Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-03-26

IN" acknowledges proprietor, was NtNtDg Il
TO transfer her right 10 he soil Md vel 1
with all these Inventions eircumasaces. /,
Mr. Jefferson DENIED to US the eons,lssepu sl
rights 10 make the ncqui.ri1n I, , we'll
known that be considcrod an amendipoRf Of
the Constitution as necctsary before nj end
could be attained But, in the cnsc SfJ'ex.
as, all these circumstances or pcn&y aIi,
are waning More ,han one third az ~ org.
Inal STATES were opposed tn the anntseetcu
They opposed u az States IN their 800 ian
capacity. Menoo. too, ioterpossd ~ o.
ngional and rightfol rlsimasf and pSiiv |
u the people Of the Union ~sre opf&Dd 10
H. How. can the prefer led dis~ipia{ - 1st
ferson unainsatp for q moment lie dwoD9
tionahiy and MARA sill fsrthss. eAsI
di6ssence 10 the two sasrs; Il wss A. ~
% fseese2d = &c. sesk -sesty
~ 3t3kT tHek ~ M ana unheard OF
method OF j1int resols,io ion. No other than
the uea!y-making power was dreamed OF
by the Government, and YET, under oil
thr'e favorable circumstance, Mr. jefferson
could not deem The Constitution sufficiently
elastic TO admit foreign territory True
LOUISIANA was purchased but only from
the necessity Of the case, for our commercial
safety But be coUicndcd, that there should
be an ri posi- flcto amcndmon, Of the Con.
su,u'on winch by II. retroactive efforts,
might lcgaI,2c the acquisition.
nga,n, SIR, maintain that if foreign
nations can be- annexed TO u, j, must be- by
treaty. aud no, bv JOINT resolutions Of Con.
press No one will deny that these JOINT
resolutions, and the acceptance Of their con
dlons by Texas, were IN the nature OF a
contract indeed, they constituted the only
agreement or Treaty IN the case BY these
we stpuli,e to annex Texas, aud on com.
plying with these, Texas agreed to be an
nrxcd Call them what YOU will. they are
nothing short Of a contract between nations
or, IN other words n treaty Who. then
| ask, can make such contract or treaty
Is 1t Congress RS it the treaty making
power Sir, | will ndlucr an authority
here that South Carolina clnno, galusay.--
Mr. Calhoun ~ his great speech IN the
llous". IN 1916 on the commrrcinl treaty
with Great BUt1ln, an extract from whici
| have before M. took the ground tina
"CoHcrrW cannot male contracf nth q
fsreIeH nHnon, tina, !, belonged only to III,
tren,ymaklnC power" shall not stop tc
produce host Of other authorities that
might do, to establish this position | am
talking now to southern men have giver
them Jefferson and Calhoun il they will
not believe them, neither wonld they be
Iieve, il one rose from the dead ~
A ,,o,,y u,ouIt b.vo ,ocu,,o1 tho ,.s,n
of twolhrds ofthe Senate this could nevel
have been ob,sined hence The recurrence Z
Joint resolutions
Again, sir, respectfully submit that an
neNatIon was unconstitutional from anothe
consideration. It is this The conirdera
ted States Of thlsUuion form sort OF cons,i
;nuonn copartncrshp They entered ,h'
firm as States They are the old par,ners
And deny that Il IS competent ut law o
equity for part Of the members Of the oil,
firm 10 admit ncT partners without the con
sent Of all The act OF admission, ard H.
acts Of those SO admlicl, will not be obi
patory upon the firm Texas has come il
lean and hur r. as she is-unbi1Ien b
many tho States, and unweIcomcd by
majority Of the people And DENY thI
my sl,ucnls, or the frecmcn of,he Non
arc constltuuonly bound to rccocnlsc her q
a member OF tho confdcracy much les
cir to pay up her debts, or endorse hl
doubtful reputation
r. But again: What relation, ma
ask, do the people of that annexed tc
| rltory sustain to rs : They were CIT
zcns, de facto, ofTcNaS. She elaine
. and we acknowledged her to be an ii
. dependent power. IIcr people, thcr
. could not att the same time be citizen
. Of Texas and OF the United State
5 They could not thus owe allegiance |
, two sovercigns.-Thcy could not serv
two masters Are they, then, ty Vi
tue of annexation, made citizens of III
: United States Suppose that 2OOC
of her population were of Spanish {
Mexican origin, and suppose that ,
\ this number certain ones be appolntC
1 disadvantages, or elected to seats upo
this tlOor--the constitution Icqur
/, such to be citizens of United Stat,
, and TO have been such citizens for
|. least seven years. When and how d
!. they become suchl Surely, it was
d the time, and by virtue of their a
l. neXation, if ever II that be so, 81
II then this annexation IS IN the vel
d teeth OF the ConsutuuoD.-I'hat 4
II slrument, long ago, declared that Cot
y ores, should pass uniform laws on Il