The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-09-25
THE LATE TREATY AND THE FIERY
ZEALOTS FIR AND AGAINST ANNEX

AAND EAAN4NAA[A
ALTON.
If the late treaty of President Tuler merits ap
plause, most richly is he entitled TO all the
pralse-if, on the contrary, il deserves censure
ne too should bear the odium. II was a mea.
sure OF his own-he assumes all the responsible
lty, and asks no one TO share with him the conse
quences. Neither of The two great parties il
identified with this treaty-neither of them wa'
consulted III relation TO it, and neither of then
has a right TO claim merit from the act; no
would II be just 10 saddle either of them with any
OF It's consequences. Many wings and demo
erals, in favor of annexation, felt constraine d tc
oppose the treaty, although IFS defeatm might have
possibly thrown Texas into the embrace ofGreat
BrItain-for example: Thomas III. Benton, dem.
ocratlc Senator from Missouri, and William c.
RtUes, wing Senator from Virginia. The stipu.
latlons themselves, and all the diplomatic CORES.
pondence relating thereto, are the property OF
John Tyler, and he is by no means inclined 10
disown them, or to evade any responsibility
which may result therefroml.
Reckless bigots are 10 be found en- both sides
OF this question. In some parts ofNew England
resolutions have been passed declaring the an,
nexation of Texas would be regarded as a disso.
A'iSA VI ALO INV ~dllu VII lIS OluGE mana, III
South Carolina, a meeting resolved that if Tex
as was not annexed, disunion was the conse-
|quence. Thank God our country contains but
few such citizens. The great masses of those
IN favor OF annexation, and opposed TO it, prize
the Union above every other consideration, and
are prepared to shed their blood il its defence,
The motto should be: sour Union first and
.~dt,oays," and such is the sentiment of every
true patriot. But neither the friends north en-.
enles OF annexation are to be held responsible
for the reasonable language of their f%anaticaI
adherents.
shall now proceed to glance at some of the
arguments in favor Of annexation:
TEXAS is NECESSARY TO THE SAFETY
OF THE UNION.
The division line between Texas and the Uni.
ted States is about fifteen hundred miles in ex-
tent, and a part Of this distance there is a mere
artificial OF geographical boundary. An army
could more readily pass over from Texas into
the United States than cross the Delaware al
Philadelphia, or the Ohio at Pittsburgh. This
tronter is TOO extended TO enable our Govern
tnent to erect sufficient Notifications to insure
lis safety; and if already constructed, we mus
double the size of our standing army before they
can be placed in a condition for defence. TWEEN
y millions OF dollars would not accomplish the
OBJECT. But this hazard, on the one hand, and
expense on the other, would all he avoided by
establishing our boundary where it would be
protected by the hand Of nature. Again-Red
River is the common boundary between Texas
and the United States for about one thousand
miles. This noble stream empties into the Mis-
SfcStDpi q fovD ,otIo, LoIo., hTa.oLou - -
what less than three hundred above New Or
leans. Vessels under the Texan flag have an
equal right to descend Red River and proceed
to New Orleans, with those under American CO.
lors; and in this manner, before the country was
aware OF II, or had time TO prepare for defence,
twenty thousand British troops might land i'll the
great emporium Of the southwest.
Bat upon this feature Of the subject, Andrcu
Jackson has spoken, and it becomes others less
informed 10 be silent. The old patriot, who
long since retired from the turmoil of active
life, and has for years devoted himself to occu-
patlons suited to a preparation for eternity, has
been impclled by the great magnitude of the
TO emerge from his r%etiracy, and once
more address the language of admonition to his
countrymen. If any one is acquitted with the
uhN ithuNIOl VI OuI Oll -WCSlcll
frontier, that mar is the Hero of New Orleans,
who guarded and preserved it when no other
could. Listen, then, with respect and reverence
10 the veterans warning voice.
ANDREW JACKSON SAYS OUR UNION
Is NOT SAFE WITHOUT TEXAS.
In his letter of February IL, 1913, after dwell
ling upon the disastrous policy of transferring
Texas to Spain, by the treaty of 1919, the Gen
eraI proceeds to say;
'But forbear 10 dwell upon the history of
this part of the question. 1t is past, and cannot
now be undone. We can now only look to it as
one of annexation, if Texas presents it 10 us;
and if she does, | do not hesitate to say that The
welfare, and happiness of our Union require that
il should be accepted. If in a military view a.
lone, the question be examined, it will be found
TO be most important to the United States to be
in possession of that territory. Great Britain has
made treaties with Texas, and reserves,
Gas she doubtless willy the Northeastern boun-
dairy question Tor the Oregon,] as a cause of
war with us whenever she chooses to de clare it.
us suppose that as an ally with Texas,
we are to fight her, Preparatory 10 such a
movement, she sends her twenty thousand or
thirty thousand men 10 Texas; organizes them
on the Sabine, where her supplies and arms can
be concentrated before we have even notice of
her intentions; makes a ~lodgment on the Missis.
slpPl; excites the negroes to Instruction; the
lower country falls, and with it, New Orleans;
aud a servlle war RACES throughout the entire
South aud West. In the mean while, she is al
SO moving an army along the upper Western
from Canada, which, in cooperation with
the army from Texas, spreads ruin and havoc
from the Lakes TO the Gulf of Mexico. Who
can estimate the National loss we may sustain
before such a movement could be repealed with
force as we could organize on short notice9
Remember that Texas borders upon us on our
West TO d. degrees North latitude, and is our
Southern boundary TO the Pacific. Remember,