Southern Argus., 1838-07-10
To the Editor Of the Southern Argus.
WASHINGTON CITY, }
June 18th, 1888. {

Lear SG:-
You have no doubt heard before this that
the Texian Minister, General Hunt has left
this place in disgust, having failed in procur-
ing the friendly aid of the Administration IN
securing the admission ofTexas into the Union.
Although General Hunt has used every exer-
ton for the last twelve months to induce the
President to recommend this measure to the
favorable consideration of Congress, and spent
day after day in urging the Importance OF
early action upon this grave and vitally inter-
esting subect-yet all has proved unavailing
in CONSEQUENCE of Mr.. Van Buren's hostility
to the South
1t is not perhaps generally known, that,
pending the last Presidential election, the Ab-
olitionists Of the North required pledge from
MIR. Van Buren, upon three points before they
would vote for him, and they were as follows:
1gt, That he would admit that they had
the constitutional right to petition for the
Abolition Of Slavery in the District of Co
lumbia, and in the States.
ID. That Congress possessed the power Of
emancipating the slaves in the District Of
Columbia
Sd. That he would oppose the admission Of
Texas into the Union-because such mea-
sure, if effected, would strengthen the South
and enable her to protect her domestic insti-
utions. These pledges, you viii discover, have
now been fulfilled to the very letter, and yet
strange to tel, few individuals who once
professed to belong to the old State Rights
party are supporting this bitter enemy to theil
best interests on the falacious ground that he
entertains Southern principles, and is friendly
to Southern rights, merely because he advo
Gates the Sub Treasury system, which pro
| poses to place the purse of the nation in hii
hands.
1 1t should be remembered that Gen. Hun
urged upon the President the early considera
ton Of the Texas question upon the groun'
that unless that rich and fourishing republic
was admitted into the Union without delay
thathe embarrassed condition would com
pei her to make such treaties with Englan'
and other nations as to preclude her from eve
becoming member of the confederacy-
Mr.. Van Buren, although solemnly sworn +
.'recommend from time to time to Congress
such measures as he may deem necessary an
expedient" has not only refusedt to mentlonth
subject to that body, but even rejected th
proposition with disdain upon his own respon
sibiIity, as his authorised letter from N.r. Fol
syth to General Hunt viii show. The IN
mediate consequence of which conduct ha
been an application on the part Of Englan
through her minister at this place to form an ad
vantageous commercial Connexion with Tea
: as, provided she viii withdraw her profere
annexation to the United States. This prc
posal win no doubt meet with the decided al
probation Of the Texan Congress 50 soon .
I they learn the shameful manner ii whic
: Their generous offers have been treated B
= the President
Il IS owing ID this important act Oh the pa,
s Of Mr.. Van Buren. that the nEmancipator
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b the whole Abolition party, are now denoupl
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