Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-10-04
THE TEXAS QUESTION.


We feel little disposition 10 prolong conirovs,..
mon this theme, with our neiehbor Of the Dan.
crat We are not 90 brimful Of 'purgn9v' ,h,, :.
can devote three OF four columns 10 him in e,...
paper and we entertain small hope Of fndpo on
amid The md bOf shallow reasoning and ffo,bv n.y.
lance which be weekly puts forth, what his ,e,I.,
convictions really are.
Our neighbof has maintained that the anner,,;,.
of Texas seu not strengthen the institution Of 4.
very He has said 'it is not the democrats. bu, N.
suti-anne naiion wings who proclaim such a, a.
effect of the measure. This we boldly depv ,uI
can prove by the saehems Of his own party A.,
the extension and perPetuatiOn Of slavery i n.
yrRr rHise for which the annexation plot "a.
bstebed up by IFS Aesb-jobbing, tock-jobbDs con.
trvers.
In the correspondence with the British MiDi,,.,
which was included in the Treaty documents. S.
rotary Calhoun says:
fThe treaty. Of annexation was made neee.,,,,
in order 10 PRESERVE DOMESTIC 1NsTlTJi.
TIONS placed under me guaranty Of their rssp,a,
fpe eoasiitafions and deeaasd essential to their safv
and property.
when in our first article upon this subject, We e.
ferrcd To the above svowal, we supposed that John
c. Calhoun was a tolersbly prominent membe,d
the 'democratie' party. II seems that our nerhbO,
must now either turn him out Of the ranks OF .l,.
set himself up as knowing more about the Tens
affair than one Of IFS prime movers. What give,
the above declaration the force is the fseth,,
Mr. Calhoun has long been an open advocate and
applsuder Of slavery. Now, his officially spoken
words aside is il to be supposed that he would urge
on with the whole weight Of his acknowledged Nj.
ents, a scheme whose tendency would be TO r,uk,u
the system he upholds and excuses! The idea
absurd.
Take the words Of the Richmond Enquirer, pa.
per which has for years stood at the head Of The
Southern locofocO press:
IL is evident, that after the lapse Of few NOR.
wears the Southern States will be the only Doton
Of the civilized world where slavery will exist
The attacks Of all the rest will be directed against
them IN aohat lciu their security consist but IN
their Oscn strength They would have all the ee-
ments Of powerful and extensive empire. The
Gulf OF Mexico where their interest principally lies
should be particularly guarded; above all should
they prevent Texas becoming non-slaveholdng
State or falling under the control or influence Of
government winch is hostile to their Institutions
The STARE. holding iHfercst shOid be p0ioef enough
i 10 protect itsclf'
Here il will be seen the object Of nexation is
plainly stated TO be- To enable the slave holding pow
er TO PROTECT ITSELF is the veteran Richie
mo democrat or is our neighbor better informed
with regard to the Texas matter than the editorial
great gun of his party in the Slave States
But we will come a little nearer North, and quote
from the N. Y Evening Post, print which is first
rate locofoco authority in all parts Of the land when
the tariff is to be denounced. In that paper Of Ju.
ly %, last, is this candid declaration:
] asrh. Of Taras rnoanx nothino raorr
/ than the EXTENSION AND PERPETUATl0N
OF SLAVERY, at the risk Of lcaT, and ieiiA ioar,
II IL cannot be GOT icith0r'
II may be said that the Evening Post is opposed
10 the measure. SO il is, and to protection also;
but why is its authority much better the latter
than the former subject? Is WIN. C. Bryant
mo democrat except when engaged in decying
the tariff Of 1912.
! We win next bring upon the stand Silas Wright.
In a speech al Skanesteies, Aug. %, he said
! HE voted against the Treaty negotiated BY Mr.
8 Tyler-lst, because the assent Of Mexico had not
been obtained, without which il would be a viola
tion of national obligations End. because the
boundaries Of Texas were not accnrately defined b.
the Treaty, but embraced large extent Of terrific
~ belonging TO Mexico; and 3d. because Il inas de-
signed 10 EXTEND AND PERPETUATE SLA-
VERY
We shall not stop TO remark upon the consisten
cy Of Silas Wright in advocating the election o
James X Polk, and the consequent immediate an
nexaiion of Texas, with all its evils as enumerated
above, which he is pledged to carry out. We Only
wish to know how our neighbor expects TO &c
round this authority after publishing Slas Wright
biography, and extolling his 'candor and integrity.
Is the Gubernatorial candidate who was to settle
the fate of Whggery in the Empire State 'n
democrat, or does neighbor rate his intelligence
and opportunity Of getting information about thi
Texas scheme, at higher piich'
Lastly-since our neighbor has shown so muc
affection for the Liberty party as to defend thei
cause, and give up his columns 10 their arguments
perhaps the declaration of the Albany Patriot,
leading third party prin, in New York would be
some weight in the matter
'The democratic rallying-cry is POLK and Texas
Polk was nominated simply BECAUSE he is in fave
of immediate annex ation. " And the annexatio
of Texas is sought simply a means TO f1fend "a
dominion Of slarery, and 10 perpttuaie the insfits
lion, ID This is the openly avowed object Of thos
who set il on foot Ergo-the democratic party
THE SLAVE PARTY, emphaticaly pledged /
IFS support
II is needless for us TO adduce any arguments
our own to show that the object of this Texas pic
is what these authorities on both sides of the que.
ton state il TO be- If our neighbor win not Civ
ear to the chiefs among his own parizans and Al
lies, we are not so vain as to think we could awake
those 'immutable principles Of eternal justice whic
he SO ostentatiously paraded in the beginning Q
this discussion. We therefore wind up our srgu
Inent with this article, and leave our neighbor :
praise and defend scheme which several of hi
own party-leuders declare is designed to prop u
the declining institution of Slavery