Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-20

c,,, .o,st lis high table linds, with It's hills aho
v,lcvs will be bsst adapted to The growing Q, g'a,
;. ,;og s,och winch class OF LABOR - appropriate ~ ~
!, ,,,nri, Tor and freeman. The division, between
p,,,na and farming district is marked by 'n'
-, ,,,aI boundaries, and TO ed,ct OF man can
| s, There is neither necessity nor excuse y
a,d,no Save ahpr beyond the a'luVai districts W.
t;n, on The Calf and lower Rcd river, nor can u NJ
| ..ex,euded BY law. The rch iands OF .,'S - -,
-. - ,,,.e degrees further South than TIE pes. ."
| 10 or Louisiana, nust always be se'ted,h a''
60. -, a incubation whose nt-fes. will be Amer
III. .sc,;on &c Texas, which must chiefly De sugar
| 'n lion and therefore i'd nt,fied, with that pnf-
so"rs, ;,sna now engaged in the SAM culture
al rn;,a in supporting the great principle "i e1,'"u'
- tnlI F., d airquite pro cotton to American P''uuo
ad industry Sugar IS crop, @h en- mosl always wv,
49, hou,a ma ket for the surest sale ana most ce''d
| re,urn We shall hos gam ~ the o"ulh-"'s' p""e
| ~ ccass,on of strength upon That great quesuo"'
Lh :, d,e,y involves the interests OF your District
nd,div b,l,eye, that it will not he long before a ma
~ The peope Of the South, when their labor is
49, d,er,.d INTO double channels, will become con-
| - az The sound policy of projecting and f"st ring
.s,,o,o industry THIS will not only be important
"a dc,s,ye IN favor of such policy, but will b. emit
80 - calculntsd to hnrmonze and perpetha'e our IN
t,,onsa result, to be hailed with gadness ny every
n.,r ,,c heart | advocate tor slavery, 10,
| wo,,d see It introduced into nne region, "hFs'
a,o a, The sa M time assured, that 1t would w'na'a"
r, aoo,hpr and that without increasing II III tne
| ..o,ste The nnexatinn of Texas must soon oe
lived by the voluntary Ambition OF the "s'i,n''""
of Slavery in our nsighboring States, Virginia. MARY
Hand Delaware and ais, indeed IN Kentucky ana WIS
sour; We can ell truly reloca in It's Withdrawn 'f"
81, ocn immediate vicinity. am satisfied that the os'
,,s,ss,s of thai class Of telow-h.ngs, originally
fn,ced IN these States by British rapnc'ty and Jnstc
and who must always be marked and distinct race "a
Iong as they 1--we among our own people, WIZ oe
consulted by securing the ouly outlet the only hopF
| nyespnipd ITSELF oil their acquiring du
home or attaining positinn elrvaled an"
EQUAL to the penp!e 'dsl whom they dwell oucn
refuge IS offered beyond the R'o Bravo, amo"g thr
M-x,can and South American nations, VINO nave ho
| prejudice either as t. cast or col
The treaty is now with The Senate, TO he confirmed or
r. ected You as part of the great American family
are called upon To consider how il affects your own I'M
mediate interests well those Of the nation 10 which
you belong.
The inhabitants of Allegheny county arc a mining,
manufacturing commercial agricultural, and navigating
people Every interest of these several branches oil ~
dusiry will be vastly promo ed By securing 10 us, under
our present tariff thus extended by annexation over All
lis territory, the entire markets OF Texas. Inc haVEa
un uf Red river, Of the chief trbutarts oil INC
Mississippi furnishing thousand miles of navigation
INTO the heart # 4 rich country now divided ana
com ron right will then be exclusively our own TO mat
add the important rivers the Trinity BraZos, Colorado
RIO Bravo del Nortc and many other smaller oal ha'i
ga bic streams and behold the vast demand from la
region, the boa, builders and mechanics oil he ONO
vail v add ng at least hundred steamboats, large
and small yearly to the many now built for the wants
of Western navigation.
Our boats, which will benefit by the great carrying
trade beta cen Texas and her sister States will in return
for our manufactures of IRON, cotton, WOOL hemp and
glass and the products of the farms and forests carried
there receive and bring back her cotton and sugar her
rice and indigo and probably her coffee and other
tropical products
Inc Santa Fe trade, which has already become so
lucrative To many among you, would he cut OH from
US BY foreign and by means necessarily, friendly
p,wer, whose ieirt res intervene between us and
that region if the treaty should fail to be ratified.
Manchester Wagons, and Harey's strong harness
will no longer serve carry American dHmestlcs and
Pittsburgh wares the praes to be converted at
Santa Fr mic bullion and Mexican dollars.
On the other hand, with our territories bordering IN
New Nj zco this trade would soon be vastly increased.
fnr Pltisbureh steamboat, with cargo on board, can
ascend the r d river u pont less than 300 miles
remote from Santa Fe, and at distance of 5i1 mrs
from Chihuahua, III first great interior city Of The
egra! provinces oil Mex CO, which is but slightly iuf
h1r than that tv from San'a Fr the presen; mar,
at which or traders meet those from the region o.
Chihuahua.
To the entire people of the United States this quss-
ton is Of vast and wegh'y moment IL the Treaty
for the annexation should be rejected the
on Of feeling Texas, must then, inevitably, render
ii commerc,a! dependency, in fact il not IN name,
of Grpai Britain. You may rest assured that even
should Free Trude Treaty not he concluded hrtween
England and T.xas, that the latter will modify and
relax her Tariff ny discriminating duties. augmenung
the mnosts upon four gram beef pork lard, and such
articles whilst taking off those on iron and all us ma
Dufaciures, glass, cotton bnggng, and all cotton and
wnol.n fabrics. and similar at'c-s-'hsreby excluding
American products, and sdmitng England free III
duy Such ,s thu avo~ed policy of Texas as a Sc
parats Republic-and TINS wi,hnnta Treaty with
ENGLAND that country will mnnopnl r. her markets.
But It will not end here-Texas, Ike Gibraltar and
Portugal to Saan will be made the great pnrrpn, and
channr of Brush c"mmerce, by means of which, her
aetrv. m -rchan,s will, N defiance of al imposs and
Tariffs not only nod the interior of NJ xtcn with
Brush wares but through the channels Of the Trinity,
Sabine, and Red Rivers glut our own country with
,nu 1t plr.t of every kind of her extensive manu!ac
lures, breaking up very best es,ablishmen,s and
carrying RUN I'd bankruptcy INTO every manufacturing
district OF the United States.
The imporis, which we mus. receive from abroad,
INSTEAD If being brought, as they now are, chehf III
American is, inin our ports, vii 10 escape the
dn,es h. carried I, TpSas, 10 he smnggled INFO th~
Un,rd Staips Ths will impair, if not destroy our
Or, u, navigating ,nterrsts The high seas, ahlch
has ai@sys ben tn policy "f onr government /" f"s
ter TINS cl- arv ioresepn by Mr. Van Buren,, who
in his drsparch tn Mr. Pninse,t. the n-rcan Minister
10 Mexico, on tn 95th August, 1890, the first
wear nf General Jack.ons adm nis'rution, direct al
lad tt,s question of smuggling, when instr c,Ing
that Minister ndeavor TO procure the annexation OF
Texas this Union by purchase and cesson from
Mexico.
Blu, the evil does not cease with the injury to the
shipping interest. OR revenues from impnss on fn-
reign Commerce, necessarily falling short OF the wants
of III. government, shall be forced t" esor to d.
taxa''on t. support and maintain ibe government
In 1889 onr .xp"rs to Texas, which was then re-
cogn zsd by u" ether power, amounted TO one and
three qnar,.r million OF dollars but now, instead oil
having doubled with her population, they have OWN
died down To two hundred thousand dollars in value
being not seventh of Whist they in 1889. In
ha, year those exports to Texas embraced over one
fourth Of the total exports of manufactures to oil
the rest Of the world. AS Tariff man. have always
viewed the home the hes, market for our manuac-
where such can be extended with hon
and proprieiy, il would be madness in the advocates
for the protection Of domestic industry tn oppose such
an extension These markets are beyond The rivalry
and jealousy of other nations and must forever remain
rxcusv~lv our own.
Shond Texas be refused admission into the Union,
she must become most dangerous theatre for foreign
nrigu~ from which the mos, deplorab!e consequences
". l!are may ndred, al some future and
drslan, day, may he compelled, for the safely
and perpe,nty o. The Un,on To gain by conquest what
is now so freely offered tor our acceptance.
But with the coast OF Texas added 10 ours should