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Day
30
Month
December
Year
1844
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Id the House, on t!t 12th inet., Mr. ('has. f. Lngkrioil. from tlio committce on Foreign Affaire, of wliicl) he is Chairman, reponed i joint rcsolution fortho Annexntio of Texis to the United Stdtes; beinjr the snrae that Mr. McDuffie had heforc ofFered to the Senïto. Upon the resolulion being reiid, Mr. ingersoll gare notice ihat he would on Monjay, the 23d inst., tnove to go into coimnittoo of the whole on the sobjact. Mr. Winthop, (a member of the comniittee,) said he did not rie to oppoie tny obsttcles to the course proposed bj the Committee on Foreign Relations, but for the purpose of italing Ihat the roport wa notadoptod tinanimonsly by thiit Committee. There were sotne member who weie opposed to that roport; but as the majority insieted on bringing it into the House immediately on its adoption, the minonty had no opportunily of prosenting their views In a counter report .- ■ As it was, he would merely observo that he held the doctrine contained in that repert t be in violation of the constitution and laws, and righte of the States; and he believed, it' cnrried into execution, they were eniinenlly calculnted to involve this country in on ünjtat and dishonorable war. He also held thm to e particularly objoctionable on the question f tlavery. The question wns then put on the reference o the Committee of the Whole on the state uf the Union, whieh was cnrried, nd, on moion of Mr. Ingersoll five thousand copies of the report were ordered to be printed. The Spbakkr tl't'n commoncud ihe cali on the Statee for peliüona, and petitions were pre6ented as folio ws: Mr. Gidoings presented severul abolition petitions. Mr. Edward J. Black raised the question of reception. Mr. Giddinos called for the yeaj tnd nays on tliai question . Mr. Rubtt asked if the question of reception wae debatable. The Spbarrr replird, that the question wL debatable; but on notice of an intentionto debale it, it must lie over.Mr. Rhktt said he wishod to debate the question, and U wns accordingly laid ovar. Anotherand similar petitiun being read - Mr. Gmmxas moved lts reference to the Committee for the Dislrict of Columbia. Air E. J. Black raised the questionof reception. The Spkakrr. Does the gentleman propoae to debate it? Mr Black. No, ir; I do not doaíre to debate it but to denoonce it. Mr. Rhrtt gave notice of hi intsntion to j debate i he qticatíon of rect;pion, and the , titton wts occordinply laid over. Another pelition of a similar character i ig reod, Mr. Giddigs moved to rofe it to the j mittee for the District of Columbit. Mr. Black raiseiljtlie (ursíion of rceptionMr. Gidhimgs ca]led for 1 he yens and nay , n the queBtion, which werenot ordered. The Spbakkr then put the question on the . rception of the petilion. Mr. Thomas Smitií ezpresscd a desire to bate that question, ar:d it went over j The CItrk noxt rend another petition, i mittedby Mr. GiddingB, of the same characer: which, after a few words from Dr. Dnosiooolh and Mr. Giddisgs, shared the same fate i as its predeecssors. Iowa and Florida. - In the House on the Stli inst., A r. A. C. Dodoh, of Iowt, presented theConstitntion, Memorial, Sic, adoped by the iowa convention for the fnrmation of a Slate Conelitution. He moved that the rapers be referred to i he commitlee on Territories. Mr. Vinton thonght they should go to the commiltee on Jndiciary; such he said }iad been the precedent, and made a motion to that effect. Mr. Dodge replied that the precedents in similar cases wero in favor of nis motion. Hesaid theconstilution of Florida, which wng now beforc tho House, had been referred to tho commiitce oti Terrilorice,and n bilí from that committee feported for her ndmtssinn during the last Congrese. Mr. D. eaid that in nsking the House to print 5,000 copies, lie was but followiog the precedent set in the cape of Florida. Mr. Lvf observed that the opplicntion of Florida for edsniss'icn into the Union wai reierrcd to the Commiüo on Territories. believing tlmt such committee would tnke the most Fpcod}1 oction on tt. He advieed the friends of thia tncBsure, if they desired to 6ee a bilí paes before the end of the eession, to send it to the Commiltee on Tefritoriea. Tliequestion was fust put on relerring the tubject to the Committee on Terntorieg, and dicided in the öförmntive; and on niotion of Mr. A. C. Dodtre, five thousand extra copies of the cortstiltnion, were ordered ío be prinled. On tnotion of Mr. Lkvy the pnme nmnber of extra copie?, of the conslitution of Florida were also order ed to be printed.

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