Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-02-05

10 Texas IL matters little which Of the bar
bnrians triumph. They have both, like
Hannibal at the altar, sworn eternal enpl.
~ TO her. They vie with ench other in
proiestaiIons of zeal Death and deslruc-
lion 10 the Iexnnsl--thai, even now, IS
the theme Of every despatch, the burden
Of every proclamation. The victor, be
he Paroles or Santa Anna is pledged to
carry out, without delay in oil ITS barba-
Tty, the menaced invasion. To sustain
and give briliancy to nowly.gotten power,
he must redeem his pledge. Imagine the
sequel! The Rio Bravo is crossed. Ano-
Their league, and rullian soldiery-
swords yet wet with the blood of their
own couutrymen-enler the doomed land.
Must call up before you the scenes that
are to ensue7 Cruel, nj best, and terrible
is the trade Of war But u war OF exter-
mnation! A war, whero the eye pities
not! where tho sword spares mott where
the command is TO sayo alive none that
breathe! Conquerors, even in the flush Of
victory, have wept over field of battle,
where the strong man died, his weapon in
his hand, the lrown Of defiance yet unfa.
dcd from his brow. But field of slaugh.
ter, indiscrmlnate slaughter, slaughter Of
the defenceless, the unresisting la field,
where mDglc, doflej in dust and gore, the
white locks Of venerable age, and the fair
soft hair Of unoilending childhood! Think
think what II is--ihis carnage Of ma
ton, without distinction Of ago, Of condi-
tlon--there is yet moro--of sen! Do
you remember the words Of tho dromaIisli
"The man who lays his hand upon woman,
Save in tho way Of kindness, Is wretch,
Whom 'twerc base aattery to call a cowardm
And il Is woman--it is that gentle be.
ing whom the desert lion himself is said to
pity and 10 spare---it is the young mother,
her infant charge sheltered in her arms--il
is the wife and mother, fleeing TO rescue
her person from the pollution of a brutal
banditry--to save the child Of her bosom
from their murderous Steel IS even she,
10 adopt, in oil their cold official atrociy, |
the words of tho decree Of blood, who, If
she be trash enough 10 Ay"--at the sight
Of this approaching horde Of assassins-is
10 be "pursued until taken or put to DEATH"
And what lhcnl The report Of these
deeds Of crime and Of shame is TO come to
us across the Sabine The story Of each
succeeding brutality is to sink down, in all
lie damnng details, into the hearts OF our
people. The South, with her fiery pulse,
and her hot chiyalry, is 10 hear it. The
West, with her fearless spirit and her
quick sympathies, is to hear IT,. The
Norlh--yes, the North, less quickly reused,
yet bearing, under her snow, warm heart
of pity--is to hear it. And when the
shndow of these deeds of darkness has
settled down, like pail over the entire
land, ask II yet again. what then?--" II I
is no concern OF ours. Let them perish!n
Will that be the language--that the spirit
--oI young America but her adopt.
ed chlld--eyen ! dare, in this, to answer
for her. No, no, thousand times no
We may turn over here the leaves of mus.
~ volumes; wo may quote black letter
within these walls, in proof that it is our !
boundcn duty TO stand pas.iyely by, with. u
out an effort 10 save, without protest TO
avert, aud see our brethren of Texas,
their wives and their little ones, butchered
before our eyes. See it tho People will
not make the case their own! We have
not yet, in this hemisphere, reached the {
ago of placid Indifference. A nations P
early youth, like mans, Is full of warm "
and generous impulse. You will see il
Mark what the decision of this nation will 0
DO! That we have right to interfere Q
l tell you no! Other than that will Be
her languogc-that we have no right to u
hold back! There is law more holy, far
moro imperative than the law of the sta. =
tute booll--the unwritten law of the hu. P
man heart--that law, which taught the Sa. .
marilan that he was tho neighbor of him i
who fell among thieves And that law, a
speaking from tho hearts of young and !
noble people, willdeclarc TO us, that If we '
pass by on the other side aud abandon
our neighbors Of Texas 10 their fate, ours D
is the crime, ours the scandal, ours, be. q
fore the world, the shamel And SO it is
When We sit tamey down, under threats
like lhese--when mercy and courage are u
so quenched within US, that we suffer, un {
protested, outrage thus infamous on the Q
law of nature and Of nations outrage, :
we are expressly told, that is to spread It's
crimson stain even to our very borders
then lei our fair national escutcheon trail, [.
shame stained, in the Dust we are not
worthy 10 give its broad folds to the free
and gentle breeze Of Ileaven
speak warmly, sir; feel warmly.
Who may touch on subjects like that with
a quiet pulsed Yet do place my conf.
dence in an appeal TO sober Judgment, not
90 hasty passion. | but ask you, to look
into tho future before you act. This is
the part of wisdom, but ask you, to
examine, step by step, the issue of tho pc.
Lcy which the friends orpeuco al any price