Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-05-25
From the National IuteHiseneer.

From the National InfeEigeneer.
Having recently published letter signed by Messs Ad
ans, Gates Sade, WIN. b. Calhoun, Giddings Sherlock
j. Andrews, Borden, Chtenden, Mattocks Morgan How.
ard, Blrdseye, and Hail. members OF the 9th Congress
addressed ITO the People of the free States The Union
in which letter these gentlemen have referred 10 some opin
IONS OF NINE with regard to the annexation of Texas the
T. - am sure YOU will not withhold from the priv.
ege OF being heard by the People the States through
the medium OF your columns In asking this do not pro.
pose TO enter at all ON the discussion OF question which
certainly has not yet asen but depccaie the improper
uses I" which that question has been applied in ancipa
uon by your correspondents. The preudices which they
would excite are most nniayoabe only the fair
siderauon oi that question: should arise L. the
permuent harmony aud best interests OF the Union.
In the letter which wrote friend in January last and
which published IN Baltimore endeavored TO sum IN
briefly few of the which thought would recon-
mend the annexation O Texas the calm Judgment OF the
people OF the L. s. well those whom and for whom
Messors. Adams, &c. volunteer speak, those whom
they imagine TO have peculiar local nteestn question
adVerted To ties OF mutual interest which would strength
ened and enlarged by opening fields OF enterprise and
stimulating energies which be pnrdoned for thinking
could he better employed than fostering unnatural and
dangerous enouses the people States nrrndy i'm
the Union spoke of slavery as subject of great elicacv
IN all it relations, but had reference attempts ola
lew OF our own conntymen, aided by foreign emissaes
dissolve our Unon and not these gentlemen have ina.
gned, 10 any schemeior aggrandzng the South. did
speak OF annexation as calculated give any ascendancy
slavery IN our councils but capable of hamonzg ma
uonal dlscord which some agators in conjunction with
certain BRITISH agents at home and abroad, have sought
niiame. referred to the unsettled questions Of jursdic
ton and boundary between the IT, y and England along the
coast OF the Pacific and motives which might influence
the British Government and i;s friends the IT, - 10 oppose
the acquisition OF Texas California especially since the
results Of Brush yaor and diplomacy China results which
believe Mr. Adams either anticipated desired
since.
The address which you have published is an imposing
though Think with due Difference, very candid ap
peal the people of the nonslavehodng States not so
much against the annexation of Texas against the hamo
ny OF the Union under the present Constitution.
IL VIII have do not doubt, more effect abroad than at
home III pointing out 10 the diplomacy and intrigue
oil Europe the only weak points in national position
points which, seems to but enemies contem
plate with satisfaction. The number of your paper
"hch contained the address OF Messs Adams &c. fur
nhed evidence of design the part of Great Britain TO
interfere directly in the relations of Texas TO TINT country
ana TO THIS and TO disturb the question of domestic slavery
on our frontier and in country already by
England as independent and therefore subject TO B
tish CONTROL l. Mr. Adams the man who ought 10
desire the establishment of British power over the country
between the Sabine aud the Rio Gmndol Docs any man
know better than he that this territory ought of right TO
be part aud parcel OF the United Satcsi any man
know better why is notl Let remind him that pos
tey may be slow TO ascrbc him any very patriotic mo.
lives IN now attempting to invoke the prejudices Of pac
unr section Of the Union against slavery in order TO pre-
vent the acquisition of territory peoplcd by our coupl
uyymen, ana winch has been improperly lost TO us.
What has slavery to do with this question: VIII the number
OF slaves m the T. = be increased by the Tex
asi VIII the number Of saychOding States increasedl
Ii is true that the climate aud soil Of Texas arc peculiarly
adapted to the culture OF cotton sugar. &C. crops which
render slave labor more profitable than it be in grain
growing regions and this may induce the slave population
now IN the w. =. 10 advance southwark in the event of an
noxnon. But this population advances 10 the South
wi" not recedo from the North Is it the object Of your
correspondents To connc the slave population Of the T. s.
within compass so narrow multiply the hardships Of
the slave and to compel the turn him up.
on the North aud the West nominay free butrcuy burden
TO himself aud scourgo 60 hc people of the free Si,sl"
ask the laborng Of the North ask the infatuated
phanhropsi Of the North, they have already enough
oi the Tree negro their free cOloed population which
y rapidly increasing around thom is not already more nu
nous more dangerous TO them, than the slave population
% 'he SCUM or can be to Us to any body else T.
nos the condition OF the white the black man been benefit
Yea by the accumulation there Of persons of color TO
such an extent as TO suggest already the startling project
o. omaRamaoni ask # there be not many yet living in
Northern states whose experience can testify that the rea
IONS between the neo and the white better
en- there as master and slave than when there u an
equality nomnoy recognized by law against which every
sentiment Of nature and revosl Lett be renem.
bered all the slaves Of the North were not omancpaied-
Many OF them were sold the South Interest them and
not phanhOphy alone aided in rendering the work en-.
ancipauou so easy at the north.
It's time, however for tho Of the North as well as
o aouh pause and to deliberate calmly the present
dangers which surround They yet within the
u0 OF That patriotic reason which founded Union and
Whlch induced our fathers 10 lay aside tho POLITICAL moral
ana religious prcIudoes connected with the slavery Of the
black, IN order accomplish and the freedom Of the
"hic man Tho true question - not any than Il
was ~ 1857 whether there be territory added
the unon or more aychoidng States admitted, but whoth
er the territory and the States have continue to be
governed by Constitution which universally believed
until recently, TO have settled forever the relative rights and
obUgluons OF the states ns 10 slavery.
Your correspondents The following language; 1T he
acquisition by cossion Of Texas) would be
violation Of our national compact w. OBJECTS designs and
tho great eemenln principles which entered into is for
naon Of character deep and Fundamental aud would
DC an attempt "a ccrnzo institution and power Of
iue 80 unjust themselves, injurious the interests and
ahhoHeni 70 the feelings fhe people Of the free States
~ OUT opinion, not only inevitably result IN dissolution
Of the Union, but fully to justify ~ and not only
that the people Of the free States ought not to submit but
we say with confidence hsv g0Hid not submit IT, We
know their present temper and spirit this subject well
20 believe for hat they would become parfiesps
craGis IN any such contrvance for the remediab per
pefuafion Of Institution which the and hest men
who formed Federal Constitution, we'll from the slave
the free States regarded cell and curse soon to
become extinct under the operation Of laws u be passed pro
bitng the slave trade. and the progressive principles Of
| the RovolutionP
From the peculiar pains taken emphasize certain pas
sages In This portion Of their letter. your correspondents
leave no room 10 doubt that contemplate the abolition
OF slavery In the u S. by the agency Of the Federal Govern
nen These gentlemen cannot be ignorant Of the acttha
the Federal Constitution recognises slavery Of the
objects entitled TO s protection and Of the elements
the Government which oeatcd that provision there
in made for the surrender OF fugitive slaves oil the 5tate
and hree6fha Of the slaves Of the Union bo
rated aPpoonng representation, and may thus be sub