New-York daily tribune., 1845-03-05

lend our Country, II need be, and repe invaders.
But we should not coun,enance and cheer on the
prosecution of an unjust War. Deeply as We de-
sire the vel! beng OF our Country in all things, we
dare not be on one side when the God OF Justice
is on the ,otller We dare not insult Him by ask
ing His blessing on cause stained by Aggression
and Rapacity.
"Do The People ,cisk Dar 2'' was the significant
inquiry oil the Albany Argus last year, in direct
reference TO the Annexation movement. The
question Is as pertinent now as then; the answer
as momentous. All through the Free States, Annex
alton was denounced by Loco Focos, little more than
a year since, az project Of nons,rous wrong ana
iniquity The Legislature OF Massachusetts was
unanimous in denouncing it, and IN declaring thai
there was no constitutional powr t' the Goeef''-
nlent 10 annex "a Foreign State 10 this Country.
The w-Hampshi'e oracles, which are now cruel
fying Hale for his manly utterance, denounced An
nexation in 1913 IN language as severe and sweep
ing as we have ever applied to it. The Friends or
Quakers, in their Yearly Meetings and otherwise,
universally condemned and still condemn Ii
Like US,
They keep their old, uiraovins station yet
What means il that nobody can see how peace
ful, meek, and inoiiensive a proceeding this An
nexaton is, but these whoaIe under party neces-
sity 10 commend II?
Are we right or wrong in saving that, IN adopting
Texas and her War, we have givea cause OF aiarn
and hostility 10 other nations? This Is question
of Public Law and of fact The Herald, which
yesterday characterized our forebodings as the
cant and slQag Of partisanship," had IN the same
paper the following:
eve must at once take our position and announce TO
the world Great Britain in particular our fixed aud
unaterabe purpose remain on The continent oi
North America. That seizure OF California or Cuba
b. England will only meo; our solemn protest. bu' WIZ
b. considered cousus Je. This is the platform on which
all American patriots mus make up theiF mnas 10
stand.
Our march is onWord for centuries to come, sM on
,card-and they who do keep up with u, must fail be-
bind and be forgotten. That's sl.'
Here is the whole matter decided in our behalf
by our adversarics-for the Plebeian and other pa
pers have said the same thing. We pronounce the
acquisition of California or Cuba by England a
cause Of War BY us upon her; how, then, must she
and other nations regard our appropriation OF
Texas? BY what law, human or Divine, do we
make ourselves supreme on all the rest OF this
Continent as well as our own territory! Ofcourse,
whoever disputes our supremacy gives US cause oil
Wor Who, then, we submit, are the real panic
makers-those who insist on or those who oppose
the placing our Country in state of hostility and
defiance TO all its neighbors
= But, asks some Annexationst, is not Texas
independent May she not do ~hat she likes with
herself and her territory T-Why, sir! Texas has
no defined territory Over one-half that she claims
her flag has never foaled and dare not now be un-
furled. Included in what she claims is the rich
City and most OF the Province OF Santa Fe, which
was never seen by Texan, except as spy or a
prisoner, which was Spanish territory before Texas
was ever explored, and has been in unbroken
Spanish Mexican possession ever since. How,
then, can Texas pretend TO give us this City and
province And if not this, how much can she
give We say, none at all, until her independence
is acknowledged by Mexico. Until then, all al
tempt on her part to cede and on ours TO accept
from her territory, premature and preposterous.