Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-04-18

fetary OF State:
5annGt b. coalemoted by rs IN silence such an itGnpi
~ i6 ~% " t T"% aonssfS III w e
cs ""m m r T"m @t,% " . IN" n,t h o
et cannot b. permitted to succeed withunt The most
sre,tuou, cfTIus part u ca1mty serouS
every pan "f country. The st h shment, in tn
~ md.tI sIlv holding States, uf independent
nt frhddiag the existence of slavery, and by
j nlt m Ia the >i part among u.s. reared mp in onr
rabbits AN spr hing n nuage, c'"d MT fll to prod IRE
III mo unhappy Ell ct' @pon both parties"
This, SIR. Is the greut secret Of the opposition
To the admission Of CaIitnrnla. It Is because
hey are u people who accotd with us in THEN
heartS aud speak our langulge, and have forbid.
l"n the existence OF slavery among them. AT
n'r the announcement 10 winch | have referred,
Of the s cretary Of State, Mr. u pshnr, The Gov
eminent weu 10 work aud negotiated Il treaty Of
a:'uexatIon. think it IS wrong, however, to say
Of anneXlrou--thlt Texas was annexed to the
United States. 1t Is not so: the United Stltes
we're annexed to Texas, as the matter was con-
summated. Texas applied to us for OnncXa.
ton. Mcssrs. Van Buren, and Forsyth believed
they had not the rgh 10 do it consistently with
NATIONAL filth, aud they rejected it.
Then We applied 10 Texas, and she rel cted
~ ; and then IL second time we asked Texas 10
take us, and she consented tn do 50; aud there
lnr it annexation 10 the United States. Texas
stood off, and we went to her n second time,
and she took rs, and tn, avowel we mode to in
dnce them To do 1t was, that we could not main-
tain and defend our institutions unless thcy
'l.ne Ia ourIp.cue. The commune tlon ot MIR.
| Ctlhou un to Mr. Green the American Charge to
Mckee, communicating the annexation of April
10, 1874, says:
And the xr place, thai the step was forced on the
Gpyprn mt ur th, t states IN self def nee IN
qlrncc { III. p picv adopted by Great Britain frcnce
Ia th' ahp If slavery III Texas. 1t was mpossb b
the In ted StcG to witness with ind florence t trts
Gr-at Britain To abI-h slavery thtr'. They could hot b."
'e III III had tn means IN her wer III IN actual con
on 1t Texas, to accomplish the Objects Of her policy
unless prevented by the most official measures, and III I,
accomplished II would Lad to state "t things dangerous
in The t. the adj Cent states aud the unlOn itself
Seeing this the G 'vernmiht has b en- c'mpFned ny IN
necessity If III. case aud rsgar t, its tioal ohli
g,ons take the sep has as tho only CERTAIN ana IL
itctull means Of preventing H."
That was the doctrine advanced by Mr.. Cal
houn in hs letter to Mr.. Greene, and the same
doctrine was insisted Oh in his letter to Mr.. Pa
kenham the British Minister, which will moi
trouble the Senate with reading. The letter Is
dated the 18th Of April, 1874, and declares, II
effect, that measures must be taken to prevent
abolition in Texas to guaid against the lWurl
.
sentiments bv the General Government, thu:
boldly aud unhlushIngy made. and the declara-
non Of Mr. Calhoun that unless those efforts
should succeed It would involve the whole conn
Itry. and nor the slavehodng States alone, III
great calamity, that awakened ana aroused thI
nublc sentiment at the North they saw heI
he revolution about Ia be effected IN the N"V
lrumrni aud that instead ot quietly employing
ourselves Al no NJ, We we're seeking to Strfhgth
an uur hindS by the incorporation OF 'ore'gn m
nons IN this Union to sustain the institution /"
slavery.
Nnw. in connection with this subject Of th'
aInlx1rluu Of TtxT cone to the rrcen
80 rcIi nl the Senator from NJ Sslchnsrtts, Ar
.,rBsTER aud regret as ouch as any n,a'
benn compelled 10 differ from the honorable
: senator. But have this consolation, that II
= differ from the honorable Senator from Missa
4 :hn,otts in 1859, agree with him in lo4o. u
/, speech made by him in the Senate IN 1918 h
\, Distinguished Senator hom Mdssachu "ttS ust'
a tn language:
II " Nv opp sirlon to the increase o slavery in this eour
e try, lh3 incr asa at slave represent ton III Nonst
Ia geneml aud universal lth1s m ref 'rthce Ohf 'VS'
" latitude or points u the compass. Shall o. fosE ~
sueH EXTENSION AL SUCH NcREAsG' IN AL rLNVh
tr AL TINES, UNDER All CIRCUMSTANCES, EVEN AGhN'
l. ALL INpuctMENrs, Against SUPPOSED LAlIAt'N
e GREAT INTERESTS, ALL COMPUTATIONS, A.
coMPRomsEsh-NR. WGusIERI rHG SENATE, AuSu' II
a iSiS."
" agree with that sentiment of his. however
= may differ fro II sonH later things which he m
n 'iil. | want now to call the attention OF tn
%, ienl'e to some other remarks ot the Senate
: rom NJ lssnchu5elts. mdc npou this subject
4 hr Sen tie of tie United States
i Mr. President, there is no citizen OF III
country who Is more kindly disposed toward tn
OF )eope of Texls than myself frnm the tine the
:. achieved in sn extraordinary a manner, the
}" independence from the Mexican Government