Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-01-09
LETTER ON TEXAS.
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uello"IolIon which lis Importance &c
n.auds.
What is annexation! Is il more or
less than l. unite aud incorpo' ate TWO
scpara'e, distinct sovereign Powers @:
Governments INTO on |. il ne, the
mere question of the acquisition OF tiers
tror,. but, let me repeat. n proposition
10 incorporate the two G., vcrn,nen.s Of
Texas and the United States into one?
When was this question ever before pre-
s"nted Ia our consider ration. cNccp' in the
case OF Texas herself in lS36--7, when
II found no advocates and the proposition
could not be said la have been euicriain-
CO with decent rcspecll Perhaps our
reason was, that there were not then as
IT any land and scrip hol irrs in the Uni
ted states us now: or the same wise head
that now holds the dest niu, at the ma :
ton. ms al men, IN the hu'low al his
hand, was more suitably occupie brio 20
some Justices court; or j. may be- that
the great negoiiator himself looked then
| rather TO his own elevation In over than
10 the over, brow Of a rival who lowered
above his head. But, except in that case,
thus treated. when The passions uc pnIty
were not excite for President making,
no instance has occurred since the foun-
daiion OF our Government In regard
To tie mere acquisition of irrruorv. |
gran, you that the prncl.-r of the Gov
ernmont has sanctioned the power. al =.
though. when 1t was first exercised in
! lSO3, by MIR. j. ifcrson in he pu. h ,se
OF Louisiana, n case OF surh extreme NJ
cessity ms would have justified u stretch
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OF the Constitution to its utlnos limits
| he INr leilurson) him self the negota
tor, he whose name is on the lips Of cv,
cry mou,hing dem,goaue as authority
higher than the Constitution itself. when
u SUITS their purpose of convenience he
Tor whose opinions. On the subject OF n
Bank, We are asked 10 make the Con sii =,
iuuon Of the Country nm unmraninu
scroll. and 10 abandon The practice Of orr
| iureluthcI She has given his opinion
10 the world in regur | tp this power!-
Aud why do not The Democracy, who
chaunt his name by day uni by night.
invoke his shad. I" project Us from mr.
pendIug dangcr2 " ha. dad Mr. Jrilar
son shy in regard 10 his ncgnialion for
Louisiana? In his letter To Mr. Brrck
cnrI lge. dated August 18th. 1903, To be
round in vol. 3, page Sic, he slys:
This treaty must. OF course, be lai.l
before both Houses, because both have
important functions 10 exercise respect
! my II. They. presume, will see tn cir
duty 10 thar country. in satisfying an |
| paving for II, so us 10 secure good
which would clherwiw probably be nev
ier again in their power" But sup.
pose they must then appeal to the nation
i for an additional article of the Cons,itu
ton approving and confirming an acl
which the nation had not previously uu.
ihofized. The Constitution has ma 10
no provision for our holding foreign ter.
riiory, SUI less far Incorporating foreign
nations Nth our Union! The Execu
tive, IN seiZing the forgotten occurrence,
which so much advances the good of
, their country. haze done an acl beyond
The Constitution. the Legislature, in
casting behind them metaphysical suo
ileties, and risking themselves like faith
iu' servants, must ratify and pay for it,,
and then throw themselves on their
country for doing for them unauthorizr
what we know they would have done
for themselves had they been in siiua.
iIOl w 10
II is the case Of guardian investing
the money OF his ward in purchasing an
important adjacent territory, and suying
10 him when Of age, Il did This for your
good: pretend 10 no right to bind you
you may dlsown me, and must get
out of the scraps as | can"
TO Levi Lincoln, 30th August, 1908,
vol. 4 page !. after suggesting Certain
amendments 10 the Constitution. rela-
tive TO the admission OF Louisiana,
subsequent 10 the rreaty,l he adds:
q quote this for your consideration,
observing that the less that is said a =
bout any Constitutional difficulty the
better, and that it will be desirable for
Congr SIS TO do what is necessary in
si!enco'
TO Wilson Cary Nicholas Sept II
1893, vol. 9TH page Cd he says:
~ hatever Congress shall think it
necessary TO do, should be done with
az little delay as possible, and parlicu>
arly so far as respects the COnstiiu-
tIonal difficulty. ] am aware Of the
force OF The observations on tho power
given by the Constitution 10 Congress
TO udmit new State into the Union,
without restraining the subject To the
territory then constituting the United
States. but when consider that the
limits Of the United States are precise
~ fixed by the Treaty Of 1893, that
the Constitution expressly declare it,
sellto be made for the United States,
cannot help believing that The intention
was not To permit Congress to admit
into the Union new States, which should
be formed out OF The territory for which