Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-05-10

Annf1dtion and loss to the United .Stote, y,
'"I '.,G Io"'msrce ~ THIS young but gro,cing Re-
Paotc I'VE have been favored with th.
perasai OF letter from London, dated rj,..
l''h dhy of February last which affords
'huch information in regard 10 the s,Ih.cc, .
winch head this article. We would pre-
mise that the writer of the letter had every
opportunity Of correct information, and ,bnt
"hatever he says is entl,led to the most
implicit confidence
u Is stated that the most friendly disposi-
tons were evinced by the British Govern
'ncn' towards Texas. Tha, the DELAY in
recognising has resulted mainly from the
""tofeak'ns of the Canada revolu,inn.-
:,""iher cause assigned for the DELAY, was
'"e expectation that Mexico would have IN
va"ed Texas during the past wiuter-the
government believing that if ever an inva.
sion was attempted, it would be at tha, fine
ar never.
ihe writer expresses every confidence of
u u, recognition this spring, if no Invasion bv
"eN'co should take place. 1t is remarked
'"r'her' That The Radical or O'Connel pnr1y
"PPoSc 'he acknowledgment Of Tcxian in
cn"encc on anti-slavery or abolition prin-
.'p!cs. ihus We sec that the f,naticaI pre-
J""''es wh'ch induce the northern and east
srn members e,s of the Union to oppose the an-
neA,'mn ~ "i Texas operate against the Young
nepu"''c every where-which should speak
u'hes 10 the Southern and slavehnIlinp
0'a'es. IL might be demonstrated win
Logical certainty, that the anncxntion nf
i'A"s Is to them Indispensable: and tha,
upon it depends The pernanence Of sIavor'. "
institution, in the South; otherwise rho ~
creasing numbers of Northern and E,.,orr
hieots, fanaIics, abolitionisrs, and nsr,,,ln
pniianthropists, may aud will inaic, in :,
lew years. upon the slavehol,ling SIotes ,h.
same injustice which similar measure. h.,,.
Mr'uSht on Janaica and other slayeIol,I;n,,
brush possessions, viz. abolished slaverv
ana established the abominablc apprentice
system.
buf here we may be rOng. They c,,-
not cmancipate our slaves. but 1bey ,nar
cause Inc next greatest evil; their vexa,;on,
,n'er'''eddliIg. and provocarions, and inso-
'rnce' might i"rce the South to a ,Iisso)u,;o,
"i tue Cnon. II is moreover stated nv ,h.
'an.e writer, that whether Tcxian Indcn.n
.ei ueiee he recognised or not, commercial raI.-
England and Texas, OH tihiI; mis-; i,t,pr,1r
policy "i reciprocity This alone will de-
feat annexation. The policy of Texas.
beng almost exclusively planting country.
will lead to low tariff, il not 10 an entire
systt M of free trade.
England will then find it to her odyan-
tage I" nonopolize the colton of thai repub-
lie exchanging her manufactures wi,hnut
paying any duty upon them. and Tcxas
VIII OF course prefer receiving English
manufactures direct from England rather
than from this country, after they have
pa'd an average duty Of more than 20 per
cent. Under these circumstances, the adj
vantage "frcniaining independent, will force
itself upon Texas, Her proposition to an
mex herself, will he wi,hiraw-which will
cause TO the United Sintcs the loss of The
and valuable trade of Texas Cnr-
overland leave the southern members of
the c"n'ederacy TO the mercy of fana,icaI
at The n.rtlI.
Cannot, will not the northern fanatics
themselves he brought to see the importapc,
"i annexaton' and will not the south he
untir'nS ana uncompromising in their efforts
to promote that oLjcct-or wait till it he
in'ever TOO late? We appe;,. 10 them ON
Ihe subject with all the fervor of n couvic-
tim resulting from IL belief Of the ndispen-
saoie necessity OF annexation To the pros
pcr'ly If MOI to the permanence Of our no.
l'tlcal institution. Application has also been
made, we learn from the same leIIer, 10 the
+ rench court, through the representative at
London, where hut little doubt is entertained
ut the i'm mediate acknowledgment, of Tex
ian Independence bv Francc.-BuNefiu