Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-02-14
CONGREssI ONAL.
Washington, Feb 3.

ton of Texas.
Also, petition from persons claiming 10 live
near Canada, praying that if the Mexican
Province called Texas be annexed TO the Uni
ted States, Canada may be taken too.
MIR. ID. did not know whence this came, but
hoped il would receive just as much notice as
il deserved, and no more. He moved its ref
erence 10 the Committee on Foreign Rels.
tons. rinif
MIR Porter, OF Michigan, presented petition
OF like purport from citizens OF Detroit, and he
asked that il might be read. The memorial
gave strong reasons for the purchasing or 9TH
erwise acquiring Canada--a subject which en-
gagged the serious attention of our fathers. q.
was TO be seen in the articles Of conGedcratiop.
February 4.
SENATE.-Mr Dix presented petition.
asking the Senate, by negotiation, or other
wise, TO procure the annexation of Canada.
Mr. ID. in conformity with the decision YES
terday, moved that il lie on the table, which
was ordered.
The morning business being finished, The
Senate took up the unfinished business of YES
terday, being The Post Office bill. The CUES
ton was upon an amendment Of Mr. Ashley, 10
provide for the deficiency in the Post Office
revenue out Of the Public Treasury.
The amendment was debated at some length
4ht nCipo OpDOcCu IT. DtCdu0t " the 0euaft-
ment was allowed TO lean upon the Treasury.
we should have no economy in the contracts
for carrying the mails. In his own State all
the contractors had grown rich and many of
them now received twice as much as their SER
vices were worth
MI Ashley urged the necessity of his provs-
ion, and said that without il mail iacilitie,
must be withheld from The new States.
The amendment was adopted.
.8nnerGiion Of I'eEaS.-ln the midst Of the
speech of MIR A. he was interrupted by re-
quest from Mr. Archer that he would allow him
(Mr AicheD TO make report upon the joint
resolution for the annexation Of Texas.
Mi Archer said that his state OF health was
such that he was compelled TO throw himself
upon the courtesy Of the Senator from Ohio
aud The Senate, 10 permit him, out order, to
make report upon this very interesting sub
ject, in order that he might Withdraw immedi-
ately after.
The Post Office bill was then momentarily
laid on the table.
Mr. Archer then sent to the chair the report
in question, together with all the memorials
aud resolutions on the subject, which had been
referred TO the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tons.
The Report Of the Committee ends with the
following resolution, viz Resolved, That the
joint resolution passed by the House of Repre-
senlatives, for the annexation of Texas to the
United States, be rejected.
A motion was made for printing the Report
and resolution, which was adopted.
MIR Buchanan said be was in a minority Of
one in the Committee, which made this report
and at the proper time, he should advocate the
passage of the measure as it came from the
House.
Post Office BaL-The Senate then passed
to the consideration of ibe Post Office Bill.
The pending amendment was 10 strike out
so much OF the fifth section as restricts The
franking prviIege.-This amendment was re-
jecied BY vote of yeas I6, nays "a.
Mr. Huntington then proposed an amendment
which allowed editors of newspapers and peri
odicals 10 send newspapers, SC. out Of the mail
if they thus elected.
Mr. Merrick sirenuousy resisted this as in
ringing upon the bill, which looked particular
ly TO the destruction of the whole private ex
press system.
Messrs Niles and Phelps favored the amend
ment of Mr. III. The latter said that if The
farmers in his state were compelled TO go TO the
Post Office for their newspapers, it would pre-
vent them from taking them at all. Instead of
higglng about the Thanking privilege and tram-
melting the newspaper press, he would reduce
the patronage OF the Department and cut off
this business OF paying contractors double what
the services they rendered were WORTH
The yeas and nays were called on Mr. H.'s
amendment and it was adopted-yeas 81, nays
10.
February s.
SENATE.--Tne Teras scheme.--Mr.
Benton took the Senate by surprise this morn
ing by the introduction OF new bill TO provide
for The annexation of Texas. It's provisions arc
very brief and FIRST
That state be formed out Of the present
Republic of Texas and be admitted into the
Union on an equal footing with the present
States Of the Union, and as soon as the terms
shall be agreed upon between the Government
OF Texas and the Government of the United
States.
That 100000 be appropriated to pay the
expenses Of negotiation by treaty or by arti-
ces of agreement between the two Govern
ments, and 10 be submitted by the President of
the United States for the concurrence of the
two Houses of Congress-
Mr. Benton said the bill was similar TO the
one ne had introduced at the commencement of
me session, except as 10 the conditions. The
bill was Invested of them, and proposed that
we should now simply admit Texas, and leave
conditions with the next administration. He
proposed that these conditions should be ser
tied by Commissioners between the two Gov
efhmeh,s, TO DE appointed first by ourselves and
sent TO Texas.
This, IN his view, was the only proper way
Tor the settlement of this great and exciting
question. IL was the only way in which the
question could be settled nationally, and d.
vested of those conditions and that kind of
action which had made it not entirely national
as in his view il should be. IfTexas was TO
come into the Union, he desired that il should
come in tremendously and upon just and equit-
able terms.
Mr. Benton said that Mr. Adams, in 1898,