The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-12-07


of those who infringe the laws in such respec
are exposed to great danger.
THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
We are not aware that any formal complain,
has yet been made 10 our Government by the
British Minister of the ''grossy indelicae'
conduct of this paper in venturing TO hint a
doubt of The disinteresledness of "the Mistress
Of The Seas" The National Intellisencer evil
DENLY thinks that such complaint would be
exceedingly proper, on account of our "gross"
and "groundess" insinua'ions and "most I'M
generous aspersons." II the complaint should
be made, we trust that our punishment will be
lighter even than that OF Monsieur Pelief, when
complained Of by the first Consul Of France, in
asmuch as we have never had the honor of be-
ing subject of Her Britannia Majesty. We
have no fear, thank Heaven, Of our types and
presses being seized, and our unfortunate per-
son disposed Of by iettre de cachet. That
would no doubt be considered the proper mode
of furnishing our audacity, by the editor of the
Intelligencer, who is not quite enough Of a JEFF
fersonian Democrat to think that " error of OPT
free to combat it," ~
The language which we have used with re-
ference to the unfriendly disposition of Great
Britain is scarcely harsher than that which even
Mr.. Webster felt bound 10 employ in his dos
patches in relation to the Creole affair the de-
signs which we have imputed 10 it are those
proclaimed on the floor of Parliament by " the
noble Lords" Brougham and Aberdeen its will
. ingness to overlap the law Of nations, and the
regard due 10 friendly powers in the prosecution
of its designs, we find altes'ed in the strongest
and most unequivocal language by Peers of
Great Britain, with "he Duke at their head
in the repeated and solemn protests recorded
against the act Of Parliament authorizing the
search of our vessels in time Of peace
Truly our nation would be n pretty predica-
ment Just now, if, in addition to the unhappy
influence Of party spirit in its affairs, the free ex-
preston OF opinion on the part of our public
journals is to be checked on the score of " in
delicacy" to foreign power, suspected of medi-
tating death. stroke to our Union, and Con-
gress is to be overawed in its deliberations BY
the arrogant menaces Of the Napoleon of the
West" Nothing would be wanting, then, to
ensure the triumph Of abolitonsm, but studied
misrepresentation in journals Of " established
reputation !" and tharihe Inte'ligencer is ready
10 supply its share of these, we find abundant
proof in its editorial Of yesterday. We cheer
fully place before our readers the whole of what
it is pleased iacetiously to term a summing W
of our Arguments on the Texas question:
"Tbat feature of the Message which will first at
tract the attention Of ninety nine out of hundred
readers is that which brings Texas aud her relation.
TO the notice Of Congress. Within the last few days
we have had almost official intimaton, through The
Government paper, that the long agony was nearly
over and that should what PROPOSE
ton concerning TEXAS was about to be pr. pounded
With a curiosity stimulated by the positive tone
Of the Government Iaper Of Friday last, and the
grossly indicate assumption Ia that paper Of a
proiecln on the part Of Z" the most powerful Gov.
eminent Of Europe" to interfere with the mos
delicate and momentous interests OF our country,
as a ground Of action, Of some Kind other by
this Government in regard to Texas, we took the
trouble TO look he file Of the Madisonian for
the preceding week or two. We found that the bur
den of its story, through successive essays was The
annexation Of Texas" to the United States il. ar
gumcnt in favor e proposition Of such vital conse-
auence being, in substance that the posses. IN OF
Te1s. would be convenience t. the U nied States
that some persons had supposed, before the Treaty
by which the Upyted States recognised the right Of
Spain 10 that territory, that what Is Texas form-
ed properly part Of Louisiana; that, II the United
States does MT annex Texas, there is some dang
that slavery may be abolished in that county that
there IL to suppose that the Brit sh Gov.
eminent is disposed TO favor the abolition OF sla
very In Texas and that II she has any intentions ON
the subject, thy can only flow from disposition ia
interfere with slavery II exists in the nieJ States
To all which IL would have been enough, had the
Presidents Message borne out the for shsduwinp o.