Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-02-08

the Union, has ceded to the Government in It's
own behalf. 1t presents no such questions d
were involved in the cessions Of Louisiana aDd
Florida-ior, they coded all the Territory au IN
orcrc;snly and all Lae juisdietiOn which per,ained
10 MEANWHILE Texas cedes none OF her ieTta0rg
and no other portions whatever OF her sorere'sntl
and jurisdiction, than such as all other States o.
the Union have coded before Der. True, she IS &c
cede sail public edifices, Notifications, barracks
ports and harbors, navy and navy yards, docks
magazines, arms, armamenis, and all DINER pro
perry and means pertaining 10 the pubic ae-
1ence"-but not an inch Of her @it Is ceded De-
yond its use and jarisdiction-and even those re-
vert to Texas, whenever and however that asc
and iurisdicfion may be Withdrawn.
Texas asks for one-t1ccnty -ercnM UNDIVIDED
share in our great partnership OF freedom-in us
powers-ils Representatives. renown-ils pro-
perlies-its benefts-s protecton-its securities
its peace-associated, as they must ever Dc,
with its burthens-its perils-its disasters, ana
It's fate In return, she cedes away absolutely
and in full right IN m
divisibe ownership OF her customs, her power 10
lay and collect dnties and imposts upon the lni-
ports and tonnage, derveable not only from eacn
OF these United States, but upon The Texas -oounu
imports and tonnage OF the world, with unllinll-
ed powers Of taxation in every form, that is nHt-
FORM and to draft into the battlefield The last man
Of her quotas for the national defence. Ana
in the same proportion she cedcs all oil her soVe,
reignty and jurisdiction, with her present aho
undeveloped capacities for promoting The common
| good, which Teas, as .S,aic an hlS Cni0n,
! NAV have the capacity 10 pant ariM and The Ftdc'
raj Government may have The capacity 10 reec1re
All Blu, quoih Massachusetts, "You cannot take
new partner into the concern, without the nnant,
nous consent Of all The co-partners, and object
/ n. of r. aThat must depend, most precious
Madam, upon the articles Of partnership
Constitution. OF your own free will, you atflxed
your signature TO that paper-and you thereby
waived your right TO exclude other partners. by
the mere potency Of your own opposition. iou
Joined your sovereign sisters in providing Tor Inc
accession Of new partners, and vested in bare ma
!, ioriles of the common Congress OF all the States
The chartered discretion TO admit or reJecl new
partners. when and where they pleased. we
INNS, remind Won, 100, august Madam, That since
YOU entered into the partnership no less man
! fifteen partners have entered into the firm; and
though You stoully objected 10 the admission Of
some of them, you did no, deem il iGrtM, IN those
GOOD old times, TO make your opposition else
where than before the common Congress, whose
function il was 10 decide upon il-and when Inc
decision was against you, you did not deem J,
lorfnL in those good old times, that ion should
have your own way, and dissolve The 1raolc part
nership TO crafty your own spleen Besides, IN
other cases, where you wanted some new par,
ners admitted, which others objected TO- you uid
not consider your august sell Al all bound m lhose
days to yield up your claims 10 their oppositioh-
but deemed the decisions Of Congress perfectly
conclusive. whenever they consoried with your
own wishes. II is the same tribunal which you
helped 10 establish, and as surely selected to pass
defnitively on such mallers and we should hope,
Madam, that you would submit 10 lis Judgment
in resignation ard peace as you dld aforelime;
and if that NAV moi be- We beseech you not 10
dissolve the 1ctoE partnership, but 10 pick up
your bonnet and walk out of the concern, as soon
as YOU have made up your mind, that you can
not behave yourself"
| Resuming our subject, then, lei us look at the
question, ASSOCIATED of all the garbled puzzles,
touching the power 10 make acquisitions OF FO-
reign 7trr,t0,g by Congress, (Which hope have
established,) and whether The power 10 admit
".Neac States applies 10 all States alike, be they
Foreign or Domestic, whom Congress may choose
10 admit, (Which, hope, have also established
| and the whole controversy lies in nut she'll
| Not an embarrassment presents itself, about how
much power, or sovereignty, or jurisdiction Con-
gress is 10 take from, or leave 10 Texas; such
| questions were all adjusted more than so years
ago, By the Consultation itself. Take any one
| Stale in the Union and determine for yourselves
what power, sovereignty and jurisdiction she
parted with on entering the Union; and what
rights, immunties and privileges she received in
return, and you have the exact and authentic
measure and guage Of all Texas can part with
and OF all she can acquires for, there is perva-
ding and Interchangeable necessity Of The Conslitu-
ton, that each and all OF the States in this Union
shall be, and remain positively and scrupulously
equal. What is there then, which remains for
Congress TO decide? Nothing, whatever that dc
not resolve themselves into mere considerations
of crpetticneu, which must ever surround and ad.
dress themselves TO the judgment OF Congress
when any New State applies for entrance into
the Union.
Some there are, who fatter themselves, that
they have met and overthrown the whole Of The
constitutional argument for annexation, in The
doctrine they have advanced, that it would not be
compelen, for our President and Senate, nor OF
Congress ITSELF to cede away any one or The whole
ofthcse States, sc. We1l ifthat doctrine demoish-
cs our argument, then there is no help for il, or
al least cannot provide any; for concur in il
fully. Such proposition as that regard as be-
yond the Jurisdiction of the Constitution, and can
be determined by those alone in whom the ultimate
sovereignty resides. So far, so good; for We are
all agreed. But then they turn upon us: and ask,
how has The Congress Of Texas any more juris-
diction over such question, than our own! To
that reply, that they had better read Mr.. Browns
resolutions, and they will find their inlerrogaiory
answered there, in The condition il imposes that
The annexation is TO be accomplished through a
coarenii0n of Texas. Then they may wantto
know. why, if it should be necessary that Texas
should act through c0nrcniimi, that il should not
be equally necessary lhatthis Government should
do sol To that Ianswer, because Texas is TO part
with her nationality her separate independence,
and portions OF her sovereignty and jurisdiction
and that we part with none ofthem. Texas parts
with all the national features of her Constitution;
ours remains unchanged. In these regards, the
functions exercised by Texas are those OF ces-
sion and alienation-ours are The functions OF ac-
ceptance and acquisition. She gives, and we
lake Surely, it will not be maintained al this
day, that we may not accept from another nation
what we might not have the power 10 have
granted her. Those who sustained our accept
ance Of the Smithsonian 6cqncst, will hardly in
sist that this Government could have granted
such boon 10 Smithson. We might accept from
Texas cession to the Colorado, however incom-
pelent we may be 10 cede to her all West Of the
Mississippi. We might acquire Canada from the
Government Of Great Britain, though we might
never have power TO cede 10 her the six States of
New England. The acquisition of sovereignty
is one thing, its alienation quite another. AD-
MiNlsTRATivE POWER MAY De COMPETENT TO &C
cEpr, WHAT CREATIVE POWER ALONE CAN GRANT.
Bulno more, All things have an end, and So
my good Sirs, must these random and fugitive
cpistics of RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE.
LATEST FROM VERA CRUZ.
The brig Naiade arrived a, Charleston on
Saturday from Vera Cruz, having lett there on
The 9Th OF January, and has communicated the
following intelligence 10 the Charleston Patriot
Ii will be seen that Santa Anna was still in
the field though his doom appeared 10 be inevila-
bic:
"We learn from Capt. PETERSON, of,he brig
Naiade, from Vera Cruz, that Santa Anna had
attacked, al the head Of 1000 men, 1900 Of which
were cavalry, the town Of Puebla-but ne was
drived back by the revolutionists. Santa Anna
il is said, wonld endeavor TO make his escape
either by The way of Vera Cruz or Tuspan. The
day previous to the sailing Of The Naiade, about
$50 volunteers arrived from Alrardo and 1900