Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-08-02
VOL. lX....NO. 45.


existence was staked upon the issue; that
upon the decision of the question, Shall
TEXAS be admitted into the Union? would
depend the preservation of northern lib
erty, the peaceful abolition of slavery, and
the union of the States.
He would again confess, that, in view of
the prospect before US, he was filled with
alarming apprebensions of evil-with an
anxiety of mind, almost amounting to
dependency. Without paradox, he felt
so much as to lose the power of feeling
or, rather, as to be deprived of the power
to give free utterance to his thoughts.
Phrenologically speaking, his organ OF
hope had been declared to be moderate
neither very prominent, nor very much
depressed. He was certain, at least, that
he was not apt to be unduty elevated by
expectancy, nor utterly cast down by dis
appointment, or the prospect Of evil. No
one believed more confidently than HIM
self, that Truth is mighty, and will pre-
vail but hoto or aOhen it will prevail,
whether in mercy or in judgment, imme-
diatel v or remotel y, was not SO obvious
1t was infallibIy certain, that the tyranny
of this nation is to come to perpetual
end; and yet moral power may not be
able to subdue it-perhaps it can be ter
minated on y by an Egyptian or St.
Domingo process. 1t was an extra ounce
that broke the camels back; and this tot
tering, overburdened nation only needed
to take upon its shoulders the territory OF
Texas, to be Frustrated to the earth.
He would ask, is there no cause for
alarm? Is any man ffattering himself,
that there is no danger at least, no I'M
mediate danger of the annexation of Tex
as to our Union? Do any aboltionists
reason, that because it is for the interest of
the n-slaveholding States to oppose such
measure, therefore their Senators and
Representatives in Congress will also re-
sist it? Why this is infatuation. Was
it not for the interest of those States that
Missouri and Askansas should not be
brought into the Union, with the curse Of
slavery fastened upon their soil! And
yet they are slavehoIding States. True,
it is often conceded, that slavery and the
slave trade ought to be kept within their
present limits; and so it has always been
held, in the abstract, by the people of the
North. Yet no less than seuen distinct
slaveholding States have been formed out
of our national territory, possessed or &C.
quired,) since the ratification of the Unit
ed States Constitution-te wit, Kentucky,
Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Louisia-
ma, Tennessee, and Arkansas. la no in
stance have the slaveholding States been
defeated in their efforts to extend the bound
aries of slavery: and they as confidently
anticipate the speedy introduction of Flor
ida and Texas into the Union, as slave
holding portions of the republic, as if the
event were already made certain.
What, then, is the probability, that Tex
as will be admitted as a part of our over
grown enpire2
Answer. The staUeholding States are
res0lced upon its ineorporatiom-AND
THEIR WILL Is Law.
For the last ten OF fifteen wears, they
have been lying in wait to make that ter
ritory their prey. They first induced o1r
government to negotiate with Mexico for
its purchase and transfer; but Mexico too
clearly apprehended the IaVeholding de-
signs of the South, and she Indignantly
rejected the bride. Finding that they
could not succeed by negotiation, they re-
solved upon invasion, revolution and con-
quest, as the instruments of success
Many adventures began to eoIonize them
selves in Texas, carrying their slaves with
them, and evading the Emancipation De-
cree of Mexico by indenting them as ap-
prentices for the short period Of ninety
nine years! But no decisive movement
was made 10 revoutionize the country,
until within the last two or three years.
Taking advantage Of the furious excite
ment which prevailed throughout this
country in favor of the domestic institu-
tons of the South, and in opposition to
the fanatical abolitionists,' the Texan
settlers began to throw off their alIegi-
ance to Mexico-put forth Declaration
of Independence in imitation of our rev.
dictionary fathers-and commissioners GER
tain agents to 60 through the u States,
sounding the war-cry of Liberty, or
DEATH and calling upon all those who
spurned foreign yoke and sympathized
with their oppressed fellow-countrymen,
to rally to their aid In order to stimulate
American patriotism, they promised to
those who should join in this revolutiona,
~ crusade, large bounties Of land and
sundry privileges. The appeal was
promptly responded to by southern slave
dealers and northern land spectators,
and by the unprincipled, the desperate,
and the lawless, universally. Public meet
ings were held in various parts of the
country, denouncing Mexican Oppression.
and lauding the patriots of Texas. and
profering to them not merely sympathy
but assistance. The political newspapers
generally, espoused the side of the Tex
ian rehels Even In thu IIni,ed States