Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-01-03

and then throw themselves on their COUNTRY ~ doins
I"r mem nnaa,hor,ed what go know they would have
done for themselves had they been In situation 10 do IT,
hhths esss " guardian investing the money Of his
ward In purchasing IN important pdseen, territory, end
..yne to him shen Of age. did ih for your good; pre-.
tend TO no right to bind you you may disown me- and
must get out OF The scrspe - l can" W
ToLevi Lincoln 30th August, 1903, VOL 4, page l. sf-
ter saggesnE certain amendments the CONSTITUTIONS
Treaty,l he adds: m r n
"iqnose this for your consideration ob.crv ing that the
less that said about any Constitutional difficulty ,hs bet
10 Necessary i'm silence"
10 w'on Cary Nicholas Sept. IL, 1903. VII +,h psg.
81, he says;
should be done with little delay poss BILE, and pa-
cuarly - tar respects the Constitutional difficulty.
sm aware Of the force Of the observations power
given BY the Constitution to Congress admit now State
into the Union. without restraining tho subject " the
territory then constituting the United Sisies. But
when consider that the limits Of the Unt.d States
are precisely fixed by tho Treaty Of 1883. that the
CONSTITUTION expressly declares itself made for the
United States, cannot help believing that the in.
tenon was NOT to permit Congr-ss ID admit into the
Union new Sstes which should be formed Of the
htory Tor which, and under whose authority alone they
were then acting do not believe t~ss that they
might receive England, Ireland, Holland &c. into IT,
which would be the your construction When nm
instrument admits Of constructions the ssfe the
other dangerous, the precise, the other indefinite
prefer that which Is safe and precise had rather ask
enlargement OF power from the nation when IL 10 found
necessary than to assume by reconstruction which would
make our power. bonndless Our peculiar security In
the possession Ut written Constitution. Let not
mike tn blank paper by construction"
Has the Of Jefferson Lost its charm with his disci
plesf i. his opinion Of weight question OF such
magnitude with the Jehersonian school Of democracy
Entertaining these views, where, let ask, would Mr.
Jefferson be found upon this Texas question, il he
aiivc and IL he were spring into life and
raise ms voice against the measure rs unconstitutional
he surely would. what snail shell would be small for
the conductor Of the Richmond Enquirer any Of his po-
htcal family 10 crawl inio1 "rhe Constitution" says
d our ud fo.
reign territory st less for Incorporating foreign Nations
nnA our Union" II there is such power, the De-
mocracy prepared to exercise III The Wings, am sure,
are not! and yeti IL not little strange that among those
who have held Mr. Jeesons opinions in oil consttu
"nal questions Of the highest authority. there has
been one yet willing to quote follow him this most
important question: Mr. Van Buren,, perhaps and
for tina, he renounccd denounced the
Jeffersonan Democracy.
Have stood against the world; now uo. he there
And none % poor to do him reverence"
IL there is power granted by the Constitution for the
acquisition o territory us Mr.. Jefferson supposed where
caHhe be found for Incorporating any other g,y
eminent with ours As said before grant the practice
oi the government has settled the question otherwise in re-
gard TO acquisition Of territory merely md that settled
practice has all grown of the precedent established by
the treaty for Louisiana, the power for which denied
nj the time by the negotiatcr himself Here is
another question: fur transccndng the other in INN ance
aud precedent in this pen and
for one. nm for meeting the question the hop and
never permitting II TO obtain fooihod for moment as the
only security have for the future. This government
trust to endure for ages come and looking into the Wis
"a OF hme am now for guarding against future DANGER
Establish this preccdent-sancton the authority of pow
erfu President and two-thirds OF corrupt Senate MS ii
mghtbe, to unite this Of ours the o. States
with any other government and let all Europe become again
CONFUSED with general war-let another Napoleon arise
TO pull down Kingdoms and build empes-o shake the
world by the force OF his genius and his army and let our
people, and particularly public men, degenerate in the
same rapid degree that they have done ~ 10 years
aimee vice usuped the reward OF virtue and
partnership has been made the only test Of merit and how
soon might We find free and independent republic CON-
Vsred aye aud eonsfifutoaay converted by President
and 80 Senators. into mighty kingdom, our President
make hng and our Senators made Earls, Lords and b.
rons, Tor their basencss aud their tr achery
will not admit that liberties and the liberties Of nv
children are held by such tenure will not admit tina,
any 30 men thni live or breathe, that God will make
can thus 0ntuHy barter away INV
ment and my country and the government Of 90 600 OOO
oi freemen TO Crafty their uvarce rapacity or amb
ton But II they can consutionay incorporate tls gov
eminent with Texas, why with Russia England
OF tho Celestial Empire No. th- country To ITSELF
the land of liberty and the resting place of freedom so let
IT, untrammclltd by and with any
other government earth
All treaties by the practice of the governme Mt kent
secret. they are unknown until they rated rejected
except TO the negotiations and the Executive branch the
government ind do not know but that II ais a practice
honorcd in the breach than the obseryance vet a, n
Is Now In the late Ashburon treaty. in settling perma-
neni and convenient boundary line between two great ma
tons slip OF land acquired here and corner sur
rendered there, and
OF constitutional difficulty. But suppose upon the atca
n n,,vis;on ;,co,1 -; va ''a' ~ eon'aheu
Rit,in and !, ,.ns ; - " -, s ' 'nH' o. pfea'
numerical s,,en, C r. " oe ueerlhsea ny 'he
ment wa, IN nreS.;l ,hs;, o''h OF govern
lie should w, aIl have fJed am go -; 80 VI gu. iePuo-
ope.r.ncs .nJ h.,s ,,I ~ ~ 'alhe hno s',en' nc'
Preside M and S.n,s Ind oG ~. 'ee'n, 'hat the
else of their cons,,u,;"n. e'nes 20 tue exef.
to complaint II they had the power and we had given II
have IN, nover in Tho CO... -, En. " nsn 40 'hey
4, in ,,e ca,. NJ EnolanJ " ' my "'"'u "a'o hau
should h, Glad ., -, h I :, ;,, /, ,
commercial odsan,.ss -, -, Is " " e' Io' e,ea'
gland ar Tor n,su,e ,,orJ e. ;,I * f f u ri-
other such good reason b,tore ~. b,,. y. ,, ne
nex the Chinese Emn;,. d, ,h I,;,oS ci, % W a"-
hans am precipit, ate ,,bo L. ~, ,t u, per
his Secretars he two c,sa, ,;, W. % ~. op''I and
mined On fn,,,c d;s,;nn,;e 20 VI u.e aee oSer-
who burned he Enhssin ,I 49,. ~" he pnS'Pe u ne
Mr. Cu,uinp in hi c,,v III, - c,'s &c" agent
ready secured us This incs,;n,h. hIos. "a sI, a'-
perhaps when the ,rea,v i disnossd 80 saa' h'o"
fore " ' "' Oe-
II will not be commended p,es,rno Tho, ,h; ,.. .,
and extraordinary power can bc cnn,oli.hJ ,,
''P'S"'u NihoutsuHlc