The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-02-07

donAaia pass INTO British dependency, seems " be
psrfocay certain, The step must be taken now or
never. Texas has again raised her voice, probably
for te last time II The United States scccdcs shc
gains without stugge sr without price, one Of inc
richest asd mod valuable territories upon the face OF
The earth--a territory which Nature declares, in
terms plain as She speak, TO belong OF right to
her alone. She covers long line of exposed IRON
tier, peculiarly weak and delenceess, BY an nvulne
rable colony of her own people She builds up
market for the products of the Northern States, and
converts powerful! rival to those of the South INTO
friend and an ally. She wards off the blow which
an extended system OF smuggling would strike at
our revenues by virtual annuIment OF our tariff, and
which would inevitably follow tho opening OF the
ports of Texas to foreign commerce. She thwarts
that mighty policy of Great Britain which is even
now meditating our destruction, by surrounding us
with her tremendous engines Of fraud and violence
1t is to these advantages that should look-it is
upon these heads that Mr. W. enlarges, and, with an
eoqucnce peculiarly bis own, that he brings home to
the understandings the People of the United States
the madness of voluntarily yielding up such nest-
mable benefits, upon the patry, Aimsy objections OF
their being attended with collateral injurious effects
objections grounded only in ignorance sectional pre-
judicc, or fanatical ultraism MIR. Walker regards
the slavery question involving the principal objec
ton urged against the admission of Texas into the
Unon and takes the ground that if slavery is sore
upn the body polite, it would be infinitely aggrava
Ted by an attempt to heal il up suddenly, and that
cure can only be effected by gradual process. In
support Of this view, he goes into statistical anay-
sis of population, which, while it displays the usual
acuteness which characterizes Mr.. w. as writer,
furnishes us with mass Of facts which the aboli-
ltonist will no doubt find it difficult to reconcile 10
his theory of universal emancipation. Mr. Walker
regards Texas the natural outlet of the slave pop
ulation of the United Sates and that by gradually
drawing it off from the middle portions of the Union,
room will thus be made for that great tide Of public
sentiment which, starting in the North in the days Of
the Revolution, has since steadily advanced to-
wards the South, and which will ultimately sweep
The colored from the United States into those
natural reservoirs of amalgamaton, Mexico and the
South American Republics.
In conclusion we earnestly recommend Mr.. WIS
letter to the perusa of every one DESTROYS Of becom
ng acquainted with this most interesting subject
His argument resembles great wave, gradually
gaining strength, and carrying conviction along with
t, as it rolls towards its contamination. We have
10 hesitation in asserting our confident belief that
he accomplishment of this much to be desired event.
he annexation of Texas, which we have always re-
,arded inevitable, will be fastened in no measured
legree by this powerful effort of the Senator from
Mississippi.