The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-05-08

with solicitude tho prospect Of the re union Of
the territory TO this country; large proportion
lof IFS civilized inhabitants are emigrants from the
United States, speak the same language with our
selves, cherish the same principles, political and
religious, and are bound TO many of our citizens
by ties Of friendship and kindred blood and, more
than all, it is known that the people of that coun
try have instituted the same form of government
with our own, and have, since the close of yoUr
last session, openly resolved on the acknowledge
ment by us Of ihcir independence, to seek ad-
mission into the Union as one of the federal
Statcs. This last circumstance is matter of
peculiar delicacy, and forces upon us considera-
tions ofthe gravest character. The title of Tex
as to the territory she claims, is identified with
her independence. She asks us to acknowledge
that title to the territory, with an avowed design
to treat Immediately of its transfer to the United
States. ftbecomes us to beware of too early
movement, as it might subject US, however un-
Justly, TO the imputation Of seeking to establish
the claims of our neighbors TO territory, with
view to its subsequent acquisition by ourselves"
1t has been urged, from a quarter entitled TO
Igreat respect; and reasoned, too, with no incOn-
siderable degree of cogency that the acquisition
lof Texas nowin the mode proposed, would be Ii
able to no greater objection than the accomplish
ment ofthe same object would have been either
in 1927 or 1929, when it was attempted by two
successive administrations to purchase it from
Mexico. III were to 60 into discussion Of this
Question, and the facts necessarily connected
with it, should be writing book instead Of a
letter; nor is il necessary that | should. ! will
therefore content myself with saying, that with
every disposition to look at the subject in all It's
bearing with an impartial eye, | have not been
able to see the analogy which is claimed TO ex-
/ st between the two cases. But it were even ad-
mitod that the able men who were, at those re-
Ispectiye periods, at the head of the government,
under strong convictions of the importance Of the
ACQUISITION of Texas to the United States, 50 far
procptated their measures for the accomplish
ment of that object, as to have endangered the
good faith and pacific relations of the United
States, (Which | do not admit.) we could still
only facilitate ourselves ON their failure, but could
not thereby justify the present movement, if it
is not right in itself, and capable classification
on other grounds. | by no means contend that
formal recognition ofthe independence ofTex
as by Mexico is necessary to Justify us in assent
ING to her annexation to the United States.
| Time and circumstances may work such change
in the relations between those two countries, as
to render an act Of that character, on the pant OF
| Mexico, unnecessary and unimportant. What
mean to say, is, that from all the information |
have been able to acquire upon the subject, no
change has yet taken place i'll those relations that
would make the objections, which / have here de-
tailed, inapplicable.
Itissad also, that fTcXas isnot tacquircd now,
the opportunity will be forever lost-that some
other power will acquire it; and, indeed, some
ofthe rumors Of the day have gone so far as to
say that the Texan minister is already instructed,
in case of failure here, to proceed forthwith to
Europe, with fulI authority for the accomplish
ment of that object. We must not forget, that
besides great public considerations, there are ex-
tensive private interests involved in this matter;
and we may therefore well be dstrusttul of the
thousand rumors which arc from day to day put
afoat upon this subject. What comparatively
few individuals, acting under the influence ofper-
sonal interest, may not desire 10 have done, |
will not undertake TO say, or to conjecture. But
that the people Of t'Hexas-so many ofwhom carry
in their veins the blood of our revolutionary an
cestors-thousands of whom arc thoroughly inn
hued with democratic principles-who achieved
by their own galanry thai independence which
we were the first to acknowledge have es-
tablished and subsequently maintained institutions
smarto our own; that sucha people and such
government will ever be found capable Of send
| ing minister to the crowned heads Of Europe
to barter away their young and entcrprising re-
public, and all that they have purchased with their
blood, to the highest bidder, is what cannot be-
lieve; in the possibility Of $50 apostate and I'M
natural conncxion y can have no faith.
1t is also approhendod by many, that the Bri
tsh authorities will attempt to make Texas 4
British colony or dependency. find it ditficult
TO credit the existence Of such nfatuation on the
part ofany European power. | cannot brngmy-
self to believe that any European government
which has not already made up its mind to pro-
yoke war with this country, will ever attempt
to coloniZe Texas, either in form or substance.
Ifthere be any such power, the considerations to
which | have adverted, would soon lose most of
their Importance ;sfor opportunities wouldnotth then
be slow in presenting themselves for the conquest
of whatever territory might, IN that event, be
deemed necessary to our security, in legitimate
selfdclcncc. Commercial favors Texas has, to
the same extent as other independent powers
the right TO dispose of as she thinks proper; sub
iect only to the penalties which are certain soon
CT OF lalcr, 10 iolloW III inc wake ol hatlolla III
justice. But European colonization of fTexas is
another and very different matter-a matter in
respect to the ultimate consequences of which
no European nation can possibly deceive herself
or us. | have no access to the sources of true
information in respect to the degree Of credit
which may be due to these rumors; but our gov
!, ernment ought; without doubt, to exercise most
jealous vigilance against the extension Of British
influence, and indeed foreign influence or domini-
on of any kind, or from any quarter, either in
Texas, or in any of the portions of the continent
bordering on the Gulf of Mexico. If the time
lever comes when the question resolves itsolfin-