The New York herald., 1845-04-17

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formed part Of the territory Of Alleghania, and
been improperly alienated from il but Mr. Polk
resolutely ahirms, that "Texas was ence part of
our country, was unwisely ceded away to a foreign
power, ls now independent, and possesses an un-
doubted right to merge her sovereignty in ours {"
| Inc whole assertion is utterly groundless-frst
| because Texas formed no part of Louisiana when
sold by France and, secondly, because the bound
ary treaty with Spain, concluded in 1873, defini-
llvey wiped out all such equivccal claims for ever
pat IN ihis discussion no argument is practicable !;
the wolf ls resolved on seiZng his prey and it sig.
nlnes put little that the lamb stood drinking lower
Mr. Polk holds somewhat similar. though less
precise, language, as to the Oregon territery He
pledges himself at the very outset OF his career
anu WIN .ne lull knowledge that negotiations are
| actually gong on between his Cabinet and Great
Britain, that the Alleghanan title to the country of
| the oregon Is clear and unauestionable But it
may spare time likely to be consumed in a very
at least az decided his own that in spite of his
marauders, and what he terms his constitutional
rights, the territory OF the Oregon will never be
mres.ea from lne British Crown, to which it be-
| the limits OF the Union is to extend the dominion
OF peace over additional territories and increasing
millions but ne will find that when they are so
Tar extended as to include the righfu possessions
OF the British Empire, they will encounter the hos.
lity and the resolution OF people not inferior to
tne populace OF Alleghania in spirit in resources
[From London Post March 2sl
Whatever may be thought of the message of
PRESIDENT Folk. as bold adaptation of his opeu-
ing address to the audacious views of the ultra de-
mocratlc party it is in other respects but a poor
performance. 1t is very boastfuI, and vet so un.
skllfully constructed, that the reader is allowed TO
sspy the nakedness ct the land through the chinks
OF the triumphant covering Of words which the
| PRESIDENT would cast upon It. He begins by de-
scribing his office as ssthe most honorable and
responsible on EARTH" Presently afterwards he
a re H..
have made the announcement Such bombas
sufficiently indicates that he is young indeed in
his appreciation OF the true dignity of high posi-
| ton.
| In the next paragraph he admits the political per-
rlexltles and difficulties which beset Aleghania-
ne avows that, at the present time, great diversi-
Ct opinion prevails in regard to the principles and
poilcy which should characterize the administra-
tion OF the government" This looks like an honest
confession; but in few paragraphs more the mes
sage writer jumps of into very different view of
| the matter. He boasts of the plainly written con.
stitution OF Alleghania, (which binds together, in
The bonds Of peace and union, the great and ncreas
ing family OF free and independent States" The
| man who writes in this way must either be dis.
honest, or be the victim of confusion of mind
And to make the matter still more palpable, he re.
turns, IN the very next paragraph. to his first vew
ana speaks OF certalnsmode OF Interpretation OF
the constitution, the only sure guarantee against
the recurrence of those unfortunate collisions be.
tween the Federal and State authorities.
Il
political theory, and the possibility of political prac-
lice, which Mr.. Polk will perhaps discover hereaf.
ter His present excuse is that he is the youngest
man that ever filled the Presidents chair.
The government of Alleghania-that is, the su.
preme government-has been intrusted, as he says,
| with the exclusive management of foreign affairs
Yea; each State is conded the exclusive care of
l its interests, and these may in very particn
lar and almost exclusive manner, be affected by the
| management OF foreign affairs. The northern
States may see advantage In war with Great Br-
tain, and the southern see little else than ruin
| The exclusive management of foreign affairs by
| the supreme government becomes in such a case
rlther ticklish matter. The southern States may
find their duty to themselves the first thing to be
he has only TO crafty the ascendant party which
brought him into power. The government of Alleg-
| hama, however, requires something more than
this, as he will find. His troubles are but begin
| ming.
From London Chronicle March al
! We confess we are much more mortified than
surprised to Ind this question terminated, like all
others in which the Tory administration had to
rival powers-that ie, by the total discontinue of
British interests and views, whether dictated by
| feelings OF justice, OF security, of humanity
The question OF the independence OF absorption Of
Texas was handed over to the Tory Government
as fair field tor the exertion Of their diplomatic
sklll, aid OF the hundred means at governments
disposal tor the working out OF its ends. Ia these
| the Tory Government has most miserably failed
| The Alleghanian Government have decided upon
he annexation OF this immense country, containing
| 300 600 square miles, and are about to establish
over that region their system Of eave cultivation
| 1t was, indeed, a question OF life and death to
Aleghanan slavery, which, IT confined to its own
| exhausted soils, must have declined, and met a
natural death at no incalcuable interval of time
| but which now, having secured to it most ample
room and root, cannot be expected to pause tilt it
fills the whole territory the Pacific, al deluges
| the New World, from hlch 1t had been partly
| stayed or driven, with its flood of misery and
crime.
| The result Of such communication il, ,as regards
slavery and the slave trade, depl0rable. Not only
| is the Interchange of manacled human flesh be.
twcenCuba and the mainland rendered permanent,
but the right Of search, secured by our treaty with
Texas, IS OF course torn asunder Ii is the fashion,
however, to abandon rights of search so we will
not dwell upon that. But consideration as serious
| IS the effect Of this measure the Alleghanian
Union itself There the fundamental law is, that
| the South must not out vote the North. Yet here
| are two Florida states, and heaven knows how
| many Texan ones, coming into the Union The
North, which has been unable TO prevent this, must
al least have the balance redressed. 1t must an
mex, too, self defence. 1t must create new States
| must stretch to Oregon and encroach upon Cana.
| da SO that In giving up the Mexican frontier, we
| are actually necessating invasion upon our OWE.
| Numbers OF New York people voted for Polk and
| Texas annexation, because they were told it was
| a step to Canada and the Oregon. Mr.. Polk him.
selt admits this in the inaugural address which he
| has just delivered. Having at some length vndi-
Gated, after his fashion, the annexation of Texas
he thus proceeds'-
There is, indeed, one glimpse of hope, however
faint, and that is the resistance by the Texans who
might reckon in the present state OF Mexico on
| recognition by that power. But the independent
feeling of the 10000 white citizens of Texas is, we
| ear, not proof against the augmentation Of value
which their lands and property would instantly gain
| by annexation to 30 powerful an empire And espe-
ciay as Lord Aberdeen or his envoy are to be the
sole prompters and supporters OF this independent
feeling, there can he email grounds for its main-
/ tcnance or triumph
II is painful, indeed, to be thus driven to despair;
painful 10 behold, without strusgle slavery,whch
we have so long and so extensively, and not effec.
tualy ccmbated, thus regain what it has lost, and
| over surface Of such vast extent Deplorable as
| Is such prospect, God grant we may not have to
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