Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-03-28


lion and ialucnce wnuli be as insignificant as
any oil lheiis. Who then would care tor Inc con.
s;sicncy Of Inc present Incumbent Manifest
cesilny viii then have pointed out some other
man, as only +. 10 be al The head Of this govern
nent. Therefore il was that he did not ascribe
any particular consequence 10 the will oil the pre-
seDI Executive in The mailer.
Lie wished, like Zachary Taylor at the battle
Q, Buena Vista, that they had The prudence 10
"leel the enemy" before acting, and il they Gid SO,
ne believed that, as in The other case, they would
Ind him on his way 10 San Luis Po,osi! From
tne annexation ot Texas down 10 this moment,
ae had opposed the annexation oil new territory
10 the Americaa Union.
lie then explained his position, in Mr.. Tyler's
! cabinet, on The Texas question. He saw subse.
Guently in 1913, when mol in public life, that the
annexation OF Texas vas the settled purpose Of
The administration, and he had then deemed il his
duiy 10 let the public know his views thereon
Just before the coming in oil the present admins
tfation, when The resolutions for the annexation
OF Texas were before the Senate, he had again Ia
ken The Opportunity, as a member Of that body,
10 express his views in opposition 10 the anDexa-
ton OF Dew territory, and be here reiterated The
views which he had then expressed.
But we admitted Texas. and With tha rsc.!ro,n
that We should hereafter have the power 10 make
Tour other new States from Texas five new
States altogether, and ten new Senators. And
nov il is proposed 10 make WOE other new States
from California and New Mexico-iouIteen new
Senators, in all, from new States thus coming in
from foreign territory, with a population oil some
200, 000 only.
Had the Senate looked a, the consequences ?
lie trusted II they had not, that they Would-to The
disproporliOn Of people, TWO Senators from these
n,uc Statpc Lp hold IN IN hp , ponSI n ,Ura M i'm
position upon The Government, and Constitution
which wee protested 10 support. To be sure il
was provided that these new States should come
in al a suitable time-but that suitable time
would be, as in the case Of Texas, when party
votes We're wanted.
Mr.. w. said he Two votes Of the Texas Sena-
tor, who came in in 1916, overthrow Tie Tariff
OF 1912, one OF the best systems Of finance which
had ever existed in this country. This was then
Inc suitable time Tor them, and possibly two years
hence We may again be engaged in revising The
present sysiem, when il will perhaps again be The
suitable lime Tor The admission OF another OF these
new States.
II We take New Mexico and California, who
is SO weak as 10 think that the hunger Tor acquisi
lion will be appeased, unless upon The presump-
lion that what we get is SO worthless, hat more is
undesirable7
L 81 az q = " a1Saaa a. 'ha ~ 49,
getting INDEMNITY. We were paying a large
scm, and what did we get for in He proceeded
10 show that there was no public domain in New
Mexico-lhat there are plenty ui people, such as
they are-and that there will not he 2G0 planters
or farmers who will 20 ircm the United States 10
Mexico, in hay years They cannot live there.
FIR agricultural purposes i. was useless 10 US.
Mr.. Rusk here, Mr.. Webster giving way, ex-
planned that a very great portion OF The territory
in New Mexico lying between the Nueces and
Rio Glaade was valuable. and that Mexicans
were cmisra,iug 10 this portion OF Texas
Mr.. Webster proceeded. Much had been said
about leaving the regulation OF certain matters
10 the people OF these new States when they shall
adop. a consti ution, and ask for admission into
The Union. VINO did not know that the people
OF New Mexico and California, were wholly IN
competent 10 form a Constitution for themselves
that when the Suitable lime" arrived a Con-
~sti,uiion would bc provided Tor them by The e1-
ecuiiyc government al Washington:
Mr.. Webster said that while their territories re-
main territories, they will be troublesome-ar.
mics viii lie reQuiiet Tor their protection. When
they become States they Will be sill more so. lie
bought be- saw in the lutute a determination TO
Destroy the proper checks and balances oil The
cons tuition. He should do his duty, whether
supported or unsupported. lie deGcd all ausu'
ries. and looked iur sinnnr -
All ne conclusion Of Mr.. Wsbster's speech, loi
more than two hours The Senate went mo ex-
ecutiyc session, and shortly afterwards ADJOURN
Ell.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.. kennon, from The com on Accounts,
10 Which was referred, on Sih February last, the
| resolution directing The Clerk OF the House 10 AS
certain the usual amount Of The expense OF oufi.
al Of a deceased member al the Congressional
Bury o. Ground, with reference 10 compromising
| lie WIDOW Of the late Mr.. Elornbeck Tor expenses
attending the funeral Of her late husband, a mem.
her rom The Stale OF Pennsylvania, reported
A resolution allowing Mrs. tionbeck Sl35, the
| ba,an:e Of pay and mileage Il Mr.. Hofnbcck as
a member Of The House upIo The 10. day OF JAN
uary, 1913.
S;er some debate, and motions to amend, The
reso glion, as reported, was adopted.
TIE bill from the Senate 10 remit the duties on
book, maps AMI charts, imported Tor the Library
Of C,nsfes,, vas amended and passed. 5,
Nj, Vinton, from the Committee OF ways anG
Meas. reported TO the House The Deficiency AP-
nropialipn bill, and The Senate amendments
,b.feo, with a recommendation that some OF The
amerdmrnts be asfcei TO and others disagreed 10.
The House went into Committee OF The Whole
an n, same, considered and agreed 10 The Tepor'
nj III. Committee of Ways and Means, and made
annler am ndment extending The provision ioI
adliional clerks 10 The Second Comptro.ler's o.
fco The Committee rose, and The reporter Inc
rormi,ce Of the Whole was concurred IN.
Adjourned. "
FalDaY, March 81, lS4S.
SENATE