Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-06-12

hs;nr such we are not 80 much suTpTlzed that
81 measures have been taken to secure that
rish and fertile country, as one Ofthe States
Of the confederacy. One vote, only, IN the
Texan Congress prevented the withdrawal OF
the petition Of Texas to the United States
for admission into the Union. The present IS
the only opportunity offered for the Congress
ofthe United States to grant this petition; but
we much fear that the interests Of the South
win be betrayed. and that mfr. Van Buren,
and his New York and loco foco friends viii
prevent the adoption Of this purely Southern
measure.
England has already been negotiating with
Texas, and we fear that we shall but too late,
learn that Texas cannot belong to us, for the
reason that she IS already pledged to the !" Mo-
thsr country" We have written these re.
marks to introduce the following article from
the N. Y.Star, one ofthe SOaahsrp papers pub
ished IN MI. Van Buren's native State:
Admission Of IerGs.--We have received
the very able speech of MIR. Preston on the
admission Of Texas into the Union we fear,
however, that it Is too late. It is rumoured
that the Texan Minister in London, after sew
eral interviews with the members of the Brit.
ish Cabinet, has received assurances that the
independence Of Texas win be recognised by
that Government on certain conditions and
considerations. It is further said that an early
application has been made to the British Nun
ister in Mexico for details of the power and re-
sources Of that republic, and the prospect Of
success in the repossession Of Texas, and the
reply has been in every respect uniayourable to
any attempt which Mexico may take to recon-
quer that territory.
The first condition required by the British
Ministry is the withdrawal of the application to
Congress made by Texas to come In as one of
the confederated States of the Union, on the
ground that proposition to be recognized as
an independent nation could not be entertained
during pending application to become COM
ponent part of the American family. The
doubts and difficulties thrown in the way of an-
nexation by Northern politicians, and the obvi-
Gus 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 ofTexas, determined that Govern
ment to withdraw its application for coming
lutO TIC O4uOul duu SAAuS pOWSIlub uIuGpG1is
dent nation viii be established with Terrific
~ half as large as the whole United States, and
with body Of active, intelligent men, emigra-
! ting from all parts Of the world in numbers cal
culated seriously to alarm Mexico hereafter for
the integrity of her other possessions. Eng
land viii find direct market for an immense
amount of her manufactures, and an indirect
outlet through Mexico and the navigable rivers
Of this counry-the supply of the Indians and
others at low tariff taking in exchange, among
other products, from one to two hundred thou
sand bales ofcotton annually. It is an invalu-
able accession of power and influence to Eng
land in other respects. Hanging on our Dor
ders on long line of Territory reaching from
Nova Scotia, Upper and Lower Canada almost
to the Rocky Mountains to the North and
North West, England by this early alliance
with Texas, exercises direct commercial and
| political influence, from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, on the long line of the Rio del Norte to
the South, and we may say thus nearly encom-
passing the whole Union with her extended
territorial arms; keeping also watchful eye
on the Mexican mines aiding to improve the
navigation Of the great streams, to get into the
heart of Mexico-making valuable treaties with
the immense bodies of Indians and Mestizoes
L
the already divided parties In Mexico, and Fl.
nally annexing that country to Texas, including
the ports of Tampico and Vera Cruz, the worI
only of a few years, and finally possessing the
great key to the Pacific and the commerce O
the Indies by the Ship Canal across the 18th
mus Of Darien. We thus make England great
eT than the United States in influence as sOeU a.
territory on our oiOn Continent! and this has
been done from sheer jealousy of Northern pol
ltcians towards augmedting the power of thC
South; forgetting that we are one Rmily, ons
people, one nation and one interest," and wha
strengthened one section of the Union benefit
ted the other. Not content with this mcalle,
, for, unpatriotic distrust and jealousy toward
the South, opposition to Texas was strengthen
ed by vile appeal to the passions and tanati
kcism of abolitionists- ministers of the Gospe
were permitted, we may say, IN the only sec
ton Of the Union where church and state ar
united, to mount the pulpit and illuminate thei
doctrines against Texas, and the interests {
I the South and what was the excuse? 81
t was necessary to keep the Union together
q Texas would have divided the Union.' Is nc
the period desperation fearfully accelerated b
making Texas a sovereign and independer
power, with such an ally as England?
: Let Texas once deVelope her resources
i: Mexico be annexed to Texas-let the abol
Y tionists carry on the game with IMMUNITY, whe
II the South and West viii be invited to come
with them and form most powerful confedei
. acy, reaching from the Potomac to the Isti
: mus Of Danen, from the Atlantic to the p:
Il cifc, leaving US at the North as bare as I'll
J palm of our hands-ou States thinned by en-
+. igration, and our manufactures destroyed b
/ flooding the whole South and West with Bri
q ish goods.
y This IS another of the many false position
{ in which Northern and Eastern politicians hay
= placed the country. Weereet Michigan, Wi
: consin, Iowa, and other Northern Territori,
g into States without opposition, but the momel
y the South is to have an additional State "
re hear the thunder Of their jealousy, suspicic
% and dislrust.-
h or B D. HowARD, Editor Of II
e jackson Mississippian, win please accer
u our THANKS for his attention in sending u
Y Y q copy Of the laws passed at the last sel
y sion Of our Legislature.
! Mr.. KEHwoRTAY, the celebrated Wei
q. triloquist, gave benefit, last week, to Ii
II : Society for tie Acquisition and Digissio
N Of Useful KnoUledgs" Of this city. Tt
le amount handed over was, VI understanl
9 about $50, which IS 10 BE appropriate
|, for the purchase Of Books for the Society
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