Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1845-02-18

y tOtgttu Otutth ttls0 luo COulc0ttaCys 4
W knew The grounds on which this propoI
h tion had been denied This did not hi
4 der his recognition ofiI. The phase
b The consultation vas Of the largest cha
: acIeE sCoHgfess shall have power
admit newSisIes info be UhiOn.' Whe
{ shall sapcliOl be l6und for limitation n
On The operation Of such language Of d
generality and cOmprehe eHriVcness NJ
ia the circumstance Of the case.
, ''He had no hesitsIons upon this poiI
on the mere laDgusge Oflbe constitution
lie repudiaied this practice, perpeiu,
10 lie employment here, Of going belIin
the language Of the constitution, wbe
u al was plain, 10 cOniempOIaneous histo
ry and labored exposilions derived frcn
the opinions Of individuals. Where am
b'guiIy vas not admitted and patent, lb,
language ought to stand as The sola expo
nent. But how raise an smb;guiIy OF
language SO explicit? "Congress .shal
have power 10 admit new States into the
Union"
"Lshappened, however, that the eEi,
dence from cOntempoIaneous history cor.
responded 10 the plain import Of the Ian.
guage fihe constitutions
He (Mr. T.) rOaceiyed that be had
said enough 10 place The question Of The
constitutional pOweroF Congress TO ad.
NIT Texas into, the Union as a State,
beyond all doubt, BY the express letter Of
the constitution itself, aided iii aid in lis
q fpTetalions be al an necessary by he
aNicles Of OnitderaliOn---by The pro-
ceediugs Of the convention in relation 10
the clause under conslderalioD-by the
contemporaries expOsilions of those
who had the principal hand in framing
the constitution. and BY the various prac-
lical exPosiI;ons in the subsequent action
OF the various departments The govern.
meni.
Having said thus much on the constis
tuiional question, he wished TO devote a
few moments 10 the consideration of an
other position taken BY tho gentleman
from Massachusetts,, Mr. Winthrop viz
that 4 was contrary to our treaty slIPula-
lions with Mexico, and derogatOTy 10 the
honor Of this nation, TO annex Texas to
the Union. However desirable il might
be in his [Mr. T.'sl opinion 10 make this
important and valuable acquisition. be
(Mr. IT, declared that he for one, would
unbesiialingly abandon il, lift was calcu.
lated 10 place a hlOto stain. no larger
than a pin's.poin,, upon the blight es-
cutcheOn cf our national honor.
The treaty with Mexico, in 1882, pro.
Vides that
There shall be firm, inviolable, and
peace, and true and sincere
friendship between the UOitcd States Of
and the United Mexican States,
in all the extent Of their possessions and
territories, aud between their people and
citizens respectively, without distinction
1f persons or places
10 see il this position OF the gentle.
man was correct il wonld be necessary
10 ascertain whether Texas was within
he extent Of the possessions and terrific.
fies Of, Mexico. lie tMr. T. maintain
ID aud elieVed he could establish beyond
III controversy that the remuneration Of
Texas would be no violation Of our fSeaty
with Mexico--tbat Texas
never was pari OF Mexico, except as az
member Of confederation
IL States, which now has no existence,
md has not had since lS34-'5--and that
Mexico, as now or ever constituted, new
BE- had a Just or established right 10 Tex
Is. In order TO ascertain whether the
position taken by him were correct, he
would detain Che committee while he
made briefslatemeni Of facts in The his
ory of Texas.
Texas was first discovered and settled
~ the French in l6S5--fve years before
my settlement by the Spsniards. Mar
,ois's Hist. Of Louis, p, lO7. Il was
yrsntsd by Lou Of France 10 the Sieur
Anthony Crozal, by gran, dated OF FOh.
Sept. IA, l7l2--snd in that
rant is described as bounded by New
Mexico, and BY the lands Otthe English
'f Carolina
New Spain. ThisieTm Is used 70
esiguate the Mexican provinces. inclu-
ing those in the PrOvincia lnletEas. -
IrOOke's GAZETTEER, ed. 1928.
New Mexico, province Of Nov Spain,
{ Mexico IN the internal provihces. -
This is the most noEtlcrh Of the Spanish
et.lemenls ia the interior Of North Amer
"a. bounded south By New sBiscsy Or
lurango, east BY Texas, andso on ~ 9th. y
ides by regions liiile known, Inhabited
y native Indians. AIbid. q
f'Mexfco, empire Of. an immense 70
lOQ Of north America. This empire is
into intsndencies Of civil gov I
consisting Of Merida o. Yuca. !
81 Vera Cruz, Oaxaca, Puebla,, Mexico, !
TaIIadoIId. GuadalaxsEa, GuanaxueiO, !
,acnleess su1 Louis PesOal, Durango, )
Ionota. New Mexico, Old California i
IA New California. Ibid. s
aMexico, Of New Spain, country Of +.