The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-01-22
CONGRESS-.
January g.,


CoSeREss. On Wednesday, in Senate
bill for the establishment Smithsonian In.
slitute came up, and Mr.. Choate entered in
that the bill (ofIered by Mr. Tappan of Ohio
was not such as the Senator contemplated.
MIR. Tappan replied.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Dromgoolc, by general consent, in
troduced a bill TO form State out Of por-
ton Of the territory Of Texas, and for its adj
mission into the Union on the 4Ih of July
next. He called the attention of the House
to two precedents in the history of the Uni
ted States, favoring the adoption Of this bill
lie stated that Kentucky and Vermont had
been admitted into this Union in the same
way he now proposed in reference TO Texas.
Those States had been created by acts of
Congress. GU; of territories not within the
limits of the United States, and admitted at
the periods specified by those acts.
The bill was read twice aud referred TO the
Committee ofthe Whole.
The question was then taken up in Com
mittee Of the Whole, and Mr.. C.. Smith, of
Indiana, spoke against the resolutions, and
MIR. Owen, of Indiana, in reply.
On Thursday, in Senate. Mr.. Choate pre-
senled the Memorial of Thomas ii. Perkins
and others against the admission of Texas as
slaveholding territory.
Senate took up the bill concerning the
Smithsonian Institute. Mr. Choate moved
to strike out the provision in the bill which
limits the purchase Of books TO particular
class of works.
Mr.. Tappan opposed the motion, urging
that the multiplicity Of hooks and the various
libraries here, connected with business and
the Departments, were sufficient for all pub
lie purposes.
An amendment Of Mr.. Choate, providing
for Lectures, was adopted, and after an am
pie discussion, in which Messrs. Critienden
Rives, Niles and others participated, it was
agreed that a great Library should be one of
the prominent features in the Smithsonian In
situfe.
The Senate adjourned until Monday.
In the House the Texas question was fur
ther discussed. Messrs. lIamlin, of Ohio,
and Brengle, of Maryland, speaking against,
and Messrs Weller, Of Ohio, and Carey, Of
Maine, in favor ofthe scheme of annexa-
ton.
tinued in the House. Mr.. Hale, of New
Hampshire, proposed proviso, like Mr.
Benton's, FOR dividing the territory into slave
holding and non slaveholding.
It's reported that Mr.. Davis of New York
will make proposal like this,-that when
any Of the present slaveholding States shall
have been so drained of slaves by emtgra-
ton to Texas as TO abolish slavery, then, and
not otherwise. may slaveholding State be
formed in Texas.
Jan. IL.
Mr.. J. P. Kennedy Of Baltimore, having
the floor. made very able speech against
the Annexation. He opposed the, scheme in
every shape and form. He drew the infer
encc that the democracy" itself was not
very well united. lie quoted Gov Porter's
annual message relative to the issue of the
last election, He also referred to Gov.
Wright's Message which studiedly refrains
from speaking on this subject at ALL lie
said that the condition to be drawn from the
last election reminded him Of the conclusion
drawn from certain judge by the abstruse
arguments of counsel, on both sides, of GER
tain case to jury he told the jury that the
case had been fully stated on both sides, and
they were to find accordingly. All that was
proved from the last election was, that Mr..
Polk was elected President, leaving the par
ty free TO adopt or reject any measure.
He then referred to letter to the Rich
mond Enquirer, stating that after the Holli-
days we should hear the Democratic thnnder''
that would annihilate all British advocates.
from SirRober Peel down TO Mr.. Winthrop
The thunder had come, and the gentleman
nom Massachusetts, seemed to stand il well,
and he presumed the next steamer from Eng
land would bring MS news that Robert Peel
still survived. This thunder was melo dra-
matte thunder, sheet iron thunder, such as is
introduced IN theatres, interspersed with a
few flashes Of sulphur and saltpetre.
lie quoted the Tale Of a Tub ms the pro-
to-ype OF the way in which the friends of
Annexation propose to settle the constitution
al question at issue.-They wanted to find
in III, Will for wearing shoulder