The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-08-16
NEW ENGLAND AND TEXAS,


il was the intention of the Southern representatives
in Congress TO recommend separation oil Tue SCUM
srp States from the Union 10 the event OF failure
of the anne xaton Of Texas; aud IT earnestly eA'
horted the People Of the South to weigh wen inc
of separation and calculate The Saiue
of the Unionn We have seen no ntnaton oil th's
alleged design from any one authorized 10 announce
,hs yisws or intentions of the Southern People OF
their representatives but we have seen inc mai'e9
10 addressed "to the People oil the Tree o'a''''
signed by an ex-President and twen'y-ohe ne''o'is
and ox-members of Congress from those ota'es' III
which the DESIGN of dissolution OF the Union, I'D
the event of the annexation of Texas, is openly ana
explicitly avowed. We have more reason 'hefe'
fore to admonsh the People of the free States ana
narticuarly Of New England, to calculate the value
of the Union and to warn them against suffering 'hei
preiudices to be enlisted, by those enjoying 'hen
confidence, and making use OF that commence 10
persuade them TO rash judgment oil measure
which may be repented at leisure
The People of the South have no reason 10 shr'nA
from most unreserved discussion OF this measure III
any and every point of view in which IL can oe con
sdered and they have therefore, no reason Tor pre-
cipitateIy making up their minds on question oil
.rrb ,ranscendent importance the dissolution oil
the Union 1t is the opponents of the proposed an
nexation and not those in favor of it, who evidently
dread discussion, and who would engage III II re'ue-
family, with prejudced minds and excited passions
and we have no doubt that their reason Tor h"adihs
-, ,uo perfect conviction of the more intelligent
among them, that cool and dspasslonate examiha-
ton of the proposed would result IN satisfy
ing the People of all sections of the country aiiSe OF
the expediency, if not urgent necessity OF IT. New
England particularly if she calculates the value Of
the Union" and weighs the coed and Ill hkeiy 10
arise from the annexation of Texas, with any hing
of the proverbal shrewdness which her sons display
in driving bargain, will certainly not be the last
section of the Union to assent to the measure.
Leaving abolitionsts and fanatics out Of the ques-
lion, we imagine no rational mot'e "hich
should induce the People of New England to prefer
that Texas should be under the controlling influence
of Great Britain rather than annexed to the United
States and it in this shape that the question Will
ultimately be presented to them for their decision
That it is the design Of Great Britain 10 acquire
such controlling influence, and that there IS every
likelihood Of her accomplishing her design, unless
speedily arrested, is to our minds already demon
strated and the evidence TO be adduced before the
nation will be found irresistible.
The immediate effects of the accomplishment OF
this design would be first felt by the commercial and
manufacturing interests of New England. We have
often referred to the nature of some OF the templa
tons held out TO the People of Texas, in the open
suggestions of the profits which would spring from
the illicit trade, to be carried on through their ex-
tended frontiers, with Mexico and the United
States-frontiers which army of custom house Of
hcers either side could not guard, even II 1t we're
practicable to employ such armies A large part oil
the border population, both in Mexico and the Uni
ted States might be found willing to connive at and
enjoy the benefits of this rade while the profits Of
would stimulate the People of Texas to use every
means of retaining it. The New England manufac-
turer would therefore lose not only the direct and e-
ultimate trade of Texas, but be deprived in a great
IN easure Of the profits of the trade with our South
western States and with the eastern portion Of Mex
leo, from the Gulf to Santa Fe. Her navigation
would also suffer, not only in the loss of this supply
ing trade, but IN the loss, probably, to consdera-
BILE extent, Of the carrying trade in consequence OF
privileges extended by the Government of Texas to
the British ship owner, which might induce the
Southern planters to send their cotton or other pro-
duce to Texas, instead of exporting directly As
mere question of dollars and cents therefore, it ap
pears to us that the People of New England would
be verifying old proverb, in permitting sectional
feelings against the South artfulIy nstllled preju-
dce. to array them in favor of British influence in
Texas We throw out these brief and imperfect
hins merely to indicate how they may find more
precise data upon which to base their calculations Of
the value of the Union and IN making up their es-
innate, they might probably recur to the account OF
profit and loss to New England from the acquisition
of Louisiana.
But considering the matter in a broader and more
national point of vew do not see what the Peo
pie of New England have to gain, by lending their
aid directly or indirectly, to the avowed scheme of
the British Government, and of the Aboonists, Of
restricting the slave population of the United States
within its present limits. We do not see in what
manner they would profit by civil dssensions, inter-
ruption Of tranquility and prosperity and perhaps,
servile in the South. If they are anxious 10 gel,
rid of the slave population Of the South, whether
from religious, patriotic, or polite motives, 1t APP
pear. TO us that the only feasible, certainly the only
peaceable mode Of doing so, would be to suffer IT to
take its natural from North to South, until it
finally became merged in the mixed, and incurably
mongrcl, population Of Spanish America. This is
i,s natural destiny TO assist which would benefit both
the white and the negro, and do evil to none
while attempt to thwar it, in pursuit Of the vain
chimera Of amalgamation, could tend only to war
of determination. The negro would thrive and re-
ioice under the tropical SUM- and on the pesiential
coasts Of the regions near the equator Why arrest
him in his course, in order to solve philosophical
problems, or more probably for the much less nno-
cen, purpose of ptting him against the white man.
order to make sport Tor abolitoni,tsi His place in
the South would be supplied by the white man, more
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