Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-08
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MR.. CAAiBRELENG'S SPEECH
On TEXAS.
The following is a corrected report ol ME
Cambrcenu's remarks ii he Stca! meeting IL
Castle Car:cn New York on the l2th September,
Oh the Texas Question:
Fellow Citizens Tile most important ISSUE
involved in this contest, is the Annexation ui
Texas. propose merely Ia exalnlnet hc lHilev
nay ihe indispensable necessity o' us annexation
IN our Conieeyacv | regret that on this qucs-
lion there should he any difference OF opinion
among our ircnGs. Patriots, as ! know they
al! are, am sure we shall be eventually united
on this great American question, upon Which &C.
ponds the future tranquility and permanent peace
of this Continental question. resting on the sane
patriotic foundation which united The oil thirteen
States in one bond Of commercial and pc!itlca!
union, 10 secure peace and prosperity al homc 10
yinlicalc or national rights. ard 10 resist HE
ambitious cncroach ncntS al lAc maritime powers
of Europe. | regret. gentlemen, mat question
like this should ever nave hcen made 4 party
uuestion-nevcr has il been 50 considered, since
the ratification oi the Louisiana Treaty. States
men. and administrators Of all parties, have de-
sired the Annexation o! TcXas--a measure, which
was decided upon by that Treaty. Yes. lciiow-
citizens, we are bound. by every obligation Mat
ca II Ulilu q ~ lICChC IAtS nav oN' NN''
icderacy.
The Sd article of our Treaty with France in
1903. expressly slpuaies that 'thc inhabitants ct
the cedcd Territory (Which includes Texas J
shall be- Incorporated into the Union Of The United
States and admitted as soon Il possible, accord
ing 10 the principles OF The Fedora! Constitution,
10 the enlovncn, OF all the rights, advantages:
and inmuni:c. Of Citizens OF the United States.
We are bound IL I!iis special obligation 10 admit
Il. H., ~ l'p:,aI S,'a',.~.''
and whalercr NAV i,c oar obligations 10 Spain or
Mexico. under subsequent Treaties in direct
question between the United States and Texas, II
would be dSgracc.u; .or lis 10 plead tiiatwa could
not receive her into the Union, because We bad
dishonorabv and aithie>>ly violated Our ohl.:a-
lions to Texas and France. Was Texas 4 part
of Louisiana II is very true, that Spain claim
ed it. but our people had formed settlements III H.
Il is very true that We treated them a We are
now treating our coIuiymcn IN Oregon we
meyer extended 10 them ON c"il laws Hor our
military protection The difference scwc"n the
cases OF Texas and Oregon :s--that te former
was claimed bv spain, hut settled Is our people.
while the latter known 20 h. ours! - n the pos
>css Jon OF the Hudson's Day Company. Every
American Statesman, from Monroe an Fincnnc;
in is0J. 10 Mr. Adams IN 1919, insisted n1Gn c'!'
title 10 all the Territory 10 the lilo del Nofic a.
indi>pu,:illc ard thai tile was recognized and
acknowledged by Spain in The Treaty oi 1917, by
which the United STATES cc1e6 Ia SPAN that very
Territory. No man had commended more Jealous.
Is than Mr. Adams for our RICH; 10 Texas, and
he was the last of Mir Monroc's Cabinet who as
serted to lis cession 10 Spain. In ls20 Mr.. Clay
denounced the Florida 1'rca,y-hc commended that
we had no right Ia di>mcnbcr Louisiana or any
other state, without her con>c; ami HAT we had
violated the Louisiana Treaty. The iorEcr
principle is settle! in the case OF Maine and ,hc
Ashburiun Treaty-noi an acre oil her Territory
could have been ceicd TO Great Britain without
the consent Of Maine.
And what Was the coarse Of thcsr two GiSiln-
cuisllcG gentlemen. ;lIlcr the me!nurahI" junction
of the Fisheries and the Mississippi! They took
immediate measures 10 rcPnrc:ia>e leXas. l'd
they make application 10 Spain, lo whom We had
cedcd il bu, six wears before! No: these patriot
ic gentlemen. who are now 81 shocked that We
should treat with Texas, and 50 conscientious
about ourlailh with Mexico, disIcsaided The treaty
with Spain, and applied directly 10 revollcd AleXi,
co, and, in the mid>t OF The war. we heard
nothing then of the faith Of treaties. o! na;iona!
honor, and OF the independence OF Mcxico-n"r
OF slavery and a dissolution NJ the Union. These
gentlemen lahore1 qnicly. but jealousy, through
1926. Is, 7, AMI ~, 20 do WHAT To re.anncX
Texas 10 the Cnion--to inrolncc, - Mr. Clay
now tells us, San element vi tj>cord" ainc3g ~,
or. as Mr. Adams says Ia dissolve the Union.
Yes if these patriots and statesmen are now to
be believed. they were aboring inGusirionslr for
four wears 10 dissolve the Union Mr.. Clay is,
however RICH, in saying, as he does in Lc',c: No.
=, that .lhe subject of SLAVERY ought NJ, 10 affect
the question one way or the o,her.' II Texas be
annexed il will not add one slave 10 The number
on This Continent; while b. extending onr laws
10 that country, we shall have an additional
guaranty that none will hereafter BE- imported
from abroad No philanthroPiSt could object 10
the transfer ofihat population from INC low aliii
vial lands of the Mississippi TO Inc ocant''nlana
more healthy praires Of Texas As to The ones
ton of political power between Inc siaVehoiaih3
and non.slaveholdng Statesthe latter have now,
and mus, forever have the preponderaace. Br'
Mr.. Clay tells you himself, that from The nature
of The country in Texas, there will be eventually
Two slaveholding and three n-slavcholdlr@
STATES. And while these are forming what
CHANGES will be going on in the old States! Mary
land Virginia. North Carolina, Tennessee and
Kentucky, gradually, but inevitably, becoming
non-slaveholding States III the heart oil orr Union.
But these internal qIcs;ionS including Inc vast
commercial advantages OF anneSailoh are no.
thing when compared TO the paramount necessity.
both on The part of Texas and the L. States OF
nroectins this continent, as fdr as we can, f!oia
European control Thai was the rar@ motive
with every administration, when enle1rarih@ 10
annex or re-anney Texas to cnr Conederacv--
that was The leading motive Of Gen Jackson ant
Mr., Van Buren,, who renewed The instructions
NJ Messrs. Adams and CLAY, all concnrrins with
,verv statesman since 1893, in considering the
q" we are e. however oa that Texas nj indie
penden,. Texas not independent Why, she
never belonged 10 Mexico, as that Government In
now exists, if Government i can te called. nc
Ja,.la raI fS JnIpponIpEpt
of Spain in 1919, when Spain, without title, as
she afterwards admitted, claimed that country
with another province, united with The Mexican AN
Confederation, on plan Of union similar 10 our our
own. by which the sovereignty, independence, and
constitution and government Of each State was
guaranteed. She continued member Of that
coniederacy till 1885, when Santa Anna, the ly-
rant of Mexico, usurpel the Government, destroy
ed the Federal Constitution, consolidated al pow
er in the Capitol, broke down The State Govern