Holly Springs gazette., 1844-05-11
made for the U s.. IcannOt help believing

made for the u s., lcannot help believing /
the intention was not 10 permit Congress TO
admit into the Union new States witch
should be formed oH of the territory foT
which and under whose authority alone
they were then acting. do not believe it
was meant that they should receive Eng
land, Ireland, Holland &c into it," He
urges them at the same time not to moot the
constitutional question upon its ratification IN
the Senate, considering 1t case sui generis
and alone to be tolerated on that ground
Let any candid man compare the two cases
and infer if be can. any resemblance IN the
present case 10 that in any OF their features
Then the acquisition was voluntary and
peaceful, for fair and fixed consideration,
he purchase was made from the indisputa-
ble owners, and in a mode sanctioned and
practised by all enlightened governments.
Is there any likeness in that case to this
10 this feature. Can the most frantic agita-
tor set up such pretension2 In that case
there was no room for charging US with a
grasping ambition TO extend our boundaries
and power By menacing the weak and de-
fenceless, or battling with the bold and con-
ident Nor of forming improper alliances
or rather indeed, sending forward our van
guard to prepare the way for encroachmen's
threatening the safety Of other nations Are
we sure that this QuixoLic enterprise will
find US equally free OF suspicion on these
subjects. We would inquire of these sPlr-
tied adventures and gamblers in empires
and sceptres Nhat we are getting in getIlng
Texas. Is it her public domain, and if so
what portion aud Of what value Is 1t. What
portion has been taken ty Mexican grants
to colonists before the revolt. What of the
balance has the great mob OF Texas left and
of what value is such refuse. Will any a
dent venture to conjecture what responsible
lies we assume by the connexion. Her
scrip. the pledges of her public faith aud
constituting her public debt, has beer totally
worthless in the market for years, and yet
we may suppose when it has been the only
medium of payment to her officers and a
gents that it has swelIed to an enormous a
mount. And if the secrets OF the prlsou
house Of this scheme of iniquity could BE-
known, this very item is the second on the
lis. Of inducements to the present agitation.
The first being private land fobbers who
are holding princlpaliIes ready for the actu
al and speculative demand to be created by
the measure We conjure sober minded
men to tell US if in our exhausted. em6arras-
sed condition, they are willing 10 be taxed
and burdened with the profgate waste OF
this vast mob for several years past merely
as matter of grace and favor to them We
have surely enough to do at home just now
In relieving our own condition. 1t will re-
quIre peace and industry. and prudent e
economy for years yet, to bring up our own
condition. As much has been said recently
of financial dexterty, and great advances
have been made in the at. we shall be told
perhaps that all this burden can be dischn r
ged with no other expense than few public
meetings ofthe people and loud speec hes ic
them. and the adoption of a patent method o
recent invention, possessing the merit we be
lieve, of excluding all others when once
!ryed, as well as applying to all cases
| public and private, great and small We
acknowledge our inexperience does not in
cline US to take upon ourselves this duty BY
proxy. If it answers well evel. we have
enough now for experiment, and choose no
to 90 out of our way to find more. We have
merely glanced at this astounding subjec
and shall resume it again