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 of the gull, her capital wonld
 canal which must unite tat tbo P@
 Atlantic and Pacific, and give = N
 of both the coasts of Ameroo ,o ls
 sessions in the world are non
 ruple the extent of our own n.,@ a
 our area on our own continon,' "'lR she aims openly at the possoa.!'
 gon on the North, Texas on sl0a ,S, 2
 become hers by policy less .,,'
 more certain in its results. w. @ Texas from her grasp, and by ,e
 insure at least the command or lr o,
 sea, and the outlet of our own nu,q And shall we neglect the re-acon;l s
 throw Texas, and the commsnd dus
 into the arms of England2 Wbo,. do so, is a monarchist, and nreo.' los vance of monarchical instiutiouaS riosS own great valley; he Is also an P P,9 in feelings and principle, and wai r nize the American States. Oua
 And when Texas, by the reG.., nexation, shall have fallen into %
 England, and the American peonIo hold the result, let all who sbsjI f% in producing the dread catastronb, the wrath of an indignant nation r' ,1 burst forth like lava, and roll n ~ rents over the political graves a ot shall thus have contributed to ,S. their country. And who would a., land at New Orleans, or the m%a T%' Mississippi ? Who would place Eo5] the banks of the Sabine, the Arts' Red river? Who would place Ena5s,1 '. the coasts, and bays and harbors,' 's,- ,,. great interior of Texas, and see bs. s' | a British colony, or-what is the ,,n "a British commercial dependence, Texas be power friendly to us, e,s,I a British colony? Would our rs1s annexation secure her friendsbD; x her rivalry in our great staple insurl. will : Would the monopoly of bes England, increase her attachment { selves ? No. Let re-annexaton k finally refused, and she becomes power, with all her interests antas, to our own. Indeed, all history teIsr there IS no friendship between for, contiguous nations, presenting so manI of collision, so many .jarring inteai such a rivalry in the sale and produd the same great staple.
 Much is now urged in many of is in favor of securing q home market manufactures. Now, here in Texasb market, that may be secured foreyers culable and rapidly increasing value ket that is already lost to us for the as the table of exports demonstrates must admit, will be thrown, by then of remuneration, into the possessioa land for, whether Texas does or become a British colony, it is cera. treaty of reciprocal free trade would to England the monopoly of her mai commerce. The cotton of Texas vl a market free of duty in England, manufactures a market free of duty I whilst discriminating imPosts on ou and eargoes, would eaeetually excll from her ports. Although Engar not, so long as her treaty with us uncaneelled, receive gfatHitously | of Texas free of duty; yet we con principle, and act upon il, that shen not gratuitously, but for a considen | that Texas receives fn return Brlts factures free of duty-and such we | to be the first result of the final rel remuneration. Thus England wOl tually monopolize the commerce ness of Texas, and in her harbors W the flag of the English mercantile soon to be the precursor of the ne | the drama of our disgrace and ru the flag of England would float ovel province, carved out of the dismeml ley of the West. But if this last rt not certain; if 1t were only probable tingent-is it not wise and patriotic the danger, and remove all doubt, b! preventive remedy of remuneration Texas should only become a Brit mercial dependency, and not a co danger to us, we have seen, would as great in the event of a war, ii case, as in the other. But even if pendency, we have seen she won feeble to guard her rights as neutr and that England, as she always h' fore done in the case of neutrals, " upon her soil, her coast, her haI rivers, and our and her Indians, Tn sion of the valley of the West; anl certain measure of defence and pro the remuneration of Texas.
 To Dc Continued.)
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