New-York daily tribune., 1844-07-06

Senate as efiectually to discountenance and dis-
courage the scheme 1t may be rejected IN lei',
ven though majority of the Senate be In lis
favor. But such rejection, in country 20 ao-
.olutelv ruled by majori,es, would avail very 1T
tie 70. the future. Or, rather, it would avail a
great deal in contrary direction. l; would ~
no very distant date, insure the success OF the
project, Il the Texans should remain IN the same
mind.
We beg Our readers to bear in mind that we have
never oined in any vehemen, outcry against the
United States. We have never been Of the num-
Ter Of these Pharsees who have found America
To he peculiarly full of loulness because her crimes
diff. from our own because she Is guilty 10 ways
in which we chance 10 be innocent we nave
never been able TO bring our minds 10 l'in IN tne
vir,uous veil against Repudia,ion,' raised by the
people OF this country, who take upon them 10
think that the non-payment OF money rs vllet
than the non.fu6lment of Treaties; vller tnsn
wars of conquest; viler than the wholesale and
unprovoked shedding of innocent blood. hese
are our crimes; and let US wash the pollution
from our own hands before we give ourselves the
airs Of superative virtue with reference TO the
rnisdeeds of Others. This is our feeling on the
matter; and if we condemn the rapacity OF The
United States we do so after having condemn
Win equal Dl'r1Utes tic Ipui oA'' SH'A'''N''-
rapacity Of the United KingdOm We abhor the
Annexation of Texas precisely as we abhor the
autchcrics Of Scnde and Cabul: and we shall at
once show that we have ;ust grounds for tins
abnorrence.
In the United States Slavery has hitherto stood
npon peculiar footing. 1t is legacy OF Eng
Ind to America. The foundations Of Slavery
were laid by us; by US this institution was ci'-
couragcd and under our fostering 1t assumed
the m 4gnitude from which its present enormty
is little more than a natural growth It is I'M
cosshe 10 deny that the position of Slavery IN
America is extremely embarrassing; That IRE
have created the embarrassment, and that 1t has
hitherto beloved US 10 be extremely charitable III
our censure of nation which is wrlthng under
AN incumbrance of crime of which re were the
creators For it the A mcricans far less re-
sponsible than we-apart from the question o.
is origin. They merely Continue Siao1y-%e
planted it bv creating tho Slape Trade. This Is
the balance of aCcoun, between us.
But let the Americans beware how they stretch
this plea of exculpation. For every volnntay
4ddirion made to the system; for every voluntary
aggravaton of lis horrors; for the creation Of
new Slave States by ncglocl or by design; Tor the
invention Of the accursed slave breeding, which
makes men cattle. and IS horrld blasphemy against
God and the image of God and, lastly, for every
deliberate extension OF the system beyond her own
erritory--for all these things the United States IS
responsible to Heaven and TO earth. None OF
these things can she throw back upon us. The
original crime was committed under the inhu.
.nce of degrudng and stupid ignorance. We.
y, least have done our hest to wash our hands oi
the enormty; we have p'id largely to manifest
rho sincerity of our contriuon and large nun
ters of our people are st devoting their best
energies to propagate these better sentiments in
every quarter OF the CLONE. For the voluntary
deliberate and aggravated crimes we have now
tins Empire is not responsible-no,
MT to the value OF an ounce. These deilIemcnts
are the whole and sole property of America and
this Annexation OF Texas is one OF thcui, and a
stain OF the very first magnitude.