The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-01
The Texas Question.


Mr.. EDTroR-
To show the consistency of the Courier &. En-
Quirer, with other wing papers and wing men, we
submit tor publication the result Of public meet
ing held at the Masonic Hall, in this city, on the
18th April, 1886, at which several thousand people
attended. See the Courier 8. Enquirer or CONNER
cial advertiser OF the 9th April, 1886. On that
occasion, all was enthusiasm IN favor of Texas
Col. Wharton, who has since died in Texas, made
at that meeting of the most thrilling and pew
erful speeches we ever listened to. He went into
brief and succlnct history of Texas and her
struggles, and proved most concusively that her
cause was the cause of liberty" and that they
warred agtnst the most cruel tyranny and oppres-
sion ever practiced by any, government, however
despotlc. At the meeting alluded to, the following
Samuel Swartwout President James Monroe,
Alexander Hamilton, Charles A. Clinton, Silas M.
Stillwell, and James Watson Webb, Vice Presi-
dents; Willis Hall, lanes l.: Curtis, Asa +. Uf-
| ford, and VIM. Van Wyck Secretaries.
The following resolutions were adopted with ac-
clamatiOn:-
Resolved, That the state of Texas having become Sc.
vered from the confederation of Mexico by
own, and having been driven by "
which evidently aimed at her political humiliation
defend nationwide interest pro.
tect her. has justly and righeously declared herself free
sovereign and independent and that for the honor
free and powerful nation like the United States to be
first to take her by the hand and acknowledge her in
dependence
Resolved, That the law, which is paramount to all
law, the great law OF humanity us,ifes in extending
gress hitherto has been marked by atrocities unknown
civilized warfare -an army which wages war Of ex
termination and whose savage chief make
| fertile soil desert"
The following were appointed committee to
carry these resolutions into effect, viz--James
Ward, b. Murray, James +. Slhlls, Robert En-
NETT, John Il. Livingston, jr., Morgan l.. Smith,
]. l.. Joseph. Elv Hart, w. G. Wales, r. G. Wet
more Isaac l. Varian Edward Curtis Mcdonald
Frazier, to which was added the presiding officers
OF the meeting. This committee was appointed to
carry the objects Of the resolutions into effect
We wish you would rcpublish Col Wharton's
speech made before that meeting; it would shed
deal OF hight, at the present time, upon the real
nature OF the Texas question, and upon the history
OF her noble struggle.
But, what arc we 90 think of the consistency Of
those wings, who on the Goth April, 1896 denoun-
ced santa Ana as " savage Chef aiming AT the
annhlatlon OF the people OF Texas, and designing
70 convert her fertile soil into desert; and who in
April, l5ll, say we cannot make treaty with an
Independent and sovereign State, without getting
| the consent OF this Savage chiefP' When this
depunclatory resolution was adopted, Santa Anna
with all the blood stained crueltes of civil war up
on his hands, was white robed saint, compared
| TO what he has made himself since the wing meet
| ing IN favor OF Texas in the Masonic Hall The
blood of the brave Col. Tanning and his go men.
brave soldiers, was not then upon his hands, Per.
sons drawing "black beans were not then butch
cred like dogs. Salazers murder of American cti-
zcns, was not then approved of by him.
Yet eXclalm the wings, we must ask Mexico for
Texas Who and what is Mexico Two-thirds
of the Mexicans are negroes and Indians Not
one in five hundred can read and write, so says
Mr.. BrantZ Meyer The whole power and wealth
of the country IN the hands of the prieSts-and
Santa Anna, Almonte and Bocanegra are the tools
of the priests or one hand and of England on the
other. We must ask Mexico, lorsooth Ask the
" Savage Chief for he, and his minlons, are all
Mexico, for the present. You had Just as well
ask Lord Aberdeen, whose despicable and willing
tools they are. DO you suppose Lord Aberdeen
else, if he can help 1t Are we become so
poor, so desplcable, SO worthless as a nation
that we cannot make treaty, or fix our rghiful
boundaries, without asking Lord Aberdeen1 Sill
worse than that, without asking his ready tool
Santa Anna who has forfeited every claim TO that
OF a civilized being, n monster, before whom the
murdered ghosts of five hundred brave men will for
ever rise up ike Banquos ghost, to torment him
Aud who Is this Almone, that leaves Washington
in threatening milf, and flies to New York 10 re-
ceive the congratulations of English Tories and
American Aboltlonlss, 10 tread their rich carpets
and feast upon their winesl A worthy representa-
tive OF his bloodstained master, who was an abiect
and suppliant captive with Santa Anna, in Texas
and whose life, with that of his periidous leader
was spared, although he had been accessory TO his
masters cruelties, Is it such creatures as these
the wings say must ask for permission TO treat
with an independent Statel ] would as soon ''be
dog and bay the moon," as ask Lord Aberdeen,
through pertldlous and Savage chief" whether
we shall make "A treaty with Texas. We would
soon think of taking sides with Benedict Arnold,
as to side with Santa Anna and Lord Aberdeen,
against the honor, dignity, and security of 6 Our
own, our native land" A.. j.
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