Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-04-27

ern Democracy, annexation accomplished
The final admission Of Texas State took place in De-
cembe IS45, and her Representatives and Senators then
took their seats and that very session OF Congress developed
the North one of the great purposes for which It was done
Il at that session of Congress that the system OF esa
ton established for the protection of the free labor 81 our
people struck down. and the existing tariff act OF 1870
substituted in its place. Without the votes of the Texan
Senators this could have been done know full well
that Mr. Calhoun has recently denied that the purpose lot
which annexation started the extension Of slavery
but all history of the sfr proves otherwise. he dPo
correspondence which preceded it. his dispatches
and those Of Mr. Upshur, all declare in the most express
and denial at this day change the behei Oh
mankind concerning IT, Indeed such denial Is only mater
of SURPRISE for have recently speech OF one OF Mr.
Cahoun's leading ends-a gentleman well known on this
floor (Mr. Rhett) delivered to the Democratic parry OF
Charleston, in Hberna Hail. September 49, ls4s, in which
be says:
"Texa too. carried against the Northern Wings with
the aid Of the Democratic party This great triumph
for the South"
That ii was such triumph we all knows and to show
how great and complete triumph it was, and how much
the North had for waking up, ark attention Tor few
the character Of the resolution OF annexation IT.
SELF and the obligations which grow out OF it. Is as ioi-
lows:
"New States of convenient size exceeding four in
NUMBER addition said State OF Texas and having sufficient
population, may hereafter, by the consent OF said state be
formed of the Territory thereof which shall be entitled to
admission under the provisions Of the Federal u
And such may be formed out OF that portion OF said
Territory lying south Of thirtysix degrees thirty minutes
north latitude COMMONLY known as the Missouri compromise
ne shall be admitted into the Union with or without slavery
the people each State asking admission may desire and
such shall be formed OF said Territory
north Of said Missouri ne slavery or
ary servitude Except for crime shall be prohibited
There does to be any ambiguity about the terms
Of this resolution cay about its construction
meaning Unpleasant as is the conviction yet there stands
the Those the terms which our Government
offered Texas They accepted and they well
understood when they offered and accepted do not
that they we'll understood by all the people, by
every but every who gave his attention to the sub
ec that proposed to Texas that If she would agree
into Union, four States in addition 10 the
State OF Texas making five in ALL might be formed out Of its
territory and that such States might be formed south OF
SO degrees 80 minutes might be slave States, if the people
thereof should desire it. cannot read in any other way
The resolution does say nay" be admitted it says
SHALL be admitted into the Union, ,cih cthout avry
as the people of each State asking admission may desire"
II is that the resolution its face leaves room for
States north of So degrees 80 minutes but one who Is
acquainted with the geography Of that REGION knows that in
all probability there will be population enough north Of
that line to Justify the formation of State his, them was
the offer made Texas and the offer she accepted with
the most explicit guaranty our part that all the States
formed south Of that line (and do not see why three at
least of the four, may not upon fair constructions be formed
there when there population enough) be slave States
That's the bargain and whether it be bad good bar
GAIN have consented abide by it. has been said that
bound by it, because the act Of annexation
itself unconstitutional ac and have always main
tanned that no proper construction of the constitution could
warrant it. But whatever may have been our views on that
question originally how do stand now Texas accepted
the offer; into the Union; surrendered her sovereignty
nation took her navy, her custom and pors
and have been collecting her SINCE We hold
the gain and take all that is valuable to and
honestly repudae much Of it as does not SUIT our
RELISH and is Of value her The North resisted all this
long it could it resisted The original annexation, and
when il consummated, and Texas here in Decem-
ber 1s45, and asked for admission State, we made
another effort annu the conditions and guarantees in favor
of slavery which contained in the annexation resolution
That resolution passed March 845 and Texas proceeded
to assent to it, aud came here with her State constitution in
December following and when the resolution for admitting
her State pending in this House. my honorable col
league from the Berkshire district (Mr ROCKWELL, who
and understood the whole case, moved to recommit
with instructions to report an amendment as follows:
Provided that within the State by this resolution admit
ted into the Unon slavery involuntary servude except
for crime shall be prohibited and all the provisions OF the
said resolutions with this proyso, shall be null
and void"
will be that the effect Of this amendment would have
been require the Of Texas modification OF The
annexation resolution and agree that the guarantees foi
slavery should be annalled But his proposition thrown
out by the united action Of the usual combination of Southern
and Northern Democracy overriding the Speaker Mr DA-
WIS, of Indana upon question of order and defeating it.
And then, December 10th, the resolution admitting Texas
STATE finally passed. containing within i an express re-
cognon of the conditions and guarantees OF the original
nexaon resolution The result of this last struggle was equ
vaen to of the terms OF the original resolution
and there it yet stands
And thus the free States Of the North obligation
fastened upon them for the admission of more slave States
And after all that has occurred do not how we can now
honestly repudae that obligation 1t was indeed fastened
upon The Of men who leaders in the ranks
of the Soil party and who are making the most jealous
uucres against the extension of slavery This resolution
would have passed but for them Their votes cnched
the nail They had the power to seal the bond which have
not the power TO break and constrained TO say that
the contingencies should arise which provided for in the
resolution, namely that States Of Convenient SIZE, U
sufficient population, should be formed in that territory,
Dh the consent of Teas, and they should here and
ask for admission during my official term, must vote for
them 1t would be unjust for me to say that should do it
cheerly the contrary it would be done with the great
reluctance and only conscientious obligation TO perform
unpleasant duty could bring me to it. And must say,
further that do not believe those contingencies will arise at
least in my day. Population does not swarm into regions OF
slavery fast enough States with much apdiy
and moreve if Texas manests any disposition to consent
to reduction Of her State limits, she must greatly change
from the grasping propensity which she manifests.
WELL sir, thus did Texas brought in and thus did
guarantees for slave States. And in the
State of feeling which this monsrous proceeding knded we
startled by the of conquest that followed close upon
heels Of that and its results have already spoken
Peace came and shortly afterwards the Presidential election
which resulted in the Of the Wings The slavery
question mingled ess at both ends Of the Union in
the and the determination Of the united North to
sst the extension Of slavery into the newly acquired Terri
tories well understood
But we heard talk Of disunon until General Taylor
elected, and then the began Then was that the
Union was declared be suddenly DANGER because South
endurance was said to have been drained the deg and
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