Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-20

increasing prosperity She pu.snes, 10 regard 70 u.s.
Tho noIicy Of Philip in oVerihrowng the Grecian coz,
federacy If Texas Is excluded from Inc onon' anu
h,neht under English influence, it mag form the hu
I.us Of Southern conederacy, wherein all the pre-
Judges and differences growing cut OF peculiar 'nsI
u,ons and sectional causes, may be generated 10 pro
duce antipa!hies tn other portions OF the Union. !"
the North, unlmosites against the South, when tnF
ties Of government are once severed, could soon "
converted into frud, ending in wars TO last for gene
rs,lons Enal,nd could then play the part which she
now does IN the civil OF SPAN, and of every
other section OF the globe where her influence - e3
tended She ID that the extension oil me Union
as 1t increases lis power and eevaes the character o.
the Country, have the effect to increase and &C
me Mt ITS strength Every province acquired ny Rome
and gwen the privileges of the Roman people, by 10
creaslng the and glory of the republic, ado
ed 10 the force which held its empire together -
Every Slate introduced, felt that It shared WIZ
Rnme the dignity and power, which gave II the
first place among nations and all contributed to
It's support until the republic became rotten at tht
core, and lost the attraction which held It's acqnsf
tons together. No nation understands better thar
Eacland the influence of proud reputation IN man
tanning the sway OF governments and her jealousy u
no longer directed t. her continental ne'ghbors, as
likely contest her ar-eS;euded authority Her pPn
slonrd patrGt and subsidized presses longer assa
and satlfze Nick Frog and Louis Baboon; The libel:
upon ''Beau- party now forgotten; and even The
horrors OF The French revolution I, give her dis
coarse manners and his propensity to reputation
Shnals Of writers sent among 10 traduce THIS
ccunry; and have special missions, looking ra'he
TO elections than the functonaries OF The Govern
ment.
We see already that The British party in this coun
try are prepared to make the Texas question party
issue TIE English organ Of this city teens with ar
tcl.s against the re-1dm,sson. flr Webster has al
ready put ont his m'ssve this subject. The press
every where, under Federal British Influence ndi
L..x II
clear, that the whole power which England rallied
against thu Uninn, preparatory TO The late war, IS to
br again enlist, d into It's service We have bad our
first and second Punic war, aud must lunk forward
TO third unless England, through ths more insdinus
and pacific form Of on elrc,ion render our Govern
mr. n, subservIent to its interests The policy o! DIS
tracing and dividing the Union will never be lost
light Of BY England; and whenever adequate p'apa-
raiinns made promising better success II some
future Hartford Convention, We will be again "klck.
ed mt, a war" But 1t will not be On
our part for Texas or Oregon but Tor the Canadas
md the vast region assigned to arbasm and her fur
company for a Dominion for Newfoundland and the
shcries and TINT srne Of Islands which tchrd
around Southern coast, IA ne; for our commerce
AS Tor Texas aud Oregon, they val be able TO take
care Of themselves By expsi!i"g England from our
Continent aud IFS selvage al ri inds, may at 's
feel free AZ 4 is no American pass out Of hts
portal without beng challenged by British sentinel
There are some minor difficulties winch
touched in thu press, which require some no'ice. 1t
is said, that Mr. Tyler has preached this question:
merely with view 10 his personal m erests as pni
tcal Spectator that holders Of Texas SCRIP and
Interested IN her land at the bottom of The
movement. With US, these consIGeratinns have no
weight. There is no great public interest that could
be promoted, If the circumstance, that selfish IndyI-
dnals sssocaed private and sinister "bect' wth It,
were made bar the Advancement Of The public wei
fare More importance IS due 10 the suggesuon ,ha'
no Prpaldpnt by Treaty neUntialed
not properly take rrevncab!e step regard 10 tn
introduction of another State into the Union. W.
think that The remuneration of Texas most have the
of the representatives, of the people in the
Congress of both cnuntr.s Stat 5. nova days,
not held by the Chief Magistrate Ike wards under the
feudal system. They cannot be married OF BY Il Ell
guardians. without consulting the parties. The con-
sent of The people Of the United Staes and of Texas.
should be obtained for THIS Union But If the repre-
santatves in nur own, and the Texan Congress, are
fully satisfied that their constituents favorable To
the cnnnex,on, zee SEE no reason why the Union may
not BE- immt d a'ply consummsted