Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-03-16
From the Washington Spectator.
MASSACHUSETTS CONSISTENT.


Proposing and de igning to dissolve the
Union, it is not at all surprising that the
State OF Massachusetts should think tina,
the annexation Of Texas to the Union. or
any other cause, is cool reason Tor dis
solving it. She h IS seized upon slavery in
the Southern STATES, which sho knows 10
be the most asslilabIe point in he Con
$ ituhon, TO destroy il; AMI for the same
purpose ,he Will seiza up1n the annexa-
tlon + Texas. in conspiracy with her old
a,.ie~ in tho Is. var, II possible, to rcnd
the Union. these causes we're not al
hand she would Ike the tariff, uhich IS
Ter real cause of discOnteat t. threaten
and ualy on To rule The country, in
sunserviency I, her selfish chrmes of plum
derlng, or TO ruin it, are the alternatives
before which she may think the brave and
free people Of the Union will quail and
yield to her inso ent preten~ipns, and trea-
sonable demands. She may find, howev-
or, before her game Of brag is done, that
there is in the Union, integrity, firmness,
and patriotism enough to detect, as of yore,
and spurn and foil her iniqultous conspira-
Cy against us Cpntlnuance.
After passing unanimously a PROPOSE
ton in effect to dissolve the Union, of
course ali means Of accomplishing this
end, it may be supposed, would pass with
equal harmony. Accordingly, her Lesis
luture passes resolutions unanimously a.
gains; anneXing Texas to the Union, and,
as if in dcrision of herself, and the whole
affair, she assigns, a. one Of her reasons.
that it "wiIl tend to drjre these States into
dissolution Of the Union" She fears
such tendency no doub! She needs to
be driven, being so backward with sweet,
reluctant, armorous delay" And bv way
We suppose, ola little pleasant mockery,
she grayeIy processes to be "Sincerely anr.
toHS OF preserving the Union! This has
been so manifest, from all her past history,
and especially of late, that to spice her pro-
lesion with dash of irony, is as Dame
Quickly says, excellent spo i'faith!" 1t
is characteristic of all hypocrisy, to sup
pose thatiis arts are successful. He who
habItualy practices fa!sch)od, will, of
course, have no confidence in truth, or its
sagacity. 1t the annexation of Texas TO
the Union, could produce its dissolution,
who will believe that, on this account Mas.
sachusets is opposcI to it? /, is she and
her dark contederatcs, under the lead of a
man whose restless love of notoriety, is
only eqoalied by his political malignity,
who, by movements abroad and in the u.
mon, have thrust this question into exis-
tence, 1t had passed by.
The Souh was opposed to it, until she
found that her peace was to be invaded.
and her institutions assailed, by the plots
and lntrlgues ola foreign nation, combined
with Massachusetts abolitionisls. They
have urged on this question by their az.
gressions and agItatlons, fer the very mr.,
pose OF dl5soIring the Union-ridiing the
people OF Massachusetts, as their organ in
Congress asserts, from all connection with
slavery Even before this question comes.
a proposition, striking at the existence Of
the Union, taken from the files of the Hart.
ford ConventiOn--as if in boast of their
former, and acknowledgment of their pre-.
sent, foreign association--is passed by her
Legislature, and sent to Congress, and her
sister States. They have thus nude it, by