The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-04-08
THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENcER

rhe Jorslligencer of Monday has two col
omns devoted TO complaints against asserted
allegations in this paper, and an elaborate ap-
neal TO the justice Of the nation not 10 take
Texas, after having ceded it, upon the ground
that il was wrougfully coded.
In this very article OF the Infringement II
makes charge against THIS paper The less eh-
cusable for being in contradiction WIN the
very face OF the articles upon which It purpor's
10 be founded 1t is a msinterpretatlon' when,
il appears 10 Us, the lntelligencer could not
have conceived, with the slightest desire TO 90
us justice.
The In,elligencer charges us with advocating
the annexation of Texas upon the ground oil a
right 10 il because il once belonged TO us, and
was wrongfuy ceded. Such an assertion no.
where appears in the columns OF the Madiso-
nian. No one would more promptly or more
decisiyely condemn such an appeal than our
selves-i, would be burning shame and an
infamy. We concur entirely in the anathemas
Of the Intelligencer upon any such asserted
right, But we have nowhere seen II made, ex-
cep, by the Intelligencer ITSELF which thus makes
loop upon which 10 hang long homi'y'
which has no pertinence whatever TO any argu-
ment advanced by this paper in favor OF annex
alton.
Ii was urged by US, in reply to the assertion
.,ha, our country was already too large" We
proposed by it TO show, that at the early period
of the cession, Mr.. Clay did not think the coun-
try TOO large, because he wished to retain Tex
as, nor did The administration of Mr.. Munroe,
because they obtained the Territory Of Florida.
II was sacrifice of the national domain TO
please Rufus King, Tim. Pilkin, and such kin
bred spirits. We followed it up with evil
dence that, Messrs. Adams and Clay believing
that the country was not too large, sought to
recover Texas, as a valuable and desirable ac-
QUESTION; that the Intelligencer itself did not
think the country too large, but acquiesced in
the attempt of Adams and Clay to enlarge 1t /;
and that, at no time from its cession TO the
present day, have Adams, Clay, or the
Intelligencer, ever declared the country "too
large" but on the contrary, they have all en-
deavo, ed TO make it larger, by the annexation
Of this rery Teras, which now, for the first
time, the lntelligencer declares will make the
country too large. The lntegencer has sprung
this hydra objection Of "too large" for the iii 81
time, and in fiat contradiction to its opinions
hitherto entertained. Such an objection does not
throw gauze over the motives Of the Intelligent
Ger. when it says that the acquisition of Texas
by Clay and Adams 1couid not make the coun-
try "too large" but tina, the acquisition of Texas
L., Vob,> r,,la 10 in - Ia
that il is the party who acquires Texas, which
makes the country too large, and no, the acqui-
stion. Hinc ule iachryma. Will the Inteili-
gencer correct this error of fact, of imputing 10
this paper an argument not only never advanced
in it, but which is loathed
The lntelligencer complains of having British
partialites attributed to it, and yet its course is
enough to try the patience of any American
The In,elligencer disavows belief in any de-
signs by England upon Texas, either as an ap-
pendage or for controlling influence. And
this assertion is made in the face of the most
palpablc evidence that the strongest feelings Of
interest and her habilua policy prompt her 10 it.
England has long sought 10 raise up against us
cotton growing countries. She has made elabo-
rate and successive Efforts TO accomplish this
end so desirable to her; and yet, the very mo-
ment the object which she has so long, 80 dill
gently, and so an1iously sought, presents itself
to her under the most favorable auspices, we
have the authority Of the Inteligencer, to be-
lieve, that she has abandoned this lopg-sougbt,
this darling object, and that she will, (without
cause too forego so favorable an opportunity OF
accomplishing what has been hitherto deemed by
her of essential, if not indsputable importance
for securing at all times a supply Of cotton, and
opening for her manufactures a most profitable
and extensive market. And all these, we are taught
by the Inteligencer 10 believe, she will abandon,
and that too without any assignablc reason indu-
eng her lbereunIo. Can't appear strange there
fore tC the inteIligencer that we should doubt
that such arguments can satisfy those who utter
them or that the strongest British partiality
must harbor in the bosom that can adopt them
We put the question to the Intelgencer plainly:
DO not the interests and the settled policy OF
England give good reason to suppose that The
acquisition Of Texas, or the control of IL, is de-
sirshle to herr II the Inlegencer says no,
then there can be nothing which its crcdulity
might not swallow. II yes, why venture to say
she will not seek il Where was the morality
of the IntelligeDcer, when it agreed that the
country under Adams and Clay would NOT be
too large with Texas annexed, but that under
Tyler 1t would be too large7 Does its morality
take different bues under every successive Ad.
ministration7
We uniformly meet the arguments in tn,
sense expressed by the Inteligencer, but thai
paper in this instance, first imputes TO us base
and futile arguments, and in the same breath
lays claim to superior morality, forgelful that j
makes this boast in the very act of violating