Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-10-06

49," VI NN htiuct ale phCN nj Lac uIeegat
administrations, reuinds ue of some. passing events h, lie La,
s'S o, eight years. connected, rs believe, with tina, oS,cc,
tue mediunlO of your paper N'' "''"sn
In hataIdine the OPINIONS which I give, relative uo the soo,.s
ION whence that plan originated, I expect to run, NJ, IN
OF others, who look alone to the mn snitude of th, ron,.,n
plated purchase, without regarding the influence which in,ii,;.
III mtefVst may have M governmental measures. a,d lilo
secret though ~cffectual means which may he used, to protncc a
" ponueianee OF that influence, even with the wiscst and best
. : am OF oP,nlon tina, the plan Tor the purchase Of Texas
ntiSu,a'ed ~ Nashville and rs vicinity. To suppor, this opiuion.
-" present you with a few facts and deduc tons fon, them.
:" Us known to many oi the leading urr, Of lcnnaSscc. nj
from, non h. u !, more extensively, that companies VI adven,uIers
n =" =. 'udt ''a,c, rom time tn time, since the clhcnitnl rcisn
~ ,"nuo''s, nave contemplated. and in sopo instances have
nj choice ferulc lands in Texas. Tinse grants n, - savd .",.
oiaSe h''u,ons OF acres, the titles tn which have been r,s,au.
leeI 10y that government, upon the condtion oi ,st,lrneni
"u". a slSe'ued tenn of years, 10y the grantees, OF those claim.
- "n.rI mem such was Aus,n's Grant, Familiarity known
1t was reported in 1927, tia, Col. James Campb.l ,,,vs
i1t"'e'y OF Virginia, then of Nashville, bmlher M, Ands.,,
!hat kind. lie died while ii,cTs, much isnsn,r u" !" ~ mo o.,
H"ew i'ln. Whether I've completed the object of hs mission.
Is no, known 10 me. twas a Iuuiahie o,s. as havin, ;n urn
pee, '" improvement, ~ his fortune. f'S
DURING the yer lH28, Col Reuben Ross, also Gnmerh oC Viz.
si.A' a"" q, thdt time II Cit Ecn Ut Icnu-s.ee, perhaps OF Mas.
Is believed, with tho same object in view which Col iays
''", "''i VI rs probable, to- close his unfinished raotia,ion FOR
~ extensive grant from the Mexican Government for lands IN
ieNas, Col Eoss and his party were attacked un ,he,, WAY
e'uei 10 ar huuh MEXICO, Ot is believed lhe latter ly p.t.nn,
unsue 10 'heT negotiation, aud who had in view the fnrcihl,
pos : OF Their papers aud grants. Bu, this design was
uc'"atid ny the fortunate though hazardous escape OF nnr nj
ue party VINO, instead of Cnl Ross, as was SUSPECTED wv the
IsS"n"mis, nad possession of the papers. Col Ross was nur
,eiei IN tho contest, and another OF his party severely injured
~ 'hose circumstances combined, rclaIiyc. to those negotiations
induce me to believe, that many individuals Of rcsrccrti,Il,v
nv nuuei''e' although oi adventurous, perhaps Of broken or
''I,e' fortunes ~ the resnn oi Nashville, are CONCERNED and
W.. aerilS Too" on the sco'e of individual INTEREST," in bringing
W" ue pu'chnsc oi Texas. The whole elements q fu,e rr.
NV administration aie suited Ca the success of such a muI,ri
\ Ii'e paper printed ~ Nashville, has added to public eNlcrt,.
.Nn W the importance ct the acquisition of Texas, by the publ
Cation oi a description OF il, frnui tho personnel observation OF
'nuemhn who spent some years Within il 'rhis pubIscaiun,
Nv "'"pi 10 Inc other circumstances mentioned ABOVE, hut
not generally known, has the more convinced me that my con
!y1l"'es oi the scheme having originated IN and around Nash.
-, ar 10 ""ioh s''c piiu'Nie eTounds OF truth, al lra>t,
II not fuhdrd IL reality; aud all tina, | desire IS, that my sueces
ii'hs NAY lead 10 further investigations of this matter. with n
Wv !" h'ccI,'l" wheln'f (siIo"'h the administration take 1t in
hands) the Treasury u TIRE Nation is To be expended for the
public benefit, or tn gnuiy individual cupidiiy:- Tor YOU must
Snuu, slrouii tho rrrsien, aud II sCabinet recommend , ,rra,v
i"r the purchase t Texas, II must contain an exception and
VIVA, spirndld fortunes viii he made, Mes,rs. Editors. bv
hose ndventurers who had the boldness to grasp at millions nf
granting them! For, rcc1iirrt. if Old spain stnnti o i~v - W
Gain dominion there, (Which God fnltGdD all those pnncrly
.n''"ne', unieSs sec'I'd 10y the in'erpos''on OF orr government.
You viii ecoll.ct that II has been only since the rnmor, or
lar the shores OF Nlrxico. tia, the subircl Of i'm. vvcLs."o %
1 aSas has been asitn'ei. Like all matters of novelty. suqees,ed
IN "a still s,"all VOICE" IL has, however, continued 10
grow louder aud louder, until its echoes have multiplied witt
every successive rcpeliuon OF the n2iec;, and we shall soon
our ears stunned with it, TeverIrntionS from the presses
u every Jackson print ~ the Union, sounding praises tn the
ind "tnc able numbers at Amcricanus," and the peoule viii lac
unused with tine idea Of forming 'nme new STATES a, larer a,
N"W'Nl' N"'r '' ihtstl' ~ uTce VIII Iutrcurl then.
eve 'nrc more ~ pr:Sef, On TIC hobby Of me purchase Ell
.Fa, Then viii the curse no longer be only a second
Washington, hut likewise 4 Scrond jefferson
sc iiuI al aSlfa "-Henc l conjecture, the necessity OF
ringing about TINS important negotiation. to cover tins " &c
administration with glory, aud to wa,d of the characterized
'lch other'isc might cnsuc ~ the boiy polite. Hence rhe
indirect designation to The subject from the region of Nashville
o1n which quarter, I venture To predict, if YOU will watch the
oiIucai horizon, you will see more glrammgs OF igtt, more
galatians of the political atmosphere, an ins matter, than .inn
ny niner direction 10 mistake not, "AneTicauus" himself
ace inhabited that region, aud NAV have there tt the impnr
OF territorial acquisition The recently distracted State
u MrNcan politics, and the late Tampico landing. scctn to
ave alarmed the fears aud aroused tine cupidity OF certain
relative 10 tire fertile regions OF Irxas, which, IT,
tA'n under the protection OF our Government, Will crown all
golden hopes Of those patriotic gentlemen. la this, | believe.
S.ri %S'h' 1873. 4 illNTER.