Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-01-31

the last session OF COngIcses AoAoe
have been prepared at this time to enter inc
Union with Iowa. Mr.. WALKER one OF In
most jealous and efficient aoVoea'es oh le-a"
nexation. urged the P,oPriety OF making N'n'
v ork of the open aud entire ire's'"''e eoo"
ellis of the country. instead OF haeger'nue
ger executive act, taking Its complexion from
the motives, and its fate from the mandse
ment, Of those who were supposed 10 nave
nerso,ai vie.xs associated with the policy
which ,bev held in their own hand. Rtjec-
,on was ia fate at the last session and at this;
hut in sni:e Of the disadvantage which result
t,od rom this twice-candemned course OF man
sremept. tine force Of the question has borne
IL along. and will secure for it much higher
sanction than that Of diplomats and execu-
l,ives-lhe sanction Of the people anu their
Representatives, the States and their deiega-
lions in the Senate of the United States
Texas will have something more than the
faith Of executive promises &c rely upon. IL
will have the act of representative oooy'
which can bring the power OF the Government
; and all its constituents to make 1t eood:
RI 1.-THE act authorizes Texas TO come In as
State; and this realizes at once the sliPnia'
lions of the treaty Of 1908, which bound Inc
United States to France to perform this very
: act. The resolution Of this day is, IN TACT
nothing more than the execution OF Mr.. JET
D ferson's treaty, by which the rritory OF lex.
, az was acquired. mir. Adams's treaty OF 1919
was an abortion. II coded the country, ant
the people we were bound Ivy solemn cove
: nants to bring into the Union to the desPot'sH
). of Spain. But the people of Texas instantly
. put in protest against this breach OF ld'!h
proclaimed their freedom, and, having main
u tanned their independence against both Spai'
r and Mexico, now come back 10 the Unlte'
s States, asking the redemption Of the Piedg
4 i'm the treaty under which the county wa
frs, settled by our citizons, when all the wor
= must admit the abrogation of the treaty 'hro
II which intriguing diplomacy sought TO txone
e rate the nation from its onest obligations, re
!. wives them in full force.
"There is nothing, in our opinion, to ohlec
to in the proposal voted Ivy the House to-day
e except that it is loaded with conditions whic
y may form an obst, Gle to the acceptance OF tn
j. overture by Texas. But this can. and
h trust " i'll be ohvia,ed by future legislallon.-
. If Texas comes prepared TO enter the Onlo'
d the next Congress will he just, and more tina
&C lust to her, Wrong-d at first by hear'les
Or repudia,ion, she will find that the injusi,c
is will be redeemed by generosity. and the KIM
ness, hitherto ithhpld, be paid with usury
" ne VOIe OH IccOIutION ChIiS0 :" ~"
IT does not show the strength of the question
1e remuneration. There Is, we have 40 douo
If majority of fifty in the House in favor
no restoring Texas TO the Union. Many men
bers thought that the territory ought 70 be
t. qualIy divided to provide for the introducti'
9, of two slave and two non-slaveholding State
le This, We have little doubt, will be the etft
Of the act as it passed. More than halt u
NJ country is mountainous, or at least elevate
Y. cold, and Of pastoral character. Ii this cou
bo try is ever to be settled, it must be by viii
n. population exclusively. 1t will be the int
Cd est Of the earlier admitted State TO make
~ so; and it is left to the election of the Stat
10 which are to grow up in this high grain-gro'
* ing and grazing region TO decide, OH prese'
" ing themselves for admission, whether thu
as will prohibit slavery or net. AS this will
ur in the choice of the majority. who can don
.,- as TO the result! North Of latitude IS d
-, grees 80 minutes, slavery is absolutely pr
~ hibIed. q.
he "Upon the whole, we congratulate the
he mocracy on the vote Of the popular branch
!; ? Congress. 1t is suspicious to the Peac
r. prosperity and happiness of the whole Goa
= nent."