The North-Carolina standard., 1844-05-15

Tween missouri ana A1eXleo.o AtS 0Oft4 4eaStc0FtfL
is in latitude 38-the latitude almost OF ST. Louis
Of Cape Cod and Marblehead. All the northern
haf Of Texas TINS protracted to the latitude. of
St. LAais And Of Boston, and lying between Mis-
souri and Mexico, is filed with. treachereas
sayages. aRd .laHlesA. white men, .Wka make the
meIchan! and his property their constant pEsy.
Our inland trade to Mexico has to- pass through
this infested desert: eaR governments cannot 60
theaA 10, give it prStection: and, since tweHtK
years thiStrade has suffered every variety 0f de-
predatisE Many worthy citizeAs engaged in
it have been Killed; mnch property has been
plunderef many Mexican merchants, esning to
trade whh=ns have alsD been killed and -fobbed,
and aheSe drterrea fseul coming and besnle6
these aetusl tesscs, the lEade Aas beNu preyented
Mountaineering as it otAcgwias world bdxa done:
and can new only be. eaFred.oa as m desert 1iaa
barbaFous ca1ntEies by atmedcaravaas 6gatag
tieIr way through baBaati ofPebbeFs ana aaIl 3
deEers. Thess'evils respt from StRes unfertunafs.
treaty Of 1el9 and mus, bo continued 1ati1 ~
e6uotRg distoemtered froHI us by .shas tseay shall
be restored to ourSRaioa. = .x-.
FsSAnsseiG might be supposed dat Id
spnle ptfd&la SEEING e6-nan9 aasIIlhine I'D nov
% the Peint NJ which SieodN solitary aud aIoneG
twenty-five yearsago hai il Is not sos am toa
old Ept tkatVuerility;, and toes much Blend to.
pophlay goyerament to rejoiee In anything WHICH
is dscredtable to il A feeling of modification
ratheE anpsesses- mse atthe ineonsiatesey and ip<
tcopSderateasss WHICH have Witnessed fNAeu
Texas was ours free fhe1n- debt and full Of land,
and>might haveb retsined without n .entstior1
rem abroad withoat disscnsiou. at horse, and
without the expense OF a shIlHsg-wAen this
was the sase, we thsew The xineia provinces Is a
worthless toy, awayl Now, whoa eyiscefsteal
-of her tands, and loaded wilh agbtA-whefa her
reSeverS is ateHded With the danger Of ssnstgn
war, heeerai9ty Of domestic discoateat, NE loss
of cornperoe, and the disturbance of,busiaes;,-E
~henIhs is the case, ws are ali Of a-sudden sriz
ed With blind and furious passion "a reposscss
heE Immediate anRexa,ion Is Ibs word and
We cahnot eseu wait ere. brief year for the riScn
ed pear to faH Of itself into our hands 'FbH ist
Inconsistent and disercdTtAble, and irnples Iswitv
aad follys instead Of Judgment and patriotism IA
the conduct of our public affairs. Being a.frSnd
b PePuiaf government, and anxious FORTS honor
and success, regret as much to see the StFiIsHf
passion OF l644 as did 70 see the sluggish Aia-
thy of 1919; wish 10 SIZE RousaR stead;esaa
aHd nei Athenian fesitss Prsvaif ig Our govern
lnfn; aad beIng myself a man Of sorne teraper-l
anee and stability. addicted 10 no paraaysms aIdf
subject no variations shaIkcentintis TO sdvel
cate the recovery of our sacrificed Aerritory and
nutftated rivers and Hatnral boundaries In th,
same cain ap1 ectlsihsfpte manner as for tive atu
Eve years past.
With respect 10 Texas, her destiny Is fixed oil
cotrse + who consider WtTut am about, sausNs !
speak Of YeKas as-coAetituted at the time of thet
geaiy of 1919, and nr as constituted hy the Rcnub-
tic OF Texas eothprehaadinz the eapiak aad 6%v |
towas and villages Of New Mexico4 now and al t
ways fully sndef the dotniRion ofthe R~pubiis..of
Aiexicos ds Quebec andaQ tha tawas and Iffhfor,a
Of Canada nTe under the dofninieu Of Great Bri,.
atAl Il sef thus Texas--theoid Spanish Yexas-1
Of which I always speak, and ef her 1 sou- hc,
destiny IS fixed
"Whasever may be the ste of the nresent neye.
n%nt the destination Of Texas is 10 istarn q her
aatnFaf sposition--tbat Of pan Of The Anssricaaf
UnsSa. The interest Of both parties requires it :
md rae same frebHg an9. policy Fkieh mads he T
Texan people desirail for eight years past, will
aake them rontnne To- desire H until tlfere-t5;en /
S accomplishing. Fo earthlypomer, excepl Ne.ri:. i
%, has right to iaterfere 50 This question; and
Der right beHst soon cease. If she is wise she will
:edse hsstlhties q once, acknowledge yanr iAde.I
1endence and dreleiee see you reternuo he Aeri.
AN lIaiop 1t she IS not wise, she A4aykeep up = d
onstSnctlve war toE-sone years, -Yisheut making
my thing by j.; for noKlinal war; afierrhe rxnira.
ION q the present armissiOes, will answer Eo~pur-
'ose Spain refused to acknowledge the inde-
OF HOLLAND for seventy years nher she h
vas actually independent: that exhibi,iaa of .
JastliiSn PRIDE and QbsenaSy made 40 difference
n the rights Of Holland, and in the coadAct of E;
ePe: From the1ime that actual war ceased FfeI.
and was adpiHed- by Europe 10 aII4he 1iehts oe| &
N independent power withos% regard 10 tffenom.4.
qal Preteasion of. SpAiR; and so il was with h4he
ate Spa4ish Provinces in the New World and
. It Will be with Texas aid Mexico A sAertf'
ne, and either the acknoWledSmept Of Mtxieo {
r consent Of all patioas, will give TexasaH lke
Ights OF sovereign power: Gbe question Of ad, :
1lsstSn viii then be one Of fexe3usive arrangement
etSeeen the fEvo countries; for nG earthly power
kept Mexic bas right to in4erfeze in his CUES.
on; and, ia ect. know Of ae one thai Mishep n
Interfere IN IT, kept free from secfiea4 riespe
artisan politics, snd selfish, -persenaf, and soxdi
.hemes the TseaiqR pay tAcn be easife Effected.
al In way thar ought To Be satisfactory to t5at
'hoss Un'ap though not wi.hent Aea1y expensc Eo
He edsPd treasury. Come shaa 4 nav. del
.ef d recovering thie dismepbere4 limb of ol,-f
eltla may equal or EXCEED the whole costof the4tl
. 1giha1 acquisition efthst gast province such Isi
he fruit OF the Hnaccountahle treaty of 1891 RtJ
1e cost IN aeEg viii Ae obstacle 10 my aclio, j,
'ests OF diferem kind areIwhatI wish to o
aSs IN national honar-fn foEeignrar-in xuiredf iI
aanmerce-frD DOMESTIC dissension-in seetigfail :.
in thedaufbance OF the harmnnyl :
tne Un1op and the husihess ofIhe peeele, The 10
lcrshce OF Texas was .calamstous blunder iuf
Sf9 let as not refentfhe blaHaer, anadeable tbet
atamlty, by the HGHnenAf recoyexineit 10. 1874
respectfully 9emleHen, your obliged friend
no viii Be Bappv.to Saluta vou ~ ...Il