Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1844-10-11

made to Texas solemn written acknOwl-
edgment of her independence as State.
The battle of San Jacinto only confirmed,
by arms. the independence of Texas as a
nation. This she has maintained for eight
and half years, against the world, pos
sesslng and conducting with wisdom, JUS
,lce and frmness, at home and abroad, on
land and sea. all The functions of sover-
| eign State. The United States, France,
England, Spain, Holland. Belgium. and as
the foregoing facts show, even Me1ieo and
Sastd .Asana have recognized her ;nde-
Pendence. No nation on earth can estab-
Iish her title to independence on higher &
nobler grounds than Texas. Like the
children Of Israel, unaided save by the God
OF battles, she has fought her way through
the wilderness, to independence, rendered
more glorious by the establishment of a
republican Government, the arts of peace.
christian and literary Institutions, and a.
quiet possession of more than eight years!
Texas, therefore, IN fact and of right is
free. sovereign and independent State
Mexice never owned Texas for moment;
on the contrary, she confederated with her
as an Independent State, and when Santa
Anna abolished that Con(ederacy, Texas
stood upon her former rights as a State, as
fully as North Carolina would do were the
aboliiionists to abolish our Federal Consti-
tuition by the sword. Again, the third ar
ticle of our treaty with France, in 1903,
for the purchase of Louisiana, declares
that 'the inhabitants of the coded territory
shall be incorporated in the Union Of the
United States, and admitted as soon as
possible, according to the principles of the
Federal Constitution. to the enjoyment OF
all rights, advantages and immunities of
citizens ofthe Uniled States" Thus our
faith and honor are pledged TO the people
of Texas, to re-annex them TO this Union.
Teas, IS then, soUreign State. Her
people and her government, with surpris-
ling unanimty, have been asking for adj
mission to our Union, again and again, for
the last eight years. The common ties of
flesh and blood, as one family of people, of
language, laws, political views, habits and
dealings, bind us together in one bond of
sympathy. Our honor and plighted faith
to the people of Texas, by the treaty of
1903, demand her admission to the Union.
The defence, the peace, the security and
welfare Of the United States and especially
of the South, urge 1t with irresistible pow
err. If there is one man in the United States,
whose patriotism and sound judgment you
may trust on this subject, it is Gen. Jack
son. He declares, in letters he has writ
ten since February last, that 1t aciN be a
strong iron hoop around the Union, and
bul0ark against foreign invasion and
aggression that the opportunity of re-
ceiving Texas "oaust not be lost, or she
mig be compelled TO look elsewhere for
protection and Safety"
Texas is part of the valley of the Mis-
sissippi; it lies in the very neighborhood
of New Orleans; two of her largest rivers.
the Arkansas and the Red river, empty in
to the Mississippi above New Orleans; this
may give her, as foreign nation, a claim
10 the free navigation of the Mississippi !:
this again must lead to border wars; and
should hostile nation obtain foothold in
Texas. or should Texas as rival nation be-
come hostile to US, with armies on land and
vessels of war in the gulf of Mexico, on the
Sabine, the Red river and the Arkansas,
by one simultaneous descent upon New
Orleans that city may be laid in ashes
western commerce broken up-and the
fires of instruction lighted up on all of our
southern border!
Great Britain wants but Texas to check
ana overawe our commerce, TO threaten
our peace, and carry on her schemes of
abolition and smuggling along common
boundary of land and river for nearly two
Thousand miles. Remember, she is jeal-
Gus of the success Of our democratic insti-
tutions, and that she views the United
States as the only competitor whose rapid
growth in commerce and manufactures, is
like to shut her out from monopoly of
the markets Of the world. AT the North,
she has Canada and the lakes for her ar
mics and navies; on the West, Oregon
and her ancient allies the Indians, whom
she has always used against us, and who
are now to the number of six Or seven
hundred thousand lowering on our western
border; there are her Islands in the West
Indies; give her controlling power in
Texas. and 'ce are completely at her mer-.
{. Gu. IfTexas is not soon annexed to these
United States. England will be driven 10
obtain dominant influence over Texas. by,
motives of ambition, interest, jealousy,
aud her pledges to abolish slavery on this