Mobile register and journal. [volume] (Mobile, Ala.) 1841-1849, 1845-04-07


MULTIPLICATION IN MAssAcHUskTTs The re-
port and resolutions submitted by MIR. &. +. Adams
in the SENATE OF Massachusetts, on the 10Th inst,
ating the annexation Of Texas, cannot BE- cOnsid-
cred in any oher light than gross outrage upon the
Constitution both Of the State and Federal Govern
ments. Their tone and eject in direct opposi-
ton to those principles for which the founders ofonr
Government sacrificed 20 much to secure. The great
national measure which has been the subject Of the
gentenan's censure has been declared in the halls
Of Congress, MS well as in the primary assemblies of
the people, to be Of vital interest to the prospect
~ and security Of The national compact The act
has been consummae ed in good faith, and, as far as
the Government of the United States is concerned,
Texas Is now component part OF The United States
and member of the great Republican family. If We
can be instrumentai diusing the spirit Of our in
situations over the whole American continent, we
shall have the satisfaction of knowing that our labor
has not been in vain.
hut the document under consideration coniempates
pa pable violation Of the sacred duties and obga :
tiOns Of American Freemen. Ii proposes 10 nullify
and set at defiance the expressed will Of tie people.
whenever il comes in conflict with the preconceived
notions OF faction; an in regard TO annexation, IT
dec ares ilatk'nohug but the most firm and united
resistance the part Of it's opponents can defeat IT,
accomplishment" From this given to un-
derstand that ~ stematc warfare ~ to he pursued
against the accomplishment Of the measure. The
old Commonwealth Of Massachusetts, then, ia 10 take
the front iank in this Quixolic enterprise. The
enemy 10 DE encountered ARE s'fonS ana mighty the
great mass of the people. "Repeal" is TO he the
mark at which to point our artillery, and on
ou, banner will be inscribed Il following resolution,
which ii il proposed to place on records the
sense of the people Of this Commonwealth:
"Rssoiped, That Massachusetts hereby refuses to
acknowledge the act Of the Government Of the Uni
ted States, auhorlsing the admission Of Texas, AS u
legal act in any way binding her from using her ut
most exeriions in co-operaiO with other States, 10y
every lawful and constitutional measure annu its
conditions and defeat it's accomplishment"
Ii 10 a somewhat humiliating reflection, that all
other States in the Union, with perhaps excep-
ton are in advance Of Mas acluseis in their devo-
ton to the progress of Il eedom and happiness. We
about to spread upon records series Of re-
solutions, Of which The fort going is specimen, of
The Commonwealth aud The parry who now hold a
tempo rary control OF ito affairs.
Another resolution declares, that tie union OF
Texas with the United States sis alarming en-
eroachment upon the rights of the freemen Of the
Union, perversion Of the principles IF Republican
Government, deliberate assault upon the compr0-
mises Of the Const,tuiion and demands the strenuous
united and persevering opposition Of all persons.
without distinction, who claim TO he the friends of
human liberty and that inasmuch II ''puIs at
hazard The predominance Of the principles of liberty
in America il iust6es the adoption their part of
n systematic policy Of counieraciion.'
These are the iden,ica principles avowed by the
same party in the days of the Hartford Convention,
and it is lamenable that an experience of thirty years
has not been sufficient eradicate them from our
cient Commonwealth. Let il he the object Of the
Democracy. and all true friends OF Institutions,
10 these anti epubcaH re solutions to I've ex
plunged from the records shoud they be placed there.
-[Boston Post.