The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-02-18
, A GOOD SIGN.


age will be carried yet. As il is not Oo'one'
Benton's purpose TO speak any iur'ner on '"s
subject of his bill-which was introduced ai'e'
the Joint Resolution had been thoroughly as
cussed and adopted in the House Of RsPresen-
,stiyes, and, of course ought TO defer 10 pi'oi'-
,v-we entertain the encouraging belief that ne
will NOT press il, in the event Of the passage oil
Mr.. Browns proposition, for which we hope ne
will vote. Should Colonel Benton pursue TINS
course-should he, laying aside all personal ana
sectional considerations. resolve to OBEY 'he
voice of the People Of Missouri, and oil vast
majority of the People Of the Union--we are
certain that the advocates OF the measure VIII
hasten To expunge every line that 'hey may
have recorded to his prejudice. All VIII be ior-
given, all will be forgotten, if he will only con-
tribute 10 save the measure in this trying emef-
gency. ...,
There can be no doubt that threats oil BRUSH
interference are whispered in the ears OF Sena-
tors, to intmidate them; and there can DC no
doubt that while these threats are uttered IN
open day in our Capitol, the most seductive d.
lursments are offered from the same source In
The Capitol Of Texas. Under such clrcumstan-
ce,-while the sword Of an European power is
brandished threateningly in our faces to deter
us from admitting a sister Republic INTO the
Union and while the same grasplng power "
urging the most entlcing arguments 10 inuuce
that Republic to decline admission; under ihese
circum stances, we ask, should any friend oil his
country, any Senator, whose official aspirations
extend beyond and above his present term, and
his present station hesitate for one moment De-
tween the British and the American side oil the
question We hope not; we hope that none
but Americans are sitting in the Senate Cham
Der.
But, however much, and dsastrously Tor
themselves, some Of the Senators may be deiu-
ded into conscientious belief that duty requires
of them 10 oppose the measure; with an unoro-
ken front on the Democratic side OF the House.
and the three or four votes from the opposite
side, which may be counted upon, we are comb
dent that the House measure can be carried
through. And such being the case-and who
doubts it2-we will not indulge the belief that
Messrs. Benton, Tappan, and Dix, will incur
the awful responsibility Of defeating the Joint
Resolution We learn that Senator Allen Will
stand up in defence and vindication OF his coun-
try at all hazards; and 1t was but yesterday that
Mr.. Tappan presented resolutions imbodying
the sentiments of the Democracy OF his State,
that he should not obey the hasty and unsus-
raned instructions of the temporary Wing ma
iority of the. Legislature acting in defiance oil
The popular will. The rest Of the Democratic
Senators from the free States are not only I'M
,rammelled at home, but are encouraged by
their constituents 10 go forward boldly to the
glorious achievement They will go forward
boldly-for they are animated by the same
thrill of patriotic emotion which has been man
Tested by Messrs. Buchanan and Woodbury.,
whose eloquent and determined tones, but now
uttered in the Senate, are already revsrberating,
like inspiring bugle-notes, over the land. Ihey
strike responsive chord in every honest heart
and sympathetic notes will be echoed back from
every direction.
The present and the future-ay, and the
past-will unite in wreathing chaplets OF I'M
mortal glory for the brows of those indomilable
a sister Republic from the polluting clutches OF
the pandering agents of crumbling monarchies
-monarchies decaying with their own corrup-
lions. And, on the other hand, an indebe
stigma will forever disfgure the brow OF every
man who may participate in the disgrace Of
violation and Dissertation of our Lone Sister
should it be her fate to be dragged away from
The great family of Republican States.
If the conservators oF the Unon-lhe grave
Senators now assembled in the Capitol-shal
pause, and again permit the opportunity TO slip
is there a rational man who will say that hope
is not entirely extinct2 Will Texas consen
again to negotiate with us2 Is she not wei
aware that the question of slavery in her terri
tory can never be so adjusted as to comman
two-thirds of the Senate in favor Of any futur
agreement And is it not apparent in our coun
try that the contending claimants for the Pres
dency will seize upon this subject to excite IN
passions and rouse the prejudices of their re
spec,ive sections, for the purpose of arrestin
the advancement of each other and thus, Will
the incoming Administration will be overwheln
ed with gra,uitous and unnecessary embarras'
ments, the probabilities Of ultimate Annexatio
will be lessened instead of increased To d,
Law is to defest-to pause is to perish
The Hartford Conventionists of New Ems
land have seized upon this question as prete,
10 batter against the foundations of the Uniol
Is this not proof that Annexation is right 2
But il the Hartford Conventionisls shall prevail
ill ,h.ra moi he serious commoiop in anotl
er quarter, and a more determined one7 w
believe that failure to annex Texas, at tn
session, will be the signal for an internal col
vulsion, such as was never witnessed befor,
We 20 for the Union, with or without Texa
with or without Tariff, with or without 81