New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-08-16
. ~. ,,l,rv ouibbling on the Texas ques-

Az to the pal,ry clubbing on the Texas ques-
,ion by the Bosworths and Buffers we have
very short method with all that. You say, srs'
that the Annexation of Texas will not strengthen
and perpe,uate, but will weaken and eventually
e1,inguish Slavery-well, we deny the rightfal-
ness of any such action by the Federal Govern
nent either to abolish or sustain Slavery. Have
j, which way you will, il is still glazing Perrer-
sion, amounting 70 usurpation, OF Federal power
OurGnyornment WIS not established ncr ernpow
cred to take measures either FOX the perPeiuaton
or abolition Of Slavery within the States Of the
Uaion it has no business 10 engage IN any sach
enterprise We oppose Annexation to the ceath
as an unjust and perilous attempt to extend and
Derpe,uate the power of Slavery; but convince US
that it will have the opposite effect and we are
It'll s,renuously opposed to it. We would do
much, sacrifice much, for the extTpa.Ion OF SIa-
very from our s7il, butnot by any such unauthor-
lied and decertiye action as this. Are we indeed
to abolish Slavery by cheating the South INTO cor
currence in great measure which she believes
will have precisely opposite effect? No. no
Let us stand by the Constitution as 1t 49, and the
Union as it is or else fairly and frankly repudiate
them altogether.
A.. to James X. Polk, the manner il which he
is commended 10 personal favor cxcites In US
daily q deeper dislike to him. The silly trick OF
christening him Young Hickory and then pre-
tending that The Ways had given him that name;
the living assertion that he was Church Mem
her and temperance man; the dirty trick OF
inouiring through the Journal OF Commerce
whether he were not Catholic, and avowlng that
would be ground of refusing TO vote for him
lin order to excite the Catholics in his favor, and
then TO win Protestants also by contradictng the
story } and now this fasehood that he is not
slave holder, all combine to excite disgust for
the man who has 50 little stamina about him that
his friends can feel impelled to such tricks to
commend him. He is evidently smaller man
than wc originally took him for.
\ FAIR QuxsrloS.-Will the NewYork Tribune. Provi-
dence Journal ct ID please inform us II IN their
opni morally rish, and honest TO conceal the tact from
candidates are fnrorbe 70 The 5nHeratonot 1e1aSI No
70 Annoxntlon tProo,denee Gazette.
u Can the above be the work OF our inno-
cent old friend Joe Church NO mater: we
will answer it as if it were asked in perfect good
faith
II is not truc-it does not begin to be true
that the Wing Candidates in North Carolina and
Louisiana declared in favor Of the Annexation
of Texas One or two Of them may have done so;
for we know there are individual Wings in favor Of
it, Just as that queer fish, Jake Barker of New
Orleans, is in favor Of 10th q National Bank and
the Sub Treasury; but there neuer ,oas any at
tempt by the Wings generally to plant themselves
on Annexation grounds. Here and there one
may have said deicnslvely that he would be in
lavo. Of Annexation under certain circumstances,
though opposed to such Annexation as Tyler and
Polk are the champions Of We suppose there
is nobody who might not be brought to say, un-
der certain circumstances, / might assent to
Annexation. The Aboltionist says, Abolish
Slavery, and then my ground OF opposition
ceases; > the amt. Assumptionist says, Let Texas
pay her own Debt frst;' the Peace man says
Let her settle her quarrel with Mexico ; the
CONSCIENTIOUS man says, we have solemny cove
nanted that all the land below the Sabine belongs
to Mexico; we must not extend our boundaries
across that river without her express and free
consent The Southern Wings have no ,chere
and at no time, declared in favor of Immediate,
unconditional Annexation. Very few OF them have
ever favored Annexation at all. Some of them,
as we have said, parry The thrusts oflhe Loco o-
COS by saying, Let the obstacles be first re
moved then we III see about it; but more take
the broad ground of Senators Barrow, Jarnagin,
sc. We don't want Texas; let Us mind our
own business and let Foreign Nations manage
theirs Whoever says that the Southern Wings,
or any considerable portion of them, bestrde the
Texas hobby, or profess to be Annexationists,
says what is grossly untrue. We exchange with
some forty or fifty Southern Wing papers, and
not one of them advocates Annexation.
u We commence to-day the publication Of a
history of the Texan revolution, which takes quite
different view OF the matter from that urged by
another writer in our columns on the same sub
ect. We perhaps agree strictly with neither, yet
we are willing that both sides should be heard.
Wing Meeting at National Hall.
ihefc was nue. gdlheiIHS lasl h'Siit a. va
,ional Hall to hear the Hon. T. ]. SHIELDS Of
Tennessee. HIS speech, or the portion Of 1t
which VIC were fortunate enough to hear, was an
able vindication of Wing principles and a faith
full exposure of Loco. Foco shutting and impos-
lure. Young Hickory as MIR. Folks support
ers facc,ously style him, underwent searching
examination ut the hands Of one who knows him
well and is perfectly competent to set forth his