Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-02-07
From the Richmond Enquirer

IS
dumbfoundrd by the majority Of 20 in the
House of Representatives.. They had induI-
cpd the HAttering hope, that the Wings and
the doe.face Democrats would constitute de-.
.;ded minority in the House, and give the coup
d. pyoee 10 the measnre.The Washington cor
,r,nondrnt Of the Baltimore Patriot denied.
IN Thursday last. tina, the Texas men could
came I'D TO their count, wiz los out and
oot for the measure, and then upon some l3
who will he somewhere in the skirmlsh. -
with 100. The Richmond Wing is quite
chap.f lien upon the Misunderstanding how It's
,or6dpnt calculations Of defeat have been
blown to the winds by the votes ofihr House.
precisely as its certainty of Mr.. Ciay's cleo
ton was blown skyhigh by the voice OF the
people.
But Of all the presses which are thrown
most aback, is the National lnteligencer.-
In it's Yesterdays No, it give us its usual
chapter on the transactions Of the preceding
week.-Mrs. last gloomy chapter being on
1.-THE eighth week of the session." 1t dwells
on the vote OfSaturdAy in the most meIancho-
" s.yIp-objccts to the acquisition of Texas
except by the forms Of a Treaty-urges new
constitutional objection. ''that CoNGREss CAM
NOT MAKE CONTRACT WITH FoHEIGN NATION
that THE LEGISLATIVE POWER NEVER CAN Do
THAT WHICH CAN BE DONE BY TREATY-- and
that Whatever REQUIRES THE CONSENT OF AN
OTHER NATION, BELONGS TO THE TREATY pow
En-, AND CAN Only RE REGULATED BY IT."-It
then appeals TO the Senate for protection a.
gainst this gross outrage-tells d" that august
body, which has so often thrown its shield
over the Constitution of the country, that to
them is now presented The issue, whether they
will give their consent to do that by legisla-
ton, which can only be done by Treaty, and
which they themselves have declared TO be
unwise and inadmissible in that more solemn
form! Whether they will permit their con-
st.utional rights to be stricken down, the pub
lie peace and the public faith to be compro-
missed, and the Union itself-this happy I'm
ion Of the Old Thirteen, and their Legitimate
ofspring-uItinately and surely, though it
may be dlstantly, rent asunder, and those who
are now brothers and members OF the same
glorious family. to become aliens and stran-
gers by this ii-starred vote Of the Representa-
tves "f the People''-and winds up it's mel
ancholy diatribe by canting abou. war, and
descanting on the ruin of the Union, 'cemen-
ted by the blood Of the Northumberland f.
naly throws down Its discoEsoate pen with
the ptpous ejat ulation, We have not Mr
heart at present to 90 any further into the par
'lcuIars 1T last weeks doings." - Deaths
doings" they may be to the late sanguInt
hopes Of the National Intellgencer!
It's strange, but yet most amusing, that
ike the poor Irishman's back, you can never
whip these men to their own SatlsSncton,-
Now they cry out for Treaty. 1t can only
be done BY Treaty. Like the currier, leather
is now the only thing that is good for fortified
non-he Intelligencer, we'll knowing, OF
course, that it has been tried, and cannot be
acquired by Treaty-and that. according 70
his advi:c, Of course, Texas woHld be forever
lost tc us. But il is most amusing to see,
that in 1903, when Mr.. Jefferson obtained
louisiana, the Federalists, and MIR. Ross N
1hrlr head, maintained that the territory could
br acquired ny Legislative action alone-and
notify treaty. Now, the wind blows the Other
way. Thus, the Frderaists are consistent
only IN their Inconsistency, by recOm;I" ndIng
that mode precisely which would not fail Il
defeat the great object in view. Surely The
lntrliigPncer caLRot have forgotten, that the
Federal party tiled TO exclude Louisiana by
all the means in their power. They denied
tNo power to admit her, and even threatened
i'Fce 10 prevent it. They too, talked just as
SiOIy Oh dissolution then. aud war. and blood
a. the more modern disciples of the Fedora
school can do at the present time about Tex
as.
The N. InteiliSencer, however, is so muct
occupied ny its own notions about treaties
eompacts. and ''the Joint action Of the SENATE
With the Executive power" to the exclusion
o. o. the power of the House 0: Representatives
mat II entirely strikes out Of the Constitution
!"e clause which says that ~ New States maN
De admitted BY the Congress into this Union
mot by the ''ioint action Of the Senate will
The Executive power" mark ye! but by "th'
Congress."O Does the Intelligencer deny
sAat it does not require an understanding.
contract, call it what OH will, between tn
United States and the new Sta. before it i
admitted! Why, that proposition would b
absurd. Does it contend, that none but ''neN
States" can be admitted, which are carved Uu
o. the then existing territory Of the U. States
'nfh, We ask the Intelligencer what become
~ that remarkable opinion of Mr.. Madison &
"s 18th No. Of 1.-THE Federalist!") "A 81
SO"d objection TO he made is, ION the ohjectlo
uaw s from the ertent Of eountry.) that the i'm
"ealete object OF the FEEDER | Constitution
Ssecure the Union of the thirteen prirnisiv
VIM" NO ~"o" 10 DC pT0ctlcaOIes an
add to thcm such States as may arise in Mei
0D" bosOns, OR IN THEIR HETEROGENEOUS ,rhic
.; cannot doubt to be equally practicable" An
*Aas becomes, too, of the presidents Of tn
new States Of Louisiana. Missouri, and A
Kansas. West Of the Mississippi, which hav
U'en carved out of newly acquired territor,
Not then in ''our own bosoms," but lying
0OI "neighborhood!"
p, rsnaw! the argument cannot hold water
mo VIII 10 article ofthe lnteIIigencer is la
~. quo desperate effort to prevail upon the Sci
NC !" tISmPle the interests of the whole Unic
,;" SsI 'he!r feet. and lay the interests, Il
"f, %S and the feelings Of the South at the fe
"e abolition spirit. If the Senate shuu
.So no~ 50 infatuated as 10 despise the will
os,PSoPIe' and disregard the majority of {
VI InelH HenyesnnAat,Maa Ca CO., A., W.