The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-03-07

trade are nearly identical in feeling and interest,
except that the larger power will rreponderate and
Texas become a commercial dependency Of Eng
land, and isolated from us in feelings, in interest,
in trade, and intercourse. Texas would then be
our great rival in the cotton markets of the world,
and she would have two vast advantages over the
growing interests of the Unions lst in send
ing to England her cotton, free OF duty, wnich is
an advantage Of ~ per cent, augmented hve per
cent thereon by the act of 18th May, 1910, VIC
toria, chap. IL, which made the duties paiu III
England on our cotton crop of lS4O 81, PAT 800 and
all which, to the extent Of their crop, wouid De
saved to the planters Of Texas, giving them TINS
great advantage over our Fnssad ont Of the
free cotton of Texas. ana also aeprlvihs our COT
ton manufacturers Of the advantage they now en-
joy from this Duty Ge ,S
10 receive, IN exchange for their cotton the cheap
manufactures Of England free OF duty. These two
causes combined, WOOD give the Texas cotton
planters an advantage Of at least 20 per cent
the cotton planters of the Union. Such rivalry
we could not long maintain and cotton planting
would gradually decline in the Union, and with
that decline, would be lost the markets Of the south
for the hemp, and beef, and pork, and Hour OF the
west, and the manufactures of the north. Now, -
it just, is il safe expedent, to place the south
and the southwest IN position IN which they VIII
country supplantng them in the culture and sale
Of their great staple, for the reason that the one is
and the other is not, part of the Unon9 Must
we behold Texas every day selling her cotton to
jected to heavy inpost and must we also per-
ceive Texas receiving in exchange the manufac-
lures of England free of duty, whilst here they are
excluded by prohlbltory tariff! Can the tarlf
itself stand such an issue; or, If It does, can the
Union sustain the mighty shock Daily and
hourly, to the sonth and southwest, would be pre-
sented the strong lnducement to unite with Texas,
and secure the same markets free OF duty tor their
cotton, and receive the same cheap manufactures,
free of duty, in exchange. Nor would these be
the only dangers incurred. and temptations pre-
sened, by this fearful experiment We would see
the exports of Texas carried directly abroad from
their ports, and the imports brought INTO their
own ports directly in exchange; thus building up
their own cities, and their own commerce, whilst
ed for them, chiefly in New York, Boston and
Philadelphia. They would see New York re-
oeiving annually one hundred millions Of i'm
ports, nearly fifty millions of which was for re-
sale to them, and all which they would receive
directly in their own ports. If united with Tex
as, thus striking dows nearly one half the com,
merce of the great city OF New York, and
transferring it to the south and southwest
The South and Southwest, whilst they would per-
ceive the advancing prosperity of Texas, and their
own decline, would also feel, that the region with
which they. were united had placed them in this
position, and subjected them to these disasters by
the refusal Of remuneration. Whatever the result
may be, no true friend of the Union can desire to
subject it to such hazards and this alone ought to
ton of Texas. One Of three results is certain to
follow from the refusal of remuneration: lst The
separation Of the South and Southwest from the
North, and their reunion with Texas. Or, "a. The
total overthrow of the tariff. Or, Sd. A system OF
unbounded smuggling through Texas into the West
and Southwest. Accompanying the last result,
would be disregard Of the laws, and an utter de-
moTalization Of the whole country, practical re-
peal Of the tariff, and loss of the revenues which 1t
supplies and necessary resort to direct taxation
to support the government.
AS commercial dependency, Texas would be
almost as much under the control OF England, as if
she were a colony Of England and in the event Of
war between that nation and this, the interests of
Texas would all be on the side of England. It
would be the interest of Texas IN the event OF such
war, to aid England to seize New Orleans, or at
least in bockading the mouth OF the Mississippi, so
as to exclude the cotton OF the West from foreign
Market and leave to Texas almost the entire mo-
nOpoly. Even If Texas were neutral, certainly our
power would not be strong in the gulf for the de-
fence Of New Orleans and the mouth OF the Mlssl5-
sipp as il we owned and commanded all the streams
which emptied into it-as If their people were our
coast Of Texas were our own We should be
weaker, then, without Texas, even If she remained
neutral; but have shown 1t would be her interest
to exclude our cotton from foreign markets. and TO
cooperate with England for that purpose. But if
she did remain NEUTRAL could she preserve, would
England respect, herneulrality! Without an army,
ships, or forts, will pretend that her neutral
position could be maintaincd and England could
enter any of her streams harbors, and take pos
session of any of her soil at pleasure. Would she
do so in the event of war with America! Let
the events Of the last war answer the question:
Then, within sight Of alparaiso, within the waters
Of neutral Spain, she captured the Essex, after a
sanguinary and glorious defence. This was as
complete violation of the neutral rights of Spain,
under the law of nations, as # she had entered
upon her soil to modest us. At Fayal, Port Praya,
and Tunis she captured other American vessels,
within the harbors and under the guns of the forts
OF neutral powers; and, indeed, as to neutral ships
nations, she acted the part of the outlaw and buc-
cancer rather than that OF civilized Kingdom; and
violated the neutral rights Of all the world. Nor
were her awless acts confined to the coasts and
harbors Of neutral powers, but extended also to an
actual use and occupation Of their soil. During the
last war, Spain was at peace with England and
America; but England, in open violation of the neu-
trail rights OF Span seized upon portion OF Florida,
Chen Spanish territory,) whence she Illuminated
her lncendarv appeals TO the slaves for serye in
suTection aud massacre; and commenced, lat Pensa-
cola, her first preparations for the attack of New
Orleans. And such, precisely, would be the conduct
of Great Britain, in the event OF another with
America. She would land suddenly at any point OF
the coast of Texas, and move along the Sabine, in
the Territory of Texas, to the great bend, where ii
approaches within about one hundred miles Of the
Mississippi; and the intermediate territory being but
thinly settled, she could advance rapidly across,
seize the passage Of the Mississippi and cut of all
communication from above, and descend upon New
orleans. Or she might proceed little further,
through the territory of texas TO Red river. the
southern bank of which swthin the limits OF Tex
as, and equipher expedition then by water descend
the Red river, exciting servie Insurrection, and
seize the Mississippi at the mouth of Red river. All
these movements she might andwould make through
Texas In this way she would seize and forfy her
position on the Mississippi, and New Orleans must
fall, il cot of from all communication from above.
But, even il she only retained the single point on
the Mississipps, il would electualy command its
outlet, and arrest lis ascending or dcscen-
ding, "a If possessed OF New Orleans. Whatever
point she seized the Mississippi, there she would
entrench and fortifv and tens Of thousands of lives
and hundreds Of millions of dollars, would be re-
auired in driving her from this position. a II this
would be prevented by the reanne nation OF Texas.
The Sabine and Red river would then be all our
own, and no such movement could he made for the
seizure of the Mississippi. Nor should il be for
gotten that, when she reached the Red river and
navigable point upon its southern bank IN Texas,
riors of our own, and half as many of Texas,
whom, her gold, and her atrigues and promises
would as they always have done, ncite to the work
Of death aud des0iafion II We desire TO know