Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-09-29
TEXAS AND EIIRnpE

OF the EnroP'an press on this subject OF annex
auon' we have Ceased to feel any apprehension
that any war would result, though the same
conduct on the part of any European nation
would have produced very disastrous war.
-. From the liverpool liail, Aug %.
we are ANXIOUS to learn what part the gov
crnments OF England and France will ,,k,. i'm
'he proposed annexation OF Texas to the Uni
ted States OF America.
we are not of those who would dispute the
rign' oil nation, or an united people To choos.
their own form OF government. or 10 prefer ,h,
protection OF one ncighboriug power before an.
other. Still there are limits to the rule. well
known To the cruditc and interna tional law.
| ror instance, the people and territory of
belgium we've incorporated with the kingdom
oi hoiiantt, by the great treaty at Vienna. con,
GUIDED at the termination Of the French war,
Under this treaty, king William was r,corni
zed as the sovereign of the United Meth flands
In 1851, however. or Whereabouts. the people
re'oited, and raised the standard of mlepen-
uence. This independence was instantly rec
ognizcd by France, then, also, i'm transition
and revolutionary state, IL was nearly al the
same time recognized BY the government of
England. then in the hands Of the wbirs
NOW, ~ strikes us that Texas, i'm 1918. is
precisely In the same position that Belgium
was IN 1890. The former is, at this moment
as the latter was fifteen years aso---a rcyol,ed
province. Mexico, the mother country. has
not yet consented TO the separation. Holland
Tue mo'her country, IN the other cssc had not
assented To the separation, when the indepcn
dence of Belgium was recognized by Ensland
and France. What these two las, named
powers did for Belgium, they have also done
Tor Texas. They have de facio recognized the
independence of the latter.
Let US Then, pursue the parallel little FAR.
ther. Suppose, for instance, that Bclpium.
having shaken OFF the Dutch yoke. had pro-
posed I'D incorporate herself with, and annex
herself to, her powerful neighbor France. =
would England, or any of the monarchies of
Europe nave sanctioned that alliance? Would
'hcy have allowed France To increase her now
or, aud extend her dominion by a pc,cefnl
compact, after all the money that had bacn
| spent, amt The blood shed, aud the desolatiou
rum, ana wo inflicted upon the human race
iCr The sole object of checking the ambition az
Naroiehn, combining France within her lcpiti
mate limits and securing for hcra firm. s,tc
AMI constitutional government? Ii * M,
Pfooaote. 1t would have been am act of sui
cloe' ltwoulJ have made their professions of
VII! years mere nockcry, and their prim-
/ clplrs the essence ot hypocrisy and fraud.
Is II notaPparcnt, then, that the governments
OF Ens land and France stand i'm the SANE rcIa.
non 10 Texas as those OF England and the
northern powers of Europe stood in relation
10 belgium! 10 recognize the independence
OF icAas Is one thing; To permit Tn. ccssion of
lic Texan territory tn an ovcrmrown. and ur,s
ping, and INSCRIPTIONS republic. like tb9t of
me United Stats, is quite different thing
MEXICO l. weak enough, with a rcvolted proy
NICE on her northern frontier; but that weak
MSS would Dc rendered more dangerous and
hf Prs vol.
WIN the protection of ii greater and ovemw
ing republic. 1t may BE- the policy of France
III the distribution OF her ia, ors, Ia gi;e prrf
erehce 10 tile United States, on the rule that
What the republic gains we lose.
ms OF course, II not English policy. The
OBJECT oil America H. to monopoiise as much
az she possibly can, the cultivation of cotton.
She has also other views. Slavery in the south
Is alarmed by the blasts from the north. There
,s hollow sound coming over the pillows of
the Atlantic, and still, small voice in tb,
States of New England Black men are AL
lowed TO walk Oh the SHADY side. of Broadway
III New York. They are free men. too. BY
some inielicitous accident, which the cotton
planter cannot understand. Hence the ncces
SHY oil more slave influence i'm the Senate AT
washington, more anti-emanCipation votes i'm
Congress more resisting power to the approach
ing revolution.
~ uF government oil England should unhap-
PHy give d taclt consent, or no consent at all,
Dat an unmeanlng growl To the annexation
scheme, she will he guilty of a dcrilcc,;nn nj
duty, ana will expose herself To the CHARGE NJ
suppressing slavery with one hand. and enco,r.
aging II with the other. The interests of the
manufacturers ot this country are decidedly in
favor oi the independence Of Texas. Policy
Challenges the economy of the proposed union.
The less we are dependent upon any one conn.
try Tor the supply of that important stapl. cot
ton, The better fvT ourselves The soil of Texas
Is lcrlie, and It's agricultural products for man
u'dctuIiIS purposes are ineXhaustibe manin-
dependent position. her trade. her supplies her
consumption, would b. invalu bic To- thiscmIn.
try.
Bound 10 us by favorable t5caies. and lib
orally encouraged, she might, under our pro-
tcctive friendship, b. placed i'm mediatorial
CONDITION; and, awaiting hcrsclfof her locality
she might be the schoolmistress of May;co
and the Parochial bcadlc of the United Stiles
She would BE- u cooling draught to Enplanj
between two fires. Annex her 10 the iattcr
republic, and she would bc forever s,yamneJ
convenient Dog, IN which would be submer-
eeo 'he principles oil liberty, light and truth.
LoNDoN.--We copy the following from
the Latest published Of WILLIS letters:
IL have been shivering about town to-day.
as usual Ill grcdt-codt-scatCe having seen
day this summer when was comfortable
without 1t. What do YOU mean by Keeping
the upper end of the thermometer all TO youT7
selves! The English live in 0yercoat: and
under umbrellas while YOU are recording the
dropping down OF people IN The street with
the heat OF the weather. Among other mas.
times ] went over the river and spent a Chilly
noun ~ 'uat vast village OF wild beasts and
birds the Surrey geological GiaaIens II !.
enough tn give one the heart ache to 500 thc
many shapes Of tic agony of iupri,nnncnt
und rSpnr within thcs, pretty shrubb ri *
AMI hedges The expression Of distress by all
manner oi creatures except isonkcys. i. ~
painful. that wonder il should bp n1o,I,r ~
a place OF resort for b,dS'~. BUt ilp,re tbey
lounge ont the day in great m,rnbrss. feeling
the elephants tortr.ntin,, tho - ''''''3