Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-03-04
Cl;uei;ng 10 lic List !Siram

We beg The Baltimore American 10 put itself
entirely al ease Texas will be satisfied with he
Terms Of The Resolutions, and the whole work
will lie accomplished
When the amended Resolutions passed The
Senate on Thursday night, the National lnlelli-
gencer caught al q straw. IL indul eed vislona-
~ hope. that the Wings Of the House of Repre-
scn,atives might still defeat the measure That
some rule Of The House might cut them oil from
consideralion-or. if they were taken up, that The
Wings nirM send them 10 committee, where
they auirM he smothered-or that outspeaking
lime in The Committee OF the Whole, orby pilins
motion upon motion, and ayes and noes without
end upon each other, they misM contrive 10 waste
tie time and wear on. the patience OF the House
Unfortunate wighls! scarcely had The House
mel on FRIDAY when the Resolutions were taken
M. all The manruvres of The Wings were defeat
ed. every scheme was bafiled and The Resolutions
were triumphanly passed By a numbering ma
jority OF Sc.
The poor Wings have still another straw to clutch
al, in order to keep themselves from drowning.
The Baltimore American" catches up zone fur
liner contingency II is possible that Texas may
decline the proflercd annexation" Yes, and we
are sometimes told, that she skies may fall, and
then, you know, according 10 the prover6, we
NAV catch arks." "The bill as it passed the Sc
conditions of annexation 10 he settled hereafter
that is 10 say, commissioners on both sides are
10 agree unon the terms oil admission and cession,
which agreement is 10 be afterwards submitted 10
the Senate in the form OF treaty, or 10 both
Houses of Congress in the shape OF Articles OF
Agreement. In the former case the sanction Of
two-lhirds of the Senators will be necessary 10
perfec, the arrangement; in The latter il may be
confirmed by joint resolution, requiring MAORI
" Of each House. Ii is left TO the President 10
determine which of the two modes OF coniirma-
ton shall be adopted This is the first time, we
believe that the President has been officially made
The Judge OF constitutional question. II has hap
pened before that President assumed 10 himself 10
enforce The Constitution as he understood it
There is possibility that the terms of agreement
fixed upon BY the commissioners may not re-
cpive the sanction of the Senate, or oil the Con-
oress. as the case NAV be. This, however, is a
contingency upon which but little stress is 10 be
laid"
We beg the Baltimore American not 10 fatter
itself with anv hope from having so many strings
10 its bow. The terms and c0ndiiinns Of anneya-
ton are already settled BY the resolutions. The
House Resolutions have settled that question
for as 10 Col Bcnlon's bill as proviso and propo-
scd for The sake OF compromise by Mr.. Walker, il
will be all surpusage There will be no neceS-
',
which the American has so nscniously contrived
10 produce delay, and endanser the ultimate fate
OF The measure We shall scarcely require any
Commissioners TO agree upon the terms. The Presi
dent will hardly be caueh in the covcn stick oihe
treaty power, and The legislative power. The re-
sponsibillv which the"B. American 'vibratcs over
his head, will be dissipaled at once By The concur
renee of Texas in the Resolutions OF Mr.. Milton
Brown, $50 unfortunately repudialed at last by
their own falher) These Resolutions would have
settled. and will now settle every thing, so far as
relates 10 The admission OF Texas as a new Stale
"into The Union" We understood. Saturday,
by a gentleman recently from Nashville. who
saw Mai. Donaldson Immediately on bis return
from Texas, that he had sounded the Go
verDment Of Texas upon the terms OF the
resolutions. and that they would prove sd
lislacory 10 the great body of the People
So the "American" may dismiss his visionary
apprehensionS The creditors Of Texas would,
OF course, have preferred, that the United States
should have assumed the immediate payment OF
their debts-but the creditors do not constitute the
majority Of her people, who are anxious for an
nexa,ion. And besides, the creditors themselves
NAV see from such a rapid increase Of emigration
into the country: from such demand for The pub
lie lands, and anaugmeniaton OF their value, that
the scrip which they may receive from The Stale
oil Texas, with the interest secured, and also with
the alternative, perhaps, of being receivable in
The payment of the public lands, will soon be
worth par, or even above it-and they will soon
become content with The contemplated arrange
menl. No man can doubt that their lands will
appreciate from emigration; and that this emigra-
lion will RAPIDLY increase We understood, in
deed. on Saturday, by an intelligent gentleman
Just from Alabama, that he knew several Of his
wealthy neighbors, who were preparing 10 remove
with their slaves and their property 10 Texas,
as soon as the annexation was completed.
1.-THE Resolutions OF the House do no, cover
every ''funhcr contingency" why, these new
cases may hereafter become the subjects OF nego-
tiaton and Of compact between the State of Tex
as and The United States. Say that some provi
sion is found necessary for the government OF the
lndians-Say, that some measures may be re-
quired for running the boundary lines Of the .Ner
State, and for The allotment her resduary terri
tory among the other four States, which are 10
run South of sc. degrees of latitude, nothing can
be simpler than the usual process in such cases.
Commissioners may then be appointed--compacts
may then be formed. Our archives furnish in
Vulnerable cases of this species of amicabe ad-
justment between the States and the U. States
We beg the Baltimore American" therefore,
10 I've comforted Mr.. Polk is COOL discreet
man. He has the confidence OF Tcxas-ior, he
was elected as her friend. She will be very apt
10 take The "terms and conditions" OF the Resolu-
;ions, as the basis of her acton-and he has rather
too much sagacity TO throw new compact before
the public councils-to provoke the same battle
fought over again, during The mex. session, as We