The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-01-10
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
TEXAS:
| Mr. HALE asked leave to submit proyso which
he said he intended TO urge when the House should
come 10 vote on the various propositions for the
annexation Of Texas. lie desired that ii should take
the usual course-be printed aud referred to the
Committee Of the Whole on the state Of the Union.
! tCries of "Kesd. read" VI
The SPEAKER informed the gentleman that il
could be received only by general consent
| IL was however read for information, and provides
in substance that, Immediately siter the boundary
between the United States and Mexico shall he de-
fnitiyey settled by the two Governments and before
any State shall be formed IN Texas the territory
shall be equally divided and in that portion ly ag
south and west OF the line there shall be neher sla
very nor Involuntary seryitude. This arrangement
10 be considered compact, and binding and for
ever remain unaltersble, unless by the consent Of
two-thirds Of the States of the Union
blessrs. MCCONNELL, BURKE, and SLIDELL
objected TO the reception Of the proposition where
upon,
MIR HALE moved suspension Of the rules pre-
scribing the order Of business and asked for the
yeas and nays.
The SPEAKER said that the motion could not
nov be made In consequence of other business hay
| ing precedence.
| HOUR OF MEETING.
| The House proceeded TO the consideration of IN,
resolution heretofore offered by Mr. THOMPSON, 10
change the daily meeting OF the House TO eleven
| O'Clock, A. M, 10 which Mr.. ID L. SErMous had
proposed anne dment a substitute that there be
a daily eyeiog session Of the House, TO commence at
seven O'Clock, r. NJ.
MIR. HOLMES moved that the resolution be laid
upon the table, and
! Mr.. DUNCAN asked for the yeas and nays :;
which were taken, and the result was-yeas Is
nays 80.
| 80 the resolution was not laid on the table
! The previous question was moved and seconded
and on the question shall the main question be now
puts-being on the amendment-the yeas and NAYS
were ordered and taken, and resulted IN the athrma
tive-yess 90, nays Sc
The amendment was then rejected and on agree.
IN 10 the resolution, the yeas and nays were asked
| but not ordered and
The question was taken by lellers-ayes u, noes
| ~. so the resolution also was Ieiected
TExAs-AGAIN.
Mr. HALE moved a suspension Of the rules, 10
| enable HIM to introduce the proyso above referred
TO- that II might be printed and referred to the Com.
lnittee OF the w hole the stale of the Union and
he asked for the yeas and nays, which were ordered
The proviso being again read, at the request OF
several gentlemen,
Mr.. HALE repeated his object 10 moving for a
suspension of The rules. A voice "No speech now,
and another, I'VE understand ii very WE'LL go
|
The yeas and nays were taken, and The House, by
vote of yeas 80, nays 49, refused TO suspend the
rules-not being two.thrds
On motion of Mr.. J. w. DAVIS, of Indiana,
the house resolved itself into Committee Of the
Whole on the state Of the Union (Mr Hopkins m
the Chair and resumed the consideration of the re-
solutions Tor the annexation OF Texas to the United
States
Mr. SAMPLE opposed the measure, and especial
the manner IN which 1t was sought TO be effected
10 nor MAJ az
nations could const,utonally be made by the e-
gisature, but by the Executive, or treaty making
power. Suppose that should now agree to admit
Texas on certain terms, and those were acceded to
ana accepted by that Republic, and hereafter there
should be majority IN both Houses of Congress ad-
verse TO The act, and should repeal it-wbat then
would become Of Texas What cement would hold
us 10 our contract or agreement? IT, then there
was power In the Constitution TO ann,x Texas or
any other government similarly situated in the
Hanner proposed IN the resolution, there was
certainly the power to undo the act.
ana 10 what unfortunate results was the
exercise OF such an assumed power, in either
case, likely to lead should it be exercise And IN
t country IKE ours where public opinion unsta-
Die, II was not improbable that law passed by one
Congress might be repealed by another IL was not
designed by the trainers of the Constitution that apy
other territory than that acknowledged by tho treaty
WIN treat Britain in 1888, should be erected into
States and admitted into the Union and he read VA
rious extracts from debates in Conyention etc i,
support OF his argument
ne argued that the position of the county, in il,
reiatons TO the residue of the North American coa,,
Wouid DE inhhitely safer without Texas than with il,
IN military point of view, and every Other 10 far
as the protection Of the frontier was thai
na''on, oeng independent, was greater protection
IMAM II she belonged 10 us-without subect,og MS 10
'he expense and trouble of Terrifying the coast He
opposed the measure, iurther that il was calculated
" administer 10 The spirit of aggrandse meDt and
conquest, Tor It was observed by gentleman
from Alabama, the other day, that the lone starr
"ou'u, al some future time, float from the pa
lace OF the Montezumas-and that. while II worId
extend the area of freedom as commended il would
al .ne same time, extend the boundaries of slavery
VII. DEhN regarded this as the most important
measure ever brought before Congress for dehbera
uoh. LIE question was, had they the power by The
constitution, TO annex sovereign state to the Union,
u ."'s was, properly, the inquiry involved in the
uentlemen had insisted that the Consi-
u'on oo mol justify the acquisition of territory hut
ney had forgotten that in many of the states Tho
ihdiah mad receded before the force Of IN. Win.
an, ana ms hunting grounds converted into cities
ana fertile fields Our march had been onwa I'd md
demonstrated that our people had not rested
.o" . WIN me narrow limits TO which we were
eonhned al the termination Of the war of IN, R.yo
luton. If this argument of the oppost;o, -
rect, now would we acquire Oregon But he ba,
no doubt whatever, that Congress had the mover =,
ADMIT exas either as a Territory or n. n st.,.
Inc rederalists under the cognomen of Wbios de-
n'ed IL Tor they were always on the wrong sids "a
DREW lessons OF wisdom from the experience of
.ne past pu' 'hey pressed in the errors of ,be
ways, with the tenacity of life and 49,. 'a.h
same Vigor that the mlser chung to his gold Uehad
ho' cohciuoed ms remarks when our paper at three
O'Clock, was put 10 press 'fN'' ~ ''ee
u5.lhe Managers Of the Democratic Insuo,,.