Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-05-14

.m,hed their national debts TO the last ce nj
And there 10 TO believe that England Mexico
and Texas may all be gamers, without onerous assumP
ton by the United States, OF deots owing oy Texas
and Msx,eo This country will not force the annexa
non nj Tsxas unless constrained to do the on
me.ps of seIt ores-ryaton. We desire to acquire II
n,,ce,bv. and to pay for it fairly, if England will moi
compe resort 10 other means oil acquisition In all
| The MANY exireDcrs imposed on The United States
nv Greaf Britain much natural aversion 10 contest
tb th,, mower has appeared and is, this occasion
4 AGAIN 10 he expected Sectional partisan, and gene
rou, feelings IRE eulsted above all, that local jealousy
which has grown with time out OF the extinction Of
slavery in the North and s continuance IN The South
This g he discord which England will touch most eff
fecuaIIy But, from experience of the past. and pre-
sent indications of popular sentiment, your ttee
belle We the whole Unlnn will be nearly UNANIMOUS
resisting foreign asgess'"n Let but the proot OF It nt
made apparent, and there will be M dr'so' or h t.
tlnp and prnut Of olaOdrsiine nachinaoas be bu.
! cpcumstantial Proof by overt acts, hardly To be-
expecied but sufficient and convincing proof your
committee believe may be lad before the people. II IS
their well-ngh unanimous conviction that Great BrI-
ain must not control Texas and that, such the al
tentative the United States must INSIST mmediat-
annexation II 10 The last struggle for American Inte
pendence to br conducted pesceably it We may, bu'
forcihly if we must Any struggle for national md
endence must he great and glorious wnDo~ thu chat
from faction and broadcast the seeds of patriotism
IL is no party queson. Presidential candidates cannot
use IT, but must hide their diminished hrads before lis
orerpowerins nationality. 1t is what Jefferson said Of
Lousiann-a question to agitate the whole United
States. Nationality and patriotism will be called into
action by il universally Thsr display now will be
the surest guaranty Of peace. The twenty-sx strong
United States will not b. less or do less than the abor
@ na thirteen in their weakness, in struggle for nd.
pandence
After this review of the right 10 Texas your Com
miitee will not dwell the physical advantages OF It's
annexation The neishborng Southern States may
fhaI Han oT ando and
badly other property. Still they unanimously
for il. To Louisiana, Arkansas, and even MIsss
sppI, 1t is oil the trs necessity, as IS well explained
The petition from the nhubtlnis of the parish OF
Caddo, whose residence in the Northern part of the
sabine, not far from Red RIVER makes them feel the
dangers of their position the present frontier TO
all the rest of the United States, there be ones.
ton of great benefit in the annexation OF Texas Thr
fundamental condition already referred the at Of
Congress, admitting the State Of LOUISIANA into the
Union, makes all the vas, of that whole region
uhch flow into The Gulf OF Mexico, common highways,
tree all the United States. Free Trade, thus estb
lIshed throughout IN extended Empire OF States,
Exempt both from foreign interruption, and, r. mites
duties, the greatest Of national wealth,
and the sureet bond of pence and prosperity The cot
ton, sugar rce indigo, and other tropical products %:
Texas, exchanged for the farming and manufacturing !
staples Of the Eastern, Central and Western States.
without ,mposts, world by ourselves in the
United States with all the advantages Of segregation
I
Texas becomes another LOUISIANA, in benefits to the
Union-mpart,ng impulses to the devsl opment of the |
whole, Of Incalculabls value multiplying mare than
ever that first of oil causes, end criterion Of Nation
improvemsnt-the rapid increase OF population. With
out Texas as now coveted from abroad, and withheld
by NJ xso the Southern States would not enjoy one
moments tranquility, and the whole Union would BE-
continually disturbed by their complaints
This creates, power the U. States hold over the TO-
reign world is cotton that marvellous staple which
tha Mt rgaal L
refinement and civilization, The ascendant held ny iron
for ages, transce ndng the precious metal All Ams
rcan nmmerce, exchanges and lucrative Intercourse
with Great Britain, would be losing game to us bn
Tor cotton. Unlike tobacco, luxury, cotton IS ne
cesssry and The first necessary Of HE The DEPEND
ence of England on this country for il, has change
their who'll relslive relation. The mother country
once, u.s. il were, coonzad to the by cotton. FOR
peore for for exchange, for all the vital naoha
tons, element, o. "reanrc importance, regu
laiing every function. Let EnulaDd have the control
Of the cotton region either IN her own right or 'hr'
tina, ascendant over nominal sovereignty IN lr1as,
winch II would be easy to obtain, and not only won'd
the cot growing Safes LOUISIANA, Mississippi, Ar
kansas, Alabama, Tennessee, G-ofg'a, and South "a
| rona, experience decline, but the whole course and
profit of the foreign commerce Of the u Stats wouc
detetorale For II il not 10 England alone That our
cotton exports go. France, Germany, Switzerland,
and other parts 81 Europe take them; and your com
n;,tee are satisfied that, by ludicous arrangements
with those countries, the quantity Of our cotton e1-
ported may be largely increased. But all these nd
vantsges would be lost, by allowing England T. pro-
ducc or control on our own SOIL and in our own pegh-
borhood the cotton which she III vain has been man.
wears irving to raise elsewhere and of which almost
exclusive production national benefit hardly 10 be
APPRECIATED II cannot be necessary to xpate OIL t''
one view OF the Texas question. which might be dcse-
oped BY interesting details. Your committee con!ne
their reror TO gc cra aud cursory indication oil
view of the SUBJECT which alone ough; 10 be decisive.
Northcrn manufactures and navigation sIDc,
more interested in the cotton question than even south
ern planters Of IT, TO lose command OF tn" c"'ton mar
K, would paraiyze the plantation and manufacturing
interest. Il The whole United States by their parat
brn. .tagualon all the industry and want on all the
ahors classes Of this country. T"suiler Great Britain
excel rs in the production If cotton lnict dis
advantages which should feel even in Asia AID Arr
ca in South America. and every part of Europe II
uld rccoloniZe this country to Great Britain, now, NY
ton, dependent the United States.
The s.Isar which may be produced from leXas,is ano
ther object Of important consideration. Louisiana does
not supply much the United States require Texas
may urn, that addition; and those states which favor
he protection of sugar cannot fail to perceive IN II ano-
thcr counteraclon Of the Southern influence the! depre
cate
Nor is il Ey mere production Of cotton and sugar as
our own staples that Texas essential TO the United
States but by the prevention OF foreign control over
their exports The smallest foohold OF England in
Texas. or any other regulating the tari ol that
ruino,l, disadvantages. Germany i, now supplied oy
England with in various stages of fabrication,
which rlay be furnished by this country. The Presi-
dents message of this session, and late treaty with
Prussia. show how well disposed the nations of Gcrma-
ny are 10 this great ameoralion Of our foreign inter-
course of which cotton is The tasman TO produce the
instantaneous and wonderful change which udicous man.
acement may accomplish. The coarse cottons oil Low
ell may fnd their best markc; the heart of Germany
where none but the finer fabrics made. Give En-
gland the control Of Texas, either actual or Indirect ter
rrtoral or commercial, aud prospect yanishcs which
now looks full Of hope.
In conclusion, your committee will again glance at
contingency which must be contemplated though they
hope not apprehcnded, and are sure not feared
DESTROYS Of peace and fair intercourse with all the ma
tons Of the world the policy Of the United States is es
sen,iay pacific. Our institutions and habits forbid
almost being prepared for hoslilities But there
matte nal spirit of unanimous repugnance to any Euro
pean interference with settlements and arrangements
purely American Territorial or mitsry questions =
questions concerning domestic institutions, which
may be considered family questions-are not to be
in,renchcd upon by European powers. AT the treaty
of Client an article insisted upon as an ulti
NAHUM BY which this country yielded the control OF