The Arkansas banner., 1844-11-27

The following Is Gen. HAMILToN's reply to an invitation to attend Texas meeting in Macon county, Alabama. Il comprises in the compass of nutshell, the great points in the Texas question:
 oswIcnrE BEND, June 2s, l94i,
 .iy Dear Sir - most deeply regret II have made engagements for tomorrow cau- not violate, which preclude the possibility off my accepting the invitation to the public meeting 10 be held al Auburn, in Macon CO, to discuss, without distinction of party, the Annexation Question: left in the post-olIice in Columbus, on "Wednesday evening last, letter to the Committee of Arrangements. communicating my regret to them of my in- ability to accept the invitation, with which 1 they likewise honored me.
 You will permit me, my dear sir, to say, that the question itself involves one of those seli-eyident propositions, which requires no elaborate course of reasoning, at least as far as the South Is concerned, 10 elucidatc or en- force
 1Ae proposition for the South is, shall we have an ally on the weakest point of our whole frontier, in entire sympathy with our interests and institutions, who shall have sworn allegiance to our flag or shall there be built up there in effect foreign power in hostility to them? A consequence inevitable, from the rejection of the proposal of Texas to become a member of our conlederacy
 iAe proposition for d,e aoiole nufion k, shall the supply of the navigation, trade and manufactures of Texas belong to us, under our confederate legislation, or belong to foreign or foreign nations, under discrmina- tions Ill favor of their tonnage and exports.
 ihe question for both is, shall these a,l- vanages be perilled by delay h other words, was not immediate annexation neces- sary to secure them believe il was. You will see treat it as q question settled under the unfortunate rejection of the Treaty by the Senate of the United States, that Texas is not to be annexed
 The letters of Mr. Clay and Mr. Van Buren have so entirely fortified the pretensions of Mexico, (for they are mere pretensions,) and so far justified the interference of foreign na- tions, that it is now probably impracficable, except through the immediate action of the Southern States, speaking in language not to be misunderstood, through convention of them all. But from the unhappy divisions among ourselves, this, presume, is just as impossible as any human event can well be, although, through the organ of public meet ing in this country, felt il my duty 10 sub init such proposition. No, my good sir, these two, Men candidates for the Presidency, one of them still abiding ill the field have ar- gued the question so thoroughly against their own country, and so eilectually in favor of the enemy (for Mexico is such essentially and irreversibly) that under time-serving sub mission Of a majority of the Senate of the United States, the South has probably lost forever an impregnablc boundary, and a staunch ally in the hour of danger and diff culty, and the whole Uuion one of the most productive and copous theatres for our com merce, navigation, and manufactures in the old world.
 As to the Northern Senators, who have gone against us, we must leave them to the grateful garlands with which they will be crowned by the Abolitionists of their own country. They have certainly labored most successfully in the vocation of our worst cne- mics. But what shall we say to the Senators of the South, who, from no other motive but to sustain Mr. Clay, and to prostate Mr. | Tyler and Mir. Calhoun, have sacrificed the interests of their own States, by fixing us for ever in a hopeles, degraded and colonial mi nority Such an obedient Senate has cer- tainly not sat since the time of the Emperor Commodus.
 must confess 1 take very gloomy view of public affairs. The South is divided prostrate, and undone, and prostrate and un done, because she is divided. There is nc invocation among us sufficiently powerful t recall the 'sburied war-llle aud the wise, and the living seem to have no other fate bu 10 drink deeply of the waters of bitterness and humiliation.
 remain, my dear sir, with esteem, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
 J. HAMILTON.