The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-05-18

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sequences which our enemies fohdiy hhpsH For, 10
such d case but with an entire, ,ignoFance OF the
/ true state of the country, were !oretold with
rare union of philanthropy cad hatred. wish
| had the number at hand 10 Gull some choice pas
sages for your reflection. The result was to be
the entire destruction of the Southern States, the
ruin ot depression of the others, and the dissolu-
ton of this great and glorious confederacy, on
which the last hopes of freedom through the
world now rest.
| What more favorable position could be TAX
en- for the occupation of English black troops,
| and for letting them loose upon our Southern
States, than is afforded by Texas! Incapable:o f
resisting, in the event of war between us and
England she would be taken possession Of by
the latter, under one another of those preences,
which every page of her history furnishes, and
the territory would become the depot whence she
would carry on her operations against us, aud at
tempt 10 add servile war to the otheIcalamities
which hostiies bring with them. He who
doubts whether this would be done, has yet to
learn another trait in the annals of national an
| tipathy. 1t would be done, and be called phi
| lanthropy.
\ Every day satisfies me more and more, that
majority OF the American people are in favor Of
| annexation. Were they not, the measure ought
not to be effected. But as they are, the sooner
it is effected the better do not touch the de-
tails OF the negot alton. That must-be left to the
responsibility of the Government as, also, must
the bearing of the question upon, and its recep-
ton by, other countries. These are points do
not here enter into.
am, dear sir, with much regard, truly yours,
LEW. CASS.
Hon. E. A. HANNEeAN, Washington, D. C.
We can give our opinion of this production in
very few words: 1t is most artfully concocted
epistle. 1t contains more subtle appeals to popu.
lar prejudices than any production of its length
we have ever read, and exhibits its author in the
light of A DEMAGOGUE OF THE FIRST
CLASS; as he clearly is. The alusion to and
adulation paid to General Jackson, is Characters
tic of the man, whose back has always been re-
markedly Timber in the presence Of those who
welded power, whether the Individual were Mr.
Philippe, the King of the French, or General
Jackson, the Master of the Multitude.
The alluson to an article in Frazer's Maya
zine, is also in keeping with the other paragraph.
The object of the latter alluson is to reach the
prejudices which Governor Cass is we'll aware
exist in the American breast towards our parent
country, Great Britain, and also.to show the ne
cessity of our taking possession to avoid being
attacked on our Southern frontier hereafter; as
if there were really the least apprehension Of any
such attack The Governor manifests very great
regard, anxiety, apprehension, and sympathy for
the South; far greater, it seems to us, than the
Southern men do themselves. He sees dangers
in the dim distance of the future, which they do
not, and sheds superfluous tears over horrors |
which have no existence save in his lively imag-
Ration-much excited, we fear, by the hope of
reaching the Presidency. But he will clutch at
the sceptre as Macbeth did at the airy dagger,
and, like him, excIaim-
q have thee not, and yet see thee STILL
The Governor says, in reference to the article al
luded to, !" wish had the number [of the mag
azine] at hand, to Gull some choice passages for
your reflection. The result was to be the de-
structioa Of the Southern States, the ruin or de-
preston of the others, and the dissolution of this
great and glorious contederacy, on which the last
hopes of freedom through the world now rest"
Ay, and rest in vain, if the Presidential Office is to
be attained by men who are willing to profess anu
principles adopt any creed, advocate any measure,
become like potters clay in the hands of ana set
OF politicians, advocate and promote any unhoy
scheme of political and pecuniary ACKNOWLEDGMENT
that can be made use of to advance their own
| ambitious projects.
In the next paragraph, the ambitious and as
piring Governor attempts to manufacture raw
head-and- bloody bones with which to Tighten all
the old women and mustachioed youths of the
South, who
"Caper nimbly in a lady's chamber,
To the lascivious peasings of a lutte
Incapable of resisting" he says, " in the
event of a war between US and England, she
Tcxas] would be taken possession of by the lat
ter" &c. What is to bring war between us
and England, except the very act which the
Governor approves! There is not the slightest
probabty-scarceIy possibility of war be.
tween US and England, except it is brought about
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