The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-03-27
THE GALAXY .
MlDDLEBURY:
Wednesday March u, 1874.
TEXAS.

TEXAS.
The rymors which we placed before
our readers, that treaty has been secret
ly arranging between John Tyler, and the
authorities of Texas for the annexation
of the latter country to the United States,
by later advices have been converted in
sad realities. So far as the President and
the government of Texas are concerned,
the treaty it is believed is all but compile
ted. If John Tyler has indeed been
guilty of so audacious and treacherous an
act, he deserves from the people of this
republic no common brand of infamy and
execration. To attempt to accomplish
measure of the very last moment in its
consequence upon the welfare of the I'M
ion, and which he dare not recommend
in his message, because he knew it be-
repugnant to their wishes, by such stealthy
means as the highwayman adopts to plum
der his unsuspecting victim, would out
strip the treachery of the basest Catalines
on the records ofhistory. 1t would seem to
us that nothing could bring upon the In
ion such combination of evils as will be
likely to result from treaty Of annexa-
ton. War at home and war abroad, the
perpetual reign of the slaveocracy, and
the obstruction of national prosperity, or
the dissolution of the Union.
We cannot, however, believe that so
hazardous project would secure the as
sent of two thirds of the Senate. We
know how little hold the public welfare
has upon party men who have no stake in
common with the people, and devoid of
principle, and even common decency seek
nothing but the spoils of office. They
barter the people like cattle in the sham
bles. Northern loo ofocos may sell their
votes to the South and West to aid them
to get posse ssion of Texas and Oregon,
in exchange for support for the elevation
of Martin Van Buren, and the rich emol-
uments he promises to his hungry Deepen
dants.
In fact Mr.. Holmes of South Carolina,
has declared that the annexation of Texas
is the settled policy Of the party. "4n-
,,.f6 ~ ,,;fb o,,f 1ba TT,;o,, 70 tho
desperate resolution ofthe South, and there
is some reason to believe the loco sena-
tors of New England, New York, Penn
sylvania and Ohio will adopt the project
of annexation, as a leading democratic
measure with which that party is to go
before the country.
We cannot however, but hope better
things of them. The threatening aspect
of affairs as presented few days since in
the papers, and which we give to the
public this week, is much alleviated by
later accounts. That treaty is upon the
tapis, and will probably be presented to
the Senate for confirmation can hardly be
doubted. But the apprehensions of the
correspondents of the Tribune and Ex-
press, that the project will receive the
votes of a constitutional number in the
Senate are very much abated.
Indeed letter to us from a member of
congress, assures US that sit is the settled
opinion cfa large majority Of the 'chigs
IN the house that there IS not the smallest
danger of the passage Of any bill or the
confirmation of any treatyfor the amer
rtiOn of Terds. So may it be.
May Providence in its mercy spare US
from an event so big with horrid destiny,
to this country. Rather than the Union
should be ruled by rod of oppression
even worse than colonial bondage, as it
has been for twelve wears past, by the
slaveocratic influence which the annexa-
ton of Texas will forever perpetuate, let
line of demarkation between the North
and the South be drawn, and the sooner
the better. Should this internal project
be persisted in, let the ordinary topics of
political controversy give way to resist it
it, by all the means in our power. Let
the alarm be sounded in tones of the most
startling thunder throughout the whole
North Let the banner inscribed "No
ANNEXATION" in the broadest letters, be
unfurled in every valley and on every YER
dent summit in Vermont Let the Green
Mountain boys of every political hue
league themselves together, and like the
youthful Hannibal, g. swear eternal enmity
to project which would be far more bit
ter in its consequences than Roman des-
potism in the worst days of the Republic.