Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-08-06
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Whether these vast and fertile regionl
are TO be settled and worked BY our pos
ieriiy, blessodby republican government
OF are TO become the theater Of public
enterprise, and thus add another link to
the vast colonial chain By which that
great monarchy uphOlds Us lords and no.
bles, and extracts from suffering millions
the earnings of thoir laboTi
Nor lstAb question altered by the al.
legged ,iniaaest OF Mexico IN the Texas
territory: AS far as treaties are concern.
ed good faith in not involved in our di.
cisiOn, II the proposition were 10 annex
Mexico with her consent, Texas could
not complain. But we all know that
the treaty argument is not only inapplica
bic, but incapable Of use ID the determ.
nation Of the question, either as il objects
us, Mexico or other powefs. Texas is
iLdependenl Of MsxlcO-made 50 by the
power of her arms, in the same sense
that we became independent Of Great
Britain. She is independent of Mexico
10 another sense; that is, in never having
constituted part Of Mexico, except by
compact which the latter has violated,
and which compact would never have
been Eormed if tine United States had
performed its duty.
But, without pursuing this view Of the
subject, it is enough fOrsus TO look at
the question as il is practically presented
to US. Texas tells US she is anxious 10
come into the Union Being originally
part of our Union, knowing chat she can
not LxisI happily asa state without the
protection of our laws, that her geOgTaph.
zeal position as we as the character and
il err ST Other citizens, necessarily attach
lheih to our territory; and feeling,as we
msy well suppose she does, greater con
Germ f,r The fate OFOur free institutions
than she can for those Of any monarchy,
she is desIr0us that her fertile lands and
GENIAL climate should share The glorious
fundamentally of cheriShing and main-
tanning the blessing Of freedom. Is this
natural? Can it be wise for US TO tnrn
deaf car TO her entreaty, because
Lord Aberdeen and Lord BrOugham
as British Statesmen, chose to With'
hold their consent, and indulge in
vague apprehenSions respecting the
G3et Of the measure on their scheme
OF abolishlng slavery? Shame, shame on
such patriotism: Shame on the creduli-
y which can be duped by such Aimsy
preienct!
The American people cannot be de-
ceived in this matter. They know that
the real object Of England is to check the
prosperity Of The United States, and les
sen iheif power u compete with Eng
land as naval power, and as a growing
agricultural manufacturing and CONNER.
caI Country. They know that Lord Alb.
erdeen, IN The midst of thousands and
lhous s,nds of starving subjects of the
British monarchy, is mote anxious, or
ought to be, to relieve the wants Of those
wrelched people than he can be to
aller The relation subsstiDg between the
white and black races OF this country or
Texas.
The American people know this, an I
they will disappOint me it they neglecl,or
rather If they permit, those charged with
The ADMINISTRATION of their national inter-
ssts,,o let slip the opportunity now offer
ed Of cemenIing the general cause Of
their prosperity and happiness BY the an
nexa'ion of Texas.
am, very truly,
Your Obed't servant.
ANDREW JACKSON