Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-25

Spain. The rest IS well KNOWN. Mexico
-evolted from Spain, and Texas subse-
,uently from Mexico; and both, in due
ime. were acknowledged by the nations
If the world as independent Republics.
These who maintain the right of the
Inhabitants Of Texas to dea.aad admission
into the Union, point to the third article Of
The treaty Of Paris, which says s'the in-
habitanss of the ceded territory [ LOUISE
anal shall be incorporated in the Union Of
The United States, and admitted as soon
as possible according to the principles Of
the federal constitution, to the enjoyment
Of all the rights, advantages and immuni-
ties, # citizens Of the United States. -
This, they say, is obligatory upon our
and tie cessioh of Texas TO
Spain consequently without binding effect. |
In reply, it may be said, as has been said
before, that they entirely forget that our
claim to Texas was always disputed, and
our government only agreed no longer to
urge ii; but even admitting the American
title to have been clear and uncontested,
the diplomatic records of the country show
fully e,ough that our government has ever
acted upon the principle that it is vested
with power to acquire or dispose Of pos
sessions. at IFS discretion. Louisiana was
purchased by President Jefferson, and
n. .;.,a by President Monroe; and recent
H. un,,,r President Tyler's administration,
a large strip Of country, formerly belonging
10 Maine has D>en targained away "
treaty TO Great Britain, AT any RATE ai-er
permitting the subject TO ess Tor twenty
five years. it would hardly be be amins IN
US now TO step forward and lay cla,,n 70
Texas on the ground that in ceding II
away we transcribed our powers Texas
we hope soon to see annexed to the Union,
but not through such means or under such
pretences. She is now an independent
sovereignty, with full power to act for
herself; and if she is DESTROYS of uniting
her dessinies with those of the American
epublic, and such union can be effected
without impairing our honor as nation or
doing violence to our treaty stipulations
with other powers, let it be done. But
pu; it upon the right grounds-those of
mutual desire and mutual interest--and
give all other excuses to the winds.
| The claim of Iowa 10 admission into Il e
Union rests upon more tenable ground.
She, it is on all hands conceded, forms q
artofthe old province f Louisiana, and has
an unquestionable right to insist upon the
falfilment of the guarantees Of the treaty Of
Paris. Unlike Texas, she has not, within
the last twenty five years, been recognized
| by the American government as belonging
Ito three several foreign powers; but every
foot of her soil remains as it was acquired
in 1909. Besides, the government itself,
by organizing our Territory in the usual
way preparatory to its introduction into
the Union as State, by extending to US
the benefits of the ordinance of 1887, and.
more recently, by formally declaring its as
sent TO the holding Of convention for the
purpose Of making the preliminary ar
engagements necessary for change Of gov
eminent, has given us the strongest assn
RANGES that when the time for acting upon
4 our application for admission arrives, no at.
tempt to throw obstacles in our way will be
successful. Knowing that we shall have
twice the requisite population, and donbt
ing not that any constitution that our peo
: pie will adopt will be republican in it
character, we protest against coupling thu
admission of Iowa with any contingency
much less one involved in so much doub
$ as the annexation Of Texas seems to he a
E present. They are not, as we think w
! have shown, parallel cases, but stand upol
] entirely dissimilar ground.
1 That opposition should be made by til
t South to the creation of additional fre
0 States without corresponding number Q
# slave States, is not surprising; but ther
e is no immediate danger, it seems to us, {
h the equilibrium so much talked abou
I, being iterfercd with. Iowa is the onl
d non-slaveholding Territory ready to b
e come State, and Florida is at all .timt
4e ready to offset her. Indeed, if it is Of /
e much importance, two States can be mad
L out of that Territory, one Of which wi
; do to balance Wisconsin, when she seel
y to enjoy the privileges Of State govern
le ment. We are at q loss to conceive, ther'
y fore, what is to be gained by springing Il
+ Texas question upon Iowa, and hope
&c will not be persisted in.
to Henry County.
IS A. d. PoRrfR, Esq. we learn, has be,
II IL r. Al L. II srs4 Z.