Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-03-27


words and figures, namely:--Strike out
from the word mode in the sixth line,
TO the word people inclusive, in the 18th
line OF the amendment OF the House OF
Delegates; and insert-sand that the JOINT
Resolution passed BY the House OF Rep
resentatyes on the 25th day Of January,
1915, and sent to the Senate Of the Uni.
ted States for its concurrence, providing
for the admission Of Texas as one Of the
States Of this Union, is a lawful and con.
stitutionsl mode of annexation, and that
the conditions, and guarantees set forth
therein, in the opinion Of this General
Assembly, are just and proper and will
be approved by the people, and that
the House Of Delegates shall recede from
its adherence to its disagreement to the
second amendment OF the Senate to the
amendment Of the House of Delegates,
the following words-This General AS
senbIy, however, forbearing to express
any opinion as TO the constituionallty Of
annexation by the mode Of Joint Reso.
LUTON Of the two Houses Of Congress. -
And that the smendmen. Of the House Of
Delegates, by striking out the last mem.
Der OF said amendment as last above re.
cited, shall then be adopted by the Senate
aud House Of Delegates"
Had this proposition been assented to,
the second resolution would have been
left in the shape 10 which it originally
passed the House of Delegates, except
tina: the latter clause Of that resolution
would have been omitted. And, as that
clause was inserted in the resolution, only
tout of abundant caution" and for the
express purpose ol."excluding the concur
sion," which the Wing members Of the
Legislature would not even by remote
inference that an expression of opinion
as to the CoNsTITUTIoNALITY of the ONT
Resolution was thereby intended, the
House committee had no objection to the
proposition Of the Senate committee, pro.
vided that that essential fact should be
expressly stated in the report of the pro-
pectve Houses. They therefore respond
ed to the Senate's committee as follows:
"Fhe Committee of conference on the
part oil the House of Delegates, agree to
the proposition OF the committee on the
part of The Senate, with this distinct un.
Outstanding; that although the words
This General Assembly, however, for
bearing to express any opinion as to the
conslitutionsIitv Of annexation by the
mode of Joint Resolution of the two
Houses of Congress- be striker out, the
General Assembly do, nevertheless, for
bear either to affirm or to dsaffirm the
consitulionalty of the admission OF Tex
as into the Union in the mode proposed
in the Joint Resolution which passed the
House of Representatives on the 25th OF
January last, and that the amendment Of
the House of Delegates to the Senate's
Resolution, which, by the proposition of
the Senate's committee Of conference, is
proposed to be adopted, does not in terms,
and is not intended to affirm or disaffirm
The constitutionality OF annexation by the
mode of Joint Resolution which passed
the House of Representatives on the 18th
day of January last. And that this paper
shall be communicated TO the Senate and
House of Delegates as the basis of the re.
port and recommendation which they pro-
pose for the adoption of the two Houses"
The committee of the Senate declined
acceding to the terms of this explanatory
report; and each House adherlng to its
own resolutions, they fell by that disa-
greement.
Upon this plain aud unvarnished state.
ment of facts, showing the origin, prog.
ress, and termination of this subject be-
fore the two Houses, the Wing members
Of the Legislature are satisfied to 60 be.
fore the People of Virginia. 1t demon
strates, in the first place, their willing.
ness to express the opinion that MAORI.
iy of the People of Virginia are in favor
Of the annexation of Texas in a legal and
manner, ndltheir approba-
lion ofthe conditions" and guarantees"
Of the Joint Resolution which passed the
House Of Representatives,; while, on the
other hand, they insisted that the ques.
lion of constituiionaHty, involved in that
resolution, should, be pretermited- be.
cause in that shape alone could any reso.
luton command the vote of large ma
ority of both branches Of the Legislature.
This concession our opponents refused TO
make, even TO secure that unanimity,
which they proIessed so much to desire
prelerring, rather, the defeat of all the
resolutions, INCLUDING EVEN THAT WHICH
THEY HAD THEMSELVES ADOPTED, AND
WITH WHICH THEY OUGHT, OF COURSE,
TO HAVE BEEN WELL SATISFIED, and
which by the cooperation OF more than
half Of the Wings Of the House Of Dele.
gates, bad received the sanction Of large
majority IN both branches Of the Legisla-
ture. Ii IS for the People to decide, up
on this statement of facts, whether the
annexation of Texas, or the desire to
make PARTY CAPITAL out ofthat measure
was the leading motive by which our OPP
ponents were influenced.
The point of difference between the
majoriles in the two Houses, we repeat,
was this: SHALL THE QUESTION OF CON.
BE PRETERMiTTED IN
THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED? lf The Sen.
ate's committee, by proposing to recede
from portion Of their proposed amend
Il