New-York daily tribune., 1845-03-05
Texas mud Our Duty.

II Is made matter OF grave reproach TO us, by
the exemplary moralists OF the Sun, Herald and
Morning Nc,rs, that we still indulge forebodings
of evil to our Country by the Annexation OF Texas
that we are anxious and sad amid the uproar and
revel of the Annexationists-and that we do not
propose 10 fall in with the current cant OF taking
the side Of our own Country on this matter. An
nexatlon is carried, alter lashion-in our ladg
nent, most guilty and unconstitutional fashion
and sill we stand up aud refuse to do it reverence.
OF course, all manner of ingenious parallels run
between our course and that OF the Torres, tie
Hartford Convention, &c. We see all this-we
toresaw it--but what Of 1T
When, years ago, the lofty and pure-hearted
WrLLL.I ELLERy Cu,NxINc: lifted his voice in
warning against the Texas conspirators, and the
scheme, not then avowed. of adding Texas to this
Country-not murmur was heard in reply There
no man In the Union brazen as TO Justify the
prospective Annexation of Texas, or deny tha! the
acquisition of that territory by Us, in defiance of
Mexico, would be fragrant wrong. Years after
ward, when the first open overture for Annexation
was made by Texas 10 his Country, and Mr., Sc
cre,ary Forsyth replied ha, so long as the war be-
tween Texas and Mexico shall continue, the ques-
non Of Annexation necessarily involves that of UGr
between the United States and Mexico," and that
our Government therefore declined 10 take Texas,
the whole Country acQuiesced in the justice aud
force OF the statement The same sentiment, was
substantially re-asser,ed by Messrs. Van Buren,,
Benton, &c. a short year ago. Down 10 a very re-
cent period, 1t was admitted, all over the Union
that Annexation implied either the previous assent
OF Mexico or an immediate War with her-that by
IN Nefa of IL
sirances, We made war upon her This is Jus, as
true to-day as II was then ], may be tina, Mexico
knows herself too weak TO contend against us, and
will succumb, thosghwe think otherwise In that
case, she is simply coerced into submission by our
overwhelming power But that she feels herself
wronged and robbed BY US. no man ocn doubt
Her public documents. her Journals. her uniform
language, establish this beyond doubt And why
should not the whole truth be spoken I! We hare
consummated, in intent ii not in act, long series
of asgressions and optrages upon her-consumma-
ted il by the open seizure OF large portion of her
territory 1t is hers certainly, as between her and
Us for so We have solemnly declared II IN the most
sacred manner known 10 nations. Our people have
wrested it from her, and now we take them into
partnership with their spoils in their hands. Who
Goes not see nat We nave taSS '.ieii
Srst to las, our own1 We may bury our heads ever
SO deep in the sand, but the world will see that we
have been despoilins our constant friend and ally,
while solemnly assuring her tina, we were neither
doing nor intending any such thing.
But the News cites TO US the toast of thc gal
liant Lawrence I" Our Country May she be al
ways right; but right OF wrong, Our Country -
Most heartily do we respond 10 the sentiment,
though our application oft is probably different from
that of the class who are hired 10 hack souls out Of
bodissto order. We say, Stand BY Our Country !;
but stand By to keep he, in the Righ, and win
her back, if need be, from the Wrong. No acQui-
ssition tainted by injustice, noNcloy won against
the Right. can possibly dous any real good.
But suppose War ensue, would you not stand
up foryon Country ? We answer, we would de-