New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-05-27
THE TRIBU n L
.,.r rro,n senator Barro,v.

ret IS may &c ,oancc with tins rule me- political lite.
CoasI,su, TO communicate 10 you ~ NE eati, no!nent
popteY " agpose vote against the rdticntiun oil the
10 my now bsoe the Senate oI ne OF es To the
ned 20 me Alternative =" waiting Tor opportunity To
pese speech which nfh r na .," you W 'c fe
nosa oval, Us o az the Outset. that, while consider The
rnsnie.I and whc sIevc tina; tie Executive and his
&C., ,.cre Influenced by the most selfish ard amb ouS mo
y2fsefs md n and tie gro.,e9t
t'o ,,e The Executive OF Texas Induce HIM consent
% nruson nn tree Ia admit that. had hcre eNistSd no
os 90 The Of the Treaty. and more oil higher
gSysaanang from our Treaty obligations |" Mexico and had
lsr bascd upon considerations connected wi our domestic
s5tuesn poic been removed. might aye .ii 10 be my
~ fri prc ,cd 90 mind aud before had examined ~
Ebly OF Annexauj and expressed myself To- Scvo!a.
JSy friends and associates but after mature and cam re-
have arrived nj the conci,,on TIM, there exists no
ri, necessity Cor the measure. and 0 the MITIGATION OF the
TTsv before the enute would not only involve the ma
I an nc,st \yn- bl would IN M especial manner pros
NJ ai i intcr:, ~ onIsna These benr NV solemn
sycons. hive not stopped 10 inquire what effect their
.yosa might nave upon my popularity at home a., however
ss.ng coincidence O; opinion between constituents
I'd mysei might be- my self respect and the approval vi
ay o~n conscience ure still more Important
The ratification the treaty OF annexation, before the
'Gs o wI s az M ~ iy I T1N y, Enslsn
bdpehaps with France Every we! wiscI the prospc
Of country would consider war s't the Two iut'ef
possrs either Of them national cainmy bur III VA
nr H. in the supposed breac OF treaties. 10 viola
ron the laws o naons could be justly charged against rs
h.nnhed If not destroyed by the ui.con ofSoenn treaty
CARNATIONS. Is national honor nothing Are treaty ohiigu-
ndo.io be- dsegarded whenever ?
Is ne oeoared the world. acts that
ady any UNJUST whenever We believe
ist we possess the physical power to CRAFTY lnSutahe
L. fr territory or may consider that additional ter
ro needed 10 preserve political equilibrium or 10 insr
s protection To- the peculiar institutions III the SOUTH or
(, any iher of the thousand purposes !oF which reckless
MIA, m,ght suggest the acquisition OF additional territory =!
Ssv a IcXas annexed with cyc - the preservation ut
- laIsnce of political power many slave states
M he out Vi u -Four would BE liberal nurnet But, while
.prntying on; .hs.c StricS, would nothing he done m
.hs. When the vast country North and West
T,our TO the foot Of the Rocky Mountains. comes 10 be
oisd and formed into Sate shy nothing of the Oregon
Tsys,or west of the Mountains what becomes OF s eGul
Sumi To mnpaln It we shall nave To MCGUIRE by war ."
obervise New Mexico California, &c and as our broth
~ he North would probably be US aNog, Tor the precr7
,op IL an equilibrium ourselves. TO what point would
I wild and INDUSTRIOUS doctrine ieaduS 10 the purchase
ronnuest of Mexico the SIDE and OF rc Cuudus ON
M o,her while such course OF natcaul policy, 10 say no
spg Of its nIquy, 10 ciicctunte IT, must
hing sian, combination of the civilized world against W.. i
p Intsrua dSenSons and dissolution o the mon such
ron, would no, be dissimar from tint have sometimes
nsvn pursued by planters the South, WHO, lnSsacd b.
vanity uvGnce have gone on purchasing plantation alter
Thor or 10 round OF their aded estate. until they have
JoSed themselves nc1cahy IN debt aud have terminated
TER ambitious efforts to acquire baIonai estates IN bankrupt
Bul rhis Is not NIL We know in States,
h Kentucky and Tennessee, the disposition to get r OF
e slaves ind 10 their attention to manuGcucs Is IN
ces,nr and that IN Others ueh as Maryland n niisia
slave labor produces but small return upon the capnl III
I'D q .rnm these States that the south has been prn-
cpaly supplied with the slaves mat ne eeuea ie ieAI
be annexed and such opening WI be presented nut III a
probability some II not NIL at these States VIII lie dIHied 81
ieir YES, n the South does not passes more rs uy u
she requires aud would no, be- iheleiore ebe 10 ulsi '
What them becomes OF this hugbcar ol the tndnce oil po
ca powe should ali or the most 81 these LttI JON tt
selves, N the course oil time They "onn ropnp 90, NV
nonseye holding Spite.! The beam vii he kicked with
vengeance aud we shall run the rrk OF losing from our Sde
md support States alreadT popuIoN na niiueu, -" re
uncertain prospect oil securing the md o country yet unset
tied, and 70 settle which wall necessarily weaken ourselves.
Let INC examine this question: oil political nHinee III aIio
,pr aspect Soutern rcLcncn have affirmed that unless
TEXAS e North VIII n's ,hs se S met
secure from the ruthless attacks o the Abolonis;s. Ny an
enEaed from England more than one hundred year,
aud settled ~ Virginia. and their descendants without
srge exception that Know or have from Tint period ode
in the u,ehodlng portion OF the United SuteS he destiny
ofhe South will be the destiny omy chiden am moreo-
yer one those who selevc that the aud moral con
do m the slaves ri the TuSh Superior To TINT OF many at
ibe manufacturing and ahoTG Glasses oil te od AHA new
word; aud do believe that s!elar political or Hois
evil Whenever therefore, TIE institution OF slavery Eura
uei by the compac: OF our mon shall be seOu,y ssnt
l,hn I've ready 20 defend from what Guaflcr
The attack may OF those who clam be- cceencc
peculiar guardians ana protectors man! oil ".lu,' WeE
er say, mare zeal than Judgment more bnSaa"
then every from brth, educaOn ana 0ns-cheri,hcd
opnlons and well natured CONVICTIONS 10 say nothing 9' "a
tuition OF Slavery am decidedly OF opinion TIA, tie AnncNa
ton Of Texas 10 the United states Will not give any add"h
security the South md that, on the contrary our position
will be weakened by such measure. LEI Us spp1se 'i
moment, thu. there exists now oT may hereafter exist MED
purpose the part Of our brethren OF tie snHeho'hE
States to abolish aayeT. would the Annexation ca isNn,
I,i that purpose. would not tnic stimulate ~ Sy UNI
AT this moment resolved on the abolition sre
r. the United Of course they must be III favor oil
dissolution @, The Union. and To Dissolve that nj any tre ioI
OF the North 10 interfere with slavery nu>i end m Us.
rupaon OF the Union and none kaow thl' inci beuSi
than our Nolem brethren. aud none mn SURF Wouu
deprra,e such result moro than they Interest, Ia shy
nothing Of patriotism, would torbld such an idea he
love Of the Union as strong the North a. IN the south lis
dissolution would Prove disastrous 10 that portion al the
county than ours and must have stronger evidence than
now possess before believe m the existence OF 0ny ,er
general wish IL the nonslayehodng Stues In destroy
he unou-beiore will accuse them of forgetting
lie example Of noble ancestry. OF desenerane from men
whose glorious constellation around the e ot
the formation OF the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~ short can bring
.l ,aig na fi.Fl
odBt thu, the Hopurs and Don tulNott ui the Sn, are
ngh and that am wtcns III my opmota, ethe w''5s amin
tenon ohcNorth on ts subjective on: lien Ia expect c'
and prepare font ln the event III such wax would mol
the South be weaker with IL, white and sa'e pupnnUa scat
teret over ,err stretching from the delaware ihy 10 NE
>to del NUrc thnu would be they confined 10 their pre-
isut limits Our pUpulatiun would be more Spar,e the irun
ter TO he defended double m length the difficulty nnd expense
greatly increased Any military well - common sess
tell you tina, would be much easier matter successfully
odeend asans; assaults formidable Power the other
slave Sres the white and black population u Alabama
hsshppi; LOUISIANA Arkansas, and Missouri removed with
IN the limits Of the other eight lave States than 10 defend the
present thirteen slave States Any pc"n who would contend
ane means large and extended frontier comparatively
wall aud contracted one must either be tool himself or en-
In my OPINION ielowcitzcns the idea that the immediate
uaIon Of Texas with tie United STATES viii greater
ny 10 our shave institutions about ridiculous The
prome made by the friends ot tine Northern with South
EN- prnelpbs, that he would, should become nece>>lIy-
ms rdeto They seemed TO forget that when such
cIs arrived dissolution would nave virtually taken place
ese oeSaes the Intellectual aud empty arguments OF
particularly such their candidate would have wr
wemay Judge from OF the political papers that have
eGlansd foa him. winch he has generality held GU, his
et hand eahiy to the South wslc his night extended
.Hn much dccineSS ~ he could assume. to be gusped by
the Ao'. We did DOT allow ourselves lie dupcd the
&c sud we should determine not 90 b. led uSiy deceived
tbe other TO prevent dissolution, and protect lie mle
'ts o. ne South, have. thank God rely upon
ne promises OF the Northern usn wjh Southern pru
OF the chne7 cal ypccta,os oi die trends OF Imme
US aunt sahOn The glorious compact winch beQueath
us oy common ancestry must DO dsegafdet! Hnd
fsym the uus patriotism which, however nthets Iy think
ieHeve s'i! 0urrS " th bright ilnue the North
~ o'e poIion vi The Union, must b. cytnsshei seiin
e'est which OXEN influences whom other feeling
leah must he iorEUen before the non ehodus states
c consent 10 interfere with and destroy our privileges aad
Welety But should all these considerations lsShoulc
Nolhen brethren carried away by bind 'natcH, for
Fsu Of usce night nnd country. OF all the advantages of
MOI OF the glory We have achieved Under
ed banner, be willing 10 undertake Ia interfere with or
o'eu'n slavery we Shni then have tut one hast re-one
melancholy altcrnaNe-1e rety K,oT yu, o.rR stout
s,s,ces. - @ "'@''Y V
am one Of ihnse who believe "a the notion nds,r,
oy popaR gated by the nens oi annexation that the te1-
rejected. tine Texans VIII unite themselves with or sell
consists Principally uuort entirely OF EN-. grants from
holding OF UDoa By educston by inlt Tho, M,
favorable and believe the necessity slave n,or snJ
iaey would he prompt 20 reps any attack upon the ,,,
tn 81 slavery ourselves To assume therefore that ire
ieEas are prepared 10 ofm alliance with England u,sn
NE eoson of the abolition o slavery .o Stpunted rHic
To whole