The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-03-10

hippanty about throwing il down ma ID. we talk a.
gain as II Il we're log cabin. If tha, lung a.
should fall ,yon, and !, and all Of ia ous arch
our hopes crushed as certainly as il this doa nave
."L W up"n "ur Ie,'oera'lonS' We have no Mad'lN
and no Morris TO labor in its Teorminy w ~ n'ad'ON
Washington 10 preside over our deIiberoo.u nave no
ana NY hand ure unequal to the task M ioGt
one washington, and wo have but ono f "'u out
ton Destroy it, and you destroy our na,i0s nT"'I'O'
anI existence, ana yet you say, 'Let US hnvo 10Y
Us Gnu wonId seem AS II this language ,onS' ',
10 pull down the Constitution Tor thai Se,gh tended
No; no. Let us cling to this glorious Con:,Ip u'P0'e'
to our last hope-our highest anl hoest nn,,o"v
hcy. Those who made IT, stood aide BY siIe ,'s
bands aud hearts juined together in battle ,"e
Toes Let US cherish and praise the work oS ,h, WI
Gus hands. fear we are forgetting our cho,"e P
'hnt we arc cens'ng TO venerate those m,,l"i,,,
which our fathers left us. "u"Oi
have lhus given my views on this snhiso, ,
have done what Tine would not allow ma IA o"e'
They have done IL well. The gentleman G w.
einin, (Mr Rwes) has given US the las. .ns", VIZ
are TO hear from him here, but ne has Jeff ~ We
constitutional legncy, not soon to be CDrpol,o,
ers,ioo, have nobly discharged their duties '~
will detain the Senate no longer. / boi..
this measure is carried, II will be the mo., es,'
violation Of the Constitution ever perpetrped SUI
MIR Archer followed Mr. c. in an able speech ,,,,.,
the measure. s""
MIR walker then rose and offered Nlr Bep,oo,, ln
MS an amendment TO the Resolution from the Ham,
Mr. Foster rose, and made some eloquent ,er1s,G'
IN favor Of the proposition ii stood and in onro%
ton 10 the amendment, TO which in coocp.ioppf T.,
moved an amendment. lfthis que tor AVA, IN h,
blinked in this way, he would call for wptcr md
wash his hands from the blot of The Proceeding Ir
amendment respected slavery and The Teyas deG
and retained the first and rrPudiatcd the last, N,
ChiItenden said that If Texas was annexed he bs
Iieved we must pay her debts.
Mr. Fosters amendment yVas nut in TN n ssr,;o,.
The FIRST, relative TO The line Of SO 30 n. L. was n.
jected-Ycas is, Nays SO. The second, relusrgs
he answerable for the Texas d. bt was ne.siyej
Yeas 20, Nays 81.
Mr. Archer moved amendment, providing that
negotiations be opened with Texas, md that then
proposition be submitted by Treaty for AnngSaloo
! his was lost by tie vote-Y eas 90 NAYS o.
Johnson voting in the affirmative.
Mr. Berirn was unwilling that the measure slo58
pass without vote on the question whether il belong
I'd 10 the trcniy making power 10 acquire foreign If
rit0Iy. lie moved to amend MIR Walkers amend.
meni, 10y cutting off the hitter par, Of the omenI
mcn'. II would then authorize the President TO A.
point commissioners, and then negotiate by rea,y-
II might be the last public act of his life but he Wh
ed to re ord his vote for the constitution Of his couu
Try
Mr. Baghy feeling that he had pledged himself 10
vote for such measure, rose to puloe the ncon.
si,tency uf the vote " hich he was about to 1--WE
tile face of his declared pr, ference for such Plan d,
was Submitted by Nlr BcSrien Ills "sagacou isd'
(Bcnton) was going TO vote against it, aud il could
not he wang for him to follow.
Mr Bates would vote for MIR Rrrrien'a vowSNiON,
ns II raisrs the question, whether any Other t,N Me
treaty making power could acquire foreign TERRITORY,
The vote stood-Yeas %, Nays &c Foster nn
voting Johnson in The oGrmGtirc'
MIR Crn;cnden said that he intended to have noi'.
ed IN his speech The argument that reXas SIM.
lar 10 Rhode Island and North CuroIUN. lr so, Tex.
Il
ing any Constitution.
MIR Buchanan said that the words Of the CONSTR.
ton werp plains "New States may be admitted ~
Congress "
Mr. Rerrien corrected Mr. buchanan lie now 20.
serted distinctly that in the Convention that formed
the Constitution, the ords New States" bad brea
substituted for the words Estates lawfully atine
within the United States" which was contrary
what MIR buchanan had asserted.
MIR MoTehead appealed to the friends Of his
IRE not to force the Senate intn the guC hrCNte it
Twcnty.sx Senators, half nf the Senate, had joN
voted IN favor Of the treaty making power Tho
compromising spirit Of our fathers woud not force
such question under such circumstances.
This appeal 10 the example Of Our Fathers was re-
ccived by the Texas conspiraturs only with a sneer
Mr. Criltende0 would make hat one observation
lie asked-was it not fact that majority Of thu
Senators was opposed to tho Resolution from 'lt
House! Cfhe Senators both sides assened
hcH NS"'u WI - J (ou Pu' " III lNV Io"N' w.
President To do to- morrow that TO which mNJo"!
Of this body is opposed :; for the Resolution as a.
mended gives the President The power 10 choose
either.
The vote was then taken concUrrirg with he
amendment in Committee of the Whole-iea' ~
nays u.s.
Mr. Criuenden moved to strike out the JOINT Re''
oIution aud make the measure simply the ameEdmfN
proposed by MIR Walker lie wished 10 have Il e.
Their thing or the other, and not such lumoe-
Yeas "a, nays %.
Mr. Archer moved To strike out all after the enact
ing clause and insert provision for the acqu'""
of Texas by treaty.
Yeas and nays ordered Yeas IS, nays q.
NJ Miller moved to strike out all after the en'''
ing clause and insert what he held in his mana
was Mr. Henton's Bill for the Annexation OF Iea"
got up ut the time TyIer's treaty was s'bm''tu "
the Senate (Roars Of Ioughter) lie remPn"ers
Mr. Benton's speerh in favor pC this bill, ana "e IVY
ed he would not kill his child. Tan
Mr. Benton said in his scat, l'l kill 1t SoHe O,
- (I.aughter.) II being read, was voted uo""- #
IL. Nays 33. ,,u
The Wings would have done anything ANUS S,~ W
save the Constitution but it was too nara O' ''' M
except few, TO go FOR Benton's bill ,,I
The question as then the engrosS"e"I, i
third reading of the Joint Resolution as a"eaus b
| give you the yeas and nays on this only ID WV
ers were nearly the snne. p,,r
YEAs-Allen, Atcheson, Ashly, Atho,'o" hi H.
Benton, Breose, Buchanan, Coqultt' UlcN"''' I,o,g
Fairfield. fIannegan, Haywood, HenderSO"' amSS,
Lewis, McDufie, 1ierric6, Nnes, "SE M
Sewer Sturueon Tnppan Walker, w oodou'!