The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-08-14

Had our trade with Texas increased during
the last three years in the proportion it did for
the first three, we should now, in the year 1914,
export to Texas between three and four millions
of dollars worth. But from the moment that
the great commercial nations of the world re-
cognised the independence of Texas, and form
ed commercial treaties with her, our trade with
Texas begin to fall off. 1t is now almost total
ly monopoized by England.
The following table will show the character Of
our exports 10 Texas:
From the Treasury Report of 1910.
EXPORTS TO TEXAS IN 1910.
Products of the Fisheries S43,426
Forest 157,474
" " Agriculture 239, ,092
F." Manufactures 929071
Nothing can be more conclusive to show the
great advantage to the manufacturing States that
would result from the annexation of Texas to
the Union. If Texas was admitted into the U.
nion, in less than twenty years from the period
Of its admission our exports of manufactures to
her would exceed our exports to the rest of the
world. But Texas independent, or under Bri
tish influence, and our trade with her is annihi.
lated. She will furnish England her cotton, and
procure from England her manufactures.
The following extract from Senator Walkers
able letter to the people of Carroll county, Ken
lucky, will show the Importance of annexation tc
the manufacturing sections of the United States
"And when Texas by the refusal of re-an,
nexation shall have fallen into the arms of En-
gland, and the American people shall behold the
result, let all who shall have aided in producing
the dread catastrophe, flee from the wrath Of an
indignant nation, which will burst forth like lava,
and roll like fiery torrents over the political graves
of all those who shall thus have contributed t
the ruin of the country. And who would place
England at New Orleans or the mouth of tnt
Mississippi? Who would place England on tht
banks Of the Sabine, the Arkansas, and ReC
River? Who would place England along th'
coasts, the bays, and the harbors, and the Fgrea
interior Of Texas, and see her become an En-
glish colony, or--what is the same TO us--a Bri
tish commercial dependency? Could Texas b.
power friendly TO us, even if not British colo
ny? Would our refusal of remuneration secure
her friendship? Would her rivalry in our grea
staple insure her good will? Would the monop
oily of her trade by England increase her attach
ment 10 ourselves? No. Let remuneration bt
now finally refused, and she becomes foreig
and hostile power, with all her interests antag
onistical to our own. Indeed, all history tells II
that there is no friendship between foreign AM
contiguous nations presenting so many points q
collision, so many jarrng interests, and such
rivalry in the sale and production of the sam
great staple
"Much is now urged in many of the State
in favor of a home market for our manufactures
Now, here in Texas, is home market that ma
be secured forever, ofincalculable and increasin
value---a market that is lostto US for the presen
as the tables Of exports demonstrate, and, all ad
init, will be thrown, by the rejection ofre-annez
alton, into the possession of England; for, whe
ther Texas does or does not become BIRTHS
colony, it is certain that treaty Of reciprocf
free trade would secure to England the monopt
/ ly Of her markets and commerce. The cetto
of Texas would find market free of duty
! England, and her manufacturers market ire