The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-23

character ol which, ~ regard 10 iiE being free
soil territory Of slave territory Id not 6Aod
by seipe law, and some irepcnlAblo law be-
ynnd Ilie power Of iAe aclian af lllia gayarp.
tnrut NpW,is u not no with respect 20 Tex
aBr Why 70 iH most mauifesuy 90. The
honorhlo mnlnher from South Carolina, az
ihp Time ul the admission Of Texas, held on
iupurluut Unsi lu tlin Executive Department
oi the GuyrfumtuIhc WIS scrrglHryuf state.
Aaatl4sF eminent itrfreii ff'rrHt urtivity HHu
adruiincFs n affairs, I mean the late Spcro-
ury Of lho Treasury, Alr Walker1 WIS
leading mombor Of lllls body and took the
lead ~ ihr buHlucHH ufmIuoxntOumuh must
Hny that They did hcir business faithfully
and thoroughly there woH no butcli len IN IT,
They rounded Il oil, aud made ~ close join
er work ~ over was put together, RpHului
tons of annexation were brought into Con-
gIeaa hhy joined logoIher--compaet, hrni,
efficient, conclusive upon The great object
which they had m view, and those re6Olu-
lions passed.
Allow me- to road tho resolution. II II the
third cluuto Ofthe second section Ofthc res
olulion the lsl ofMarch, lsi5, for lho nd
mission ofleXnH, which applies 20 lhis part
Of The cuho. That clause reads IN these
words,
"New States, Of convenient size, not OK
ceeding four ~ number, in addition 10 said
Slnto Of Texas, aud having sufficient populn-
ton. mny hereafter, 10y the consent Of said
State, bo formed out Of the Territory there
of, which shall hN entitled 90 admission un,
der the provisions uf The Federal Consilu-
ton, Aud such Suites M may he formed
out Of tlat portion Of said Territory lying
south Of thirly-SK degrees thirty minulcs
north latitude, commonly known ~ the Mis-
sour coupromise line, shall be admitted In
10 the Union with or without slavery, ~ the
NHnftlR "a aNal kfuNa IL uflf.
desire and IN such Slnlo or States M shall
be formed out ofanid Territory north Of said
uninry scrylIudo teScopI for crlmcJ shall bo
prohibited"
Now what Is here stipulated, enacted, rc-
curcd2 |, IN tlnt all Toxns south Of 3Gdog.,
30min., which " nearly tho whole OF H., shall
be- admitted into the Union az a slave state.
II was a slave State, aud therefore came ln
ns II slave Stale And the guaranty 10 that
nov Statcs shall be made out of IL, aud that
sgssl States ar 'ttt formed nut of-ThHt portion
of Texas Wing south of 3Gdcg, 3Omin., may
come ~ no slave States TO the number Of four
in addition to the State then IN existence md
admitted at thnl time 10y these resolutions
] know no form Of legislation which can
strengthen lhni, know no mnde of frrcog-
ni,ion that Gun add title ofwcight TO u,
listcncd respectfully 10 tho resolutions or my
honorable friend from Tennessee, (Mr BclL1
lie proposed to recognise lhHt stipulation
with Texas. But huy additional recognition
would wcukon the force Of is because q
stands here ON the ground ola contract, q
thlng done for a consideration IL is a law
founded on a contract with Texas, and de-
sigucd to sHJry that contract into effect. A
ogUIUuUFTOuIrdCr- rIur urI -rr-r-+r+-t-.-
ton or any contract wutYl,l.not ba 30 strong
us It now stands on the face OF the resolution,
Now know 40 way, ] caudidiy rnniess, IA
which his GuTrrumcni. uciiuE IN good iuith,
as trust 10 always wllLcuu relieve iUoitirom
that stipulation aud pledge, by any honest
course of legislation Whatever. Aud, there
ioro, say urau that, no Ear 40 Toxns is con-.
ccmcd-lhC whole ofTeXu- south of 3Gdcg.,
3Uiniu., which ] suppose, ,cUbrgcos all the
slave tefrliury--ihcrr IL 40 luud, not uii acre,
HE character of which IL not established by
law, n lnw which cuuuot bee repealed without
tho violation of u contract, aud plain disrc-
gard OF lia public faith,
| hope, sr, It is now apparent that my
proposition, 30 lnr AZ Texas h concerned has
been maintained; aud the provision m this
nrtlclu--uud Il has hccu well suggested hy
NY friend from Rhode leland that tia, part
Of TcXm which lies north OF rhirly.iour de-
erccs of north latitude may be formed into
free StAtcs--is dependant, IN like manner,
upon the consent oi ToXHs. hersolfa slave
State,
y r-++--,---y---7.-- .----a-l-4-G- liz How
.cnulc il lhn, within thcsn walls, where 1t is
said hy the honorable member from south
Carolina that the fee States have majority,
this resolution of annexation, such as have
described it, found "a majority IN both lious-
cs Of Congress? why, sir, it found that mu-
lurity 10y the rrrut addition of Northern votes
added TO the entire Southern vote, or at least
nearly the whole ofthc Southern votes. That
majority was made up ofNorlhcrn as well
us of Southern votes. IN Tie HOUSE OF NCp-
rcscntatiycs it stood, think, about eighty
Southern votes for the admission 0f TeNns,
and about fifty Northern votes for the, ada
mission Of Texas. In the Senate tho vote
stood for the admission ofVcNas twenty.sev-
On, and twenty-five against it; aud Of those
twcnty-scven yOtes, constituting majority
for the admission ufTcXns in this body, no
less than thirteen ofihcm came from the FREQ
Stutcs-futrr ofihcn were from New EHF-
hud. The whole Of these thirteen Senators
from the free States wthin fraction. you
see, of fonc-hulf of all the votes in this body
for the admission oi'TeNas, with its lmmeas-
urablc extent of slave territory--wcro sent
here by the votes oi'tfee States
Sir, there is not so remarkable n chapter IN
our history of political events, political par
ties, and political men, as is afforded by this
measure for the admission of Texas, with
this immense territory, that bird cnnnol fly
over in n week. (Laugh,er) Sir, New Eng
land, with some OF her votes, supported this
measure Three. .iourths of the votes of lib