The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-23

globe. Our federatiye Ubop, IN the spfn OIL JUS
adoption, is capable OF indehnite extension. oPS.'
aud numbers will only add 20 It's su.hs'h oy nun.
ulyne its blessings Ia any other spirit II would not
have been long preserved, even BY inc va ihll..en
Ii, then, sm right in supposng that our country
men Of the non-slayehoding States are nor osPoseu
To renounce their union with the slayehoidng o'a'
and il | have not erred ia supposing that hAe our
selves and all the rest of mankind they can ana 40
perceive the force Of that mysterious power "h'sh
bind individuals in society aud states Ia union "
rendering conflicts OF opinion and interest," ts very
sources Of harmony happiness and strength, do no'
appreheDd anyeyil consequences from the eAci'e-
nent which this subject will give rise TO-
The action of no government slate OF iedeIal, on
the subject of slavery can produce any thlng put ms
chief Its end like It's origin, Is within The compass
only of those laws when man mas he,her t,'e
20 perceive the power TO arrest, though he Is 'he
agent in their fulfllment When the federal consli-
,uion was adopted, slavery existed q beheVe) IN ali
the States. That il does not exist now IN large
majority Of the original States is owing less 10 iheir
philanthropy than their interest Slave labor Is un.
profitable in grain growing countries Instances oil
voluntary emancipation frequent III tbose states
where slave labor most profitable as they ever were
in grain growing States. The culture OF COTTON ana
sugar in the United States has done more To withdraw
slavery southwark than all the expediens which the
wisdom of this or other generations could devise
1t is process which does no violence TO our federal
compact, 10 private rights which hazards mel
ther social peace nor the union.
England, whose possessions and jurisdiction extend
over SO large a portion Of the globe whose influence
is felt every where, will either possess control
Texas il ii does not come under the jurisdiction of
the United States. The pTeudices OF England against
slavery phllosophically confined to sympathetic
meetings, popular harrangues, and neighooury dis
position 10 dissolve union on account OF H.
If she abolishes il in her West Indies il only to null
tiply il in her East Indies 1t is impossible that Mex
leo can ever subjugate TexAs. Though covering
much larger extent Of territory and numbering many
people, Mexico is really in no better condition
and not stronger than Texas. There is more pro-
liability of revolt in other provinces than of the
conquest of Texas. The fashions Of dress not
more capacious in their changes than are the forms
of Mexlran government | apprehend It Is destined
for some time, to continue in state Of civil chaos
giving signs of energy, but occasionally spasmodic
convus ons a body of bigoted priests and mercena-
TX soldiers, whose victims the people have long been
Texas is recognized by our COVE nmcnt and by the
most powerful governments of Europe, exempt
from Mexican dominion. Spain is as likely to
conquer Mexico Itself Mexico Texas. 1t is true
Mexico has not formally recognized Texas, one of
the nations Of the earth She still claims the right 10
conquer to dispose of her. Texas then in all pro-
liability will exist under some form OF government
Independent of Mexico Will she be independent
of European influences prejudcia to US, fatal to the
harmony OF two rival coterminous republics'
Having acquired Louisiana and Florida, we have
an interest and frontier the Gulf Of Mexico and
along our interior TO the Pacific, which will not per-
mt US W Clost oul eyes VI our WIN
ference to the events which few years may disclose
in that qua ter We have already had one question
of boundary with Texas; other questions must soon
arise under revenue laws and on other points of
necessary intercourse, which it will be difficult to adj
just. The institutions of Texas and her relations
with other governments yet that condition which
inclines her people, (who countrymen)
unite their destnies with ours. This must be done
soon or not at ALL There hume tribes of In
dams along both frontiers which easily become
the cause the instruments of border wars. Our
population is pressing onward to the Pacific.
No power restrain il. The pi ,neer from our At
lantic board, will soon kindIe his fires and erect
his cabin beyond the Rocky mountains and on the
Gulf of California. If Mohammed comes not to the
noun ain, the mountain will go 10 Mohammed.
Every year adds new difficulties to our progress in
that direction, progress natural and inevitable
the current of the Mississippi These difficulties
will soon ''like mountains interposed'-
''Make enemies of nations
Which like kindred drops
Might mngle into one"
Truly yours,
THOMAS w. GILMER.