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EneIand vii pat 10 jeopardy he large CO
-pilli employed By Der subjects ID Neki.
co. herprof.nbIe commerrs theie. aud he
6lfsen miliioQ5 Of specie which she 80
nuslly derives from thai e,minerce. bv
any iorcibls i1tsrposilion il favor ii Tex
II. The whole Of The Enelish EFest la
dian snd American eslsblishnen,s are
paid with The specie thus derived: and I
do DOT zee, i this supply j. cut OF b >
The dehsieney can be supplied Thsl.he
abolition Q. slavery uilI be msds the coo
dition Of such interpo1iiion unhesifat-
iaely cay Is noi roe and II il nere, -
con6denilY assert that Texas will reject
lhe pfofsfed boon on any such terms -
That General Sxnta Anna will coaseas 70
Recognize Texiaa Independence spou The
condition Of aboIishing slavery there. no
s1e can believe who knows the nan. He
i14hs very lsn mao la lhe world % be led
Of By such siekiy. calling pbilanihfo-
~. I have strong reasons for saying that
he has 10 pssiodices sgainst AfHsai slave
n add. like wise nan As be i, would
have no great objection 10 see 1t introdn-
ced into Mexico. will not be es7oasi
tie that Ihe characteristic sensibditY 10 ID
sui. vtieb belongs % the CasiiIIan blood.
and which he Mexicsns iaherit from their
ances.ors. may not precipilaie them. ia a
anonenl Of resentment against Us. TO do
eksl with 4iew 10 ipjure US which %
other inducenent could have tempted
them 10 do. They are an impu.slye and
violent people. and IA 4a2anesr.-~-ttftni 70
GO: and all the circumssanres connected
yjth the Texas treaty. aad particularly
she belesguerag their cities and Iroaiiefs
with ear armies and nsvies, will deeply
sroand and ifritate Them. Treat him With
proper vespect and Abe proud and gene
-rous SpaLiard viii eoncede you any thing;
wound bis pride. and be is forever your
eneny. Any injury. however deep. ht
viii promptly forgive az insult or disrsr
spect, never.
As 10 the lac treaty. I1should have 20
ted.sgainsl Il -
lei. Because the President and Senate
of Texas had no power to make sech !
treaty. The President and Senate cannot
change the most unimpor,ant Law ;Ssiilt
less can they change the great organic
law, and exercise that power which4sbnvs
al others requires The action Of the PEG.
pie. where alone sovereign power resides
that OF cedIng away their whole couu-
try, ard merging its existence in another
Power. The power OF the President and
Senate is under the Government and
Constitution Of Texas-not 10 sorogsfe
saat Government and Constitution. This.
Il will be said. is matter Of form more
than Of substance. Forms are often very,
substantial things, and cerisinly no forms
are oil character more sacred than those
which are provided Tor acts Of such mag
0itude as the transferring the entire sose-
reigniy Of country. Could the Presi
dent ard Senate Of the United States do
such aa aci . :. II not, what is the differ
enee In the two cases II may be, III
the more degenerate days Of our own Re-
public. that corrupt President and Sen
ale may make such q treaty with some
foreign Power. Let US no, acknowledge
that such an act would possess any bind
ing obligation, tits no answer 10 this TO
say that there is no doubt that The grehi
majority Of the Texas people approve the
treaty. Would an edict Of the Presideni
altering the nenal law IN the nisiriet ~
out regular legislative enaetmeni, even i
every member of Congress and every 70:
Ter ia the United States approved III
I'd. The treaty Is Objectionable, because
Il is IN effect declaration Of war without
the action aud appreciation Of the House OF
Representatives,. II will not do 10 tell!
me that there is no war. have TOO res
Gently seen Mexicsn castles filed with:
Texan prisoners; iriumPhal processions|
with banners waving which had been Ia !.
ken 10 battle, and med with the blood y e.
.tunEing from wounds received in those
battles. And is really tspe thai there
IS 90 war; or is II, on the contraf;, true
tha, the very exigencies into which Tex.l
ss is lhrova by. that war constitute the
main indusemeat to this treaty, from 40
apprehension that the necessities Of her
position and her insbiIily 10 maintain her !
relf longer 10 the conflict. will force her I
live do notcoene 10 the rescue. 10 throw
herself into the arms OF some other strong
Poweri For IA answer TO the question
lot any impartial man read the corres7on-
dence between Judge Upshur, Mr.. Vaa
Zandt. add Mr.. Murphy. In a note Of
the Sth Of Angustlasi, Judge Upshur says.
10 Mr.. Murphy:
I" |. lsaa important thing 10 England to OBJ;
tain an iD6aenee over the policy ef Texasi and
the present situation rfRhai coupffy offers her
every encouragement to make The attempt
Pressed BY an nnrelenling enemy on her borders,
her treasury exhausted, and her credit almost
destroyed. Texas is 10 4 condition to need the
suppcrt cf other nations, and TO obtain il upon
Terms Of great hardship and many sacrifices lnl
herself IL she SHOULD receive 20 countenanee
and support from tie United States. il is not an
exttavagant s1pposition lhs, England may ard
will reduce her 10 all the dependence Il . colony
without takiag upon herself the onerous duties
and responsibilities q The mother eOuniy.n
Whence. unless IRON Mexico. is 10
come this terrible pressure upon Texas.
which i to have power 10 induce 4 PEG
pie. nine-tesths Of whom were born 10
ihis free Republic. with al their love. mol
Of liberty only. but Of repsblicsn liberty
40 sacrifice ail:heir enthusiasm lorrepub-
licsn institutions, add all the cherished
recolleclions Of their childhood, and to
oveIcome all the dsep-rooled preiudices
against moasrehy ia al lis foFmss Texas
has 10 quarrel. aud is not likely TO have
with any other Power. What other unre
lenting eaemy is pressing her upon her
bordersi
50 Ear a. this Government Is concerned. il
has every desire TO come 10 the aid II Texas in
ihe most prompt and clfsetual manner. How
Glr We shall Sc supported By The people, regret
70 say, IS someuhat do1h,fal"