True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-10-30
PROSPECTS, OF TExAs
Correspondence of the TaUn AnralcAs)

a "" "oulu oe surprised, 1 uarc say, u were 10
'eli You oil The extraordinary interest now tnke in
shr nha'r.n Texas, by all classrs, net excepting
the Ab"liions's, who in spite OF their uItrasms,
Look out careful Nv t,r NJ. |. A brig and Two
scfooners have just sailed from the Kennrb C
'"ahra with lumber and passengers, & others are
r'nr,cd from the Pennbsco, Thus YOU sec while
the "Yankee criturs'' d.,noumce us the South US
worthy OF bonds,' they eagerly follow in our foot
s'rPs and taitcn upon our soil. In year or wv"
shr carrying trade Of Texas will no DOUBT be en-
'ir-ly engr"ssed by their "wooden nurmrgs" Of the
deep. Emierants are coming in from all quarters
an1'onsiy inquirlng for Texas. Muny ihousan ID
dollars worth of goods and merchandise have
been exchanged here for Texas lands, and some
valuable farms on Stain Aidnd, to my certain
kho~ledse have jus! been gwen for lands upon
the 1rrnty R,uer, at from 10 s dollars per acre
Maryland and Virginia are swelling the tide Of
emigration To Texas, and New En- land to Ca
NADIA will pour forth th,ir quota of hsriy and Ell.
,erpnsins settlers the cunning winter and sprng.
Many wealthy and distinguished citizens OF the
United States have concluded to remove there,
and some members of Congress, and one Of the
grave Senators whom we know, have decided to
follow IN their train. All this, you know, intetes,
ing to New Orleans, for the Star ut Texas rises,
the wealth and briancy Of your city will be ell
HANGED. You will furnish her supplies for many
years to come, and in return receive her valuable
PRODUCTS which will increase your wealth and
Importance beyond any other trade.
Maj. Norton, the enthusiastic and s,eadfas,
TREND OF Texas, will despatch vessels tom or
row full Of freight and passengers for Galveston
sRd Matagsrda. Notwithstanding his rccen, los,
OF vessel aud cargo in late gale he is jealous
Ne ever for her welfare, and richly deserves the
gratitude Of the Republic.
The Texan Com m ssioners are still stliv'ng for
the grta, Loan-hut abolitonisin has min slrd he
drop in the political eaulir"n which Texas has
sc, boiling, with Jno. Quincy Adams to .tir ,hs
ke"le, it Is more than pr 'babs it will no, be oh.
tanned on the desired. 1t is believed tina, i,
can be better negotiated either in England or
| France.
| have it from undouh,cd authority, ard it will
please the people OF Texas, ,h,t wealthy bank CT
| in England, backed by some noblemen Of the fits,
water in Europe, is now advancing funds for the
purchase of land III that country, and that dis.
tingushed citizen Of the U. States will shortly
remove to New Orleans to act as ascn, in their
behalf.
The gren, elections hcTe arc the nll-ensrossing
topic OF society. NV Jersey ani G, orpia are with
US, and if we get New York, loco f.cnlsm is deud,
and Van Blreni.m forever FUSED up''
The city is full of strangers, and business very
good. Money is plenty, at common rates of lu-
terer'. Bennett has just returned from Europe in
the Royal William, and now serves up his daily
paper TO more than 90 90 anxious inquiries every
morning to breakfast. Yours, f.
The Advertiser takes excel llon 10 our impuling
the recent events in Pennsylvania, and Ohio, to
an abuse Of the elective franchise, and drawing
thence reason f"rts restriction. II, no takes a
most perverted view of our position for he asks,
would we "rednce nm american mechanic ~
10 the level Of a Russian Serf! .
make him newer OF wood, &c, hu, deny him a
voice in tho election of our rulors ."--Now
we ARE bold TO say that no such menning,-no
such intention, could be imputed to us by those
TO whom we are known. II never could be sup
posed that tee would curtuil the rights of an
american. No. Our view was directed TO those
who are not Americans yet, whatever they NAV
become. unets tho right of suffrage be guarded,
bS res,ricted,-th incsmable value of citizen.
ship * lost. II tho vote Of the true .4n,erican-
be he native, or adoPted,-can be neutrazcd BY
the vercs, IF the franc hisc continue to
lose as we have al seen it, the oath of aleg ,nes
to our Republican i1l'liHlions is tnken in vain, and
the probationary periao prescribed by the Cons-
tulon is n mere farce. 1t has been proved
proved before competent competent tribunal
hat At the Ias' NV York election, fully FIVE
ihou'n nd inrutcts virtually disfranch se an equal
number OF good citizens by ;neutralizing their Just
votes; and does aot such illegal suffrage re,1uire
restriction! II has been sworn to by rrcfutab"
the FIVE thousand in,ruders, wers
not only suffered throw in their ialse ballots,
but tina, they all voted in two different WAR;. in
the same elections! Does not such abuse Of the
franchise demand restriction! The Advertiser
cannot tail to remember that, but few DAYS
since, in Philade rhia "such illegal va,ing'' was
detected that the whole return OF the Northern
Liberties was disnllowed aud thus the acts OF
psck of scounlrels deprived honest men of their
things require restriction! In New Jersey the dis.
'rics comprising Millviic, Dccrf. Id, and South
ampton,h has been dlsfranchized in no, allowing the
return to pass, by the reason of illegally! Su civ
such abuses loudly demand restriction. The tiyh,
If fIancqise if too dear TO every true American to
re lightly shared with every intruder, whose loose
'rnciples make perjury joke, and urunny n
good. Without requisite guards, restrictions, and
limitations, TO our glorions elective franchise, our
liberty is mela boas',-,ur RICH, of vote, n
bubble.
The Advertiser affects TO think that our doe.
rnes smack of the Hartford Convention,' and
sydney 'ch""l! We wero but young when the
convention met, yet youthful were our
'ear', and soul, went with the way measures, as |
hoy have ever since done with all acts that regard
ne honor OF our native county. We boast of be-
ns true American, we glory in calling ours"lf
rue wing, for the whig doctrines are American,
hey are written in the constitution the Consti-
utionas given us by our revolutionary sres, no,
s interpreted in modern days by mere executive
,ctatlon We PRIZE ourscf in being Republican,
but not demagogue, not q disarsanzcr! and
re thi"k he must hold his citizenship of little va.
ne, whether claimed hybiuh, or legally acquired,
ho would indiscrmlnale'y h.s'ow its inesima
lie privilege on the worthy and the vile
Our censor deceiSes him self if he thinks we ARE
shamed OF the i'm puiatinn of fede ralism: the
'ises', and the best men in the land have borne
long, and yet their principles have mover swer.
cd,-Their cheek has never blushed at a heed
:ss word. We are ~hig in principle, wing to
lie very core, nor dc We heed q nickname. or re-.
ard slur
The U. s. Snip ''Oh,o,' from ston, arrived a,
ew York from Boston on the 2Istinst., in cam.
and of the gaan, Smith.
The U. S. Ship Independence, Comm dorc Nj
,olson, arrived at Rio de Janeiro on the 9Oh
ugust from Montevideo. U. S. Ship Fairfield,
apt. Mayo, also arrived at Rio tho same day
ON Bahia and Prrnnmbuco
heic Jersty Eleciioms.---Bv recent news received
ON the Secretary of States Office at Trenton, N
1t appears that tho returns from the d,strcts
nhracing Melville, Deerfield, and Southampton