Litchfield enquirer., 1844-09-26
TEXAS.

I
 York. These gentlemen protest against the project
 of Annexation for the reasons subjOined- r'g l l. We have treaty with Mexico, binding us to | inviolable peace and sincere friendship Texas
 is now engaged in war with Mexico, and taking
 her, we take that with her, breaking pledge of inviolable peace It is not an act of sincere fiend- ship, to take to ourselves country which once be-
 longed to her, which she has never surrendered, and which she is now struggling 10 regain Our recognition of the independence of Texas admitted
 that her forces had actual possession of the Gov ernment of that country, but it admitted no more.
 It neither admitted nor denied that Mexico had claims and rights in respect to Texas. ,-i'- I'. | 9. Texas has an enormous public debt, which
 she is unable to pay, the amount of which is un. known, and which must either be assumed by us, or left, as it now is, a dishonored claim upon an
 insolvent State In the latter case we add another
 to the list already too great of insolvent or repuda
 ting American States. In the former we assume
 for the Union debt not contracted by it or for it.
 an act of doubtful power and evil tendency. s4t,a
 B. Texas IS slave country, and if received with
 it's institutions, will claim admission into the Un-
 ion, with it's slavery it's unequal representation and
 it's acquisitions upon the free States. We are not | Abolitionists, and have no sympathy with them.- | We are willing to abide by the compromise of our fathers We will not obliterate line of it. We will not stop short of it, but we will not go step beyond it. No threats, no reproaches, shall force us beyond it. We stand by the Constitution of our country But vixen it is proposed to extend that Constitution and compromise to foreign countries, we take leave to inquire what sort of countries they are, and by whom inhabited @af shesee9. h@H It is said that the Annexation of Texas will not increase the number of slaves. If it were so, it would not remove our objection--for the Annexa. ton would still increase our connection with Sla- very. Why should we multiply our relations with it, even if the sumtotal remains the same. If it were proposed to bring under the American flag all the slave communities of the world, would it nxnr kn the number of slaves would not be increased sei We are unwilling to give to any foreign Slave holding nation, these extraordinary and unequal privileges, greater than our own, which our fore fathers gave to their brethren and companions in arms. A citizen of Mississippi, with five slaves
 has virtually many votes four citizens of New York. If Texas ever comes into this Union, no one of its citizens shall have with our consent, more power than citizen of our own State. ' & 4
 But they err, who think that the Annexation of Texas will not increase Slavery and the number of Slaves The Annexation is pressed upon us by portion of the South as new source of prosperity for Slave Industry, and new guarantee to their In | stitutions. Do they not know their own interests | better than we? Political economy and our expe- rience both teach different lesson Slavery has increased in Virginia and the Carolinas since the | Annexation of Louisiana. Slave breeding is al- ways commensurate with Slave markets. Popula.
 ton extends with the means of it's subsistence and
 the demand for it's industry. To increase the mar l increase
 population No law of political economy is more l certain. .'- t'4' aA | For these reasons are firmly and unalterably l opposed to the Annexation of Texas, in any shape
 in which it has yet been offered to the American
 people.
 Thrilling hacidenfs-The Hartford papers give
 us tine following particulars of fire at Newington, Conn., It is supposed one of the persons burnt by this fire was young woman of bad character who had spent the summer in this village: ffn
 Our informant assisted to take from the burning embers two human skeletons, the bodies being al- most entirely consumed. One of them was large man, supposed to belong 10 Hartford-the other could not be recognized. Besides the dwelling
 house, three barns were burnt together with an ex- tensive range of sheds. There were upwards of | two hundred tons of hay and two hundred and fifty shocks of rye in the barns which were all destroy ed. Six hogs were burnt, and the cattle and hor- ses were saved with great difficulty. The house was occupied by MT. Dicks, who had purchased the premises, and was thriving and industrious man. He escaped with his family of six children in state of nudity. Several of the inmates jump | ed from the upper windows, and one young man
 from the garret, fortunately without injury. The | lad was the companion of the giant man, who has ! held public exhibitions, who was also present at
 the fire and rendered great service in the preserva
 tion of life and property. A large number of per- sons were present from the Mllerite Camp Meet ing, but all their faculties seemed to be paralyzed and they rendered but little assistance apparently viewing the scene as the commencement of the f- nal conagration. The remains of the persons burnt were found in the barns, and it was apprehended there mightstill be more beneath the embers, which were burning yesterday without any means to ex- tingush them. a,-,.e g -aa 'cs.,.. s.....
 In addition to the above, during the conAagra- tion man went down the well to save something which had fallen or was thrown into it, where he was prostrated by the noxious gas with which it was filled. Another went down to his relief, and met the same fate. A young man followed. suspen- ded by . rope, and succeeded in attaching rope to the two bodies by which they were drawn up.-l They in very precarious situation yesterday, and doubts were entertained of their recovery.
 ACCIDENT IN THE RIvER.-Between three and [ four o'clock yesterday morning, as the steamer Globe from New Haven, was abreast of the Navy 1 Yard, she deserted boat full of men, just ahead, and immediately turned her rudder hard down, to l avoid it, But in spite of her endeavors, one of the water wheels struck the boat and capsized it, emp tying into the water all the persons board prob ably IA in number. - .-.- >..
 It was moment of fearful anxiety, not only to | the immediate suerers,b the persons on board the steamer. and particularly to her officers and crew, who made every effort to recover the persons in | the water, and finally succeeded in rescuing thir- teen. sr,.s..- .-
 The capsized boat proved to be launch from | one of the Mexican steamers lying at the Navy l Yard, and was crossing over to this city with par ty of Italian musicians who had been performing on board the Mexican vessel. A .; '....
 Allthe musicians were saved, and it is believed l all the seamen except one. who is missing and is supposed to be drowned. s
 One was taken out off the water wheel of the l Globe. to which he had chung and been raised into