The North-Carolina standard., 1844-04-24

in exchange; thus building up their own cities
and their own commefee, whilst here, they would
see that same business transacted for them chiefly
ia New York, Boston, and philadelphia They
would see New York receiving annually one
hundred millions of imports; nearly fly millions
Of which was for resale to them, and alf which
they would receive directly in their own ports if
united with Texas, thus striking down nearly
one half the commerce ofthe great city Of New
Y ork, and transferring 1t to the South and South
west. The South and Southwest, whilst they
would pe:celSe the advancing prosperity Of Tex
as, and their own decline would also fee1:-that
the regiop with WHICH They were united Had
placed them ia this position and subjected them
TO these disasters by the refusal Of reannexation
Whatever the result may be, no true friend of the
Union can deire 10 subject it to such hazards and
1his alone ought te.be a conclusive arguneut.irs
favor of the remuneration Of Texas One of
three results Is certain to follow from the refusal
of remuneration. 1st The separation Of the
South and Southwest from the North, and their
reunion with Texas. Or, 3D.: The total over
throw Sof the tariff Or, Sd. a system OF un-
bounded smuggling through Texas Into The
West, and Southwest. Accompanying the last
result, would be a disregard the laws, and an
utter Generalization of Sthe whole country, a
practical repeal7of the srif, and loss of the re-
Venuesswhich It supplies, and q, necessary resort
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As commercial dependency, Texas woufd-be
almost as much under the control Of England, as
if she were colony Of England; and in the
event OF war between that nation and this, the 10.
terests Of Texas would ALI be On the side Of Eng
land. It would be the interestsof Texas, in the
event of such a war, to aid England TO seize New
Orleans or at least in blockadng the mouth of
the Mississippi so as 10 exclude the cotton of the
West from foreign market, and leave to TeaGs
a ha QS1tIr I
neutral. certainly our power would not be as strong
IN The guf for the defence of New Orleans, and
the mouth af the Mississ ppi as if we owned and
commanded all the streams which emptied into
las If their people were our countFymen,- and
alt the rivers aud narboTs and coast Of Texas were
our own. We should be weaker then, without
Texas, even if she refhaiaed neutral but have
shown it would be-her Interest 10 exclude o1E cot
ton from foreign markets, and to cooperate with
England for that purpose, But if she did remain
neutral, could she preserve, or would England
respect, her neutrality? Without an army, ships,
or forts uoHone will pretend that her neutral posi-
tion eoua be- maintainedi and EnghRd:could en- !
ter any of her streams or harbcrs and take pos
session of any of her soil al pleasure. Would
she do so in the event of war with America q
Let the events Of the last war answer ahe ques-
ton. Then, within sight of Valparaiso, within
the waters Of neutral Spain, she captured the Es
sex: d SaHSuIHafy anOs GLORIOUS GeIenCe.
Phis complete a violation of the neutral
rights of Span under, the law Of nations as If
she had entered upon her soil TO modest US. At
Fayal, Porto Praya, and Tunis, She captured
other American vessels, within the har6ors and
under the guns Of the forts of neutFal powers
ind indeed as to neutral ships and goods and all
the maritime rights of neutral nations, she acted
the part of the outlaw and buceaneer rather than
of civilized kingdoHn and violated the neutral
rights of all the wefld Nor were her law less |
acts confaed TO the coasts and harbors of neutral
powers, bat extended also TO- ali actual use and
cUpation of their soil. During the last war; Spain
was at peace with England and America; but
Engfand, in open violation Of the neutral rights !
Of Spain, seized upon portion of Florida, {thent
a Spanish territory,) whence she illuminated her
appeals to the, ,slaYes for serVile in
and massacre; and commenced at
Pensacola, her first preparations for the attack of
New Orleans. And such, precisely, would be
he conduct Of Great Britain, in the event of an
'ther war with America. She would land sud-
fenly at any point of the coast of, Texas, and
move alsng thu Sabine, in the Territory Of Texas
o the great bend, where it approaches within a
,out one hundred miles of the Mississippi; and
he intermediate territory being but thinly settled
he could advance rapidly acress seize the passage
# the Mississippi, and cut off all eemrnunicaton
rom above, and descend upon New Orleans. Or
ne might proceed little further, through the ter
tory of Texas to Red river, the southern bank of
which Is within the limits of Texas, and equip
ler expedition; then by water descend the Red
liver. exciting servile insurreetien and seize the
Mississippi at the mouth of Red river All these h
movements she might and would make through
Fexas. In this way she would seize'and fortify-
rer position on the Mississippi, and New Orleans I
must fall, if cut off from all Communication from
bove. But, even if she only retained the single
oint On the Mississippi, it would as efectuaiiy +
ommand its outlet, and arrest its commerce. as
ending or descending5 as If possessed. of New
Orleans. Whatever point she. seized on the Mis-
issippi, there she would entsench aud fortfy, and
ans Of thousands of lives, and hundreds of mil
ions of dollars, would be required IN driving her
rom this position. All this would be prevented i
" the remuneration Of Texas. The Sabine and ]
Ted river would then be all our own, and no such
novement could be made for the seizure of the
Mississippi Nor should it Be forgotten, that
when she reached the~Red river and at n ria*iga-
,le point upon IT'S southern bank in Texas there !.
he would meet sixty thousand Indian warriors off
,ur own, and half as many Of Texas, whom, hef
gold, and her ihtrigues and promises would as /.
hev always have done, incte to the work of Death
md deseatien. 1--we desire to know what she +
would do under such circumstances, let us lock
Jack to Hampton and the Rasin, and they will
nswer the question IF for no other reason, the
act that for many hundred miles you have pIaced44
hese Indians on the borders of Texas, separated
,nly by the Red river, and on the frontiers of