Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-01-30

OF the perllS Wncn might menace Inc most vita
interests oflhe country, and impair public conf.
dence in the wisdom of an act consummatcd bv so
few; for, il might also happen, that such ratitica
lion might moi only be made by butniac Senator'S
who were from bul frc States; but those STATE,
might be five of the smallest in population in III.
whole Union for instance, Rhode Island Della.
ware. Michigan Mississippi and Arkansas =
Now, The Joint or aggregate delegation Of all
these States in The House OF Representatives
amount 10 Just eleven members; and tie whole
number being 223 they constituted but little more
than 0nc-trentieth part; and these i've States,
whose aggregate population has not yet reached
100000, and constituting less than one-iwenty.
second part of the whole, by such ratification.
are allowed 10 make THE SUPREME LAW THAT Is To
GOVERN EIGHTEEN MILLIONS or sorI.s.
ANNEXATION BY LEGISLATION.
The House OF Representatives consists of 49,
members and, of course, in a FIJI House il takes
ll2 10 constitute m0joritV These added 10 he
majority OF full Senate, which is ~, amountlo
l39-who>e united vote would be far more salts,
factory exponent OF public opinion, and OF H..
probable sleadiness OF public sentiment, than lie
iwo-lhirds vote OF 80 members OF the Sena.
alonc-ihe difference in favor OF egidqtiOn 50 lar
as majority OF hunters may 90, being l0l
! Even 4 b0yc Gu0ruAt Of the House amounts 10
ll2, of whom 81 is majority-and these, added
| the Senate, amount 10 land here again | think
that their united vote furnishes :; better evidence 81
I The public willard better hopes Of lis durability
! than the votes Of but Is members OF the Senate,
/ (ol whom but 9 may represent States casting an
undivided vo;e-and those 9 may be the Senator'S
of but 5 Slates,) being only 1 more than would
| be required for majority in that QDn,rm-aii
| the weight and the wisdom ri Two OF these Giy
/ being amply supplied by the >upcraGded we,ptt
! ,,NfET ,1s,x .rt,I
| If further illustration were needed 10 .oriiiy tie
position occupy cast your thoughts and your
! memories back upon those in.!orous scenes .,
4 the Senate Chamber, during lis session of last
/ year. The TWO Senators from your own Nirg-
i mia cast their united vote against anneXaiion-ari
if thai, is 10 be regarded as an authoritative expo
| ncnt of the public sen,imen, Of Virginia, W
/ would be bound 10 pronounce that 4 majority ii
her people were opposed 10 that measure, in ;ic
face OF her recent 5000 majority cast in lis favor
| al the late Presidential Election, and without =.
/ timalins the Wigs in that STATE (iuly one hall
of whom are said 10 have been in favor of TcNa,
rs we'll as of Mr.. Clay and, indeed, one Of Lcr
| Wig Representatives has recently told me- that
! he believed that rIyE-siXrns ui his constituent,
were in favor OF annexation ard in The face, too
Of her last Saturdays vote in the House, upon
| Mr. Milton Browns Joint resolutions for Arnexa.
lion-in which Virsinia's delesalion-God tC>>
/ Them stood forR-FiFrHS ron ANNEXATION Ahp
| EuT oSE-rlFrH AGAINST II!
! So Tennessee stood last year unan,mGNs in tie
| Senate against il, and last Saturday her wo,;ly
| delegation stood slcriously unGnimoUS in tlc
House for IL aud the hruii speaks quite brayey
| forth, that Tennessee Is soon 10 perfect ard cor.
summa,e This honorable ana lofty bearing, aii
NANTES. her Giynilied appreciation of monet
touS national question, by casting lis united vote
in the Senate in its favor. And am most bar.
py 10 add, that hope i or tp-oe. nay has wiougl:
itself into expectation, 10 zee Virginia, Georgia
| Missouri, yea, even 0M Rp ian Uinic AZ
| Lousiana's moa 0ic9icri hail DO the sane G..
grant i, God sranl il.
From The considerations have motel, arsii
out OF theory, usage and fact We are admon>ht
and | most confidently conclude, that We >houi
never resort 10 the mere tcrtu functions Of i. !
! President and Senate. when VIC can accompjl I
the same object equally we'll and Tar more >a;,.
taclorily otherwise especially as we 90 nolthenly
dispense with ''thc adriCc and consent of eth
the one or the ether, by an exercise Of The LCsN4.
IRE power. Our relations with Texas are Pc
ciscly those, as have already said. which ifos. |
their publicity, the knowledge each has OF Il |
others wishes, the appreciation each makes
The others interests. OF their common aIleciio.. i
kindred natures, reverence torreprcsenialiye l.e
dom, and love Of Union. need none Of the ap,I.I
anccs OF aCs0'la'toa; and seeTecy could now ~
tain nothing either useful or desirable 10 Tex L
or us. True, The usage or the Government h.
sanctioned the acquisition oil Foreign rerroYI
! By trcaty; but We should no, overlook the ,.,4I
inportan, distinction, that while we obtairo
from France ard Spain portionS Of their dctaclctI
possessions, we are seeking Of Texas HER az,
PROPER SELF, OF HERSELF AND FROM HERSELF. II
thus her roy GC6rpiants Of our proposals. eS,il.
gnl>lics Tor ave, the last W;ntlia ol her ueay-ge
king capacities, and, like her National oHrI
NESS, is lost in our Constitution, as she mi.l
/ giles with Us, what She brings for H., shar
| with rs in all We have links ouf commo,
dcsljnies cvernore in union. Besides, il is he
10 talk oi this being the Only moEc when We y.
well know. iha, tie ir>;teriilory The Goyerum Z,
ever acquired was acquired without Treaty T. l.
any Of these mplacablc directors ever ,EirG
| inqairing where The State Of Tennessee >j.s.
| from, and how She lonEd her way into the lG..
/ Cut Q! North CarolinaS loin> Sic came a> y. |
and parcel Other, and from Ecr The United sal
| acquired Ter. Bul how By TiraiU1 TIL
! couldn't be: for does not the Constitution y,
| plicily forbid STATE from entering into TIA.
| Stlil The Federal Government and North Carol.
a"rscd npoa ne tyms N 0tqn,Ni,oa and pcr,r,
them too. j. was not exactly an "0g,ccna, T.
that usually implies something ,r,rnfofH. cl [ 4
legally, politically or technically Itwa, Is.
pact rather, which usually implies someLn.l
ercenicd, doHr, something aireGdg Parted sri
The term, Of 4 "cnngnct" are a.r,ed upon b..
il is made, and, when made, The .osrr>n.ai
/ executed, and becomes ''compuci" Bu.
Carolina could not make the eomgad aon,
was the function OF t,ro, and ira made ihc &
we ale speaning of, and one Of the parties. ~
surely, was this Government. Then, the COX, /
ment can make compacis and comracIs 10 "a,
territory, and did do il, and REP, alcd i, ai.elwa
and made compact with Georgia and, hchoa
the States Of Alabama and Mississippi tie h,a
she acquired by that tOmpocf re. il was done III
none complained in those days, and VII, IL.
they nowl Resides there is mol one ii he il
States, IN which any o! the public lardF II
situate At the time ofiheiI cnlry into tie t1 II
which has not us eomp0d with Guve,rmu
fut must defer a mole special rc'clcrc. II
them and with my hearty sratulatiOn> u
result Q! Saturdays vote upon Brow.
resolutions Tor annexation | bid von goo. ur "
RANDOLPH or HOANGHa