The Arkansas banner., 1844-09-25
+sA Nih- ~ '@ To the Editorof the Union.
HERMITAeE, August 2s. 1s44

DEAR SR:-E am in possession of your note of the Eth inst, and, although greatly enieebled by the excessive warm weather of this month, shall endeaYor to reply to it.
 The more l have reflected on the policy of annexing Texas to the United States, the more decided is nv conviction, that since the establishment of the Federal Constitution, no question has arisen of so great importance to the welfare and safety of the people of the United States. It seems to me that ill this instance, as in the Revolution and our last war with Great Britain, kind Providence still interposes to help on our efforts in the cause of sell-goYernment, and 10 give us the neces- sary guafantee for our independence.
 Under the treaty of 1893, by which GTr. Jefferson obtained Louisiana from France, the people of that country acquired the right to incorporation in our Union as ample and complete as that possessed by the original States and their territories, and all the cores bonding rights of citizenship and protection. In the treaty, therefore, of 1919, by which the people of Louisiana, west of the Sabine, were deprived of the guarantees of the treaty of 1903, serious question arises whether this government can dismember its territory and disfranchise its citizens without their consent, and in the case of Texas, without the consent of France. But leaving ont of view this solemn question, and looking only at the consequences which have followed the treaty of 1879, it is wonderful that the course of events Is such as to enable us to repair the errors. of that treaty, at the same time that we avoid doing wrong to other powers, either on this or the continent of Europe.
 The people of Texas have maintained their separate existence, and, after years of battle and toll, have achieved. their freedom and indpendenee And without a stain on their character, without violating obligations with Mexico or other foreign powers, with no re- straint on their sovereignty other tl an that which has teen imposed by their God, they again come back to us, and tell HIS that al- though the guarantees of the treaty of 1903 have been withdrawn from them, they are yet willing to embrace them. And the ques- ton is, what shall we say to them in reply
 But before answering this question, let us see if Mexico has any right to the territory of Texas, or any cause for resisting the ex- tension to the citizens of Texas to the guar antoes of citizenship as intended in the4reaty of 1903. When did Mexico acquire any tide to the territory of Texas? The title of l France was conveyed to lts, and that title was then recognized by all lhe civilized world as the only good one Did we convey 1t te Moxico3 We did not. We conveyed it to i Old Spain, and she did not convey it 10 biex- co How, then, does Mexico derive hel title? She pretends to none except what results from the confederation which was formed in l824, and founded on revolution, in which compact Texas expressly stipulated that her separate sovereignty was retained The overthrow of thatconiederation or com pact by military force gives Mexico no title to the territory, unless she can showshe has conquered one-and if we examine the claim ofY the score of conquest, it is notoriously unjust. That claim was silenced by the bat tie of San Jacinto; after which event the pria- cipal powers of the world recognised Texas as an independent State There is, then, nc reason for the opposition now made by Mex l leo 10 the annexation of Texas to the United states-none founded on any just claim tc the territory or the loyalty of the citizens O Texas.
 We arc then brought to the unembarrasset question: is it right for us to possess Texas on the reasonable terms proposed by her:- i Is 1t a step necessary to our safety and pros perity' lsay 1t is, ani as you have requested my reasons, l will briefly state them.
 That territory isrepresentedby Mr. Fhomp son and other gentlemen of character whc have the means of judging correctly, as pos sessing some of the finest lands in the world In soil, climate, and productions 1t IS said k surpass the Floridas, and to equal Louisian and Mississippi. As portion.o of our con federacy, then, will t not benefit us in tn same manner that the States just mentioned l and the other new States have dones Hay not these States contributed to the wealth safety, and prosperity of the other portion fthe confederacy Have they not fnrrishe