The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-12-15
From the Me,o Orleans Balietin. !.

From the Ne1o Orleans Bulletin. q -
The accassionto power of Santa Anna will
result it is supposed, in the early restoration Of
peace between Texas and. Mexico. Bitter ex-
perieuce has taught. that military chieftain
the utter hopelessness ofdriving back the wave;
of Anglo Saxon emigration, AN re-conquering,
Texas He will hardly be willing to hazard. his.
martial renown upon anotherfeld like that Of
San Jacinto. But strong as is the necessity,the
acknowledgment of Texan independence will
be bitter pill for Mexican haushtness to swal-
low. Degraded and chop-fallen asst is the Gov
ernment will shun if possible the humiliation of
recognizing the claim ofa rebellious and once
contemplate province to the high rank and Dig
nifty of asoyereign people. To escape from, a
d lsmma so embarrassing as that which is now
presented, by the dficuEyscf re.comquering
Texas on the one hand, or the scheme of ac-
knowledging its independence on the other, the
idea is now suggested that Santa Anna leans
strongly in favor of cession of the repolted ter
ritory to the United States. -. s. :.
In late Texas papers we notice speculatlons
of this import There can be no doubt the ar.
rangement would be profitable oneto the Mexi-
can government. It would secure to them "a
handsome equivalent fora territory that is. now.
irre:rievably lost, and to which they have mo
longer any title under the law of nations But
the question is more than problematical whether
Texas after having achieved her emancipation
will consent to be sold like colonial dependen-,
cy, or whether the United States will consent,to
paw to Mexico a valuable consideration for a
province that no longer belongs to her. FoTour
own part we consider cession by Mexico an
improbable II NOT an impossible event nader exc
istng circumstances. If Texas. ever becomes
an integral protion ofthe United States it Will be
not by purchase from the former masters of the
country, but by the voluntary annexation of a
free and Independent people.
Just Sentimens-The London Spectator,
commenting upon the seizure of Grogan, by
Canadian volunteers, and. our frontier troubles
generally, holds this manly language.
aThe President of the United States issues
a proclamation avowing the disordered state of
soce.y within his own jurisdiction, threatening
the lawless with the terrors of the law, and en-
treating the peaceable to "frown," down the se-
cret societies and the overt pillage of arsenals.
And we, who cannot keep our ownquasi-mili-
tary troops in order-who cannot oblige the Of
fcer to respect the royal commissions which he
holds, and who have our public gaols prostituted
to the vagaries of band of kidnappers-laugh
at President Tyler for the weakness Of his gov:
ernment! The British Government has not so
as we know, even endeavored, like Mr.. Tyler to:
control the pratical lawlessness. of its own sub
iects by admouition and warning: The Caroline
affair itself arose out of violation. of terrtory
and weshave suffered time to creep on without
warning the aggressors of the consequences Of
their acts, until another case has. arisen 1t
worn well at least. if the Government of Canada
initiated Presdect Tyler's declaration of the law:
At peace, and united in the common object of
repressing outrage on whatever side, the two
great countries night crush the half barbarized
ruffians who, under the cover of defending each,
brave the other; but while futile jealousies and
punctilios give to the two Governments the
semblance of hostility, it remains in the power
of few backwoodsmen and borderers to plunge
two empires into an unwelcome contest which
must double the burdens ofthe British taxpayer;
and saddle the American citizens with much
dreaded national debt-to say nothing of private
ruin and misery.