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FOREIfi* WTELHCjEIVCE.
From the Seic York Journal of Commerce,
TWEMV-l'OlK I>AVH LATER l f KOM
CHINA.
By the ship Paul Jones, Capt. Watkins,
111 days from Canton, we have received Hong
Kong journals to the 24th September inclii-
sive.
descriptions of Brazil and Egyptian while Su
rut commands the full previous rates Specu
lators have taken 11,000 bales American, 4000
Surat, and 800 Pernams, and exporters 100
American—and the entire transactions include
47,500 ba'es. , ,
Jan. 3- Cotton.—Since the stock was ta
ken the demand has been limited to thei im
mediate supply of spinners. In prices, -here
ial change, except for new Bowed*,
as was necessary to us as a mutter of security
that it would contribute to our safety—or
. that we needed it for a*ny other purpose. He
Friday, January 24.—The Senate was not insjsted that 5t W as necessary for the j erpetua-
©onflVTSSfonl.
in session to-day .
House of Representatives.—'The House af-
ter receiving and referring a num <-r o 1 |S
from the Senate, and Executive communica
tions, resolved itself into the Committee of the
Whole, Mr. Hopkins in the chair.
Mr. Dromogole of Virginia, being entitled
to the floor, addressed the committee during
his allotted hour, with great force and efiect.
He said it was for him io know that the peo-
t,„n or security of the institution of slavery.-
This, he said, as it existed in the States, was
abundantly secure, and would continue to ex
ist as long as the States themselves endured.
He then argued the question on constitutional
grounds, with his usual ability and tact, to the
conclusion of his hour.
Mr. Adams characterized the proposition for
f.>r extending tke area of
d perpetuating the
annexation as a pi
freedom, by establishing am
lora, or Guardi*.... ore required l-jr law, to be ..eld »»
Am Tuesday In ll.e month, between the hours of ten ... the !
fo..-:, H.n, and three in the afternoon, at the Court-house, in
■ he in which the lanJ is situated. Nonce of these
,nlcs must he given in a public gazette SIXTY DAYS pre
vious to the day of aale. !
Sa'es of NEGROES rauit be made at a public auction
on ll.e first Tuesday of the month, between the usual h jura
of s.le, at the place of public sales in the county where *0
letters of testamentary, of Administration or Guardianship,
may have been granted, firat giving SIXTY DA\S notice
thereof, io one of the public gazettes of tins state, and at the
door of the Court-house, where such sales ore to be held.
Notice for the aale C r Personal Property must be given in
like manner, FORTY day* previou* to the day of sale.
Nuti. e to the Debtors and Creditor, or an estate must be
published FORTY days. '
Notice that appliclion will be made to the Court of Or-
dinary for leave in sell LAND, must be publ.shed for
four months.
Notice for leave to sell NEGROES must be publ.shed
for FOUR MONTHS,before any order absolute shall be
made thereon by the Court. ... .
ClT AT 1 fIM for letter, of A I ministration, moat be pubusb-
j t , tirty do**—for dismission from administral.on.mon//.-
!y M months—for diamission from Guardianship, forty
^Suu for the foreelwmre of Mortgage mu.t he published
monthly for four montht-foT establ.sh.ng lost papers.for
the full space of three months-tor compelling ..tie. from
Executor, or Administrators, where a Bond has been given
by the deceased, the full space of three month,.
Publications will always be com.nued according to the,.,
the legal requirements, unles. otherwise ordered.
REMITTANCES BY MAIL.— 'A postmaster may en
close money in a letter to the publisher of a ncwsp.per .o
subseripfioo ofa third person, and frank the letter if
„r M -n by himself."—Amos Kendall, F. M. O.
at Canton. „ .
In Canton the hatred to foreigners seems to
continue unabated. A letter date.i teept. lbtli,
stales that on that morning a chap had been
sent in by the mob, threatening they would
destroy the whole of the Factories should the
English attempt to rebuild them.
The following communication on tins sub-
iect, from a respectable source, is published
in the Hong Kong Register, of Sept. L4th.
We have been so quiet here for somei months,
that we were beginning to feel something like
security anain, but it was suddenly dissipated on
Wednesday morning last, by a very mischiev
ous and inflammatory placard being posted in
the neighborhood of the Factories. Wednes
day was the last day of the feast of Lanterns
and large crowds of strangers were down in
the neighborhood, and that circumstance was
no doubt taken advantage of to attract alien-
tention. I enclose you a copy of it, and you
will sec how well calculated it is to impose up
on and mislead the ignorant and pejudicial na-
The matter will soon be brought to an issue,
as the new buildings will be begun m a week
or two. For my own part 1 fear the worst.
The placard is evidently the production of
a “patriot” of the O’Connell school, of whom
there are great numbers in China, among the
disappointed scholars, who have enher not
succeeded in passing their examination
From the
It will be found
having done so,
have not obtained cmploy-
To Colton Planters.
A nolle scheme lies been broached in this
country within n few months, having for its
object ’ a material reduction in the culture of
cotton. Tho planters have been sol,cited to
look at tho alleged fact that in years of short
crop they have obtained as much money as in
Years of over production so called, i.e. the in
creased price, in a year of short crop, makes
tho agtvrrgate value of that year s product e-
qual to what it would have been had tlm crop
been a largo one, in conscquer.ee of the low
price of the article when the crop is large.
But they have not been called upon to investi
gate the rapidly increasing production of cot
ton in British India, nor have they been asked
to remember tho anxiety of England to build
up a great cotton growing country in l exas,
which country the English say, must remain
independent under the protection [meaning the
dictation! ofthu British Lion.
To ensure the success of the Cotton culture
in India, & to stimulate British schemes in 1 ex-
ns, it is desirable that our Planters should cease
to monopolize the cotton markets of the world.
Nay, further, cotton must advance largely in
price, so as lo fill the pockets of the British
Planters in India, and by this means elevate
them to that commanding position which shall
enable them to overthrow tke cotton planters
of tho United States on the signal being given
to thut i ffect. Forgetting that foreign journal
ists have been mainly instrumental in broach
ing this scheme, and being thrown off their
"iiard by fulsome praise ofthedomcsticinstitu-
Tions of the South from the same quarter—un
used to this species cf jesuitism—the southern
newspaper press, to a moderate extent, has
advocated decreased production. This invita-
lion lo Southern Planters to cut their own
throats is now spreading throughout the Colton
States. England found that sho could not
overthrow them by inciting servile insurrection
among the'r servants, her abolition emnussa-
ries having been very generally imprisoned or
summarily ejected from the Slave States. I he
failure to establish a Great National Bank al-
so destroyed all the hope of life English lo
ries being able to prostrate our country by an
other commercial and monetary revulsion.—
As a last resort, therefore our great staple,
which sustains nearly every other branch of
industry, is secreilv availed. The London
Times cries, “over production,” foreign jour
nalists in America cry, "over produciion,” and
at last our people very innocently and parrot
like re-echo the watch-word. This cry being
interpreted into plain language means “Plan
ters in America, cease producing so much
cotton next vear, that the staple may advance
and enable the British planters of India to ob
tain higher prices for their largely, increasing
crops; and thus you Republicans will pave the
wav for your final overthrow, without giving
us Englishm' n the trouble and expense of m-
f inrr Tone vs, Walk' rs, Hoars, Hubbards, or
Miss Webstcrs to steal your slaves cr incite
ihem to insurrection.”
VVc sincerelv believe that these are the ul
terior objects of those who originated the pro
ject of decreasing the production of oui gi^-R
staple; and until our planters are able to estab
lish cotton manufactories among themselves,
(and thus become really independent,) wetiust
they will goon and producoas much cotton as
they tnay find profitable or convenient, with
out regard to foreign instructions of any kind.
Augusta Constitutionalist.
From the Albany Argus,
CUV MOXl .’IEXTS.
Tho wliigs in various parts of the col " ll 7
propose to erect monuments in honor their
S. County, state and national erections
are spoken of, of course the form, size
shape, as well as tho materials, will be va.ious
according to tho tastes, lunds, <5cc. o e
tnbutors. But I have seen no inscription for
any .me mentioned, and I will contribute my
mite in that re-pect. Some months ago there
appeared in the papers a neat, concise, expres-
sire, and now, it stems, a truthful article, which
to fit a monument of any size or
may be made .
shape ; and l cordially recommend its adoption,
especially as it is susceptible of being read in
no less than 621 different ways.
It is as follows: Q-
T I E MOCTNTCOMEIT
1 E M O C T N A N T C O M E I
E .M O C 1’ N A C A N T COME
M O C 'I' N A CYC A N T C O M
O C TN A C Y A YC ANTCO
C T N V C Y A L AY C A N T C
T N A C V A L C L A Y C A N T
C T N A C Y A L A Y C A N T C
OCTN ACYAYCANTCO
M o c T N A C V C A N T COM
KMOCTNA CANT COMB
I E AI O T C N A N T C O M E I
T I E M O C T N T C O M L I I
[Cloy cant come it.]
ment “under government. They have great
influence over the people, and they use it to
embarrass the district governors, either Tor
the purpose of revenge, or to compel them to
use their intercession to get them government
appointments. I hope you will appreciate the
modesty of the statement regarding the power
of the “wise scholars.”—it beats Dan all-to no-
1 "The following is the placard referred to :—
“We the residents of the Provincial city,
and people of every village, issue a Proclama
tion to the English Barbarism for their inform-
ation. , , ,
“Whereas you have declared we are at
peace and harmony, it is reasonable and pro-
per that you quietly carry on your commerce,
and that you be sensible of the Emperor s
Heaven like benevolence, who has excused
your sins, which the universe with difficulty
endures that you should change your faces (i.
e characters) and cleanse your hearts, com-
ino- to the south of China to trade, and hence
forth there should be mutual peace and tran
quility, your conduct as it were almost con
forming to the idea of this compassion and len
ity. You are insensible to gratitude and still
ao-ain cherish within you an evil heart, plot-
tin* to seize the mouth of the river upon which
we transport grain (the Creek) desiring ulti
mately to build n fort on the old foundations of
the Company’s Factory, and to establish an
official station, there to collect soldiers and a
band of men. Irregularly hovering about like
a bird of prey; secretly disseminating your
craftiness, harboring the filthy dispositions of
does and goats and the rapacious habits of
wolves and tigers. You have already seized
upon Ilong Kong for a place whereon to
perch* vou moreover desire like the silk worm
to eat up the inner land. Your mouth waters
for the south of China, as appears from the
fact that you have harbored fraudulent cevi-
ces/ and heretofore, upew the outer seas vou
have enticed traitorous Flowery people (Chi
nese.) If now you encroach upon the city,
still more will this increase the bitterness of
our hearts, and no ordinary events will follow,
which will truly cause us grief. If we do not
exclude you truly we shall lay up bitterness
of heart. In every thing you are lawless,
and the measure of your sins and iniquities is
full to the brim. How can wc, tho righteous
people, willingly sit still and look on ?—\\ e
will send forth our flying missives, and collect
and league ourselves together, specially to
show forth our great righteousness, for it is a
common enemy against whom we are indig
nant. How can we bear the rais to run along
the beams (of our houses and not molest them.)
’Let us but lift our hands, and shout once, and
it will be sufficient to set fire to and consume
this odious people
“After the issuing of this notice, you are
not to scheme for laying hold of places You
must not move tho foundation of the Compa
ny’s Factory. This place all the righteous
citizens of Canton will retain, in order to
cure the mouth of the rivor through which we
transport grain, and also for a beacon (or me
morial of the vengeance ol the people.)
“If you do not rouso from your lethargy,
but still follow your old footsteps, then we will
furnish our weapons, arrange our righteous
bands; the accumulated treasures of our villa
ges aro inexhaustible. Every village will
spread its righteous banner and slay the reb
els. Then bow fur will your cries resound 1
Our strong men will expend their strength ,
our wise scholars will exhaust their devices;
they have but to point the finger and tne rivers
and seas are calnu-d. And we will place our
ambushes so that Gods and Devils cannot dis
cover them; and the multitude of the righteous
of the whole South of China, will sweep away
these jumping scrambling miles, as easily
the typhoon bows the pliant bamboo. I
shall we sufficiently manifest to all the world
our great righteousness, and ease the minds of
our righteous citizens and scholars; and then
though you earnestly entreat a Prelect to l>cg
for peace, it will be difficult to show you len
IC “Hasten, hasten, and tremblingly obey, and
do not make cause for future regret. A spe
cial Notification”.
From the Savannah Georgian. Jun.SOlh.
Per Steamer Cambria.
Liverpool, Dec. 20.—Cotton. Tho de
mand from tire trade this week has been fair,
accompanied with some speculation—but the
market upon the whole has been devoid of ani
mation. The noddling qualities of American
are not abundantly offered, and prices o all de
scriptions may be considered firm at the quo
tations of Friday last. Speculator have taken
10,000 b di s American and 500 Surat, and ex
porters 950 Surat, und the total sales comprise
36,050 bales.
Dr.c. 27.—Cation.—The market opened
with an increased demand, both from the trade
and speculators, und the liansuflions have been
daily to a considerable extent j but as holders
have met the buyers freely, the advance is only
‘id. on American, $d. on Pernar.w, Jd. on other
Anvrican, and 250 Surat, and exporters 100
American and 50 Surat. The sales inclusive
of the foregoing, amount to 21,3/0 bales
United Brokers’ Annual Circular, dated 31 ,t
December, lilt- . ,.
tiiat the total impoi t into this
port during the present y-ar,
1 491,900 bales, being a decrease of Go 0S0
bales compared with last year, but exceedin 0
that of 1S42 by 136.900 bales.
The export from this port amounts to S3,900
bales, against 77,000 bales in 1S43, and 76,S60
Thestock in Liverpool as declared this day,
is 749,530 bales, against653,900 in 1S43, and
45G.G00 bales in 1842.
The total deliveries for home consumption
from the ports or the United Kingdoms are
1 416,553 bales, being an average weekly de
livery" of 27,241 bnlea, against 26,750 bales in
1843 and 22.920 bales in 1842. But in order
to arrive with greater accuracy at tlis actual
consumption ^ the present year, an estimate
must be made of ilie stock now held bv spin
ners, which is generally supposed to be less by
30.000 bales than on the 31st December,
1843 this amount must be added to the appa
rent weekly consumption.
Prices of the middling and fair qualities ot
American are now ljjd., Brazil l§d. Eg} p
tian 2£d., and Surat lid. per lb. below tho
quotations in February, when the market '' as
at its highest point, and from which, with a few
short intervals, the decline has b. en progres
sive, until within the last three weeks, when
there was a rally of£d to Jd per lb. On
parison with quotations at tho close of 1843,
the above quotations will be found Jd to Id.
per !b. below that period.
From the Washington Constitution.
K.atc from Texat-
By the politeness of Mr. A. C. Allen, of
Houston, now in this city, we are permitted to
make a few extracts from a letter recently, re
ceived by bim from one of the nrost distinguish
ed individuals of that interesting country,
Texas indicating somewhat tho course the
people of Texas will pursue in case the question
of annexation fail, which they are beginning
to despair of.
Houston, Texas, Jan. G, 184o.
Dear Allen:—Yours, dated Philadelphia
Dec. 10, came duly to hand; and your b ars
about tho annexation «f Texas are full}’ realiz
ed by the citizens of this country. The love
of our mother country, and that strong Ameri
can feeling, more than any other, induced our
application to the United States for annexation.
It seems now that we shall be forced to aban
don that hope, and depend upon our own re
sources, which (thanks to on all-wise I rovi-
deuce) areal! sufficient to make us a great, pros
perous and happy people. We are new begin-
nine seriously to think of making a commer
cial treatv with England, and which, I doubt
not, will,’in a pecuniary point of view, be bet-
ter for us than annexation to the Jmied States
her propositions are ofa most iibernl char
acter. They are similar to what you wrote
me they were in your previous advices. We
are now mooting the question of getting up a
convention for the purpose of altering the con
stitution. Bv the constitution, as it now ex-
ists, we are prohibited from importing slaves
from other countries titan the United Slates
It is now proposed to repeal that article of the
constitution, and introduce another in its place,
allowing the introduclion of slaves from the
Spanish and French West India islands, and
all other countries except Africa, or, m other
words, prohibit only the African slave trade.
It is understood and believed that the British
Government will wink at this, in order to se-
cure our trade, as well as monopolize the best
cotton growing region in tho world. * or my
own part, I tun now willing.to abandon the
idea of annexation to the United States, and
take our chances with the British Government
in view of an alteration in our constitution.
The countiy is more prosperous than it has
been for years; our crops arc »ery fine,
gress has passed a resolution to_ remove
seat of Government back to Austin.
FBO.ll ORECOiV.
It is anticipated that there will be a large
emigration from this place in the month of
May ensuing, for the Oregon Territory. Maj
T. M. Adams is here on the spot, acting
agent for the Spring Company; lie is ready
to furnish information on all points connected
with dr* subject to tlioso who apply to him.
He tells me that largo numbers are preparing
to start from every portion of the Union.
Black Harris is expected from the mountains
in February; if he should not return in time
enough to act as pilot to the company, Capt
Fitzpatrick will accompany Adums and hts
party through the mountains.
I am told that men have returned from Ore
gon who have given p.ciures of that country
which are any thing but favorable.
Information lias beer, received of the safe ar
rival of Co 1 . Owens in Santa Fe. Every thing
in New Mexico was quiet—tho disputes be
tween our Governments were not yet known
there. . *
There is a rumor from the mountains that
the Yutas have killed all the traders among
them, after having heart of the massacre ol
their chiefs in Santa Fe ; also, that two tra
ders had been killed ax Fort Laramie.
The emigrants who went out the past sea
son have made a great change in business,
and money now circulates'on the Columbia as
well as this side of the mountains; and every
tiling begins to assume the appearance of ci
vilization, business, trade, and the refinements
this side the mountains.
We have been in the habit of looking to Eu
rope for Asiatic news; let our Government
establish a chain of posts from this to Oregon,
an overland mail will speedily follow, and the
China and East India trade will pour into our
Channels of commerce from the gorges of the
Ilocky mountains; and a journey from Now
York to Ciiiua, by way of Oregon, will be less
thought of than it formerly was to St. L"uis.
Tire Government should consider that a little
enterprise will place ihe East India trade at
our Joor; and the'sooner the better, ’
U'cs/rr/i (Mo.) Jour. 4tk ult.
Slaking a Fence.—Married, at Barn-staple,
by the Ruv. John Gates, Mr. John Port to
Miss Sophia Rails. If this match don’t “ make
a fence” of ihe first quality, we should like to
know wlmt stuff will. May they have many
litllo Foils to support them through life.
pie who had colonized L exas
our own countrv, and thut they h at *_
lv and permanently acquired their independ
ence which had been acknowleded by us. She
now stands a sovereign und independent State.
>1 to treat with us, and
with her; in other
had gone from institution of slavery. In reply to the ussci
ilonous-
Con
th
As such, she had a ri
we had a right to treat
words, we had the right as well as the power
to annex her to the Union. He ' v ” llld
ine the different plans which had b- en submit
ted to the committee for the accomplishment
of.his purpose. He would not vote for he
measure hastily introduced by the Committee
on Foreign Aff.irs. That lie considered the
last and expiring effort of the I yler adm.n.s-
tration. It was a plan to revive a defunct and
rejected treaty by this body He did not ques
tion the power of the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, to ac
quire foreign territory; but lie would not thus
give vitality to a treaty which had been re-
jected by the Senate.
He said, that in further considering the
question of annexation, he should not discuss
the treaty of 1S03, nor should he go bark to
the treaty ofl819, to inquire what rights or
what extent "f territory we lost by it. Nor
should he inquire how far the rule of construe,
tion, as laid down in the Tale ofa Tub, as in
troduced here, would modify or control the
principles of the Constitution applicable to this
case. For an answer to such a rule ot con
struction, he would call their attention to the
doctrine as laid down by John Taylor, o ar
oline. The passage referred to, having been
read by the Clerk, lie proceeded to say that he
hoped that would be considered a sufficient an
swer to the authority contained in the i ale o
a Tub. He did not doubt the constitutional
power of the Government to admit into the
Union, States composed of foreign territory,
but the doctrine had been so clearly laid down
by the venerable gentleman from Mass. Mr.
Adams, that he could not omit to bung it to
the notice of the House. As far back as the
vear 1823, the venerable gentleman had ad •
dressed a letter to the constituency of the
Wvthe congressional district in V irgmiu, in
which he had laid down and enforced the con
stitutional power of this Government to acquire
foreign territory. He asked that the letter
should bo rend, and it was accordingly read
for the information of the Houne. I he power,
then, to acquiic foreign territory, is a power
embraced in the very nature and purpose of
the Constitution, and is not merely incidental,
as has been insisted on this flour. Neither was
the power to acquire foreign territory by trea
ty ar.d the power to admit new States, ' ncI '
dental the one to the other. He was m favor
of admitting Texas as a State of proper size ;
but whether the remainder of the territory ac
quired should be erected into separate Slates,
must depend upon subsequent legislation. He
would not stop to show that if we took I exas
as a territory, that we must necessarily take
upon us the obligation of all her debts, en
gagements, and responsibilities. We come at
last to the main inquiry, can Texas oe admit
ted as a State into this Union l He then pro
ceeded to analyze that provision of the Consti
tution which says, that “new State-, may ^ad
mitted by Congress into this Union. He
showed its true meaning, its limitations and
qualifications. He appealed to the cases of
Vermont and Kentucky, and to the action of
Congress on their admission, to fortify and il
lustrate his construction of the Constitution.
Hererd a number of the Federalist, by Blndi-
son, to show that this provision of the Consti
tution was intended to remedy the defect m the
old Articles of Confederation, and to enable
the Government to admit States fotmtm from
foreign territory. The Articles of Confedera
tion were too weak to bind sovereign States
together. It was a pervading love of liberty
and a common sense of danger, which b"und
the States together, whilst they attained their
liberty and st cured their independence. 1 lie
dissenting States under the Constitution were
foreign States. He said this in answer to
those gentlemen who had said that all the ter
ritory which had been acknowledged l depen
dent by Great Britain was not foreign territo
ry. North Carolina and Rhode Island, m re
fusing at first to adopt, or be bound by, the
provisions of the Constitution, were thus .or-
eirrn States. The f-ct was, they were treated
and considered by this Government as foreign
States. They had no United States courts, no
collectors of duties, nor were they included in
the census which was then taken. Duties
were imposed upon their products m the porta
of the United States, and they Wet e subjected
to the same custom-house regulations, as if they
were imnoitcd from foreign countries. Ver
mont was also an illustration of the fact, tha’a
State within our territorial limits might be
truly foreign. He entered at length into the
history of the Vermont and New York contra-
versy, whi< h most clearly proved and illustra
ted Ids position.
He then argued his preference for his own
plan over that of any other. He referred to
the admission of Kentucky, Vermont, and
Tennessc, as precedents to authorize the plan
which he proposed. His proposition was, that
Texas should come in us u State, with definite
boundaries, and having a portion of Gulf coast.
The territory be ond the limits of the Slate,
he expected to bo ceded to the United States.
He went also for the application of the Missou
ri compromise to this case—that is, that tlieie
should be no slavery north of 36 d< gree>, 30
minute*, north latitude. Looking at l.exas
geographically, it was necessary to complete
and p< riect the boundary of our tei i itorv.
The admission of Texas as a State would im
pose noobliga.ion on the United States to pay
tier debts. VVe would leave her all her means,
lands, and every thing else, to pay those debts
and discharge all obligations upon her. After
all, lie said, the question of slavery was the
difficulty, and the only difficulty in the attain-
main of this great national measure. But when
the gentlemen of the North considered the
vast amount of territory north of 36 deg. 30in.
extendi a to the Pacific ocean, out of which
free States would be formed—all the country
north and west of Iowa—surely they would no
longer throw obstacles in the way of annexing
Texas. They had tlie political power now,
and would always have it; tln'y yielded noth
ing then, and had nothing to fear in assenting
to the annexation of Texas.
Mr. Barnard of New York followed in op
position to annexation. He denied tint Tex-
tion that the proposition for annexation
nated during his administration, he stated that
the proposiiion made by him, was to purchase
from Mexico, by common consent, a portion
of her territory. He was always m f-vor ot , . .
extending the boundary of the United States j
to the Riode! Norte, provided it could be at- ;
tamed with the consent of the owner, and that
as by the laws existing in that country in 1825, .
we could acquire the territory without slavery.
Give us the territory with the consent of M<*x- ^
ico, and without slavery, and he would go to
the Rio del Norte to-morrow. Without these
lie was now, and always would be oposed to it.
He examined, at much length, the proposition
that Texas was a portion of Louisiana, as ac
quired by the treaty of 1803, and pronounced
it a mere device upon which .o found a cle m, ^
wbt-n tve were conscious no just foundation for j
Tile vote on the resolution carried to-day
does not show tho strength of ihe question of
reatinoxatioh. There is. wd have no doilbt,
a majority offiftv in the House in favor of re.
storm" Texas to the Union. Many members
thought that the territory ought to be equally dj.
i vided to provide for the introduction of two
| slave and two non-slaveliolding States. This,-
I wo have little doubt, will bo the efiect of tho
j act as it passed. More than half the country
j is mountainous, or at least elevated, cold, and
! ofa pastoral character. If this country is ever
i to be settled, it must he by a white population
exclusively. It will be the interest of the ear.
i ljer admitted Slate to make it so ; and it is left
I to the election of the S ates which are to grow
! up in this high gram-growing and grazing re-
! „-ion to decide, on presenting themselves for
: admission, whether they will prohibit slavery
As this will be in the choice ol the mn.-
joritv, who can doubt ns to the result? Northr
of latitude 36 degrees 30 minutes slavery i,
absolutely prohibited.
Upon the whole, we congratulate the demo--
cracy on the vote of the popular branch of Con.
gress. It is auspicious to the peace, prosperi
ty, and happiness of the whole continent.
Jan. 28th.
In the Senate, to day, the Hon. Dixon H.
Lewis qualified and look his seat as senator e-
lected by the legislature of Alabama, lo fill the'
vacancy ores oneQ by the resignation of Hon.
William R. King. The Hon. James Semple
He referred to the remark that’ the I also qualified as Senator elected by the legist
in | ture of Illinois, to fill the vacancy occasioned
were ceded to i bv the death of the Hon. Samuel McRobertx.
committees, among which were several origi
nal bills, and bills that had been referred t®
them for consideration ; all of which were dis
posed of in the usual way. Afterwards the
States were called upon for resolulions, a num
bers of them offered, some being adopted, and
others laid over under the rules on notice of
debate.
it existed
only treaties in the history of our country
which nortionsof our territory were ceded -- . ... .
fere,gn countries, were the product of citizens ; The most important business w! irh occupied
of Massachusetts, who framed those treaties,; the attention of the Senate, was the post office
wereactir e aa the subordinates of citizens of bill; which, after some discussion, was postpo-
Virginia who occupied the Executive chair, ed till to-morrow. . . ,
But in justice to his S.ate, he would ask by The House was occupied the principal part
whose actions had we any right to the Territo- of the day in receiving reports from the standing
rv nfOrcgon. It w»s discovered by a citizen
of Massachusetts, and his own hand had insert
ed in the treaty of Florida that article upon
which alone our claim rested to that territory,
from latitude 42 deg. to 54 deg. 30 min. noith.
He examined our constitutional right to annex
Texas, which was not a mere cession of tern-
torv, but of human beings, involving con-ide-
rations and interests of infinitely higher impor-
tance, and was a power which, in bis opinion,
could be exercised by no human legislature.—
He was proceeding in his remarks, when lie
was arrested by the expiration of his hour.
Mr. Daniel of North Carolina addressed
the committee in a powerful constitutional ar-
gument in favor of the measure. Ilecommen-
ced by noticing the outrageous conduct of the
Whigs, in expelling Mr. Everett from the
Senate of North Carol na, for having taken his
seat upon a forged certificate of election which
had been imposed upon him. He then took
up the constitutional view of the subject, and
argued it in favor of annexation, with an abdi
tv and conclusiveness rarely exhibited on the
(Lor nf Gonaress. Our paper goes lo pres
MACON, GA.
TUESDAY' MORNING, FEB. 4, 1845.
floor of Congress. Our paper goes lo press
early, we 'could not write out our notes
in time foif this evening’s paper. He was still
speaking when we left the House.
Vote Ktanncxiu; 1«as ai a Stale.
January 25th.—The vote in the House of
Representatives to day, providing for the re ^
admission of Texas into the Union, is a prelimi
nary step ofvast importance to the Union. It
is an extinguisher of agitation, and establishes
peace and good will between the different sec
tions of our Union too firmly to be shaken by
religious fanaticism or political phrenzy. It ts
the potent voice of the people calling m a new
people to give additional strength to the will
of the existing confederacy to sustain. And it
is thus that tlm expansion of the Union will ev
er contribute to its power and perpetuity. 1 he
greater the number of States embraced in it,
the greater will the interests staked on the invi
olability of its peace and security, and the
treater the mass of influence embodied to look
down petty sectional attempts to destroy the
fraternal tics that hold it together as a nation.
The spasmodic affections which may sometimes
seize upon a particular State, will no more
disturb the great body politic than the turbu
lence of a little rill, swollen by a sudden gust,
the great ocean into whose bosom it falls.
Thejoint resolution which passed, is the. le
gislative action which wo suggested in the first
article wc wrote upon the subject of Texas,
before the tieaty was submitted to the Senate.
If this ‘measure had been carried at the last
sccsion of Congress, Texas would ha ve been
prepared at this time to enter the Union with
Iowa. Mr. Walker, one of the most zealous
an i efficient advocates of reanm-xation, urged
the preprint} of making it the work of the open
and entire legislative councils of the country,
instead of a hugger-mugger executive act,
taking its complexion from the motives, and
its late from the management, of those who
were supposed lo have personal views associa
ted with the policy which they held in their own
liai d. Rejection was its fate at the last session
and at this; but in spite of the disadvantage
which resulted from this twice coidemned
course of management, the forde of the ques
tion has borne it along, and will secure t<'i it a
much higher sanction tnan that ol diplomats
and executives—the sanction of the people and
their representatives, the States and their del
egations io ihe Senate of the United States.
Texas will have something more than the faith
of executive promises to rely upon. It will
have the act of a representative body, which
can bring the power of tlie government and all
its constituents to make it good.
Tho act authorizes Texas to eorrro in as s
State; and this realizes atone: the stipulations
of tho treaty ot'IS03, which bound the United
States lo Fi ance to perform this very act. T he
resolution of this day is. in fact, nothing more
than the execution of Mr. Jeffeison’s treaty,
by which the territory of Texas was acquired.
Mr. Adams’s treaty of IS19 was an abmion.
It ceded the country and the people we were
bound by solemn covenants to bring into ihe
Union to the despotism of Spain. But the peo
ple of Texas instantly put in a protest against
this breach offaith, proclaimed their freedom,
and, having maintained their independence
against both Spain and Mexico, now come
back to the Uni'ed States, asking the redemp
tion of the pledge in the treaty under which
the country was first settled by our citizens,
when all tho world must admit the abrogation
of the treaty through which intriguing diploma
cy sought to exonerate the nation from its hon
est oblfeattons, revives them in full force.
Then- is nothing, in our opinion, to object
to in the proposal voted by the Hous', to-day.
except that it. is loaded will* conditions which
inav form an obstacle to the acceptance of the
ovoiture by Texas. But this can, and we
trait will, be obviated by future legislation.
If Texas comes prepared to enter the Union,
the next Congress will be just, and more than
just to her. Wronged at first by a heartless re
pudiation, she will find that the injustice will
be redeemed 1>v generosity, and the kindness,
hitherto withheld, be paid with usury.
GLORIOUS RESULT.
The Annexation Resolutions passed the House
of Representatives.
We congratulate the country—we congratu.
late the republican party—we congratulate the
lion-hearted Democracy, the true men who
have so ardently and zealously supported this
great national measure, from its inception upon
the vote in the House of Representatives on
Saturday, the 25th ult., providing for the re-'
admission of Texas into the Union—and we
know that ilie simple annunciation of this fact .
ns it lias travelled throughout the length and
breadth of this union has thrilled with patriotic
exultation every true American heart. It i»
in unison with the public sentiment of the coun"
try—and a true reflecton, by the represen'a-
tives of the people, of the settled, potent voice
of the nation—ivhich sooner or later, in_ tlis
country, has never yet faded to scatter the spas
modic efforts which occasionally seize political
factions, like chaff before the winter’s wind.—
While we trust that the action of the Senate
on the joint resolutions for the annexation of
Texas will he such as not to permit the “Lone
Star” to twinkle much longer in solitude, hut ter
allow her to burst forth in a flame as brilliant
and lustrous as any in the American constella- -
tion, we cannot but rejoice at ilie triumph which
the friends of ihe measure have achieved in the
House of Representatives. \\ e rejoice because
we reg ird it as a true index of the will of the
people, and even should they he wronged tor
a time by the Senate’s rejecting Texas, the
next Congiess will be just to them. We rty
joice'bccause the passage of these resolutions,-
under all the circumstances of the case, as well
as the prejudices arrayed against the measure'
by one of the great political parties of the coun.
try, shows that the march of free principles is
still onward, and cannot be arrested on this
continent until the light of liberty and the pow
er of freedom become extinct. W e rejoice for
our common countiy, b- cause the annexation-
of Texas wJTl not only expand our glorious-
Union, but give additional strength to its pow-
ei and perpetuity. We rejoice for the sake of
the New England and the Northern States, be*-
cuusethe acquisition of this vast and fertile re
gion will give a new impulse to their manufac.
luring and shipping interests, as well as evci}
other industrial pursuit in which their citizens
are engaged. We rejoice tor the sake of the
West, whose manufactured fabrics and surplus
productions of every kind will there find a new
and ready market. We rejoice for the Soutbr
whose institutions will be strengthened, by the
acquisition of a country peopled by men
cherishing sympathies and feelings akin to n* r
own. We rejoice especially for our own cher
ished State—for Georgia, whose heart «3J
among the first to warm for Texas, when she
struck for her own independence, ami whose
citizens with the spirit and gallantry of
hastened at the cry for succor, and nobly testn
fied their fidelity to freedom and their loya tf
to liberty, by a free will offering of their hearts
blood upon her battle fields in defence of
holy cause of freedom.
The resolution for annexation was oppo se
by the abolitionists, a few Democrats R 1 ’ 1 ^
tho entire strength of the whig party with th®
exception of 8 whig members from the South/
4from Tennessee, 2 from Georgia, 1 from A 1
bama, and one from Virginia. Among
Southern whig members who on this occasiU
rose superior to party and united with the Re
publican body to carry this important msasurfi
we are gratified, and in our own behalf and i n
behalf of the people of Georgia, cheerfully lt ‘ n '
der our thanks to Messrs. Clinch and Step| ien *
of this State for their pair otic course on tl' e ‘
resolutions. They have showed themselves 011
this occasion to be Southrons, to be Georg 1
ans, and above the pusillanimity of mere pad^
zans. Will the whig Senator Mi- Be 1-1 '' 61 '
