Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-04-13

,reg Annexation of Texas. r.r,.s.,,
A letter Of great length and signal ability, from
the pen Of Hon. R. J. wArxER, b. s. Senator
from Mississippi, on tie subject Of Texas, writ
ten in reply to call Of the people Of Carroll
county, (Ky.) for his views, has recently been
published, and is every where attracting much
attention. Mr.. W. fasors annexation. He pre-
sents the question in an it, various bearings, and
undertakes to prove-and succeeds, as we think
that in every light-in which it can be viewed,
Texas is . most desirable acquisition. We make
room for an extract, regretting exceedingly our
inability to spread The letter before our readers
In extens0. We may give more hereafter. Mr..
walker says; ssasss3 ssxsasaaag
Bfi This issno question. Of the purchase of
new territory. but of the re annexation of
that which once was al. our own. II is
not . question Of the extension of our lim.
its, but OF tho restoration of former bound
avias. a-Itpreposes NO new addition to The
valley ofthe Mississippi bas Of its re un-
ion; and e., lis waters. once more, under
our dominion, IF The Creator had separ
a,ed Texas from the Union ~ mountain
BARRIERS, the sAAps or tho Andes, these
might be plausible objections; but.he has
planned down the whole valley ,iac!pding
Texas, and united, every atom Of the soil
and every drop ofihe waters of,he mighty
whole. He has linked their rivers with
the great Mississippi, and marked and
united the whole for the dominion Of one
government and the residence Of one peo-
pie; and il is imp,ous in man to attempt
to dissolve this great and glorious Union
Texas is part Of Kcn'ucky,a portion Of
the same great valley. II is a pari Of
New York and Pennsylvania, = part Of
MARYLAND and Virginia, and Ohio, and Of
allihe wes,e IN States, whilst the. Tennes-
see uni,es with It the waters OF Georgia
Alabama. and Carolina. The Allegheny.
commencing its course ia New York. and
with the Youghiogany, from Maryland
and Monongahela, from Virginia, merging
with The beautiful Ohio At he metropolis
oil western. Pennsylvania, embrace the
streams Of Texas =, the mouths Of the
Arkansas and Red River, whence their
waters flow in Kindred union to the gulf
And here le, me say, tha, New York ought
TO reclaim for tho Allegheny its true orig
inal name. abe Ohio. Of which il is part,
and so marked aud called by that name
in the British maps, prior 10 1916, one Of
which is in the possession OF the dis,ln.
gu,shed representative from The PITTS
burg districtof Pennsylvania. The words
a.Ohio'' and "Aliegheny,asin iva different
Indian dialects, mean clear, as des'gnat
ing truly. in both cases, the character oflhe
water Of 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
mighty valley. And who will say that
tho Yves, shall remain gdismembered and
mu,ilaled, and that The ancient boundaries
Of the republic shall never be resiored?-
W no viii desire 70 check The young eagle
Of America, now refxing her gaze upon
our former limits, end rerlnming her pin
ions for her eternal fight! What Amer.
lean viii say that the flag Of the Union
shall never. wave again throughout that
mighty territory; aad that what Jefferson
acquired. and Madison refused To surren
der, shall never be restoreds Who will
oppose the re-es,ablishmcnt Of our glori
Gus constitutions over .he whole Of the
mighty. valley which once was shielded
by. lis benignant sways Who will wish
again to curiail the limits Of this grea,
Republican empire. and again to dsmem.
her the glorious valley of the West?-
Who will refuse to replant the banner Of
the Republic upon our. former boundary,
or surrender the Arkansas and Red River,
and re,ransfer the coast ofthe pulf2 Who
wilirefnse to heal the bleeding wounds Of
the mutiiated west, and reuni,e the veins
and arteries. discovered by the dismem-
bering cession ofTexas 10 Spain! To re-
fuse 10 accept the annexation is to sur
render the territory Of Texas. and reds.
member tho valley Of the West. My,
more, under existing circumstances, it is
TO lower The, flag Of The Union before the
red cross OF St. George, and e, surrender
the florida pass, the mouth Of the MIS-
sissirpi.she command of lhe Mexican gull,
and finally Texas itself, into the hands Of
England =, sraw 80 ~ reitosr -
As a question Of money, no stale is
much more deeply Interested IN the re-
annexation Of Texas than your own g reat
Commonwealth Of Kensuck y. There, if
Texas becomes part Of the Union, will be
a qrea. and growing market for her beef
and pork, her lard and butter. her flour
and corn; and there, within a very short
period, would be found . ready sale for
more than q million Of dollars in value,
Of her bale rope and hemp and cotton bag.
ging. Nor can it be tina, 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 Republic,
81 diminish. It's power and strength or
glory II cannot Be that Kentucky Will
wish 10 see any flag except our own upon
the banks OF the Sabine and Arkansas and
Red River, and Within day's sail OF tho
mouth of the Mississippi, and the outlet Of
all her own commerce IN the Gulf Many
Of her own people are within the limits
OF Texas, and its battle fields are watered
with the blood Of many Of her sons. Il
was her own intrepid Milan, Who headed
the brave 500 who, armed with, rides on
II, captured the fortress Of the Alamo, de-
Tended by heavy artillery and thirteen
hundred Of the picked troops of MEXICO.
|uider one III their best commandcrs. And
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