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TH03. J, LEwAY, (frintsr f ih. But,) Edits PartTST "wtirex iii iiTiUirmttiHiucu lUDCunu-Tti 141 oca sias 41 v aa'of rt irmiiMt liAWie!Ii!.)Ca WjEbWESDAT, MAT , 141 ,f'1 ive sr. ' "1 ,, ' -,n., .,1 ., ', , in. " .'" ' 1. .1 ' r, ' 1 11' .jiV'i , 1 ' 1 ji,' ir ' ! ' SPEECHES AT THE RATIFICATl N CONVENTION. At the pridcipal tnd, t Canton,n Thursdsy, when Mr. Stanly of -WrGwih-na had concluded hi address to the era bled Convention of rtoiificaiion, Mr. J. . Reynolds, of the ely-of N. -York, of the Vice President 0 the Convention, wss then eslled out, and spoke briefly in behalf of ihe Young Men of New York. Yon glriou sun (said he,) thai has rolled round the heavens from the commencement of Time, never looked down on a spectacle tike this. The noble, the gallant, the spir ited young men of the nation are here, with nti nurDoae, one mind, one heart, one head m HMnond and ratify the nomination of Henry Clay. In the choice of the second officer. New York has not been gratified in the selection of her first and undivided preference for her own candidate. But she yields to none, who now mingle spirits here, on this com mon altar . and Mecca of our poUtical faith, in devotion to Whig priipfe 'and Whiff measures, and1 the hvinfr embodiment of them all; the star not now of the West, but of the Union! Henry Clay! The young men of New York have now what they navelbnf'taDre'STdirfin'naThe'' of Henry Clay iiiscrilted on their banners I and the taiiibow that ever circles in tne white snn l it spray of their mighty estaract, is but a faint emblem of their confidence and hope of the future, iw mighty thunder but a faint echo of their own in November next. With the same spirit which our institn dons were framed, in the only spirit In which they ban exist, and be perpetuated, I J know that I spea truly me leeuttg 01 tne noble, the disinterested the patriotic young men of New York, from tide water to the Lakes when I eay, as I now do say.- .. that pot with cheerfulness only bnt with heart andouU they ifakflipotf', the ame banner that bear the beloved name of Hen ry Clay, the name of New ..Jersey's favour ite son. Theodore Frelinhguysen, snd with hearts that quail "not" will strike sgajn and gain, net for their State, the ebb and flow of whose single soul are tides 1 the rest of mankind, but fof their country and their "whole" country! -"r ----- . Mi R here suspended his remarks in consequence of the shower of rain which commenced falling. At the second rostrum, which was placed at another side of the - plattot m- addresses were made by several distinguished Whigs, sketches of which we annex: Mr Crittenden, of Ky said that he fell how perfectly vain an attempt would be on his part to make his feelings andible. Whntr ever might be "ihe "effect of thus i meeting, he would go from here a much better man' than when he came He said that it is not mere ly on paper that the Constitution of these United Slates ia written it is impressed., said he,.Tn the hearts of the American peo ple Mhe bond of onion which links them together. We are an united people -speak alike think alike, aye", and sing alike. It is no common cause that briogs us together. We are the Peoplel You aie the conquer ors of 1810 the tJine banners which led ui to victory then, float over us now. They talk of omens on the other side. What omens we waul ' We make onr own o roens. We have the same issues as in 1940 . almost the mmc men 'airayetf Against ns, snd additional tlicrasands have come into our ranks. . ' ' r- - : Canyou think of 3 the possibility of Mar tin Van Huren. going bjck to office with his furnished deoenchnt delinquent when they were temovtrd hungry, now only for the Thef sneak of the affair of 1849. Mr j Van Muren had . said that the election was S-esriied in a whiitwind. This, Mr C thought wwouui oe earned in a nurncane. They speak of the detnouliiing effects ot Uie affairs of 18JU. - In. IBM. we shall put tiiesealol raUncalion on What was done then. . . I AVe at snd oppeaed h a- wily and- expert I - party, who will stop at no means tn accom? pliah their opjecU us continue to la bour in season, until we shall plant our vie t torious banner 011 the Capitol. Then, we may repose in peace under the protection of a virtiMMis Administration, but until then, let us think nothing is done until all ia done. Mr Huntington of Cann followed Mr Ctittenden, a nil commeneed his remaikfby asking the quesiion-f-What should ie eay in addition to what had beeusail by the illus trious son of Kentucky Mr Crittenden, ' who had)dt addressed the meeting. He. said, thoneamls of people are crowded a round o the nisiestr nfihti people is hert and wh ; ha iha power wr contravene Its vt.lontarr.nnbooght support of Heniy Clay! . Who i Henry ; fby f Is be unknown t 700? Nl there is ioi child who hat , not heard ihe. name of ILnry Clsv no ... intelligent man lh.1 does? not know Kim s . one who ha always been ' eonststent ami honesty JElect r hint, as yoe will sod you . viJl.havf'a pnre administration of the gov etnment of the .United States.' ' ; . : There .is not breexe that does not waft ... fnnnsome quarter the news of a new yicto . t Mr.ll 4 desired to say a few words a bwil hiswwn'njitiva State;, $hehad march .l jnIe:anr"wiih Uie victory which had " redi-Pined Mafjahd.Qt hffl labour as he did; ftdlow her ex.-imdet'and triumph ' UrrtbUni , lf jrcjoiced; jo find th working aiMinii rtttrur i heyare tha, men able ;ti4 rtw i5ok. and would -areomniish iu 7'iinin,tVou4s cri .1.1 aye; rhen o home go tawork, an J next Nd mher rive auch a maiotiir as will teach the traitors who haw dseied and abused. our trust, the fruitlessness of their treache ry, and Xhe fallacy of their hopes; W ill you now, with one voice, ratify what your ser vant did yesterday, and elect the candidates ofyoar choice? (Lnod shouts of sye!) . MtStewartot Pettn said Onght e not all be proud of being U higaT He "had Just left the camp of the enemy, and they were dismembered and dismayed. Mr. Van Euren's letter on the annexation of Texas had burst upon them like the frun of the Princeton. lit hsd heard the Locoe say that the'- only hopeas by running several candidates, and bringing the election into the House. He had told them that would be useless, as we Whigs would beat them sll together. 4 he result 01 tne next election is cenain. The State of Pennsylvania, which has al ways been a doubtful State, will in 44 give a large majority for our candidates Our enemies dare not .cam? to the scratch; thev Ughl for thendilsony, apd wHl try lo gti over the fenre into the clover field. They all claim to be tariff men in fennsylva nia, even Mr Van Buren claims 10 be s tariff man. Do you trust himt fkotind shouts or o!j . They are in great difficulties they must nominate Van Buren- He is now their candidate, and they dare not refuse him. Mr Stewart made more extensive remarks illustratinir the difficulties by which the party was surrnnndi'd'rand- the certainty of electing the W hig nomination. Mr Webster of Mass also addresspd the meeting from the other end of the stand, and said th t he came to express his hearty con- cnirence with the hoihinaHbhs that had been made, and expressed his determination when he shall have returned, to use his strenuous efforts to obtain from the Eastern feople a full ratification of . the nomination la, said that jheTeailin jpKjecl orThtetett is the tariff. We . heed a sieadyrparerrtaV gnmdlan government; "We want to give to the industrial classsa protection for their labour; the means of providing for ihtir own suppoit, and pfediicalipg their children, so they might become virtuous anil useful citi zens. He said that he believed the great body of the- neople he discovered that Ihey must look for repose under the wings of Whig printirle. We hear (Tom Ihe most remote parts of the Union, from owies widefy lepiraied from each other, from the deepest recesses of the Dismal Swamp, voice in favor of the Tariff. It is our duty, so far as We can, to distribute in all sections the reelings that sctu ate us here. We must become missiona ries. We are all one people, destined to one fate the destinies of this great nation depend On the exercise which the people shall make of the important power confided tn their charge, lie hoped that the eiTect of this meeting and of the similar meetings Inch shall follow it, would result in the accomplishment of the object tot which they .U!- J I Li.J ' nau iui uiiy ussemuiru. Mr Botts of Va being loudly called for, said Why am 1 asked to speak? Why am I asked to come forward, when such number of abler men crown around me? what have 1 to say, hat to offer my thanks and tender my congratulations for the nomina tion which has been made and the unan imity which ptevailed among the Whig par tyr Yea. (he f onlinred") there Is one thing At the other end of ihe stand he had heard the noblest son of Massachusetts express such sentiment! as to induce him (Mr to press firwsrd ami tender bim the right nami or tetiowinip: ' If there is a man who doubts the stability of onr Institutions, let him look back to the last our years of our government and the years jlhat preceded it. " If any man doubts the purity of the whig party let him know that they have refned Ihe emolu meuta and blandishments of office. tle4hen gave a sketch of the trials and vir tues or the Whig party, and said Many man doubts the success or the hig party let him look around " Ibis assemblage. Ave! even John Tylef himself." who had declar ed the other dy that -H h I cmtld not prevent his being Presideot" let him have Texas and that is Ihe only part of the Con tinent he will ever 'get! Virginia hiS come into the Whig ranks, and we will keep her there. ' " ' - ' QMr BV speech was Interrnpled by the rain which commenced falling- TtfE EVENING Of TIIlS SECOND w.-., k. v- v OFMAV v- ,- ' Kotwhhstanding' the rain the speaking was' kept np 'to a late hr in the night, both in the Roiundo of die Exchange aiid ln Mqnumexit qnrer;Mr1febter wae hv trod nerd id a vast concourse at the Exeange at I o'cfocFM the Vemri,by Mf Dimmick of Boston, the President, we believe, of 'he Boston Clay CluW V ' " Mr Wetister spoke here with "his 'nana! force anl - eloquence, end commanded the moat t undivided attention of hie bearers. Ha regarded , Uie present is anspicione of the fa tore, uo( only tor Uie, J won, put Jhe WJiigs. ; There were times when it became necessary to sacrifice local "prejddices .and sectional preferences lor rrren put bpoh the f resent, occasion ( the benignity .f a kinJ rovidenee has,' pointed ns to one man ari der4wlM(iawe! mesa ,tq Jght.amt hope to conquer. There was a great cheie, ad hesive, certniu bond of llnion hetwesn ns that exluluivj n wjtji ' hope for l'e future. We were all Vmrricaiis b.ora far a common Durivose. desTlned to 1 common end. and it. was this that made the Union dear to us alt. TWa jt was tftat held our Union like a sheet anchor fast to hef inoorihgs. " ' lit Webstar was nrgedrttr y Wt Mohh ment Square to ' addrcttthe immense ton course of People there assembled. He spoke in front of the dwellihg 'of Reverdy Johnson, Esq and with the tame spirit that had characterized his three previous speech es, pledging himself to retuin home to eommtihicate to those afonnd him the good influences of the present occasion. Ve come, said he, from discussion, and the preccnt was less ah occasion for discussion than for mingling together in social ft'efing snd enjoyment. We had accomplished one part of our purpose. Action was all that remained, and action would result in the full ftuition of our wsrmest hones." '' Mr UntiehUen, or Ky followed in one of his nappest cltorts. . He, too, spoue 01 the good influence of the present occasion. The Whigs of the Upion had come togeth-, er from the reeions of the ITnWer Missouri to th Ctreen Mountains, of Vermont, anw it wu Id -not but" 6e that everyimH whaJ come here would go away a berte,r Whiff and dispel those idle prejudices some had endeavored ro foster against difff rent eC" tions of the country, - We . have dn what we deslirh, and now cxectition must How. Lotus kiiowtio rest.no repose, from this time until November, A long and hanov ouiet will then he riven us. We have n irreat work to perform, and cannrtlie down ttpon . our , arms until it is finished. . Mr. Hoxicand Mr Thayer, of NI Y, also spoke at this stand, wf:i!e stt the other excellent speeches ivctc made ' hy Mr King, of (5a Mr MtKenrfarj..oJ fa Mr Slanfv. of N C fall' members of the 27th Congress, and by other gentlemen called out upon the occasion. r Mr WcKcnnan made asuttaote aeTefrce 0 the Tariff of 112,sandits favorable m-f fluenre upon the count ry. Mr King, nrnontr other things, ailudea to the Texas controversy to.Mr Van Bu ren s letter, which wa? "sort or for it, and "sort : or hoi." Th"8outh,-hr-poke for the v hijs.rjicj not seek t annex lexaa to this territory at the expenses of s war with Mexico, and of principles. They did hot undefslarid ihnT kind pf ethtcaitnU economy . which regarded it as a mons t'Ous thingto relk-vc their own States, whilea rendiness was manifest to assume the whole foreign dcbroTa fbfelgn"teTrfto " nil.: :.Z J' ry. , 1 qe Beriming cn up iu boat, and the rain s second time dispersed tne crowa.j uau. tnmtr. M R. VAN BUREN'S LETTER JON ANNEXATION. March 27th, 1844 My D?af Sin ' Under the belief that it ia the r'ht of every free t iiien, in a frrt government, .t knw the opinion of those Mbit aspire lo public station, upon great public questions, as one of y'tr .warmest supporters in 1930 ai d " 1840 and as aft unpledged delegate to Ihe Baliimore Con vention, I desire prticuLr(y n know your opinionsas t the cintiiiiooality and rx-pi-diency -f immediately annexing Tex as to the United-States, soon a- the consent of Texas msy be bad to such An- nexatun. the Utters of Mr, Webster and Oenrr-'tlte l Ja kenn on this subject the refusal of, the Legislature of Kentucky tn pass ap-l probatory reolutHin the votes taken in: the LegisUturee of Peonjlvaais New Yrk, ami, a I em just iiifrmed,-Maie wend the Impression tbat Mr, Clay will nppiMo the annexation givf surest impor tance to your ouinions. - II is believed that a full and frank ,it laralion from yoo, fasorabl 10 itU great, ject, sluttld, ha accomplished, if detmed object, will be of great servi. e to Ihe cause, ( expedient and proper. Both these paints at amomrnt, socriticat of its destiny 1 and I were thereforeJ in terms, passed over it) should you recognise my right to Inquire, I ihe reply of the Secretary of State fa I he and your duty to answer I shall be rreai- j Texan Minister ae subjects the consider ly obliged to you fore letter setting forth, ahn of. which had not been entered upon youiopwion promising; tbafj, if it 6e fa. by the Exvcmivc. . , voerable tn enneistion, I will, on f eonin The flrsFof M of the great effet t It must hae oft the lsuc power is "nirw presented by yotir inqui of this questions give to H early poblieityiri(f neV however, In preciiely the same and if otherwise; that 1 ill publish It only, fWm - Then the- epplicslitm was foe the in time thafcwnv opinion may be fully immed'Mle id.rt,i oi"Tvi.s iht bi. II. known b lore Ihe at Iron f the Baltimore Convention; nleesyen renqire its fmme- Hate publication in which eveftt I will also comply with yourrequest -t. Pardop me for suggesting t.at, shouM your opinions Ise fnvorsb'e m snnexst'n n, the weight ami tnflqnce nf those Opinions Will be doubly etihance-l Ir the estimalion ..tall true frrends of the messarv, by the earliest possiuie pubiis avowal ( len 1 . P' t?epeet. i tf 1 rruly jour Irienil snifiooeuienr etiat.ri Hon,' M Van Buna. Lindenwsld, NfW' Votk'' --."-1l bswrriv 'kw - r v LrxPEMWALD, April 20, 1844. ;' Aft' De6r AV .Tour letter h tTfM of March last was duly reeelred.", s I -Actin a sn unpledged Pelrfiiele tli Baltimore Convention, yen ek my opinion In regard to ihe eontitu'ionalrty ana ex- peoienry pi an iinmrotara Annexsimn Texas 1 the Untied fit kte; or as sooa ss Mir a ntoi teias may uo nan in surnican oniy ne admiteil tr Uore-ressi snd snexa'ion. vUpbi'lrhe ffeeefpt!'if ymtrl letter; I caeseif ypo1 'Iw'.ne? -Toftht formed rhaffftur reqaest shoufd" iilfed i1lh,ln 'fijllett'ih iW'ttir I This promise I shall now perforin But, lest my motive in making a public avowal of my pinions whilst a nrgntia tioo is sopped to be pending; thnold be misconstrued, I sh nil lend this to a friend who will 'delay its delierf as lone as Ihatl can be done rOtiMhtnilv with a faithful r ompllant e wifh. the requirement fyur letter, and Hie . general objects lor which it was wiitteii You by no meshs 6rrrae the impor tance of the futijfrt upon which von have been pleased t addrea me. It is not on ly a question of iiit-nse hi'errsr to every part of t(ie ruontry. but is Onhsppily al 0 ope in rejardio whiih Mt may not promise bure!ve that unanimity in apinions which is so import nt Vthtn great NstioiisI nues tions like this are to be derided. Thai those which I srn sbnqi to express will, in at least one important particular, differ from that tf many fi lends, political and personal, hs" judnenti and purity of views 1 hn'tl in high snl habitual respect, I can well imagine! and it is quite evident, from the vni it yovrvletttr, that they illS HOtiifc'aH!' - fM cuwmond wiuV Jour own. , .f, huweverj such of my fel ow cititens ss are neither influenced by prejudices, nor ared by self interest j coneedV -tit say opijhiei 4hi.fcrrlt hf hay log U. en loimed under views directed to the preserva'hih and ad vance ineht of the ho(ior snd beast infer ss of our common country, as a whole, and expressed with a sincerity . wiucu was overlooked, as tar as uur ieeblt nafurta wilt permit us to do, all personal consu'eratious, my mnt favorble anticipations will be realii'd. It ha already bern made my dutfr to act officially on at eat two sewral , sinns, but in different form, upon- the pubjecNraatfer to wh'ftlt tour questions have relercere. Having charge ut the Department of State in 1829. 1 prepared, bt dirretion f ibe President, -insiruoiioflata wiMiias'er el Mfitiro by trhich be was directed to o- pn, withoui iieiay, a negotiation with the Mexican Ouveinmrnt for the purchase of the fitCater part of the then province , of Teias, and or which lie was like wlfiau thorixed te -insert it the Tresiy a provis ion similsr to that , in the Iousiana and LFluiuiaTreaties. ur th incorporation of the inhabitants o I etas intathe Union as soon as it could be done eontistently with the principles ol the f ederal Constitution I he reasons in favor of Ibis measure 1 sta led at large in rhat document. Inlakinif thisstrp, the!S(lthintslra'in f President Jackson renewed (but, as wis supposed, under more favorable circum stances an attempt to accomplish the same obtert which had Deen made by its imnvni ate predecessor. Instruction, similar in their g nrrut object, had, in the second tear of the latter administration, been sent from the Department of State tq the seme Ameriren Minister at Mexico- I am not sware that there were any material differ ences between them, other than that those of 1827 propi s'ed an acquisition ot territory and the psymetils were modified Iccnr. diiitv. in rpect to the prnpot eu attpu (stion for the uliimate incorporation ol the inhabitants into the Union, btli mstruc fions were identical. In Augosf, i&Sf, a proposition was re celved at the . Department nf State, fro Trisn Mii-ister at Washington, rr'P sing a negotiation for Ihe Annexation of lexaa to- the United States. , llna wan the first tithe the qaestion of the am qaestion of lite annexe tioo J'a foreign independent State had ev er been presented to ihi Ooverwftienl. In A 1: .1. ir i.f .i . . - 1 : iirriuing uj'on me o imposition mat nuani to be mad of it. I did not find it nrcesa rv la consider the aucin of constitution. si power, nor the jnsnner in which theob- -j,,- es artlmterefideni Stt yue tion looks only (o il! Annexiion : fee part of the terriioiy of the United State. I Mere ie se express power given to snv depirtmentof the Government to purchase territory except for' thenhcte srseeincd in tlteconstimtlcfn vsi: for arsensls, ic.t but the AflwSr h.an several Vr tntur. tent evasions, been retrarded aambraed Un the treatv-snskine nawerl and lerrUa. aMer rngsgrinrnH for thehr ultimate f. j,ion iato the Unloir 11 Ulster. If fhrre be nolh'ng in the situalinn or condition of tne territory of Texas, which would ren der its admission hereafter into the Union as a new State Improper, I rannbt perceive sny objection, en CottsiHtitiohtt trbugda, to Its Annetition is territory; n speak- L . ) - j.!. . .' . i "g "i 1 ne ngni w boti new Riarrs, ft lrttr esttrr . o nil en'odd alt r fe rrire lb the power ot Congress. The Executive and Senate may, ss I hsve already obse ved,'by the exercise if the treaty-msiing nm, uy tne exercise tor ihe treaty-making I cower, arnme' rrr'fn"rve (mi me sole SDihority ever he subjecf , uhich .mi:. ' ' . r .... tioBi irith IrfJUg.ren Jelfby Ihe Cbnsfitqtton,' UW. be com'-ltained In' the fotWws; provision." fix: gress into this Union The enly restiWi! tions imposed upnn this generat pwer ar. , . - lt Tht no new States'shall furmrd or erected within He jorisdirtii'n of iliWTllili'-fareJt iaC.'.auliuikIncV other State j for, 9ndly , "Any State torn,. fit of tha If nctiun uf two or more ste es or parts Stte. witltut the consent f the fjegiftuie concerned, as well as ol CoiHfrr." rrincHin which hive no lasting upon the present jnt'M'mri. The" matter, rhvri fore nls a if Would do if the constitution said ''new 'States mav be admiit'd by the Congress into this Union. without addition or restriction, I hat mete Words, taken by thetnselies, are broad en. ough to sot hoi tie the admission ef the fer nfoty ol lesss, t son of, I thin, ce wen doubled; nr do 1 perci ive ' upon uhst prinriple e ran sQp l:mttatintis to a powrt so unqualifiedly recoyniv'-d by the Constitution in the plain sifnple words 1 havs quoted, and with which no mi er pro- vision of that instrument runnicts in me slightest, de;rce. But if, with tio other guides than ourown discretion, we assume rimitt'iona ppon a pbuerjsn geperatwr a'aWst 'bnsi:-t inlelltcibie snd dennite character. - ins most natural, and Indeed the ntilv nnelof that nature that haa been augjestefl, and brrln; ws 1 brtsented by - MrJ.J Hereon Whilst he enterlsmed fioubts in respect tn the Uonstifuttonal power to admit Iuis- una, is, that the rew States to be admitted must be formed out of territory, fiht, for eign, but which toniiitoted pnrt the United Stales, al the declaration ot inur- pen Jenre, or Ihe adop'i"!' of .'he ConstrtU' litm. So far from there beiog any thing in the Isns'tsge of Ihe Constitution, or lo be ,'iuntl in Ihe extraneous and cniitem persnsoua, circuutstancet which preceded ami attrndrd its adoption, to sho lh suebwaa the inteni tool of itsfrirhtrs they are,. In yny judgement,, all atrongly th thr way. In ihs. first place, tne anirirs d r.onfederalion. under which the Union was originally formed, and which gave place frrthc iter sent CUinstituUcii. looked directly to a broader trxt Jision of the eon- e . . 1 -..! it... irueracy, 11 roniainwn a prnviiiun . in S'Csnadii: acceding tcr tbu onfehrs44n, and joining in the mtatures the United stales, shall be sdmitted info, anil en 1 tled.lo.aU-he- advantageajof,. bi Union but no ornra CO1.0WT shall b.e sdmited into the same unless such admission be agreed to by nine Stiles "The practicability, a well as etpedieney, of making Canada a member nf th Uni,"d d rertaintvr to some eifent at least, occupy the minds of nur public men, as well be tors the rloe of ihe revolution, e between that event and (ha formation o( the. new. ConstiifJlion. rhis. is, however, only link in the chain of evrlience, to mske probable what subse quent events make certain, that the framers or ins vonsn uuon nuu -nnr Tyr pnn his very quesiion. " when this section was Anally settled. That part of Ihe Consfi- ttition. as appears by the Jwirfisl of the pro cecdings 01 the Convention, was prrsenreii In a variety nf forms before it sssuttrrd the shape in which It was finally adopted. ' Id the resolutions offered hy Mr. Ed mund Randolph, as a basis for .the new Constitution, and which contained the first propositions of that character which were submitted to it, tho power in ', queitirtri was described as follows, ylx: (hat provision ought to be made for the admission of State lawfully arising within the limits of the Untied Sutes, whether, srisirfff iront a voluntary junction of government or oth erwise with the consent of a number of o ccs in the legislature, less than the whole. In Mr. Chsries Pinkney'e ilrafl Jt wsa riror posed that the legislature shall have pow er to odmit new States into tho Union, on the same forms with the original State's4 provided two-thirds of the members 'present 111 hoth . Ilousca agree" -leaving. p'ni thf cause. In respect lo the character, of th lernlory. ., Mr, Randolph . proposition. containing . the restncttoi) confining;, the power to States lawfully arising within the limiia of the United States,' was at one time adopted ! in . Committee of the Whole ami, in that state, referred with others to the Committee of de cil. In i draft of a Con stitution,, reported by,, that CommilteeV K4 anicie upon 'ins sucjvci jcoihiipu jne ipi. lowing propositions ; 1st. Thft new Slates lawfnliy constituted or established within, the Wits of ihe United Sutes, 4nfght be sdmitted by the' Legisldtnre in this Cov ernmeof. ,- Sd.'Tbst to seph sd miss ion, (he consent of iwnhirda. V the . memhers ptesetit in each Hmise should he necessary. 3d. That if sntwSute shnuid. siisd with in the limits of sny, of the present States the consent of tlie lgilature . of eurh States should also be necessary to its a- mi$m.i)h'.j3ftKtlht admlesioii ,was consented to,, the new Stsie sliould be ad mitted 011 the fsm terms with -iba origin slStsts; and Mu Tbat the Legislature might mske con 11 1 11 one with the nets- rtetel concerning the public debt then lubsisuns Th 21 sta, and Sih clauses were stricken put oy the votes . of Jhe , (Junveatiop end after, that, had been done, the following, was adopted a a substitute for the whole, vis New. Suites msy be admitted by the teg islktute into the Union j but no new .-State shall bo erected within ihe limit of sny of the present ttee, without the,, consent of the legislature pfsqch State as WCllM ot ; the general. Legielalure lesving- out ; that part of the first clause which related to- the dome domestic rhra'lers , of , (be territory, nd Utia,iihsUtut wa subsequsntjy. revised nd imegfed. 9 as, tp mske.tt u,i t.h,M,L, w. il m lien ss it r.i w" J4...fc i m CcWjtwi.'n7 nt IhHi nmrmlinra show ihi tror0.i MnteMo territory wilbin, iigh:al, ; limits f the United Staieey- was ibuUtrVjr, before the eotteulina unee eddptetL, by . and finslHV rejected in' favor 4tt a, ch""", mnkirig the power in tl ie-respecl grne'isl. Whatever ditTeieHeM of opinion nmt ex ist as tn 1 lie propriety of rcfriting to.exirane-. nhsmam-r to influence th mwu-u tion of, the Constitution where its Urgaay is Ex plicit there can certainly r . r.O ebjecla to a irsoil lo suth abls 10 test' ihe .rorrtetness. 6f infereneea, having no -other bUI ihsn, ' supposed iroprohabilitics, iy J have , r.l, therefore, been able t bring my mihd to any oilier satifcbtory Conclusion than that. i' wis the in'entioo of tbr couveBiinn to gnu the power of admitting new Hate V) press whh noniher liniilatlora thn ihosn which 1 are specified in that - Ituttrbhiepl. The language employed, the specifications of certain restriciions, lha adoptiou and tub sequent exclusion of lhat which 4 pow-re few4iV;tog4b contiatied'artioh'of' ihit tow&Mnymr all seem lo combyie 'o render this ulterprt tatioii Of the Consii'Dtion the true u Pm poaltirmiJbttiitwisiiph ean eertainty Jhe iwU" nrinedSf frharsiefr provident aa to siiike the. minds of sll witlv repngnsnce. Bin if we look over the con ceded powers of Congress, shall a!s find many otliets, die abuse of which might, involve tn an equally great extent, ihe- ol bfiurf H-KpuhU JUl Jtgimel Wllicri htise thetonsHtution tras-prcrvnlexjan oihec. safeguards than the responsibilities to thete ronstrtnents-and to the fours nf the lanu of those whose sanction i necessahr to aJ validity of an - aft of tSohgwv:rKAr isr.il vert unreasonable - to suppose lliat ibos who-' based their , tiovernment ifuhn lh great principle mm it ia tne tfgnt 01 . people to alter or abolish it, and to Instltui j-new-wiesHn wh tonne a they mayl-tlUok most likely .to enact their safety and hap pinernla ilmm)Kmjmm.!mJm. ling ta their RepresenUtive U the , llooet J in ihe Senste and in the executive -chair, the right to admit newtnemOeis Into Ihe Con -ill rwleracy, with no other resu iciions lnn lhoe which'they have thought riroper to epect It was utider tigs view or the onstitn; linn that the purchase of Ionisisna in 1803, only AD en years after the adoption of jhe constitntion. promising :s. the lneorooftion-... ; of the ceded territory into the Union and the admission, ss soon ss possible, - nf tlis) -. inhubiUnts to the enjoyment of all iheiignte. advantages, and hnmnnitiss of citiiens of the iJnited 8lstes. Was .rstified, confirmed. snd finally executed by every branch of the Federal (Jnvetnment whose co-operation is reqnired by the Constitution". It is true that Mr. JetTerson, hi the intervsil between the negotiation and submission of ihe treaty to'the Serrate, threw out the opinion that' the Constiiition hsd made no provision ftrf our hoi ding foreign territory nor for incorporating foreign State into the Union. -The feet of hie spproiinjf the, treaty and the law neceesv sary to it execution, must, howsver, be regarded ae -onc1dsivs proof that ttrson looking further into the matter, hi "bpinion ' was changed. ' The attempt to eonvmew him of bie error was made ' by hi friend, governor Nicholae, "e appears by Mr. TeffenoK,i tellCTIO hint T nd t have "tlttto donbt That irhi letter to Breckenrldguiml Nicholas had been published in hie life-time or hi attention been in any ether way 'di rected to 'their contents, 15 he wotdd, from hi habitual caie in such matter, have e- vowedlthei'ehsng- and explalhed ihe gronnds on which iCy as based. Ills equal ly true that the acceptance of the tension, a well as the admleslon of the State, be came parly queltlons, " and Wer eontested . with partiwu wrm(h.' Of ihe vital impor- tnnce nf that great acquisition kl the lafely- T prosperity and honor nf the whole 'Union - - trrre nn, .however, how be no atversity of , . opinion.' But the concil of the nation In . ' . the course of time, cessed to fx t all ' tli- y idc(JLHippnjheiqiietioilpf" rmislituliensl power 4oeept .i Cession or ibreigti tern- tor-, ith a view to it ultimate admission Into th;"UnJon. "In 1818" the" SpanUh Ireatyfof the cession of Hsl and VVel Florida, ,' containing the, usual stipulation. 1 for oltimsfe iheorporstjon into the , Union, wa rnfified knd, 4 pport " the f'eilt l ;thn"is ,: name of the Senator jrraeot, . It appear that every on'e Voted t for Ihe ' ratiftcatiort. " Upon ihe euestion of constitutional bower ' so far as that esse Went, -the Senate of the United States had, therefore, become qnani- ' potm .;; ,'.", ",v :':.:r: . ... ;CerlsinIy' ho remarks arc peressarv to . show that there can be no possible differ- . ence produced la tJbe eoiisubitronat questfoi by lhe"reliie poaittotie- of the territory coronrming Lonsiana,. the Flnfidns., Ind- LTexal in respect to Ilia old United Slates. I have gone,inue.ruiiy smi minutely into " r thismstier, Mwell from a deep sense "of the vst Imporface of the question! a from a sincere desire lo satisfy (hose nf my friends who may fliffef fecfm nie on this point, and whose opinion 1 hold Jn the highest,' re poet, that ( have not yielded my esseut hastily err unadvisedly to the here ta ken If the 'pqbjeeti-j. ' '. : Iving thus grven you my .view tipnn the Constitutional .question, I will,' with the same frankness, answer, the remninni portion ofyour inquires; vix: the xj'edi ency ft immfedisteiy annexing exs to tins j it Y ,... -I . -a . . i . . uIfrt np? isiiqo inay , Letained ' -.; united "aicsHao mmmi iiurr o'n'nii u 11
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 22, 1844, edition 1
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