Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-01-24
TO The Editors Of Tie Enquirer:

To the Editors Of he fHqhHG:
WASHINGTON Cry, Jan. % 1915.
The Senate were engaged to-day in the trans
action Of business undressing 10 your readers.
In The House, ere The Texas question was taken
IN in COMMITTEE Mr.. Douglass OF Illinois in
iroducel his bill 10 establish military posts in
Nebraska and Oregon. 1t directs The President
10 cause to be established such military posts as
shall be necessary TO protect our commerce with
New Mexico and California, and the trade and
immigration 10 Oregon. II further provides for
the appropriation OF 100000 for the object, the
work 10 be done by the United States soldiers, as
in other cases.
Mr.. Robinson of New York next introduced a
series OF resolutions relative 10 the remuneration
OF Texas. They provide, that She shall be ad-
mitted as save-holding or non-slave-holding
Stale. as The inhabitants thereof may choose,
with prescribed limits, (not 10 exceed The State OF
New York in dmensions)-that her public do
main shall remain her own property, as fund for
paving her debts-that the rest oil the territory
Shall be divided into States Of convenient size,
and admitted into the Union. with or without
slaves, as Congress may determine, whenever
they shall have the requisite population 10 entille
them 10 admission.
The reception and reference of these reSou-
tons were Immediately objected 10 by Mr.. a.
Stewart. Of Pennsylvania, and other ultra Fede-
rals,s avowedly with the purpose OF dislractlng
The frien.s the measure, on the one hand; and,
on The other By Mr. Payne, of Alabama, and other
of our friends, who fell indignant that PROPOSE
ton so utterly inadmissible should originate with
any portion Of the Democratic party il created
great confusion and an hours debaie-in which
Messrs. Stewart Of Pennsylvania, Payne OF Ala
hama, Saunders Of North Carolina, Garret Da-
Wis of Kentucky, Dromgoole OF Virginia, Hop
Iy..-..;o onJ Atly;ncon of VIRGINIA top,
par,. Finally. upon Mr. Dromgoole's susges-
iion--,ha though so exceedingly Objectionable,
no true friend OF remuneration could vote for II,
vet i, was noless the duty ofihe House to treat il
with The respect accorded 10 all other propose.
lions on the subject by reference 10 the Com
mittee of the Whole. Il was referred by vote
Of II9 10 GO. By reference 10 the list of yeas and
nays on the question, you will perceive that IL
was no les, vote-some of the friends and oppo-
nen,s ofthe annexation voting on either side.
Immediately on deciding this question, the
House resolved itself INTO Committee oil The
Whole, and Mr.. Ralhbun spoke his hour IN
steady opposition 10 Texas. He devoted The
greater part OF his time 10 an attempt TO prove II
unconstitutional 10 acquire Texas in any other
manner than BY treaty; yet, sinsulary enough,
expressed his perfect readiness 10 swallow his
long array OF constitutional objections, provided
MT. hOBlnSOn : pIoJcCl, "hIlh SoS' " Wv HS ~
territory into one slaveholding and four or five
non-saveholdins States, be accepted. In the
course Of his remarks, he stepped, as il appeared
10 me, rather on, OF his way, 10 administer you
rap or two over the knuckles, for the manrer in
which YOU have commented on The position and
prospects OF those Democratic members who re-
fuse TO sustain the party on The questions No
thing but the peculiar Turn of the gentlemans
mind could have induced him 10 torture your
comments into threat about spoils, &c, as he
did. His speech was queer one, and will be
read, as though The gentleman regarded The patron
age to he distributed BY Mr.. Polk as the end and
aim of the Democratic party in The contest.
MIR. Rathbun was followed by Mr. Cobb OF
Georgia, in favor of remuneration and The lat
Ter, by Mr.. Pollock OF Pennsylvania, against it.
Yours, &c. -.
.If The "honorable member will bring our paper
before The House in this style, We must look better
10 our expressions. We will "buy ourselves a
looking-glass," as Richard said, 10 "dress our
selves according TO the fashions al Washington.
We must purchase pair Of the incest scales, in
which TO weigh every word We use. We wrote our
Yesterdays article upon the position of The presi-
dent Elect, without supposing that it should pass
under The critical eye of the Representative Of New
York; and We hope, therefore, that if he should
find any thing TOO strong or too straight-laced in
that article, Mr. Rathbun will extend TO US his
usual charity, courtesy and liberality.
Enquirer.