Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-05-07

- art unon it, All that shall say IS
iob Tho discussions on the question OF falify'ne
ms Treaty to he pnbic-that Tue nature ~ w " .
ton me manner which u mas oeth c""o oe,'u :,
/ t,ors iosc. 10 tine peopl,-Jushcr :" 'hoV'uua'
o,o,s1hc absurduy Of 4 secret oiscussi"h W Tue Nc
na,e and puthc discussion IN Inc n."sPapffs--."e
| lr,ohle fact, that jnbbers spectators, ana in"''
,ns,. h,r. known all along what was coucpaea ''on
Tho ,e.ple and their representatives, these c'cu"
| ia,c.s and the prevention OF iu'ure iase Iepo''s "
49, acton Of the Senate for sinister purposes, lpo'
WI aonI,,,oo and ST ok -jobbpg0 require The oclIon
| - ~ 6 n,,e Ia the public; and shall accordingly
n op.n its doors upon the discussion oil The treaty
when IL shall be laken up.
Leaving out OF view, them the treaty which IS ~"
before The SeneIe and ouly looking to The genera
question can say, that look to The recovery OF ir1
a. and If our mutllaed rivers and natural BOUNDS
as inevitable iacts in thr natural order OF huha"
events that they natua " belong 10 Tue valley OF "
,,ss,.sinoi and TO thr American Union, and VIII re-
~, ~ 4 with ease and honor II WISE md tenperate
n,o.Is nreya: and tha, this natural consurnma;'",
n comlnp event can only be delayed f,r time by
,hrow,nu the quest on into our eect,"ns perverIn2
i rom II. national bsss. making il sectional and par
zan prostitutng 10 unworthy purposes, running thr
oue 1T m n, and making the means oil disufo-
mo the peace and harmony of the country.
| B-sid,s her general interest, as member OF the
Imam IN ms great question, the Strip OF Missouri
to which belong. has special interest IN II, when
doubly recommen ds It |" my cure Texas, rs consi-
,uted by The treaty of 1879 pfnracird lar 10 iht
Nn.th and rnerposed between Missouri and Me1'cn'
rs northeast corner in latitude Be- the latitude al
most of ST LOUIS; iis northwest latitude
42-tnc latitude OF Cape Cnd and Marb!ehrad All
t,s northern half OF Texas, thus protrecrd to The 't
ude of ST. Lru,s and nj B son. and lying between
ssnurr and Mexico filled with reacherous savages,
and la wlees white who make The merchant and
his property their constant prey Our inland trade to
Nexico has pass through this infested desert; our
Government cannot go there 10 give II protection; and,
twenty years th's trade he's suffered every va
,ety OF oepre dation. Macy worthy CT gems engaged
~ It have been KILLED; much property has been plum.
dsred; many xican merchants, coming 10 trade with
a. have also killed aud robbed and Tiers deter
rcd from c"mng; and besides these actual sses, the
has been prevented from increasing as u o. her
wise would have done; md can only he carr,sd
on as sert and tarbarous countries, by armed
eavans fighting their way through n handful of rnn-
hers aud murderers Thesr evils result from the un-
fortunate treaty of 1919 and must be continued until
the country d,snenh red from US by that treaty shall
| be restored to nur Union
| For myself, It night be supposed, TINT take some
pride seeing 81 many marching up now the pom,
al which stood "solitary and alone" twenty five
years ago: bu' Il ~ not old for that pur
clI,y, and too much friend 10 popular Government,
to rjorce in anything which is dscrrd,,sbie to IT, A
telling Of murttcaton rather, oppressrs at The
consistency and ncons idrrataness winch have W.T.
n~.s When Texas ours FREE from debt ard
fnl OF land, and might have been retained whnut
Ia qnrs,ion from abroad, without dissension at home
and without the expense of shilling when this was
The case, threw the virgin province as worthless
toy, away Now when eviscerated Of her lands, and
loaded with debt her recovery is attended with
The danger OF foreign war, the certainty Of domestic
disconent, the loss OF commerce. and the disturbance
ot buslness-when thls rs the case, oil OF sud
d. se'z with blind and furious passion to repo,s-ss
her. Immediate annexation is the word and we can
hr;of &. ~. ~
of itself into hands This inconsistent and di.cre.
ditabl", and implies evily and folly instead of udy
ment and PATRIOTISM IN the conduct of our public az
Beng friend 10 popular Government, and anx.
for rs honor and Success, regret much to sre
the sudden passion Of 1914, did to ace the slug
g'sh apathy f 1919 wish to see Roman steadiness.
ard not Athenan lsv;v, prevail in our Government
and being myself man OF some temperance and stab
I'y, abducted to no paroxysms, and subj TO no va.
riat'ons. shall continue TO advocate the recovery Of
our sacrificed territory, and mutIaed rivers and natu
raj boundaries, in the calm and considerate man.
ner 5 for twenty five yenrs past
W'tn respect tn Texas, her destiny is fixed or
course, who consider y hal about, always spe IL
~ Texas n Gems iu'ed at the Of the reniy #
1919, and CONSTITUTED ny the r. public of Trx,s
c"mprehs ndina the CAPT ii, and forty towns and villa
ges of New Mrxco now and always Us fully under
the dominion "i the Republic Of Mesico as @ lebec
and all The towns and villages oil Canada arr urd-r
the dominion of Great Britain II is of this Tp1as-
the old Spanish Texae-of which ala ays speak; md
ut her, say, her destiny fixed! Whatever NAV b.
the fate Of the prese movement her destination s In
return tn her natural pcsition-rhat of part of the
American Unon. The interest o. both parties requires
1; and the -ame fe ling and policy which m,d- The
lx'an people desire 1t tor eight year: past, will
th-m continue 10 desire until the union accom-
pushed No earthly power, except Msarco, has q right
TO interfere in this question: and her right must
crasa IL che 10 wise, she will erase hosiiilies al
once, acknowledge your independence, and rejoice t."
see you eturn to thu American Unnn. If she is mol
wise, she may keep up constructive war for some
years, without making anything by IL for nominal
uar after the expiration Of the present arm'stce will
answer M purpose. Span refused to acknowledge
the md reodenoe Of Holland nr seventy years after
she was actually rndeprnden thut exhibition of Cas-
III, an pride aud obstInacy made d ference in tn
,rh,s Of Holland, and IN the conduct Of Europe
From the time that actual ceased II Hand ad
united by Europe tn all the rights of independent
power, wlthnu. rcgad 10 the nnni"ai pretrns,ons Of
Spa,n; md m Il tn the lat Spanish Provinces
in ;e New world and so It will be with Texas and
Mex CO. short time, aud either he scknnw Judgment
nj NJ xico the consent oil all nallons, will give Trx-
as all the rights Of sovereign power the question OF
ad,n,sson will h.n be # exclusive arrangeme
between the Two countries; for earthly power 1
cep, Mx,co. has right TO interfere in this question
and, TACT, know OF no one that wishes 10 interfere
IN il
II kept free from sectional views, partisan politics,
and selfish personal aud sorjid schemes, the reunion
may then be easily effected and in way that ought 10
he satisfactory To the Whole Union, though not without
heavy expense 10 The federal treasury when il
may the cost of recovering this dsmemberod limb OF
Louisiana may equal. exceed the whole cost Of the
original acqn. tlnn Of that rovnce such is the
fruit of the unaccounlabe treat, Of 1919! But the cost
in money will be no obstacle to my action. Costs of a
different kind what wish avoid: costs in national
honor III foreign r. in ruined commerce. in domes-
tic discussion sectional snn,osilles and in the dis
trbancc Of the harmony Of the Union and the business
of the people TIE sacrifice of rrxas a i mitous
olunder in 1870 let repeat the blunder, and dou
Ole the calamity, BY the manner Of recovering in 1914
sprc'iuiiy, gentlemen, your otl I'd TREND, Who
vii oe hsppy 10 salute you ct emed ipaw
gems THOMAS Fl BENTON
r" NIe,srS J A. Grcan,G PatlIlo Park-r, Jno
Caldwell, jane w bio, WIN Jones, Thomas
Gr.en Harvey X ndrIck. VIM. l.. Csznean, Jas ?
January, F. l. Pass bal Samuel A Maverick,
John Smith, Wm. l.. Hunter, Ea~ard BurIesou,
| n Scury, james DAVIS, j s. n. Barnard, n Per-
s"n, J w Henderson. James n. Johnson. l. w
| Ehcerds, Jas. 'r'ui,,, R c Do ELISHA E L"ii,
w liam II Bourland. joseph H"gp, George
/ Erah w Johnson, John Stamps. y. Gage, N.
! n Darppi w Collins I A Hp,d J.nas Shaw