Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-02-07
From the National InteIligencer.

W titCll nGo OSCNpleu tue " LlOlt
time OF one House of Congress and mucl
4of the attention of the other for the las
three weeks We refer OF course to the
proposition for the immediate annexation
to the United States, by act of Congress
'of the Territory and Governmental Tex
as.
The debate oh this sRbiect was, accord.
Ing 70 the understood determination OF a
caucus of the democratic" Members held
OF the Saturday night preceding, brought
10 q close on Saturday last at two o'clock;
"a ID the House proceeded to U0te upon the
Propositions before it. The result of the
tlas Of strength Of the different proposi-
tions was the passage, by majority of
TWENTY-FIVE votes, OF the Joint Resolution
introduced some days ago 10y the Hon. LIil-
Gon Brown, Wing Member from the State
of Tennessee, with an amendment, accep-
ted by hin, limiting the heexstence of slave
ny in Texas to the territory south Of the
Missouri compromise line. This PROPOSE
ilon united E1Rai ority in its s'iavor, because
less eXceptIonable in It's details than any
o(aer which had been presented, though
equally open with .hem to the gravest of
the objections which lie against any action
whatever upon the su4Jact under existing
circumstances.
SO far, therefore, as depends upon the
will Of the iiot Sc Of Representatives, Con-
gres5 is to exercise the power of admitting
into the Un'on the Territory Of Texas--a
Territory equally foreign to the U, States,
whether regarded as IN independent Gov
sernmeht Or d Province Of Mexico.
This decision by the !Icuso Of Reprssen-
'tatve5 involves, in cur opinien, 4he exer-
else Of q power which, il it belong to the
Government Of the United States atGll, be-
longs, in the FIRST sage lef aRnoEal,Qn)ex-
cluslVcty to those branches Oi She Govern
mont which are iRVcstcd with theEuthority
to mate contEC.s win Foreign Powers,
and cann0t b. exercised Jy CoRsrcS8, as
proposed, Witt@Et e violation OF (he Con-
rs!ltutJoR. ICgas is 1r.hef IN independent
Powc,, capable Of dispOsng Of her own
destiny Or she is not. If she be, the con-
sent OF tWo-thirdG Of the Senate, in Joint
action with the Executive, is necessary to !
:uabe comp. CT (trea4) with her II she
'bo not, she is a province Of Mexico, with |
which nation he United StLtcs is at peace, |
and can only be GGaaXcd, Or admitted into !
this Union, whether with or without the |
~ondjtiong specified in the Joint Resolu-
ton, by compact, or treaty, with Mexico, |
formed ia the mode prescribed by the Con-
sdtuGon, IN these brief but explicit terms:
ale the PrcsidcQ9 shall have power, by
@nd with 1be sdvice end consent al the !
Senate, iom0LeHcaiies, provided two-!hirds !
sof the Senators present concur
Ths PROVISION OF the Constitution is "the !
SUPREME LAW OF the LAND and no 9c.iOn |,
10y Cen lcse, short OF revolution, can over |
ruIe or set aside this "&vpeme Law
lue Joint Resolution which has received |
the 0pprebGtioaef iIe lloese Gf Reprcsen-
tltiVCs, therefore can, in our view Of the |
matter, only be sustained as reVOluteal-
ry movement
Such, We very well know, is not the
light in which it is viewed by him who
moved it, and by many of these who voted
for il. But he g are some gentlemen, iii
equally well known, wboe purpose OF
"anneEa.jon," without regard TO constitu-
tonuI impCdimen,s, as brs oB, My &FoW-
pI. Al Atlti8uOmcnl we have before US, in
a New York paper an extract from lbe
Charles on Mercury, the organ Of urmer-
o1s and talented party in the StGve in 6
which it rs published, which declares that !
III is ali insult le lte touth 10 keep Texas !
DJu o. Etc D rDOH that 'ff tie act lof S
annexation unconstitutional, Il is jHdi- I
Eabie by your own base pcrGdy [accusng s
thus OF pcrlidy the North, as having ijEer- !
fcrcd with the institutions Of he South I
IN frat vioTtirg tie Ccnstitutonin respect t
10 usin this vital partjcpar;" aud conclud- c
ing its observatj0nso on tho subject (5llITad- t
dressing "the North') us follows; !
$50 foras this question is concerned, you
have destroyed the Constitution; and will {
you quote il lous! Your hypocrisy is as \
shallow as your rcUChery i8 base, and we ,
Anow not which most to despise, your i'm s.
pudence or YOUR wlckedness. CONSTI-
TUITION OR NOT, We Wilt HAVE TENAs!"
The view which zoe take Of the constitu-
Eonal question involved in this Joint reso-
iutJon has raossncton OF every authority,
iDglI or political, which can be brought to
bear upon the subject, to the effect that
Congress cannot mate a C1HiraCi UH a for
~,Ep naiioa; that The Lcgisimtpc pot0cr Reter {
vR do that uAich cen be dane bgircaiB and ,
that whareDer rsquirCs he consent ol' GaoIh- I(
Pr nation belongs 10 ht y,@dy rotcer, aHG ,
CAN ONLY GE REGULATED BvIT.
In presence Of ibis great constitutional T
to tho action gr Congress on /
the subject, all considerations Of cXpcdien- /
cy, and even Of moral or political right, h
connected with this measure, important h
and momcntous us we have heretofore /
shown them to be, fade away, as the read =
er will peceige, iato absolute insgnjG- n
,Cance.
The House Of Representatives, therefore, I
by It's decjsIonof Saturday last, Overleaping (
the barrier OF the Constitution, and 'coging !
upon the Senate 10 follow it's example, has !
placed the public peace and honor, involv- )
ed in the maintenance OF thc several de-
partmentso OF this Governmcntin their pro-
per orbits, emphutcaly aud finally at ths
,arbitament OF the Senute oil the United