The St. Landry whig., 1845-04-03
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REMARKS Of Mn. JoHssoN On The Tszas ne
solutions, IN The q. s. Senate, Fed. ~.

distinctly UNDERWOOD. His houofahls.collsaRae
in hisspeeehs said that hesW0uld net mk any
time, IN any shape or form, vote Tor The anaexs.
ton ofTeEas; that II would be ruiauus ID lie
sugar and eelton planters ofLouisiana, De much
SO as q food which should oversprend and de-
~vassate the whole country Nows It may be
thought strange after such IA opinion, 50 IsAcis
dedly expFessedby his colleague, that he Rshbuld
be IN tayor Of the u~laaaures He was himself
sugar planter and 10 owned 1 cotton pIantafion,
and was consequently identified Id inteneauish
the planters of Louisiana Ha did ms aons1&
however, shat IL Texas should be- annexed ahe
emigration TO that country from Tho slavehOlding
States would be greater, end that more slases
would be taken there, md that more cotton and
sugar would be made, which might have an u.
feet upon the price ofthese aftiulea III Louisiana:
and that II he looked 1T the ~aHestion alena III
reference ~ tha effect I would HAYS uppsa she
price ofeolton VIVA aASA IN Louisiana, WOuld
60 with hia colleague. HE regarded II IL j ggeat
national question, in which he whole IIaioa ii
deeply interested, But he would ask his homo.
rable colleague FIVE have mol strong reasons TO
believe If Texas b., not annexed tha4 ahee will
enter into 4 treaty with England, III whiehs her
cotton would De received Ill British ports free III
duties, on condition that British goods ~ rscei.
we'd IN Texas free cfdHties, and whether such 1
treaty would not le injurious to lhe planters Of
L%o0lslana And be would ask him IL Texas
should hereafter become d non, ssaveRaolding
States what would DO the effect nf such 4 state
oF things on the interests OftIse8 ~nIanRaFs liz Lon.
isiana 7 He considered that the annexation Of
Texas would bsAfghly huAateial to Ne city Of
New Orleans IN D commercial point ofvfaw, and
Important, as it would prevent Englandhhom Oh.
tanning a monopoly ofthe trade ofTexaa and an
undue influence over her Governments 4 and las
IA 3t,nnIl 40 - 3.asa - -l Zlsr ~ faf4&A ~
might be expected to arise between her Govern.
mept and that Of the United States ifshe should
remain Independent. That he, III fact, consider.
ed It oil important, In every point Of view in
which i could be considered, that the whole val.
ley ofthe Mississippi should belong to the Uni
ted States.
Mr.. j. said that he had long been iii favor OF
the annexation Of Texas, whenever ii could be
fairly done, and with the appreciation ofthe great
mass ofthe people Of the United States andin
answer to letters received from his friends in
Louisiana, atthe laat session OF Congress, pen.
ding the discussion on the Texas treaty, he had
stated thnt Texass m his opinion, would ultimate.
~ be 80 annexed He had voted against the
treaty because it was sprung upon us for party
purposes, and evidently with a view cooperating
upon the approaching Presidential election,
without a sufficient opportunity having been af.
forded for the expression ofpublic sentiInent.--
Since then public sentiment had be enexprseaed
to u great extent, and he now believed that d We.
ry large majority of the people Of the United
States were in favor of annexation.
The Senators from Pennsylvania, New York,
New Hampshire, and one oftllose from Maine,
were in favor ofannexation, and IL was believed
that considerable portions of the people ofthe
other Eastern States were also In favor oTit.-
1t corTfl not be disguised, he said, that the main
ahpoStsaA Knnvv nj nifaafa A. Az &&aas& -.8
ceeddd from the spirit of fanaticism. The meas
sure 'fas boldly opposed, IN and out Of Congress,
on IN ground that II swould perpcsuate slaVery,
and pld to the strength and power ofthe Sonths
ern States. Such an opposition, proceeding
from such. sources, for such purposes, had opera.
ted powerfully on his mind in favor of annexa.
ton.
The State he had the honor, in part. to re-
present, was as deeply Interested lii the slave
question as any otherin the Union and couldit
be supposed that he could listen with indiHey.
ence TO such attacks made on the rights Of pro-
perry ofits c~itiaans, or oppose a measure calcutta
ted, in his opiaion, to strengthen those rights,
and to promote the permanent prosperity and
glort Of tho nation Z
Mf.J. said, that whilst England and other 70
reigf Governments were extending their aeqni.
sitions ofterritory all ovor the world, Il, would be
strange thai the United States should reject Tex.
as. He bad been asked ifhe believed that a
foreign country could be admitted into this Union
by an act Of Congress4 He would answer by
saying, he did not believe that, under the reso.
lutions referred to, Texas would be admitted as
a foreign country. MIR. Jefferson had stated, III.
ter the Florida treaty was made, that Texas was
a part Of Louisiana, and that no power existed
IN the Government Of tho United States to trans.
fer the country to Spain, and that consequently
the treaty was void--that Gen. Washington and
the whole of his Cabinet, Of which he was then
q member, expressed it as their opinion that the
Government oft the United States had not the
power 70 transfer to another Government any
portion Of Its territory. II these opinions Of Mr..
Jefferson be correct, there existed no difficulty
in this matter. But, whether correct or not, Il
was not contemplated BY these resolutions to ad.
NIT q foreign canHtry into this Union.
He felt authorised to discriminate between
the admission Of Texas, which the citizens Of
Louisiana well believed was d part Of Louisiana,
and the admission ofa foreign State whose peo.
pie ind territory wore wholly alien 10 ours.--
The first white settlement Of Texas was while 1t
formed q part Of Louisiana, and, until the treaty
oflSf9, continued to be settled rs part ofLoui-
siana from the same common source llle United
States) as other parts ofthe interior Of Louisiana.
They protested against the act which made them
noininaily alien and on the authority of Gen.
Washington and his Cabinet, before referred to-
he could not regardthe return of our own CHI.
zens, and the admission OF those citizens with
the territory including their homes, formerly a
part Of Louisiana, as the admission of a foreign
State in the common use Of those terms.
When the resolutions under consideration
were received fFqia he Hanse, lAlr, ] said J he
did not behave hc Cn4iA Vote inI Ther1 Al cnnstf.