Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-08-01

States as large as kentucky
1t was soon after the promu cation Of this
Constitution ,ha,thc greatest move was made
upon Congress to obtain a recognition Of
1exian Independence, which finally result
Cd as have shown in smuggling through
Congress ut the last hour of General Jack.
sons Administration, an appropriation for
the ou,fi, and salary Of a minister 10 that
country And then came the formal appli.
cation through the Texan Minister for ad.
mission into our coniederacy; with the pre-
scniation TO Congress of numerous petitions
OF Shareholders, and resolutions of The leg.
islatures OF SIaveholding States, in favor OF
the solicited admission
From among the numerous evidences of
the continued operations at this period, of the
motive of annexation TO which | have re-
ferred, | select the following;
The Mobile Advertiser held the following
language;
The South wish 10 have Texas ad.
united into the Union for two reasons !:
First to cquaIi-e the South wih The North !;
and secondly, as convenient and safe
place, calculated with, from its pc.
cular good soil and salubrious climate,
for slave population. Interest and politi-
cal safety both alike prompt the action and
enforce the argument"
| The following toast was about the same
dme given at public meeting ofdistinguish-
ed men at Columbia, S. c.
'TExAs-If united TO our government as
State,lt will prove an invaluable acquisition
to the Southern States and their Domestic
Mstituti0nS"
From the resolutions OF State Legislatures
at this period, IN favor of annexation, | take
the following from Mississippi as speci.
! mon
"Resolred, That the annexation of Texas
10 this republic is essential to the future
safety and repose of the Southern States of
this Confederacy."
The report of the committee who report
ed this resolution to the legislature con.
tains the following remarkable passage;
"The Northern States have no interest OF
their own which requires any special safe
guards for their defence, save only their do
mestc manufactures; and God knows that
they have already received protection from
the Government on most liberal scale, un.
der which encourag cement they have i'm
proved and hourished beyond example -
The South has rery peculiar interests 10
preserce-interests already violently assail
ed. and boldly threatened. Your committee
are fully persuaded that this protection ,o
her best interests will be afforded bv the
annexation ofTexas An equipose ofinnu
ence in the halls OF Congress will be secur
ed which will furnish usa permanent guar
antee of protection"
Thus we see protection 10 slavery claim
ed as compensation for protection to free
labor; and that not by maintaining The
rights of the States to perpetuate slavery
within their limits, nor by them the RICH
of defending it, as best they may, agains
the moral power ola redeemed and purified
Christianity; but by dismembering a For
eign country-introducing into it SLAYER,
from our own-making it perpetual by tn
consitution-and then adding the whole.
territory, slav cry, Constitution and all, t
this republic
Such was the scheme and such was tn
motives. The project then failed of accom-
plshment; but as we have seen, was nc
abandoned; for to nothing has the sIav
power chung with more tenacity than this
The purpose Of the great movement so'ful
described in the Mississippi report, has bee
since more striking y manifested in a speec
: of Mr. Wise delivered in Congress in Jar
, nary ls43, from which | make short ex
tract.
D In considering the subject Of the equatio
. of power between freedom and slavery
which it seems, must be maintained at a
e hazards, Mr. Wise said
4 "If Iowa be added TO one side, Florid
: will be added to the other But there III
= equation mus, stop. Let one more Norther
a State be admitted, and the equilibrium
4 gonc-forever gone The balances of il
$ terest is gone-the safeguard of America
j. property, Of the American Constitution, {
T the American Union, vanished into thin al
!. This must be the inevitable result,unless b
b a treaty with Mexico, the South can ad
r more ,cetgh 10 her end of the lerer L.
e the South stop at the Sabine while the Mort
l. may spread unchecked, beyond the Rock
Il Mountains, and the Southern scale mn
c kick the beam"
If Here stands forth the whole purpose, u,
t, disguised. And what purpose Texas
n be united to this Coniederacy, to reinforc
!. slavery in Its contest with freedom RI
VI Constitution gone,-the Union gone, wht
( the equilibrium" between freedom ar
!, slavery is gone! las though that equilibrium
l. was an essential element to the ConSt
tion-,he corner stone of this Republic !
} Why, the truth is, there never should hav
= be an "eqaiiibrium' between freedom ar
n slavery in this confed racy; and there new
e would have been, but for violation Of Il
l. Constitution in the addition of slave stat
s from territory not within our original IN
s. is WHIT has made an cnuilihrimm- whir