Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-03-22

n. anti slavery agitation about the admission
a.u ,chieh Immediately folio'ced, were but
common plot to rob the South Of lis right,
VII N It's chance OF progressive representative
as the mighty wave of empire rolled onward
%'ws,ward and securing the North IN that over
sing sscendancy which It has now y eon-
ga nj yceu NATIONS like contracts between utn,
are and the facts stated be true then TINS
~ i Texas should be VOID both Tor the went OF
:',,,n given for IT, and for the treacherous iraud
''',,nnted the negotiation The taint and tur-
sat bieh ennul private contracts, should, sfftcs'
- lam this 10 ,rremediable nudity.
w,sn some years ago, Mr Adams was reonkeo IN
~" ar The cession OF Texas, the public never
Ve-- M, that ,hs cession was essential to the &c
;sa II rror;aa -and hence his odd defence al that
;a*, he had been one OF the last IN MIR. Monross
Hs, % give hs asse nt 10 Treaty, tch'ea ne tam
l'.l,f n,rotatsa, received more indulgence aud
~ ,h,Sion, than it deserved. Blu, II Nj lrwings
''1" ard General Jacksons proofs are true, no
- 40 vii shelter HIM now He mus, establish
" -. al !, assent 10 II at all TO screen han from
..,,a.ed charge Of giving i,a~ay for nothing
~ I.s,nc communicated the basis OF the Treaty
s.ss D 'par;me n, and besought the instructions,
!" M 7dams knee it,-,ha,'s clear. II he de
" i.s,s Of verac,ty IS made, and mus, BE- tried;
-. ,cn The public will not endure any further
Is cssss Of veracIy, for the hour OF rlnl may
..,s A memorable issue of this kind, between
- ADAMS and Clay, has been pending before the
@,-y,7ese twenty years-and tor augnt that APP
t',"; ,n,,i.d issue will las, ill abaied By the de-
r the parties, and be stricken from Inc docket,
h,ir,ous heritage 70 their issue
~. ,,,y,s admits the fact, he will be dehed TO
'.'..s,a,o,. WHY did he not lay this intelligence
30 Mr.. Monroe, and his Cabinet; VIII ne
- ,ss, he did n, VIII The Nation believe, that
~ .i.,.Dgnisbed Southrons-James Monroe, Will
II crawford, John c. Calhoun, and Will
-" ~. :,.,, ina, Spain would take receipt in
'i' ts American debt, the price IN full for Flo
'- - ,st owe their sanction 10 Treaty. which
800" "a Sn,jn. without an equivalent But II
,,le Cabinet was lhts direlict OF duty 10 Their
,,rv wby was not the Senate Informed that lar
,.s advantageous Treaty was offered US ana eouio
.,s bsen made Does any man for one moment BE-
- N ;be face Of such intelligence in despite OF IT.
,s Dispatches tha, two.thirds Of the Scnate-thai
g ,ne southern Senator-nay, any one Senator from
% STATE would have voted for the ratification OF that
r.s1ty: Let every man answer these questions Tor
r,clt Thot the b!cs, citizen OF this great land
Freedom and Of Justice should never be condemned
.s.- tor the leas. or the largest transsrcsslonS
AS God Of his good mercy fotlend 10 the over
--5w of her iastitutions--her peace, her happi-
,..,-M. Adams has Dedicated his all, either that
~ las given on tolls have wou-his great err
wnonis, and his ample knowiedse-his tempes-
,,ols passions, and his unworthy hate-yea, even
b, grey hairs and his ripened power-raplne' asass'-
-.sn and the flames '.i.rr CONE, Is hiS havoc
49, iii the tia,k race triumph and TIL the WHITE race
. vanqashcd or ex,inct-let Southern cities blaze,
ec heayts be desoate, and their streets run blood
a all this and more liar COME J! Rave on,
ia u,an-no hand shall harm thee Till justice has rs
,cope That that justice may >eaSonaoiy come-,hc
rand nques, of the Nation now arraigns you 81 me oar
Il public opinion these charges
Ii; That Drior 10 the Florida Treaty in 1919, you
sceiyed at the Department OF Stale, dispatches from
Mr. Minister Irving, accredited TO the Spanish Court,
.!y.n; you, tina. the protocol OF Treaty had been
agreed upon in which il was stipulated that for the
s.i5o of Florida TO the Uned States, the latter should
.5, 70 Spain the S5OoO0o0 deb, due from her 10 the
United states and noiing m9re-tha The Rio Bfaro del
vr.. should be, and remain forever, the fixed South
r...srn and Western boundary between the Uai,ed
>aes, and the Spanish domnons in Mexico, &c and
a, yoa John Quincy Adams, in despite of this inte
sce c7minaly declined the concessions thus profer
d. md ceding Texas to Spain, fraudulen,ly accepted
re boundary of the SABINE.
a. That when you negotiated the Treaty aforesaid,
5- lad good reason to know, AND sucn WAS THE FACT
set senior Don Onis, the Minister OF Spain accredited
tie Uoi,ed States, had special written instructions
ne. late Treaty on The rery basis forth in the
scratches of Mr. Irwing-that Senior Don Martinez
a Secretary to the Spanish Embassy, and afterwards
.crcd.ied as full Minister to this Government repeat.
81. declared i'll the presence oil many witnesses now
,, aud some OF item now here, that he had often
,:a tie written Instructions of the Senior Doa Onis
al ina! he fully authorized thereby TO agree TO
:.cl Treaty as mat described IN Mr. lr"lngs oss-
...c-es aud 20 fix the Rio Bravo del Nore-i. e..
no Grande) as the boundary line between the two
;,.a'riss.
81 That you suppressed and withheld from the Pre-
.cent-his Cabinet and the Senate-all knowledge o.!
VI airgs dispatches above referred TO- in reference
the Treaty agreed upon BY him and the Minister Of
Foreign Affairs, al The Court of Madrid, and thus
e - obtain their assem-, 10 Treaty, corruptlv de-
yscd = Aforesaid
T5e>e ere tie charges. They are not mine. make
-.1e fer am without knowledge. They Mr. r.
va- -aa7ges and General Jackson says he holds the
proofs only represent The Cie, q the orrcns, and
ia ost capacity, socmnly ask you, are goa Gnlig
~ .: Ca5.tg Plead when you may, my personal
v.ae. con.ort with my Cierk|y prayec-MAr COP SEND
- SAVE DsLiyERAScE
RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE.