Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-03-06
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SECOND SESSION.
SPEECH OF MIR. RlVES. OF Vina,S,A.
SATURDAY. Feb. is. 1886,
THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS.

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! SATURDAY. Feb. 10. 1886,
| THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS.
(coNcLupED
Mr.. Hives considered this the u,,st solemn question
which had arisen snce the ormatipn II the Consii,u.
tim and II became every man In hook well On VIVA,
ground he s@d. His honorable friend had referred Ia
the hisnty ri The proceedings Of the Convention whIrh
hirmed the CONSTITUTION, and asserted that question
was formally taken the resircihn of the p,wer Of
Cohgress In admit States inu the uin Ia the tor
rorlal its the United States and thar ihe resir
tim dccslvely rejected by vote Of hsi b,dy Al.
though the Senator had SAID that he entertained mi a
duhi respecting hs Interpretation 1t the Consti,u,ion
Mr.. X. would take the liberty &C saying for him. that
he had done AS he MIR. had dne--if he had exam
ined mnuiey sepb by step the proceedings o the F.der
al Convention IN ts subject. he wnlt have ound ,ha
there is particle Of foundation for the idea he has
taken up the could no but think sccpnd hand tina,
there ever was any vote Of that body deciding that the
power of Congress 10 admit States should mol he
confined 10 the territory "fthe United States, meaning of
course the actual territory ot the United States nj the
tine when Tie new State is 10 b. adnltted Mr. n n.
verred thai there revef WA any votc or rrmeed.
ing Of the Convention fairly susceptible of such an in
'epretaon and this he would now undertake to demon
straic.
saty 90 back to the first resolution noved on the
subject. which wns part Of the Virgins propositions
moved by eov Randolph. III the first days Of the Con-
veniinn. II was l,,ihe fawng words.
! maj pTuvisf,n uugHt IN he made Tor thu
admission u States. ia,rfniiy arising ,eiiLin The
liniis Of Mc United States. whether from a volnn-
tary junction Of government and territory or other
wise. with the consent OF VI number Of uces less than
! ihr whole"
Before leaving this resoluin. lei us comnrelend s
real hearing and import As part III the history o tho
times we mus bear IN mind that The State Of Vermoni
hrh had violently separated herself from The State ii
New York. Of which she had been pa ri, and wuhln
whose lawful Jurisdiction she was sill claimed To he by
r. ~ L
~ and imporlunately apIlyug Tor admission ntu The
C"niederacy under the Articles "f Confederate -
Hardly s"y subject more occupied aud disturbed the de
! lhrraiiuns IT The Continental Congress divided the
STATES ino Nv" distinct parties or uhrrs against
the admission Of Vermont. Mr.. Madison then n mern-
Der of the old Cungress. was # lse WIN entertain,
ed and Theoretically expressed the pnn hst he nd.
niss"n "f frrnuni. rnder the circumstances ut her
olen, separation rm New Yrk aud without The ron
SEM of New York |" her admlssr,n. would be n mosl
dangerous precedent Leading Ia ACKNOWLEDGMENT uf oh
~ large States. and Virginia aiming Others by smilai
unlawful means lie therefore steadily aud firmly or
p sed the admission # Vernon ino the Cniedrrac,
without the express Of New York ma will be-
seen tom many -, his letters, contained IN the first vol
ume oi The Madison Papers
The opinons Of Mr.. Madison IN this subject are o
spersl importance IN this canneriiun because know
tsa'd NJ. f'''" n rnnn'nnc0ion Of ihai great abC
vriuuus man, made with his characteristic dreaey
that he proposed and dranghed, mainly, the resolutions
which We're offered IN Convention by G"v Randolph
who WAS selected ms The organ II the views Of the Vr
unla delegation in that h,dy Wuh he evidence nh. n
afforded by Mir Madison's publlshrd corrcspundenre
Il In, opn,ons on The Vermont oi,stion We nre enabt,,
II, once Ia see the particular sipn,fcanry and jmpou u,
The restrictive clause in the restitution us, read-.pr
vision ought IN he made Tor the admlss, Of States ian,
tuiiu arising urtin The limits Of he United Stoies -
|, must reary had In view The Vermont onrs,.n and
was intended guard ans the admission oC States
ino the Union, " hch, like V.fuont, should have viz.
pniiy separated themselves tpp, the patpn, State with
oui The cnseni of the latter There were odira,iuus ~,
resessn.ss nd an impaiienl desire for the
c,nditio of States nj IN, time IN The mar, of Maine
In Massac ,ets Farmland (he infan, Tennessee, in
North Carolina and as in tLe western nan III IN.
of The honorahle Sena,r Of Pennsylyania himself AZ
have already mentioned which seemed IN maxi. his
wise prrcauirn neressary Ac,ordinvIy the r,su,iou
presented by Gov Randolpb pr,clsely as have read il
o the senate WAS nd o,ed nv The Cunveotioo 6,si !,
Committee or the Mbue and Then IN The U,use and
duay referred, t,,ye,bet with NOR, oene,,I NAM.
s,,ims on the same sohec, nv Mr. p,ucknev of :, On,
aim, and Mr. Patterson ,f Naw I.,a.v M ,j,a r,,i,
lee IF Detail, who were instructed 10 yeo,rt d,,ual, 81
a Constitution.
In the article pepared bv the Committee ,f Detail an
the subject n, the admission If new S,a,as The rstc,ive
clause in G,y Raodolvh's prnsi,iou ,yas r,,aipe IN
substance thuuph varied slyb,ly in pbraseol,gv and
several additlopa clauses were added IN /, n will IN.
necessary T., read Ia the Senate the wbulc ar,ice a e
n,ried by the Cuupe, of Detail Inn, wc NAV hero,
cmpreheud the true effect of the amendments II amer
wards underwent The artio. ia Ms Glloys. md n,
the sake Of slmfyinv the eypruaton of the subsequent
poc,ed,nys of The Cony umn IT, il, sev.ra c,us.
| 90 .,s ,un,h.red.