Liberty advocate., 1844-08-10

II ~ ~ thu Interest Of The state Of Ntsstsslf
pi that Eetas shtHid be buuryrt In tho ttrt5f
/ VIII she hc benefited by the acquisition uf rry
a. lands To au brought into market IN e0mnetI
iiuu with her own VIII thp BE- benefited bI
tho rapid uNtruaiun of tho cotton culture. come
queut upon the sale Of these lundsat nriep nj
most nominal and by the removal If thousand
of slaves from the middle States, whore thav att
now employed n the culture of Tobacco llrmr
Rice, &ea TO these new cotton lauds2 VIII sh,
b0bcnelittcd by her proximity to the seat o.
war, IA case there shanlIbe war with Mexico IL,
will her great staple find better markrt whfIe
the Gufof Mexico is swauning with sar vessels
and prlvatccrsl Is she prepared TO have our
! country encounter Mexico, backed hv England.
/ on the slavery question: with the Judgment -
( sympathiCs OF the world against us These w.
significant questions 10 be addressed 10. aud an.
sWered by every voter in the State. Should
! Polk be elected President we must typcet that
all these evils are 10 happen Us, compared with
which our mislurtuncs on account of hank fail.
ures, and state bends, arc as drop in the buck
et' Annex lcNas, and our lands must suffer m
immediate and large depreciation in value. The
c9ttoh culture VIII DC oIapidly extended, by the
addition OF new force, and by the transtcr az
slaves from poor to rich lands, az viii MAKE thn
average crop four million bales in three or fopr|
years time Then what will be the price p
According to the best human FORESIGHT II viii
not exceed three cents pound Or, in case ora
war WIN Mexico, in which she is almost certain
10 pe packed by England, on the slavery uuas
ton, our commerce will be SO annoyed. rs fol
produce yet greater reduction in prices What
VIII be the result of such war viii il rot
lead TO the certain Independence of Texas. and
'he abohton OF slavery there, making il theI
stfohg hold OF all the abolition societies of fbeI
"or!d England would gladly 60 10 war forI
, ,he Independence OF Texas, with this view, and
commend 1t to the people OF Mississippi, to con-
ader It's influence upon their future prosperity. X.
Next to the price Of Cotton and slaves, Missis.
lpp is most deeply interested IN the price OF
ands Texas lands mot Texas hands, as mis-
'riht VIII have 1t, How ludicrouss the idea of
ringing Texas and Mississippi d0nds into mar.
'ct IN competition with each other!l TerqS
dHaS being all in the hands of individuals, many
: whom are in needy circumstances, will in
ase OF annexation, be offered at one. half or less
nan one-half our government prices, which
'oulo serve TO draw off the attention of emf.
7 tahts, and check, or wholly suspend, the sale
= i'"uS III our own state. Many of our own :
eopie VIII also be induced to emiurate. which
.iii increase the quantity of lands already mon
ne market, and influence our prosperity in The |
eaucton OF the price of every kind of propertv. a
the reduction of all our revenues, and IN the n
lcrcase OF taxation. The Hon. r. 7 Walker
ates thath own individual losses, ON his prup.
r'y N Mississippi in consequence ofanncxatjon. I
ave been estimated at 0ne hundred thousand l.
'aafS; What then would be the amount oflos. =
s 10 tho whole State? But we must submit to -,
MS II F0hshouId be elected President, and the
ny means oy winch we can guard against it is, u
voting for his llustrious competition. HrSpy In
LAY, Let every land-hoIder, mot bondholder. /,
I'd STAKEHOLDER, and every man who is in anv A
ay interested in the prosperity of land.holdcrs "
I'd shareholders, (and who is not y cons ider n
IS matter well and act accordingly. x n