Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-02-03
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SECOND SESSION.
w ,snINrloN, Friday. Jan. ri, 1915.
ANNEXATION OF TEXAS.


Mr.. DRoMGoOLE, oi Va, addressed the commits
tee N favor ul annexation IL. spoke an hour and his
remarks entirely Devoted To- an exsmns tios oi The
power To annex Texas. OF cour~ hs msintained that
the constitutional right to hiring Texas into the Union
existed lie WAS followed by
I Mr. BARNARD. ol \. Y. in speech on tho other
side OF the qnesion
MI JOHN QUINCY ADAMS followed Mr.. Ban
ssap. When Mr.. 1. r,s~ there was quits cunmo.
ilon IN the hail. snd te members all dcked around him
each making an e6lrl " secure place The yenpra
hle aud distinguished slstesnsn and patriot who was
bout addressing Tire House.
he eosmeuord by suding To the personal ineres, he
had 10 various questions that had been introduced into
the debate.
Alter some preliminary remarks Ct ,hs kind. he re-.
ierred To The argument advanced by MIR. CD iNara.
soli and others that Mature had annexed ToN,s IA,
the United Ssirs." He said this reminded him Of an
incident that occurred once hoard ~ = steamboat On
the 81 Lawrence, while he travelling ou that nv
er IN conversation with friend. ~ they were gliding
dawn that noble river his freud remarked that way
magnificent riser, aud ho~ important It would be to the
United States 10 possess It. Mr., A. replied that the
holy injunction was not 10 cuvs what Is ones neigh
boris. But SAID his friend Nature has given this rlyr
10 us and ,ce n'si hare u. THIS said Mr. A.. was the
only, no certainly WIS most conclusive reply to the
Argument he had jast alluded 10.
| Mr. A. said that his colleague (Mr. W,Nrnaor) had
said this measure had its origin with the Tyler admias
tIa'nn 10 this the gentleman from Illinois MIR.
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hemenee which belonged 10 his penus. that snch was
mol The ac Tor II had lis origin with him (Alr ADAMS
Mr.. A said his proposition in 1898 in reference Ia Tex
AZ, was very different from the under con.
sldctatlun. lie then proposed acquire Texas with
Tho consent OF It's pWprietars. This was an Important
distinction, which the gentleman had omitted to draw
between the two cases. II an individual went inu
10 bag article. the went at midnight 10 rob
II, the two were just diverse his ATTEMPT
To acquire territory and the Proposition they were
considering.
lie had always beer in favor of extending tho bonn-
dairy OF the United States 10 the Rio del Nore but 1t
mus, be done with the owners Of tho territory To be ac
qnlred for that purpose md slavery he abolished
there Upon these terms. he would support annexation
10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS never.
IN 1925, slavery did moi eNs, in Texas II had since
been introduced there, aud he therefore considered him
sell forever absolved from commal IN favor Of ts in
corporation into the United States
Nh a. then reverted Ia tho right claimed 10 annex
Texas by virtue OF The ea'y of 1903, which was said
gave us that Territory. lie went into lengthy argu
men aud brought up great many historical reminiscent
ces. 10 dsruye this position. He referred the fact
that in 1902 Mr.. Manson. then Secretary Of State was
charged by the President, (Mr. JEFFERSON in The
course o the neguliaon then pending for The cession
Louisiana 10 give Spain guarantee of all her terrific
ry beyond the Mississippi and tina, oi Tho
why the subsequent negotiation between g. w En-
WING and Plzsfrn was brohen waa because Mr.. f. was
mol impu~eed to give The guarantee show what
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the Territory acquired thereby
MIR. A. read an extract from of Mr.. JErrrRsoNs
letters. TO be found in The third volume, page 81 Of the
biography written by his grand ,son. in which he (Mr
speaks Of the boundary OF Louisiana az being in the
highlands Of lfr Mississippi, &c ave have some
claho, says Mr. Jefferson Ito 90 to The Rio del Norlc
and better 10 run as far East the Rio peddon What
is The difference IN q land claim, asked Mr. A. between
some claim and better. Laoghterl Mr.. JEFF,
said also that IF we take advantage of the which
Span was engaged should gel Florida, the good
claim, II we did moi get the other f."
As to the Argument of the gentleman from Illinois,
(Mr DouGLAss) aud others, that by the cesson Of Lou
sans, lhe peope ofTexas acrquired rights which il was
moi competent Tor the Uned States To deprive them of
Ii was plain thai all this sierhought a mere de-
vice conJured up for the occasion.
Abiding To The charge which had been made In the
course Of this debate. that the ony two Of cess0n
OF lerrimry by The fUh-d States were those when ci
zens oi Massachusetts had been the negolators. Mr. A.
said that The referred To The citizens OF Masa
chuseiis vera only engaged rs the ministers described
bat The President the responsible individual WIS for
lrRnia. How was IT on the uther hand, with regard
To tho extension OF Herrory2 What the fact IN re-
ference 10 negotiation now going on, for the possession
Of Orsonl
Sir, SAID Mr.. A., ] claim The article in the Florida
Treaty., IN reference To Oregon, my own. IL was
Dade at my suggestion might have gone To my grave
without ihls iaci having ber made know unless this de
bate had arisen. MI should have mentioned /, now
but for the sidous and unkind charges against Massa
chnsetis. claim the h.npr not for myself but for my
Stale, aud say now 10 all those who insist upon
disputed ute To Oregon. that obtain this territory
II will be because oi the agreement under this article Of
the Spanish title.
Tho other prominent agreement by which our right
IS mana ned. Is the discovery Of the Columbia river By
a cit,1sn OF Massachusetts.
The objections which Mr.. A. chiefly relied ursn The
acquisition 81 foreign territory. which he made
al lhe tltne The of Louisiana by France and
Which, IN a conversation with Mr. MADISON, that gen
tlenan agreed was paramount, and that was that the
people OF any territory could not be transferred without
Their consent. This was NY otiecura then aud is my
objection sll Not so much 10 the acquisition Of
tory as To It's bearing upon the people of that territory
Al The time of the cessiun OF Louisiana, he Mr.. A
drew up paper and showed il to Mr. Madison, h rho
people Of Louisiana to sign vote for was verruleI
IN H. bst defy any 10 cite another p ,ceden, h,
This OF LOUISIANA, against me.
Sir, said Mr. A., tspeaking with e,l the energy h,
could command.) you may acar ,rs Terti,oria soi Ear
ihs Is inert mater, out man soul and human rights
and these rights cannot be transferred without his
ms hsl pfinc'p.es sovereign and paramount, con.
snetao., b'ghef than any and all others Here some
one .oiu M, a he had but five minutes.
M .toLMt.S, Of s. G.. rose move that Mr. Ap-
Mr. ADAMS said he asked M privileges II he could
moi get through with his argument as others
can theirs, Il ~ss his fault lie could at least
write what he intended to say.
Dir. A, was 10 the midst ui an examination of NJ Err
WINGS ihsifacbns, and referred the fact that Spain
agreed beyond the Sabine and the United States
not TO pass the Rio iondo when his hour ex PRED and
he took his seat.