Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-02-20
!, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 30, isiS

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The committee could, when the bill up for consid-
Grafton, w, enlghtcn the Senate with theit view in
the form Of speech A. by formal report lie hoped
the Senator iam Georgia would not perscvera IN his
ton II he did, he trusted the seua,e would refuse his
moioh, and agree 10 let the bill lie on the table.
Nlr, BERRlt.N said he felt constrained bp Of
duty 10 pcrsevore IN his motion. The Senator FINN
Missouri Inexperienced the effect NJ the report Il, the
Committee IN Foreign Relations Submitted yesterday.
The committee had not the Whole subject presented
their consideration Tor four weeks remarked by the
Senator from Misso0ti. They deferred action nphn II
until some definite measure should come from the aher
House, and Tor which would hr justified by eve
" reilectng mind, In lhe INVESTIGATION they found
constitutional obstruction 10 all the various forms IN
winch the snhItc VAS presented 10 their considerations
and they confined themselves 10 the sing inquiry which
that constitutional obstruction presented Now. the bill
presented hy the Senator from Missouri looks 10 me Of
two Alternatives iesuf, Ia the Treaty milking pow r.
OF 10 commission Tor the iofmaon Of articles Of apec
me6t between The L. States aud Texas, To be Submitted
10 the Two Houses OF Congress
Mt NAikFR said that he was reJoted that the
great American question ol the annexation Of Tex
ms was holog presented on all hands, IN The grounds
on which II was placed originally by him, (MR
WNsta,) in his feAas letter Of the Sh oi January
1874
lite (Nr W y then proposed. mole than year sincs
II admit Texas AS State ui the Union by the action Of
Congress under TINT clause Of ,he Constitution which
authorizes Congress 10 admit new States no the Union
That clause was nd confined 10 then existing lem
oiy bn was without limailon and the trainers oi the
Constitution had expressly refused 10 mi, the general
power contained N This clause Ia the Territory then
hfnced within the Union, The general power, then,
was in exprcss words and man has right TO inerpb
late Restrictions and especially restrictions which the
trainers of the Constitution had rejected But when
this mode OF admii Texas as n Smteby Congress uas
suggested by him (hlr w IN January, 1874. he was
held up as the author OF a new proposition, nnwarantd
by authority or precedent Sir, (sald Mr. w } Mr..
Madison one of the principle founders If tho Consiu
lion, had expressly sanctioned lhis mode Of admitting
States by Congress of foreign territory; aud une oi
the most distinguished Judges o the Supreme Court II
Of The United States. had Expressed similar opinion,
all Of which he (Mr. w } would show In due tme-
his opinion also supported by numerous precedens.
NOrih Carolina, Vermont Rhode Island, and the flofi.
da parishes Of Louisiana were admitted into the Union
Congress alone. In the case OF Rhode Island she was
not represented in the Convention which framed the
Constitution of the lnon ind after the ratification of
the Constitution she became foreign State: she was
treated as such by Congress for several years and duties
We're imposed nn goods imported from Rhode Island into
the Union. She was treated In every respect as io
airn State; aud by the adoption Of the Constitution and
her withdrawal from the Gunederacy she became for
eiyn State and was admitted such by Congress being
the same question: so far as constitutional pow er is con
eorned whether she had been lu,ipn State two Years
Or Two hundred years when she was admitted by Gun
gfess as n State of the Union. And nov the ques ion
Of admitting Texas Ms State Of the Union by Congress
if understand the statements made az 10 the report Of
The Commee ON Foreign Relations, and which dues
ton ngan presented IN The bill ol the senator rm