Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-10-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
From ihe Charleston Mercury.

From Me Charleston Mercury.
To THE Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER
SIR-ln your speech on the 18th of
September on Boston Common, you are
pleased to declare that Mr.. Clay is, by
The conditions Of his Raleigh letter, pied
ged in the event of his election, to the
people of,he North, to go agaius, The an
nexation of Texas, and thar Mr.. Polk is
pledged TO 60 for it. As a democrat, al.
low me to say, "be il So!'
On this The Democracy joins issue
with The Wings, aud now 'let the hardest
fend off,
With the hope that this communication
may scale that Chinese wall Of prejudice
north Of Mason and Dixon's line, which
shuts out from the people of the North
altogether the public opinion Of the peo-
pie ofthe South, and that it may even ap
pear in the Boston Atlas, address you
in no unfriendly voice." simply with the
view of presenting some statistics for your
consideration, which l have not seen
stated elsewhere, having special reference
10 the value Of Texas TO your portion
ofihe Union.
These plain sums are brought forward
for the particular notice and attention of
The manufacturers and shipowners Of New
England and the Middle States.
NVha, do you thirk inthe next century,
in case Texas is annexed 10 the Union,
her FIVE Custom Houses Of Sabine, Gal
weston, ST. Louis, Matagorda and Corpus
Christi, would be worth 10 that favored
country which lies north Of the Potomac
Why. five times the amount of the debt
we incurred in our last war with Great
Britain. Iestimate the revenue in Texas,
under our Tariff, or any one we are likely
TO impose, would be worth 10 the revenue
of U. S., two millions Of dollars per
annum for The next so years. On series
ofIow duties, the customs of Texas yield
at present about Sl50,000 per annum-
with our Tariff they would coup to $780,
600 the first year. and for twenty-five
wears afterwards, by consequent aug
mentation of trade, would increase in a
ralio at leas, 1910 20 per cent annually;
nor reach point Of repose Under uni
form rate of imposi, untilihey would give
five millions annually to our government.
But what would it give TO your manu-
features and ship owners? Why three
times as much more 10 the direct bonnty,
resulting from our Tariff imposed on Tex
ian imports, and The profit to The Northern
manufacturers aud producers on their in-
dustry; and. should the same exorbitant
duties continue TO be levied by our laws
Texasiwould be worth 10 New England a
larger sum than eau be measured by my
power of yours-over the combination OF
figures, allho' in your recent New Eng
land statistics, in calculating the cornsumpa
iion of old Massachusetts Bay, in foor,.
pork, beef and rice, this power on your
part altogether seems prodigious.
Ill mistake not, you must have allowed
in your calculation upwards of one thou
sand pounds averdupois TO each sucking
infant per annum. a:.,s
But TO be serious. What, sir, would
be the yalse Of :he immense coaslwise
tonnage which New England and New
York would supply TO Texas? orthe
benefit under. navigation of the laws
ofcarrying her vastly ausmen'ing crops
TO- Foreign markets? When the VAL
lev of the Brasos alone is capable of
producing more cotton aud sugar Than the
whole valley ofthe Mississippi!
I think, fyou do not appreciate this
sum in political arithmetic, your friend
MIR. Abbot, Lawrence and my most wor-
thy and excellentfriend MIR, William Ap-
pleton of Boston can; and hey viii per
ceive iha, tits somewhat more TO the iin-
serests of yourpeople, that Lowell, Taun-
ton, Piusburg, New York. Patterson and
Philadelphia should supply Texas. and
through her, the northern and eastern pso-
vinces of Mexico, with weollens aud cot
tons, hardware and castings, than Biz
mingham and Manchester, aud that it is
not exactly the same ihingto our country,
whether Kennebeck. Boston, Nantucket,
Providence, New York, p Philadelphia, and
Baltimore, furnish the ships to transport
the cotton, sugar, tallow, and peltry Of
Texas to5foreign ports, instead of the
barks Of London, Liverpool, or Hull The
truth is,S MIR. Webster, there never was SO
gross misapprehension in the world. as
has existed in relation 10 the character and
true value, of the late treaty annexation
WHICH from party considerations alone
aud in obedience to Mr.. Clay's lead, tht
Senate of The United States rejected.
Mvknowledge Of the resources Of Tex