The North-Carolina standard., 1844-04-24

the Orohoco) To- seize upon the outIet Of those gi
fgahhc rivers With her West India islands
from Jamaica, south Of Cuba, ia 4 cohtinuoa,
chain 10 the most northern of the Bahamas, She j:
prepared to seize tbs terda pass, ana the monlt
Eof the Mississippi and let her add Fsxas and th,
coast Of Texas, aud hAricommand ef the gulf vii
Be- as efectaaaas Of The Bfhishchannef :. It wsuId
be'a Brttssk seq; and soon, upon the, shores o
the gull, her capital would open the great eanai
which mnst unite lat the isihmus| the. Atlantic
and Pacific, and give 70 her the key Of both ths
coastsFQf America. Her possessions ia the world
are noW neatly qhadruple the extent OF our own.
with more than tenpld the population, aud mora
! thaa our area on our continent !. and, while she
afFas openly atthe possession of Oregon. on the
north, Texas ou The west is TO become hers by a
policy less ring but more certain in lis results
We can yet rescue Texas from hef gfasp, and; by
-reauneSatiens insure at Least the comnaHd of Dur
eAxn great sea, and the outlet ofour eFn great fiv-
er.1 An shall'w we negleetthe reac4aiSitioh, and
throw Texas, and the command of The gulf, into
the arms Of fEngland2 .Whuever would do SO, is
| moharchist, and prefers the advance Of monarch
Ieat institutiofso Eers our own grea 4a1tey& is
also an Engtshman in feelings and erinciple, and
would recoloaizs the@Ansfican States
| And when Texas, by the refusal of reainexa-
tion, shall have fallen into the arms of Eagland
and the american people shah behold the result,
LET alt who shall have aided in producing the
dread catastrophe fee frosn the wrath Of m indig.
nant nation, which will barsP forth Ihs lava and
rolf gerry torrents over the political gtayes of
all whoshall thus have septributed to the. ruin of
their country. And who would place Engiand at
New Orleans or the mouth OF the mississippi
Who would place England on the banks of the
Sabine, the Arkansas and Red riEer2 Who
would place England aiong che coasts and bays,
and harbers, apd-ln the great interier, Of Texas,
and see her become British colony or-what IS
the same to us-a British commercial dependen-
fcyq Could Texas be a Rower friendly to US,
even fnot British colony ? : Would Dur refusal
of reapnexation: secure, her. ffienashsPq Would
her. rivalry in our great staple insure her good
will2 Would the nrnnOeofy of her trade by
Eng land increase her attachment to ourselves4
No Let remuneration be now finally refused
aod she becomes foreign and 4 hostile power,
with all her interests anta9onistcal to own
Indeed, gil history tells US that there is no friend
Ship between foreign and contiguous nations, pre-
senting so many points Of collision, SO many jar
ring interests; and sdch'a rivalry IN The sale and
production in the same great staple. - .
Much is now urged ia|Inany, Of the States in
favor of securing home market foEouT nnanafacs
enres Now here in Texas is home market
that may be secured forever, Of incaIculable and
rapidly inc reasng yalue-a market that already
lost to US for the present. as the Table Of exports
by the rejection of remuneration, into the possess
ieh of England; for, whether Texas does or does
not become a British colony, il is certain that a.
treaty Of reciprocal free trade~ would secureSto
England the monopoly of her markets and com
merce., The cotton .nf Texas would find mar.
ket free of duty in England, and her manufactures
a market free Of duty in Texas, whilst dscFipina-
ting imposts On our vessels and cargoes would eE
fectuafly exclade them from her ports. Although
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remained nncancefled,, receive gratpisousIy' the
cotton Of Texas free Of duty; yet we ceHcede the
principle and act upon It, that she may do i, not
gratnitously, but for consideration, viz: that
TexasTeeGives in return British rnautaetutes free
of duty ;Aand such we know is to bethe- first re-
suit of The final rejection Of remuneration. Thus
England would effectnally nonopelize the. com
merce and business Of Fexss, and in her hareoss
would foat the flag ofsthe English mercantile
marine. sSon to be the precursor of the 'lext step
in the drama Of our disgrace and ruin; when the
flag Of Eng land weud float oHef British pEo-
vince, carved ent of fhe disneabefed yalleyOft the
West Buff this last result were not certain i'll
il were only probable and contingent,-is it not
wise and patriotic to- arrest the danger, and remove
altdeabt blythe sure preventive remedy Of rean-
nSxation But if Texas should only become a
British copmercial dependency, and not colony,
the danger to US, we have seen. would be nearly
as great IN the oVe OF war; ID the one case, as III
the other. But even Il hot dependency, we have
seen she would be too feeble 10 guard her rights
as cneutFal~power !; and that England assahe al
ways heretofore has done IN the case Of nsntrals
would seize upon her soil, her coasts her haFbOrs
her rivers and onr and-her Indians, ia her iRva.
sion Of the valley Of West; and the only Ser
tain measure of defence and protection is the re-
of Texas. = :
The defence ofthe county and of all ite parts
against the probable occurrence Of war, is pRe of
the first and highest duties of this governmenk
For this we build forts and arseRRis, dry-docks
aad navy yards, supply arms and ordnance, aad
maintain armies and navies ~ an aanaal expedse
otmany millions of dollars and ferthis we guard
great cities and important bays and harbprs, Eroh
the or gaaizatioa Of the government upder the een
stsuton up to the latest period IN S45, for which
detailed statements are given, we have expended
for the BePaFtment, 93z455S8, ,999, ,aana for
the Naval Department, $173;236s569-7heia2 for
both &54s, 1875 46S; for the civil list S6l ,395 3z3
for foreign intercourse, $55, ,o51, ,172, miscelia-
neoas S6I, ,578, t6S making for these three last
items[ Sl57;9i5, $40; and for the public debe,
SFsk74900s; making, the, total. expenditures,
81, 15z,789, ,78l. Now Ito the expenditures for
the defence Of the country, as above given
125, 46s-we add that portion ofthe public, deb,
which may be fairly estimated as having been IN
cuT+ed for,the defence 0f the country, it would
make S94e, 1875. .468 expended farrthe. defence of
the country; aud leave 5000 664 ,3f3 expended
for all other purposes. The defence OF the coan-1