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;, head Is not turned. Il may b. th1i IL Is tbs
y weakness Of mine owes thai forms this inonirou.
}, Sppanlon. BJs u NAY lrlsl myssf-if nav
}, persuade myself Ihut avn IN nv right mind
n lhcn u does appear To me thai We. ia Ibis Sen.
= ate have been acting. aud aro acting. ani or.
= hkely 10 be acIiug hereafter. part which will
. certainly form remarkable epoch 10 the his.u-
1 ry OF our Government. hold II To be enormous
= -HagranI-and an Outrage upon all Ibe princi-
g pies Ol popular reprUsenialiyC government and
b, upon the elementary provisions Of the cousrIn.
0 uoh under which Ne live aud wh-ch we have
sworn 10 support. But then, sir, what frees ihe
case from tbs enormilyi Why, il IS lhaI We
s"Pu'a'c only that these new States shall be brpt
a ~ Al q suitable tmr. Now. what is 70 constitute
= lhe Sui'abeness of limel Who is to mdg. Of
f ~ tell you, sir, thai the suitable lime will
. come whenever the preponderauce Of parry
, power here makes II necessary 10 bring in new
e States The Time will drpcnd on The state cur
: politics here, aud not upon the condition oribese
a.. Sales elsewhere. b. assured, sir. there will
| DC a suitable time whenever Strength. or lgry
, power or Vnles arc wanting in This Senate. We
/ nave some lIulc experience Ofthis. Texas came
IN IN suitable time. Very suitable! Texas was
hnuIly admitted ia December, l845 Nv friend
near me here, Mr.. RI,k,) for whom | have
grcaI regard, whose acquaintance have culliya-
Itd WIN much pleasure, took his seat here. with
hlS colleague, IN March, 1915. In Juiv. 1916.
these two Texan yU0rs turned the balance in
SENATE and Overhrew the tariff Of l842. in my
judgment The best system Cf revenue tina! was
ever established in hi, country. Gentlemen of
different opinions think otherwise. They think
II was fortunate. They think the Texan votes
came in in suitable time; aud they will take cure
thai New Mexican votes shall come in in suito.
bic lime also. ! understand il perfectly well -
It lsa difference of opinion between myself and
them. 10 their policy. 10 their object, TO their
/ purposes The lImc was suitable; aud the aid was
elhcIenl and decisive. Sir. in 1850 perhaps sim.
liar questions may be agilacd here-lhey ar,
not likely 10 be beiur5--Dul agilacd rhov will be
then, unless some change in the course of the
administration Of The government take place:
and, according TO my apprehension, looking 10
general results as flowing from our established
system OF commerce and revenue in 1850. rwo
years from this Time, we NAV probably be enra.
ged in new revision of our system: in The
work Of establishing. if we can, tariff of spe.
clllc duties; in the work ofproteciing. if We can,
the domestic industry Of this country, and in
the work OF preventing TO some extent, if we
can, the overwhelming flood Of mpurations.-
Suppose this 10 be the caS, and suppose that our
opponents require additional strength, that will
be exactly the suitable time for TWO Senators
nom New Mexico 'omake ihelfuppeurance here.
But again, we hear other hacyon, soothing.
queting tones, which quiet none of nv alarms.
asSuage none Of my fears, commend me 10 NV
DIUlItV uiIl
sad we may trust the popular branch orthc Len
Sla'ur3-we may look 10 the House of Repre-.
sentallves' the great majority of whom are from
the North and Middle States; and we NAV trust
them, that these new States are not admitted
sooner than they should be; or admitted for nnv
party purpose. am compelled by experience
10 dIStrust all such reliance. If we cannot rey
on ourselves, when we have clear and unuues.
toned constitutional authority, competent to car. !
ry US through, beg 10 know how we are to RELY !
on others! Have we more respect for the pa. u
rIollSm, the frmness Of Others than our own!-- u
Besides, experience shows Us that things of this {
sorI may be sprung upon Congress and upon The
people. 1t was 50 IN the case Of Texas. Ii 4
was so in the 2Glh Congress. The members of T
the 28th Congress were not chosen with The
view 10 decide The question of annexation or no I
annexation. They came here upon olhergrounds, Q
poluca and parry grounds supported by their l
friends on one side and the oher for reasons not c
connected with this question. What then!- c
Why The Administration sprung The question up o
on Congress. II Obtained a snup.judgnent, and
carried The measure Of annexation. That can be o
proved by many facts. will state one. There v
were four gentlemen in The House of Represen. I
FINN Ipunaciipui eI,o,,l l,C. III
question arose--belonglng lothe Democratic par. C.
W. lhey had mol been here long before they c.
entered into the spirit of Annexation; and when N
This became known, emonSlrances-public, pri. W
vaie, and lcglSlalve-wer5 uttered in sounds u
which any one could have heard who could hear is
thunder. Did itmoye these gentlemen! Not II
al all. Every one Of them voted for annexa. b.
lion. The election came round few months
afterwards, and they were all turned OUT but Sc
what did those care for thai who had the benefit
ol their votesi Such agencies, or if il be pro. 1t
Der 10 call Them inStrumenmilies, maintain res. gi
'ecl no longer than they continue to be useful. y
Sir, We take New Mexico and California III
Who is weak enough 10 think that there is an Is
nd! Why, do we not hear itavowed every dav OF
hat it is proper for US TO take Sonora and Ia. pI
naupGs, and other provinces or States of nor. III
hern Mexicol Who thinks that the hunger for ia
dominion will stop here of itself? Somebody Sc
as said that this acquisition is so mean and lean OF
nd unsatisfactory that shall seek no further. th
n my judgment, sir, you may believe that, if ne
ou can believe that rapaciOus animal that has III
1ade one unproductive oray won't try for Pi
etter! But further, there are some things that III
e can argue against with temper and submit TO. di
Ovprrulpd. wiIhnut tnnrIi6cntiop TI,aro 49,, ia
lher things that seem TO affect ones conscious tiC
ess OF being reasonable man, and eyince a ti(
sposllion impose upon his commen sense m
nd OF this class of topics orpretenoions have ca
ever heard ofanything, and cannot conceive of th
ny thing more ridiculous in itself more absurd, a
nd more afronlive TO all sober judgment, than kn
e cry that we are getting indemnity. Indem- kn
ty by the acquisition of New Mexico and Cal. it,