Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-07-26
ror the Arkann. !nIsl!issnesr.
No. 4.
TEXAS IS ANNEXEr-lTS EFFECTS
UPON ARKANSAS.
BY q. W. p.

BIZ G.. W. ?.
We sboulI be the last To crow over the annex
o,ion Of Texas. as mrrr political triumph. We
regarded the measure NJ first us great !>hl"'''
one, in which nur whoIe country was alike inter
e-,e,. To thinking m-n i; was matter oi rrgr'l
,but the question was made tenet IN the p"ilic'i
contest. But even out Of this seeming cviI gco1
has come. The great urbcr, public opinion. was
thus nppeued lo-In no other way could the ap'
neal hay, been so directly made the patriot
ism and good sense of tho two nations directly M
,rrestrd decided the contest. The political strng'
ule being over, the great mass OF those VINO op
posrd tho measure soon felI how far they had SUI
fcr.d par,y zeal To warp their hettcr Judgments
And when the certainty OF British influence to
defeat the measure was traced. detected and eN'
posed, decided action WAS immediately given,
and i, NAV now truly bo sriI tha, Texas has been
annexed by almost unanimous voice in both
countries
There were those in Arkansas who from the
first viewed the subject in somew al selfish I'gh'.
Extensive land holders feared. and many of them
still fear that annrxtiiOn will turn Ihest "i emf
grafton 10 Texas, and that in proportion as lrAaS
becomes conspicuous Arkansas will be lost s'S"'
Of 80 IaSsivtIy is this opinion received that
many entorprislug citizens arc already preparing
TO commence their sprcutlions IN Tex IS. and ma
ny more talk Of going there. Tho opinion Is also
universally received that this will become the the
arc for professional cmincnco, and tho reason
given is the certainty that never ending ItIgn1ioH
will grow ont of the contested Ian titles.
Now it is true that during the agitation Of tins
uues,ion--lhe accomplishment OF tiis great re'o'
luton, which IN loss enlightened ages would have
cost mountains Of treasure aud sens OF hio"d'
| Texas has acquired conspicuous place N the
public mind every who're. No great battles have
/ distinguished the conquest; but the still more
powerful engine-the press has spread before The
whole reading world every advantage o! solI, OF
climate and of trade. The geography Of the
rooatry. It's interua! resources. aud every avenue
10 enterprise is understood by the great r'adlng
vo,iI hr,,. ~ the Un:cI States and in Europe.
And in pro- lorlion as this country las b.''
made TO appear th:: great El'do' kado. the "'h''
new Suites have rcccdyd from the PuhMc gaZ''--
But the rcifcIing mind mus! also take mo NN"
that in soil. in climate, in natural productions ah'
in advantages of navigation Texas e. least has l."
superior advantages over Arkansas. in aTHnn'
sas no person has one hundred miles - "a
excellent navigaliOn-In TcXlS many viii hAN
10 traverse much greater space. The whole East
ern part of Arkansas is washed By the Father OF
Waters, which is always naygobc. ard every
day navlgated by noaing palaces. Th" Gu.l o.
Mexico can give no superior advantages. leo
River is rs useful to Arkansas Us 10 I,N1S. AM
the lands are as productive on lhr north bunk o.
thti slream us on the SOUTH Many when disposed
/ TO leave country are prone to dCcry ITS 0dvHn'
tnees and its People. Thus We have crokors VIII"
continuity detract from the navigation Of IAc Ar
4 Ios tic pl
Here wero we are at the end Of July, and for
nearly the whole Of the last six months Sean
Boats of the largest sizo have usccn led above
this point; and al this very time. our riv, + wou.G
bcar off steamer of 80 tons bur,hcn.
A great deal is sad of Western Tex IS and the
aIvan,ng"s of the tcxicnn and indian trado.-
Bu. can they compete with our northern and west.
ern counties in the production of grain Or
what bring more money among them than
the half million p1d annually TO the lighboring
Indian tribes
Texas may for the time settle with greater ra-
pidty. but it is proposed 10 show in future rumb"rr
tint lis is tho best security to the uIIlmltr pros.
perily of Arkansas. have only to be- that The
readers Of tho Arkansas In,rlIIgcncer' VIII con.
slider carefully what shall be sad before they ubnn.
don comfortable homes. where wealth Is tie Ger.
tain reward Of industry, to rush TO a cunGtry
where they will have 10 encounter grcrtrr com?c-
tItlon.
! !, is not proposed to dctract uug'! from TcyHs
but to unfoI6 the dvantages OF our own country.
"We d. not Owe Cesar less, but Rome more
Van Bnren. Ark. 9th July, lSi5.
Died, at Galveston, Texas, on the 2j,h Of June.
Col. SAMUEL B. MARSHALL, of Nashville, Tenn,
bearer of dispatches la the Government Of the
United Stales. Col. NJ served under Gen. Jack
son in two campaigns, and con lurtcd himself on
ali occasions like a gallant soldier. He was Il
man Of intelligence, good practical sense, and pos
sessrd n heart true 10 all the nOber affections Of
our nature. lis friends viii mourn his death IS
no common loss, and hy all who enjoyed his ac-
Quaintance he will be rcgroiIed.-JBtrsOniGH
Republican.
The Legislature OF the State of Florida COM
menccd lis session on the 23d ut. The Govern
or's inaugural is almost exclusively devoted TO
National politics.. IIo avows his opposition 10 n
alIona Bank, TO n protective tariff. and TO the
distribution of the proceeds of the public anAs.-
All OF which measures. he took occasion To de-
clare, as thee Gellbernc convictions Of his u =.
men;, were infraclions of the Constitution. usur.
pations of the lights of the States, and apart
from tie Constitutional objo ton unwisc, IN .xpe-
dlrnt and inpO'ilic. On tho 1t instant the two