Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-06-06

u.m. Bu, f an abused and Oppressed people vii their frrrdOm Il
have a right, +, a sovereign power, to noule the fact, and . ar CO
oiroamEhaHces and our iH;cret require
And again, in the same speechs
- see, and l own t With infinite rcgret, a fsnr and a rcHns. in
the councils Of this country, Infinitely bcl0s that wAich belorSs 70
pc eySaju',d up by o. y 'a%S ,@as'naHon." ~ p" y
This is as true and as appropriate now in lSi4, as ever 1t
was in ISIS France, Belgium, Holland, and England her
self, have recognizes The independence of Texas. England
has, in addition, concluded with her a ueaty # commerce
and, a> L "a Aberdeen, in has despatch Of December %. 1913,
officially declares, has even put herelf 70 ward in pressing
the government of Mexico TO acknowledge Texas as iudc-
pendent" And, after all these evidences u matt nal opin-
ION, eNiofted N favor of TexiS even from ne right-divine
monarchies Of Europe. shall we, democrats IS We call our
selves. lag behind, when II IS our place 10 leaf. the public
sentiment Of the would Shall the spectre of tory iesitim.-
cy scare us from our purpose II such had been the p sit
in &c, these United States might have been British colonies
still!
But our assent to annexation, it NAV be argued, is ask.
ed upon false grounds. We are made the apolosis,s II
the abstract principle Of involuntary serVllude- \ mem
Der OF the cabinet declares, m connection with tins ques-
ton, that southern slavery -, not n lameniable though nj
present a necessary evil, but I positive good. That l. not
my affair. l regard that oplnlon-wiih unfeigned defer
ence aud deep respect for the man, but freely and buddy
| say it-as the master-error of a splendid mind. II II
should ever be proposed, even by inditection. TO make
tins republic the head of a League OF Nations having for
lis object Ia perpetuaie bondage over any class or race Of
men, tire idea, abhorrent To freedom. will find no echo, m
the free States at least, OF this UnIon nor many support
es, truly believe, even IN the South. Some OF or
slave States, unprompied save bv their own deliberate
convictions, would already, in all human probability,
have taken measures to rid themselves gradually of hat
they feel to be an increasing evil, had not the uncalcu-
lating spirit nf modern aholIionism. by her blind precipi-
fancy, dashed down the growing purpose ere IT rPened to
action. How, then. should they recognise slavery ~ a
blessing 10 be cherished and pcrpetuaied? No. We will
inviolably respect the State rights OF the South we will,
at all IIsks TO ourselves, protect her property and, rs "A
station whence that property might be eEdange ed, We
find additional reason why Texas should become part and
parcel of the Union but To eulogrze slavery. to and IN
plans for lis pcrpciuation. that Ne cannot do u, by any
one, anneva'ion should be defended upon grounds like
that, We have but to say, that he gives a bad reason for
doing a good thing. II Is no more necessary that Texas
should be annexed, Of IL be annexed. for such n reason,
than II l. necessary that the proposition sh"uid be reject
ed, Of IT be rejected9 IN The spirit which dictated some re-
cent sianza, of great power, but of evil and iIsorganIzIng
spirit. from a New England pen in which the writer
speaks of his fellow citizens Of the Souih-breihren OF The
same Union-as
"These cotton and tobacco lords. these pumps Of slavery -
And then thus recklessly seeks TO arose sectional feel
ing against them
"Up. up, New England once again, and smte them hip and Ugh,
The cursed roe Of Anatk, whose arnhI isa lie"
To one other objection only, in conclusion, viii my
time permit me 10 advert. Ii Is one which l. made, aud
earnestly made, by many good men. Texas, II Is said, IS
a wild, border country, peopled 10y an onicast race, with
more of uubridled enterprise than OF law and order about
them and we scrupIe To admit such an one INTO our
peaceful and aw-abiding Union.
Indeed, Are our own dongs so hlameless; our own
hands SO clean Among Us, here Al home, 1oes liberty
never run 10 license, nor riot interrupt the even tenor OF
our national way And what shall we say-yeS even
Of that grave, time-honored State, IN whose forests the
0uaker-COlOnlst once sal down. 10 treat Tor Tie land which
his conscience fuIhTIe him tO seek To obtain Ivy conquest?
What of William Penns own city of brotIerl, love Can
her citizens lay their hands on heir hearts,
and lhl Their eyes to Heaven, aud say, that they are
guIliiess, even of appalling riot euiiilcss Of midday arsoh'
guiillcSs OF watching, with Nahddl-lke loy, while the
flames arose that reduced the records Of learning aud Of
genius, piled mp, a bonfire in her very streets, Ia a heap
ofblackened ashes gnIllless of shouts Of savage eXnllaiiun
when the crosS-thai emblem cn>hrined a. the hottest IA
The hearts-Ihe honest, If mistaken, hearls-of thousands
among her own p~eople-when that ,cneraicd cross, tot
iering on lis lofty tower. 10 which the hands of the owl
ized incendiary had applied the torch of prosecuting ven
geance-lell, at last, IN a shower of gliierng sparks. and
was buried amid the burning RUNS Aud We thank God
that we are not as other nations, or even IS tins frontier
territory peopled as our selfrishieousnoss would have
il. with publicaEs aud SINNERS When we can boast. that
the galaxy on our own republican shield shines out. at
every moment, stainless and undInmcd, It Will be time
may have ubscured. for a brief season. the rising bright
enough to sctabout registering each fitting cloud, that
ness OF the lone star oi Texas!
Unnl that time arrive, let the consciousness Of our own
sins inspire charity Tor those Of our ~n-i.hbnrs. Let uS re-
gard the alterations OF young Liberty. To adopt The seuil-
meut of a graceful writer, but a. the dashing spray. winch
the swelling waves of freedom occasionally cast betond
It's legitimate bound
These bret remarks contain, | am well aware, sir. but
a sketch, and a very imperfect one, OF the facts aud The
law IN this case Vet they embody that winch has rom
WINGED my own mind, that II - our right, without waiting
for tie assent of Mexico. to annex Texas to the tniied
States and that II * our duty, at the request uf Texas
herself. to consninmaie without unnecessary delay. and
hy such legislative act as may be most appropriate, that
annexation.