Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-10-18

Hunt, Envoy Extraordinary aad Minister
Plenipo,entiary Of Texas, dated iAe 4t!sin.
slant, proposing negotiation tor the. pur.
pose of annexing that country TO The Chl.
ted States.
Tha. communication has been laid be-
fore the President, who has considered it
with just s.msibi!ity. In giving to the un-
dcrsigned Instructions to present, III reply,
prompt and decisive isdicatioa of the
course it has been deemed necessary 10
adopt, the President iudulges the confident
expectation that no unfrendly spiritto-
wards. the Government o. tiles people Of
Texas Will or can be imputed to the United
States. Il
Neither the dtsics northe settled policy
of the United Sta.es permit them to enter
into an examination Of the accuracy Of the
historia facts related by General Hunt, nor
10 allows them, il. even admitted 10 be cor
rect, to control the decision Of the~question
presented by him. The United States were
foremost Il, acknowledging the independence
Of Mexico, and have uniformly desired
and en,leayorto cultivate relations offriend.
ship with NAT Power. Having always. since
the formation Of their Government, been
| exemptsfrom civil wars, they have learnt
the value afinternal seuiet, and have con.
ssquently been anxious yet passive specta-'
tors of the faeds. with which yheir Deighbor
has been afflicted. Although, IN the con.
troversy between Texas and Mexico, cir.
cumstanccs have existed, and events have
occurred, peculiarly calculatedsto enlist the
sympathies of our People, the effort Of the
Government has been TO look upon that ais
puc, also, with the same rigid impartiality
with which i, has regarded all other Mex.
can commo.ons.
In determining with respect TO the indc-
pendence Of other countries, the United
States have never taken the question Of
right between the contending parties in:o
consideration. They have deemed / a
dictate of duy and policy to decide upon
the question as one Of fact merely
This was the course pursued with res
pcct to Mexico herself. 1t was sad.,
hered to when analogous events rendered
it proper to investigate the question otTex-
an Independence. That inquiry was made
with due circumspec;ion, and the result was
not arrived at until its probable consequen-
ces had been accurately weighed. The pos.
slb;ry Of a collision of interests arising,
among other causes. from the alleged supe.
rior APTITUDE Of the climate and soil of'fex.
as for the growth Of some Of the staples OF
the United States was not overlooked. A
sense Of duty and a reverence for consis-7
tcncy, however, it was considered. lett this
Government no alternative. and it there.
fore led the way in recognising Texas. A
hope was certainly entertained that this act
and the motives that conduced to It, even It
no o:her considerations were to have. .infiu.
ence, woufIpoint out TO The Government of
Texasihe- propriety not only OF cherlshlng
intimate and amicabls relations with this
country, but of abs.aining. from o;her7con-
nexions abroad which might be detrimen.
tai TO the United States. Apart from this,
however, il was presumed that Govern
ment would enter upon the execution of the
in,entions intinla,ed by its envoy extraordl-
nary. with respect to connections with tor.
eign Powers, with a full understanding of
the Jus, and liberal commercial stipulations
existing between the United States and
other nations. A perySdlng prnci:
pie Of those compac:s is impartial
treatment ef the ciizens, vessels, and pro.
duc;ions Of tho parties in their respective
territories. AS it was not 10 be believed
That the commercial allies OF toe United
States would swcrye from their engage
mcnts, no apprehension was felt that the ln-
teres.s of tbs country would suffer from the
arrangements WHICH Texas might enter into
ith them. rs,
The question Of the annexation Of a for.
sign independent State 10 the United States
hiss never before been presented TO tn s
Government Since the adoption of their
constitution, two large additions have been
made to the domain originally claimed by
the United States. In acquiring them, this
Government was not aclaa:ed by a mere.
thirst for sway over a broader space
Paramount interests Of many members of
tho Confederacy, ard the permanent wei.
being Of all, imperatiyely urged upon this
Government the necessity Of an extension
of its jurisdiction over Lou;siana and Flor
ida. As peace, howeyer,was our cherish
ed policy, never to be departed from unless
honor should be periIed BY. adhering to it,
we patiently endured tor a time serious in.
conyenienccs and privations, and sough a
transfer Of those regions ny negotiations
and not by cnnquest. Ass
The issue of those negotiations was Il con-
ditional cesson of these countries to the
United States. The circumstance, howev.
or. of their be;ne colonial possessions Of