Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1845-02-25


shall be incorporated inlhe UnisedSisif
and admitted as soon as possible, accoa
ding 10 the principles Of the federal con
sliIuiion, 10 the enjoyment Of all tb'
rights, advantages, and immunities o
citizens Of the United Slates-and in iht
mean time. they shall be maintained enc
protected in The free enjoyment Of iheiI
liberty, property, and the religion which
they profess
Now be asked IL the obligations Of thai
treaty we're not viOlsted when Texas y a.
ceded to Spain by The treaty Of 1919,
without consulting France or thepsople
Of the TeTitorys and ifilfe UniiedStaIes
were not bound by the principles Of iusi
tice and good faith 10 perform the siipu-
latiOps in that treaty now, when they had
Il in tbeiI power TO DO so and thus % fer
as they were ables do justice 10 an iniu'
red peoPlei
Mr.. Clay, (said Mr. T.,) at the time,
denied the right Of The Unite 4 SIaIes,
under the treaty making powerful cede
dbat county TO Spain. Mr.. ClSy in Is.
20, introduced the following resolutions:
Resolved, that the constitution ofihe
United States vests in Congress the pow
er 10 dlspOss OF the territory, belonging
to lhem-hnd that no treaty purPOrling
to aIienate any portion thereof is valid
without the concurrence Of Congress-
Mr.. Clay most stTenuouslY opposed
the measure as being both pnconsiilu,
lionai and inexpedient. The prOpOsh
tion asserted by The resolution Just quos
ted was sufficiently maintsined by barely
reading the clause in the constitution on
which il rests:
The Congress shall have the power
TO dispose, SO Of the territory or other
property belonging TO the UnitedSIates.
He said that
'All accounts c0ncurred in Tepresen.
ting Texas 10 be extremely. valuable -
lis superficial extent was three or four
times greater than that Of Florida. The
climate was delicious the soil fertile
the margins Of the rivers abounding in
live oak-and the country admitting Of
easy settlement. Il possessed moFeover,
il he were not misinfOrmed, one Of The
finest porls in the GuIfof Mexico. The
production Of which II was capable we're
suitable to our wants. He would not
give Texas for Florida in a naked ex-
CHANGE -
Thus did Me- Clay oppose the transfer
of that country, and he never lost sight
ofihe regaining Of it. Bul he (Mr. T. J
cohteRded that the cession Of Texas to
Spain, was not only breach Of faith with
France, but violation of the rights Of
the people Of Texas, and absolutely null
and void, so iar as the people Of Texss
were concerned, upon another ground.--
There was (said Mr.. T.) no palmer
principle in The law Of nations, Vaitel(p.
1866, sec. 1867 lays down he law Of ns-
tiOns expressly TO Be, that
"A sovereign already bound by treaty
canpst enter loothers contrary 10. The
first. The things respecting which he
has entered into engagements are no
longer at his disposal. If it happens that
a pGsterior treaty be- found, in any parlic.
nlar point, 10 clash RliiIl one Of more an.
cient dale,ihe new treaty is nul andvoid
W ih respsel to that point, inasmuch as IL
lends 10 dispose Of thing that is no
longer ID the power Of him who appears
to dispose Of IT,
He iMr. T. J concluded, then, ,hatTex-
as had perfect right, by the provisions
Of the treaty Of Louisiana, to- admission
into the Union. The admission ofTex-
as, instead OF violating the faith Of our
treaty wilhMexicO, will be a compliance
with our faitbs pledged in the treaty 9itb
France. Instead Of solling the honor Of
the nation, instead Of breaking treaty slip-
lla,ions. il will restore and perform the
Of a treaty already bFoken.---
He MT. thought that the United
States could not deny 10 Texas aomis-
lion into the Union witnoU, o violation of.
,very principle Of honor, Of Justice, and
yOod faith.
This he (Mr. 7 } considered as a na
ionsl question, which should moi be de. ]
,ided on sectional views, Bnt if section
/ views we're 10 be taken, he conceived
hat il would be found that the western
States and tbs eastern States we're those
n ost deeply Interested init; and insteSd.
i its being assoulhern qaeslion,it would
,e found TO be western and an eastern
question. J'he altempllo reannex Tex,
Is first proceeded from one Of the repre>
from Massacusel (Mr.Adams)
Iided BY d gentleman from Keniucky,
Mr. Clay !; and Il was fair 10 presume
hal, IL those disiina Aished gentle men
we're guided al sll by sectional feeling
Il relation 10, the measure, their MINDS
we're infueneedby the interests q lhe
East aOd West At thai day. Nothing how
ever. was lIlen said Of i!s being a southern
Inss,;on M both upon the slave guess |