The North-Carolina standard., 1844-04-17

New ork ougnt 10 reclaim Tor the Alleghany
It's true original name, the Ohio, of which + is q
! part, and so marked and called by that name in
the British maps, prior to I776, one of which is
inthe possession of the distinguished representa-:
tive from the Pitsburg district of Pennsylvania
The words Ohio and Alleghany,n IN two DIFF
ferpnt Indian dialects mean clear as designating
tFaly in both cases the character of the water ol
both streams and hence it is that New York is
upon the Ohio and truly stands at the head of the
valley of the West The treaty which struck
Texas from the Union, inflicted blow upon this
mighiy valley. And who will say that the West
shall remain dismembeYed and mutilated, and that
the ancient boundaries of the republic shall never
be restored2 Who will desire to check the
young eagle of America, now rehxing her gaze
upon our former limits and repluming her pin
ions for her returning fght2 What American
will say, thatfhe flag of the Union shall never
wave again throughout that mighty territory ;
fused to surrender, shall never be restored2 Who
viii oppose the reestabIishment of our glorious
constitution, over the whole of the mighty valley
which once was shielded by Its benignant sway ?
Who will wish again to curtail the limits of this
great republican empire, and again to dismember
the glorious valley of the West? Who will re-
fuse to replant the banner of the republic, upon
our former boundary, or resurrender the Arkan-
sas and Red river and retransfer the coast of the
wounds of the mutilated West, and re-unite the
veins and arteries. discovered by the dsmember-
ing cession of Texas to Spain2 To refuse to
accept the remuneration, is to resurrender the
Territory of Texas, and redsmember the valley
of the West. Nay, more: under existing cir
cumstances it is TO lower the flag of the Union
before the red cross of St. George, and to surren
der the Florida pass the mouth of the Mississippi,
the command of the Mexican gulf and finally
FFaYac ifsolf into ban Of L0nlaod
AS question of money, no State is much more
deeply interested in the remuneration Of Texas
than your own great commonwealth of kentucky.
There, if Texas becomes part of the Union, will
be great and growing market for her beef and
pork, her lard and butter, her -four and corn and
there, within very short period, would be found
a ready sale for more than million dollars in
value, of her balerope and hemp and cotton-bag-
ging Nor can it be that Kentucky would desire
by the refusal of remuneration, to mutilate and
dismember the valley of which she is part; or
that Kentucky would curtail the limits of the re-
public, or diminish its power and strength and
glory. 1t cannot be that Kentucky will wish to
see any flag except our own upon the banks OF
the Sabine and Arkansas and Red river, and with
in a days sail Of the mouth of the Mississippi,
and the outlet of all her own commerce in the
Gulf Many of her own people within the
limits of Texas and its battle-felds are watered
own intrepid Milan, who headed the brave three
hundred who, armed with rifles only, captured
the fortress of Alamo, defended by heavy artillery
and Thirteen hundred of the picked troops of Mex
leo, under one of their best commanders. And
will Kentucky refuse to re-embrace so many of her
own people nor permit them, without leaving
Texas, to return to the American Union2 And
if war should ever again revisit our country,
Kentucky knows that the steady aim of the west
ern ri6enen, and the brave hearts and stout hands
within the limits cf Texas, are, the hour of
danger, among the surest defenders of the coun-
try, and especially Of the valley of the West
The question of remuneration, and of the restora-
ton of ancient boundaries, is a much stronger
case than the purchase of new territory. 1t is a
stronger case also than the acquisition of Louisi
ana or Florida not only upon the ground that
these were both an acquisition of new territory
but that they embraced foreign people, dissim-
lar to Our own in language, laws, and institutions
and transferred without their knowledge or con-
sent, by the act Of European king. More es-
pecially in case like this. where the people of
Texas occupy region which was once exclusive
ly our own; and this people, in whom we &C
knowledge to reside the only sovereignty over
the whole and every portion of Texas, desire the
cannot re-establish our
former boundaries, and restore to US the whole or
any part of the territory which was once our
own, is proposition the bare statement of which
is its best refutation. |
Let us examine, now, some ofthe objections urg-
ed against the remuneration of Texas And
here, it Is remarkable that the objections to the
purchase of Louisiana are tho same now made
in the case of Texas; yet all now acknowledge
the wisdom of that measure; and to have ever
opposed it. is now regarded as alike unpatriotic
and unwise. And so will it be in the case of
Texas The measure will justify by It's re-
suits; and its opponents will stand in the same
position now occupied by those who objected to
the purchase of Louisiana. The objections, we
have said, were the same, and we will examine
them SEPARATELY. lst The extension ofterritory;
and I'd, the question of slavery.
AS to the extension of territory it applied with
much greater force to the purchase of Louisiana.
That purchase annexed to the Union territory
double the size of that already embraced within
its limits; whilst the remuneration of Texas, ac-
cording to the largest estimates will add but one
seventh TO the extent of our territory. The high
est estimate of the area of Texas is but $4,000
square miles, whilst that of the of the Union
is 2, 600 900 square miles Now, the British ter
ritory, on our own continent Of North America
exclusive of the West Indies, and north of our
northern boundary, is $500, 900 square miles,
beng 500, 900 more than that of our whole I'm
ion. with Texas united. Indeed, we may add
both the Californias 10 Texas, and unite them all
to the Union, and sill the area of the whole will
be less than that of the British North American