The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-09-25

Texas, II that Republic IS not taken under the
shelter of the American Eagle. What does the
great Jackson say upon this point? Read the
language he used on the Ilth of March, 1874:
"The present golden moment to obtain Tex
as must not be lost, or Texas must, from necessi-
ty, be thrown into the arms of England, and be
forever lost to the United States"
Again, on the 18th of May, 1914, the old man
of more than three score years and ten, speaks
thus:
alt may now be stated as a fact, on which we
may rely with the greatest confidence, that if
Texas be not speedily admitted into our confed-
eracy, she must and will be inevitably driven in
to alliances and commercial regulations with The
European powers, of character highly injurious
and probably hostile 10 this country. What would
then be our condition? New Orleans and the
whole valley Of the Mississippi would probably
be endangered, The numerous herds 0 fsayages
within the limits of Texas, and on her borders,
would be easily excited TO make war upon our
defenceless frontier. do not deem it necessary
10 be more explicit here in the enumerations
OF 1.-THE reasons which justify, 10 my mind, the spec
dy annexation of Texas 10 the United States.
My aim is to give this country the strength to
resist foreign Interference. Without Texas, we
shall not have this strength. She is the KEY to
Oit SdlClt III tIS GOulu-WSSt anu f6Sts1" 0l6 Oh
fers this key to US on fair and honorable terms.
Let us take il, and lock the door against future
danger.n
Remember, The above is the language of An
drelU Jackson.
Texas presents to the eye of Great Britain the
richest attainable prize the world affords. She
knows that with the possession of her territory,
she has the western and south western sections
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her soil is capable Of Producing almost, if not
quite enough Of cotton to supply her manufacto-
ries, for which she could pay in the fabrics of her
own workshops.
Look at it. England admits Texas cotton in.
TO her ports free of daty, upon condition that
Texas receives English manufactures on the
same terms. What then becomes of the great
cotton growing interest of our c~ountry2
our planters cannot maintain a competition with
those of Texas, because England places a high
tax upon United States cotton, and lets the Tex
ian article pass free of duty. Break down our
planters, and what becomes of the Southern mar
ket for our farmers and our manufacturers-for
the planter cannot buy unless he can also sell.
What, also, becomes of our Eastern manufacture.
ers, in another respect? Their fabrics must paw
ia high tariff before admitted into Texas, whilst
IiOoS vi NiSob Olltdll pay ilOitllIlSs i IG l0SVl~
table effect would be, The exclusion of all our
domestic manufactures. Such a treaty is not a
mere superstition. 1t is destined to be establish
ed just SO soon as Texas becomes satisfied ofthe
nnwilngness of our government to receive her
into the Union.
Look again. Suppose English fabrics are ad.
mitted into Texas free of duty, and the same ar
~ticles, upon entering the Uniled States, are com.
pnIla1 tn n hirh tar;H W.T. ,ro,Il L-AL-
result? Smuggling would ensue to an indifnite
extent. Many all article could be purchased in
Texas for twenty dollars, which would cost thir-
ty in the United States, and a yard of cloth worth
six dollars there, would bring nine dollars here.
What a rich reward is here offered for the snug
gler. A bride of ten dollars on a single article,
and three dollars on a yard of good cloth he might
curry across u river, or an artifcill inc. Remem
Der that our boundary extends fifteen hundred
miles along the Texan frontier. Tea thousand
government officers, backed by as many troops,
under arms, could not suppress smuggling. Let
Texas and England form such treaty, land this
is the most favorable light in which their alliance
could be viewed and our revenue laws will be-
come a laughing stock, and the deplorable result
may happen, of being compelled to resort TO di-
rect taxation, for the support of our government.
--Ihls is not the language of a single individu-
al, but the judgment of well informed statesmen,
and the language of Great Britain herself. Read
the following extracts, taken from the Edinburgh
Review, of April, 1874, one ofthe most in1uen-
'tlal magazines in Europe. The British Review
er, after referring TO the fact ofthe United States
having repulsed Texas, when she before applied
for admission into the Union, goes on to remark,
that
"The foundation ofthe New Republic of Tex
as may be said 10 be laid in the principle of free
trade. Her wealth consists in her raw produce,
hot wants in manufactured articles. Our utmost
demand for cotton may, and in a great measure
will, probably, ere loug, be supplied from Texas;
and no fantastic scheme of encouraging imper-
feet and costly manufactures of her own, will be
allowed, we may be sure, ever to induce her to
I%sacratice her true sources Of prosperity, by refu-
sing 10 take the wrought goods of Manchester
and Birmingham in exchange for the produce of
her soil. Here, then, We have a security against
that entire dependence on The Of the
United States, which, with all its pacific infuen.
ces. cannot be contemplated without apprehen.
SION. Teas wiH either repeal the Tarifoft the
United States, or nullify its Operatioa.n
HENRY CLAWS OPINION OF BRITISH
NFLUENCE-HE SAYS THE POWER
OF ENGLAND EFFECTED THE RE-
PEAL OF A LAW BY THE CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES.
In his celebrated speech, Ito which ~allusion
has been before made,) delivered in the Senate
December %, 1910, Mr.. Clay thus speaks Of
the influence which Great Britain excris in the
United States, and the extent of her i~ntrigues
and her power; [See Greely's Life and Speech.
es of Clay, vol. l.. P. III
"But the gentleman reminds US that Great
Britain, the ally of Spain, may be obliged, by her
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