New-York daily tribune., 1844-07-06
Annexation Abroad.

Annexation Abroad.
"A Catholic Citizen directs our attention to
the following editorial in The TABLET the
organ On general matters OF the Catholics o'
England,) on the Texas question. Our cores
pondent remarks that, though he has for fifteen
years voted with the Wing party, from con
viction that its leading measures were just and
polite, he had resolved this Spring 10 abandon
the field or the party on witnessing the baneul
suicidal result of our Charter Election. On
reading this article, however, ne was Impelled TO
the conviction that he could not, as an honest,
conscientious man, withhold his vote and his cx
ertions from the cause of resistance to the Texas
conspiracy. The article of The Tablet is as
follows:
THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS
There are sumo Ut knavery on large as
we'll as on small scaIe-SIate swindiing as well
as party larceny mattrrs-which from The fasnio"
of their perpetratlun do smack not inconslderao'y
b 9TH OF st and earnest. There are some acts 0'
dishonesty the impudence and proti'gncy OF which
are 30 equally balanced. that ones Indignation At,
the crime 10 almost swallowed up in the excessive
comicaity of the circumstances attending It's com.
seriously angry it is not easy to be very earnest
in ones desire for the infllclion of punishment.
When one of the greatest artists OF modern
times satisfied the curiosity of the maker NJ II
complicated instrument as to it's uses by the jest
of picking the mans pocket in his own shop, 1t
would have been impossible to think of conslgn
ing the rogue to dungeon in return for his IN
gcnious illustration of the practical utility of the
workman's labors Who would think of handing
over Fdlstaf to the tender merces Of the law for
his merry exploit upon Gad's Hill Shakespeare,
indeed, makes the Prince pay back the money
stolen but VIC Imagine that with nine readers
out of ten this trAng circumstance has very
little influence upon their sense of the proprcty
Of subjccting :" honest Jack FalsfGf's" wlnr-
pipe to the unwholcsome influence of halter.
In such cases these, the instinct OF the laugh
ter-lSving portion of mankind very strongly DIS
poses them to take with vlcerlous and truly
admirable generosity the Jest by which they have
been RECALLED full compensation to the pockets
of the injured parties. But 1t rsswe believe, gene
rally agreed not to stretch this compaisance 10
cases of very great magnitude; and man who
posons in Jest - is thought to be but an ina'i-
ferent Joker, however whimsical may be his nt'-
dus operdndi.
Nay, in the perpetration of great crimes ar
opposite rule prevails for the most part. The
horror men feel at the excuses of the French
Revolution is rather augmented than decreased
by the protesque whimsicalitles and the horrid
iestings which accompanied those deeds OF blood.
In these mighter crimes the mind has counter
instinct that they can only be made respectable
by the perfect seriousness, by the unaffected
earnestness with which the vlllany Is perpetrated
The wretch to whose mind wickeoness Is so
familiar that in the very act he can pass on Ills
Jokes in the most unconcerned manner. or season
il with spice o! evity, is regarded with deeper
horror on that very account.
In rejecting upon the foul acts OF which Ntr
TYLER and his Secretary, MIR. Calhoun, have been
guilty in the Annexation Of Texas, II Is just pos
sible that many readers, who will not be at the
pains to examine the subject to the bottom, may
think the affair far too whimsical and )"cosc to
merit angry condemnation. Others, again, (end
yse profess ourselves of this number,l will find in
the comicality of the circumstances The greatest
r..s;ble ayprayation OF the outrage. To the first
class of observers it appears that the entire bust
ness is an election maneuver; that this far-seeing
President cares in reality very little about The
Treaty; that he believes it will he acceptable To
no.t If not All of the Southern States that II Il
is adnp.ed nv the Senate, the glory ot the acqu'
uition of this new territory viii rebound to hun
and his party; and that If 1t IS rejected by hc
SEN ITO. the unpopularty of the REJECTION will be
.n,t,cr his opponents only. In tins view of ilic
sunec, the contempt due (and abandantiy paial
10 the motives and inrentlons OF the scheiuerS'
and the odd,tv ot their shameless impudence,
ou,weighs the nbh,rrcnce entertained ior the PR
puieat,on oi wicked purposes which are sup
moved nsvcr to have been seriously Contemplated
Thnt--if the thing Is any thing more than tht
most con,emp,irle ot all ho contemplate lnggi,s
q th,rltN "a
ar;me. is a fact that admits of no contradiction
That nv this treaty Texas has done all that IL ;
in her po rer To surrender her political independ
apce, without m ,kIng any stipulation whatever
for saving the rights of the Foreign States with
whom she has entered Into treaty. Is patent on
tha face of the Treaty itself. That this young
RapubIic has made no sufficient provision even
for the payment Of her public deots, but has eX-
p.easly prov vlded for c@se IN which her creditors
shall be subjected to proportonahe anc raie-
able" robbery, may be read III the sixth article OF
this mock convention. That the Government o.
tho United States has provoked and initiated h's
fraudulent arrangement. Is almost beyocd doubt
That in doing. the Republic of the Stripes
has made, or s making, itself party TO the war
with Mexico, is absolutely certain. That If there
be nny object in the Treaty beyond The measure
q party tnck, that object is crime and vil!any
% & most loathsoue kind, is avowed and boastec
Of, xnd forms the sum and substance of thi.
.Aeminsble transaction. Yes; the American
Government has bought a war to perpetual,
Slavery; has paid, or is about to pay, ten mil
Lions of dollars to purchase boodshed and tn,
aais,iplication of the infections OF the lash
.:ksse are the objects OF the Ruler OF the Unitcc
STATES, If he has any public objec; whatever-b,
Il. Treaty ratified or not. These are the necss
ssry results of the Treaty II ever 1t be ratified.
We are unwilling TO speculate upon the prob,
b;lities of the ratification, because the fac its
must speedily be known, and we can do ht,l
more than guess at them. We confess. however
that we entertain very faint hope Of the rejcc
ion Of the Treaty BY such a majority OF th