The North-Carolina standard., 1844-05-29

rupture if the measure shall prevail II Woald oe
no Just cause for a rupture; and 1t is not congen7
ial withathe independent feeling OF Atneflcans 10
he deferred from their true policy by the unright.
eous menaces of foreign porers even when that
power has strength commensurate with our own.
/ wouh never consent to act unjustiy towards the
5Sycaiest nation on earth nor would so far con-
pforni the honor of my own country as to be IN
ddenced by the threats of the mightiest nalion IN
existence 1t is also stated that Great Britain
viii except to the measure, and that the anneXo-
tion may possibly fead to a rupture with that
great power l suppose none viii pretend that
She would have any more right to interfere, than
we have to interfere with her East Indian pos
SESSIONS and | should blush for my country
if could believe that Americans, in any con-
siderable number, existed, who would hesitate
to pursue the policy which the interest OF our
renublc dictated lest it should provoke the
displeasure of any foreign nation. A wise man
ssswii never court adversely 10 avoid the maIevo-
lence of jealous neighbor; nor will brave
ration fail TO promote its own prosperity through
fear that another nation will be ea ouS of its ris
inq strength The fact is as clear as the meridian
sunbeams, that the United States, if they continue
true to themselves, are destined to become the
mightiest nation in the world No foreign power
can prevent it. But to gain that point they must
be as fearless as they just Ii is not impro-
bable that the destinies of Texas if refuse her
proffer, may one day be linked with those Of
Great Britain and, in that event, the avowai IS
made by some of the most conspicuous OF the op-
posers of annexation, that they would wage war
with England to preRentiG Ifsuch war should
take place, would it not be more consonant with
both justice and safety to be united with Texas IN
defensive war forthe protection OF our own
territory than to carry on an offensive war against
both Texas and England for the conquest of
country. which we shall have refused to
possesS2 Providence has now opened the way for
the annexation; and to- refuse, or to postpone
the measure, weuld, in nay opinion, be acting
= uniustly both towards that country and our own.
Objection has been made to the extension Of
our territory. This would have weight if it were
TO be but colony; but the annexation will con-
siute it an ntegralpar of the nation, having the
same interest in maintaining the integrity of the
Union that the original States have. There can
therefore, be no danger arising from that source.
Would it not be happier for all Europe to be uni
ted in one great republic, having the same lam
sguage, the same intelligence the same jurispru-
dence the same llws and the same interest in
every part to preserve@that Union, than TO be in
her present situatlon2 Had she thus grown up
from the infancy of her settlements, what SAN
culinary wars. and .devasta1ons would have, been
ayoided2 Oceans of human blood would have
been saved and philanthropy would have scam |
ned the pages Of her history with delight where |
she is now shocked with the most cursory recitaE |
Let distinct nations now multiply upon our
northern continent and America NAV one day be
what Europe has long been; but let republican
union be preserved and extended, and its tendency
will be to acquire strength by its growth, till
whole country shall becune an Eden of bliss.
The advantages of annexation to every part Of
eur own country would be great *
1t would secure an entrance into the Gulf of
Mexico and into the ocean,. through all the rivers
west of the Mississippi which take their rise in
the western part of the United States. It would
secure valuable and convenient market foEalf
the products of the Far West 1t IS the richest
sugar and cotton soil in the world; and while it
would save to the country all the treasure sent
abroad for the purchase of sugar. it would bring
into the country immense sums from foreign
countries in exchange for this surplus produce.
It would furnish rich market for the manu-.
hctures of the northern States; and, by admitting
them without impost, give them decided advan.
tage over all foreign articles of manufacture 1t
would prevent the smuggling of foreign merchan-
disc, by land and little rivers, into ali our western
country, and thus secure the public revenues It
would afford extensive employment to the ship
builders of the great western valley, and great
market for the materials of which they are built {
as all the steambo1s and other vessels employed J
the Gulf Of Mexico and the western rivers
would be constructed thrre. Ii would give en-
ployment to great numbers Of seamen, and open 4
products and wants of that country would reqnire
large commercial business, and secure to our
selves almost the entire trade upon the gulf and its
tributary waters. 1t twoud form military barrier
between the United States and all the European I
States and efectuaIIy prevent any foreign power t.
from the exertion ofan influence over the aboIi- :,
gines, or the proyocation of either savage or a
servile war. Il would exclude any foreign nation,
with whom we may ever be at war, from a naval Il
depot, in the7Gulf OF Mexico; it would secure to
US the command of the waters of the gulf and the f
entrance of all our western rivers from the Mis- r
slssippi to the Rio del N0rte, coast of more than
a thousand miles. These are among the many v
advantages which the annexation of Texas will ii
secure 10 the United States, if we do not bIindly
refuse the boon. For my own part, cannot as ~
an American, consent to refuse them. Every
consideration of party feeling and of sectional o
prejudice sinks to nothing, when brought into o.
contact with this momentous question Every ii
own and7hamlet, from, Eastport to Mexico, and a
rom the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, will reap
he bene6t and future generations will profit by
he measure
You ask whether 4" desire it for the purpose a
Of aiding the slave system" To this l answer, II
hat the slave system" as you term it, has not ii
entered into my calculation of its benefits Con-
alterations much higher than this govern my op.
nion. Yet to this subject cannot be Indifferent, II
Is this is the only question which threatens the N
l. of Toio