...of sla^ an opportunity to further continue their uaiance of power in the Senate, by providing that "new States of convenient size not exceeding four in number in addition to the 168 said State of Texas may hereafter by the consent of said State be formed out of the territory...

...Congress, consenting that the Territory should be erected into a new State, was as follows : Third. New States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to the said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State,...

...Committee of the Whole on the motion of Milton Brown, a Whig member from Tennessee. The Brown amendment was as follows: "New States of convenient size, not exceeding...provisions of the Federal Constitution. And such States as 139 may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes...

...Island his headquarters, estabЪесоте a charge upon the government of the United States; third, new States, of convenient size, not exceeding four...State of Texas, and having sufficient population, lished there a town named Campeachy, and remained there until 1821, when the settlement was broker...

...republic should be transferred to the United States; and 3d, and most important,' as follows: "Third. New States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to the said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State,...

...are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the Government of the United States. Third. New States, of convenient size, not exceeding four...said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, Avhich shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of the Federal Constitution; and such States...

...a compact with the previously independent Republic of Texas. One feature of the compact was this : "New States of convenient size, not exceeding four...sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of the said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under...

...which they had in view, and those resolutions passed. Allow me to read a part of these reso lutions. It is the third clause of the second section of the...size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to laid State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by tin- consent of said State,...

...out-generalled, or whether it was owing to othfjcauses, I shall not stop to consider; but no man acquainted witL the history of the Union can deny that the general...entitled to admission under the provisions of the Federai Constitution. And such States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying...

...adopt the child she had helped to set free. Texas finally came into the Union with a provision that: "New states, of convenient size, not exceeding four...under the provisions of the Federal Constitution." The question of dividing Texas has come up for serious discussion among the people a number of times....