New-York daily tribune., 1844-10-24
For The Tribune.


shall fall beneath the 6-spo;ism OF Military Adven,uisE
ihe Lion consumed By an inward disease, pro'aie ard
bird OF prey" The Friend, Vol. il. E,say x
The writer of the following paragraphs ia 20
rnedder in the stTfe8 of Party Time, and other
habits, have gradually (ho finds) weakened the
Interest with which he might once have entered
ia:o political conflicts, and have formed bin, in
sSnsbly yet intissclubly, 10 lat eas,l calmer and
queter pursuits.
Yet occasion now and then arises, in gov
ernment like ours, when the ordinary objects Of
Political warfare disappear il the presence Of
s:erncr realities: ard when the cry of alarm
which has been 50 often raised in spor, or weak
ness, becomes one OF danger, which peIil forbids
rs TO neglect. Then comes moment when,
not change Of masters, or choice between
good and evil policies, is to be debated through
the Ballot Box when no question Of temporary
interest or transient results; whose wrong deci-
sion may still leave our country iiabtabc and
our condition one Of continued hope, is spelling
out its answer in the sufffages of the Nation
but when all that makes the subordinate blessings
of rood administration either valuable or attaina-
bic, is itself th,own into The Lottery, and awaits
the turning Of It's wheel
Such moment it seems 10 the writer, nov
hangs oyer u.s. | am atinghted, SIT, 10 sec with
how little trembling the mass ci our population
rerard the settled aud reckless determination TO
annex Texas to our Republic. TIE certsn,y ol
i.s defeat can hardly be assigned as the reason
Of this apathy. It Is evident they view Il es ii
question of 4rty-of victory OF defeat. An oc.
c4sonal voics is heard, indeed, Of ono who has
s,me apprehension Of the extent of evli-has
fathoned some of the depths Of run nto whicb
THIS measure must inevitably plunge Us. But
the multitude, even tf enlightened Statesmen,
do not see, Or treat IT thus. THEY regard TIE
measure SO like, in kiHd al lelst, to those tha
have tssn befde it, ore by tine; from tie inge
nufy Of cfeed.heediog paty-hhti. Gsnk-
Anti. .fistiibuiim,-Fi .tiade sui. Treasury
Trey ale aifase ia lind. ~ Nese; tbe evils
ere teWp9fsfy sad epfs5ls u mis-, permanent
sna iemsdilsss. Ihey afe questions 3f policy
mir ie4egss tts Fhf3 gpgia gH WhlGh g3lie3 Is
even pyssiBls,
Ggt eoa4lrg is already ss Large, aad embraces
as many conflicting, Rgt i9 Say lHe9Hpalhle ~
eIesls as ale ~ al consistent WIN Rational
Union IL has aiWays been a lobe ii ouf eGun-
irYmen, ~ boast Gi iheli eitenGed ielni1fy, and
tO think lis enlargement 80 much sure advance
in prosperity ana glory. Nevertheless, shrewd
and unInterasted on.lCokers III the Old World
have understood, from the beginning, that hereip
is the first and last fear OF The integrity OF our
Union. We already (Who affects To be ignorant
of it y reed all the Influences which our dearest
interests the sacrooness Of our Constitution,
and our common Ancestral glory can supply IL
save us from disunon. The Patriot sill prays
and trusts that National compact which has
been the source of all cur successes, and is the
ground OF all our hopes, may by honesty and pru-
tencc yet be preserved unb!oken Bat add 10
our over strained bands the weight of Texas,
with It's new hostile interests, its unrighteous
war, its refugee and desperate populace, and
how Ing will The over-laten vehicle lumber on,
before the whole will tumble into ruin1
ARY great extension of our territory would
probably ruin us; but, were it otherwise what
kind CT an addition will Texas be? To those
who love morality, and freedom, and Law, the
manner Of her settlement, her relations to her
mother country, and the character Of her popu-
lace es revealed in the weekly press, answer with
emphasis. She is den of thieves; she is sworn
to perpetuate domestic slavery in it's bloodiest and
cruclest form; her men Uf influence end Office
are the rejected criminals of better lan6s she Ii
the prover5ial rendezvous of rescals for all the
Continent she is red with The blood OF violence
and reehng with the debility Of early d!ssolu;e.
ness. With what motive shall we wed ourselves
to populace whose law is might, whose liberty
RIGHTEOUSNESS, whose religion none at all Or
why shall we bind ourselves, as the ancient did
their criminals, to body of death I?
In the name of oar Unioa, and of Morality,
and of Posterity, may we not urge the honest Of
all parties TO unite in resisting this disastrous a.
lance? May we not especially call upon the
great number who, protesting opposition to the
measure, still temporlze with It, as if this, too,
were question OF loaves and f.hes, 10 come
boldly out against it! as evil, and only evil, ard
declare opposition 10 Annexation under all con-
dticns that are ever likely to arise?
In two points of view may the result of the
coming Election be considered prophetic Of Amer
lean prospects. 1t will, in all probability, deter.
mine whether or not Texas shall be annexed to
us. If Texas, and the candidates identified with
her, succeed in that Election, our doom is writ
teG-wc may prepare TO meet It. Our rum may
not be speedy, but it will be certain. Nothing
can prevent it but speedy rc!rac'ion of the dis.
astruus step. Thus it will be directly prophetic.
But beside il will test, mo!e than any other.
whose history we KNOW, has Conc, the character
Of thc people; and the character of its people is
the fate. book Of nation Wise men tell us, (if
We have no; learned it from the concurrent teach.
ings of History and ReaSon,) that VIC then most
fully reveal our own character, when we show
what kind of mon we honor. Never was clear
er question proposed for popular decision, than is
now pending before IA. On one sidc, States.
man whose abilities and character arc spoken of
almost as far Us the name of America IS knnwn,
and whose etlOrts have contributed, more than
these OF any other ROW living, to whatever OF
prosperity our Country may now possess. Asso-
Grated With him, the maine OF Statesman,
Scholar, aad Christian; his private character
unsteined by any blenish, and his long public
life marked by all the virtues that adorn the
Statesman and make the Patriots memory hon.
orabe. Opposed to men like these, are James
h. Polk and George NJ. Dalias-individuals
whom shall disparage no worse than b. remark
ing that they were found apt To the purpose for
Which they were selected. In deciding between
these the American People will set up ano,her-