Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-01-25

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country, chat The ambassador "a powerful nation 80
been aufhorIzed By hs cont to ctsr independence
90 Texas ON conditions which accepted could not.
iail 70 asct seriously our dearest interests These
conditions are said % have been The total 81
slavery il thar Kepublic respectfully submit wheth.
eE there Is notjugt reason 10 appTahend th country
Ike ths. worn down by the iafgues and t1nbilB Of
prutRacted war and constantly mgnaced BY fcfmda-
bic enemy, may not Be induced when al Other Efforts
nc peace have been tried n vain 10 close with over
tfes like THE and especially tie proposition comes
as a nlosk Likely iDi gdad over with the additional
prcpositiont pay he residents q Texas fair COM
cumetancests desirable. 80 long however, IS Texaa
maintains her independence, and adheFea "a her prem
eng form Of government, Il isn0t Indispensable epe-
cialiy 6ahe repeb AZ a1uss she ever viii with bsoom
cy on the subject ofsasey. But Il the question shall
arse whether the United States and Texas shall con-
sfitute an integral government. or Texas become
British colony, friend Ofthe Union can hesitate s
to the course which impeon necessity viii require
will not doubt the patriotism Of Texans nor call ID
question their friendship for this country and its insti-
tnticns, but self preservation % the rst law ofour "a
lure, and may not Texas, after yeals ofcontnnsd dis
turbance and apprehensoHBs without nlorey = IA d.
most without friends hecpnstI &ined even aRalt her
inclination to accept terms like these, IN the vaih hope
of preserving her identity among the nations Of the
EARTH And shall we stand idly BY, whist Texas, and
with her, own institutions drawn inch BY inch
into the meshes of willy nation that has never Jailed
to do Us injury? Shall stand with'our arms folded
in fanclcd security, while Great Britain Is steahiy adj
vancng that destructive policy (abotion) Ofwhchshe
tho national impersopication. Does any doubt
that if England can the tie which binds Texas to
the United Saies-f once she can get the confidence
of the Texan people, she viii by negotiation, or by
conquest add that country her already powerful do
mnions9 Give England footholdm Texas, and she
win plant her colonies there, and become in that
try what she failed TO be in the Indesyonr great re
val in the production Of cotton. Annex Texas to the
United States and you viii have acquired p territory
salubrous in climate and fertile in SOIL Astounding in all
that can make country desirable. From this terri
tory you may erect independent States that will come
into the Union along side Of Wisconsin and Iowa, and
the yet unsettled territory of the North West thus
preserving that political equilibrium in the Senate Of
the United States, absolutely essential to the safety
of our domestic institutions. Annex Texas to the
United States and you give the South degree ofin-
fuence in the councils of the nation which will enable
her to assert her rights with confidence, ard maintain
them with independence, and secure to Mississippi
peace IN the exercise of her domestic policy. and
proud Independence as separate member OF the con-
federacY, More than this, / need not say. If the
representatives of the people agree with me III these
views, they viii ADOPT some suitable mode of making
their opinions known.and invite the action of Congress
and our sister States on this interesting subject.
cpnclusion fellow citizens let US invoke the ia"
WI m Ditfde Providence 10 extend, still further, His
slAdn four country and ourselves. That he will
1sck 6 eotuciIs thai Ia al om eoFts to advance the
great cause Of human iberkys we may be eminently
et us rene nlber that no people were ev-
ar prosperous and happy loE loEe PERIOD OF time;
wno eG e. tbe
slant dependence the Great Ruler Of the Universe
peTdsnr6 ana thai. We may always % remembered
jim n the ~ s divine providence.
Y tpe earnest prayer g. Yer PUN g zsls
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FTons Tie NJ Os7sdas Cal.fiel N ian. Sea.
THE COTTON CROP
Itappoora that on The Isl cf November, the
avs 4sge estmatess both here end IL New York,
put the probable anoount of lhe crop down at
,DDO.D0o bales biz estimate was predicted
Cd 4 belief that The customary weather would be
experienced ii ihe South vest during the subse-
qnenk months, ih hich Ghe largest portion Of the
crop y Secuted. ne usual season for picking
cotton last about four months hnd half begin
ming tie Isl Of September. and endiQo tie middle
ok ann9f ys within which period IN ID estimated by
The planting community there a5e. under ordinary
circumstances afl average ~ twenty working
days in each month. In consequence Of the
lnssnneS 0ffhe spring cotton picking did MOI gem
orally coh11aence this season before the 10Th of
September This lacf " ~ npoft1nce, Is Il fol~
loNs hat thirds Ala cAnp hhd ri ha gathered
eiIeF l3e IiIss of November ln 9|| che cotton re-
eian tfihAlary ko Ghl4 cl.y. ths f8ina rnnlmenced
iel''ne between The lst ana 81 o. Np Der, and
rdnGnuAd with but little lon 40 the lst Of
January. During this period 81 two months,
lhere were ln a AnoUI n qHYA pt aFy weather.
and these occurred al alneIent nfeTF4ls.