Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-03-27

AtAds fhtu iut Cuiou, WHICH Hau ftCtIF'
cd the sanction Of the House Of Represen.
tatiyes, pretermitted, as ii was intended "a
do, the constitutionaLty Of that resolution
lit oeiog obvious that unless the consti.
tulional question should be thus prefer.
mitted, the avowed purpose for which the
committee had been appointed. to VT:
the procurement of something like unan.
unity in the action Of the Legislature,
would be frustrated. But our opponents
would be content with nothing less than
the adoption Of resolution which would
cover this debateable ground, either in
express terms or by inevitable inference.
The committee, therefore, dissolved, with
out concurfIng 10 aay proposition, and
reported that fact to the House.
The consideration of the Senste's reso.
luton with the amendments thereto pro-
posed by Messrs. Toler and Bowden, was
thereupon resumed; but. before any vote
was taken, these gentlemen asked and OBJ
tanned leave each to Withdraw his amend
ment; and lhe question then REQUIRED up.
on e'Senste's resolution as above quo
ted, which was adopted by the decisive
vote OF 50 10 81. OF the SO affirmative
votes 81 were Wigs who thus indicated
their willingness to place the subject on the
precise footing which their political oppo-
nents in The Senate had originally desired.
Ia the interval, however, between the
adoption of this resolution by the Senate
and action upon il by the House of Dele
gates. information had been received
from Washington city, which induced the
authors OF the resolution TO take al ad-
vance step. The Joint resolution OF Mil
ton Brown, which had been some time
pending in the House Of Representatives.
and which il is well known was NOT the
lavoriie scheme of the democratic" par.
~. had passed that House. Hence, Mr..
Gordon offered the following resolution,
to be appended TO that which had receiv-
cd the sanction Of both branches Of the
Legislature:
"Resolred, That the admission ofTex-
as on the conditions and guarantees set
forth in the Joint resolution passed by the
House of Representatives on the 25th day
of January ls45, and sen. to the senate
for its concurrence, in the opinion Of the
General Assembly, is jus; and proper and
will be approved by the people"
And Mr.. Witcher proposed the follow
log:
"Resolred By the General Assembly of
Virginia. That it is their deliberate opn.
ion that large ma jorily Of the people Of
Virginia desire the IMMEDIATE annexation
of Texas to the United States by any law
full and constitutional mode. And that
the conditions and guarantees set forth in
the joint resolution passed by the House
Of Representatives and seat to the Senate
OF The United States for its concurrence.
IN the opinion of this General Assembly
are just and proper, and will be approved
by the people. This General Assembly,
however, lorbearlig to express any opin.
ion as to the constltutionalisy Of annexa-
,ion by the mode of a JOINT resolution Of
the two houses Of Congress.
The substitute was adopted by the
House, by a vote of sc to 6l-the Wings
with two exceptions, voting for it-their
opponents voting unanimously against it.
Why was this resolution unpaaiable to
our opponentsl 1t is manifest that their
hostility to it grew exclusively out Of the
fac, that the question unconstitutional pow.
er was expressly oaired by it. This was
the point Of difference, as will be seen,
from the frs, to the las; and an unyield.
ing adherence by our opponents TO their
own peculiar views on this point, closed
eflsctuaily the door to compromise and
unanimiy Of action.
At this stage of the proceeding, Mr..
Edmunds, Of Halifax, proposed the fol.
lowing additional resolution:
"Resolped, That our senators be in
structed to vote for the joint resolution
which passed the House of Representa-
,ivcs on the 25th day of January, ls45,
and was sent TO the Senate for its coCcur-
renee, providing for the admission of Tex
as az a State into this Union"
The resolution involving the same prin-
cipie with that just rejected, though more
in its terms, was rejected by
nearly party yote-ayes go, noes Co.
And the resolutions, as amended by the
House, were then returned TO The Senate
for the action of tina, body.
On the Bird of February, the Senate
amended the second resolution Of the
House in two important features-frSt by
striking therefrom the latter clause, in the
following words, TO wit. "THe General
Assembly, horerer, forbearing to cypress
anu opinion as 10 the cOnStitunonaRty Of
By the mode ola Joint resolution
of the t,co Houses of Coagress" sand sec
ondly by striking out the words, "ARd
that the conditions and guarantees set
forth an The joint resolution passed By the
House of Representatives., and sent 10 the
Senate of the United States for its concur
renee, IN the opinion of the General As
semby, are Just and proper, and 'oiH be aP-
proued By The people, "-and inserting, IN
lieu thereof, the following:
And that the join, Resolution passed
by the House Of Representatives, on the
25lh day Of January, lS45, and sent to the
Senate Of tho United States for ITS con-
currence, providing for the admission Of
Texas as one OF the States Of this Union,
is Lawful and constitutional mode oil an.