Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-08-03
Gen. Waddy Thompson's letter.

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\ Iofycnt love Tor the south nnl dccr
anxiety for hcr future welfare give tone
and poNodcs tho whole letter II should
.bc rcud-corclully read aud pouderej
upon, by every southern man, The fact.
laid down should rlycl the attention Of
every citizen Of Nisslssippi-should be
tmbibod into the soul of oyory lover oI
Tho southern counlry--should prompt
every truo soulhcrner to 'rown down with
Indignation and adherence, the lnsld,ous
attempts Of spectators, brokers, money
dealers, stockholders, holders Of ToXos
scrip and bonds, and owners Of Texas
lands, to effect the ruin of the South, for
such would be tho inevitable result, both
in political and pecuniory point of view,
Of the immediate annexation Of Texas to
the United States.
No nation under the sun has ever de.
rived any benefit from forcing nature out
Of her accustomed channels No good
can be derived from it in this instance, -
The people of the United States have not
had time 20 deliberate upon such a mo.
mentous questionable people OF the
South have not yet had sufficient time to
deliberate whether they are willing or
unwilling to sustain a positive and una
yoidabIe loss Of FIFTY PER CENT, in the
value Of their property. The people
will have more time to think upon it.
We can easily imagine the reasons that
induce those deeply interested in Texas
more 50 than they are in the
of the South, to 90 for in
slant annexation. Bat, we confess our
utter inability to assign any sane reason
how any person interested in southern
property--eXpecting to reside permanent
Iy in the southern states--identified with
southern OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of pro-
noting the advancement of southern in
erests, and wishing TO further the well
are Of the whole southern people, can
,e in favor of immediate annexation.
Some persons who honestly favor the
acquisition of Texas, do so
IN the ground that it would enhance the
POLITICAL strength of the slaveholdng
states in he Congress of the nation, and
'sscrt that it is absolutely necessary that
| political balance of power should be
preserved. But slight examination Of
he plain facts OF the case is only neces-
sary to convince all such persons of the
entire falacy Of the impression, and that
he effect of annexation would be entire
Y the reverse. A little investigation
vii be sufficient to convince them, and
all other disinterested and reasonable
men, that immediate annexation would
strike death-0low TO the st rength which
he slave. holding states now WELD in Con
gress--that il would forever destroy the
equality Of power that now exists be-
tween the North and the Southland that
it would forever PROSTATE the slavehold-
ing states at the (ootstool Of the power Of
the non-slavehoIding. 1t is well known
Ito those who are informed on the subject,
or who have watched the course Of events,
that if fair market should be opened
for the sale or emigration of the slave
property in Maryland, kentucky and
Virginia, large emigration would ensue
from these states, and the adjustment Of
slavery shortly follow. Annex Texas
forthwith, and you open just such mar
keI as is wanted. The profits derived
from slave labor in those states are so
very small, that their owners would Ell
Their emigrate to Texas with them, or sell
them to persons going there. This is no
idle fantasy or vain speculation on pro.
liabilities, but plain, unadorned truth. In
two of the states mentioned, we believe,
the question Of the abolition Of slavery
has been lost by only very small ma
jority, IN their Iegislatures-in one Of
them only By a SINGLE VOTE Any one,
therefore, not wiIfully blind, can easily
see the consequences which would follow
immediate annexation. Are the people
of the extreme southern states prepared
TO give up the support and countenance of
these old, populouS and influential states,
for the acquisition Of TEXAS POI a ter
ritory that nsUer 'OW 1Oield, supposing it
to be annexed, half the numerical
strength in their iavor, that those very