The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-08-10

some process oil carving state out of part
of It's territory /; afteraards it must appoint
agents or commissioners 10 meet s!aiilar
agents or commissioners, TO DO appointed
on our part TO discuss and agree on the
terms and conditions on which the state
shall be admitted, and the cessicn of the re.
naming territory TO the United States and
after all the, and not before, the people Of
The sald state must call convention, frame
constitution, and then present it to the
Congress Of the United States for its ap.
proval, but which canno, be acted on, On
I'll the terms egreed upon by the Negoila.
tors, and which constitutes the cond tions
on which the State is to be admitted, shall
have been ratified.
Tha, they may be more readily, and with
less difficulty and expense carried into ef-
feet, is plain from the fact, that the details
are fewer and less complex. II is Obvious
tina, the numerous and complicated Prov
slons contained IN the amendment of the
Senate must involve much time and flicul
" IN their execution while as to the ex.
pense, the appropriation Of 500, 900 pro.
vlded for by IT, is clear additional cost,
over AID above that attendant on the execu.
ton OF The resolution Of the House.
But the decisive objection to the amend.
neni o. the Senate 10, that it would en-
danger the ultimate success Of the measure.
Ii proposes TO fix by negotiation between
he Governmen, Of the United States and
Texas, the terms and conditions on which
the state shall be admitted into our Union,
and the cession OF The remaining territory
10 the United States. Now, by whatever
name the agents conducting the negotiation
may be known-whether they be called
commissioners ministers or by any other Ii.
tle-lhe compact agreed on by them in be.
hslfof their respective governments, would
be a treaty, whether so called or designa.
ted by some other name. The very mean.
ing OF a treaty is compact between lnde-
penden, states founded on negotiation, and
If a treaty las i, clearly would be) i. mus,
be submitted 10 the Senate for lis approval
and run the hazard Of receiving the votes
Of two thirds Of the members present.; -
which could hardly be expected, if ne are
TO Judge from recent experience. This OF
itself, lie considered by the President as a
conclusive reason for proposing the resou
ton Of the House, instead Of the amend.
men, of the Senate, as the basis Of annexa.
tion."
The above ex,rac, will place you in pos
session Of the Leading reasons for making
the selection. Events prove that the selec
ton was judlcious. Texas was annexed
against every effort Of open enemies anc
treacherous friends, both hero aud there,
and the most strenuous Efforts 10 defeat 1t
by England and France, aud by it your
weak and most exposed fink was protected
agalns, danger from wlhou', and the ma
chna,lons Of abol,ionsts and their abe.tors
al home. 1t was great victory both for
your cause and the country, and was felt to
be so at the time. Tina, /, was due TO the
selection made, have the highes, authorl
ty. Mr.. Donaldson in his letter 10 the af
ter anneyallon vas achieved, said that any
other course bat that pu;su, d, would have
defeated il.
Bu, Col. Benton COW objects, tina, the
House resolution contained provision to
extend the Missouri Compromise line 10 The
Western boundary Of Texas, and asserts,
that this extension abolished slavery 10 the
Safe; meaning, as suppose, tha. it pre-
vented the introduction of slaves in the por.
lion North Of the line, when q. the time
there were 90 settlements or slaves. Ii
was not, it seems, the resolution OF those
Who voted for it, and passed II, and among
them himself whose vote could have de-
eated it, that abolished slavery, as he calls
It, but |, who made the selection of the
House resolution, in preference to his a.
meudment. The slightest agency, il seems,
on NY part, IN reference to any measure,
makes me solely responsible for the whole.
II would be better al once for him 10 take
the ground, that only am responsible for
all the misdeeds OF the government, since
came into public life, whether OF commits.
sion or omission. Bot what could | do
The President had 10 act, aGd 10 select one
or the other reso u.lons-hs or the House
The selection was lett TO him. Ii that o!
the House was tainted BY the Missouri Com.
promise with abolitlonlsm, as he states, his
iGeOlulIuU was IIuCu ihlCkhSo'
| have his own words for the assertion
He declared, that his amendment, as adop'
ted by the Senate, was the same with the
string Of resolutions he had introduced al
the preceding session, and renewed at the
then session. He also declared, that they
we're generaIiz4d and comprised in one, TO
avoid objections TO details. One OF this
string OF resolutions thus covered under
general terms, was to divide Texas into
Two equal parts, by line drawn North and
South, of which the western part was to be
subject to the ordinance OF 81. A measure,
from quarter so hostile and &C.
by such declaration, was just
y suspected, as intending mischief. ltwas Q
so considered, generally, by the friends OF
in the Senate, and was Assem-.
ed TO reluctantly and only because he had u
few supporters, who with himself held the q
,slupce, and refused TO vote for the resou o
ion Of the House without the amendment. q
Among them, if my memory serves me, r
vas bIs friend HAYWOOD who was for GOV. d