Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-09-15

ing into the highest OF those elections
those of President and Vice President-a
test which no southern candidate could
stand. The repugnance in the northeast
was not merely to territorial aggrandize-
ment in the southwest, but to the consequent
extension of slavery in that quarter: and to
allay that repugnance, and TO prevent the
slavery extension question from becoming
a test in the presidential election, was the
true reason for giving away Texas, and the
true solution Of the enigma involved in the
strange refusal to accept as much as Spain
offered. The treaty was disapproved by
Mr.. Jefferson, to whom similar letter was
written to that sent to Gen. Jackson, and
for the same purpose--to obtain his appro-
baton; but he who had acquired Louisiana,
and justly gloried in the act, could not bear
to see that noble province mutlated, and re-
turned his dissent to the act, and his con-
demnatiotl Of the policy on which it was
done. General Jackson had yielded to the
arguments of Mr.. Monroe, and consented
to the eession of Texas as temporary
measure. The words of his answer TO Mr.
Monroe's letter were: II am clearly of Your
opinion, that, for the present we ought to
be contented with the Floridas." But Mr..
Jefferson would yield to no temporary views
of policy, and remained Inhexibly opposed
to the treaty; and in this he was consistent
with his own conduct in similar circumstan-
ces. Sixteen years before, he had been in
the circumstances-at the time of the ac-
QUESTION of Louisiana-whcn lie had the
same repugnance to southwestern aggran-
dizement to contend with, and the same bait
(Florida) to tempt him. Then eastern
men raised the same objections: and as early
as August, lS02-onlv four months after
the purchase of Loui isiana--he wrote to
DIR. Beckenridge: ''Obicctions are raising
TO the eastward to the vast extent of our
boundaries, and propositions are made to
exchange Louisiana, or part of it, for the
Floridas: but, as have said, we shall get
the Floridas without; and | would not give
one inch of the waters of the Mississippi TO
any foreign nation" So that Mr.. Jefferson.
neither in 1903 nor in 1919, would have
mutilated Louisiana to obtain the session of
Florida. which he knew would be obtained
without that mutilation, nor would he have
yielded to the threatening discomfort in the
east. | have qualification that, without
knowing it, and at a thousand miles from
him, took the same ground that Mr.. JEFF
ferson stood on, and even used his own
words: mot an inch of the waters of the
Mississippi to any nation;" but | was NOR
titled al the time, that not paper in the
United States backed my essays. 1t was
my first experience in standing SOLITARY
and alone;" but | stood it without finching.
and even incurred the imputaton of being
''opposed TO the administration had to en-
counter that objection in the Senate, and
was even viewed as an opponent by Mr..
Monroe himself, when first came to Wash
ington. He had reason to know before his
office expired, and still more after it expir-
ed, that no one, Of the young generation, }
; had a more exalted opinion of his honesty,
patriotism, firmness and general soundness
of Judgment; or would be more ready
whenever the occasion permitted, 10 dc
justice to his long and illustrious career o.
public service.
The treaty, as I have said, was promptly
and unanimously ratified by the American
Senate: not so on the part Of Spain. She
hesitated, delayed, procrastinated; and finally
suffered the time limited for the exchange
of ratification to expire, without having gone
through that indispensable formality. d
! course this put an erd TO the treaty, unles:
, it could be revived: and, therefore, new
negotiations and vehement expostulations
! against the conduct which refused TO ratiy
treaty negotiated upon full powers and il
conformity to instructions. 1t was in Iii,
, course of this renewed negotiation, and o
these warm expostulations, that Mr.. Adam
used the strong expressions to the Spanisl
) ministry so enigmatical at the time, "Tha
Spain had offered more than We accepted
and that she dare not deny it," Finally, af
: ter the lapse OF year or SO, the treaty wa
7 ratified by Spain. In the meantime Mr.. Cla,
E had made movement against 1t in the HOUSE
: of Representatives, unsuccessful OF cours
but exciting some sensation, both for III
4 reasons he gave and the vote of some thir
= ty-odd members who boncurred with him
: This movement very certainly induced tn
letters Of Mr.. Monroe TO General jackson
h and Mr.. jefferson, as they were conteinpc
r raneous, May, 1920 and also some ex
s pressions in the letter to General Jackson
= which evidently referred to Mr.. Clay
'f movement. The ratification of Spain wa
o given October, 1920, and being after Ii
y time limited, it became necessary to subm
h it again tc the American Senate, which wa
&c done at the session of lS20-2l. 1t W;
ID ratified again, and almost unanimously, b.
'e not quite, four votes being given again
J. it, ar all by western senators, namely CO
4 Rd. NJ. johnson, Of Kentucky, Col. Jot
Is Williams, of Tennessee, Mr.. james Brow
to Of Louisiana; and Col. Trmble, of Ohio.
n was then in Washington, and senator elec
though not yet entitled TO q seat, in cons
t. quence of the delayed admission of the ne
e. State of Missouri into the Union, and
ct had no opportunity to record my vote again
lie the treaty. But the progress Of events soC
is gave me an opportunity TO manifest my o
it position, and TO appear in the parliamenta
i; history as an enemy to it. The case W
g. this: While the treaty was still encounte
ee ing Spanish procrastination in the delay
ON exchanging ratiiications, Mexico, (to viii
G. the amputated part OF Louisiana and t
in whole of Texas was to be attached, ! its