The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-03-21
SFEEOkf OF MEs. WEBSTER
OF MASSACHUSETTS,
On the Territorial O u stf Oa .

FL SENATE, MARCH 7. 1850.

wen, now. sir, how CaGRP IL! ii NV rdIHr
It that within these walls. where il l. I'd hy
the honorable member from South CarOliIia
that the tree States have M orIty-thlS res
oluilon OF annexation, such a. have descrlb-
ed il. found majority in bnIh Houses of Cou
gress! Why, sir. il found that MA l1rlty by the
vast addition e Northern votes addrd 10 ll1t
entire Southern vote, or at least i~drlY the
VII lie of the Southern votes. Ii was Inadr up
of Northern as we'll az of Snut h IN vnt s.
In the House of Representatives il stood.
think. about eighty Snuih-rn votes inf the
admission If T-xas. anG about fifty Nor n
ern votes tor the admission OF Texas. In
tn S-nate the vote stool tor tn admission
ni Texas TWEEN y-srvru, aud twenty-five against
IT.; dnti OF those tWrBtV-Srvrn votes rnnSlIlu-
ting ma orltv for the admis sion OF Texas 'n
this body. no less han hi teen of them came
from the free Satrs-four OF them were from
Nv England The Whole of til, 81 thirteen
S naturs from the FIR p Srates-W ithin irac
tor you see of one half of all tn votes IN his
body for the admission of Texas. with rs in
measurable extent of slave territory were
sent To this body bv trrr-soil woes.
Sir, there is not 80 remarkable cha pier IN
our history of political events. political parlis,
and political men. is afford d ny this mtaS-
urr Tor The admission of Texas. WIth this I'm
week. Laughter Sir. New England.
with some of h.r vnIr$, Supported ms m'dN-
IRE Three fuurh> ui the votes at lao rIt-iuv-
ing C"nn-crI AT ", III Tor i: in the Other HOUSE,
anI one half h-r-. Th-rr was nn- vol tur II III
Maln-. bni am happy To ~ not the N"Ie ut
ih- honorable m mhrr ~ addressed ihr IL
ate the day before Yesterday, (Mr. HAMLlN.)
and who was them r pr sr-nid'.r from
Maine in the other HnuS buI IhrTr WAS II
vote or two irom Nam aud there uas
one vote for il tom Massachusetts. Ih~ g-uIle
mtn tn II representing aird now Hvm IA Ih-
district ia whirh The prevalence Ol irrr-s'll
srnlimrnI for coupl oi .'at> ct 80 has de-
iratrd Ihe thnirr OF ant ~. mh'r To r"PrrS' ut
ii In Congress. Sir. that hnl, oi n rIIIrrn
dui Eastern M n. " hn gave thu~' Nut,s al that
lime, ar uOv SEN tnkIm! upon thrm> Ives,
in the nomenclature oi r"iiiIce, The aPprtlr-
lion OF tn, Northern d lnnrrar,. The, uni +
took To wirII The dr>tInirs ui This rrnpIrr-Ii
may all d republic al emrir.--dnd III If
polio WAS. aud they persisted III it, 10 bring
MO this c"untr, all the territory they could
They dill it undrr pledges -ahsout fl liz : lo
The slave interest in Ih- ru>r at / xds and
afterwards in tn cas-. of thr>r new qrlre ions
Nv honorable iri, MI from q or i'd III March,
1877. moved thr nate Ia dec lorr that the var
ought not Ia he prose Ut d TOR acquisition, Tor
conquest. t"r thu di>mrnhrrmrut a. M-xIco.
The sam Northern ID mDrrdrt tnilr |, VOTED
against it, H. dill not get VOTE tom III m.
Ii suited the views tn. palriOii~m. ihr trNd-
ted sentiments of tn Northern ID nucrac, 10
bring in ID world here. among the mountains
aud valleys ni California and NV Mexico. or
an, other parI Of NJ xico, and thru quarrel
about ito bring il Ia and then Ia pc: apnn
II the saving grace Ot the W ilHut ptUNI>o. =
There re NO erR,nrut and big!.lp resperis-
ole gentlemen from The North ant East, lhpn
leading gru'l mn in thi. S ntle-l refer. and
do 80 with entire respect. for entertain for
both of those grnirn II in general high re
gard. to Mr.. Dix. Of Nv York. aud Mr. Niles
of COrnrcticut-Nh no voted Tor the admission
of Texas. They would not have that vote any
other way than as il stood; and they would
have il ii did stand. ! sprak OF the vote
upon the annrxslon Of Texas. Those two
gentlemen would have the resolution of an.
nexalion just as it is, and they voted Tor il
just as it Is, and their eyes were all OPEN to ii.
My honorable friend. the member " no ad
dressed US the other dar from South Carolina.
was then Secretary of State. HIS CORES pom
deuce with Mr. Murphy. the charge d'dffaIrs Of
The United STATES in Texas. had been PUBLISH
ed. That correspondence WAS all before those
e NIL men, and the Secretary hal thu bnidn->s
that lh,- great object sought hy the ann xdinn
of Trxas wa, 10 strengthen the slave mrrr--sr
Of this country. Why. sir, hr said, in SO man,
Mr.. CALHOUN. Will the honorable SIN
ator permit me to interrupt him for mo-
mrnt?
Mr.. WEBSTER. Certainly.
Mr.. CALHOUN. lam Very reluctant to
int b,,t
point of sn much Importance, deem it rlghr
TO put mrsrlt rectus In curia. dli not pu
II npuu the grDunl assumed by The Senator.
put il upon this ground: that Great Britain
hal announced To thus country. in many
words. that her obi ct was To abolish SID r.
IN I-xas, and through Trxas Ia accomplish th~
ab -hnrnt of slavery In the United States
and thu world. The ground | put it un was.
that il would make an exposed frontier. and.
If Grsat Britain >urcr-ded IN her obi Ct, il
would be impossible that that frontier could
BE- secured against the aggression of lh- ahui-
lionists; and thai this Government was bound.
under the guarantees of the constitution, to
protect us against such state of things.
MIR WEBSTER. That conn, :. supp Sc
sir, to exactly the same thing. 1t Was, rhat
Texas must b. obtained for the security of th
slave interest of The South.
Mr.. CALHOUN. Another view is very
distinct, given.
Mr. WEBS TER. That was the object sci
torih in thu corr >pondrnr- OF a wnrInA gru-
tl~mhn not noW LIVING, who pr red- Ihr' hon.
urahlr m"mh--r from S ,ulh Carolina in Thai
office. Their" rrlusr on the flies at thu ID
partmrnt of Staten have q casinn la know.
strong l~trrs from Mr.. Ul,>hur Ia the United
SalrH minister in England. and b~lIevr HERE
a h.