, 1844-07-13
communications.
. For the RADICAL
TEXAS. 10!

of the political world is to be added
TO the United Sr"dreu ID our presen,
inhabitants, are to pay+he debts and
fight the battles of the same. Texas
is 30 be CHAINED first; by which, IL
the beginning, we shall not only So.
cure 10 ourselves, the care and guar-
dlanship OF a country intrinsicallv
valuable, but we shall "rcanney" TO
our population a host Of men whose
inherent love Of freedom caused them
10 get out Of the way of our hemp
cords and pcnitcnliaries. and DEM
zenIZe themselves tcyond the pale of
our oppressive laws, and also insure
TO Texas land SpeculatoIS. their titles
to sixty millions of ares of the best
land in the lone star Republic. All
this we shall re; in addition to the
privilege of bearing the expense ola
war with Mexico, and her probable
allies. Nav more,--o!d questions Of
political difference between parties
are 10 be forgotten or disrc.arded.
New party lines are to be drawn, and
the only test Of Pc iticaI orthodoxy.
and the only passport 10 oHic al pre-
ierment. must be an insane devotion
10 the acquisition OF territory.
Hence. we hear moderate and dis
Greet pciIuicians, inlerrogatcd lpon
the stump. and menaccd with polIti-
cal annihiiauou, if they dorot 1--WE a
cltrGor!cll affirmative reply to the
absorbing question, are you for
immediate annexation of Tcxas?"
\ cS, "D9meai1ts aHnexation"-as If.
we were starving Tor bread through
want Of lIud TO cultivate. or, as if ve
did notaircady have more TERRITORY
we can improve in a century.
The immediate annexation" ora
tors TOO? What c,oquencc does not
inspiring theme awaken. What.
new principles Of morals does il not
l~cyc,"pe! How il iiber,iizcs ou,
knowledge ofnrtionaI defence. Mark
aud O.Iser Cromwell. hide
your diminished heads! Ye wolves
and ~alij-ators get ont of tie way..
while a TrN7s annexation orator dis
the lnuudrrho.;S which Capt.
manufactured, with which to
light his oa-a mot Jenny PoIks) way
10 the white hoIsc agar 1911, At the
devoted heads of those who are un.
wiling +" take Texas. at the expense
IF national peace and national hon
Jur. Llsten-how original the argu-
nent. The idea-hoW fresh from the
source Of thought itself!
Tex1s tie SAYS, has five hundred
OF sea coast. GA which u hostile
could land and invade our coun-
ry, and consequently we must have
t, at all hazards
This is a splendid conception OF the
mind. No man before, has
yer imagined that the real Il OF
'ur disasters ia the last war. was ut
nbutub.e to our not owning the
whole continent OF America. We
.ad supposed that the enemy landed
t New Lonion, Baltimore. \. Or.
cans, &c. But now, SINCE this new
ight has illuminated our minds. we
.]erceive the mistake. They certain.
Y must have landed in Texas and
)oted 1t over the swamps of Lnui>la-
a and Arkansas. swain the M~iSSis.
Ippi, took New Orleans and burned
Washington.
1t is now clear that a hostile army ,
an land no where on this continent ,
ut in Texas. The line. 2OOO niles
,ng, between Canada and the u. s..
as no crossing place. For an inya-
Ing army To land on our own coast. !
;ouId be a breach OF coed MANNERS:
ut if we should annex Texas accor- ,
Ing to this new Tyler. Loco Poke c
:heme, other nations might think we I
id not come very honestly by our i
tie 10 their old landing place, and t
ontinue to invade rs through that \
Jute, Notwithstanding the inciviIitv :
the thing. Hence | would suggest
these political reformers. the expe- n
.ency of purchasing the Chinese wall C
bring it over and fence up the coast y
Texas. Then all would be safe, 4
f course" Y
He says sour citizens conquered b
from Mexico, therefore we are a
to it," Here is Il develope. s.
ent of q new principle in morals, |
ID an equally new article added to C.
e code of international law. The b
"a is glorlOus--worthy Of a States et
m of the 18th century. Once bro't p.
light. these principles are easily b;
derstood. It
Thus-my rufian boys, disrecar- p,
" my authority, annoy, ana final ii
murder part OF my neighbours fam c,
, and drive him from his farm N