Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-12-30
ANNEXATION OF TEXAS.

ANNEXATION OF TEXAS.
Al one Of the ppbli dinners given hi
Sun mer To one f Mr.. C,lhoun's po tic
f lends in VrginIa, tie qursti of annpA
ing Texa~ 10 the United Sla'cs was hroue
forward - several # hit e h'leman
parrIzIns IN way 10 m Ike II question
aud Soutifyn question, III Tho en>u,n,
Pc sid, niiai e!,cilon. t'
III y attempt has been genera ~ dr
couraged, e, ell ia The Sou h, AMI 10y thos
most Ieneiy t. the rrco>e y at that sac
Fl el tcrrli"tv, because the mingling sue.
I @ e,tn II win The election could have n
other 0 eel than ii scheme of eie ii 'ncer
ing ag ,Inst northern 'and nle,, and e
ar'e the tue way 20 Ir're I The "a era
on was Ia m Ike It p"rli q ton. Tn
attempt his, therei' re-, been general,
dis ourag' d, and his had no 9th eff {
tnan 10 remind tie puLic int Mr.. Cal
noun, FIR whose beLefi The annex ton u
Texas i, now II he az tared, is 'he m 8,
c'hprble Of living M n, next 10 john Gum.
c' A lamS, or having given it away, Nj
4 was member # "r. Nj, nrne'S eat /.
ret at tn tims The treaty VS. made sur
rendering feNaS to Sp in, IN lh!twa the
time to have manifested his opposition t.
such loss
ca Benton, though not in puh'ir life at
that time, f resaw all the crIs Il III ttret-
ty, and underworld IRON, tn. Wesrto t, e
mis- hiefs 9th OF the Spaui-h troal wh,ch
cdi ed TEXAS, AM the British Con- en-
Ii which gave the British the int occl.
patton OF the Columbia.
The above remarks are from the Nilsson
rian, paper lately established in St. Lou
is. 1t is needless 10 infrom our readers,
the question OF Texas annexation is now
agitated for no such purpose as is above
mentioned. By it's advocates it is not in
tended 10 be made party question, nor TO
affect the presidential election. Mr.. Pres.
ton who made so earnest an effort in the
Senate of the Uuted Saes to effect this oh
joct, can not be accused of manDuverir &
for the benefit of Mr.. Calhoun. The in
temperate folly OF the remarks OF the Mis-
sourian is only equaled by their injustice
SO palPahle is this, that persons might W. Il
be led 10 believe that the sentiments Of this
aper are but the mere echo of the undy.
ing haired which Thomas II. Benton hear
to Mr.. Calhoun. Some of Mr.. Van Burcn's
northern friends are moybidly sensitive on
the Texas question, his friends here GER
tainI y take a different view of It, they do
not look upon it as calculated to effect his
interests. We believe that every Yam Bu-
rem paper in this state is in 'ovor of the
Do they agirate it for the ben
eft Of Mr.. Ca houn! As to to the charge
that Mr.. Calhoun is cul pahle in having al
dcd in giving away Texas, nothing hit the
most litter though impotent hate eagerly
ecekir6 cause for blame, could have made
so absurd an accusation. Yet tie Van iu-
rem papers pretend that they never a:;acK
Mr. Calhoun!
As for why the Wing papers, evenin The
South, oppose the annexation Of Texas,
the reason is very plain, they think it will
injure the prospects Of Nr. Clay, for which
they would he wiling TO sacrifice the in
terest Of the South and everything South
ern, not so much through want Of priuci-
Pile, as through devotion to their idol,
W HON they look upon not only as the Gem
bodimnnt Of Wing principles" as one of
them said, but as the summum 6oaum, mai-
tun in yarvo compound concentrated en-
bodlment OF all principle political, moral
aud religious. He is the grand Lama "hy
whom they live, move, and have their be-
ing" They stand before him like drIl
company heiote the tugIeman, they Shout
der as he shou ldrIs, present as he presents,
order Tor are ordered) as he orders, and face
as he faces. We are speaking ofthe press,
we are happy to say that many the par
ty, though sincerely attached to Mr.. Clay,
are periodically in favor OF the annexation
of Texas.