The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-04-05
ENGLAND-TEXAS.

One OF the most extraordinary features Of the
the ant-American feeling so hideously display
ed. A thorough distrust is expressed OF the
motives and intent of the Administration and
of the friends of annexalion-while endorse
ments, full and vehement, are volunteered OF
the Immaculate purposes Of the British Govern
menl!! With some, this is the result of con-
summate knavery-with Others of equally SUI
perative folly they are well allied, and consIl-
tute most truly the par mobile fratrum.
We are very gravely assured by different, sa-
pent and doubllesslY automatically informed
American editors, or rather we should say edi-
tors Of American newspapers, that the British
Government has no designs whatever on Tex
as-that she does not want il. And this an
nouncement is daily seriously paraded forth,
rs correct information, and intended for belief.
How long is it since Eng land ha, raised the
cry that she has enough Has China so gorged
her cormorant appetite that her hungering am
btion is satiated2 Is she ready TO go TO war 10
keep our territoryto which we avow she has no
shadow of claim, and yet refuse to accep, Tex
as, when it can be had without danger or loss
Will she risk a war with the United States ra-
ther than cede TO us our own barren territory
as some denominate Oregon and the Northeast
frontier, and yet refuse TO accept the magnif-
cent territory of Texas7 Are such things
within the bounds Of credibilily2 England re-
fuse to secure a prime market for her manufac-
lures, and refuse also the opportunity of raising
up against US rival cotton growers Credat Ju-
daus, non ego.
The settled policy Of Great Britain, policy
inexorahly urged and at every hazard, 10 to secure
unlimited and unrestricted markets for her man
ufaclures, and to control the countries whence
she draws her raw materials. She wages
bloody wars for the possession Of barren islands,
and plants her foot upon every shore, and yet
we are gravely assured by American editors,
sweet unsuspecting iunocents that England
has no design whatever in relation to Texas,
and, in fact, that she would not have 1t if she
could get i'll Oh, sweet candor
Our purpose in this article, is not to find fault
with or to cen.ure the British policy which
seeks to grasp the world, and this disclaimer
we make for the special benefit Of those Ameri-
can editors, who are so sensitive at any insinu-
alton agaps, British policy and British integri-
~, but who can, at the same time, complacenty
assail every interest which should be dear to
American hearts.
IL will be quite sufficient for us to have raised
such suggestions to the mind as will lead il TO
demonstrations, that the policy and the ardent
desire of Great Britain must be to acquire Tex.
as, and if that cannot be accomplished, a con-
trolling influence over her.
England can see, as well as we, the absolute
necessity Of Texas to our right defence; and
England foresees too well the rise Of our over
shadowing power to neglect any means TO plant
her prowling Lion on our tanks.
But supposing that we had the declarations.
not Of American editors, but Of the British Gov
eminent itself, that it was not in treaty TO OBJ
tain TeIas-is that ground for us to neglect
this opportunity A more pertinent question
would be-what are the inducements which
Texas holds out 10 England to seek possession
or control ofit7 Is there, upon the face of the
earth, an accessible country that holds out a
1.-THE Of the advantages offered by Texas
None, most assuredy And will we, therefore
leave within the grasp of England prize Of
inestimable value to her, and which might
prove a fatal loss to us, simply because she
should say her band was not actually uplifted
to seize III Isl the part of wisdom 10 neplecr
this prize, our own long lost treasure, and to
leave it within reach Of Epgland2 WHY no,
secure 1t at the instant Why faIter in laying
hold of this treasure, when to hesitate may be to
lose il forever2
Rsops ISLAND Elsouos.--Tbe State election in
Rhode Island took place on Wednesday. No into
rsst manifested in the result and there 1. No On,