Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-10-03
NUMBER 40.

ffeS Oh tHe OntObs vi tifdt HoSC Sonso,
thing to say hereafter. but have no doul
whatever, and l feel il 10 he my urgent
duty to declare it. that thesterritory, as
territory. will be admitted in twelve
months after Mr.. Folks election, unless
some extraordinary inierposirion Of the
people, on which dare net speculate,
shall prevent il. s OK
Mr.. Choatc then proceeded to observe
upon lerer, which he had read in the
National Intelligencer. signed by seven
prominent members Of the Democratic
party in New York, including The ac-
complished edlor of the Evening Post,
in which The writers declare their pur-
pose of supporting Mr.. Polk, but recon-
mend the election of members of Con-
gress 'who will reject the unwarrantable
scheme now pressed on the county, He
remarked on the concessions of the let
ter. TO wit: "that inc Baltimore Conyen-
ven,ion had placed the Democratic paf-
ty at the North, in position Of great
difficulty that il exposed the party to
the Constant tauut that the Convention
rejected Mr.. Van Buren, aud nominated
Mr.. Polk, for reasons connected with the
immediate annexation of Texas, THAT
il went still further ana inierpola;ed IN
to the party creed, a new doctrine, hiIher-
10 unknown among US; at war with
some of Cur established principles, and
abhorrent To the opinions aud feelings OF
great majority of Northern freemen y
And he doubled whether Stale which
should give its vote for President nom.
mated solely for the very purpose of an-
Hexing Texas, would, or could, in the
same breath, elect members of Congress
10 go and defeat the .schemc, --'unwar-
raniable,' enough, no doubt, but yet the
precise and single scheme which Mr..
Polk was brought forward TO accomplish
land whether they, or such as they, who
surrendered to the candidate al Baltimore
would BE- very likely 10 beard and battle
the incumbent at Washington. He then
resumed.
The election of Mr. Polk, then, will,
or may probably annex Texas as teri
ritnry. The election Of Mr.. Clay de-
feals or posIpones it indefinitely. Some
persons pretend to doubt or at least pre-
tend to deny this. But do they do him,
themselves, and the great subject justicel
Read his letter upon this subject; observe
he broad and permanent grounds Of ex-
cIusion which lie there sketches; advert
to the well weighed declaration that so
iong as any considerable opposition to the
measure should be manifested, he will re-
sis, it; aud YOU canDoi fail to see that
unless you yourselves; unless Massachu-
sells and Vermont and Ohio, should with
draw heir opposition. for his term, at
least. you are safe, and all are safe. That
letter. IN my opinion, makes him title
"a every anti-Texas vote in America
The circumstances under which it wac
gwen to the world, happened we'll to-
know. Ii was as yet. 10 me at least, un-
certain what ground Mr.. Van Buren,
would take. Warm friends of Mr.. Clay,
n Congress would have dissuaded him
rom immediate publications They fear
I'd lis effect on the Wing conyeutions it,
'eif, they feared its wider and more per-
naHent effect. Wait lille, they said.f
Feel the pulse of,he delegates as they
come I" Washington. Attend for few
laws the rising voice of the general press.
'fthe south. He rejected these couusels,
If inGecIsIon. aud dlrecIed il to be gwen.
tb..e H. Il
Whig opiblon upon this subject
Instantly and everywhere. Ii SUSPENDED
he warm feelings of inc South, until its
'ober second thong hi could discern, as it
! w has begun tn discern, that fair and,
empiing as this 70, hidden fruit shows To-
he sense. II brings with it death. aud all
woe, with loss of Eden. The position,
which Mr.. Clay heId-the inhab,.anr of
Slave staie-his birth place Virginia
he part he transacted in The Missouri con-
known and intense Ameri-
anlsm of feeling, eager enough--eager
. the man as in the boy, to lay hold of
very occasion TO carry up his country
D the lofiiest summit Of durable aud Just
Tory, and therefore not dlsinclined to
mere enlargement of territory, if The ac-
nlsltlon had been just, prudent. equitable,
onorable-this facility of position ena-
led him TO do what few other men ofs.
uai capacity and patriotism could do -
nable HIM to quench in the spark, if now
ne people sustain him, this s,upendous
conception Of madness and of guilt. sse
1t the election of Mr.. Polk, then, may
mex Texas, and that of Mr.. Clay de.
eat or indefinitely postpone it, what arc
ne moral duties of the opponents Of An
exatlon OF all parties !? You are De.
'ecrat, tor example, and you would on
very other account, than this of Texas,
esire the success of the De:nocratic
cket. You are an abolitionisl, and with
ut expecting the success of your ticket.
GU would desire to give it the utmost
ractical appearance OF growth and
trength. But can you, in sense and fairs