The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-14

lection OF Texas. We have no means Of do
ing this except by the election OF Col. Polk 10
The Presidency. For II has already been shown
that the Wing parry leaders, IN Their parry cha
racter, Il except the People,) are opposed o Al.
III any additional evidence were required OF this
fact the publication made few days since m
the National lntelligencer, discloses The temper
of their mind in the exullatlon produced by The
hope OF victory IL is true the wing party
leaders often bsoo before they get out OF The
woods, but nevertheless they have sent lorlh
under the delusion OF victory, the war-whoop
against Texas The letter of the correspondent
of the lntelligencer from Louisiana sald' ekuit-
ingly, in announcing what he considered thelf
triumph. that Texas was dead and buried
Unauestionably this has returned upon that
people with no litIle surprise TO them, amongst
whom, pending the late election, The higS
have been pretending 10 be The advocates OF
Texas. Lei the people take warning-in time
| If Mr.. Clay shosld be elected, IN The PRIDE aud
flush OF victory, the Wing leaders VIII proclaim
il TO be the voice of the people, sotennLy pro
nOunced against the annexation oil Texas.
| That ia his election I'eras rs 'dedd and
buried"! repeat, let the people OF Tennessee
| take aoarning an time, and save themselves
against This fragrant deception and deep NORTH
cation Let them remember TO the very hour
| in which they shall 90 to the polls, that when
| Wing triumph is proclaimed, The first note d
| joy which sdiHes The ear is, that "Iexas IS
dead and buried" This was their language
when they thought they had carried Loui,i lana
This will be their note of joy if they should
elect Mr.. Clay-and The very first which will be
uttered in the preparatory pageant from the
| White House 10 The Capitol. The very watch
| word of their party would be, that "Texas is
dead and buried" Let it be repeated that the
freemcn of Tennessee mast beware Of his
strategy in tine, cad not De taken by false
pretences! Let them provide at the ballot boxes
that Texas shall not be "dedd and buried" by
the election of Mr.. Clay, but that ii shall live,
and triumph, and Aourish-that, under the ad
mnisiralion of Polk, il shall Illumine our own
| glorious history --alo1o and forereri
| In regard to the existing political relations
between Texas and Mexico, the rights of either,
and their claims upon the respect and consld
Grafton of the Governments Of the world,
should not now add single word, in this letter
| to you, if ! was not aware, from my position
here, that the Wing party are sending forth
daily many thousands of speeches., which were
| delivered on the floor OF the Senate, against
Texas They have already been most ably
and irrefutaby answered, and must b, g leave
| to commend the circulation OF those answers
| 10 the vigilance of the Democracy.
| But what are The facts and the rights in this
grea case2 This question Of American llber
ly, or British supremacy Ii has but two
sdes--the one is British, the other American
proceed by giving extracts from the COM
pact of the Constitution Of Mexico and Texas,
as they were both in their united and separate
| capacities.
Extract from the Mexican Constitution
ARTICLE 4th. The Mexican nation adopts for
its government the form # Republican Representa-
tive, popular Federal.
"ARTcLE 5'h. The parts Of This Federation are tbs
States and Territories.
"ARTICLE Ill The articles Of this Constitution
and the CONSTITUTIONS which establishes the lber-
ty and independence OF the Mexican nation, its rei-
gion, form OF u vernment liberty Of the press, and
division Of the supreme porers of The Federation and the
States, be reformed" Passed October 4th,
1924.
The parts of the Constitution designated in
the last article, could not be amended
The original constitution of the provinces OF
Coahulla and Texas, when they were united
with Mexico as a Stale, had the following pro-
vision:
Article %. II is free and independent of the
other United Mexican States, and Of every other To-
reign power and dominion" Passed March lith,
1927, and accepted by Mexico.
10 1885 Santa Anna usurped the Government
of Mexico. After this act the people Of Tex
as assembled in consultation, not for final sepa-
ration then, but 10 resist the Usurper and main
tain the Constitution, which some of them had
assisted to form, aud under which others had
emlgrated, and there they soemny declared re-
slslance, and invited other States TO join in re-
storing the Constitution of 1924. When their
attempt. thus made TO restore the DESTROYED
Constitution of the Mexican Federation failed,
the people OF Texas met in convention aud de-
clared themselves an Independent Nation.
THIS brief statement presents US with the
constitutional laws Of Mexico and sovercig.
acts of the people Of Texas, upon which the
question de jure Is fully established there be-
ing no doubt Of the question de fdcfo in The
opinion oil the greatest nations Of the earth, who
have already acknowledged the independence of
Texas.
ITO be concluded ia our merit