Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-05-28
POLITICAL.
rrrrR OF Nix. WALKER, OF MISSISSIPPI,

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A rnor,ance Of Texas is thus described by MIR
1 i"' ms spesch of the Sd OF April, 1920:
-, he accounts concurrei IN representing Texas
H.,,a,,slv valuable Its superficial extent was
Il -, t,nr times greater than that OF FLORIDA. Inc
'Ts .,s delicious; the soil fertile the margins oil
'ss,s Astounding in l,ve-oak; and the country ad-
n - ,r ensv settlement. 1t possessed, moreover, II
1'""s ro, msnformed one of the finest ports in the
80 Ns1,co. The productions Of which It was ca
w. go, moro spted to wants. The unfortunate cap
i us, Helena wished for ships, commerce and CO
4 ~ We have them all, if We do not wantoniy throw
a ow,y The cooaies OF other countries are sepa-
s s son ,hem bv vast seas, requiring great expense
l*1 ,hsm and held subject to a constant risk OF
Il r I'm, torn from their grasp. Oar colonies, on
,,,-r are united to, and form part Of, our con.
".u,. ,od III. same Mississippi from whose rich de-
i ,a ,he hest of then (Louis,ana) has been formed
i ntranspor; her bosom the brave, the patr'ol'c
- com her tributary streams, to defend and preserve
4 ~, =, ,st yaln the province OF Texas "He
w., no, disposed to disparage Florida but us intrn-
i s,lns was ,ncomparaby less than that OF Texas
In the letter Of ns,ructionsfram Mr.. Madison, as
,.st,ry If State of the 29ih July, 1913, he says,
ans ACQUISITION of the Fodas is still TO be pursued
IL adds he exchange of any part OF Western Loui-
ann, which Spain may propose for The secession OF the
ro.tas ".s nadm ssible ain Intrinsic value there
4 no enr,ltv" 1--WE are the less disposed also 10
make sacrifices TO obtain the Florldas; because their
I ,,son and the manifest course of events guaranty
n t4r!v and redS0ndbte acquisition ~ tHem AZ ''
Nattsans letter, also, Secretary OF State, oil the
IN Of Juy 1914, he the opposition oil Mr
f.scn "toa perpetual REIMBURSEMENT OF any tsrr,-
1 .,,y whs,eyer Eastward of the R.o Bravo" In the
message cf President Houston of the OH May, 1887
saws that Texas contains "fourhtihs OF all the live
ak now in the wo,d" Cotton will be lis great ST.
L. and some sugar and nolasses will be produced -
rse grape the olve and indigo, and Cocoa ard near
all the fruits of the tropics viii be grown there also
IN Tsx.s are valuable mines Of gold and silver the
.yer mine on the San Saba having been examined ana
:9aud 10 be among the richest IN the world
In the recent debate in the British Parliament Lore
e,ugham said "The importance OF Texas could no.
. ovsrraet II was country OF the greatest capab-
IS and was in extent full as large as race IL pos
s,.ed sol! of the finest and most fertile character,
md it was capable OF producing all tropical pro-
.cce and its climate oil NEST healthy character
had access TO the Cult 10 the river Mssisspp', with
shich Il communicated by means OF The Red river. =
TIE possession of Texas would ensure to us the trade
4; Sina Fe and all the Northern States OF Mexco.-
,ove all Texas is large and Indispensable portion
:: the valley of the West. That valley once was all
ar osn but has been dsmemo=red by treaty form
d when the Yves, held neither OF the high Executive
yluons the Government, and was wholly unrepre-
;sn,st The Cabinet at Washington. The Red river
,ac Arkansas, divided and mutila'ed, nov flaw with
.-e,r Numerous tributaries. for many thousand miles
:1,onsh the territory of a foreign power; and the
IVES, mas been forced back along the Gulf from the Del
:rfce oi Texas made with painful reluctance, all
those who united in The surrender will rejoice al the
aeon sliicn.
THIS is no question Of the purchase of new terri
rv- but of the re annexation OF that which once
was all our II 10 not a question OF the exten-
on of our nits-but of the restoration OF former
boundaries II proposes no new addition TO the valley
o. the Mississippi but of it's reunion, and all lis va
; once more, under our dominion. 1t the Creator
had separated Texas from the Unlon by mountain
5.irers the Alps the Andes, these might be plau-
.s- objections bu, He has paped down the whole
y,ley including Texas and united every atom OF
tue sol, and every drop OF the waters Of the mighty
whole He has linked their rivers with the great MIS-
ssapi and marked and united the whole tor the DO
m,oon Of one Government, and the residence of one
psope It is impous in man TO attempt to dissolve
tAis great aud glorious Union Texas IS part OF hen'
,ccky portion of The great valley. 1t is part
al Nv York and Pennsylvania, part OF Maryland
.ad rain.a and Ono and of all the Western States,
whist the eane unes with II the walters OF Geo!-
"a, Alabsna and Carolina. Tue Allegheny. com-
rsncur is course in New York, and with the f"ugb-
o-any, from Maryland, and alonongahea, from V'tg'-
ma merging with The beautiful Ono, at the metropolis
a Western Pennsylvania embrace The streams OF Tex
as the mouths Of the Arkansas and Red river, whence
their waters low in kindred unon to the Gulf. ana
lsrs l.. NE say that New York ought to reclaim Tor
the Allegheny true original name, The Ohio OF which
is part, and SO marked and called by that name IN
e ;;,s maps, prior 10 l116, one of winch Is IN the
possession OF the distinguished IRON the
Ptsburg district OF Pennsylvania. The words "Oho
and "Alleuhany," in two different Indian dialects,
dear designating truly, in both casps, the cha
,er Of the water of both sreams and hence 1t is, that
Ns~ York is npon the Ohio, and truly stands at inc
head of the valley Of the West The Treaty which
struck Texas from the Union, inflicted blow upon
TINS mighty valley. And who will say, that the west
shall remain dismemte and mu.lla!ed, and that the
accent boundaries Of the Republic shall never be re-
ho uytil q oil
America refxing her gaze upon our former limits
end re plumng her pinions for her returning hgnE-
What American swil say, that the flag of the Union
shall wave again throughout that mighty terrific
y and tina. what Jefferson acquired, and Madison re-
Used to surrender, shall never be resto'ed' Who wi.
so7,e The reinstatement Of our glorious Consti'u'
.on the whole of the mighty ral!ev which once
s,s shielded by It's benignant sway? VINO Will w'sh
again curta the limits of this great Republican En-
pre- AID again to dsmember the glorious valley OF the
Vest Who will refuse TO re-plant the banner OF the
Republic upon former boundary, surrender the
Arkansas and Red rivers and reransfe the coast OF the
gulf Who will refuse to heal the bleeding wounds OF
the mua,ed West and reunie the veins and srteries
vered by the disme cession OF Texas TO
Spain, To refuse to accept the re annexa,ion 10 to
r.srrend.r the Territory Of Texas and redismember
The valley OF the West Nay, more: under existing
Circumstances it is to lower the flag OF the Union be.
FIRE the red cross Of ST George aud 10 surrender the
Florida pass, the mouth Of the Mississippi, the CON.
nand OF the Mexican Gut, and hnaiIy iexas lSei',
hto The hands of England.
As question Of money, no State is much more
ply Interested in the remuneration of Texas than
!our own great Commonwealth of Kentucky. There,
Texas becomes part Of the Union, will be q great
and growing market for her beef and pork her lard
and butter, her flour and corn and there, within
very short period would be found ready sale for more
Ian million do lars in value of her baero2c and hemp
ard cotton-bagging. Nor it be, that Kentucky
Foud DESIRE By the refusal of remuneration, to mutt
ate and dismember the valley Of which she is part,
that Kentucky would curaii the limits of the Re
public, diminish its power and strength and glory II
tahnot be, that Kentucky will wish to any flag, cx-
sspt our own upon the banks of the Sabine and Afkan-
n and Red River, and within days sail of the mouth
q ,e Mississippi and the outlet Of all her COM
nercc in the Gulf Many of her own people arc with
he limits of Texas, and its battle fields wa,crcd
with The blood Of many of her sons. 1t was her own
Intrepid Milan, who headed the brave three hundred.
who armed with rifles only, captured the fortress OF the
Alamo defended by heavy artillery, and thirteen hun
t:ed Of the picked troops of Mexico under of their
best commanders. And will Kentucky refuse TO re-em-
h'ace SO many Of her own people nor permit them,
"hoG leaving Texas TO return to the American Unon'
And il war should ever again revisit our country, Ken
lucky knows that the steady aim of the Western Rife
men, and the brave hearts and stout hands, within the
limit, Of Texas are in the hour Of danger, among the
ST. ST defenders of the country, and especially OF the
Valley Of the West. The question OF re annexation,