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WHY TEXAS OUGHT TO DE ADMITTED
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| said ia my last letter that Texas at the met
icy of a foreign power. This is true and that pow
er is England. II will not be an impossible thng 10
raise fund Of ten twelve millions OF dollars IN
London TO be devoted 10 the emancipation OF inc
slaves Of Texas, Indeed, II is an established iac''
that such scheme Is on foot and actually 40 pro-
gress.
To the surprise of every man who regards the ex-
stence of slavery in the southern regions OF the Union
and in Texas necessary TO their prosperity IN the
present state OF their population, II Is seen that me
advocate OF the abolition Of slavery Is listened 10
with much composure in the streets OF Galveston
and Houston, as in the streets OF Montreal and Cue
bee
| mention these things TO show you, MIR. E1hor,
that the project OF aboshng slavery IN Texas Is mol
idle notion, but that IL has truth III II, aud wheh
least we expect IT, the blow VIII be struck unless ue
people Of The United States Jealous Of their power,
shall through their government Interfere, and iof-
bid the bargain being closed with Great britain
shall have 10 say this head before am done.
My object is now TO point out some oil The e's tha'
viii certainly flow from the proximity oil Tree state
adjoining Louisiana.
| The barrier between Texas and Louisiana, and
Texas and Arkansas, is easily passed. The river
that separates the first two is obstacle to the pas
sage of abscondng slaves In less than one year,
half the slaves OF Louisiana aud Arkansas VIII nave
passed the lines and what Them Their masters viii
demand their surrender. BY what treaty. by q
treaty that will be formed between the United States
and Texas, providing for the surrender OF slaves
fleeing from seryiiudel Indeed is il suppo.e ed that
such a treaty will ever be formed between the two
countries, when their interests will be SO palpably
contrary and opposite; when England will possess
such influence in the councils OF Texas as the aboli.
ton Of slavery brought about by her agency, VIII
necessarily give to herr twere folly to suppose any
such thing.
What can the masters do when they their pro-
perry flying from their grasp by merely passing over
river an imaginary line, and when they know II
cannot be recovered What is there to allay the
fierce evaporation Of mind that would ensuc from
such stale Of things Nothing whatever. The
movement of the slaves in Louisiana towards Texas
would communicate itself to Alabama and Mississp.
p and Tennessee, and masters in those States would
find their property disappearing daily and nightly
The General Government would probably be call
ed upon TO remedy the evil. Ii would be powerless,
and the next step would be the waging Of by
the five southwestern States against the free State OF
Texas, with England at her back. Thus would the
torch of serve war be lighted at once, and the dis
cnssion might arise in Congress as propo ed by Mr..
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.
state of things such have pictured would surely
come about, # Texas be permitted by this Govern
to be made free State, and the certain result
would be dissolution of the Union
| Not that England would furnish the money to pur-
chase the slaves of Texas merely for philanthropy IS
sake. have no such idea. 1t is known that she
contemplates inroad upon The land domain of
Texas, 10 reimburse the capital furnished TO extr.
pate 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 permit it.
! The Influence Of England in Texas is not fancy
of the brain, but II Is solid truth Look at the late
truce effected by her power between Santa Anna and
Texas. The whole negotiations were conducted
through the British agents, and the news com
muncaed To the President Of Texas through the Bril-
fish agents Every thing is British British, British
! Texas SENS al least her constituted authorities
/ to have forgotten that there is such Power the
United States The idea of being patronized by
Great Britain has made her forget her friends.
! In my letter of tomorrow, will try to show you
what ruin be and will be inflicted upon Ameri-
can manufactures, by suffering Texas to become an
appanage of the British crown which il will neces-
sary be- unless II is at admitted into the Union.
SABINE.