The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-06-13


le ter the Secretary Of State says "lt 10 too well
known, and they (lhe Spanish Gosernmeni) will not
dare 10 deny it, that Mr. Ohiss last instructions su
ihorized him To coDeede much more than lac did
aud that both in relation TO the grants OF land ~
Florida and 90 the western boundary the terms he OBJ
tanned fan within the limits OF his inst'ue-
tons.
Having thus unbappiy by some unex planned ialali-
~, lost possession Of this most valuable country
the high national importance OF regaining H. by every
honorable means in our power has been felt and ac'
know lodged and acted upon by almost every Admin
istraiion which has succeeded the period - It's IN
suspicious alienation II is well known -Iat MI
Clay Secretary Of State made two earnest efforts,
during the Administration, and as II Is understood,
with the hearty concurrence OF Mr.. Adams, to re-
acquire this territory by negotiation from Mexico,
into whose hands II had then passed by virtue Of the
revolution which separated Mexico from the domin-
ion Of Spain In the very first year Of General Jack
sons Administration the same object again attracted
the patriotic vigilance and solictude OF the Govern
ment and Mr.. Van Buren,, Secretary OF State,
by his Instruction. renewed the efforts which had been
promptly made by Mr.. Clay To restore the natural
iutegrity of our territorial relations which had been
30 unhappily broken by the treaty OF 1873. A high
national object, thus endorsed by the councils and
policy OF successive Administrations, Of different po-
iItica compilations, can hardly sustain permanent
pre- JUDGE in the sober estimate of the country by any
error or fault which may have been committed in the
recent prosecution of IL.
Besides the considerations TO which have already
alluded IN favor of the vital importance Of the OBJ
Ject, others occur upon the slightest reflection, which
cannot fail TO iecomu IT 10 the earnest attention
Of The nation In its military relations Texas has
been pronounced by the highest military authority Of
The country, and, as II seems to me- with the busiest
reason, the Key TO The whole southwestern portion of
the Union As connected with our naval power and
resources, and that tgai dominion at least, which
IL should be the pride, is the indispensable inte-
rest Of the country, should be maintained by our
flag upon the Cuff of Mexico, (our Mediterranean
sea- the extended line OF coast upon the maritime
border Of Texas, with lis numerous inles and
res is all important. OF the wide field it would
open for the energies of American industry and enter
prise, II can hardly be necessary for TO speak Its
soil aud climate adapt It, IN peculiar degree, to
class OF agricultural productions, which, yielding the
richest returns to the labor of the husbandman would
make vast addition to the aggregate wealth Of the
nation, and which, entering largely into the COM
merce, both foreign and domes of the country,
would give greatly increased and profitable en-
ployment 10 the navigation Of the Eastern and Mid
die States At the same time those States would |
find IN Texas, filled with our thrifty and enter
prising people, and incorporated into the Union, home
market of incalculabe value for the products Of
their manufacturing and mechanical industry. The !
inhabitants of that country devoling their labor main
IT, they would do, 10 the staple productions Of co..
ton and sugar, for which their soil and climate are |
particularly suited, the West and the Northwest
would find there new demand with all the advan- |
tages of free and unrestricted home trade for large
OF tU,lr iuf- lIcr tDelr peel
other articles Of agricultural produce. To the cot,
ton-growiDg States Of tue South and the Southwest
the incorporation of Texas into The Union would be
attended with the inappreciable advantage of placing
the whole cotton region on our continent under the
regime OF the same system OF commercial regulations
and thereby securing those States against discrimna-
tons TO the pre- udice of their productions which 9th
erwise 1t might, and probably would be the policy
of foreign Powers TO adopt. Thus this great national
object recommended by considerations of the |
10 he ipter nf all
the great divisions of tie Confetefacy and blending
the whole IN harmonious and solid union.
But w,ghiy and all prevailing these considera-
ions would seem TO be- the object rises still higher
Importance when we CONSIDER the dangers and |
the evils TO which we should be exposed If Texas |
should fall und,r the dominion or the influence Of |
any rival or unlriendly Power And is there not |
some nix OF this, Mr. President, If we should now |
coidly or con umeously turn back upon her |
We know, SIR hat there is great European Power
ever intent (and IN saying this reIroaoh)
on the extension OF her commerce OF dominion who |
has for ears past taken deep interest in the des
nus of Texas. Even before the sepaiat of Texas
from Mexico, the eyes of her siate-men eagerly
turned IN that direction, with the avowed policy 10
profit Of events and, a, all hazards thu natural
and Necessary tendency of things restore the u nj
ted States TO their former limits upon the Gulf OF
Mexico. Have gentlemen frgotten the significant !
declarations of Mr.. Huskisson in the House of Com
mons ia 1880, when The jealousy Of EDgllsh power
and Commerce had been aroused by rumors of the me-
gotation of General Jackson with Mexico for the re-
acquisition Of Texas 7 That dist ngushed states
man personiiyiDg he did the traditional and inva-
riabe policy OF his country declared that the United
States NUT be prevented from tIstupng, he called
1t, the natUral influence II Engl land with the Me1r
can States, and that in order To maintain cher com
mereioi rights in the Gulf Of Mexico and TO lrc-
serve unInpered cher maritime aud commercial asce,-
deIoy IN The Ntio Worid" she should it necessary
invoke the cooperate IN of her allies the Great Pow |
crs OF Europe To interfere in the affairs of Anne lea
..rlv
views of England In regard Te,as- Of Der claim To
"na'urd influence" with the Mexican States of |
which Texas was one, and Of some mysterious and |
undehned "commercla rights in the Gulf If Meri |
co., which were nerpre'ed IN the next ser tence to
mean "a maritime and Commercial ascendeney IN the |
New World
Bot this IL not the only warning we have received
on this subject. One Of the most distinguished and
innuenua political as well az literary Periodicals of
u eat Britain, the Ednbur1 h Review as recently as
1871, specuatng the consequence of the rciec- |
I'm 10y the United States OF the proered ant 1atlon
Of Texas Ia 1899, counts among those consequences
feeling OF dissatisfaction, and finally o. jealousy
and hatred the part Of Texas which will ALLEVIATE
her more and more from The United States and draw |
her ultimately into more close and intimate union |
with Great Britain. One Of the practical fruits of
these new political and commercial relations with |
Great Britain Is then confidently announced TO be |
that Texas will repeal The tariff Of the United States
or nuhy it. speTOuon."t vii not my hon, st fdend.
The following is the entire passage in MI. Ad- |
amss dcsPalchto MIR. Forsyth, referred to above:
"The Spanish Government cannot aIege either
that Mr.. Onis ttsbscened secret instIpetops or
that the ratification OF the United Staleshas been
refused, that any unfar advantage wss taken on
the part Of the United States m the negotiation or
that Spain was not fully be forehand OF the full
extent Of the engagements contracted by Mr. Onis |
1t Is too well known, and they will not dare to deny
II, that MI Oniss last instructions authorized him 10
concede much more than he did; that those instroo.
tons had been prepared by Mr.. Pizsrro; that after
The appointment Of the MARCUS de Casa Yruio 10 the
Ministry, they submitted by him 10 the Kings !
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