Holly Springs gazette., 1844-08-03

,--s,e GALES & SEAToN: In an I'D.
..t,cr recently made To the wings of
- 49,. / made S1Ine remarks 10 relation To
- ,-4s,v f9rtbe ANNEXATION OF Texas
Trra,d States A misfepre St n'aiion
Ts doubt resulting from misunderstandin9)
Nf-b1se remarks mokes II proper IN my
;-Jq-,.rt thst should 10 longer withhold
erub'ic expression Of my opinions upon
NM, ,rtisct and il Is due 10 myself tha. |
.l-r-i n tHa same time give The reasons for
,s-.s oninious In the speech vhIrh /
r-sts a. A lbauy expressed 40 opinion upon
,ts rIssii5r Of ultimate annexation, DOT be-
,..-.. thought lhat my views Of that sub
;.-r ,-ruu b. disagreeub'e 10 the sudieuce
trt-~5 I was addressing. but lor exaCt!y the
c,--.,e reason preferred % discuss this
,.tis-t belre Southern uudisnr where
CE-fsnt opinions were euteFl lned. end
ctrra l. Uas possible that snme good might
4, done No individual 10 the UuIted
SAFES has more motives Of personal char
,.ler Than 1 have % advocate the Immedl-
az annexation Of Texas 10 this country
vsttle frst man who, on the floor OF Con
rrtss EXPRESSED his sympathy. IN The Revo
rl5u of Texas. I, was an amendment OF
fr.i br me - the appropriation bill m
March 1887. which secured The -ecognI
ucn of 'Trxas by our Covernment--a meas.
urc r.. thai tl.ue Of vita. Importance to the
v01n- Republic. Circums4nc' have siuce
rh-ed u in my powrr,o give many other
rrI substantial proois Of my friendly feel
mas both NJ Texas and The Itxi-usi End
an rrouI u know Ihat no living man has
rorrer hold upon the gratilud~ and ad'c-
tsnof the people Of Texas thar have and
/ wilt add. that there are pscuniafv corsId
e-alilns % me not uuimPoHau0 which
gou.d ms ke the annex tIiou oi Texas entire
ly desirable 10 me yet, with ali these mo-
t.vestoa different conclusion. have not
been able to change my opinions upon the
subject Thess opinions have not been has
u.Y ormel. but have ripened into fixed and
tu.gd convictions. :
am opposed ID lho annexation. because,
in the language of Judge UPshur, III would
lujure their chief agricultural interest Chat
OF JHe South BY raising up powerful com
pfll,or; !" and ii would cheaper the price OF
cotton, the principal raw material" Now
these conscientious may have great weight
With the manufacturers of the North they
have exactly the opposite effect with me. as
aSouhen man and cotton planter WIZ
such be the effect Of the measure That II
viii be, no one Oen doubt " ho is acquainted
with ihe untq quaIed advapsap pes Of Texas as
cotton growing country. | do not hest
tate 10 say-and DO so on no light su hor-
Ey-that II the most skilIul cotton planter
were 10 ask q Heaven country for the
growing Of that staple. that he would ask no
single advantage hich is not uad IN Tex
as. There are millions ofacTes there which
WI, oduce, from 25OO 10 1000 pounds oi
eouon to the acre. AS provision country
Il Is 81 .eas equal TO any portion OF our Wes
tern country. and 1t is more healthy than
any other cotton growing region IN the
world II is true that there are some por-
uons Of the United States where. in favora-
o.e years, a hand can make as much cotton
" be can gather, but here presents itself an
mlppTecIable advantage which Texas pos
seFses. which is this: From the month OF
February. when the cotton is planted. uatil
ne middle OF July. when il is matured,
hers are constant showers; and fiom July
eahI the middle of December, in ordinary
years, there is no rain at all; thus Attending
I've months of uninterrupted good weather
si' gathering the crop. The cotton Is there
laFe unsiaintd. and us staple is also better
thaA Ut american COUCH pr
'eciIy satisfied that a judicious investment 10
eoHon plantation in Texas will yield. BE-
sass all necessaries for family consumption.
ION eight 10 ten per cent. profit per annum
@'he pTice Of three cents per pound for the
colon
confirmation OF these views it is only
.I5ssiry 10 say. that even now. with all
Is Insecurity of property in Texas. many
me best planters in the Souih-wt ST are re-
living their properly there. | know my
~ mat two gentlemen who own the very
Plantations which / have seen in A la
.aa'a and Florida. have abandoned in a
~ degree their estates and removed their
ls n % Texas. A distinguished advocate
ne measure estimates that in very short
rns lao hundred thousand negroes will b.
~oVed to Texas. The most of these will
aAen from he exhausted lands of the old
So So where they do not produce one thou
~ Pounds OF cotton to the hand To
I'D ms5 De added large number of
.s and white laSorers now employed iu
~rNt lfarrkn4 sf n0rfrnItnra mhsrh will