The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-12-14

having been absolutely denied all ald.)
he says: ~ cannot, however, sufficiently
impress on Congress the just importance
OF Withholding appropriations from i'm
prortments which are not ascerained by
previous examination and survey to be
necessary for the protection Of trade from
tie dangrrS If storms and fempeSfS."
THIS surely is q new limitation Of the
power of government. Heretofore, il a
UeSt.rn river or haibor were what is
called "Nalional," that is, highway or
refuge to different States, il was consider
ed, even by strict construclionists, the fit
object Of national projections Mis-
sissippi--lhe Ohio--,he Missouli-he
Red River--rhe ports of Erie and San.
dusky and Chicago were Of this descrip-
Ion kalls were cut away, snags bro
ken. shoals and sand banks removed, and
the most faslidouS critic found no fault
Blu, now it seems the dangers from storms
and tcmpeSts is to be The lest, and the
cohs'Ilulionali'y Of an improvement is to
be determined by sort of political bar
ometer Were i. not that the new nc
lions "of storms and tempests" is so dis.
lmctly enumerated, we should think il was
one of those inadv ertencies of language
INTO which muddle headed writer is so
apt to fall. But really, such as it is, il
seems to be precise idea. And being
so, how grateful ought we to be that the
career of belinling, slraw-p;cking Pre-
sldent is neatly over. Bad as we fear
MIR. Folks administration will be, we
trust there will be something masculine
about it Four years Of liuleness is long
enough.
The great point of the Message, how
ever, is Texas and immediate annexation.
The project on Mr.. Tyler's terms has
been approved by the PEOPLE, and 10 a,
once to be carried into effect by Joint
Resolution! OF the reasoning by which
this is TO be justified, aside from the as
sumed popular judgment, we will no! trust
ourselves 10 speak. II is false in its as
sumption Of facts, and lalser still in its
differences. How false is apparent from
a single doubtful sentence, which the
l-rsh records of the Department of Stale
will contradict
IN intrigue" says the President, will
have been resorted 10, or acts of diploma.
cy essayed to accomplish the annexation
of Texas. Free and independent, she
asks 10 be received into onr Union -
And this written with Mr.. Upshur's acts
vi diplomacy fresh in recollection. Read
ing this Message, one night suppose
Texas, "lree and independent" had WOO
ed us-lhat we had made no advances,
ventured no solicitations Free and in
dependent she asks to be received into
our Unionm Has Mr.. Tyler forgotten, or
will the Nation forge. Mr.. Upshur's last
despatch to Mr.. Murphy Of the 10Th Jan
uary, lS44-"l wish you 10 see Presi-
dent Houston without loss of time and
10 urge upon him The absolute necessity of
anne ratioA."
There is truth which no exas geraed
rhetoric will conceal, no him,cy s"phis.
try hide, that this Texas scheme is not,
and never W as, perhaps we may safely say,
never will be an efec, of even mistaken
craftsmanship. 1t had its birth in the Z
false heart Of cne man, and was trans.
planted to the diseased brain of even that.
MIR. Tyler saw in it The means, as he
though! Of saving his desperate fortunes.
MIR. CpsIur found it fl food for his fan
allclsm OH the subject Of slavery anu aho
luton. And al once new species of pc.
!lIlraI aud pocu"j4ry adventure was slim
ulated to activity. Texas securities and
land titles IN certain quarters became cur,
rent as medium of speculation, their
value and price rising and falling as the
chances of the political adventure bright.
ened or were dimmed. In addition to
this, one of The grea, parties of the Ma
uon, throwing aside its accredited leader,
because he irowred on the sch, me.
thought, it expedient to 60 into partner.
ship with MIR. Tyler in this Texas job,and
the fruit OF this combination of dcma.
g"gues. and spectators is the substantive
now brought forward for u
doption under the sanction of popular APP
prova, and sanctioned by what is signi..
iicanlly called ':controlling majority of
the People"
From he Phila. Chronicle.
hs puuIlc uocumthl, III Is lie most III |
effective OF any that has ever emanaled
from the Executive mansion. But as scar
cely any body expected much, very few
will be disappointed because they gel but
little.
From the L. S. Gazette Z
But among other arguments used by
the President, to prove that the anneXa,
ton should be consummaled, and tina!
Congress should not now oppose the mea,
sure. is one derived from what the Pres.
den, declares 10 he the decision of the
people by the popular vote, and by ma
j"rlty OF The States at the late election /.
Having used before the people, during
the late campaign, the argument, that if :