New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-27
NEW-YORk TRIBUNE.
speech OF Nlr. Webster.

Rat a.. L como 10 me s-AOsorbng question, more par
ucsArly 81 the e-ea.ioa states. When came III
a. the o,unsis Of the country hAe been obtained
ra1ss the treaty with France and shortly aeT fior-
Ia obtained under The treaty with SPAIN lheSe Two
.aagfiss were Known % They lay upon our frontiers
raey summarized the Outlets OF the great river As J
hAve had occasion TO and shall new only repeat Win
o4i sfsameu IN tie nrs Of these instances me ffeSaeh'
Al tns ytcJ states MI Jefferson, supposed the acquS!-
n 70 be uaeousutulonS he acted on that supposition
NJ Ns.lson hen Secretary OF state lie proposed
,sai proposition for amendment Of the Constitution
,scaa ke Submitted IN order to bng Louisiana into me
Naisa tie Sts~ ap !as PI0posiion ana va,
NJ ADAMS AZ hAason GA not 60 u2sh ts7 @
isea hat States might be sdmitted lie ola notPo
eess uP0n she m1on Of general amendment 70 me Con
stucu m this respect o1t the amehamsht ~ tns NOu
.utusr which he proposed submitted 10 Mr. Adams,
s =, ,..T,si - b.IeSy deelsred 10 be pa.t and
pscsl Of he Jsitcd states Pablo opinion, OWING 70
the eat importance Of this acquisition, TOOK turn ID
Constitutional provision. The power acquiesoed in
.xs.>- :, iSsisisns Forida was a5In,ttei Now Sir
s5ascsf these Transactions IS past, settled e9azed-
There they stand They are part q our poltczl ntoiy
Yeev are which 10 would be ioe az ms day
q ateDd Ny nrst sgency Ia these matters was upon the
urorosucn Of admitting Texas into the Mon that
sssht m nv duty 10 oppose upon the general grOdnd OF
creosps eli annexation Of new States ana may add ana
oasat sdd in justice, beesuse there was proposition
then before the country a. 10 soniheIs Saes haVps
United states upon the ground Of inequality IL haPPened
to Sir TO be called oa to adore. Pohucs meeting IN
Ss~York lSS7o5 afer tns recognition OF Texan To-
asperdenee may state Sir, what have often stat
BEFORE thst man from the hr't has been better
xi,hsr-S more aceTe well wish-r-tc The people and
Government Of Tex. than myself looked upon thst
ssk.ysmen Of their Independence a. the oate OF san
Iscnto quite eXtTaordinary-auos marvellous lnei'
aenf-in the shsrs Of mankind was among the hrs 70
bs disposed a,kno~lsase her Independence out from
me frst from tne trst 70 tins moment have
oppossd IA. able the annexation OF new states
Unon stated ressous on the occasion 70 which
rsfsrred have them short abstract before me on'
hNcly worth while that should trouble me senate
with reading them ,,--.s-- l.
For 3 few years held position In the Executive de,
p.r;m mt Of the government left the Department OF
susie 1875 Msy Within month after anothet most
~orthy aud Tsspeetsbe sentleman-"ho came 70 very
untimsly end-ssn takea my place n'9 h ~
kuow cislly, bat from citcunstances mat the an
nsxston Of Texas the United States was taken up oy
Mr. Tylers administration as al administration me AsuIe
pushed pressed insisted and O7s'e tusI Tue hOhOi
able sentl-nsn to HON nave referred end iot whos-
memory | entertain much tesPset-MI. pPsuuTinnaeu
scnsthlos like passion for the 81 .is
purpose afraid that the President OF The tnlleo
States al thai tine suffered his ardent ieehnss Do e
70 eoatro his prudent judgment Al any RATE sz"
IN 1873 that annexation had become purpose ~, "
10 Congress nor In public hfe but ssens TINS s'sae "a
things thought II my duty TO adnonsh as lar a. oouo
the country OF the existence OF tbs pa pose orc
sentlsmep-meny Of them ~ the Nofth-othes now ID
this capitol who know that ia the Summer q 04o oens
fully persuaded that this purpose OF annexpg LeT mao
beer up VITA zes and determination BY the Execu
tive government Of the United states thought IL my ouy
and ASKED their concurrence IL an 70 lei ts Pu
pose be known to the country confer &c VITO
OF dist ncion and eminence PROPOSED some means OF
exciting public attention TO the question Of annexaton pc
thsi when party matter 1t is 10 valn 70
sue upon it. But the oPtimiss the quie,ts men, VINO
SAD ali things are well let all things alone dise0u
seed dscou depressed, Any such effort Ihey
the North would take care OF itself the country o
t.ks CAFE Of itself that would not sustain Tyler p9
iect Of the time came the power vi the
North which felt In the House OF hePIessnIaun1s
would be sufficient to resist the measure Ana coulu
nov refer TO paragraphs and articles IN the most resPecta
bic ournal tho North, in which an attempt was maze
70 produce impression that there was no ospgeI qua
we should have addition Of States that we neeo
ourselves about it, was not In Congress "nsn
the providing for the annexation OF Texas vas
passed only know that up TO very short PERIOD before
The passage that resolution the genets wa
IN the coantry where belonged that no sueh resolutions
could pass But have found Sir In the course OF th.y
years experience that whatever measures the Ehecuve
e..d There h ri ne way where IL the Executive
government with uniformity teadiness ea'iie uny
Of purpose-sooner later IL Is quite APT enough,
ins 10 cay construction Of history, TOO apt 10 enecl us
Just before the commencement Of the present Admins
ton the resolutions for the Annexation OF Texas
Congress Texas complied with the pfoVislVus o. ~
and here the case was here on Ine
IA OF December Si5 for her final sd mission into the n
ion one Of these States took OccasVL tnSH W
tbs. hoped had shown all proper regard Tor Iexss ina
h.d hssn ceItanly opposed to Annexation, That II
should 10 over the whole matter ssain shOula naNe o
ns nav 10 ada that had acted oil along under the una
OF ali parties aud Of the Legislature Of
Massaehusets that thought there must be soIie Il
lie eItsnt Of our territories and that wished that hS
.bond exhibit 10 the world the example Of pow
eiful republic, without the gesdiness eno hunte %
nre Aod adj ed that while held with a. muen ialthlu
ness a. any citizen Of the country TO 81 the
and OF the Constitution uhoeI
be IN favor of the admsson of any States into the Union
a. slave holding States and might have aaoea alS
stall Now a 81 As 49, Ma,.aobu.es certainly con
current with my Judgment often repeated ano re-
affirmed by the unanimous consent OF al men VI az %
tina, could not well 10 through the series OF OF
not only the impoicy but the W
annexation case presented Is TINS s's1 ftSsn
there augmentation Of the ineauahtS IN lhe seP.1
,sSi1on Of the PsSps IH Which 40 not quarrel
which will attempt to aier out snah Pies S
lon" vote to give OF any tO,IS somnas
stand But then there is another cOnsoeisoh % Nao
II that II States formed out OF territories aus y
populated. come into the Union they n.essssS w.,
ba1ehss OF the Government, aud destroy us
And he House OF Representative IL you bring In new
S.nte. ANY that comes In must nave Two
que naS - haSsfo9 particular sseto more sena
tors than YOU have Representatives, Gan Auy'hIns 49,
10 di,hsure and deTsDse the form OF government.
49, - more sguslly than that Here would os
senste bearing no proportion to the people, ou " ~"
lnton 10 hem BY the addition Of new States from some
~ " ' a. ofesentative perhaps, and two senA
tore; whereas the larger states may hsNe ss1 H.
thirty Representatives, ana ou, wv Senator'S som
Tag from States where thsre are few people M
oaoS: ols.Iehy !, hold. PI~sa upon
large scale Now do not depend upon .nsoly ssS @
senate and the country 70 loof a. v,1. $40 and
where are and leave II TO the luiAsi"s""" "
~ sdmitted Texas-one State for toe pTeseni-but,
su you refer 10 the resolutions providing ioi INC
re oawss Of CoDsress hereafter four State.
car ri Texan territory Present aad progressively hye
nsx states-.en come into the mon out
Of Tsxss Three years do this; We now propose
10 make two States. Undonbtedy II We tsssi IS ths
Pre,iaeni recommend -New- Mexico Ana lanterns
there must then be four senstoTs !" snai inca
have provided in these territories out OF the nitee
along our Southern borders for the cfesuon o
snonsh 10 sesd fourteen Senators toto THIS
Nov WIS, will be the relation between these
and the people they rspIesent or the states e Nns
they eouas. do not understand that taeIo sny ~
accurate census Of Texz. II IL generay ssPP9ssu ~
contain hendred and nay thou.aId persons ""N''
whether II 10 sbsve enc hundree thousand -. .
Mr.. hAseVs.-It contains one hundred s'o o'', "'"'
thousand.
Mr. WEssrs4.-My hoeorsbe friend ON my leis says,
hundred and orty thousand. putt do~n 'nen u'
hundred and nifty thousand We'll. Sir, Te~s Is no' 1ss
tined probably 70 b country Of dense poPalstnn W.
viii suppose 70 have hundred ana my tnoS
sand population BY the beet have gwen
over ell that can ind NcwMsxico may have nxty OF
ssvspty Thousand Observation-Disclosures Say
ssveaty thousand la California not supposed 70
Be above twenty i've thousand men bat undoubtedly, II
this territory should become persons Oregon,
and from our Western States will ADD their San
Francisco, where there 10 some good land, and may
suppose they will shortly amoust to sixty seventy
and We will put them down stseyenty thousand Then
the whole territory In this estimate which 10 AZ large
spv man puts will contain two hundred and
thousand persons and they will send whenever
for them, fourteen sspatos population less than that
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