The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-02-05

e;gn territory BY conquest and by purchase
but we had no right TO transfer the people
| from one country TO an5thef.-Men wnH
immortal souls and human rights when
could not be violated. The soul was inan-
innate, but justice was eternal.
Nv opinion, said Mr.. Adams Is that you
cannot by the act of Congress annex Tor
eien territory to the Union, without DISCO
luton of the Union. 1t is not the compact
that il was. and YOU make a new Union by
changing it.
Mr.. Adams said that he could refer TO
his votes in the Senate, to his correspondence
and all his public acts and opinions upon
this subject. he should be able TO show his
entire consistency NJ
MIR. Adams was here reminded by Mr..
Kennedy OF Nd. who sat near him, thal he
had but five minutes left. Five minutes, ex-
claimed Mr.. Adams in astonishment, have
but begun my speech. 1t is eight mnUt es'
said another member. Mr.. Holmes OF ,. L.
rose and moved that another hour be gwen TO
Mr.. Adams. NO" no." said MIR. Adams,
ask no privileges. 1t is who am al fault,
If cannot saw what want in an hour.
Mr.. Adams devoted the few moments lett
to the subject before the House. de showed
that in 1905 the extreme claim there set up
was TO the Sabine river-and further, that for
one single hour the U. States never had
possession of Texas. When fhe Colorado
was for boundary asked, in the form OF ne
gociation, the proposition was rejected with
Indignation by the Spanish Government.
Afterwards negotiations were put oil IN CON
sequence of civil wars in Spain, until lel6,
when negotiations were renewed, and when
Mr.. George Erwin our Minister to Spain.
was instructed to propose the Mississippi as
the boundary.
Here Mr.. Adams had TO close by the expi-
ration of his honr.
The Committee was further addressed by
Mr.. Sloan of n. G.. in favor of Annexation,
and by Mr.. Morse, of Me, against the meas
ure.
TEXAS.
The House Of Representatives came 10 a
vote on Saturday upon the several PROPOSE
tons for the Annexation of Texas TO the Us.
After rejecting several, the resolutions offered
by Mr.. Milton Brown, of Tenn, similar TO
those offered in the Senate by Mr.. Foster of
Tennessee, were adopted. These resolutions
provide for one Slave State, and four Others
TO be erected hereafter, in which it shall eX-
ist or not, south of the Missouri compromise
Inc, dS lllt DGODlc III CdCu VI
terrIine. The Texas debt not to be assumed,
but to be paid out Of the proceeds ofthe Tex
as public lands. North of line 80 deg. 30 IN.
slavery is forever prohibited.
The vote ir the.committee stood ayes log,
nays 80. The House, under the operation
Of the previous question, ordered the resolu-
lions 10 third reading by avote of llo to 10l.
The vote OF n. Y. was thus divided:
EIifS Hul,kolt Ieonar1
Murphy, Pratt, Russell, Strong, Maclay-9.
Nays-Anderson, Barnard, Benton, Car
penter, Cary, Carroll, Dana, Davis, Fish,
Green, Hunt, King, Mosley Patterson, Pho
nix. Purdy, Rathburn, Robinson, Rogers,
Seymour, Smith, Stetson, Tyler, Wheaton
"a.
Hungerfo,d, of N. Y, not voting.
Eight Wings voted for the bill.
Stephens. of Ga, Clinch OF Ga, Newton
of Va. Dellett of Ala, Ashe OF Tenn, Brown
of Tenn, Peyton of Tenn, Senter of Tenn.
The resolutions were read third time and
passed; and a motion to reconsider, by a
friend Of the resolutions, having been rejected,
and goes TO the Senate.
The votes on the propositions as they como
before the committee was as follows; /
Mr. Douglass resolutions were rejected.
Ayes 96, nays 107. l.
MIR. Weller's bill received but few votes.
Mr.. Robinson's (of N. " but IS.
Mr.. Brinkerhoff's but as.
Mr.. Burke's, 96 ayes to Ill nays.
Then came up Mr.. Browns resolution. as
given above.
The question being on the final passage of
the Resolution, the Yeas and Nays were or
dered: Yeas 100; Nays %. So the Reso-
luton passed by majority of %. Yeas and
Nays bv States as follows: