Arkansas intelligencer., 1844-04-27

with such associates =!
The meanest ,chite slave who crawls in his
cowardice and servity among US can give no
other Interpretation to this anathema. 1t must
come to this complexion at last.
When this doctrine is avowed, when this brand
of Cain is put upon our foreheads, what is and
what becomes of our situation Remember, too,
this language comes from man of mark. From
ga voice DECENTRALIZATION one who is at once re-
garded as The Nestor and Demosthenes of that
part of the Union which lays claim 10 tho largest
share of the virtue and intelligence of the coun-
try. .-.-E .,- ~ a:.s>
For one, however much may be satisfied of
what the United States must lose by rejecting tho
proposition for the annexation of Texas, vet i'll
she should be repulsed from considerations of Do
litical power on which parties may fairly take
antagonist ground, should be content that this
question like othor questions, shou Id be decided
by the arbitrament of the public will, with due
regard to that spirit of compromise which form.
ed the Constitution. But the principle of exc,u-
sion, as avowed by Mr.. WEBSTER, land doubtless
he speaks for party which has taken its stand)
involves insult and defiance to us at the South
In one word that We belong to moraHy degra-
| ask, my friend, as mon can we sta nd abis
Even if we have craven willingness to roma
in the house Of our fathers, nsulted and revealed
as long are permitted to abide, what secu-
rity have we that we shall not at last be kicked
ANONYMOUSLY out of doors and sink to the level
of our own slaves With all possible moderation
allow me to ask if this is the ground on which
Texas is to be excluded from the Confederacv :,
have we any other alternative but ANNEXA.
TON OR DISUNlON There are times and
occasions in which the best discretion is to be
found IN the highest courage, and if Shareholders
are not fit to DO admitted into the Union, ae are
not III to be there. The argument can have no
other extent but this. '" ""
Humble an individual as am, desire nv DO.
stlon in relation TO this subject not to be misun-
derstood. / have hitherto taken no part in the
battery OF this question TO the best of my reco-
lection. have neither written 10 to Mr.. CALnouN.
yourself, nor single member Of the South Car
DINA Delegation on the topic. do not even know
your opinion, intimate as our relations have BEEN
have been restrained by considerations Of pecu.
mary claims On the Government of Texas, and
desired no dlstrust of my motives. Besides, |
procured the recognition of Texas from the first
and most powerful nation on the face of the ca rth
and from two of the second rate powers Of Eu.
rope, and co-operated in obtaining that of the
hing OF the French. After assuring these Pow.
CTS ihat Iexas desired to be a sovereign and indie
pendent State, il was not for me to take prom.
nent part in measures which were to place her in
subordinate sphere, by contributingto a reversal
OF my own assurance. d. ..-'..r - ..s.r. l
But If the ground on which Texas is to be OK.
cuded from the Union, the ground assumed by
Mr. WEBSTER, the question Of Annexation itself
sinks absolutely into comparative insignificance.
The Union is, in fact, dissolved, if the principle
assumed is allowed.to bear the bitter fruit of its
insult and injustice. That is to say. if the sordd
cultivation of cotton, rice. sugar and tobacco, has
left one impulse of manly pride and courage in
our blossoms. "s. .f..' : = .. D.. .-.lI Q -"
indulge IN no feeling Of resentment towards
Mr.. webster. As Nothern man he is quite a,
ioerty 70 entertain and express the opinion h,
does. We have an equal right to entertain our
own. have much personal kindness and con-
slderatlon to acknowledge at his hands and
large tribute 10 pay to his Incompatible genius,
ana to an intellect whose vigor gives both simpl
CITY ana grace to Its extraordinary elegance and
accompaniment. His opinions, for aught know.
may suit New England, but they will NOT sui,
us.
On this question of State pride and national
honor, dsdain TO euetr into any sordid calculo.
items of profit. ~ Oh. '.-.f =; - ="
will not tell you what a star Texas wiIIbe in
the galaxy of this Union. ] will not tell Won of
the marvellous fertility of her rich river aluvi
ums and boundless pans--of her ability to sustain
the finest population on earth-of how much vos
fly mora IN tho sum of tho security of this fine
city, and the Valley of the Mississippi. il would
be, to have her peopled by the hardy rilemen of
the West, under our own glorious banner. "bone
of our bone and flesh Of our fesh,' than 10 bove
the warehouses. stews and pententaries of the
Ola World vomiting forth their inmates on her
fertile shores, will not tell you that our trade
with this young and growing country is fas, w..
ning-that amidst twelve or fourteen s,r.. I
ged vessels in the port of Galveston. three d,tss
since, saw the flag of our country bois,ed NJ ,io
masthead of but one ! will not tell you ,ha,
the manufacturers Of New England arc neorlv
driven out of the country, and those of Eurone
substituted in their place. will not reconp,
these things, because will not dishouor |, oros'
ton of pride with the base traffic of profit. ~"
If the South, however, after listening for ono
hour (yea, stated hour) per diem for the ia.t
four years to reproaches and insult, in an assem-
bly, which ought TO be blessed by the spirit Of frn.
ternal concord, should put up with this indontv
not gently intma,ed but flung slap in her face
why DO not see, my dear Mac, that you and
have any other fate but like the rest to be conten
ted and infamous, and make cotton and rice as
long as our masters will permit US to do so.
But if, on the other hand, the Southern deloo,
lions should rise to level of the spirit which once
distinguished our fathers, and they sound the too,
sin after Congress shall have declared its nuthan
tic sense, THAT NO MORE SLAVE STATES