Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-06-17
TO TIE PEOPLE OF THE FREE STATES OF THE
INI0y

Congress,
ton very briefly 10 the project, long entert1nc,
By a portion Of tho people of these United States
still pertlnaciously adhered to, and ln'ende,
soon TO DO consumma,ed-the annexation Of Texa
TO this Union. La the press Of business incijen
10 tho las, days Of session Of Congress, ",
have no, tme, did we deem IL necessary to ente
upon 4 detailed statement OF tho reasons which
force upon minds the conviction that this pro
.iect Is by means abandoned; that large por
.ipD to the country interested 10 tho contiuuanct
Of domestic slavery and the slave trade in tn ESQ
United States have soIemnly and cnaltoraby de
,ermined tina, il shall be specify carried into cx
ecutor. and that, by this admission Of a nav
slave Territory and slave State, tho undue nscen.
dency of the siayeholding power in tho Govern
Inent snai. bn secured md ryeted beyond rcdemo-
too. That il was with these views and inten .
tons tAat settlements affected ia The pro-
vince by citizens Of these u. s difficulties fo-
nenied with tho Mexican government. q revolt
brought about, and an independent g1yernuraut
dscIored, cannot now admit of n doubt and that
hitherto all attempts Of Mexico TO reduce her re-
VOTED province to obedience have proved unsuc-
cessiui, to be attributed to tho unlawful MD
aud assistance Of designing and interested inJi.
vduais in the United States and the direc, and
indirect cooperation of our own government, with
similar views, not the less certain md demon
strab!e.
The open and repeated enlistment Of troops in
several States Of this Union ia all of the Texan
by order Of the President far into the territory Of
the Mexican government, at 4 mntncat critical
for the fste OF the insurgents uadcr prctoncc Of
preventing Mexican soldiers, from fomoniin- In
dun dsiurbances but ia reality in aid Of and act.
ur in siugulas concert and coincidence with the
army OF tho revoutionists, tho ontiro neglect Of
government TO adopt any offl:Ion, measures
10 prevent the most unwarrantablo aggression of
bodies Of our own citizens, enlisted, orgonized,
and Differed within our own borders, nui march
ed IN arms and battle array upon the territory and
ng ,iast tho inhpbi,ants of friendly government,
iu aid Of ffecbootcys and insnrgents aud the pre-.
mature recognition of the independence Of Tex
as, by q snap vote, at tho heel Of session OF
Congress, and that too. at the very session when
President Jackson had, by special message, inss-
ted that "ihe measure would bo contrary 10 tho
policy invariably observed by the United States
in all similar cases, would be marked with great
mi istce TO Mexico, and peculiarly liable to the
darkest suspicious, Inasmuch as the Texans were
almost all ongran,s from the UA!tcd States, aud
sought the recognition of their Independence
with the avowod purpose of obtaining their an
nexa ton to tho United Sates;' thoso occurron~
COS arc 100 well known aud too fresh in tho mem
DRY of all to need moro than Il passing notice.
These have become m1ttors of history. For fur.
Their evidence all these and o:her important
points, refer to the memorable speech Of john
Quincy Adams, delivered in tho House of Rep
resen,atives during the mornng hour in J1nc and
July, 1888, ana to his address to his constituents,
delivered at Braintree. September Il, 1872.
The open avowal of Texans themselves, the
frequent and anxious negotiations of our own
government, the resolutions Of members OF Con
gress. tho tone Of the Southern press, as we'll
the direct application of the Texan Government,
make 1t impossible Tor any man to doubt that an
nexe,ion and the formation of several new slave
holding States were originally the policy and de-
sign of the savchodlng States and tho Executive
of the nation
Tho samo references will show, very conclu-
sivelv, that the particular OBJ acts Of this new nc
QUESTION of slave territory wero the perpetuati0n
of slavery and the continued asccndency of the
slave power.
The following extracts from report on that
subject adopted by tho Legislature Of Mssssip-
pi from a mass o: similar evidence which m,ehs
DO adduced, will show ~i,A aha, views tho an
nexatjou then urged:
bat hasten 10 suggest tho importance OF
the annexation of Texas to this Republic, upon
grounds somowha, local in their complexion, but
of an import infinitely grave and interesting TO
tho people who inhabit the southern portion oil
this Coufedcracy, where ii Is known that a spe-
clos of domestic slavery is tolerated and protect
ed by law, whose existence is prohibited by tho
lecal regulation Of other States OF this Contede
yacv which system of slavery is held By all who
are amiliarly acquainted with It's practical effects
20 be Of highly beneficial influence TO be OF high
" beneficial influence TO tho country withIn
whose limits IL is permitted TO exist
"The committee feel authorized TO say that ihls
system is cherished by our constituents as the
rery palladium of their prosperity and happiness,
and whatever ignorant fanatics mag elsewhere
conf ecture, tho committee are fully assured upon
the most dhligen, observation and reflection on
the subject, that tho South does possess with
in her limits blessing with which the affections
of her people are closely es,winod so ple,e-
,y enfibred, and whose value is more highly ap-
nreciated than that now considering.
at may cot BIO improper here 10 remark tina,
during the last session of Congress, when Sen
a,or from Mississippi proposed the acknowledge
man, of Texan independence. il was found viii
a few EXCEPTIONS the members Of that body were
ready TO take ground upon the subject of slave
ry itself.
"Wuh all these facts before US, we do not hes
itate in believing that these feelings influenced