The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-08-08

ing the designs OF the Federal party As long as live
will warn my country against the dangers which will
attend the success ofMr Cays proposition to establish
another mammoth Bank; to break down the security
which the people possess in The veto power given to the
President by the Constitution TO 'change the system Of
taxation under which we have so long prospered by adj
mitting the principles claimed in his bill for the dsiri
button Of the proceeds Of the public lands and lastly to
prevent the annexation ofTexas 10 the U. States for it
cannot be denied thai his position on this question is ut
erly at war with the true interests of the country He
says virtually that Texas ough mot TO be admitted into
the Union, while there is respectable and considerable
portion OF our citizens opposed to it, On such cond
ton, II is obvious annexation can never take place
British influence had considerable and respectable ad
vocales in this country in our revolutionary war; and
in our second war with her. Will it ever be without
them2 Never. As long as there are fanatics in reli-
gon, as long as there dvesities and differences in
human opinion respecting forms OF government and the
rights of the people such advocacy viii be found resist
ing the advance of institutions like ours and laboring
incorporate with them the features Of an opposite sys-
tenn. BE-
Who does NOT see that the people Of the United States
ufacturng arts, and in the carrying trade ol the world?
and that the question is soon to be- if be not already
whether Texas and Oregon are 10 be considered as aux
iiaIes 10 American or British inerests7 whether these
vast and fertile regions are TO be settled and worked by
our posterity, blessed by Republican Governmental or
are 10 become the theatre Of British enterprise and thus
add another link 10 the vast colonial chain by which
that great Monarchy uphoMs its Lord and Mobiles, and
extracts from suffering millions the earnings Of their
labor? ie DO
Nor is the question altered by the alleged interest of
Mexico in the Texas territory As far treaties are
concerned good faith is not involved in our decision II
the proposition we're to annex Mexico with her assent
Texas could not complain! But we all know that the
treaty argument is not only nappcabe but incapable
Of use in the determination of the question: either it
affects u.s. Mexico, or other powers Texas is ndepen-
dent OF Mexieomade so by the power OF her arms in
the same sense that we became independent OF Great
Britain She is independent OF Mexcoin another sense
hatis, in never having constituted a part OF Mexico
except by compact which the latter has violated and
which compact would never have been formed ifthe
United States had performed its duty,
But without pursuing this view of the subject it is
enough for us to look al the question as it is practically
presented 10 u.s. Texas tells us she is anxious to come
into the Union. Being originally part of our Usion
knowing that she cannot exist happily as Stale with
out the protection OF our laws that her geographical
position well as the character and interest OF her cit
liens necessarily attachhemto our territory and feeling
as may we'll suppose she does greater concern for
the fate of our free institutions than she can for those of
any monarchy, she is desiros that her fertile lands and
genial climate should share ibe glorious instrumentaliy
of chershng and maintaining the blessings Of freedom
Is this unnatura Can be wise for us To turn deaf
ear 10 her enreaty because Lord Aberdeen and Lord
Brougham, as British statesmen, choose ID withhold
their consent, and indulge in vague apprehensons
spectng the effect OF the measure on this scheme of abol
ishing slavery? Shamel on such patriotism! Shame
on the creduliy which can be dipped by such msy pre-
tence!
The American people cannO be deceived in this man.
ner They know that the real object of England is to
check the prosperity Of the United Staes-ahd lessen
their power to compete With England as naval power,
and as growing agricultural manufacturing and com
mercal country. They know that Lord Aberdeen, in
the midst of thousands and thousands of starving sub
ecs Of the British monarchy is mote anxious or ought
be- to relieve the wants Of these wretched people than
he can be to alter tie relation subsisng between the
white and black races Of this country or Texas
The American people know this: and they will disap-
point ifthey neglect or rather if they permit those
charged with The administration Of their national inter-
sts to let slip the opporunite now offered of cemenng
their Union and promoting the general causes Of their
prosperity and happiness by the annexation of Texas.
lam, very truly,
Your ub't servt ,.-. IS.
a .r ~ p al ANDREW JACKSON