The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-08-30

OF his election. Though N favor Of two
terms, and believing that tine short enough
for a President toeslablish systems and con.
solIdale great measures, YET III this par
tlcular case there was reason for an excep.
ton and he was rejoiced 10 see that Mr..
Polk had voluntarily made il. The reason
was this; The North had given but three
Presidents ia the fifty five years which the
Union had existed, aud not one u hese
had been reelected. The Southern : a,es
had given all the rest, and reelected ey.
cry one While this difference was con.
fined TO Federal Presidents il might be
considered as a political effect, and left no
silng behind IL; but, after the same thing
began 10 happen 10 Democratic Presidents,
The political cause for il might begin to
disappear, and The revolving spectre Of a
sectional or geographical, or peculiar IN
situation reason rise up III rs place No
such hdcous aud anti .nalonaI reasoning
for putting down Northern Presidents could
be allowed TO exist, or seem 10 exist, with.
out irritating and array ing one.hal' Of the
Union against the other and, therefore, il
was Of the highest possible moment 10 OBJ.
llteratc the memory Of what had happen.
ed in the case Of Mr.. Van Buren, in the
shortest possible time, Mr.. PoIk's yolun.
tary pledge to single term opened the
door for this coasummalon and he, for
one, rrds in faror of seeing The Democratic
candidate of ls4S taken from The horih. >
Passing brief eulogie"' upon Mr.. Dali
las, Mr.. Benton preceded 70 " the subject
on which MI ~efe anxious 10 hear him
sneak, namely. the annexation Of Texas. I"
- VIC FIRST part of this speech was
,1Aen up IN establishing the positions y h,ch
nc ',nu maintained upon the nerotio,ion ~
'he hrst treaty, by which Texas ,vas ~,
20 Us through the nsirumenlalitv Of Wr
sr'tt.' ffonroe' Cabinet. Tie read The mn
introduced by him at the last session Of
Congress, giving authority to the prcsi.
dent to open negotiations with Mexico and
Texas icf the adjustment uruyuuuurrcs anu
the acquisition Of Texas, and proceeded 10
explain and deiend 1t. Let those who
want Texas nth the Union" lie said,
20 for tie bill let those who want Tex
as riihom the Union adhere TO the dead
treaty" MIR. Benton proceeded
" Disunion was a primary object of the
treaty M intrigue for the Presidency was
its secondary object land speculation and
stock .jobbng were auxiliary Objects and
the four objects together btough itiorward
at The tine and in the manner IN which II
came forward, just forty days before The
Baltimore Convention, aud at the exact
momen, 10 mix with the Presidential cleo.
ton, and TO make dsseniion, dlScord, and
mischief between the North and the South
Mr.. i. said he meant this for the prime
movers aud negotators Of the treaty, ard
not for those who supported the treaty
without participating IN the views OF lis
makers. Ilo had IN various speeches en-
posed the disunion scheme, aud the IN
trguc for the Presidency; he had not
shown the part which land speculation and
stock jobbiug acted in concoctlng the ticd.
", and pressing its ratification. lie had
not noticed this part, but II was consplc'
uous one, and was seen by every body at
Washington. The city was a buZzard
roost The Presidential mansion and DE.
pafiineut Of State we're bu2zard roosts
dedIod and polluted by the foul aud Sora'
cious birds, in the shape of land sPecula'
tors and stockholders, who saw their prey
IN Tue treaty, aud spared 10 effort 10 Sc
cure Il. Their own work was to support
the treaty aud its tilends-to assal It's OPP
pouenls-to abuse the Senator'S who were
against ito Willy them, and lie upon
them ~ speech and in writing to cS'
tabIlsh a committee, still sitting at W ash
ngiou, to promote and protect their inlc
rest. The treaty assumed ten millions Of
debt and confirmed all the land claims IN
der the laws of Texas. The treaty cor
respondcnce claimed two hundred million,
Of acres Of land in Texas, Of which two
thirds weto represented as yacant att
claimed as fund out of which the debt as
sumcd was to be paid. Vain and rmpotcn
attempt at deception Open and traudu
lent attempt to assume Il bubble debt fol
the benefit of stock lobbcrs without any ad
,, eauate consideration either 20 Texas or thi
|. States Texas in all its proper cXten
: in It's whole length and breadth, trou
the Sabine to the west Of the Nueces, aut
from the Gulf Of Mexico to the Red rive
contains but 1875 900 square miles, equa
to 81 millions of acres, aud to get The re
mander of the quantity Of 300 millions o
acres they have to count the wild countr,
under the dominion Of Camanche Indians
and the left bank of the Rio Grande from