Mobile register and journal., 1845-02-01
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 HoUsEIF RkPEHsFKrATtyEs An abstract of ,e Chiasre treaty xSs laid before the House l,s tle Pres'dfn, of the United States, sinilar tlie message se three days since 10 the Senate. The message was read and referred to tbe committee an ioreign affairs. The President recom- meuds the establishment of Consular Agency aI Ckjna similar to thai of other Governments The House then resumed ihe Texas discussion. Mr. nfemgooe, of Va, was entitled to the floor - He said that he was h favor of the annexation of Texas, and tlla Il WIS time 10 harmnnise 0fimions ln favor nf the measure For the plan hastily con sidered and reported by lhe committee foreign re- lnions he could mol vote. IL seemed to him like inc lasi ex"lrIng effort of ihe Tyler Administrations IL proposed o revive ami raliy in toiiden rerbs a re. jecied treaty, and the act could receive his sup por.
 Mr. Dromgoole then argued to show and quoted Mir Adams to prove that II unconstItuiiona to acquire foreign territory beyond the Consttu tionaI limits by he Leg eislature. l5ut siii Congress could admit new States, and Texas couli be admitted us the State of Texas. Mr. D. thought there were pre- denls for hls views la the admission of Rhode Is- 5i. C0nnecIicu and Vermont. These States we're
 arded as foreign territory before they were admit lsd iuo the Union. and lmpost dui ies were n,pdsed pon them upon other foreign territory before they lame into the Union. ..
 Mir D. spoke oi inc indebtedness of Texhs in con fusion of his remarks. He coniended that we need p become responsible fol ihis indeb edHess, inas-
 ch as Texas Would be a sovereignty and could pay
 own debts, beIng Jeff with Ihe power to do so by
 possession of her lands. H.r
 Barnard of New-Y ntk. spoke an hour aga inst ahhskation and E,lowed hy
 Mr. Adam aho said he had been mnst reluctant to take pan in ihs debate The inc.inaan of his heart and mind was 10 remam silent io ihe end, un- der the ample discussion the subject had received by large portion of ihis House
 Circumstances, however, applying personally and peculiarly repaired him lospe"k, and t was with rx- reme relucIanre that he rose al all and yet the subject referred to affecting his character hel at home and 10 pos erHy, he could net remain silent
 Some time in be month of July, IS43, he passed from Montreal tn n"ah.c Aie'na .f IoO a.:Ias in eleven hours In the course of the even,ng ,nd by the pleasant light of tine innou ersalion with young countr,men of his, he remarked
 "What magnificent river ' ''Yes," was the re . ply of his companion, "aud il must be ours D
 tBn for an injunction of olden time, "Thou shalt not covet. Il miehi be, was my answer
 "Yes, bui nature has given 1t to us t' was the re- spoiise sand we must have il '
 Mr. A. was reminded of this sentiment by the de- m md made here for the annexation of Texas, ana il occurs 10 me as the only unanswerabl argument have n" heard Tn ihe pending debate. This Il principle more aPpropr,Ele to other Governments than our own All other arguments, however, which have been used, said MT. are founded upon Inl;l- ginaiion and not upon facts
 The question: which we have had befnre us until this tune Is upon Joint Resolution for the annex atIon of Territory In that Joint Resolution was stated the argument for ihe measure II was preced- ed by preamble, which contained imagination and noi aci. u was so in what said of cession md m what was said of the Federal Consti ulion. The fact was assumed that all that country known as Texas was ceded and conveyed to the United States. He denied this, and the thaefore, hiCh closed ihe Preamble went for nothirg.
 It had been assaned fact that hy the treaty of 1853, all the country called Texas cedrd to
 That gentleman, iMr. Douglass of Ili.) win ge- nins and emphasis peculiar to his eloquenre puIliod to me as the origin of the proposition buy rexrs So far il was true, but he failed to add That this purchase was b be made by common consent, wht t. iis now we propose 10 take the country by force - l here was all the difference between his prOpusIi | and that proposed that there wns between D r. chase and burglary. As Judge he can understand that. He Mir. A. admitted that he always was in favor of extending the jurisdiction of the Unit ed States to the Rio Del Nore, If the people owning the territory would consent and if Slavery was abosh- ed.
 When he made the proposition to buy Texas, there was no Slavery there. Give us Texas with the con sent of it's owners, and without Saves, and will go to the Rio del Norte tomorrow. Unhappy us the country of Mexico now was, by civil war, there were no Slaves there, and there when he proposed negotiations for e anne Nation of Texas Iu the United States. The treaty then read to show that the Texas claimed now wafs no part of the Texas thai belonged 10 Louisiana. The people, places, settlements, V c were referred to.to prove lhis IL Mexico tlra the proposition wns made and referred by his au thoriy, and by that country Il was refused time and again.
 M. Jefferson's authority Qlth May, 1892, ] after the session ol Louisiana by Spain France, was re. erred to as bearing upon the subject, and where the 1 Mississippi only was claimed as the boundary be tween the two countries. Mir Madison msiruc ed the Minister to spain, (Mr. Pinkney) on the auhori " of Mir. Jefferson, as President, guarantee ta Spa in the Mississippi river the boundary. If his hour allowed him, Mr. A. sad, he should colr,e 10 iie time when the negotiation was broken l ,p,, r .l..- Further 10 show that Texas was not ours by the Loalsiana treaty, Mir. Adams quoted from Mir. Jef. ferson m leO3, where Mir. J. said inormat ion as to Louisiana is imperfect. The boundaries are he said, the highlands of the Mississippi. We have some claim to go 10 tine Rio del Norte and better to go to the Redillo, the ancient boundaries of Louisa Da. And further, he said if we push our claim st ly we shall get the Furas.
 Where did MT. Jefferson say that the claims o tue treaty oi lSO3 gave any clalms to Texas? All that was expected was the Foridas, and that only pushing great claim. Mir J was further quoted ss showing that all thIs to he upon negotiations with the Spanish Government The negotiat ion commenced and all the country WAS involved in it beyond the Mississippi.
 Mir. Adams having been referred to, as being con. necied with the only propositions acquire foreign territory, be replied with spirit. He and his State might well have been spared this nsidious-he would make no qualification of the term--assaut. The cit izen of what State is 1t that is referred to? e said
 
 had lo Oregon l claim II as my own, said MT. Adams. The Oregon discovered b, citizen O. Massachusetts, and The treaty of 1879 makes strong and perfect thIs claim of discovery.
 The line "f 42 deg. was proposed by me in the q bInet of Mir. MonrDe. do not aim il, how. yer IL belonged to MT. Monroe. We had the right ,., Oregon under this Florida treaty and upon my prop. osIiion The matter would have gone to his grave with him, but for tle insdious reflections against him and his State. He said il for the honor of bis State.
 Many citizens considered the ella i'm from 42o to 54e ours upon the most undoubted security. have a greater interest in hs subject than any other person have, identified with II have been I believe ur claim 10 the territory good one hut feel in much '.'ult whether shall be able sustain il. l am, howev yer, for sustaining it, though have doubts whether 1t will be sustained; but if it is, it must be by the treaty of 1919, III winch he acted most con spicuous part.
 in regard 10 the claim up for Texas, if it was true, we had right 10 make il, ina sInuch as we had no right 10 do what claimed to do. We cannot, t, said MT. A. transfer people from country to ano- ther.
 The constitutional question glanced nt. Mir. Adams did moi doubt that we had right to acquire territory by conquest or purchase. H.1
 He had conveI sed ih Mir. Madison frequently upon tIs subject and he agreed with him thai men with uinan rights md immortal souls could mol be trans erred from one counir, 10 another. My cons iiu- iiona opinion s that yoI cannot by ac of Cong unite ihis people with the Government of Texas.-