Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-03-29
THE TEXAS VOTE IN THE SENATE.

yorrs ron TExAsThe fna vote in the Senate upon the
Texas bill and resolutions was, yeas 81, nays u.s. OF the
81 yeas thirteen Senators from the free States and four
teen from tho slave States OF the rs nays fifteen were from
the free States and from the savehoding States.
The thirteen Senators from the free States who
voted for annexation represented population
greater than that represented by the fifteen Sc
majors from the free States who voted against
annexation by. 1881 ,O4s
And the ten Senators from the slarehoding States
who voted against Ration represented
population greater than the fourteen Senators
from savehong States who voted for it, by $685. 794
And the twenty seven Senators who voted for
nexation represented majority of the whole
people Of the United States Of ...... 1894, a49
~ Y. Morning Ne,os
The above, though perhaps the most extravagant,
is not the first attempt have seen, on the part of
papers advocating the Texan interest since the final
passage of the g Annexation Resolutions to make
appear that, Notwithstanding the coseness Of the
vote upon them in the Senate, the measure is i'm
mensely popular with the people. In most cases,
in order to sustain and give color of fairness
to such position, reference is made to the votes
which were recorded against the resolutions by Sc
majors whose States had cast their electoral votes
for Mr.. Polk, whilst profound silence is observed
respecting those Senators standing in the opposite
relation, and who, on the principle, in voting
affirmativey. equally disregarded the public sent-
IL,
in the eyes of our political opponents at least there
is vast difference between the opposing Senators
thus circumstanced; the latter portion being good
and consistent Democrats, and the former the re-
verse. But, having attention thus drawn to the
subject, curiosity prompted to look at the facts,
with view to ascertain what the Democracy
would have gained if the principle of requiring the
Senate to conform to the popular WILL SO often
urged by their leaders and presses when likely to
serve their own purposes, had been adopted and
carried in relation to Texas. The result proves
assuming their own ground that the vote given at
the last Presidential Election is true index of pub
lie opinion that such a course would inevitably
have defeated their favorite measure. We find,
first that of Senators representing States majori
fy Of whose people supported Mr.. Polk, only sir
voted against the annexng resolutions-viz. one
from Maine, two from Virginia, one from Georgia,
one from Indiana, and one from Louisiana; while,
on the other hand, Of Senators representing States
majority of whose people voted against Mr.
Polk, there were seUen who sustained the resolu-
tions-vz. one from Connecticut two from New
York, one from Maryland, one from North Caro-
lima, and two from Ohio.-It will be seen, there
fore, SO far the Senate is concerned that if its
members of both parties had strictly represented
the popular opinion in their respective States they
would have rejected the Texas resolutions by tie
sentatives, we find that. upon the same principle,
the resolutions would there have met similar fate,
with majority Of twenty against them for, of the
affirmative vote in that body it is remarkable that al
most the half ofitwas contributed by ten States which
gave aggregate majority of eighty-two thousand
against Mr.. Polk, but large majority (3-5ths) of
whose Representatives nevertheless voted'in fdpor
of annexation. But, again. following the plan pur-
sued in the statement above copied from the News"
and applying the Democratic theory, not practice,
that Senator'S ought in all cases to represent the
opinions of the people-if by these methods we
test the popularity of " annexation counting the
whole number Of the people as they ought thus 10
hare been represented in the Senate, Tor in Con-
gress the result will exhibit an error in the figures
Of the g News comparatively but little short of
sir millions and, instead of giving majority in
the constituent body of 3,S24,249 in favor of an
nexation, would give majority in that body of
,S7O,sl4 against it So that, according to our APP
prehension, even leaving out of the question the
fact that the Texas issue dscaimed and repu-
dated by large portion of the Northern Demo-
crazy, it can in no way be fairly shown that there
has yet been any expression of opinion by the
American people in favor of " annexation" either
or ultimately.
In conclusion, and in illustration OF the forego-
ing comments, we append the tables on which they
are founded, as follows:
Thirteen States uhieh gaze majorities for Mr. Pok.