Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-07-11
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II i very c,u.l in the Times to rebuke our heart
tel, re;oicings over The triumph OF anneSa''o"'-
|, was a matter which we had sci our hearts upon;
which has been marked by no iitlle difficulty
and for which this paper has sedulously labored,
enr some time. We had a right, then, in this free
country. 10 rejoice at the contamination. Ana
The rebuke is particularly ill-tmed, when il comes
from a ourna! which, 10 say the least, has been
neutral on this question. Even its yesterdays oo-
iureatory article does not clearly inform the world
what its opinions are, or what course II would
have taken, had the settlement OF the question
rested in its hands exclusively. We quote j! FOR
the study Of our readers:
ave are entirely disposed 10 GeG''tsec IN The
decision OF the American people, that Texas is 10
be par, Of our Union, and believe that The an
nexaiun, iqdeYenienty IF constitutional CONSIDERED,
Mons l-il be IF adrantnSc 10 the country, though
nat ,ritiow INJURY in mann respects"
We hope then, that The Times will let US re-
,oicc a, The result, in our own way.
The Editor, in another portion of his columns,
informs Us that he was "lresh from The schools OF
The University. Il was natural, therefore, that ne
should indulge in verbal criticisms, and play the
Censor over our language We excuse The pro-
vince he has assumed; for wo;ds are but OF lille
avail when used 70 announce important events
IN, we must pro,es, agains, the attempt ct he
Mentor Of the Times 10 coavc! .ur language OF
inconsistency All have admitted thai, fer The
lew past weeks annexation was certainly 10 be
expected. The public opinion Of Texas IRE
sis,ib,y ran tia, way-and, on the morning Of the
i,f we announced the contamination as having
actually taken place; for mo rational man could
doubt he tact" But, for long time a.;er Inc
action 0. our Congress, nncn doubt hung over
the result. Indeed, an intelligent citizen Of Texas
has very recently assured US, that at one momen.
the question was full OF gloom, and many thought
our Resolutions would be rejected. The oppose
,ion of the leading authorities and many distin-
suished citizens, the cunning and asSiduous di-
,lomacy Of Great Britain her immense resources,
her honeyed promises, The threatened dangers Of
war. the COMBINED action Of the French Minister,
(conrary, We hope, TO the instructions OF his Go
4 vernment,) The direct commercial advantages held
our BY G. Britain and the arliul appeals 10 The va
ni,y Of Texas to maintain an independent! and pro-
minent rank among The nations OF The earth
these and other facts form The contingencies" ia
which we alluded and which many patriots ieaT-
! ed would defeat annexation. The Times has,
! therefore, miscons,rued our language, when j!
makes us refer 10 The vote OF her Congress as
s'the critical step" Tha, vote was but lie ina
contamination oi public opinion, which hat, some
time before. taken 'the critical step" and had put
down all the difficulties which NE have grouped
above. We agree win the Compiler, that there
was no "hazard.' in concluding an arrangement
when these contingencies" had been neulralzed
| bu, we contend that there was hazard in taking
those critical Steps which led TO the grand result
The Times looks coldly upon annexation as a
common "ma,ler OF bargain and sale" Ii says
1--WE might think it very well Tor the United
States 10 add few more cotton plantations on The
Southern border especially if they could get them
for nothing; (his is a direct contradiction 10 the
Wings argument) but We mus: confess We sec
nothing exceedingly siorioas in il, on one side or
| the other"
Il sees nothing GLORIOUS" in the diffusion of the
lish, OF education and religion over most love-
" portion Of The globe; The extension OF the
rich blessings Of liberal institutions and enlight-
encd civil ization; and the strengthening OF our
own bonds Of union and the multiplication OF the
resources of all the great interests Of the country
All we have TO say is that the Times does moi
look al this grand and GLORIOUS" spectacle with
the same eye that majority OF the people Of The
old and The new world will regard it. The fna
achievement Of this measure, we venture TO pre-
dict, will create more excitement and call up more
admiration, than any event which has transpred
for many years. We insist upon calling it "glo-
riors."
The Wing can hold in no longer about annexa-
ton. Yesterdays No. is lull 81 president max
ing and private rapaci'y, impuii:y Of motive
avarice, injustice and inini'v," and such other
delicate compliments 10 The friends Of annexation
and they turned out not 10 be few! Time will
CRAFTY The anxious wishes OF the Wing, and will
dispel that cloud oil "woe," which ii seems GER
,ainly 10 apprehend. AS foreign State, Texas
would have been more dangerous rival" of The
cotton and sugar States, than She will now prove,
as member Of the same coDfederacy, governed
/ hv The same laws and subject 10 the same burdens
! |, is now 100 lat, 10 re-argue that point. 1t was
] made perfectly clear by the "Whig" delegates
James Lyons, Esq, in the late canvass.
i For the benef, of The Wing We re-publish the
following from The London Morning Herald:
"Mr Calhoun reproaches us with opposing the
i IF tn
| slavery first in Texas, then in The United States.
We avow il frankly, ard invite our friends OF
! France 10 avow il with us We desire 10 0tolisi
aareTu in The United States from piilaataropie and
commercial, and SIX more, from poiitcal reasons
As long as The United States preserve the mo-
nopoly OF cotton. they hold tie manufacturers Of
Europe in check and dictate laws 10 them, and
| they will preserve the monopoly OF cotton as.long
as they preserve The labor of -, blacks. d, on
the contrary, England were to prevent antexa-
! lion, she might at some future taI. vita India
/ and Texas (mark India frs, and Texas after
wards, ruin The cotton trade Of the uaed States,
/ and in her turn dictate laws 10 all the manufac.o-
j rieS III the world"
1 The Standard, paper in the confidence OF The
( Prime Minister, says:
! "The Republicans OF America seem To be little
1 concerned abou, slavery; hn il mus! be admitted,
/ that, whuu, the labor Of The blacks, they could
not produce cotton-lhat cotton which plays SO
important part in their exports. In just recon-
pense 10 her disin,eresledness, England might
soon render The cotton producing labor OF e
slaves useless, and thus abolish slavery BY trans
porting he production of cotton through The aid
OF free blacks, 10 another hemisphcIe!"
SINGULAR DESPATCH.
Everything goes to prove that the late voyage
OF the Princeton from Galveston 10 Annapolis i,
one OF the mos, remarkable on record She pass
II IL. x1:-~;-:. Lat a.. Il.