The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-03-07

If it must float also for several thousand
miles upon the banks of the tributaries OF the
great Mississippi, and along the gulf, from the
Sabine to the Del Norte, we will be surrounded
on all sides by England in America. In the gull,
her supremacy would be clear and absolute ; and IN
the great Interior she would hang on the rear OF
Louisiana and Arkansas, and within two days
march OF the Mississippi, while her forts would
stand, and her flag would wave, Tor more than
thousand miles, on the banks OF the Arkansas, the
SABINE and Red river, and in immediate contact
u It'll sixty thousand Indian warriors OF our own,
and halt as many more Of what would then be
British Indians within the present limits Of Texas.
II any doubt her course as to the Indians, let them
refer to her policy in this respect during the revou
lion and the last war, and they will fad that The
savage has always been her favorite ally, and that
she has shed more American blood by the aid OF
the tomahawk and scaping- knife, than she ever did
in the field OF fair and open conflict. And has she
Look al her forts and her traders, occupying our
own undOubted territory of Oregon; look at her
press in England and Canada, teeming with abuse
OF our people, government and laws; look at her
authors and tourists, from the more powerful and
nsidious assaults OF Alison, descending in the scale
to the ialsehoodeand arrogance OF Hall and Ham-
ton, and down ~ lower to the kennel jests and vu-
gar abuse Of Marryatt and Dickens, lndustriously
circulated throughout all Europe; and Lever was
her hostility so deep and better, and never have her
efforts been go great to render us odious to all the
world. The government OF England is controlled
by her arlstocracy. the avowed enemies Of republ-
was England endeavoring to advance more rapidly
to almost universal empire, on the ocean and the
land Hersteamers, commanded by naval officers,
traverse nearly every coast and sea- whilst her EN-.
plre extends upon the land. la the East, the great
and populous empires OF Scinde and Afghanistan
have been virtually subjected to her sway, whilst
yet another povoce now bleeds in the claws of The
British lion. Though saturated with blood, and
gorged with power. she yet marches on her course
10 universal dominion; and here, upon cur own
borders, Texas is next to be her prey. BY opium
and powder, she has subdued China, and seized
Australasia, and the Isles OF the Pacific, she has
wonderfully increased her power and in Europe,
she still holds the key Of the Mediterranean. In
The Gull at Mexico. she has already s.ized, 10
most commanding positions, overlooking from the
interior the QUILT OF the gulf while British Guiana
in South America, stretching between the great
position (aided by her Island Of Trinidad, at the
mouth OF the Ofonoco) to seize upon the outlet Of
those gigantic rivers. With her West India Islands
from Jamaica, south OF Cuba, in continuous chain
10 the most northern Of the Bahamas, she is pre-
pared TO seize the Florida pass and the mouth OF
the Mississippi; and let her add Texas, and the
coast Of Texas, and her command of the gull will
b. sehectual as OF the British channel II would
gull. her capital would open the great canal which
must uniie(a lhelsthmusl the Atlantic and Pacific,
and give to her the key Of both the coasts OF Ame-
rca: Her possessions IN the world are now nearly
ten.fold the population, and than our area on
our own continent. and, while she aims openly at
the possession OF Oregon on the North, Texas on
The west is tn become hers by policy less daring.
but more certain in Its results. We can yet rescue
Texas from her grasp, and, by remuneration, insure
al least the command OF our own great sea- and the
outlet oil our own great river, And shall we ne
eject the reacqulsltiOn, and throw Texas and the
command Of the gulf into the arms of England!
Whoever would do so is monarchist. and prefers
the advance OF monarchlcal institutions over our
own great valley he is also an Enelishman in feel
inss and principle, and would recoonize the Ameri-
And when Texas, by the refusal Of reannex atiou,
shall have fallen into the of England, and the
American people shall behold the result, let all who
shall have aided ~ producing the dread catastrophe
will burst forth like lava, and roll 10 fiery torrents
over The political graves Of all who shall thus have
contributed TO the ruin OF their country. And who
Of the mississippi! Who would place England on
the banks Of the Sabine, the Ark ansas, and Red
rvetl Who would place England along the coasts,
and bays, aud harbors and in the great interior Of
what is the same to "a British commercial de.
pendencyl Could Texas be power friendly TO us,
even VI not a British colony1 Would our refusal Of
remuneration secure her friendship! Would her ri.
vslry "a our great staple insure her good will1
Would the monopoly Of her trade BY England in
crease her attachment to ourselves! No. Letrean-
nexation be now 6aaIly refused, and she becomes
foreign and hostile power, with ell her interests
antaaonistcal to our own Indeed, all history tells
US that here Is no friendship between foreign and
contiguous nations, presenting 80 many points OF
collision. SO many Jaring interests, and such rival
ry 10 The sale and production OF the same great
aple.
favor 81 securing home market for our manufac-
lures Now here in Texas is home marker, that
may be secured forever, Of incalcuable and rapidly
increasing vaue-a market that is already lost to US
Ia 81 H..
aud, all must admit, will be thrown, by the reec.
ton OF reanne xalion, into the possession OF Eng
land; for, whether Texas does or does not become
British colony, II is certain that treaty OF recp-
nopoy OF her markets and commerce. The cotton
OF Texas would find market free OF duty in Eng
land, and her manuiactur IS a market free of duty
IN Texas. whilst discriminating mposs on our YES
GELS and cargoes would eEeciually exclude them
from her poris. Although England might not, 30
long ss her treaty with US remained uncanceled,
receive giatuliously the cotton Of Texas free Of
duty, yet we c0ncede the principle, and act upon it,
that she may do il, not sratuitously, but for con-
sderatlon, vz that Texas re ives in return British
manufactures free oil duty-and such we know is
to be the first result Of the final rejection Of rean-
nexaion. Thus England would efiectuaIly mo-
i'll her harbOrs would float the flag OF the English
mercantile marine, soon to be the precursor OF the
next step in the drama Of our disgrace and ruin;
when the n " of England would n 1ai over British
u
the West. But if this last result were nor certain;
il it were only probable and contingent, is It not
wise and patriotic to arrest the danger, and remove
all doubt by the sure preventive remedy of reaa.
pexatlonl But il Texas should only become
British commercial dependency, and not colony,
the danger to us, we have seen, would be nearly a.
great in the event OF war, in the one case 10 the
other But even if not dependency, we have seen
she would he too feeble 10 guard her rights as
neutral power; and that England, as she always
heretofore has done in the case Of neurals, would
ssjz, upon her soil, her coast, her harbors, her
rivers aad our end her Indians, in her invasion Of
the valley ei the West; and the ouy certain measure
Of defeEce and protection is the remuneration of
Texas.
The defence of the country and of all its parts
against the probable occurrence oi war, is one OF
the first aud highest duties of this COVE rameht.
For this We build forts and arsenas, dry docks and
nayy.yards, supply arms and ordnance, and main.
tain armies and navies at annual expense Of many
millions of dollars; and for this we guard great
cities and important bays and harbors. From the
II Al H. A..