Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-09-21

~ 9 u l sHoltd WISH 70 get inaTfled3
Aud indeed don't knnW but may,
The man tfiatI give mp my hand u
Must be tle firm friend Of Old Clay,
MUS be, &c,
For | am sure | touid5ne'er love d loco,
No matter bow g~rati.fie might be,
aud the manthat could vote for DicE johnson
la not Of 9 taste 10 suit me.
Is uof, &c.
Tom Benton's too much ola foWdY,
TO claim any gopd matl's support,
And on Jenny Huclnnan's low tfages
The people have made their report.
The people, &c.
John Tyler's too mean 10 be thought Or,
A circumstance cfcpt for d man,
BY every true wing he's regarded
Az only d" lash III The pau.''
As OIL, SC.
Ills eondnr1 can 10 way disleaffen,
Tie WHY'S only wait for the day
10 make Linn another " rome tJirftn,o
And move Oh with Old Harry Clay.
AID moge, &e.
Then ronse gallant Wings b your duty,
Aud drive all the niseraauts away,
Complete What you 6trove for III forty,
Your watcbword BE- Old Harry Clay.
Your watthwofd, &c.
The following letter from nj. Clay H pub.
Iishod in the TuscumJja North I~labainian. Il
speaks for its5lf. Cttn an dispassiohats
in its toue, it poftrays the able statesman,
profoundly viewing a lnoHientots question III
all its relations, both domestic aud foreign,
unterftfiod by the discordIDt yetIs and Sense.
less gasconading of paftizan aatatoff.
Ashland, 27th July, 1914.
GENTLEHEN: base received gaur favor IN.
forming lie that my views, as disclosed Ill INV
letter from Raleigh. on the question oftis a6s
neXatlon # Texas, arc disconnected if not
misrepfesentod ID your quarter; and That Ii is
supposed that have changed my opinion from
what it was IN 1919. / en1eay6fed ii express
myself in That letter as explicitly asI could,
aud | do not think no@ that it eau be fairly
mlsinterpretcd.
In 1919, when | addressed the House OF Re.
representatives., the Executive had negotiated
the tre0ty with SPAN, by which Texas was.
coded TO that power, but Congress had not
then given any sanction to the eessions be-.
ifeye nov, asl thought then, that the treaty.
tHhHibP PJNJA= 10 ilbt tOIIpGltutS " tbIlJHb TIT
concurrence Of Congress, TO cedo away any
Territory belonging to the United States. But
Congress, b repeated acts, subsequently, man
Tested its appreciation Of the treaty; and these
acts rendering it as valid and obligatory upon
the United States as If Congress lad given its
assent prior to The conclusion of the treaty.
At that period Of 1919, Texas as claimed by
us, was uapenpled. mo hostile inGursions bad
ETp1 .,,EIr fI,4, u IL, 554t,,tt-a - AZ. TT-;t-I=
States. In 1926 and 1897, there were but
few Inhabitants Of Texas, consisting Of some
eolonists, planted there Under The authority Of
Mexico. AtnejtAerof the three periods above
had any state or section, in this
Union, manifested any opposition to Texas
composing a part Of it. ii has been said that
Mr.. Adams administration offered to negotf-
with Mexico for Texas, notwithstanding
the existence afa war betYeenI9paiH and Mex.
leo, aud that it could not therefore have be-
.ieged That the acquisition of Texas, at tfiat
iule, would have involved The U. States N
with Spain. Hence it is argued that the
of The late treaty could not have
compromised our peace.
Mr.. Adams thought it desirable to obtain
Texas. Two foreign powers claimed III. Mex
co was in possession, and Spain was doing
to assert and enforce her claim. Her
representative had even gone so far asto slip
in a convention, to acknowledge the IN
dependence Of Mexico, although that c0nyen-
ion was not ratified by Spain.
Mr.. Adams had a right to authorize The ne
ola treaty for the acquisition Of Tex
IS with both or either Of the powers claiming
+ II was natural that lie shouldbegin with
hat power which had the possession Of Pcxas.
spain had interposed no obstacle, She bad
made no declaration that she would regard the
acquisition of Texas as an act Of war. In
)olnt of fact no overture. was formerly made
D Mexjco to purchase Texas, no negotiation
opened; no treaty was Concluded. If a
legotiation had commenced ar ia treaty had
)een sIgded, and Spain had protested, the pfu-
lent aud cautious policy which characterized
lr. Adams administration, would uadoubted.
y have prompted him to quiet Spain, and ac-
.ommUdate the matter, previous to The annex.
lion Of 1'eSas to the Uuaed States, and with.
ut plungIag them IL war with Spain. How
otally difterentare all the circumstances 10
.er which, with Mr.. Adams authority, ] au.
horned the overture to Mckee, FROM those
attended the recent treaty Of NJ. FyIerl
20 far from Me&jco being silent, she repeated.
and solennly declaredthat she would conf
der annexation as war with her. Texas was
0 longer an uninhabited country. It had
cen Wres.ed from the doninion Of Mexico
Y citizens many Of whom went armed from
ne Unitcd States. The war between Mexf.
) and Texas had mol been terminated by any
Of peace. Mr., Tyler not only did not
onsuit Mexico. but he announced that her as
7nt to tie annexation was altogether unne-
essary. And he proceeded to conclude a
eaty, embracing a large extent Of Territory,
sd a numerous population, not compredended
the Texas whigh the United State coded {
Spain ID 1910.
In the meantime, too, a powerful opposition {
ad arisen in The United States against the
of Texas to them. Several 8 ates /
ad declared, through their Legislatures, ]
g%ainst i, aud others, if not whole sections
the Union, were believed to be adverse 10
This was the opposition tothe Measure,
which, ii my Raleigh letter, 1 alluded, when /
spoke Of a 'considerable and respectable pos. !
Of the coHfsderaey,i | did not refer to a
ersons bat to S ates or sections. Q
Under such circumstances, could not but S
gard the annexation Of Texas, at this time
compromising tie honor Of ny country, IN 0
it III a war, 10 which the sYmpathics Il
all christendctn would be against 8e, and j
ldangering the integrity of the Union. ] :
ought then. and still believes that national q
foreign war, and distract 8n and d- L
at home we're to0 great sacrifces to q
forthe acquisitionof Texas. 2
But, gentlemen, you are d~esirgas Of know d
g by what policy would be guided, in the ii
ent 81 my election as Chief Magistrate Of the h
States in reference 10 tIequestion Of b
a annexation of Texas do NOT tbfpkit 1t