Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856.

DEBATES OF CONGRESS. 749 SMARCH, 1836.] Admission of Michigan. [SENATE. day, the 3d day of December, 1833. This was the tually established. They had included in the same day on which the President of the United proposed limits a considerable portion of terriStates delivered his annual message to Congress, tory on the north-west, and had estimated the and the day on which it was known everywhere whole amount of territory embraced within the that he would deliver it. On that day the territorial limits of the whole State at sixty President of the Bank of the United States sat thousand square miles. The territory attachat the head of his board of directors; and, tak- ed, contained a very small portion of the Indian ing cognizance of the imputed delinquencies of population. He spoke of the trade on the river President Jackson, they proceeded to try and between Lakes Michigan and Superior. As condemn him for a violation of the laws and Michigan presented an extended frontier, both constitution of his country —to denounce him as related to the Indians and foreign powers, it for a despot, tyrant, and usurper —to assimilate was desirable that it should be as strong and him to counterfeiters-to load him with every defencible a State as possible. Mr. B. moved to odious and every infamous epithet-to indicate strike out the words in the third section " be his impeachment to Congress-to argue at great authorized to," so as to make it read, the Presilength to prove him guilty-to order 5,000 dent "shall" announce the fact of the acceptcopies of the argument and proceedings to be ance by the Legislature: also, to strike out the printed, and a copy to be furnished to each words " shall receive the approbation of the member of the Senate and House of Represent- Senators and Members of the House of Repreatives. As a member of the Senate I had the sentatives elected to represent the said State in honor to receive one of these pamphlets, the the Congress of the United States;" which only favor I ever received from that institution, were agreed to. He offered some further and for which I hope to show myself mindful amendments of minor importance, which were by the use which I make of it. It is from that also agreed to. pamphlet that I now quote. Mr. CLAYTON said: The bill proposed the ratification and confirmation of the constitution [Here Mr. B. read copious extracts from the pam- formed by the convention elected by the people phlet referred to, showing, that the whole proceeding of Michigan, but it changed the boundaries in the Senate against President Jackson, all the accu- claimed by that constitution, in the most essensations, specifications, arguments, and consequences tial particulars. The bill, in the 3d section, on account of the removal of the deposits-had been provided that this act shall receive the assent of the Legislature of the State acting under the thmarked went inthe bank extededorgment ongressme authority of the convention elected by its peothenwent into an extended argument on the law and ple, and thereupon, and without further prothe facts of the case; and concluded with a brief ceedings on the part of Congress, the President peroration in denunciation of the whole proceeding shall announce that the conditions of her admisagainst President Jackson.] sion are complied with, and her Senators and Representative shall be allowed to take their seats in Congress, without further delay. GenTUESDAY, March 22. tlemen would perceive that the condition required by the bill for so important a change of Admission of Arkansas. the boundaries of the new State was not the Mr. BUCHANAN, from the select committee to assent of the people of Michigan, but the assent whom was referred the memorial of theTerritory of her Legislature, acting under the authority of Arkansas, reported a bill to provide for the of the before-named convention. He wished to admission of Arkansas into the States of the call the attention of gentlemen to this point: Union; which was read, and ordered to a Michigan was to be admitted into the Union second reading. as soon as her Legislature, acting under the Mr. BENTON moved to make the bill for the authority of the convention, assented to the admission of Michigan, and the other bill last boundaries given in the bill. Was this a proper reported, the special order for Friday. way to admit a State into the Union? Was Mr. CLATTON moved Tuesday; and this mo- this consistent with the principles of civil Govtion was agreed to. ernment, or of the origin of civil Governments, which required the assent of the governed to the form and manner of their Government? TUrESDAY, March 29. How was the assent of the people living on the north side of the lake given, either expressed or Adr~mrsson of.hchbg~an. implied? Congress, by this bill, added 20,000 Mr. BENTON moved to postpone the previous square miles to Michigan, not embraced in the orders, and to take up the bill to establish the boundaries defined in the constitution adopted northern boundary line of Ohio, and for the by them; and how was the assent of the peoadmission of Michigan into the Union; which ple living in that portion of territory, who took motion was agreed to. no part in forming this constitution, given to Mr. B. said the committee who reported these boundaries? How would gentlemen exthis bill, and of which he was a member, had tend the jurisdiction of the new State over this considered the southern boundary line as vir- 20,000 square miles, without asking the assent

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