Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-05-28

81, ,eiy within British Influence az though ai'say -
R,tsh COLONY especially when we CONSUL al,a,dy
..nn,ed to England, including the night OF % p;
- f;,,I proclamation OF June 10, $780, ties'
da,t Houston says: "An ofhcIai co,n ~. -
W.. boon received at the Department OF sia,e rom
her Rr;annic Mniestys charge aiai.eS .'a' 7 ooad
Nc. ,an, founded upon a despatch he had fecc'Ve'
VEN tar Maies,ys charge d aialres IN Mexico an
''o 70 this Government the fact that Inc resi-,
ao,t ne Mexico would forthwith order a cesss'o" "
49,, l:,,es on his pnrt; therefore, !, sam io"s
p-dao of the Republic of Texas, do hereby ceciaie
Ttesue" ,h,, an ormjstice is established In CONT
wv gsrc the rcrdency OF negotiations oet~eeh Tue
,,.rias and until due notice OF an ihteh"on
~ sume h,til,tits (shoud such an ,nteh'''n he'11
~ h nertaiaed by either par'y) shall nave oeen ,o'
III, nnounced through her Br'tdnn,c -hGfsis scna'ge
~. ;,ss NJ the respective Governments i not ieA's
Ia, ,c,rudent upon England, when Ehgana oo'a'"S
G.. bs5 an armlsce, and the President OF ieNts "-
nn,nc. that this will continue until lis termination 'e
announced By Engfana cr... &c ,ho 10Th
~ n Wv. lSl3 he speaks Of the generous ana
c;oDdIy d,spos,t,nn, and active and friendly oice'
- Enn,nd'' He speaks, also, OF "inJurles ana mug
mites inflicted by this Government upon esas a"s
declares preparation has been oemanoeo Sue"
:. 'd,rrul advance in Texas Of the influence OF
England that she has succeeded IN having IL ~
- an Executive message to the prople OF iexas' u'"'
EoJond is their fritnd, and that IRE are Their fifm"s
n all this had been predicted three Yeas since,
h,r been deemed incredible; and 1t Texas IS MT ~
anneyed she is certain, within few years more W
L.aoome first. commercial dependency, and then
lcolonv in fact, il not in name, OF Eng LAND. Wns" '"
regard the consequences which have ALREADY iohu"'
,bs mere apprehension OF the refusal oil re
ub,t will be The result in Texas, when re anne Sao"
10 nostiyely and forever rejected "neh 'ns IS eo
md Texas is repused with contempt or indifference,
when her pee pile are told, the flag OF The Union s"'
never wave you, eo.-go "hete you may, "
England, if you pease-who can doun' tue 81 ,'
To doubt is wilfni blindness; and, whilst we WIN "u
lost most important territory, and an indspensuo'e
o,;on of m. valley of the West, England w'il nave
ganed dependency first, and then colony, a"u w
shall awake from slumbers wifn' anna '''' =
iocinns and the sound OF British cannoh 'he my "
ENGLAND shall wave upon the coast and hr'ughou' s
Lifts nj Texas md n monarchy rises mp On cur own
continent and on our borders upon Tue grave VI
Republic. Yes this is not n question hieIey oe'" :,
US and Texas, but question between Tie 'u. 49,
British or American power and thal, too' VIM" w
very heart of the valley Of The West 1t is question:
also between the advance OF Monarchy ana hepuo'-
canism throua hout iaes and most teIule portion
OF the American continent, and Is one OF 'he ms"y
movements deciding the great question ne'wee" NV
nachy and republIcanisln, which ot The TWO 'o'h' "
government shall prsponderate throughout tiS "u'"
In The North The flag of England waves from The A'ah
TIC to the Pacific region much more eN'.ns
than our own; and if it must hoat also Tor SEVERN %
sand miles upon the banks OF The tributaries u "
great Mississippi and along the Ghl'' rom lie ~
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| by England in America. In the Gull, her supfema-
cy would be clear and absolute ana IN 'he s'ea'
INTERIOR she would hang the rear oil LOUISIANA anu
Arkansas, and within Two days march 0, 'he Niissss',
pi while her forts would stand, and hrr nag wouiu
wave 70. more than thousand miles, on the banks VI
the Arkansas the Sabine and Red river, and IN imme-
date contact with sixty thousand Indian warriors OF
our own, and halt as many more oil VIVA, "ouia 'ic"
be British Indians within the present limits OF texas
&c any doubt TO the Indians, let them re-
/ 10
nd the last ar and they Will find that the savage has
always been her iavore ally, and that she las S"ea
more American blood by the aid o! the tomahawk ana
scalpng knife than she did in the field oi far enc
open conflict And has she become more friendly 10
the American people, Look al her forts and her tra-
ders occupying undoubted territory oil oregon
look at her press England and CANADA ieemng WIN
abuse o. people, government and laws; iooh a. he'
authors and tourists, from the more powerful anu ns'
dous assaults of son, descending IN the scfle 10 me
falsetoods and arrogance OF Hall and Hamilton, u"o
down yet lower the kennel jests and vulgar abuse
If Marryatt and Dickens industrlously circulated
throughout all Europe; ard never was her nos.i'y So
deep and bitter, and never have her efforts oeeh SO
prea, to render us odous TO all the world. Inc 60
yernment of England controlled by her aristocacy
The avowed enemies of republican government, where
ever il may exist. And never was England endeaVor-
ing 10 advance rapidly TO almost universal empire
on the ocean and the land. Her steamers, COMMANDED
by naval officers, nearly every coast end sea,
the great and populous empires of Scinde and Asha-
nis,un have been virtually subjected to her sway,
whilst yet another province now bleecs IN me
claws Of the British lioa Though saturated with
blood, and gorged with power she yet ma,ches
on her course TO universal dominion; and here,
upon borders, Texas is to be her next prey
BY opium and powder, she has subdued Chnu, ana
seized many important positions on her coas'' III
Africa Australasia and the Isles OF the Paciilc, she
has wonderfully increased her power aud in Europe,
cttll of Mediterranean. In the
Gulf of Mexico she has already seized IN honduras,
large md extensive possessions and most commanding
POSITIONS overlooking from the interior the outlet o.
the guilt while British Guiana, in South America,
stretching between the great Ofonoco and the m'ghty
Amazon. places her in position aided BY her island
of Trinidad, al the mouth OF the Ooaocol to seize
upon the outlet Of those gigantic rivers Win her
West India Islands from Jamaica, south Of Cuba, IN
continuous cham TO the most northern OF the BAHIA
mas she prepared 10 the Florldl pass, and the
mouth Of the MississiPp and let her add Texas, and
the coast Of Texas, and her command Of the gnl' VIII
he electua Of the British channel II would be
British and soon upon the shores OF the guilt, ne
pital would open tie great canal which must unite al
the lsihmus) the Atlantic and Pacific, and give 10 her
the key OF both the of America Her possessions
in the world nearly qundrupe 10 the sxte nj o
our own; with more than tcnold the populotion and
more than our area on our continents and, while
she aims openly at he of Oregon on the norm
Texas On The west IS TO become hers by policy les:
daring, hut more certain in lis results. We can ye
rescue Texas from her grasp, aud, by annexation
insure al asst the command Of own great sea, ant
the outlet OF our great river. And shall we neg
lcct the rc-0cqus ton, and throw Texas and The com
maad ct TIVE Colt INTO the arms Of England who
ever would 10 80, fnonarchs., and prefers the ad
vance Of mona"hical institutions over our own grea
valley he also Eugl'shman in feelings and pm
clple and would re-col,nlze the American States
And when Texas, by the refusal ct remuneration
shall have fallen into the arms Of England, and ,ht
American people shu behold the result, let all wh'
shall have aided producing The dread catastrophe e'
from the wrsh Of indignant nation, which Will burs
forth like lava, and roll in fiery torrents over The point
cal graves Of all who shall thus have contributed to The
ruin OF Their country. And who would place England
at New Orleans the mouth oil the Mississippi -
| Wha would place England on the banks OF The Sabine
The Arkansas, and Red River? Who would place
England along the coasts, and hays and harbor, ant
in the grea, Interior of Texas and see her become
British colony, or--what the same 10 us-a Bfist
commercial dependency' Could Texas be powe
friendly to US, even If not British colony Would
refusal of yation her friendship =
Would her ri"al great staple insure her good
will! W"ud the monopoly of her trade by Englane
increase her attachment 10 ourselves: No. Lst re