Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-09-20

u. Ill Tic Ildll> UI ItIlSlsAiN'' w.
permitted 10 lei! you HAT your pi'sshic llcit y
pollution of their phal,;!iiicai p"ii'y ! - arr
YOU proud frremcn do YOU ho' - eau .o"l-
selves! with villa, truth shall mol decide nun.
bly, 10 solicit their ioIborn cihh'ce oui''',
NAV say, let rs have no more oi 'his seiN ne
laIion OF the Union while II IS wl"l you liol
enjoy, butt suffer On the contrary, cAaliilne
freely and iearlessly its value anu 'iic u''iisei.
with which it threatens you. as Wen as inc SUI
E.r..g which il already inlic,s. Desplsc The ca
nols raised against YOU as the enemies OF Tue
Union. II is false. absolutely false, i.at you are
The enemies Of it in its truth ana puliy-sM II
were base and cowartl.. not 10 I've me enemies OF
is abuses As il is practically adni'nls'eieo' eau
II by what name you please II Is gross an" oi'-
pressire TYRANNY, AMI much me WORST; pec"uso IL
is manv-hcaded ~ popular tyranny IS more
terrible ami debasing ,har the tyranny Of a mo-
march; in lis appatl:es more inapp"ascabie ant
gross and in lis duration more lasting. IL never
dies The gloomy expansc of TINE when II CO.
vers. is never irra,li;tcd hy 'fraan or an MO-
minus. There is an eternal duration ol us VI
cious qualities and lis fapacious rci9h' no.
there are any among Us that can pour on. 'his
crouching adulation, | must lament, and | can
p;.v tic mistaken devotion Flu; The Southern
man who can Join our a>sai!anls bitterly anu
acrmonol,slv III The slanderous cry OF our enmi-
IL 10 the Union for he purpose o. Weakening
the resolution and paralyZing the efforts oil has
own counlrymcn in resistance 10 lis abuses, am
obliged to think Justly charseable will. the most
unnatural teelings-wh hidcous want oil pa
trioism-wi,h a most guilty moral treason, which
though the laws do not touch, The public Scoih
will not allow 10 60 unpublished
Finally say, do no rash or sudden act: wait
vel longer There are some favorable signs IN
The political heavens. There are, think, hopes:
that vonr grievances will be redrcssed by cu.isi-
,utiona and peaceablc means, and the dangers
Of the Union averted The Democratic party see
how proiiIless and dcbasing ii is TO serve men IN
stead Of principles. think il may be predicted,
(,hc darkest boar usually prccedes the GaWn,)
,bct before very long, perhaps WITHIN the com,i :
,So. mere win be reaction which will establish
the Democratic party in il ancient power and
purity and unite IN a faithful ana ra,elnai
band. cemenisd by their best interests and their
best feelings, all the members oi that great con-
sentative body, throughout the Union, whether
North. South or West. The ncon@uous and un-
natrotc combinations OF Whigisn canro loHS
cohcrc. The sacriilcc Of Texas, il ,);hing else
must make il odious 10 all the sound rrt OF the
nation. and particularly 10 he South a,d Ncs'.
They cannot. they vii! not forgive II. The COM
mcncenen. of This reaction viii probably |" more
or less advanced or RETARDED by the resuto! In"
ensuing Presidential election, in which, instead
of being ukcwarin Inc whole South and West
, Should N, forth iheir whole zeal and strength.
Blu, his hope j. not q reason, why HE rcnied!t /.
, movements Of hc South should not commence, al
E,rtfcsi with the close oil the pre>cu: year, W"i
the turmoil oil all the elections will lie over. on
ought. hy sober. regular and deliberate step" 10
determine the general principles OF Your action
10 organize tie mctns oi union ami concert among
the States. which ought now Ia assume, and alter
wards keen up. Is long aS lheil oppression and
danger last, an armor of defence prepared Tor
contingencies. do not, of course, mean an ar
| ray Of physical torce-but moral arIEor, udcT
hich they n.av lie ready speedily 10 act VIII
; union and concert a. circumstances may re-
CURE.
have already a!vericd Ia the subject ol Tex.
; as. The rejection Of me treaty Of annexation
regard as & measure (it Eot 81 wicketheSS) oi
ecregios iollv sacrificing interests ui great value
and Importance 10 the whole Union, bit paIi'cu-
larly 10 the South and Wes;; ana more especial
) " in connexion with the claim oil Great Britain
which fear = well founded, 10 The free navl@a-
tian uf the Mis>is. pp, ard, as Il consequence
gerhaps vi is tributaries. This right, if il cxis;
vii! give her uncontrolled access to your terrific
rcs and arrv alike. her commercial agents and
her cmi>Saric> Of abolition through tl,e mast oi
your towns ard plantations into the very heart OF
'rcxa>. all which w0Gits have been avelted for
ever by the ratification pfthr 'rrediv oi Anneya-
lion But when We look through the vista OF III
lGritv, al the advantages 10 commerce, 10 I2vi-
CATION. In manufactures, 10 agriculture. an.
above all 10 the national security an' power
AMI greatness which would necessarily have
resulted ilom the acquisition. We caa hardly e>,i-
mate the i!ntnen>" val1c of The boon. not 10 lis
alone bnt 10 the whole Union w!ich was proyi-
icr,iallr put iii oar power, and which We have
wan'only tGroWH away. Bul inc evils o The 70
lection of The Treaty do not end with is direct CT
iecs. The ti.ae oi the negotiation was eminent
~ propiioas and the Pre-. den, ac>cry'~ and will
| yet. ana speedily, receive the abundani th2nEs OF
the country. for The pro:nptness, wisdom and pa
,riotism with which lie seized and improved it
In ,he language oil an able Senator, Mr.. Bucha-
I nan Of PENNSYLVANIA who's spccc.. ought 10 oc-
cu9v The co!u MIS- d ever; patriotic pres; in III.
country "iIai the Treaty lcen Ratified ~ he
Ss.nate-had the union between the Republics
been completed, The subject would haze passed
away without producing ripple upon the sur
I lac. Of Du,lc orinion thIot .ho.t the world. -
/ :,ut excited and cmtoldancl hv The rejection OF
the treaty, Won already behold the two greatest
powers OF Europe, ob:ru>Iveiy passing their Just
/ political limits. taking toot:g. upon i portion ol
the continent - appropriated. that. except in a hos
! tile spirit accpriag 10 NATIONAL rsage they we're
| forbidden 10 iGtclposc, md projecting their
schemes OF intrigue a. II Won were in the heart
/ ut Europe They have - sscd the Ruhcon.-
England has already had htr l.,AissarieS in Tex
a. Cuba will next I've SEIZE under some pre-
will then command the Gulf and the Mississippi
10 speak OF no other danger what will then IL
/ ;lic condition OF New Orleans wihou. which the
/ whole West could not breathe or il al all ike
an Estimate patient Thus We laid open
he cear->ighted and patriotic wisdom OF this glo-
rous union Of Wings, manufacturers and aholi-
rioni>;>, hy which the Treaty .! Annexation was
rejected.
Even this is not all or the worst evil Of the re-
| lection OF this wise and excellent treaty Should
Santa Anna be able (Which God forbid. tho3gii
we know not what foreign iEtrigucs and i'reign
funds NAV enable him to do) 10 conquer Texas,
what a spectacle will be presented 10 the eyes OF
the American people people Of yonr own
| blood. who worn ont by barbaroas des''iIory In
yas;on and war, g biehrcD threw themselves
in,o your arms sought Your raictnal embrace,
ana entrca;cd your protection, which, by all the
ties OF nature of honor and oi interest Won should
have granted them, will he slaughtered before
! YOUR eyes, and their noble country, which ought
| ALREADY 10 have been yours, ruined and dcsolaed.
/ We know from the character aud past history oil
their assailant that they viii receive no mercy,
no quarter The bloody Anpudia, $50 much So
| as 10 he utterly out OF the pale OF civilization, J
The ga2eltes Inform us has been put al the head OF
| the army Of invasion. People Of the South, poo
pic of the West, nay, people ol The whole United
| States il YOUR morals be those of Christianity,
if Won be not utterly bero.t oi tire natural touch
Of human beings, with what feelings must you
think of the abomnablc inlrigucs and combine
tions in Your own councils, which will have
brought on this bloody and harbarous tragedy >
The people of Texas have been slandcrously
called 'yagabonis and outlaws" You know this
10 be utterly false We all know, their slandcrcrs
know, that, with very few exceptions, which will
characterize al lew settlements, Il better and
Drawer people never were the pioneers Of the An
glo Saxon blood and fame. Far from, being va
gabonds and outlaws there never was new set
temcnt on this continent, which for their num-
bcrs. embodied IS mach comfortable independ.
encc not 10 speak of wealth, though there are
among them wealthy men. Is much worth OF
characicr as lnnCh imnrnNemenl and intelligence