Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-01-14

to protect her, but we were cxhorled to WOO her,
that she might protect MS.
Mr.. CAREY, of Maine, addressed The Com
miltee in favor Of annexation, and when he con-
cluded his remarks,
The SPEAKER resumed the Chair, and the
House adjourned.
IN SENATE.
Friday, Jan. 10, 1915.
The Senate did not sit to-day, having adjourn
ed over 10 Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.. HALE asked leave 10 submit a proviso,
which he said he intended 10 urge when The
House should come 10 a vote on the various propo-
silions for the annexation of Texas. He desired
that it should take the usual course-be printed
and referred 10 the Committee Of the Whole on
the State OF the Union. [Cries of sRead, read
The Speaker informed The gentleman that IL
could be received only by general consent.
1t was however read for information, and pro
videS in substance that, Immediately after the
boundary between The United States and Mexi-
co shall be defniiively setlcd BY the two CO.
and before any State shall be formed
in Texas, the territory shall be equally divided
, and in that portion lying south and west OF The
line, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary
| scrvitude. This arrangement 10 be considered as
a compact, and binding, and forever remain IN
a~llerablc, unless by the consent oil two-lhitus Vi INC
States ofthe Union.
Messrs. MCCONNELL, BURKE, and Sill
DELL objected to tie reception of the proposition;
whereupon,
MI. HALE moved a suspension OF the rules
prescribingth The order of business, and asked lof The
yeas and nays.
The SPEAKER said, that the motion could not
now be made, in consequence OF other business
having precedence.
IiocR or MEETING.
The House proceeded 10 the consideration OF
the resolution heretofore offered by MI. Ihomr-
son. 10 change the daily meeting OF The House
10 eleven o'clock, A. Nj, 10 which Mr.. d. L. Sey-
+. mo,,r had proposed an amendment, as a snbsli-
tu,e, that there be a daily evening session Of The
House. to al seven o'clock, 7. Nj.
Nh. 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 -,
nays 90.
So The resolution was not laid on the table.
The previous question was moved and second
ed; and on the question, Shall the main question
be now put7-being on the amendment-lhc yeas
and nays were ordered and taken, and resulted IN
The allirlna,ive-yeas 90, nays Sc.
The amendment was then rejected; and, on
agreeing 10 the resolution, the yeas and nays were
asked, but not ordered; and
The question was taken BY tellers-ayes u,
noes -. So the resolution also was rejected.
TEXAS AGAIN.
Mr.. HALE moved a suspension Of the rules
to enable him 10 introduce The proviso above re,
terred 10, that ii might be printed and referred 10
The Committee Of the Whole on the state Of The
Union; and he asked for the yeas and nays,
which were ordered.
The proviso being again read, al the request OF
several gentlemen.
MIR. HALE repeated his object in moving for
a suspension Of the rules. IA voice: "No speech
now;" and another, awe understand il very vel"
$50 on, go on with the call.'1
The yeas and nays were taken, and the House,
by a vote OF yeas %, nays 81, refused 10 suspend
the rules-not being two-thirds.
On motion Of Mr.. J. W. DAVIS, OF Indiana,
The House resolved itself into a Committee OF Inc
Whole on the state OF the Union (Mr. Hopkins
\ The ChaiI) and resumed the consideration Of
&c resolutions for The annexation Of Texas 10
NJ United States.
Mr.. SAMPLE opposed the measure, and es-
p%ccially The manner in which it was sought 10 be
effected. Contracts ard agreements between this
ard .oreign nations could not cons,ituiionaiy be
mad. by The Legislature, bul BY the Executive or
tieaty-makins power. Suppose that We should
now agree % admit Texas on certain terms, and
those were arceded 10 and accepted by that Repuo-
lie, and hereafter there should be 4 majority in both
Houses adverse 10 Tie act, and should repeal 1t
what then would become OF Texasl What ce-
ment would hold US 10 our contract or agreement!
II, then, there was a power in The Constitution 10
annex Texas, or any other government similarly
situated, in the manner proposed in Tie resolution,
there was certainly the same power TO undo Inc
act: and to what unfortunate results was The ex-
ercisc Of such an assumed power, in either case,
likely 10 lead, should il be exercised! And in a
country like ours, where public opinion was I'M
stable, j. was not improbable that a law passed
BY one Congress nigh! be repealed by another.
Ii was not designed BY The trainers Of the Consti-
tuition. that any other territory than that acknow-
lodged BY The treaty with Great Britain in 1853,
should be erected into States and admitted into he
Union; and he read various extracts from debates
in Convention, etc., in support of his argument.
He argued that The position of the country, IN
lis relations 10 the residue ofthe North American
coast. would be infinitely safer without Texas
than with it. In a military point Of view, and
every other, so far as The protection of the from
tier was concerned, that nation, being indepen-
dent, was a greater protection, than II she belong
ed 10 us-wi,hont sutjectins US 10 the expense
and trouble OF certifying the coast. He opposed
the measure, further, that il was calculated 10 adj
minister 10 the spirit OF aggrandize,nent and con-
ouesi; for, il was observed by a gentleman from
Alabama, tho other day, that The 'lonc star
would. al some future lime, float from the palace
Of tho Montezumas-and That, while il would Tex
tend the area Of freedom" as commended, ii would,
al the same time, extend The boundaries ofslavcry.
Mr.. DEAN regarded this as The most import
ami measure ever brought before Congress for de-
liberation. The question was, had they the pow
or by the Constitution, TO annex a sovereign stale
10 The Union7-and this was, properly, the in,
ouiry involved in The discussion. Gcnllcmcn had
= "a ,Lot tho Cpnsiifufinn did MT IuStliv The
acquisition Of territory, but they had forgotten
that In many oftle States the Indian had recedcd
before the force Of The white man, and his hunting
grounds converted into cities and fertile teids.-
Our march had been onward, and history de-
| monstralcd that our people had not rested con-
tented with the narrow limits to which we were
confined at The termination OF the war oil The Ike
volution. If this argument OF the opposition
were correct, how would VIC acquire Oregon!-.
But he had no doubt whatever, that Congress i'aa
the mower TO admit Texas either as a Territory or
as n Stale. The Federalisls, under The coSno-
men of Wings, denied II; FOL they were always
on The wrong side, and never drew lessons of
wisdom from The experience Of the past, but they
dressed on in the errors Of their ways, with Inc
tcnacily of life, and with the same vigor that the
miser chung TO his gold.
The Sneaker laid before the House a commu-
~pication from the President Of the United States,
in answer 10 a resolution oil The House oil repre-
sentatiyes of the 4lh Of June last, requesting The
President TO cause to be communicated 10 lhe
House a copy ofthe instructions OF George w.
Irving upon his appointment as minister pleni-
po,en,iary to Spain, in the year 1914, and alter
wards during his mission 10 that court, which
have not been heretofore made public. The re-
port and the accompanying papers were very vo-
luminous.
Mr.. ADAMS moved that they be laid on The
table and printed; which was agreed TO.
Mr. jerks, from the Committee on the Post
Office and Post Roads, reported a joint resolution
authorizing and directing the accounting officer
of the Post Office Department TO inquire into,
audit, and settle the claims OF Alexander NJ;
Cumming, late mail contractor. IL was read
twice and committed TO The Committee oil The
Whole.
Mr.. PRATT, from the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds, reported a bill making
an apnropriation for furnishing, painting, and re-