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

ereignty over it. But If rexas can main
in her independ, nee, what be- ones o
hos alternatives. amrlt, that she mus
: l. II To Mr,ic Great Britain, "r the Unit {
Il te.2 Agalnf WHY woIli the cioui
zatr n OF Tcxls bv Great b irain eud II
ger TIE pea AMI sc u ny # HE Southern
st te : No other reason Can he -ig &c
tt,an that she Would abolish slavery, nHr
'huS bring Pop .laton al n"n.sl'" h H.
erS aud color, d ir, en- n in conttt with q
. pupu'a rIon ui atehoi' erS and slaves
B / how IN ch would it letter the Gaze
annex Texas 20 he Uniled States, an
continue | err sla e y! Would not h'T
popnlutian Of sleven'de and 81 V, S
COME in nnact W tn the fir e population OF
Mexi.r? Slavery an II, edom must neccs
.ati V me in contact, TIL the one or the
al. er is cradcaiei from the errh! Once
tmne II, as the Journals correspond.
je,t urguos. the anreyatlun will TIC di,a l.
yantagenns Ia the South, il is passing
srnngp thai tie south sh"u be 20 siren
uous f. r it. Tank e tn IT the south wIsh' S
to ain hers, If of p"puIatlln, capital,
AMI indutry, without receiving any p"llti-
cal aIvanta9eS of cnrIesp 'ndhg Imp"r'
tine as III ewriler pre- tends! Not she.
Sro Is not 50 stupid us this. She perceiVes
that The annexaIIon would open glorious
mlrket for her surplus slave populI ton;
AMI she would Immediately turn slave
reeder on 50 magnificent scale, as 10
throw the slave brecding country Of Arr
ca enrirel, into The background; and we
should behold Amcric III Congns aud GUM
cas- all over the sou h. Little, indeed,
would she care for her agricultural inter-
rs,S, While she coulI have such market
for her ,lnes. And as to her p,iIcnI ad
niages, it needs n such Argument l.
show, that the rapid increase of ,laveS,
and The addition 10 the u non OF IL lrgc
number of slave states, would add immense
ly t. that.
BIT why did tins writer stop here? WHY
did he not Apply one of hiS lu nInoas ar
tmputs to the annexation OF Texas to
Me ii o? It does no, tl'ow hat lee use
eva> should no, be annextd To Gr,a
b it in. she should therefore be ann " d
IL the United SAFES. VII bjecri IN has
the wit to her hnneXatl"n 10 MeX'cO?-|
| He has Stale none. And now let me say,
thtt If Texas cannot m IN al her ind :.
pcndencr, neither The UNI ed States, n II
Greal B tain. bur Merico Las The rieht
utr. Our s u hr' us and their no rhern
c rndju'o's Tx Isl "a il Texas We con.
m n Il ndcr; AMI as If theN h Il n ting
onl their own in ercst> 10 C ,n<It IA las
m 1T r Ola nnexa'fon, Bn hoa or ti,t4e
mistake under VIII ii the, labor WAY, We
must o tain he consent OF Mexico, as We
h ne Of On altcmpte I t, d J., fore we C "a
have Tea We must also ob ain the
consent f G. ca b itnin; for il We have
IN r CHI 10 ih'e ierc, aud 10 say lht sic
sha | not have TeNa,; ;hen she has 4
rlghr t. int rfere. and - sly that ,rc shall
not h W Texas"
|, is not Necessary fpr Us TO lisruss tho
GU SION whe'her T,X's is able ar M, to
maiut in her in lcpcndonce If MeXico.-
\ more important q 'csrion, al pscsCnI, is
whether she is wiling to maintain her in
.depenIcnc', in reality rs We as nomn,).
OF G'elt Britain. If there was any
hing cu'pahle in the recognili n of the
Independence, Great Britain, + ancc, and
OF or powers # tn oPe, share the blame
equity with us. Great Britain parl u.
Inrlv avnwedly departed from her settled
poury and cherished prln iples on the
sntiect Of slavery, in recognizing the in
dep ence of Iexas. Why she lid s is
nov sulfi ient.y m snilcst. B / we repeat,
that n hla,ne ctn now he attached t. US
for the recognition of Texas, without
ma nt,iuing TINT the governments If the
tw, creates and m st enlightened nations
OF EIrnpe d" nj understand their rights
aud duties under III, Inwo nations.
NO other re snn." says this writer, can
be assigned vhv the honiz ltion Of Tex
as BY Great Brit ln uld endangcr the
,eace and secIrty Of the uihern
states, 1" Than that size would abolish slave
r., and thus b ing poru'ai n of non
Il venoIders AMI colored frcemen in con-
tact with population Of 81 web ldes anu
slaves" In the nIme Of Common sense,
wat letter or mo pnwetfIl an urgent
+ a>On coul b. as igned? We think it
void he ii mos elqu ste reason Tor not
carving blazing torch into the powder
mngaz ne Of ship of the line, .ht the
powd wouId pr ba ~ take fire. AMI bow
In vts el and | han mt The air. This
writer might prob bl, # with u, and
attempt to prove that the d niger would e
sufficiently gulrted against hy taking care
{" the sparks, and by eng care ii never
t. tn'r st the tore h 10 any one who
NOR. Than tAo-thirdS drunk. We should
hard y argue the qus SIT m. AMI il The
orpoueus oil the annex ttInn of rexas are
all prepared, As this writer SEEMS to be.