Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-04-02

lle oil her own sons .pstncd the collar Of
ptty and on this floor registered HI, protc,t.
~ despite the ona,homas OF .lavrbol1er.
ssod hfmly Tor freedom and h,s country.
aid thrice hns his State recorded her nrnto.
OF his positions not only IN three con..r.
4vc elections, but through ina, r,le NJ
Hmooarsnces presented bv the venerable
3nilernnn from Massachusetts Mr. Ap.sJ
thich lac unopened upon your table --
Yell. cir If such IS the result IN New
hampshire, what nigh, we not have rs
tctcd from any Of the other free States
ed the naked issue been prrseni,di
Blu, Texas IS annexed nay. she is nd
tuted as n State, with her war. her debts.
hd her slavery and what results lssit.
kslely follows1 might ask with more
ytspsieiy. what results would have follow.
lsi-hsd Msssco, the pinndered party, been
able to average her insuisf There Is not
gentleman on this floor who would have
dared 10 push this annexation scheme to
completion, had Great Brilain been the pnr
~ claiming The province OF Texas Yet.
sir, had Gteht Brltaln been The claimant,
nnd we had done by her as we have done
BY Mexico on. cities would have been r..
ductd 10 ashes, our ports lIockudcd. and
our streets drenche1 IN blood Are we SO
base and coWnfdly then, tina, wha, we
would no, dare to do to the mistress Of the
seas" we are not ashamed to pracucc on
poor factlontom and prlcst.rldIcn Mcxico2
Is this the way, sir, that NC fulfil the urea
" OF aml,y" with facble sister republic 2
Shame on the Nation that thus, in the eyes
o'the civilized world, adds icnominy to
perldy Mr. Culver was here called to or.
drs by Mr. Jones OF Geo. for irrclcvancy
but the Char ogain decided that Mr. G. was
10 order, and be Therefore proceeded
an aware, Mr. Chairman, that Truth IS not
always welcome perceive by gentle.
mems coun'cnnnces thai they dislike alu.
slops to the past, "reminiscences are no,
pleasant did not rise sir, with the vain
HOPE OF stopping the mails in Texas or OF
dcta,hng her from the Union Nv ohicc,
was rather the altering OF u few whosom,
truths to nv fucn1s over the way. and
stirring up their mindcs, by way Of rcmem
brance
/ The President OF the United States, il
his annual message ha. taken one view o
this subject so novel IN law and extraotd
nary in diplomacy that mus, ask the at
tentIon Of the house to It ANXIOUS TO sciz,
on some prctem to Justify our conduct to
wards Mexico, Mr. Polk on page 3, sneak
ing OF the offer Of Mexico to recognise the
independence Of Texas, on condition tina, sh,
wouh not annex hersefto US SAYS "'rhe
agreement TO ncknowIedg The independence
/ of Texas, whether wih or without this cnn
dnlon IL cOacluStce against He1tco." All
is that so, Mr. Chnlfmnn7 Truly. this is q
new feature IN the law Of COMPROMISE
had heard that there was "a third rat,
county count lawyer" IN Tennessee IN sii
but do not suppose that one could be foun.
so rusty IN the elements OF Jurisprudence a
TO contend for snch a position had sup
posed that an offer, by way ofcompromIse
so far from beng "coHciUurr" was no, ev
IN evidence against the party making /, 49,
had supposed lha, a man nigh, buy hi
peace had supposed that the laws reg
nla,ing diplomacy would havo above,
Mexico to have purchased her peace, with
out being concluded by her offer. especial,
when II was not accepted wall subml
to the members OF the legal profession G,
this floor. whether or no, am nigh,
Bu, If Mr. Polk's position IS sound. thu
an offer Of COMPROMISE IS conclusive" a
gainst the party, he surely should be WI
ling to abide by hIs own law will Civ
his Western iucnis = case, then Ga IT,
9Th page OF this sam" message. learn tina
this same Nr Polk ~ July last offered /,
the BRUSH Government the f9ih parable
Of lali;ude Ms bass Of compromise Of n,
Oregon difficulty rendering to Grca, 3 ul
ain all north OF that Inc and that too. SIR
Il hope the Western Democrats viii mari
it) after his swelling inaugural had claimed
that "our tlle to the whole Of It was Ciea,
and INpIsPurABLRr And after too tina
The Baltimore Convention, and the roWdIr
! OF 1ammany Hall, had srllled our title {,
/ the whole Yet We find MIR Polk. ahe
all this. offering to the British fifteen thou
| sand square mules Of our "clcar and lud-
o. pu,ablr' territory for the sake Of a com
81 promise The offer was not accepted. NJ
, Polk then withdrew IT., and again asseite,
our TILE 10 the whole territory. Now
should The British minister hnally acced,
to that line MIR Polk IS estopped from claim
, ing beyond II His Offer - conclusive
, against tho United States. and Mr. Paken
ham would need only 10 cite him he cas-
Of the Unred S,.les " Mexico, l. Polk
reports page whcrc 70 O., decided that "al
offer to compromisc. whether accrpicd o
not IS conclusive upon he parry making o.