The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-04-19

49, ~ 'bob bP W SHUT
period before the passage of ,ha, resolution,
was in the country where | belonged, ,ha,
no such resolution could pass. Blu, have i
found, sir, in the course Of thirty years ex.
perience, that whatever measure the Exec
utiye government, embraces aud pushes, is
quite likely TO succeed. There Is a giving
way some where. Ii the Executive gov.
eminent acts with uniformity, s.eadiness,
entire nai.y Of purpose-sooncr or later !,
IS quite api enough, according TO my con.
a,rucson Of history, too mp! to efiec. its pur.
pose.
just before the commence ment Of the
presen, administration the resolutions for
the annexation Of Texas passed Congress.
Texas complied with the provisions Of these
resolutions, ard she was here, or the case
was here on the 22d Of December lS45, for
her final admission into the Union, as one
Of these States. took occasion then 10
state tho, hoped had shown all proper
regard for Texas, tina, bad been certainly
opposed TO annexation, that if should 60
over The whole matter again should have
nolhing new 10 add; tina. had acted all q.
long under the unnn nous declaration Of all
parties, and Of the Legislature Of Massa.
chuse.is; that thought there must be some
( limit 10 the eY,en, Of OUT territories and that
| wished tina, this country should exhibit TO
the world the example oil powerful repub.
lie, without the greediness and hunger Of
empire. And added that while held with
as much falthfulness as any citizen Of the
country, to all the original arrangements
and compromises of the constitution under
which we live, never could and never
should brig myself to be in favor Of The
admission OF any States into the Union, as
slave holding States, and | might have ad
ded any States at oil. Now as | have said
in all this acted under the resolution o
the State Of Massachusetts, certainly con
current with my own judgment, SO often re
! pesied, and reaffirIned by the unanimous
! consent Of all men OF all psrlies-,hat
could no. we'll 60 through the series Of point
ing out no, ouly the impolicy. but the un
! constituienalily Of such annexation. 4
} case presented is this: Ii q state propose
to come into the Union. and TO come in a
a slave State, then there is an augmenlaliol
, Of the inequality in the representation o
the people, winch already exists-an inc
| quality already existing, with which d
. not quarrel and which never will at.emE
n to alter, but shall preserve as !ong as hav
n vote TO give, or any voice 10 this govern
i ment; because it is par, Of the origins
n compact. Let i, stand. But then there
Q another consideration Of vastly more ger
: LEGAL importance even than that; more ger
eral, because it affects all the States. fire.
and slaveholding; and it is that. if State
!. formed out Of territories thus thinly popu
lated, come into The Union, they neeesssri
. ly, inevitably break W the relstion exis,in,
between the two branches Of the govern
meat, and destroy its balance. They breal
up the intended relation bets cen the Senat,
and the House Of Representatives. Ii yo,
bring in new States, any State that come'
in mus, have two Senators. She may come
in with fifty or sixty thousand people ano
more. You may have from particular
Stale more Senators than you have Repre-
sentatives. Can any thing occur to dIsiig
ure and dersnse the form of government IN.
der which we live more signaly than that
Here would be Senate bearing no proper.
ton TO the people, out Of all relation to
them, by the addition Of new States from
some Of them only one Representative per.
haps, and two Senators; whereas the lar.
ger States may have ten, fifteen, or even
thirty Representatives, and but two Sena'
tors. The Senate added to, augmented by
these new Senators coming from States
where there are few people, becomes an o.
dious olgarchy. Ii holds power without,
any adequate constituency. Sir, it is but
borough monsering upon large scale.
Now, do not depend upon theory; ask
the Senate and the country to look at facts,
Ito see where we were, when we made
our departure three years ago, end where
we now are; and leave it 10 The magma
ton to conjecture where We shall be.
We admitted Teyas-one State for the
presen,-bu,. sir, il you refer to the reso-
lu,ions providing for the annexation Of Tex.
as, you find q provision that il shall be in
the power Of Congress hereafter TO make
four new States out Of Texan territory.
Present and prosfec,ively, four new States
len Senaiors-msy come into the Union
on, of Texas. Three years sgo We did this;
we now propose TO make two States. Tn
doubleday if we take. as the President re.
commends Mexico and California
there must then be four new Senators. We
shall then have provided 10 these territories
on, Of the United States along our south.
ern borders, for the creation of States e.
oough TO send fourteen Senator's into this
chamber. Now, what will be the relation
between these Senators and the people they
represent, or the States from which they
come | do no. understand that there lie
any very accurate census OF Texas. Ills
generally supposed to contain hundred
and fifty thousand persons. doub. "heIh'
or i, is above one hundred Thousand.
Mr.. MANGUM.-lt contains one hun
dred aud forty nine ,housand.
Mr.. WEBSTER. My honorable friend .