Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-09-09
TIE TEXAS QUESTION IN EUROPE.

sued by III. great European powers. ne iac'
Ina, il was Joint rendered suilcicntly oeiloh'
s,raied that neither France nor England hau IN
view any exclusive interests 81 'helf own uPo"
thai part of The continent Of Norm America
This i TOO absurd 10 gull even The most credu-
,o,. No one can doubt, that il was The policy
81 these Two powers, By he defeat Of annexation,
IA olsain The perfect control of Texas ana 10 deai
!, heavy blow al our agriculture and manuiac-
,nres BY admitting from Texas her cotton and
.no,r ara low duty, on condition tina, the later
should receive The cotton and other manufactures
ri ENGLAND and the silks and wines OF france,
also al low duty. All Interests, then, shonio ie-
ioice ina, This mischievous policy has been 50
eloriousy defeated by the wisdom and prompIness
oil our Government.
Ia some Of the tory journals OF England, we
ii i yenomous and Absurd attacks upon tAis
country for having carried annexation, and silly
predictions Of dissolution of the Union, as It's
immediate consequence. Their ignorance "i me
first principles OF our Government has blinded
their vision, or they would acknowledge thai the
movement Of annexation will have an incacula-
bic influence in riyeilns sill more firmly The
bands OF union.
For he amusement Of oar readers, we give the
snhs:aace of some OF these editorial rawlings
The London Times SAYS:
"Thc world views the annexation OF Texas, II
III, whole history OF the transaction. from hr>ito
lasl, be dispassonately surveyed. as one OF he
hasesl frauds am most understandable acts OF Spo-
l;alion ever perPe;ra,ed by any nation IN the
present stale OF public opinion in Europe, such
inn an The ui Weak SAFE
~ powerful neishbor would be impraciicahie.
II can only be compared 10 the policy OF @uss!a
towards The Turkish empire-a policy which
Russia herself is not bold OF bad enough 10 avoW,
and which she has allowed the o:her powers OF
Europe 10 arrest BY their interference ahc co-oqe-
ration in The affairs Vi the East. As lar as pub
lie opinion in Europe is concerned, annexation
has done for the political character OF The Cabinet
of Washington what reputation had already
done for the financial credit ui he Cnilcd States
and, indeed with far more strict justice, since The
inismy Of reputation rests urcn soine ci The
States ONLY. aud that OF annexation \ the resrN
81 ;ay deliberate and determined p"hcy oi Inc
:, nerican people and their ralers
The following G. ract from the Times exhibits
the disgrac.iu TACT that our foreign enemies base
their assault; against cur honor ani virtue upon
arguments al our own tilizens-nron ,!c rabbi
and unna,rouc sentiments OF The Aboliiioa;s:s
ana Disso!ulionisS 81 New England. What will
be said, whenihi foreign embodiment OF hostility
70 The progress Of American Institutions thus
lands the leaders oi the Wing Party, and grossly
assails Messrs. Calhoun AMI Polk and The Demo
cratic Parry
Not for Texas alone but for the principles
which she has basely violated, an indignant pro
test is sent forth by Europe; and We amin rc-eci0
the stern Tebuse al the rtSe and bes! NJ her err
cifseas. il, indeed. men are Still wiling 10 be
called American citizens, when they mus, in that
capacity sustain the burden OF transaction
which they have Themselves denounced az shame
tnt and fatal 10 the true principles oil their coun-
try. What says New England 10 those things?
What is thought OF them in The cultivated and IN
,ellec,ual society OF Boston, which lately posses
sci in Charming an eloquent defender Of Chris
lian morality, and still boasts in Story an unfi-
vailed expositor OF law and justice! The pride
Of the American people used 10 consist IN the ira
dilions bequca,hed 10 them BY the purity Of Wash
inglon and the integrity of his iilusrious tompa-
Mons; il is now stimulated BY the art,fccs OF MIR.
Calhoun, and The aoefeSsions oil Mr.. Polk. They
used 10 boas, OF superiority 10 Europe in their
exemption from those pc iical errors and crimes
which have so often delayed the ancient worl
with blood; but whilst civilization among US dali
IL consolida,es The general peace ny firm obscr-
rance Of paLlc dui,eS and iatefnaicnat 7etiS, the
American continent seems destined 10 witness The
fatal consequences ot an eruption OF those pas
sions and lollies which wise Government and
vr,uous people do most studously Tepress.-
Henceiorward, the passion which has been
rouscd principally for the purposes OF an M
p,iacipied pariy must at all hazards be sa-
listed. Men like MIR. Calhoun or MIR. Polk,
who subss, by stimulating and serving That pas
- t..1. IL ,t.. tl-a A1r
Webster or Mr. Cay, who aspire 10 the nob'er
task Of controlling il, The same spirit is not al
together wanting in other free countries; IN En-
gland il has one representative, in France II has
MANY: but these are men thrown into opposition
by the loss OF The confidence Of their Soveregns
and their counirymen, whilst the Government
steadily pursnes an opposite course. In the
United States, on the contrary, the ascendency
ofthe restless, interruptions PARTY 81 inc Democracy
is complete and wiM Sect men az Porcr, directing
The passions Of the people TO aggression on foreign
States, no limits can be assigned 10 the wanton ex-
cesses which may be anticipated from such
Government, 1t vain 10 conceal, il is impos-
sib!e ,o overlook the fact that the possessions OF
the crown of England and tie relations oil this
country with the United States; are conslanilvand
especially menaced by this detestable parry
This is beautiful language Tor country whose
enormiles and expressions in all Asia have
aroused the Indignation Of the whole world In.
deed. taking into view the course of Russia TO-
wards Poland and Crcassia and of France in
Algeria, Europe has completely estopped her
self from saying word as 10 the assumed ag
gressions of the rest of the world
The Liverpool Mail says: at becomes ques-
ton whether if Mexico is unable TO core with
the graspng ambition and military strength OF the
American Union, il will not be the duty OF the
powers of the old world 10 come forward 10 her
assistance"
The London Standard impuicn,ly asserts, tina,
'the act, (annexation, though an act OF arocious
perfdy and OF most unjust violence, is not looked
upon as materially lowering The character OF The
United States fo- political honesty, TOO plainly, be-
cause that character could moi be lowered"
Is it no, almost Incredible that in this age OF
American progress and intelligence, any respec-
table journal would have venured TO send forth
such miserable stuff as the following which We
find in the same London Standard
81, were invidious to compare the intelligence,
the honor and honesty Of the present United
States generation with those Of its British, Ger
man or French contemporaries. Nothing can be
more certain than the extraordinary mor0l 9d-
vanceneat OF the population Of the Old World du
ring the last 50 or so years. Has there not been
a corresponding refroSrcdat.on in The U. Siates7
Now, should this be The case, as we acknowledge
7cih pain, that il is, The Interest OF mankind will
suffer nothing by The dissolution OF a system so
little favorable 20 the moral elevation OF our race
I'd, therefore, ,oe can contemplate nth indifference
4: Leosi, that b,easing M Of the commonwealth, OF
,ciiea The annexation Of I'trcs aud &c l[triean
,car a,c 50 oJrioudy the commencement"
This paper, then counts confidently upon the
refusal OF The Northern and Eastern States 10
submit to taxation TO support dong and difficult
war for an object really opposed 10 their Interests,
and ou:rasing Their political and religious princi-
ciples; for The war for Texas is war against the
abolition OF slavery" England and Mexico will