The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-10-21
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MONDAY EVENING. oCT'R 81. 1874.
GEN. HAMILTON AGAIN-TEXAS.

GEN. HAMILTON AGAIN-TEXAS.
Gen. Hamilton, formerly Of South Carolina.
now Of Texas, or Alabama, we are uncertain
which, is out in letter addressed through the
newspapers to Mr.. Webster. We have rarely
met with production displaying worse taste or
more egotism. For, to say nothing of the indeli'
cacy of writing letter to an acquaintance through
the columns of newspaper. there is positive
exhibition of impertinence which could Only have
proceeded from the most contemplate spirit OF
nn,oriety hunting. Gen. Hamilton has evidently,
with all his Wanted chvalry. very weak per-
ception Of the dignity and propriety of gentle
mar. There is something low and ill-mannered
in the thing, which No high pretensons or high
sounding phrases will redeem. When poli'i
clan betakes himself TO such arts in order TO bring
his name before the public, he invariably. however
unconsciousy, leaves the impression that he has
"le down." and that he ia struggling against the
ohvous stream of public forgetfulness. Gen.
Hamilton betrayed this same fobe some years
ago in writing public letters to Mr. Calhoun
which. however received no sort Of attention
from ,la, gentleman. and we predict that his pre-.
rent eff'rt to engage Mr.. Webster in contro-
versy will be treated with equal contempt. Among
the numerous similar aspirations of Gen. Hamilton
10 a newspaper notorety. the only one which we
remember in which c was auccessful in eliciting
a reply TO hi. newspaper epistes was from Santa
Anna; and true it ia, that however much Gen. H
nay congratulate himself upon his success in
t"i>,ng his name into the gazettes, he has GER
tainly little rea on to be proud Of the position in
which he placed by the facts developed in his
correspondence with the Mexican Pres dent.
Our readers well remember that the subject Of
that correspondence was the "secret service
fund.- Of the Texan Government which, it seems
General Hamilton was entrusted with the deli.
cate ard responsible office of using, in order to
secure an acknowledgment of Texan ndepen-
dance on the part Of Mexico. Santa Anna boldly
char Led that General Hamilton offsred him 2O0..
600 to acknowledge Texan independence, which
lie Indignantly refused. Hamilton, in his reply
by no means contrad.cts Santa Anna, though he
a emp,s TO put little whl'e -wash upon the rams.
ton. The world at the time adudged him gull Y
of subornation Of treason, no envabe altitude for
an honest man, however we'll 1t may comporl with
The code of chivalry.
General Hamilton enters upon what, we pre-
sumo, he would style an argument, 10 show how
deeply the people of New England are interested
il annexation, from it's tendency TO enlarge the
field uf domestic commerce. But it would be
well, at the same time, to consider how much the
interests of New England would be compromised
b., reductisl of the tariff duties to a uniform
rate of twenty per cent, which, as General Ham.
i.lon Will allow, is one Of The benefits which the
annexationlsis expect to result from that measure,
AMI which the vision of hope already half dis.
closes. Gen. Hamilton compliments the North
ern people by addressing all his arguments, such
as hey arr, TO Their pockets; he takes it for
granted hat all their objections to slavery, whe
Their Wing or L,ct foco, or Abolltions,s, are on
ly put forth as prelext, lie heeds as little their
protested regard 10 the faith of treaties and their
an'ipa'hy 10 system of war and conquest. We
leave the Yankees to speak for. themselves upon
these points, they being strictly matters in foro
conscientiG. 1t may be proper for us 10 suggest,
however, that the pocket might feel oualm of
conscience upon the subject Of a war. and also
upon the subject Of assuming the debt of Texas.
Gen. Hamilton gays that the public lands of
Texas would be worth a hundred millions and
that although the whole of it may have been
granted away, most Of those grants are forfeited
by a non-fulfilment of their conditions. Upon
tiis point We put the authority of Mr.. Benton
against that Of Hamilton; The former declaring
that all The lands have been granted and that all
OF them will b. good, the non iuf ment resulting
fom zach impedimens as are held by the su-
preme court TO be legal exceptions. For instance,
tic war; whether Indian, or Mexican, or Span
kh, which have for years hsrassed the country,
would excuse the grantees for nesIecting TO col
oaize the requisite lumber of families, which has