Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-18

discriminating duties in Mexican ports Z
favor OF Mexican vessels, which make. :
advantageous TO the importer to ston mi
tranship at New Orleans; finally. orr CIV -
terprise, our policy, and our free ins,n,
tons--our perfect security, under lust law
for life, liberty, person, and property
These circumstances, undirected bv o..
ernment, and without the knowledoe =
government, have given to New Or]e.n.
the supreme advantage of being the en,r.s
pot of the Mexican trade, and have nrs-
scented the unparalleled spectacle Of the M.
bicst valley in the world, and the riches,
mines in the world, sendins their resnec'
tive products to meet each r,her Al n.
mouth OF the noblest river in The worla
and there 10 create, in lapse of tinr. N.
most wonderful city which any ace or h,,,ns
try has ever beheld. A look upon n.
map Of the Great West, and tolerable a.
pacity to calculate the aggregate OF orr.
graphical advantages, must impress the be.
holder with vast opinion OF the f0trre
greatness Of New Orleans; but he will on.
" look upon one halle the picture, unhss
he contempates this new branch Of trade.
which is making the emporium Of the Mis-.
sissippi the entrepot of Mexican coininerrs
and the recipient Of the Mexicah mines,
and which, though now so great, is still Il
its infancy. Let not government mar /
consumauon so suspicious in its aspect
ana teemng with SO many rich arid pre-.
cious results. Let no unnecessary COLI.
sion with Mexico interrupt our commerce.
turn back the streams of three hundred
mines to the Havana, and give wound %
a noble city which must be felt to the head
spring and source ofevery stream that pous
its tribute into the king of floods.
From this extract IL will be seen that
then viewed the Texian question under
all its aspects, and considered what was
due t. Mexico and the United States. Al
well as what wished in relation 10 Tex.
as itself. My aim was to accomplish
eventual admission without a breach with
Mexico-without compromising our ma.
tionai honor-with as little dissatisfaction
as possible to any part of our own Union
and without the loss of the rich stream Of
gold and silver which the Me lean mines
were annually pouring into New Orleans
and the west. This was my wish and nv
effort; and putting off the question of ad.
mission, voted for recognition, but not
without serious misgivings that our known
sympathy for the TeSian cause, and The
/ proinptness Of orr acknowledgement Of
] Texian Independence; Notwithstanding
the care Of President Jackson and Pres:
dent Van Buren, to observe the strictest
neutrality, and to treat Mexico with Al
respects) might have the effect Of aliena:
ting Mexican feeling from us, and injur.
ing the valuable trade which we carried On
with the Mexican people. Events have
shown that these misgiyings, so stroney
felt In 1885, were not without foundations
Every body knows that New Orleans has
lost the Mexican tradc-that the stream d
the precious metals now flows to the
mouth of the Thames, which but lately
flowed from Tlmpico and Vera Cruz u
the mouth of the Mississippi. Ever
body knows this, and the cnstom-housS
books prove it-those books, which show
US an import of ten millions and three
quarters of speeie from Mexico, at The
, commencement of the Texian revolution,
and Of one million and quarter for the
year 1S42-the last year 10 which the ac-
counts have been made up.
| Such has been my conduct, and the rea.
sons for it, on the two occasions when the
admission of Texas into our Union has
been proposed, and when / have opposed
both propositions. Now, third propose.
ton for admission is made, and under cir
cumstances more formal and imposing than
heretofore, it comes in the form of treaty
laid before the Senate; and what I shall DO
upon this treaty does not become me ID
say, standing as do in an official relation
to the question and bound soon to act upon
! it. All that shall say is, that I wish The
discussions on the question Of ratifyig.
this treaty TO be public! that the nature q
the question; the manner in which II has
been conducted heretofore; Justice to the
people; justice to individual senators; the
absurdity Of secret discussion in the Sen:
ate and a public discussion in Inc news
papers; the indisputable fact that iobbcrs
Spectators and intriguers have knowna
along what was concealed from the pcc
pie and their reprcsentativcs-all these
circumstances, and the prevention of fl.
ture false reports of the action of the Sen
ate for sinister purposes, (political, spece
lating and stockjobbing,) require the &C.
ton Of the Senate to be public; and shall
accordingly move to open its doors upch
the discussion Of the treaty, when it shall
be taken up.
Leaving out Of view, then, the treaiy
which is now before the Senate, and only
looking to the general question, can ssy,
that look to the recovery Of Texas, andd
our mutilated rivers and natural boundries,
as inevitable facts in the natural order q
human events; that they naturally belong
to the valley of the Mississippi, and to tk
American Union, and will return to !
with case and honor if wise and tempo.
ate counsels prevail; and that this natur1
consummation of a coming event can only
be delayed for time BY throwing ths
question into our elections, perverting
from its natural basis, making il scctioaaI
and partisan, prostituting it to unwcrthJ
purposes, running the question at men
and making it the means Of disturbing
the peace and harmony Of the country.
Besides her general interest, as mer
Der Of the Union, in this great question ~
State Of Missouri, to which belong, -