Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-03-22


| 80. :. 49,. ov,,,nre Vas made within four months
,f,.r Tho limited : s'es eek nowledged Texan lnde
| oendepce-when oiisr state or h'nsooh Oh Tue
| e.,t. he'd dane so-Wl,en Texas aud Mexico were ~
the nidst Of furious ana fafayhg war, anu Tue 'a'e
smsr,ine aod whiting 10 her utmost core, over hel
s,qnal and terrible d,sgraces, upon the bloody held oil
San Jacnto. Way did not tell them, that he whole
Union did not ho.d man more Thorough cevoed &c
| tho c,nse Of annexation, than John Forsyth, as
hundred citizens here can fully attest: why duo
!, Conceal how circumstances had changed: How the
lac, acte,oc twinkle of that Mexco-rexas War had
uone oni and that glorious and stipulated peace had
Gwen ouie, TO their borders Why conceal that the
resident Mexican Minister here, (Cel. Aimonte,) has
frankly ayowed 10 uur Government that Mexico had ~
hopes Of rs-acqnirIng Texas and that lis annexation
was for the inteIes! oil Mexico herself?
II bowevpr i, was the obi &c: of the Intelligence
10 make yar.g question of snnexniion nm happy to
know tina, IL has most signaliy tailed OF It's object -
same of The most prominent Wings here scout the
| ,dea as much as the Democrats d. Indeed have
heard II oen .. d. on both sides, that they deem it
mos, prop,ous season, for the settlement OF this mo
msntnus QUE sion Neither of the great parties is in
vested with the Executive power-and neither, there
fore can be Jealous of the other, for, whatever oil cre-
dit NAV attach 10 the negotiation. Each (@iih few x
ceo,ions) saws In he other, in God let Mr.. T
Ter ha 20 all The credii-whe The country at large
the Len.6t of The great measure Let the c"untty take
her snos and her custom houses and pay her debts
nd in due season, garner up the enrichng balance
| INTO her own cOilrIs, Ut HaNoHdi ueto'
hope the public press Of bth parties will sdmInis-
ter their sauary rebukes 10 The lategencer for tins
rude er, destroy, The germ, great national ne
gn,ation, add urging its readers to form opinons on
great matters before they the proofs II treaty
should be madr, who knows but that there may be
proofs before The President; and that those proofs wi
DE lad benre the Senate, which will Justify al Ike The
Treaty Who knows but that the questions D. tore Inc
Executive resolve themselves INTO these ExAsSow,
az TrxA. sEvER !-TExAs Fur W, OR TEXAS FOR
L m ~ fbo,
the oniv uernatio.s submitted 10 the Ereeutiee and
that as such, they ,cM come Lfore The Senate or aril
NOT come al all
And assert, furthermore that Great Britain has
through duly accredited Diplomat Envoy formally
proposed TO Texas Treaty. of which these two art
cl,s are 10 be The basis: Ist To pry the value Of
Texas slaves, if Texas will emancipae. Cd To re-
ceiye Texas cotton duty Tree, # T"xns will receive
certain enumerated artcles OF British manufactures
duty i.ee-such cotton and wooisn goods-iron,
and all manufactures of which IRON constitutes part
assert, Furthermore, that Texas will nsanlaneously
accept the second article, il annexation fails And |
assert Furthermore, that som as This Free Trade
Treaty is made uhe abolition being refused, as II
viii be that 5000 Englishmen are to be INTRO
ducpd under the direct auspices OF The British Govern
me Mt for the very purpose of carrying abolition ut ,hr
oolls And assert, Furthermore, that this purpose is
known 10 OF the most prominent Shareholders IN
Texas and that they mean TO thwart IL by returning to
the u States the moment that annexation fails, and
Knows the Otter lnCOmpeHCv VI ooFtEH-
ment, to prevent the smuggling hack Of those slaves
INTO the United States. Let Senators and Repre-
senta,ives-lel the Wing and Democratic press-let the
peope ponder these things, and wait for The proofs
be fore they form any opinions, or take any steps to
emharrass the national Executive
If however, the National ln!t ligsncer, against oil
the circumstances OF national interests, Will pub
Inc curiosity with its crude specuations-it is proper
to confront and counernct the mschevuus influences
by the opnons Of oNE wh, now as ever, takes sides
with his country, ond whose competency 10 Judge, oil
the military results of the lection or annexation oil
Texas not man IN the nation will question. IL, be-
Sides the publication of he letter which follows, shall
IN rolve the lntege great patron, the Abolition
patriot Of the House, Mr.. JOHN QuIScY ADAMS, in
enduring shame before his country, for surrsndefIng
and petraying her beloved Interests, to foreign ma
ion without an euulvalrnt-le, him thank the In,e
reucer for forcing this letter before the public,
month before it's Let how he will answer
10 tbs nation aud the dePp wrongsd South Tor SUI
rendering Texas TO Spain without an equivalent, ard
Then turning round and refusing Missouri he: niche in
The Union unless she will abolish that slavery which
the Constitution of the United States toera,es and
protects in all The States who choose to establish ii,
and ,h.n wrestles the list for the memorable Mis-
sour COMPROMISE, if Compromise that can be called,
which surrenders all and receives nothing But ID the
letter
Copy Of Letter from Gen. .7adre'c Jackson 10 4 y.
Bropn, Esq., member Of the House Of Representatives.
HEEMIrAoK, February IL, 1874.
NV dear Sir: Yours OF the 23'd u,mo has been re.
ceived, and with It the Madisonian containing Gov.
liner letter on subject of The annexation of Tex
az to the U. 5.
You are no. mistaken in suppcsng that have form
ed an opinion this interesting subject II occu-
MED much of my attention during my Presdency-nnd
am sore ha, lost none of It's Importance, BY what has
s,nce trnnspred.
S,on after my election in 1929, II vas made knnwn
o me- by Mr. Erwiug, formerly Minister to the Court
of Madrid that wh,lst in that Court, he had laid the
foundation OF Treaty with Spain, for the of
the Floidas, and The seuemen, of the boundary Of
Louisiana fixing the western init OF the latter at the
RIO Grande agreeahly 10 the understanding Of France
= Tim, he had written home to Government for
movers to complep and sign the neg"atlon-b that
,ns,ead of receiving such authority, he negotiation was
taken gu; his hands, and transferred 10 Washington,
ard n new treaty was there concluded-by which the
81 binc and mt the Rio Grande, was recognised aad
established as the boundary Of Louisiana.
Finding that these statements were true; and that
our Government DID rally give up that mpornnt ter
ri,ory when it at ITS option 10 retain II, WIS filled
I'm a.,onishment. The right 10 the Territory ob-
Timed G,c,n Fancs Spain stood ready 10 acknn dge
II 10 the RIO Gtande and yet the authority osked by
our Munster to insert the true bonndary, va. mol or
withheld, hui in lieu Of II limit was adapted which
srpped us or the whole Of the vast country lying be-
tween the two rivers
| On such subject though, with The ancient Ro-
MANS that right never TO cede any land or boun
dory of the Repnblc but always 10 add 10 by hnnn
rable treaty. thus extending the of freedom and
i, was IN accordance 9ih tn,s feeling, tim, gave
Munster 10 Mexicn instructions To enter upon negc
,stion for The ,el,ocession OF Texas 10 The United
States
THIS negotiation failed, and should ever regret it
IS misfortune hoih NJ xico and The United St,es
Mr. G,lmer's litter presents many If the cnns'dera
inns, which, in my judgment, rendered the step ne
ctssary 10 the peace snd hnrnony OF thu two countries
but the point in 1t at that lime, which most strongly i'm
pesd me In the coursc pursued, WAS The injustice
done TO U.s. by the surrender Of The territory, when il
was obvious tina! il could have been retained thnu
increasing the consideration Afterwards gwen Tor the
Fnridas. could not bu: set that the surrender oi
so and important territory. was attributable 10 on
erroneous estimate Of the tendency OF institutions
in which there was mingled what If jealousy, IL
The rising greatness e The South and West.
But fobear dwell this part of the history This
question Ii past. and cannot be uGdonr We car
nov only lonk H. OF anneXat,on II Texas pre-
s. n,ed TO us; and Il she does, do no, hesitate io
say, that the " liare and happiness OF our Union re-
qumps that IL should be accepted.
r. in military point OF view alone, the question be
exaniued 1t y, be found 10 be most important the
| q s, 10 he in possession of that territory.
Great Britain has already made treaties with Texas
ard ,ve know III Il arseeing nation ne yer omils a