
adoption OF The Constitution, but that the secliun al
ready quoted framed with direct reference TO the
happening OF such reasonable contingency one
that had arisen IN The early days OF the Republic
and might we'll have been contemp plated as likely 10
occur In the distant future with the increase Of po
and .l.s., -.
Try. do not consider II Of any practical utility 20
discuss, at this late day whether or not Texas was
embraced IN the LOUISIANA purchase. jefferson,
MadiSon, Monroe and John q. Adams are good
enough authorities on that and they have 10
dviduall, a d collectively d, monsrated the truth Of
this alh CATION Proof OF The tact will not effect the
restoration Of our rights, and an erroneous rein-
quIshment IN 1873 will hardly help the cause Of an
ne alton in lSi5
A more serious objection has been urged at the
North and East, account Of the illegal len
of slavery, which, were il true, ought TO command
a hrm and irrsconcllatle hostility its adoption.-
But the degrees between philanthropy and fnati.
csn have, In these times, been 80 remarkably short
tned that should be wary lest he trusts too much
10 the Of the misguided or allow hi
judgment 10 be warped by the ignorance of the en-.
lhusast or the prejudice Ofihe bIgot.
We may now say th some confidence that the
day has gone by when tue equality of political inte-
reefs referring 10 the sectional Institutions of the
South, can be preserved in the Senate and free re.
presentation Is annually increasing IN the other
branch OF Congress Therefore one may speak
plainly this point without the risk of offending the
intelligence Of the South, which must perceive nd
appreciate the Correctness Of the statement. How
ever others may feel this subject, do not hesitate
TO say, that even any incidental advantages to
be obtained by the South, in the acquisition OF this
territory such is my faith in its national importance
that no exeriion on my part in its behalf would be
IdlmlnIShsu. ia n ed Al
ranges within the circuit of our own State and can
yield nothing Tor the advantage OF another. Tha
political selhshness whose horizon Is bounded upon
the one side or The other by every line dividing the
welfare Of this Union should be deprecated and des-
pissed.
Since the purchase OF Louisiana and Florida, and
+. the settlement of Alabama and Mississippi there
have been carried into this region, according the
last census, from the States of Delaware MARYLAND,
Virginia and Kentucky, ha a million OF slaves ard
their offspring, that otherwise would be wit in
the limits of L ese States Now il Is admitted thai
annex alton with Texas would double the rate of dr.
mlnu ion, so that slavery under this system would
disappear from Delaware in ten years,-from Mary
land in twenty, and be greatly reduced 10 Virginia
and Kentucky, If not entirely extingulshed by local
legislation The physical condition OF the Afro an
race accords with a climate like that Of Texas nor
would their moral and social inprov emen be dimi-
nished but increased by the trans en- IL phanthro-
ny sincere in her professions for The efare of this
unor unaIe leope, let her not oppose the annexation
| of Texas.
So far the consideration of interest is involved
this measure would contribute greatly to the
Of the commerce of New York and the Middle and
Eastern States generally. In 1910, our exports 10
Texas reached mill ion and quarter Of dollars,
consisting principally of products from agriculture
and manufactures most Immediately connected with
the industry and enterprise of the Empire State
i Trough the Influence of commercial treaties ente ed
INFO with other governments, between the years 1910
and 1913 our exports in The later TO one hun
drsd and ninety thousand dollars being loss Of over
million of dollars trade annually for three wears
nearly two-thirds of which was formerly transacted
with New YoIk.
home market is said by all political economists
to be the safest and most enduring. Would we in-
sure that advantage to the manufacturing interests
and restore 'ur commerce 10 its former condition -
lexas must be annexed, when both would thrive
and augment with the rapid growth of a country
among the richest in resources upon the face Of the
cJntinent.
j These are some of the reasons which have nhu-
enced me in regard to the annex alton of Texas and
apart from the result Of the late Presidential canvass
which may be considered committing tie Demo
cratic party to It's support, would have felt bound
from what know of the views of my own immedI.
ate constituents 10 aid in its accomplishment.
| Very respectfully,
w. B. MACLAY.
To John D. Kellogg, Robert Fl. Maclay, A. Carl
gan, w. Fl. Corne J. S Gilbert, w. A. Walker,
d. Vandevoort, Elijah F. Purdy, Committee, &C.
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