The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-08-13
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TUESDAY EVENING, AUG. l3, 1874.
NEW MOVEMENT -OUT-HERODING
HEROD.

NEW MOVEMENT -OUT-HERODlNG
HEROD.
The Washington Globe, which only few
weeks past denounced the President and his Tex
as treaty by all the hard names in the dictionary,
is now the opon advocate of immediate annexation.
1t says that the contingency has arrived when, ac-
cording to Mr.. Van Buren's letter, annexation
would be not only justitiable, but necessary. The
editor has discovered, in letter written from Pa
ris for the National Intelligencer, that the Go
vernments Of England and France are taking
steps to bring about the recognition of Texan in
dependence by Mexico. and, therefore, all further
scruple on our part should be lain aside, and i'm
mediate steps taken to preuent it, 1t is most re-
markable that the friends of Texas should show
such repugnance at the thought of her becoming
independent. We thought nothing was more
dear to them than the welfare and independe nee
of Texas; and now that, according to the Globe
there is some prospect of terminating the war,
and placing Texas upon the basis ofindependence,
her warmest friends are endeavorng to counterfeit
so desirable result 1t is idle and ridiculous to
say that the objection is the interference of Euro
pean Governments in American affairs. No Amer
lean who is not co,oard is afraid of England and
France combined They have no cause for as
sailing, crcumventing, or injurEg us in any way !;
it would be highly prejudicia to their interests to
undertake t-and what is better than all, Mey
dare not assaI us, directly or indirectly. 1t is a
cowardly, pusilanimous feeling, then, that begets
this dread of England.
Tho loho of SATURDAY. hoc;Jo, co,,;rr. ant -,
favor Of immediate annexation, and declaring that
Gnnerat,oa is one of the issues to be determined
at the Presidential election, contains a circular,
issued by the Hon. w. w. Payne, of Alabama,
and others, (including the editor of the Globe of
course,) calling for Teran volunteers In other
words, the editor of the Globe, after denouncing
Tyler as traitor for negotiating the treaty of
annexation, has himself joined Burr conspiracy
for taking Texas by force of arms. Even the Ma
disonian, the organ of the Texan party, denounces
this circular. Herod is t-Heroded
Faction never assumed more anomalous po-
sltion than that taken by the friends of Texas
Setting out with the most ardent professions of
friendship for the " Lone STAR" they have come
round in their gyrations to deny that Texas s, or
ever was, or has any right to be, independent
They now claim Texas as part Of the United
States under the treaty of 1903, and consequent
ly Texas can have no right to independence I'M
der any circumstances, any more than Iowa or
Florida. Texas may well exclaim, "save me
from nay friends" Under such circumstances,
with such claims of sovereignty the part OF the
Texas party, suppose Texas should refuse, as she
now probably will, to become part of the Union.
Shall we wage war against her, and conquer her !!
Shall we take by force her sovereignty, not from
Mexico. but from hersef' Suppose she does
avail herself of the friendly Intervention of Egg
land and France, in obtaining independence, shall
we oppose them = shall we array ourselves
against Texan independence! Did we not OBJ.
tain independence by similar means by the in
reference of France and Spain!
1t ID now quite apparent that all the sympathy
which the Texas party have affected to feel in
the cause OF Texan independence has been base,
selfish hypocrisy. So far from feeling sympathy
with Texas, they prefer to see it euslaved by
Mexico rather than that it should become indie
pendent. England has expressly disclamed anv
as Col. Benton says, the English Government, is
too proud TO lie. If, then, England interferes to
secure Texan independence, is not that what
they want-what they have fought for for years !?
And have we any right to say that Texas shall
not De independent! That she shall either re-
main subject TO Mexico, or be forced, against her
inclInations, into the Union! Such is the mon
strous claim set up by the Globe, Mr.. Payne, and
the friends to annexation generally.
If they are sincerely friendly to Texas, why
have not they-why have not the President and
his cabinet-interposed thor friendly Offices with
Mexico with view to establishing Texan indie
pendence! Being defeated in their disgraceful and
dishonorable efforts to annex Texas to the Union,