Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-10-11

around the dangerous seas about Florida,
and into the shallow lagoons Of all southern
Texas, and pass through the swamps Of the
Mississippi, lying between these and the Sa-
bine, 10 smuggle goods into America The
same reasons which forbid its being used as
a place of smuggling, apply with greater
force against the idea Of Andrew Jackson,
that Texas would, in the hands of England,
become point Of attack. If it were not
from the source whence this argument came,
il would deserve to be passed in contemptu-
Gus silence. What when we are unable 10
guard the line from the mouth Of the Sa-
bne to the southern border of Arkansas
few hundred mles-extend the line from
the mouth Of the Rio Grande, 1900 miles,
including Santa Fe TO its source, embracing
100, 900 square miles more than the king
dom Of France-and then we can defend it
But if names are thus to weigh down COM
mon sense, put Napoleon against Jackson,
and he tells us that a desert is the best bar
rier against foreign incursions and should
England be fool enough 10 land in the shall
low bays Of Texas, unfit for the first class
of war steamers, and hazard her army thro'
the unproductiUe swaInps between the Sa-
bine and the great river, we would have time
enough TO rally half million Of freemen,
from the Lakes TO the Gulf, TO give her ball
and steel as soon as she showed herself from
the cane brakes Of the Mississippi. The
idea that England seeks to surround us is
equally absurd. If she did she would only
weaken her force, aud enable US more east
ly TO break through her serred ranks, wher-
ever brought up in battle array. But Eng
land seeks not to possess Texas she has a.
gain and again, in the most formal manner,
disclaimed any improper interference, Of
any character whatever, and if she should
attempt il, then let US by arms, If necessa-
nv, stand for Texan independence. Iwould
always treat an opponent with respect, but
must confess that lose my patience when
see such men as MIR Bancroft urging the an
nexation of Texas, under the damnable pre-
tence that it would ultimately lead of slave
ry from our soil Manufacturers, do you
lower the price of your goods by acquiring
additional markets! Farmers, do you di-
minish the price Of your produce by having
two manufacturing towns 10 sell TO. Instead
of one 2 Then tell me no more that you
will destroy slavery in the States by finding
in Texas new markets for slaves. and thus
enhancing the profit of slave breeding in all
the grain growing slave States in the Union.
What presumption is il, for men here 10 set
up such opinions against the combined ex-
perience of all who live in the slave States,
both those who are in favor Of emancipation
and those who advocate eternal slavery, a.
greeting in this only, that the admission OF
Texas will tend to make slavery secure in
the United States for centuries to come -
Nor do we want Texas for the purposes OF
emigration and expansion Of our population.
Every principle of political economy teach
es us, that up TO the time when the earth
ceases to afford susienance for its inhabit.
ants, it is desirable not TO diminish popula-
, ton, but to increase it-because all the bur-
thens OF civil government, moral and intel
: lectual improvement, are lessened 10 each
individual by the accumulation of numbers
i, TO say nothing of the perfection of the art:
, which accrue from the division of labor and
the laws of intelligent observation e. height
: ened competition. We are capable, on ouI
, present soil, of sustaining more than twelve
hundred millions of men. Far distant, then
| is the day when it will be the interest of oul
people to leave us. No, we don't wan
Texas to prevent smugging-we don't wan
: il TO prevent England from getting it as
, point Of attack-we don't want it for pur
poses of emigration-we don't want il to
{ destroy slavery. Oh, no / ask every dem
ocrat here tonight TO tell, if there be under
: Heaven, any reason why this project then il
urged upon us, in all this hot haste, but fol
E the avowed the single, the damnable pur
i pose of extending slavery over the unborn
: fifty millions of Texas, and perpetuating thu
IL. l. Il
S more. repeat. | am against it, now, and for
: ever The Romans made their prisoners
I of war pass under yoke, TO remind then
, of their servtude-here is yoke labelle,
h mar and pcrpltuai Slavery; shall the fntur,
: historian write it, that the descendants o
Y the patriots of rs, went forward to the poll
' in 1874, and voluntarily submitted ihe
n necks to bondage, gladly prostratng them
e selves before the heel of the tyrant!
But if you take Texas, you must pay he
: debts, sos, 000, 900 saws Mr.. Benton-wh,
I also tells what we all believe to be true, tina
: not single foot of unappropriated land re
mains in Texas proper, TO come into on
n possession and lquidate the debt we pa
r for her. How dare the men who will no
S give us our own land money TO pay on
e debts and relieve our own States from repu
: diation and dishonor, to thrust their infer
s nal fingers into the pockets of the ireemeI
: of America, to pay $4,000, 900 of money 70
= foreign nation, incurred in propagatin
o slavery among men? We trample upo
, the most solemn treaty between Mexico an
It the United States, and rush over the Const
g tuition, to war in this iendish propagandism
: and in such war, according to the laws {
It nations, it is not only Inc right, but tn
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