The New York herald., 1845-02-27
TWENTY-EIGH HTH CONGRESS-
SECOND SESSION.
In senate.


WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Feb. Is, I845.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Tustin. Journal set aside
without reading.
LOUISIANA RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. JOHNSON presented resolutions from the Le-
gislature OF Louisiana lin reference TO the
failures of the United States Mails between New
Orleans and the North East 2-On the subject OF
the Marine Hospital at New Orleans. 3--In behalf
of the appropriations for the removal Of obstruc-
tlons In the Sabine and Red rivers. 4-FOr a new
custom at New Orleans. Read severally and re-
ferred
On motion by Mr. MILLER the President was re-
qussted to communicate to the Senate all the late
official correspondence between the authori-
ties of the Government of the United States and
Foreign authorities, regarding the commercial in.
teress OF this country with other nations.
Ga motion from Mr.. WOODBURY., committee of
three were authorized to be appointed by the Chair
to make preparations, IN cooperation with the
District Marshal for the Inauguration OF the Presi-
dent elect OF the United States.
Mr.. BARROW reported back from committee the
bill for the extension OF Professor Morse's Electro
Magnetic Telegraph from Baltimore to New York,
with a recommendation that ltpass
Mr.. HUNTINGTON reported from Committee the
Senate bill providing for drawbacks upon foreign
merchandise exported IN the original packages from
the Unlted States overland to Chihuahua and Sante
Fe, In Mexico, recommending that the amend
ments of the House, changing the system of draw
backs as passed by the Senate be disagreed to Mr.
Dix suggested that the consideration Of the bill be
postponed till tomorrow, which agreed to-
Oa motion of Mr.. HUNTINGTON 1900 addltio nal
copies Of the paper from the State Department.
giving exhibit OF the recent charges Of the ia,
rffs OF foreign nations, were ordered to be printed
tor the use ot the Senate.
Several bills tor the relief of private claimants
were considered and passed
The senate then took up the bill for the relief of
the State of Michigan, and Of certain railroad
companies, which, after debate, was laid aside
and the Senate resumed the House resolution pro-
vdlng tor
ANNExING TEXAS TO THE UNITED STATES
Mr. ALLEN took the t1oor. He said, if this con-
tnent were the only upon earth Inhabited or
ln1abitaoe, the annexation OF Texas to the United
States would be question OF lnconsderable inn
portance. But IN relation TO other nations, and es.
pecially TO Great Britain, the annexation was
question OF abiding importance to the we'll being
OF the Government and the people of this Union
Ia thls view ne should consider it, satisfied of the
c,nstltutlonality of the law making power to the
end proposed He should not confine himself to
III. arbitrary relations growing out of treaty spu-
litious, bot should consider the natural laws of
trade, and the inevitable relations attached there
TO between the nations of the earth, and the i'm
1nense preponderstin8 influence OF Great Britain
over the destinies OF the world from her suprema-
cy IN commerce, which is the controlling in.
huence OF the Inhablable globe. The tonnage of
naon was tar criterion Of Ils position, strength
and In iencs, relatively with the other nations OF
the eattn Inc whole OF the tonnage of the globe
at this time a mounted TO about eight millions or
this grand aggregate, Great Britain possessed three
and one-lhird millions, and the United States two
aud one.'hird millions. Hence, from their rel
position In commercial supremac from heir Ioca
situations on opposite sites of the Atlantic Great Br
taia and the United States stood IN direct and fear
ful rivalry toward each other, in the struggle for
the commerce of the globe. The island OF Cuba
was the key oil the Gull Of Mexico il was in the
possession of weak and exhausted power, the old
and faithful ally of England And how was Eng
land situated Ia regard to this comm adding island?
She had no less than Is colonies in the West In.
dies-great and SIN Jll-and was nowIeoking for the
acquisition OF Cuba, which commands from it's DO.
slon the current OF two.thirds of the commerce OF
the United States, and eventually nine-trnths OF
our whole commerce. Great BRIAN exists upon
her commercial enterprise. 1t was by his assaults
upon this system, that Napoleon attemoted her
pfoslratIon. Heace his DEGREES blockadiog the
continent OF Europe against the manufactured
goods OF England. But he failed The Oppression
OF the merchants brought them into a gene
raj uprising and resistance aud Napoleon
was vanqulshed. He was defeated at Wa.
terIoo by the continental merchants. and The
commercial system of Great Britain. Mr. Allen
olversed from this proposition to the aggressioos
OF the English government in the East Indies, and
otner quarters OF the world, whence returning, he
sa'1 ne mad made a calculation, and had discover
- - - pursuing the present of the compara-
Iys Increase OF the commerce of Great Britain