The New York herald., 1844-11-25

many as possible, OF the words, OF the paragraphs
which have cited from the "Warder"
In the meantime, let us all adopt the great prin-
ciple upon which Cancellation should be founded
Justice to a--Partiality to none. have the hoaor
to be. your faithful servant,
Extracts from Foreign Papers.
TRxAs AND AMERIcA--If the language OF Gene
raj Jackson on the subject OF the annexation OF
Texas to the United States is to be taken as full
and formal declaration OF the policy and the opl-
Mons of the democratic PARTY IN America with re-
ference TO that important question, we concur in
that part OF his letter to Mr.. Moses Dawson, IN
which he expresses his conviction that I" no ques-
tion has arisen of SO great Importance TO the well
fare and safety of the United States" But we
adopt these words In sense dlametrically OPP
posed to that attached 10 them by the stout cham
pion Of annexation and we can find no expressions
too strong TO convey our opinion Of the enormous
mis- state ments, the excessive bad faith, and the
deporable impolicy by which the partsans OF an
nexation seek o,pervert the judgment OF the Ame-
fcan people, and to win the sanction Of the nation
ns ,hsr % schemes We dealt with the "ss
the auspices Of Mr.. Tyler, as mere expedient OF
that miserable politician to snatch at popularity
which he never enjoyed, and 10 retain the power
which is fast slipping from his grasp; and II the
matter had ended there, II would deserve to be
forgotten with the other incidents and extrava-
gancies of a Presidential election. But, although
Mr.. Tyler has retired from the contest, and the
chances of success at the approaching election ap.
pear to be decidedly in favor OF the candidate and
the party opposed to annexation, IL IS evident that
the question of Texas, and the relations OF that
State with the American Union, have lost nothing
OF their embarrassing Importance, and that this
great subject is not only one OF extreme interest al
the present moment, bat OF paramount and over
whelming influence over the future destlnies OF
northern America.
Nobody can be surprised at the views which
General Jackson has recently published, Tor they
are in strict accordance, not only with his own te-
nacious and unscrupuous character, but with the
positive Of the latteryears OF his own admins
tration. He ventures TO assert, by very paltry
artifice o language that II was his duty TO keep
the United States from being party to the quarrel
between Mexico and Texas during the war Of in.
dependence, that duty was faithfully performed,
and no interference on the part OF his government
was encouraged or countenanced But every incl
dent OF that contest demonstrated, beyond the pos
sbty of Discrimination or OF doubt, that the in
reference of private bands OF armed citizens OF the
Union was encouraged and countenanced by the
government, though not with the enslgns OF the
government. General Jackson awaited the result
OF this underhand and plralcal mode OF warfare ;
and the plans tor dividing the territory OF Texas
into six or seven States upon their annexation to
the Union, were actually drawn out on maps.
which, doubtless, still exist in the archives Of
Washington. The pear was, however, not ripe,
and General Jackson closed his administration
by an act which, II II had been sincere
would have set the question az rest for ever
He was the first to recognise the independence
OF Texas not only against her former sovereign
Mexico, but her absolute independence as q free
and single nation, completely severed, from the
future destinies OF the United States she was
from her past allegiance TO Mexico. That act oi
recognition was, however, altogether insincere;
and General Jackson's present avowal establishes
the existence OF that design, which was always,
and unjusty, imputed to his secret policy. He
meant by the Independence OF Texas, no more
than pretext tor the transition, effected by the
most scandal0us means, from the condition OF u
province heretofore belonging to Mexico 10 that Of
| State territory hereafter to be swallowed W
by the Union. But the real motives for this acqui-
sition OF terrtorythe desire Of strengthening the
preponderance OF the slave. holding interest and the
restless and intrusive spirit OF democratic people,
which tends, like water split upon the ground, 10
inundate whole continent with its shallow civi.
lization and its unstable institutions, instead OF
deepening and concentrating its force in the orr
gina seats OF its powerare still kept in the back
ground; and the question is brought before the
public under false colors, and argued upon grounds
which every American citizen knows not to be the
true ones OF these arguments the most crafty are
those which profess to discover sort of right the
acquisition OF Texas in the treaties existing be-
tween the United States and her present or former
neighbors. The most audacious those which
throw the burden c the on the sinister designs
OF Great Britain, and which represent the annex
etlcn OF Texas as the only means OF securing the
Union from desperate project for the invasion oi
the whole of North America by British forces, and
the ultimate conversion OF the Texian territory into
a dependency Of England. We are really surprised
al the degree of confidence in the diplomatic igno
rance and the military lnexperience OF the Amer
can public which Gen Jackson has ventured 10
display in this letter Both these points may be
disposed OF in very few words. The treaty Of
1919 finally and completely determined the iron.
tiers Of the United States and Of the Spanish
possessions in North America, and no Ame-
rican statesman has the right at the pre-
sent day TO talk Of The errors oi that treaty
or to raise question as to the validity. of lie
stpulatlons, any more than he would have
to deny the force Of the treaty of Washington,
which acknowledged the right OF England to por
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State of Maine In itself the plea is not only bad,
but absurd il deserves notice, however, as an al.
tempt on the part Of one OF the most considerable
politicians OF America TO apply to solemn public
acts and treaties the same ingenious process OF
sonlng by which the bankrupts OF Mississippi can
celled their debt and dshonored their bonds. TIL.
annexation of Texas is the reputation Of the from
tier treaty with Spain; and such act on the par
OF the government would be the exact counterpart
OF those private or local denquen ncies which have
stamped indelible shame upon many OF the Cit.
zens and states CT America.
The military argument is equally irrational
Does General Jackson, or any one else, suppose,
that IN the EVEN OF war with the United States,
the attack of this or any other country would be
directed against the most distant, unclviized, and
unprote ced portions Of the whole territory OF the
Union--t that the theatre Of war would be transport
ed TO the Oregon or Sabine rivers, and that an In
vadIng army would be disseminated over an immsa
surabe line OF outposts from which no regular ope
ralions could be carried on, and where guar de-
fence could be sustained Are Texas and Oregon TO
become the principal military stations of the power
which has at its command the Lakes, the ST Law
renee, Halifax, Bermuda, most OF the West In
dian islands, and, above all, the terrific war-cy
oi negro emancipation And, whilst the whole
coast and the principal cities Of the Union are
without defence, will the Americans be 80 mad a.
TO believe that the acquisition OF Texas is the one
thing ncedful TO their security at home9 These
conJectures are really too extrayagant to be dis.
cussed without contempt But the manner il
which they obruded on the public on the Other
side Of the Atlantic is an unpleasant proof Of the
odious spirit OF suspicion aud hostility prevalInt
In the democratic party against this country 4,
they call themselves) OF public opnon in France
and the United States, II would seen that demo.
craces are far more Jealous and fearful Of tie mo-
narchlca and arIstocralic States than The