The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-12-06
OFFICIAL.
!. s. REVENUE MARINE.
BEAUTIES OF J. q. ADAMS.

The following passage from Mr. Adams
Weymouth Address contains, perhaps as ihuoi
venom compressed and concentrated In SIN
ole sentence of less than dozen lines, as eVei
oozed from political malignanrs pen
"Mr. Calhoun distinctly and explicitly alleges the
dssirs of the British Government to witness me 400
Iit,on Of slavery IN Texas as justifyng the United
States in negotiating treaty, exungu'shing 'he III
dependence of Texas, swallowing her entire as
Boa Constructor swallows goat, and covering nc,
eternal slavery and traffic in slaves, win inc oeho
sinister of their own escutcheon
If Mr.. Adams will only refer again 10 the de-
spatch to which he alludes, he will see that II is
not true that the mere "desire of the BRUSH
Government TO witness the abolition OF slavery
10 Texas was considered justification OF the
Annexation of Texas. No other Jusuhcatlon
than the consent of Texas was necessary. we
could not treat with her, under any crcum-
stances whatever, without she was wiling
But it was not simply the "desire" OF the bri-
fish Government that was deprecated and con-
demued by the American Secretary-wh'ch
was altogether collateral matter, and could
have exercised no controlling influence over The
nepo,iations--but the declaration OF Lord Ao-
erdeen, through the resident Minister al
Washington, that the British Government mol
only sdesired" TO see slavery abolished IN
Texas and the United Stdfes, but that II
mould use every means in its po1cer to eDect
its abolition. The best ifnot the only means
TO effect its immediate abolition, would be to
prepare for the slaves refuge on our borders,
IL m
be, TO encourage them, with arms in their hands,
TO sever the bonds of their masters by the spill
ing of blood, and by discriminating coniiagfa'
tons To be sure this would be, if praclsed IN
our Southern States, in contravention OF one OF
The provisions of our Constitution but that in
strument, according to Mr.. Adams, has "bend
sinister" in it, which the old parent country has
prescriptve right to straighten. Indeed the
whole course of Mr.. Adams on this subject,
demonstrates that there is an American and a
British side 10 The question OF Annexation, and
that he has espoused the latter.
The Annexation Of Texas must be advocated
by all intelligent men who are sincere in their de-
sire for the speedy abatement of the evils OF slave
ry and the slave trade. The contamination OF
the measure will be The signal for the black race
to recede from half dozen of the States, like
dark waters from draining pools, and 10
make long stride towards their final destiny
amalgamalon with the swarthy races of the lar
South. 1t would diminish the slave trade.
The New Y ork Courier & Enquirer admits that
slaves which are bought on the Coast OF Africa,
are first taken 10 the West Indies, and thence TO
Texas. The laws of the United States make
it piracy to engage in the slave trade, and would
speedily abolish this traffic. If Texas be not
annexed 10 the United States, ii will be sup
piled with slaves from Airca-if annexed, it
will drain the slaves from Kentucky, Tennes-
see, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North
Carolina.