Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1845-02-13

aso,n.,usNaence Of he &srMal Of c0Mmeyee.
WAsH1Ncrors, Mondays Feb. =
Since last wrote to you, on the state g sne
Annexation question, have conve.sea Win -
81 senator. and ascertained the views q olhess
~ ;nd that the i0ing resolutions from the House
,r;N not Sass in the SenateS that no measure tor
Xnnexaf:on will pass the Senate. at this session
and that there are tkifsy.0ne Senators who Will
vote against the House resolutions.
You viii soon find. as have long ego tnssmaeea'
that the Oregon and Texas questions Whl oes %
SO ~ s .rgumeUt If Mr. Webster before the SUI
reme Cont the other day, IN the case Of the Mas
sachusetts License Law, attracted much attention,
and Is highly spoken OF.
e Mr.. Webster was engaged on the part OF tnose
who contest the constitutionaiity Of the act
He contended that il was BY the powerful aprll-
cation Of moral means that private duties should
I he enforced. Temperance had not made greater
progress in the States where the laws had been
changed, with view to its advancement, than in
some Others where no material alteration Of the
laws had taken place All our observation and
experience showed US that moral means were eff
cacious for the object, and signal instance and
proof Of it he pointed to Ireland and the career of
the great apostle Of Temperance, Father Matthew.
That great benefactor Of his age and country, had
rescued thousands and hundreds Of thousands from
sin and misery but had he done 4 BY promulge-
ting to the people that Il was against the statute
in that case made and provided Was his triumph.
ant path strewed with acts Of Parliament and bills
of Indictment Did he menace the Irish people
with temporal pains and penalties, with fines and
imprisonment? Far otherwise He lifted up his
voice to the ignorant and debased, and like the
Apostles Of other times went forth to preach, mot
the law, but the Gospel; to arouse the deadened
consciences Of men, to summon them to just
sense of responsibility, to impress them with the
fear of God, and new convictions Of the duties
which they owe themselves. as intelligent. moral,
and immortal beings. He had seized the human
heart, not with the grasp Of the law, but BY the
ing born for something better and something high.
er, which is possessed even by the ignorant and
depraved His success had proved that he had
mot mistaken his means. +@ %'
The argument has terminated in the case, and
the court will probably soon decide upon It.
Correspondence Of the W r. 1yi6sne.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S, ls45.
In the Senate, MIR. Benton presented the follow
A BILL to provide for the Annexation Of Texas
to the United States. IA s.s gsfy-
BeI eaocte1, &C., That State, to be formed
out of the present Republic Of Texas, with sntar
BILE extent and boundaries. and with two Represen.
tatives in Congress until the next apportionment
of representation, shall be admitted into the I'M
ion BY virtue Of this act. on an equal footing with
the existing States, soon rs the terms and con-
ditions of such admission, and the cession Of the
remaining Texan territory to the United States,
shall be agreed upon BY the Governments Of Tex.
as aud the United States. ia.sss.5 .-sa IA.
Sec. Q. Ind Be Il further emacsed. That the
sum Of one hundred thousand dollars be and the
same Is hereby appropriated to defray the expens.
es &c missions and negotiations to agree upon the
terms of said admission and cession, either by trea
ty to be submitted to the Senate by articles to
be submitted to the House Of Congress, as the
Mr. Ranfon ana otl,ars xv,ahed fb;s hill 70 liz
over. To be called mn A some future time A mo.
ton was made to refer to the Committee on For
eign Affairs. Lost, re TO IS. st,o
So the bill lies over. 49, !.
The Senate then took up the Post Ofice Bill, on
which they were engaged till they adjourned.
From Ese basEsnsDse
u WAsxINGT0N. Thursday, Feb. o, lsa3. !.
In Senate. Mr.. Choate presented Z memorial
from Massachusetts,, against the annexation Of
Texas. 4, 80. I, g v, ...ea
Mr.. Merrlck expressed . hope that it would be
voted upon and moi talked about, 90 that II may be
finally despatched this day. 9gl w taf
Mr.. Buchanan's amendment Of Mr.. Simmons
was rejected--yeas II, nays ~. This amendment
allowed members to Send i've free letters Per diem:
The question was then upon Mr.. Simmons
amendment, which gave members an unlimited
right to frank their letters and speeches. The
Senators could not help talking about this, but af-
ter they had done. the yeas and nays were called,
and the franlIing privilege was given up by vote
of yeas IS, nays 20. M
The yeas and nays were then called upon stri.
members shall have certain number offree stamps;
and this was also done by yeas SS, and nays 2. ~.
nsas qS:h 49, ,.s,,,.,.r.rs ,ss;cS;.
..a,s ~. ~ ~ casr;sS c,,s &c shs r,ssi - x ~
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