The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-06-22

/! sue Oh our dNNeTSatIcS. ANA let none
= deceive you with The living pretrnce that
. War mi@h not ensue--ihr U'ar aiready
EXISTS betwccl Mexico and Texas, and our
absorption Of the latter country would
inevitably and al once make us party TO
that War. For proof OF this. if any be
needed, we refer YOU to the bargain of
Tyler and Calhoun to assume the defence
Of Texas even before the Treaty should
be ratified, to the Letter of MIR. Van Buren,,
and the speech of Col. Benton.
And then the debt OF TeXas-does any
one pretend to know It's amount? The
Government If lint C0uniry does not,
having issued stock without Keeping any
account o! it, and taking no care beyond
converting it into available means at any
conceivable discount, though bearing an
interest OF ten per cent. All these stocks
must be redeemed, the long un paid SOL
dlers and sailors of Texas must be satlsf-
ed aud paid from the fruits of your
sweet and toll il Texas is annexed to This
country Silly is the fnesse Of pretend
! ing, by the Treaty Of Annexation to limit
the Debt ofTeXas, which we should pay,
to Ten Millions of Dollars; we must pay
to the utermoSl lalthng If we take her at
all. The moment her National existence
is merged in that of this country, her
debts will be our debts, and we cannot
repudlatc them, Her creditors will take
the Ten Millions very readily and mme-
dlaeI y petition Congress for the balance
OF their claims, and we cannot honestly
refuse to pay them. And all lhis'lime,
| the Lands of Texas, alnost every fertile
acre which is not possessed and formIla-
bly, maintained by the wariko Indians Of
tIi4t region, have already been granted
away in prncipalilies TO spectators,
whom Annexation will boundIessly en-
rich at the expense Of your unpaid toll.
And Tor what is this measure Of Annex
alton thrust upon usE Do we need more
land? Are we lIkcy to gain i'll wealth,
IN strength, in character. by SO dearly
purchasing Texas? Surely not What
then is the motive? The answer of The
advocates of Annexation is Siartry. Sla-
verg in Texas. they say aIscly, we
know, by indlsputablc evidence lis iii
danger from the Vaccinations OF Eng land,
and we must take that country to prevenl
the emancipation Of its bondmen. But if
this pteteXt were real, what right lnye
Messrs. Tyler, Polk s. Co. to involve the
Union i'll an unjust contest for the perpct-
uatlon OF Slavery IN Foreign Nalion2
Slavery III our own country is a local re-
gulation; we Of the North discIalln and
reject it; why shall we be compelled to
pour out our blood and treasure TO sus'
tain it in other lands2 We appeal 10 the
Constitution, and will not do dragged be-
You'd it! All that our fathers covenancd
with the South i'll relation to Slavery we
wilt faithfully perform-uolhing more.
We dlsc!aim all right TO interfere with tho
domestic policy of our sister Statcs-we
will be faithful TO our boGd--but to ask
us to adopt a Foreign Nation, Foreign
Debt, Foreign War, TO uphold Slavery
in another country, lest It's abolition there
should affect its security here. is asking
too much.
This incessant camor about Foreign
nterlerence-this diseased sensiliveness
to the opinions of Enrope---this eternal
cutlery, that we are sacrificed to the wlles
oil Great Britain, is an exhibition, Of cow
ardice that every sensible American should
contemn and despise. II England should
ever assall the South, or any other section
OF our country, We are ready 10 meet her
and defend our brethren if so assailed; but
to be eternally suspecling and accusing
her without evidence, of designs she Ut
tcrly dlsclaims, and thcreupon plunge
ourselves into acts of rapaclly and az
gresson-- this we are utterly avcrse TO
But i'll truth there is no thought Of For
eign interference To abolish Slavery III
Texas, and no danger of any crusade
thence against the Slavery of the South.
The whole plot is the corulyancc OF sell
fish, designing politicians, and otgrasplng
needy spectators, anxious 10 turn their
Texas bonds, costing dimes, into SO
many dollars, or to sell their immense
grants Of Lands, which cost them little or
nothing, a! liberal prices. They can
well atlo-d to spend or promise millions
to influence this contest; but those MIL
lions will utterly be paid from your toll.
Act wisely, earnestly, speedily, then,
Freemun! rs becomes enlightened lovers
of Justice, Of Freedom. and OF Humanity!
OF the rival candidates presented for or
sullrages, we have not spoken need we
speak! There is none nmong you, soig-
uorant as not to know something Of Hem
Ry CLAy--thcre can be hardly one so
blinded by passion and prejudice as not
to regard him with something of pride as
II fellow citizen. The trumpet tones OF
his impassioncd cloqucrce, pleading the
cause Of oppr, sscd and suffering lluman'
lily, have. swept across the hills oil Greece
in the hour. Of her deepest anguish and
desoIatlom, and at their sound The dGs-
pairing widow by the tomb Ct her mar
lyrcd husband, has dried her tears, and
dreamed OF future, glad with the sun
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