Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-17

Ifthey will not We are sure the Journal OF Com.
merce, Evening Post, and Herald oil New Yor1.
the Pennsylvania OF Philadelphia, the Gl.i.
and Spectator of Washington, and ENQUIRER at
Richmond willl
To the Hoa. Daniel Udaer:
Sir-In your speech on the l9ih OF September
on Boston Common, you are pleased 10 declar,
that Mr.. Clay *, by the conditions his Raleigh
etiel pledged, in the event 81 his election 10 tho
people OF the North, 10 90 against the annexation
OF Texas, and that Mr.. Polk is pledged 10 % ,ar
II. As Democrat, allow me 10 say. ia ST.
on this the Democracy Joins i>sue with The
Whig~ and now let the hardest tcnd OF"
With the hope that this communication may
scale that Chinese wall of prejudice north o.. Ma
son & Di3on'> line, which shuts oui from NJ,
people oil the North altogether lie public opinion
Of the people OF The South, and thai it NAV syen
appear in the Boston Atlas, address Won sin
no unfriepdly voice" simply with the view d,
presenting some statistics for your Consideration
which have not seen stated elsewhere. hayin,
special reference 10 The value OF Texas to yoar
portion oil the Union.
These plain sums are brought forward for the
particular aoficc aHd attention Of the manutac.u
rer> and >hip-owners Of New England AM the
Middle States
What 90 You think, in the next century. in
.
Custom Houses OF Sabine, Galveston. - LOUIS.
Matagorda and Corpus Christi, wouid be worth
70 mat favored country which lies North o! The
Potomac! Why, five times the amount Of the
debt We incurred in Cur last war with Great Bfi-
tain. | estimate the revenue in Texas un!er
our Tariff, or any one we are likely 10 impose.
would be worth 10 the revenue 81 the United
States, two millions oi dollars Ier annum Tor the
next % years. On series OF low duties the
customs Of Texas yield al present about $4,000
per annum-wh our Tariff they would 90 I'M
10 100000 the iir>t year and for twenty. i've
years afterwards. b. a consequent augmentation
OF trade wouli increase in ratio Of 1t least Il or
~ per cent annually; nor reach point OF repo.e
untcr uniform rate OF i!npo>t. until they would
give five millions annually to our Government
Eut what would il give 10 voUr manufacturers
and ship owner> Why, three times IS much
more in the direct bounty resulting from 40!
Tariff imposed On Texian imports and the p!oil
10 The Northern manufacturers ard producers an
their induStrv-aLd should the same cxoisi'aIt
duties continue 10 be levied ~ our laws Texas
would bc worth 10 New England larger SUM
lnan can I've measured Is my power or rO.rs-
over the combination of figures although in your
recent New England statistics. in calcu!atirg lie
consumption of old Massachusetts Bay in il9ur.
pork. beef and rice. this power Oh your pant al,e
seher seems proiigious.
III mistake not Won must have a!owediu Your
calculation upwards oil one thousand pounds
averupois 10 each sucking infant, per annum
Bit 10 he serious What. Sir, w0ui lie ihr
value Of the immense coastwisc tonnage which
New England and New York would supply 1
Texas or, the benefit under Our navigation law>,
Of carrvn. her vastly augmcntins crops Ia To-
reign markets When the Valley o.. the Erasos
alone is capable of producing more cotton ami
sugar than the whole Valley Of he Mississippi
think lyou Go not appreciate this sun 10 10
lilcal arithmetic. your friend Mr. Abhou Law
renee and my most worthy ana excellent iilynd,
Mr. William Appleton, OF Boston, can and they
viii perceive that il is somewhat more 10 the III
icre>s of your people, that Lowell, Taunton.
Pittsbur@, New York. Patterson, and Philaicl-
phia. should supply Texas, and through her Tie
Northern and Eastern provinces OF Mexico with
woollens and coiions hardware and castings lhan
| Birmingham and Manchester, and that il j. uc
exactly the same thing u our country, whethc!
kennebeck, Boston. Nantucket. Providence. New
York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, finnish 'tr
ships 10 transport the cotton, sugar, ,alow, AMI
pcIuy OF Texas 10 foreign ports n>'ead ol Me
barques of London, Liverpool, or Hull. Tie
truth *. Mr. Webster, there never was SO @r,>-
n misrepresentation III the world a. has existed 10
relation 10 the character and true value OF tlr
late Treaty OF Annexation. which. from parry
1pll~i''SldtioIlS dIbIt, s!i III bif1tCtHt 10 wi
Claws lead, the Senate OF the United STATES
jected.
Ny knowledge of the resources of Texas. Il
srcai from a thorough knowledge oithc country
enables me 10 say. that il was the mos: sluEcn
donslv advantageous compact our Government
ever made. The public lands Of Texas unGcl
our land laws, and settled hy our people, would
lie worth more than ore hundred millions of dol
lars al the Government price; rs the amount not
10
acres. 1t has been said tia, all he good larGs
have been granted. Bur, i; has no, been taken III!
10 account. tina, the conduons Of the grants. in At
least two-thirds Of the cases, haze not been
piled with, ami would De- annulcd hy the supreme
Couu OF the United States, and consequently r.
/ vert 10 the Government And all tins Empire
with lis advantages ditcci and collateral, could
have been purchased tor the comp ra,ivcly paluy
sum OF ten millions of dollars-I1 be- paa i'm, lee,
mt Of Tie pocceds If he $ads 81 tacse rery i0nGs
hcm~ircs!u
But after all. Mr. Webster what in the vast az
vent OF ages is the privilege worth ,eour Cover
Eienr. OF planting IL Custom House in Teya-
and hoiStnc on it, hag stan the e'o>c Isl Of OH
American system, and cXcluiin. Great Britain
from all competition? When YOU have >qu led
the circle. Won can answer this question. bur not
t,iHc. Yet you pledge your friend Clay 10 20
against ibis acquisition 10 your own section OF
The country. and ask your people and posterity 10
pay. in the hong run. i've hundred millions OF dol
lars as the price Of his elevation 10 Tie purple and
that probably, like The mantle OF Elisha. in yout
own hope il may Afterwards gracefully iall on
your own shoulder. This i, indeed, having a
large sum upon your friends, Let ne ask you
what has the Annexation of Louisiana Ia the
Union done for your constituents Why more
than il has done for the creoleS OF that county
Ye, your Federal politicians were as much oppos-
I'd 10 that measure NoH as they are 10 the annex-
aion Of Texas mar 70 the Soulh the anneya-
ton, IN pecunidry point OF .cw, Is moi worth i
eroat but as in The war of - ) she j. influenced
hc none other than those national considerations,
which aiiec, the interests, the security, honor and
Independence Of The whole country.
The London Times, you know the most on
lightened and powerful public journal in Tie
world, in speaking of the faulty 81 our Senate ia
rejecting such boon from The influence of sheer
faction, very justly remarks, that j, only proves
what a rope OF sand our whole system *. rhs;
however much they may lore tie Iieama which
the Senate coiGmicd against the best Interests q;
their own country, they nevertheless cordially a.
spia the Traitor.
That 4 statesman like yourself. who expresSos
so CORDIAL lovc Tor the Union, should play the
small game Of hru>,ng the slave question into
the balance, again, he interests 81 every part Of
that Union, is altogether unworthy Of Won. l,u
ought 10 have LETT thi> to your remarkable friend
MIR John Quincy Adams, whom hy a most 10
lcitoGs e0br7fRct Mr. Chcves cali the Ana clalS-
CioolZ Of America Yes Jet his bariisrna name
hc Anachars> Cloo,z hehccfonh and forever, D.
much so as if he had been dipped in the wsieis
OF Jordan. But for Won. who are constantly
dwelling Oh your love for The Union the whole
Union and nothing bu, the Union it is the IN
kndest cul Of all, that this thrust should come
fr,,, oh n thinner q - shrine
Your Maenus Apollo Mr. Clay, has told u,
that the slave question has nothing 10 do with Tie
great national considerations, which enter into
this subject Yet You declare that he is opposed
with Yourself To- the further extension Of slavery
o.er that vast Territory West Of the Sabine
Whom are we TO belicve7 the worshipper or his
i;ol1
youmaking upa slave question for the next
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