The North-Carolina standard., 1844-04-24
= VOLUME x:NNUMBER 4s6
TERMSs.&0 FER ANN UHA
=. .~P4Ys48L E4ErSa DtaNTE. 49,

mOsnting new 10 92ss,0oO, COO pr annsttn, and
ftaPldly aHgmeRtiRg 3gsry -ypaT, bas not the West
la light TO demapd dsfeRce cpaBists and affeciu-
al, OF this gEeak LiEeEfs' NoE,s MES Adams and
taiE Clay, 10 1928 and 1877 4n attempting 70 Sc
sure the reahnekaton>ef gaxas. Se = taa fps. of
the approaches orr great ~EIeSteTBe mart
nearer than eould be vished;n and IN 16a9ICen-
Feraf Jackson and Mr. VanBurent saaounce 1.-The
real the proposed acaaSitien,'r as a
EgHefd for the western fanter and ahe protection
let SAes1 O35eons.f If thea th6a defence of the
teauntty be enc efthe Enaig objects and highest du-
ties OF this gevetnfhegik and to&seeoMplish which
It has expanded dearly all the moneys rolleeted
from the people, can il be unconstitutional oP i'm
PfaPsr to acquire Texas, as mere Question de-
feence and protection, when we are assured, that
the acquisition is mater of real nscSsskty,p "as
gHGrd for lhedrontieF and the PnOtection Of New
t>rteahs@ And sarely this protection is neGes-
sary now as. twas 10 1925, 1884, 1929, 1889, and
1885; apd NaY Orleans and Texas, and the from.
Lber and The Sabine stand precisely where they
dad at these periods Indeed; have now before
ne teiter of General Jackson, almost fresh
tom bis pen, in which he announces his opinion
that ha remuneration of Texas ds essential to the
Unssed7 7StstesI"- Although. some my country
aase. may differ fam me as 70 the exalted opiniop
which enteFtaia Of the high civil qualifications
of General Jackson, none aVh dispute his extraor-
dinary military talents, and that 40 man living
can know so well what is necessary to tho protec-
ton OF New Orleahsy rs dts great and successful
dehender. -lE then, the reannsxationsof Texas be
snlore essential To the safety and deface- Of New
Orleans and the mouth Of the Mississippi than all
the Notifications which could be, but have, not
been and will not be- erected in that quarter, has
not the Was right to demand, on this greund
alone, the reaeeuisition of Texas y
~ The money Of the West as tho treasury .Fe-
ports. above quoted demonstrate ia now freely
dishuTsed caud has been expended by -huadrsdseof
millions, for the defence Of the Atlantic States
and will not those States feel n "a duty and a
pleasure TO defend the West. and their own pro
ducts, which float upon It's mighty rivers, blythe
repossession Of teEritery which is essential for
our seeuFIEand welfare xFo reieseth the reannox-
alton, is to- refuse the defence of the West the
only way in which. that defence will be com
plete aRd. efectuAI;; teE .yoa may .eztgnd your
fortiRcatfons aioRe> theWbole coast Of the guilt,
and New Orleans, and Ethe mouth of the Mis-
sissippi, and the Florida pass wal<remain4 un-
defended so long as Texas is ia the possessionsof
a-fOFeien peweE, and we are-open 10 attacks from
the rear through thatrsgion,,- Eosticatiens, also
may sometimes be captured BY a great supeEiori
ty Of guns and force, by sqaiadrons upon the sea
and with a, sufficient time and adequate force, if
not by storm, by mine and siege, ,aheysmay be al
ways taken by assaults upon the lahd--even Glib
fahar and the More castle not having always
A14] 40AuCS OuAeOVStt5SobO
in the possession Of the brave and pracc6d marks
men Of the West would be position where,
against all attacks from the rear, every inch of
ground wopld be fercsly contested. and every
advance would Be marked by the blood of the in
zadsr.ii and II New Orleans should einvaded
in other directioas, our -countrymea~in Texas,
everwhnm would IhenAoat the flag of the Union,
would rush to, the rescue of their own great city,
and, uniting with their brethren in arms from
other States of the same great Union, would re-
enact upon the banks Of the Mississippi, the vic
tories of San JaelntO and New Orleans II, then,
we ars trueto> the West and Southwest, we will
if there wsrepo other reasons, as question of
defence, reacquire the possession of Texas: OF do
and love of the whole country, and of
Ill its parts, exist only in nnme7 Does the A
nericaR heartyet beat with all their glorious i'm
pulses2 or are they mere idle words, fitted only
70 round off period or fill mp an address?
And have we reached that point IN the scale of
degeneracy, when the inquiry is not
What wtA best strengthen. and defended the:whole,
but what will most efectually impair the strength,
.etard the growth, and weaken the security of the
taAey Of the West 2
a.. 80. .fTe be continually -