Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-06-05

SslISIOSstsSluu.OtdSl dSloLCiS'
Tal;po8er,z and the ewanl of u: large natnra
and striking barrier and boundary nth
3EESouibSest, between sus and different go
vsInme1ts, as well as different, if not hos
! lille. races; and annoying exposure toto
sstseign aggressions ont he property aud. do
Emeslic institutions of1he Southland South
west !; which xprnperty and institutions
ftoWever different from those in other sec
!. lions, as such as they came into the Uni6r
:EWith, and century have remained
with, h,under It's sacred: guarantees; sand I'll
chang by themseiVes, or the Unioni
,EdissolHed ares entitled 20, and especially
|iuthe authority giyeneby Congress in ISL,
1forlhe forcibIe occupatioI Of Florida. re;
5ceised The same security vas theinstiluiions
ands property Of the Norl b::.5.ss..E - -
Because the annexation: Of Texas, in lis
Influence allihe great thranch6s
Fry, lis not merely a Western or Southern
aquesiion, but tonesd eeply Interesting 10 eve
Efy quarter af our comm on c ountfy-wb
l.thsr il promotes that industry by opening
TO grieulnire more fertiless6ils and genial
climates, sor by forming "a wider home
market for manufac lures, or by furnishing
new articles ofcommerce, and new bays
and rivers forth eiees aYigation; of Yves.
tern steamers, is we'll as coasling and
(reighiins vessels from The Fast 4
And FINALLY, because ebylbis annexation
we should not only restore to the Union a
terrilorythus desirable, but one bought in
3lS03 by our own: pre-defended in
1915 byourtoxn arms-and though ceded
away in lSl9,fyel.its consent was pot asked
10 The measure, and therefore, il seems sill
entitled, BY the express obligation. of the
original treaty, to be admitted into the
Unionlsand 10 enjoy all ziis,privileges and
rishts. A Territory which has never united
:wilhany other country, except as a part
Of ansindependenl State 10 the Confedera.
;cy was dissolved by the expressions and
nsurpa,ionsof Of Sausa Anna, re. asserted IFS
5rishtsa as an!indepeodent Government, and
has since successfully maintained those
rights, withJbe lives, The fortunes, and
The sacred honor" of.its people and, by
The: common origin Of most of;them with
ourselves. no less than their common edn:II
Gallon. religion, form Of government. and
social institntionsi as..@eil az Saxon blood,
beside lhsir continuous sfe5ideuces q claims
;underlormefirea,ies. they are better. suited
to unite with US lhaa any other power.
For reasons:like these, as they are now
.desirous of annexaion, which delays.may
.endanger, not defeat. through disappoint'
,ment and fofeignsintertetence; it ought, in
myzopinion, TO be sanctioned; and if an
end Is ever 10 he made of predatory and
imarapding, or of intrigue and
enlanslement by other foreign powers, it
would seem wise, .as we'll aos humane, 10
do it forthwith; or in the language of.him
who has so long lived in the hearts ofour
people, at the,"present golden moment.
But am aware that several objections
have been urged against The anne xation of
Texas; and as some of them come from
gentlemen long and. highly appreciated,
and with whom difference of opinion on
soinlereslins a topic is much regrelled, it
is due,to them aud the occasion that |
shoald explain my views generally on such
of these objections as seem to be most
prominent. .,.s
i. The annexation is opposed by some,
on The ground that will make our territory
too large bul experience has evinced that
representative republic can, with conve-
uience and efficiency, extend our limits
far wider than from the 81. Croix to The
Rio del Norte. Indeed. by the aid of rail-
roads and sieam;i The Union, with Texas
included, will be far more accessible in all
its parts, either for business or government,
than it was at the Revolution with only
thirteen States, and those all situated on
the narrow belt ofthe eastern declivities of
the Alleghanies. And this objection, if
tenable, should have been urged, and pre-
vailed, before we purchased either Louisl'
ana or the Floridas. ~.
2. The annexation has been opposed,
as incliuing The balance of political power
in our system too much in favor of 'he
West and South. But the same course of
reasoning would strip us of all our great
domain on the Pacific ocean-a country
never to be surrendered while an Ameri-
can whaler visits its waters, or au Ameri
can emigrant chooses 10 fish, hunt, plant
on The bank of the Columbia. 1t would
also, from like apprehensions as to the ba-
lance of powerin the North, prevent any
future peaceable annexation of The Cana
das, SO arden,ly contemplated by orr ia
theirs from The commencemenluflhe Reyo-
luton; and il would heretofore have de-
f. tied the purchase of the Floridas by Mr..
.,onr6e, aud of Louisiana, including Tex.
as, BY Mr.. jefferson; and you'd o nc. only
eoadjutors for ersnsnT the balance zee
Niessrs. Adams and Clas.or s,lemp'Ingstq
regain Texas in 1925 and 1927, ano on
General Jackson and Mr.. Van B6ren 'os Q.
like a,temptin 1929 and. wha, is SUI
worse, by this course Of reasoning, lof
seeking, as was done.in 1885 by General
Jackson and Mr.. Forsyth, 10 obtain vast "a! !
trac,of additional country still farther south
| and west. FROM, lheffortY second de gree o.