The Arkansas banner., 1843-09-30
From He Ne,c York .4arora. WHY TEXAS OUGHT TO BE ADMITTED INTD TIIE INIDN- NO
UNION.-NO. 2.

INTO THE UNION.-NO. ?.
 Ne0 Yo'.se, .44;s. 2i, 1913
 i said in my last letter that Texas was al the mercy Of foreign power. This is true; and that power is England. It will not be an impossible thing to raise a fund sesten or twelve millions of dollars in London to be devoted to the emancipation of the slaves oi Texas Indeed, 1t is an established fact, that such a scheme is on foot and actually in pro- eress.
 To the surprise of every man who regards the existence of slavery in the southern re- gions of the Union and in Texas, as necessa- " to their prosperity ill the present state oi l their population, 1t IS seen that the advocate of the abolition of slavery is listened to with as much composure in the streets of Calves ton and Houston, as in the streets of Montre- al and Quebec.
 mention these things to show you, MT Editor, that the project of abolishing slavery in Texas is not an idle notion, but that 1t has ]. truth in it, and when least we expect Il, the blow will be struck, unless the people of the United States, jealous of their power, shall, through their government, interfere, sand for bid the bargain being closed with Great Bri- tain shall have more to say on this head before am done. My object is now to point out some of the evils that will certainly flow from the proximity of free State adjoining Louisiana.
 The barrier between Texas and Louisiana, and Texas and Arkansas, is easily passed- The river that separates the first two is no obstacle to the passage of absconding slaves In less than one year, half the slaves of Lou isiana and Arkansas will have passed the lines, and what then? Their masters will demand tlfeir surrender By what treaty , By treaty that will be formed between the United States and Texas, providing for the surrender of slaves fleeing from servitude ?- Indeed is il supposed that such treaty will ever be formed between the two countries, when their interests will be so palpably con- trary and opposite; when England will pos sess such influence in the councils of Texas as the abolition of slavery, brought about by her agency, viii necessarily give u nel; ii were folly to suppose any such thing.
 What can the masters do when they see their property flying from their grasp by merely passing over a river or an imaginary line, and when they know 1t cannot be re- covered? What is there to allay the fierce exasperation of mind that would ensue from such state of things? Nothing whatever The movement of the slaves iif Louisiana to- wards Texas would communicate itself to Alabama, and Mississippi, and Tennessee, and masters in those States would find their property disappearing daily and nightly.
 The General Government would probably be called upon to remedy the evil. It twould be powerless, and the next step would be the against the free State of Texas, with England at her back Thus would the torch of ser vile war be lighted at once, and the discus sion might arise in Congress as proposed by Mir. Adams, whether the free States should come to the aid of the slave States, before treaty should be made to abolish slavery throughout the Union. A state of things such as have pictured would surely come about, if Texas be permitted by this govern- ment to be made a free State, and the certain result would be dissolution of the Unon
 Not that England would furnish the money to purchase the slaves of Texas merely for philanthropy's sake. have no such idea. It is known that she contemplates an inroad tli,on lne lanu uanlaln o1 l eXaS, to reimburse the capital furnished to extirpate slavery from her precincts. But no matter how done the work will be done, and that, too, speedily, if this government and this people will per- init 1t.
 The influence of England in Texas is not a fancy of the brain, but it is solid truth.- Look at the late truce effected by her power between Santa Anna and Texas. The whole were conducted through the Bri- tish agents, and the news was communicated to the President of Texas through the British agents. Every thing is British, British, Bri- tish Texas seems-at least her constituted authorities-to have forgotten that there IS such power as the United States. The idea of being patronized by Great Britain has made her forget her friends.
 In my letter of tomorrow, 1 will try to show you what ruin can be and will be in- iicted upon American manufactures, by sui fering Texas to become an appanage of the British crown, which 1t will necessarily be. unless it is at once admitted into the Union
 SABINE