The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-11-13


ID 10 sssad Mr.. Tyler at every step Of bis career
as President. will continue their assaults here
after, and al The same time monopolize the con
6dence Of the new President and. finally, that The
Madisoaian wal be forced TO cease It's +" Tex
as din" BY being "ehoked to deathp In re-
gard 10 al such representations, We will merely
say that our enemies deceive themselves, .
and ths, We hope Il will be- found tina, none Of
eur profsssed friends and patrons hare been
decsirsi By iAsm, and haze resoired 10 par
take 9f their Jtoriisse.
Colonsl Polk viii be the President Of The
United STATES, and not the plant instrument
of the "Old Hunkers.n We will not use palmer
language, II what we have already said be not
sufficient TO convince our enemies, and our ini-
id friends, tina, Colonel Polk will not repudiaie
his own opinion 10 reference to An
nexstion, and then repudidaIe the Mad
isonian for prosecuting the subject We
know very well how indignant i, made
Colonel Benton, to ascertain that the Hon. A.V.
Brown had sent the Hero at the Hermitage the
" Madisoniann containing the lamented Gil.
mer's letter in favor Of Annexation, and had
received that celebrated letter in reply from the
General, which gave a new impetus TO the mea-
sure. Although the partisans of the Colonel
have never forgiven either MIR. Brown for send
ing the paper, the lamen,ed Gllmer for writing
the letter, or the Madisonan for printing it ;
still we do not find any yielding on the part OF
the General or Mr.. Brown under the lash which
has been so frequently aimed al them. OF such
stuff il will be found that Colonel Polk is com
posed.
But we hasten TO lay before the public the
letter Of the President elect:
COL. Folks LETTER.
COLUMBIA, (Tenn) April ~, Isli
GEsrLEMrs Your letter Of the goth ullimo, which
you have done the honor TO address me, reach
ed my residence during my absence fro N home, and
was not received until yesterday. Accompanying
your letter you transmitted 20 me, as you state, "a
copy Of the proceedings Of very large meeting Of
the citizens of Cincinnati assembled on the 18th
inst TO express their settled opposition to the ar-
Dexaton of Texas 10 the United States You re-
quest from me an explicit expression Of opinion
upon this question OF snnexalion Having at no
time entertained opinions upon public subjects
winch was hhNiliuS 10 aNow, " SNcs ne pie surc
to comply with your request | have no hesitation
in declaring tina, am in favor of the Immediate fs-
anneIaiio OF Texas 10 the territory and government
of the United States. l entertain no doubts as 10
the power expcdiency Of the remuneration. The
proof is clear and satisfactory TO my mind. that
Texas constituted part of the territory of the
United States, the title TO which ! regard 10 have
been as indisputable that 10 any other PORTION of
territory. Al the time the negotiation was open.
ed with view TO acquire the Florida- and the set
tlement of other questions and pending that nego-
tiaoD, the Spanish government itself was satisfied
of the validity of title and ready 10 recog.
Mise line far west Of the Sabine the true west
ern boundary of Louisiana, defined by the treaty
in 1903, with France, under which LOUISIANA was
acquired This negotiation, which had been first
opened at Madrid was broken off and transferred 10
Washington, where II was resumed, and resulted in
the treaty Of Florida, by which the Sabine was fixed
on the western boundary OF Lousianh. From
the ratification Of the treaty Of 1908 with France
until the treaty Of 1919 with Spain, the territory
now constituting the Republic Of Texas belonged 10
the United States. In 1919 the Florida treaty was
concluded at Washington, by MIR. John Quincy
Adams, tthe Secretary of State the part Of the
United States and Don Lewis de Onis on the part OF
Spain; and by that treaty this territory lying west
of the Sabine, and constituting Texas was ceded by
the United States TO Spain That the RIO del Norts
or some more western boundary than the Sabine
could have been obtained had IL been insisted on b,
the American Secretary of State, and that without
increasing the consideration paid for the rloridas
have no doubt. In my judgment the country west
| Of the Sabine, and now called Texas was mo I'M
wisely ceded away. 1t is part of the great valley
OF the Mssissippi, directly connected by its nayga-
bic waters with the Mississippi river and HAVING
| once been part Of our Union, Il should ne
yer have been dismembered from H. The
Government and people Of Texas, II Is under.
stood, not only give their consent but are anxious.
| y DESTROYS to be reunited TO the United States
| IL the application Of Texas for a reunion and aA-
mission into our coniederacy shall be rejected hy the
United States there Is imminent danger that she will
become dependency " not colony Of Great Britain
an event which no American patriot, anxious for
the safety and prosperity Of this country could pee.
nit TO occur without the most strenuous resistance
Let Texas be re-snnexed and the authority and IA
Of the United States be established and MAINTAINED
within her limits, as also IN the Oregon Territory
and let the fixed policy Of our Government be eol
to permit Great Britain any other foreign powsr
TO plant colony hold dominion over an, portioo
Of the people or territory Of either. These are m,
opinions, and without deeming II to be necossar, n
extend this letter, by assigning the many reusou,
which influence me IN the conclusions 10 which
come, regret to be compelled 10 differ 20 widei,
from the views expressed by yourselves, ard M
meeting OF citizens Of Cincinnati whom YOU repre.
sent. Differing, however, with you and with them
as do, II due 10 fransness that should be thu,
explicit in the declaration Of my opinions.
am, with great respect,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES X. POLK
To Messrs. s ?. Chase, Thomas Heaton, se., Com
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