New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-01-09
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
BY rng REPORTER OF THE y. Y. TRIBUNE.

BY rnE REPORTER OF THE ~ Y. TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 9th. 1915.
The HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Immediately
after the organization, went into Committee Of
the Whole on the State Of the Unioa, Mr.. Hor-
xlNs in the Chair
Mr. WINTHROP Of Massachusetts occupied his
hour in very eloquent speech against the An
nexation o. Texas. Hc had been challenged Il
day or Two since by he gentleman who INTRO
duced this resolution, To give arguments and not
defamation Another gentleman nae sad don t
give US Fourth ot July oratluns.' lie thought
tns. Foulth OF July GRAFTON would &c the bsSt
to call back the history ci our own country to
the minds of those who 60 70 other lands TO s;!ow
Their transce noent PATRIOTISM. We, the Wings,
are concntcd v,jth our own country aud Coasu-
o,ion-to improve, build up and defend our own
aad, is our care We say OF our institutions as
thu Eoel;sh Barops Of old said OF their Laws,
"Nolqm0s, Ha4fayi."
Mr. w then went into an eraminaten OF The
Constitutional question, what IS delegated and
whs, retained and where the proper power is
vested lie would construo tie Consultation lib.
sfaily, bu, he couidnot agree with the gentleman
iun Alabama in following Hoylo's rule: +" Where
you are in doubt, take Il trick" He was for
f4vsiDH Wutu HC q iNS7SiA 4o4 P'N-
ceeding.
No wonder that they wanted to shifL the onus
Of producing argume0t upon the Wings. They
phe Loco Focos) were not able to agree among
themselves. AS their Ultima ratio, they had In
vOked the potent aid of The Hermi,age; and they
oegan To t;embe when they found that the
Od Roman cement could not bind them together
They hope now that the Wings viii give II some
,aape or color-aye, cOLor-ior It Is hoped that
ne OF the North may make it an Abolition ques-
ton, aud thereby gain friends. In this they wlll
b disappointed They had elected their Pfesi
cent in this way, but they should not proceed any
ai,her to profit by such conduct. He would op-
pose it On constitutional ground, but would
tarkly give his opinion on the Slavery view OF
., did time permit.
Ii was difficult to realize that such propos
hon was actually before them-to annex whole
aation ; 20 naturaiize by q single stroke OF the
Pen whole nation 10 admit $4,000 Slaves at
once into our country contrary 10 the provisions
o. the Constitution TO create new stars that
taall dim the lus're Of our own constellation and
drag them down 10 new centre.
The scheme was set on foot by an accidental
President, not elected by the people, for ambitious
ends Il was rejected by the proper authority,
tae treaty. making power, yet after ore shor.
hours delberation 1t is revived and placed before
Us for approval with as little ceremony us if it
was only for the establishment of a new post
Office, for such was aI Tic consideration giyen,o
= measure OF such influence on oar country and
her institutions.
II we look at this question in an executive
light its history exhibits degree of usurpaton
scarcely ever equaled. Its diplomatic history is
to crimson the face of every American
with shame. Even in the Texan light of the
question we must feel for a people TO whom the