The native American., 1838-06-02
[From the Ne,o York Erening Star.l
ADMISSION OF TEXAS.

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We have received the very able speech Of
Mr.. Preston on the admission of Texas into the
Union; we fear, however, that it is too late. 1t
is rumored that the Texian Minister in London,
after several interviews with the members Of the
British Cabinet, has received assurances that the
independence of Texas will be recognised by
that Government on certain conditions and con-
siderations. tits further said that an early APP
plication has been made to the British Minister
in Mexico for details of the power and resources
of that republic, and the prospect Of success in
the repossession Of Texas, and the reply has been
in every respect unfavorable to any attempt
which Mexico may make to reconquer that terri
tory.
The first condition required by the British
Ministry is the withdrawal Of the application to
Congress made by Texas to come in as sof
the confederated States of the Union, on the
ground that proposition to be recognised as an
independent nation could not be entertained dur
ing pending application to become component
part of the American family. The doubts and
difficulties thrown in the way of annexation by
Northern politicians, and the obvious benefits to
be derived from treaty with England, which OF
course includes recognition and treaties from other
Continental powers, together with the increasing
population and resources Of Texas, determined
coming into the Union, and thus a powerful in
dependent nation will be established with Ter
ritory half as large as the whole United States,
and with body Of active, intelligent men, emf
grating from all parts Of the world in numbers
calculated seriously to alarm Mexico hereafter for
the integrity of her other possessions. England
will find direct market for an immense amount
her manufactures and indirect outlet through
Mexico and the navigable rivers Of this country
the supply of the Indians and others at a low Ia
riff, taking in exchange, among other products,
1 from one to two hundred thousand bales OF cotton
annually. 1t is an invaluable accession of power
and influence to England in other respects.
Hanging on our borders long line of Terri
tory reaching from Nova Scotia, Upper and Low
er Canada almost to the Rocky Mountains to the
North and North West, England by, this early
alliance with Texas, exercises direct CONNER
cial and political influence, from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, on the long line Of the Rio del Norte
to the South, and we may say thus nearly en-
composing the whole Union with her extended
territorial arms; keeping also watchful eye on
the Mexican mines--aiding to improve the navl-
cation of the great streams, to get into the heart OF
Mexco-making valuable treaties with the i'm
mense bodies of Indians and Mestzoes-pushng
on excitement and divisions among the already
divided parties in Mexico. and finally annexing
that country to Texas, including the ports Of
Tampico and Vera Cruz, the work only Of a few
years, and finally possessing the great key to the
Pacific and the commerce Of the Indies by the
Ship Canal across the Isthmus OF Darlen. ne
thus make England greater than the united
States IN influence as aceU as territory on oar
oaU,a Continent! and this has been done from sheer
jealousy Of Northern politicians towards aug
menting the power Of the South; forgetting thatwe
are one family, one people, one nation, and one
interest, and what strengthened one section of the
Union benefited the other. Not content with this
uncalled for unpatriotic dstrust and jealousy to-
wards the South, opposition to Texas strength
ened by a vile appeal to the passions and lanatl-
cism Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the Gospel
were permitted, we may say, in the only section
of the Union where Church and State are united,
to mount the pulpit and illuminate their doctrines
AGAINST Texas, and the interests oil the South; and
what was the excuse? .'It was necessary okeep
the Union together; Texas would have divided the
Unon'' Is not the period of separation feariully
accelerated by making Texas sovereign and in
dependent power, with such an ally as England!
Let Texas once develope her resources-let
Mexico be annexed to Texas-let the abolition
lists carry on the game with impnnity, when the
South and West will be invited to come III with
them and form most powerful contcderacy,
reaching from the Potomac to the lsthmus OF Da-
rien, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, leaving us
at the North as bare as the palm Of our hands
our States thinned by emigration, and our manu-
factories destroyed by flooding the whole South
and West with British goods
This is another of the many false positions ii
which Northern and Eastern politicians have
placed the country We erect Michigan, Wis
consin, Iowa, and other Northern Territories into
States without opposition, but the moment the :,
South is to have an additional State, we hear tne
thunder of their jealousy, suspicion ana o's'''s''
il Our late cold Heather accounted Jor;-i !, ne
late cold blasts from the Northwest, re'arune ue
slSprna vegetation on this part OF the seapoalu'
are accounted for by the 81. Louis nePuooa asl.c