here complete at last & all in one message for the first
time since the discussion about the unilateral multiplication of texas
began
in case anybody has been wondering what it is really
about
is the actual text from bus&ss aka van zandt
which has been alleged to be erroneous
open quote
in a joint resolution approved 1 march 1845
congress gave its consent for the erection of texas into a
state
provided certain conditions & guarantees were
accepted
one of which was as follows
open internal quote
new states of convenient size
not exceeding 4 in number
in addition to said state of texas
& having sufficient population
may hereafter
by the consent of said state
be formed out of the territory thereof
which shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of
the federal constitution
close internal quote
source 5 statutes at large 797
resume primary quote
texas does not appear however to have acquired by this proviso
any advantages over other states
as it merely can give its consent to a division of its
area
the right to make the recommendation or request for the
division apparently resting with congress
close quote
also
within quotation marks are the words
guarantees
in the first sentence
&
consent
in the last sentence
now i expect some wag will answer
whats wrong is that this just isnt spotless enough to go
capless
but i mean what is wrong with the picture actually presented
here by bus&ss
or by van zandt or whoever you think is telling us this
& whoever you think we are
& to which exception has been taken
this question has until now apparently been completely
overlooked