Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-12-20
1t was accordingly laid upon the table.
TEXAS.
The GLOBE Of Wednesday Might and The IA


| us The Iuteligencer is the "Moor" of Shaks-
peare Our sense refuses TO "batten" upon IT, II
notices the disappointment which we have e1-
pressed, and which we deeply feel, al the prospect
of The defeat OF immediate Annexation" and
impules 10 US "want OF tact" in conspicuously
republishing the adiclatorial letter from General
Jackson. "Tact," on this occasion, we throw
away with scorn. We wish to offend no Senator
but in cause so deeply interesting TO the pros
perity of the country, we mean 10 fater no man,
nor weaken the force OF truth, by snppressins the
| language of real Patriot. General Jackson IS
! precisely that man-upon. the very verge OF The
| srave-having nothing TO ask OF men, but the
! good Of his country-satiated with power, and
\ dead 10 all ambition, his Judgmen. survives all
his passions, and he advises his countrymen again
and again 10 secure Texas before The inlrigues OF
England shall cut us of from the important ac-
! qnisilon The man, who is about To shuttle of
this .nortal coil Tor ever" is no Dictator. He
leaves his dying advice as the best legacy he can
leave to his country. He calls us 10 immediate
Annexation" Mr.. Polk has confirmed his words
| The People have ratified them By their solemn
| Sufirage-and, tact or no tact, We too, who ask
nothing Of power, with no ambitious aspirations
| to promote, with no leader 10 follow, re-echo the
| CRY of Immediate Annexation"
/ And now we turn from the "Moor" 10 the "iaIr
mountain Yes, We take onr heart in our hand,
/ dnC lldEk the 1lODc luE TIC dHQ pa
! ;riotic language which il is speaking. No man
| has il now more in his power TO serve the Stale,
| Than our able compatriot, Francis p. Blair-and
| if he but keeps up the baule-cry which he has
! raised, and press on with all the vigor OF which
! he is capable, he shall receive mis- reward in the
! glory OF his country. Our thanks are poor in
deed but the thanks of the People shall be his.
Let him come forth as the champion Of Texas;
the advocate of those great principles ON which
! our own independence was founded. Let him
| continue to claim as he has so powerfully done
in The following article, the right Of Texas as
stree sovereign and independent people, TO judge
for themselves and associate their fortunes with
/ those OF the free people Of the United States,
and he will stand forth as The champion OF TRUTH
! of Justice, and Of right. Let him carry out these
/ principles TO their natural conclusion, and call,
/ with us for immediate annexation. and We shall
/ consider The Globe never better employed than al
such an emergency. II he casts away this me-
/! morate opportunity, he will throw away pearl
/ richer hy far than all his tribe" We care not
under whose auspices this great work is ac-
! complished We are not the minions OF John
| TYLER, nor is the Editor Of the Globe. We
! are not the servile followers OF John c. Cal
| houa, ror is he We are no inan-worship-
pers, nor is he With resources infinitely short
| of his-with an influence decidedly inferior TO
| his-we are determined 10 do orr Duty though We
,
! But We too, would do all in our humble power TO
serve the question. In such a crisis, we disdan
the influence of mortal man. There are too
d.ny woud-oe great men in the Wing Party,
who are ruling the destiny Of their party. We
despisc the principle Of man-worship, and scorn
10 initiate the example OF too many OF the Wings
Lei ,ls 10 our duty our conscience> prescribe
it, and leave the consequences 10 God and the peo-
pie.
"a, we forbear. II is impossible for MS 10 cx-
press the profound impression which The following
mastery article from Wednesdays Globe has
produced upon us. 81 SIC 0mai0 Let the
Globe bu. second the blew with the vigor which
animaies this effort, and il will marshal on the
whole party 10 victory:
From Wcdnc;doy's GloJe.
INDEPENDENCE DE- FAcTo AND DE JURE.
"The organ of Whiggery threw itself, few
DAYS ago. with four or irc pontefous columns oil
legal lore into the scale Of Mexican pretension
against the independence Of Texas. The effort
was 10 prove that although ell the great and en-
lishtened nations OF Tie earth had acknowledged
tie fact Of the Independence Of Texas yet this
was no, a recognition OF its righ,ful independence
and the inference from this distinction was, that
although the United States and other nations had
admitted Texas inso the roll OF nations as an in
dependent and sovereign State in fact, yet il could
not enter into compacts and dispose Of national
rights, as other established Governments are en-
titled to do. 1t was insisted that nothing was
meant by the acknowledgment Of the de faeio Go
vernment Of Texas, but 10 secure the ordinary
intercourse which is necessary to conduct COM
mercial transactions conveniently and safely.
at is true, that, where i war is raging for the
sovereign power, in the heart Of a country, the
surrounding neutral nations, being under the ne
cessily Of dealing with some authority, must take
that which is clothed for the time with the ordna-
~ rcgalia Of Tie State, without venturinS 10 de-
eide at once as 10 The permanent rights involved
in doubtful issue. They ale not supposed 10
| follow the possession OF The extcrnals OF soye-
regniy, until time and quiet possession shall have
established them in the opinion Of the public
And although the Government Of the U. States
might moi, even alter acknowledging the indepen-
dence of Texas have considered il prudent or
proper TO have acquired rights under it by treaty,
while there was reason 10 suppose that The power
warning against them had the means Of suddenly
snbvering them, il did not follow that this should
not be done when time and circumstances had in
tervened 10 make The conviction that there was no
reasonable ground for such apprehension. The
| fact of acknowledged independence necessarily
/ draws to il all the incidents Of established sove
| rcgniy in the Government and community, after
long and quiet possession. And such demohstra-
lions of power 10 mai tain il a should satisfy neu-
ral nations that the independence might be safe
! Nv TcCuSUlZsC GUY Jutt; uus % HIth Jutt,
would be sufficient for that purpose without the
probation ot time
"From the rise Of Napoleon 10 his fall, the Bour-
hons asserted right 10 the sovereignty which he
in fact welded. They had all the nations OF Eu-
rope banded against the Government which he
| administered; and vet all Europe, from time to
Time, acknowledged the validity Of his acts in dis
posing Of the rights Of France. lis territories and
boundaries, as absolutely rs in the case OF any 81
mllar acls ofihe older dynasty: The Government
Of The United States acquired Louisiana under
the revolutionary government Of France, consai-
dated under Napoleon. Such an acquisition could
not have been less safe il obtained from one Go
vcrnmenl Of the triumphant revolutionary repub-
! lie The whole question for the government seek
| ing relations with another government acknow-
| lodged TO be independent, Is, Has il established
possession and title BY authority that maintains
the right asserted Every government must de.
eide this for itself and the government Of The U.
States is authorized now TO decide for itsefwhe-
Their Texas has maturely founded an indepen-
dencc Of Mexico and has attained such stability
as 10 warrant the formation oil relations without
regard 10 those which once subsisled between 1t
and Mexico.
1--WE think no sane man can halt in the opinion
that the State OF Texas is no, only independent for
the present Of Mexico, but permanently SO; and
has more stability as State, and much more sta
bility as Government.
"since the battle OF San Jacinto, Texas has
enjoyed the most perfect repose as a free and
independent Government. Il established Con-
stiiuiion in perfect conformity with that Of our
Contederacy, and the machinery Of the Govern
men, has worsed as easily and uninterruptedly
as our own Presidents ard Congresses have
been elected, served their terms and retired, and
new ones have supplied their places, and per-
formed their functions with the order and regu-
arity which distinguishes the best and treest
and wisest Governments Of the world.
"In the mean time, Mexico has been a sea Of
troubles. Commissions, revolutions, and the Law
OF the sword have made up the SUGGESTIONS Of
power. AT this moment j, is not known whether