Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-10-25
INT XBEH ii.


ialea 70 Sudden rum md ultimate retrbu,ive dos
o:atioa! This Republic must md upon Justice.
= high moral sentiment. or else il cannot stand ut
al, thoro must b. either regard for right,
rssor; to the sword; either puro ballot boxi The
day that the nation deliberately violates right
the constitution crumbics into dust and is gone
forever, and upon It's ruins rises force aud utter
despotls!l And now called upon III the
very outset, to porperate this outrage against tho
laws of nations and nat1ro by trampfng the
stlta.ol under foot in two several instances--
once, rs ! heve shown before. bv violating the 5;h
article Of tie amendments, by admitting Texas
IS 4 SLAVE STATE. and again by admitting her at
all. The constitution is instrument of dele
gated powers;ati powers not g,vcn arc secured To
the States or to the naoplc. Where ask everv
democrat bore, IS tao clause giving tho Fcderul
Government authority Ia add foreign nation to
us. or us 10 q forcignl No wheret You cannot
show it; il does not exist. | admit. with Cham
celior Kent that Louisiana constitutionaiIv
admitted as territory. saving tho allowance OF
slavery: although every Jcfiersonian democrat
would forbid the Of the precedent. for Jetier4
son agreed there power in tho constitution
to accomplish II. But there lay Spain at tho
mouth of the Mississippi. threatening by arms to
resist our entrance into the Gulf of Mexico, tho
great highway of nations, to which we had u
right to pass, by the laws of God and man. Ken
lucky could not treat with her; she was forbid
10 do SO by the Federal constitution and war was
likely to ensue: there n nccosstv for some
sovereign pcWer to come forward and anticipate n
ruinous war by tim 3v treaty: il NECESSARILY
accrued. then, to the Senate of the United States
10 acquire or cede territory. in order to deter
nino this eternal causa of enmity and !
say. then that Louisiana WAS rightly acquired of
France; and the same thing rightly done at
the treaty of Washington whom land was acquir-
ed and lost in Maine But far different is tho
case with Texas; we have of quarrel,
, point of contact there is necessity for tho
! Interference Of the Senate, md power clse
belongs 70 it.
iexHs: for Mr.. Webster has very we'll to day re-
marked. that il Is .Polll and Texas or neilher
Polk nor Texas If, then. you olect Polk, You
vote tax Of $25 600, O00-you vote war, YOU
vote the violation of treaties, you vote double
violation of the constitution, by annexing foreign
States. and also slave States, to tho Union. nd
If the President and 81 Senators may tonight an
mex Iexas TO us, they may tomorrow unite US
70 tho British Crown to tho Russian despotism.
# they may cnslaye tho blacks to-day. they may
ens'ay ,s e and and T9n the s day after; and 'hcro
what say you! Will Won give M tho constitution
or will you stand by it foreyers What shall we
do, then, 10 avoid these accumulated evils, TINT
threaten all sides! Who can from,
tins r,f oil ruini Can Mr.. Garrison do il, Ho
will not, if he has tho power Can Mr.. Birney
! dot! IIo cannot if he woud.-Mr. Polk will
be no: - us. bu; to sacrifice What
other man, then, in all this wide land, except Mr.
Clay, crn, from his talents, his pa,riotism and
his fortunate position STAY the wild Of an
urchv. violence and dishonor No other-nonc.
Then must vote for Mr.. Clay. He has told Us
in three several letters, tina, he IS against Texas.
SO long II costs than fair rate, he 10
against 1t. 1t thought by tho Jackson Cab
met to be worth 1000, 900 Of money only. Now,
whom there is no. foo; of land to be sold 10
fund the money, have no reason 10 believe
IL, 10, he,
600 50 long as it costs us dishonor. by breach
Of treaty, Mr.. Clay IS against II. SO long. then.
as Mexico shall choose tho treaty 10 remain
long IS Mr. Clay against annexation. SO long
il costs war; Mr.. Clay is opposed TO Texas
War exists: and Santa Anna, her President,
tells Gen. Hamilton. TINT. long drop Of
Mexican blood flows IN the veins Of her patriots.
thev viii resist the dissertation Of their soil, and
the acknowledgements of the Empire. And al
though brides have been offered, md ministers
have been sent, to negotiate, and every thing
tried it is all in vain to tho Mexcuns to nc
KNOWLEDGE the independence of Texas. They
know full vol that the loss of Texas is the down
fall Of Mexico. Already has Mr.. &. J, Ingersoll
said this whole continent IS, should be ours
} and soon as Texas falls, then falls California,
then Mex lco Proper, and so on, till our gov
eminent. well as theirs, shall be forever wreck
) cd. so long, then Nexicang shall love their
homes, tho graves Of their sires. tho iustr ious
; dead, who achieved her ndependence-so long
, will she resist Texan Independence, and 50 long
!, IS Mt Clay bound to oppose annexation. so
long as Texas cannot como in BY tho common
consent OF the Union, So tong is Mr. Cay pledged
against it. He will no: look the democratic
the whg, or liberty party, the States, but to the
States themselves. He regards them as forming
in the Union individuals. parties to common
] compact. No new partner come in, without
D vtiating the whole agreement; and If this view
+: be his, are warranted IN saying-thon, 50
lone a sfnofa Stotn IL TEXAS cannot ha
i ours. Five States have almost unanimously, in
their State capacity, protested against the unholy
project. 50 long, then, as they-as one of tho
smallest States is against it--she cannot, by Mr.
$ Ciay's consent. como in. So long, then, you
] are true to the great principles Of I776-so long