Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-06-05
Easshs1a Court. House, June 44:

SfauaZ pIoEieSS dIOs uholOa P'io"'o''S - -
i ffimaginalion-and will always prodac
& greatest harmony when.least influenced b
9 any sectional jealousiess or local prcjudices
!. %. Tie annexation has.been dePrecatet
z by some as likely cause disunion, ghel
) It's legitimate obiectssis TO secure the grea
Interests and compromises ofihe Union;
trust, forever, unless ,hwarted ny disre
4 gard Of plighted faith, and by fanatica
a |siolations of. those solemn compromises
lis opposed by Others on account o.
I EtheTbadpess ofs6me of thereasons assigned
q forif as. if a good measure ought TO be
! rejected because any one may please to
urge some weak reasons for il: By others,
Z because a few Of its advocates are suspect.
J, ed of being Interested in,the Question; !as
4 Iif that could impair the usefulness Of the
annexation5ilself orewas not always an
incident TO almost every question OF mag
[niiude. Aud by others still, because the
Ianspices sunderswhich the measure is now
proposed are disliked; as if the necessity
OF value Of. gift or purchase depended
l1pon the character agent employed.
Ess:..s5. His;ressted by,many for the reason
.kthat slavery exists: in Texas. That's an
institution, to be sure, which most people,
Thorn at,the North, are, like myself, averse
10. But those who respect the CoDsttu-
ttion and1be Union remember that i, is an
institution whichourparent country, before
flhe Revolution, forced upon both the North
aud The South; which, after being more
deeply inte woven through the social and
lppltical systems Of the latter, the rest of
the States did no, hesitate TO confederate
with her in'fshting the battles of lnde-
lpendence nor to counsel with her he
roes, patriots, and statesmen, ia forming
the present Constitution nor to associate
with them III carrying out its great dcsti-
uies.; nor in guaranteeing tEeir property
and rights in common with the rest, then
aud during the half century since, 10 peace
aud in war, and insweal or wo.
However deprecated by many Of ns, we
know that none can legally abolish the in
slilulioE but those who possess il; and
that while this has always been done since
Ilhe Revolution by nearly half of tue oil
States, It may continue, 10 be done by
Texas herself, as we'll as others, sooner or
later; when their sense of duly and safety
may permit il, if left TRANQUILITY to the ex-
ercise of their own rights. What effect
the annexation of Texas will really have
on this measure, seems TO be doubted by
some Of its opponents, among whom The
most distinguished thinks il will add more
free than slave States. But however that
may be, the friends of annexation believe
that, while a rejection Off mus, leave The
institution of slavery just as it is, without
migration, the acceptance oft cannot add
10 the whole number of slaves now in
Texas and the United States together; and,
if. dispensing that number over a wider
space, will gradually tend to make their
freedomless expensive and more easy in
any one Stale; or, if concentrating them
further Sculh than now, will render VOL
un,ary emancipation more Northwardly
still speedier aud safer. Whether such.
considerations have predonderated before.
in overcoming this objection with many Of
our most eminent friends of liberty and
philanthropy, know not; but certain it
is, that it did not prevent Mr.. Jefferson
and his Northern Democratic friends from
purchasing Louisiana. including Texas
herself, in 1903; nor Florida from being
bought by Messrs. Monroe and Adams 10
1919; nor Texas again from being nego-
tialed for by Messrs. Adams and Clay in
1926 aud 1927; and by General Jackson
and Mr.. Van Buren, 10 the summer of
IS29-the decree of Mexico for abolish
ing slavery in her possessions not being
issued ill September Is, 1926. will
only add, in order to avoid misapprehen-
sion, that SO far from feeling opposed 10
The termination of slavery by all legal,
safe, and constitutional means, none could
rejoice more heartily than myself TO see ii
thus ended the world over; aud among the
whites, as well as black; among the dis
franchised, the serls and paupers of Eu-
rope, and even the dark Hindoos, as well
as the sable sons Of Africa !, not con6ning
my sympathies TO color OF. name, but to
real suffering and degradation among The
whole human race, and to their relief, by
introducing gradually superior state Of
intelligence, religion and rights, rather than
by rash crusade against law aud ORDER,
and The public peace.
6. The annexation is disappfoved by
Others, because considered unconslilution.
al. Blu, as The provision for introducing
new States was altered in its progress
through the convention, so as to leaye the
language broad enough TO include territory
without, as well as within, our ,origina!
.limiis; and as the admission Of Louisiana,
Arkansas, aud Missouri since INTO the
Union, though not embraced within our
oil boundaries, besides the purchases Of
Florida and Louisiana as territories have
taken place. The question should be, regar.
lled as officially sellled in favor Of annexa.
ttion.
10 reply to some objections which have
been urged against the admission ofthe
4 whole territory Of any State, rather than Q
part. and of its sovereignty, as well asiesr, is,
risory, The principles involved in lheabov