Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-05-19
Truly yours,
THOMAS w. GILMER

The impoverished condition of Texas, her
inability to raise and sustain troops to defend
herself against invasion for any length of time,
and her want of character and credit abroad
are urged as reasons for immediate annexation,
and the opinion has been frequently expressed
by those who feel a deep interest in this sub
iect, that it would take place at a gerry early
day in The nezt session Of Congress-
AT the present session the resolutions of the
State OF Alabama in favor of annexation, and
sundry petitions and circumstances against it,
were referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations. A majority OF the committee, con-
sisting oimernbers from the slavehoding States,
refused to consider and report upon the subject
and directed Mr. Adams, their chairman, TO re-
port resolution asking 10 be discharged from
the further consideration Of the subject, which
he did on the 2Sih day of February. At the
same time Mr. Adams asked, as an individual
member Of the committee, for leave TO present
the following resolutions:
"Resolred, That by the Constitution of the
u. States, no power is delegated to their Con-
gress, or TO any department or departments Of
their Government, to aliiX TO this Union any
foreign State, or the people thereof.
"Resolped, That any attempt of the Gov
eminent OF the United States, by an act Of
Congress, or by treaty, TO annex to this Union
the Republic OF Texas, or the people thereof,
would be violation of the Constitution of the
United States, null and void, and TO which the
free States of this Union and their people
ought not TO submit"
Objections being made, the resolutions were
not received, the Southern members show
ing dissemination to have the subject ngitaied
in the House al present. Might il not be
considered as savoring too much of q violation
of private confidence, we could refer 10 various
! 1a,o.-t;.,ne or ;,l -, -, a.,
,ona Government, avowing fixed determi-
nation to bring Texas into the Union, decar-
ing that they had assurances of the aid of the
free States TO accomplish the object, and insist
| ing that they prefer dissolution OF the Union
to the rejection Of Texas expressing, howev-
er al the same time, their confidence that II
the annexation could be effected, the people OF
! the free States would submit 10 it, and the in
stitutions of the slave States would he secured
aud perpeinated. Contenting ourselves, how
ever, with the above brief glance at some of
the most prominent evidence in relation to the
subject, we submit to you whether the project
of annexation seems to be abandoned, and
whether there be not The most eminent dagger
of its speedy accomplishments unless The entire
mass Of The people ia The free States become
aroused 10 conviction Of This danger, and
speak oat and Gct in reference 10 ii IN a man
ner and with poice mol 10 be misunderstood,
either by The people Of The Siare Siates, or
Their OiSa public servants and Representatives..
Although perfectly aware that many inpor-
ant and controlling objections 10 annexation
exist, aside from the question Of slavery, we
have in this address confined ourselves princi-
pally to that, because OF lis paramount mpor-
lance, and because The advocates of annera-
lion distinctly place ii upon that ground
! Most OF The specious arguments and reasons in
!. favor of annexation, with which its advocates
attempt TO gill the pill for Northern palales, are
just about as sincere and substantial, as were
those of Mr. Wise in the speech above referred
10. in which he lahored long time to convince
Northern phanthropsls that they would best
promote the objects they had in view by favor
ing annexation, that they might have slavery
in Texas within the power and control of euI
own Government, that Mey might abolish IL
or mitigate us eclis, he himself being IAN adj
vocate of perpetual slavery, and among the
very foremost to trample upon the right of pc
ti,ion itself!
No one can be so blind nolc as not to know
that the real design and object of the South is
to ''add nelo aceigM 10 her end ofthe Ieper. 81
1t was upon that ground that Mr. Webster
placed his opposition in his speech on that sub
iect in New York, in March, 1887 In that
speech, after stating that he saw nsurmounta-
BILE objections to the annexation of Texas; that
the purchase of Louisiana and Florida furnish
ed no precedent for il; that the cases were moi
parallel and that no such policy or necessity as
| led to that, required the annexation of Texas
he said
"Gentlemen, we all see that, by whomsoev-
err possessed, Texas is likely to be savehoId.
ing country; and frankly ayow my entire