Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-02-13
ability within herself to subject her


THE Annexation Question is one Of
such magnitude, as to completely in
volve the futile destinies of Great eBri-.
tain. Ifit should be decided adverse
ly to her wishes, she clearly foresees
rival in the Western world, that, in
coming time, will obscure, and cast in
to perpet ual shade, herreal and vaun-
ted great ness. The extension ofterrl-.
tory, and consequent augmentation OF
population , will not be more whitening
to her AMI bilious schemes Of aggran-
dizelnent on the American continent,
than the dependent condition IN which
she will b placed for the'staple, from
which she derives not only her pros,
perity, but the very means Of subsis-
tence, will be humbling to her PRIDE.
If Texas, through her wicked machinai-.
tons, could have been forced into the
cruel EN- braces of Mexico~-she laid
the hatter ing "unction to her soul''---
that, for a trihing considerations she
could hav e become its purchaser, and
that ultimately, availing herself OF the
weakness Of revolutionary Mexico and
Spain, she would appropriate the en-
tire territory ofthe one, and the posses
sions of he other, in the West Indies.
Then, thu en-, indeed, in the majesty Of
power, the chorus tothe National Air,
"Rule, Britannia rule,' would have
re-echoed over. our heads, from her do
minious on the North to her domlnlons
on the Sonth, as tantalizing to our
self-immolation. ae9l ls5 % taal ,4sif
have said that Great Britain has
not only her prosperity, but her very
existence, in the article of rae COTTON
At present she has no other alternative
than to receive her supplies from the
United States, and hence she sees and
teels that she is tributary TO them. Is
it not natural, apart from that monop-
olizing spirit ofdominion, which knows
and recognizes no higher principle than
interest, that she should be DESTROYS of
creating competition in cultivation'--
And in what quarter, after the partial
failure in India, SO eifeetuslly as Tex
as. y The United States have all the
means within themselves, whenever it
becomes necessary, in self-defence or
otherwise, to establish basis of entire
erclusive ness from all the world! How
is it with England By the way of
demonst rating, SO as to make the fact
apparent to the, dulest mind, it has but
simply to be remarked, that the $685.
100000 worth of, Southern Staple
which she annually takes from US when
manufactured, yields the enormous a.
mount to her of $3.50, ,OO0u I'LL
Now, what would be her condition, if
she were cut off suddenly from this
profit Of S112, 600, 900, which the pro-
duct of our luxuriant fields enables her
to realize? A restitution more appal-
! ling than that which would be atten-
dantapon famine. The more depen-
dent we make other States upon US, the
more INDEPENDENT, as a consequent
matter, we become;and, therefore, make
durable advances towards that standard
of greatness by which nations are mea-
The AsLondon Times" land when /
quote fri m the 'London Times |
quote fir ON the sentiment of the British
reading public, as ii is more read than
all the dtheriaurnals in England, IN a
recent editorial-its leader-upon the
Presidential election concludes with the
following remarks: ,sggasg adj s1ui
"Ifw E, in common with other States
Of Europe are prepared to resist the an
nexation Oft exas to the United States
as an act of RAp1NE, calculated to de-
prive US ofaUsEFuL ALLY,To PERFECT
UAyE 81 la VERY, ANDTo cREATEsA RI
VAL OF MARITIME 8 POWER IN THE
GULF OF MEXICO, at loouM be no more
| than iust to maointaia, the independence
of TEXAS against .Meriico Itself; & above
all by declaration of the principal
States of Europe to terminate this state
| of unceyt ainty and menace. Had leg
as consented to abolish slavery, all her
political differences a0ou1d tong s''ce
haze been Terminated; and instead OF
beiin,gg. an object Of mingled contempt and q
desire to the population Of the United
! States, she ,couJd haze placed her 'choIe
condition on a HIGHER AND MORE Sc
CURE BA Sis than theirs, and mould De
.prepared to play q conspicuous part ~
the history Of the ''e,c acoy.g; a,,st.s..3
Yes. truly, if under British dfctation
sTeras had consented to abolish slave
~ she wouidhave skpfepared TO
Inlsxra conspicuous partin the history
Of the new world" Her 'spolltical
differences without any regard to