Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-09-13
THE TEXAS QUESTION.


NUMBER II.
Instead of having 'waddled out from beneath that
load, as our neighbor Hatters himself, he has only
wrggled about as to bring one eye in sight OF
his readers. This organ he rolls and squints de-
precafingly at them, as much as to say-'Dont
stcalloto any Wing misrepresentation about my Ia
vorte land
We do not consider il at all necessary TO answer
his air-splittng article of August 20. His argu-
ments on that occasion turned wholly on the con-
s!itutionaty of the step; and il would be as fool
ish to debate point settled by the constitution it.
SELF as to attempt prove that the gives light
We regret that we have not the constitution at
hand, but we are quite there is clause in it
saying substantially Congress shall have pow
er to admit foreign State into our Union The
Democrat editor has not denied this, or even alu-
ded to it, But if he really doubts the fact, what
will he say to the following p
"Resolved, That the power to unite an indepen-
dent foreign State with the United States is NOT
among the potoers delegated TO he general GoUern-
ment, by The Constitution Of The United States
This resolution passed by the Legislature Of
Massachusetts,, at IFS last session. Five-sixths QO7
out of 1867 of the ocofoco members present, voted
for it, under the solemnity of an oath to support
this very constitution Of which they speak. Does
the opinion of nearly his whole party, expressed
in the popular branch of great state government,
carry weight TO our neighbors mind? II not,
and he still wishes 10 contest the point, we should
prefer TO have him address his reasonings TO those
l07 Simon Pure democrats (!D who now go their
length for u measure which six months ago they
declared unconstitutional. Tell them wherein they
were mistaken, or too honest, neighbor Democrat,
that they may have something to clear their PERU
red voices for a Polk-and Texas shout.
The unrighteous war which would inevitably re-
suit from this annexation, receives no share of the
Demos attention. Perhaps those immutable prn-
cipes of eternal justice TO which he so loudly
trumpeted forth his adhesion, have became swal-
lowed up in the capacious nav Of the democracy
of Windham County They have guped down
many bitter dose ere now, and we imagine the
few grains of political conscience they or their or
gan may have left, will not choke either in this
campaign So, we are to take if they are in favor
of a wicked. faithless WAR WITH MEXICO-a
war, to support which they and the whole North
will be heavily taxed to carry on, which their bones
will bleach il the deserts OF the South, and at
which humanity, honor, and honesty all revolt
i The Polk -and-Texas editor is also quite silent
concerning the pecunary liabilities of the Nation
he has SO suddenly fallen in love with. He is in
error if he thinks it part OF our load that
TWENTY MILLION DEBT. To be sure, it is
asserted by some of the stock jobbing, hesh-job'
bling contrivers of this notable scheme, that the land
| which would be acquired by annexation, is more
than sufficient 10 offset this heavy obligation But
i will such listen TO Senator Benton, the Cato o.
their party He calls this pretence, in his Boon
vile speech, a swain and impotent attempt at de-
ception-an open and fraudulent plot TO assume .
bubble debt for the benefit Of stock gamblers, with
out any adequate consideration either to Texas oil
the United States Texas (he states further, ant
exhibits the documents for t) in all its proper ex
tent-in its whole length and breadth from the Sa
bine to the west of the Nuecas, and from the Gul
of Mexico to the Red river--contans but 135,00'
square miles, equal to SIS millions of acres and Il
get the remainder of the quantity of 200 millions
of acres they have TO count the wild country unde
the dominion Of the Cumanche Indians, and th'
left bank of the Rio Grande from head 10 mouth
all of which is under Mexican dominion, and grea
part of which has been settled and granted allow
) two hundred years" One grant to an English
man, 1--WE learn from the same specify and trans
ferred by him to Mr. Woodward of New York. ex
ceeds by than eight millions of acres, all tina
the Treaty correspondence allows to have beef
granted IN any shape. Besides this, there are in
Vulnerable other grants for public services as Sc
curities &c &c. II is therefore more likely thai
not that the Texan Government cannot call an acr
; of land legally her own. Hence if we annex tina
country, and assume her debt, we must draw al
immense sum outright from the pockets of tn,
Ipeople--and all to bolster up the accursed nstitu
ton of slavery, and enrich precious gang of stock
jobbers and negro-breeders What principles arr
these for the freemen of Vermont to upaold, an,
what wonder that they have just pealed forth from
their mountain tops an indignant condemnation 0
them
3 But Gen, Jackson lays down the atchword
Polk, Dallas and Texas, regardless Of consequent
: ces'--like some decrepid old turkey gobbler, will
feathers dropping off aud beard in the dust, squeak
ing forth an order to the humble nock around him