Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-03-06

a"' "e sa'u' had authorized the President IN e,,
regulations TOT annexiux Texas; aud the Hons. a'
no" pfop'sed !" do the same thing by lepisl,,..
ne was Tor doing one thing or The other. n and
be done BY Legislation. then strike out the Mas
LOT treaty; Il ii was to b. dore by treaty. III,
out tine clause for legislation. Let Con,,s.. 'Ae
whether we would esislas or negotiate. and No. ',e"e
the question 10 Executive discre,,ou IN. W. ea's
h"wever was rejected. "a to %, (sTt. Fu,e, "'''o
with the ,naori,y) '0'ng
Finally, the question was taken on NE eno,o...
vi the joint resoluiiun. as amended and IL va.
to. u to %, and then passed The follow;so s's'
vote: ms
fEAo-Nlessrs. Allen. Ashley, Atsbinson, An
.o"' bagby. Benton Breese, Buchanan Column W.
Inso", DIX, Fairfield. flanagan, Haywood. H. oes'
son. son, l,sge'. Solnson. Lewis. McDuflie Ms,u,t
Noodbury-N, rr'"' walker,
NAfS-Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Bates Rev.,
berrIen. Choae. Cayton, Criiienden, DAYTON F.,ao'
f"s'er Francis. Huntington. Jarnsgin. Mangum M,.''
nl"Ieheaa; rearce. Phelps, Porter, kiyts, Smn"n.
Upham. White, Wootlbridpe-2J. "O"''
On the mex, day, Friday. the 2sth y ,hev v,,,.
se" up ]" the H"use Of Represen'atives-and,, o.,
good deal Of excitement, an order ha,o, 49,
adopted virtually prohibiting debate, the a,ueIrln..
oi Inc senate was concurred in, by Of 1872 i,
76.
Inc resolutions are now therefore the law of the l,t
n the President thinks It advisable, be ma, cab
init to the government ofIexas the joint resou,hr,
they passed The House Of Rrpresenia,iv es, and T,
may at once, without further negoiia ion, come INN,
Union, upon The 'c"ndiiions and guaranteesr ther,
prescribed. II, however, the President should doom i;
most advisable not To submit these resolutions Il, The Toy
a" government. but t. open negotiations with il far ,s
admission upon other terms than are therein ornosd
then those resolutions null aud Void aud The uew
angement which may be entered into by the parties vii;
have 10 be submitted lin The discretion of the President,
either ireny To The Senate or as articles To tho ,w
Houses of Congress at its session. The alt.,n,,
proposition. however, we regard as surplusaue RI,
doubling that the President will submit the resolution,
OF the House to Texas for her acceptance; and if She b
as anxious Tor annexation as she is said To be she will
accept the terms proposed rather than ngan throw the
question before Congress. Indeed, the alternative prn
position Of Mr.. Walker Cor rather Of Mr.. Brnon) wa
submitted only Of salvo the tender CONS len
ces Of Messrs Bashy and johnson, who, not willing 10
give their unqualified assent the ADM sson Of Texas
by jont resolution, which they admit to be unconsiilu.
ilona were nevertheless willing To for il with an
alternative eavingi to The discretion Of the Pesilrn,
to violate the constitution, by their auihny They
could not violate the constitution without the salro-
hence they voted for what Mr. Berrien styled ian ap
gomeraied resolution" by which they consented that
if the President pleased, annexation should be effect
ed in mode which, bu, for vesling this vide discre
tion in the President they would approve or sustain
Mr. Cr,'enden have made these Senators iee the
awkwardness Of the atInde in which they have placed
themselves, when he said 1.-The resolutions as they
| sscau fr.u, tho. all
''had to put amendment 10 help them through ia,
"Senale. And what was the amendment Did il no,
'leave the whole tenor Of those res ulions untouched
'unallered II the President pleased, he nigh,
Into negotiations if not. he need not. Gen,lemr,
"were passing resolution, not lis own merits but az
ian alternative. Suppose the President should
"chopse 10 negotiate, he asked gentlemen whether
"Texas would in against (or least wi,houD
1.-The votes Of majority That was the result Then
"hat would he done which The Senate said ought not to
''be done. That the result, The resolutions
hus passed against The mind Of the Senate unless gem
,lemen assumed that the President would Of
dop' the alternative presented him by the amend
''ment"
Besides this, it is well known that when Mr. Benton
submitted the amendment which was subsequently
fa,heed by Mr. Walker i, was hooted by nearly the
Wno6 party IL WAS 0elDunceu by ttle
Legislative Convention at Richmond-tke Richmosd
Enquirer washed lis hands" of 1.-THE Lynchbuy
Republican sneered al it. proposition. (copyng the
Calhoun paper al Washnelon,) "to see aboui annex
ing Texas-,he Charleston Mercury, secuted il as ian
ncomprehensipe labyrinth" which, if it should ever he
threaded would leave the question Of Slavery in least
four Of the States hereafter be ed out Of Texas 10
the will Of Congress"In other words. (says the Mer
''cury.) it is the New York proposition again, to
"give Slave State. and leave Congress the power to
''exclude slavery from the other four. The North hay
ling the maturity in Congress, enforce their terms
'if the territory is surrendered to The Unrn Ihe
"new PR ject then is this: lst, the Presdsn, shall treat
concerning Texas; 2dly, there shall be but slave
State Every Ftdcralisi and 4bolsonst in the Sen
safe ought to rcte jogfuhyJor such propcson"-
And yet, strange to say hare srery Loceoeo i"
the Senate roting for This rery proposition and what is
even more startling, most Of them, including McDufe
himself. afterwards voting against provso, offered BY
NJ Foster, to amend that proposition to preven'
the very evils which The Mercury graphically depicts
as likely To flow from it, and which in all Likelihood VIII
result, should Presden, Polk in The exercise us the DIS
cretlon with which he is clothed negotiate new ter
with Texas, instead Of submitting TO her the terms pre-
scribed by the joint resolutions of, the House,!
Messrs. Bagby and johnson would have acted m'f'
ike Statesmen and they would have been entitled
more respect, if, instead uf pursuing COURSE wh""'