The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-01-18

zens OF ST. Louis, ~ held at he Court House on
Friday evening, December 90, 1913, pursuant 10 su'
iournmeni TO consider the subject OF the annexation
of Texas TO the u n,ied States General Nathan
Ranney was elected Chairman, and Isaac b. mo
mas, secIetary
The Committee appointed a, the former mee'ingi
10y the Chairman, DR.. j. N. Mcdowell, read the fol'
lowing report:
The Committee TO whom was referred sundry feso-
luiions OF meeting held on the 9th Instant, having
had the subject embraced therein under consideration,
beg leave respectfully TO report; That as Commit
tee, We are unanimously OF the opinion after much
deberaton and viewing the subject In It's various bear
inps that the relation Texas sustains surrounding
nations and the duty to infant repubs Of our
own continent whose Institutions like ouIs-in-
tended to extend the greatest blessings to the greatest
number whose aim Is the elevation OF The ills arising
fo the injustice Of mankind, and whose object is 10
sustain against the ann of tyranny, the liberty and
inde endence of the human mily-impose on the
Dned States her elder sister in the family Of Re-
plblcs the obligation TO soohe and sustain her her
uias, support her in her struggles for freedom and
ependence, as far is consistent with The laws of
nations receive her with oren arms into the bosom OF
This Repdbic, and casting shield the bleeding
victim Of tyranny, say TO Mexico, by acts, and no
longer deal IN language Of importantly that enough
blood has been spt and that Texas IS, and Of right
ought to be, free ami Independent State aud bs
such can dispose OF her public domain she may de-
sre-and she shall be sustained in the act. Apprised
Of the fact that Mexico has publicly and officially de-
cared that the discussion of this subject in the
halls of Congress will be sufficient grounds for a de-
cleraon OF war on her part yet we do not in the least
feel iniimdated In gong forward in work of justice
mercy and humanity, and come what may, proudly
conscious Of being able to extend aid 10 oppressed
people against the arm OF tyranny we dare do justice
10 Texas, and ready TO meet The Indignation OF
both England and Mexico, in defending the principle
on which the institutions Of that infant Republic are
based.
Texas colonzed from the United States main
ly by the people who now sustain her independence,
and who have successfully resisted the threatening
power OF Mexico, at period when Mexico held out
by her Constitution of 1924 the same privileges and
immunitles enjoyed by our people under the benign
laws Of the U. States, and until their lbepcs were
abridged until the j lerty hich guaranteed by the
Constitution of 1924 was taken away, they were peace
able and obedient citizens, and held themselves
10 the laws Of Mexico But when the Constitution
Of 1924 was exchanged for military desposm when
the power Of the Mexican Government CONSOLE
dated and centrated into the will Of despoc die
taor, and the laws enforced rather by military than
by civil rule it was then that Texas reyolted and
justly. Nexed, oppressed, lnsulted and threatened,
no alternative remained for an injured and deluded
people, but the lowest degradation, the most man
ly and heroic resistance. The choice made and
although with fearful odds against them, for eight
long years has she sustained herself against The vaunt
ing power Of her oppressor-a period longer than our
struggle for independence against our mother coun-
try-and with bravery that would do credit to any
nation on the earth, whether savage or civilized an
cient modern.
Having thus sustained herself having established
her courts of justice and adopted a code of laws, |
which will compare with those of any nation of the
civilized world in the equal distribution of justice,
in their benignty and wisdom having been represent
ed as nation among nations, and her Ministers re-
ceived and honored having received and honored |
the ministers from the most distinguished and power
full Governments Of the earth having been acsnow-
lodged by the Governments of France and Great
Britain Belgium and the United States, hold that
Texas IS on The level OF other nations, and free and
independent of Mexico, and as a nation capable of
transacting her own business. We at as full lib
erty to treat with Texas as we are with any other
civilized nation Of the earth and Republic have
the same right to form and conclude alliances with
Republics, that kngly Governments have to form no.
y alliances for the protection of their crowns; and
IN the exercise OF that privilege we hold violate
no law Of nations, but exercise the common privilege
oil all Governments Nor can Mexico, or any ma
ton, have just grounds Of complaint against any com
Pac, that may be concluded between these United
States and the Republic Of Texas.
here are, however, other and moro cOgent reasons
for action on this subject Other and foreign nations
Is corJ ectutej, ale upon tho Of contracting al
iaDces with Texas, five should ma niest a tardiness
in admitting her into the ssierhood of our States
ALREADY IS England looking 10 this territory as a
source of selfaggrantizeu en- and at this moment
II Is Iumored, official correspondence has passed
between the Republic of Texas and England on the
men OF Great Bntan-and this, doubtless with the
consent of Mexico that gland nigh be barrier
TO the future growth ofthe Unil,d Stats and inter-
'se her arm Of power between herself aud his Re-
Publc-thus allowing England 10 encompass in every
quarter, our territorial limits and dispute every inch
OF soil claimed by the United Sates-on The north a.
IN Maine on the west in Oregon and on The south
en- he Sabine.
Shou such alliance be concluded and Ems.
land he put IN possession of the territory of Texas
what is most likely be The result IN reference TO the
peace, the prosperity and the uf the south
,rn and western portion Of our cuuntryi Give Eng.
land iekar, with her grasp ng disposition fer terrific
ny, and the ineyi able COM quence will b., tbs, Me,
co VIII iaI 'lcii TO her rapaci,y and planting
her armies OF blacks (dfawn from her West India
islands, On the Sabine, she viii excite a setvo war
in our sluvehuldng States and controlling the Indian
,rIots on our whole western honter, jeopardze the
lives of our people.
She will command, by her shipping, the Gulf of
Mexico and tie commerce of tie Mississippi Valley
Having The vast territory of the East Indies with il,
hundred and hity millions Of population at her DISCO
SAT 'ntV mIllons OF which are IN the most shjrci
boLdage she will use every effort whether honest ar
the opposite, TO destroy the slave labor of the Soub
that she may advance the commodities Of her own
territories, To the destruction OF our sister State,
she Will break up the competition IN her own mar
kets by this policy, between the East and w cal In
DIES, and bring utter ruin and devastation on our
southern interests. That this has en- the Object or
naghsh polcy ever since the separation of these !
states hom the mother country every historical act
OF the East Ind Company will bear testimony Th,
this is the darling project OF all who hod an ne,a.,
IN the East lndla posses lions, every movement will
Prove-irom the revolution Of Hay, excited by her
hboliuonsts in London down TO the Jrstructrn oCl
me slave labor IN her own West India possessions
mat aVar'ce, cupidiiy and the absence Of phiIan-
ihropy have chsractered her in every act from the
charter OF the East India Company by Elizabeth. in
1000, down TO the Abolitionsts' Worlds Convention
every honest and candid mind must admit il history
De true, any the confessions Of her own people al
lowed What can we anticipate from people who
offer liberty TO the slave population Of our con,nen,
at The price Of the blood OF our citizens, Who of,
Ter freedom to another and more degraded race orI