Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-04-22

nj rival poWeIs-ihat is, by The total discontinue
of British interests and views, whelher aicla.eu
by feelings Of Justice of security, or oil humanity
The question oi The independence or aIsoi P'ioh "
Texas was handed over TO the Tory ooverh'iien'
as fair field for the exertion OF their uipIo''d'i1
skill, and VI the hundred means a. oof y,
mepls disposal for the working out VI us c'''s. ~
these the Tory Government mas most 'i'iso' az
4 failed The American Government nave aeci-
| AL nno,, Tho annexation of this immense coun-
,rv containing 100000 square miles, anu are
about 10 establish over that region their system VI
slave cultivation 1t was, indeed, question oi VI
life and death to American slavery, ~hich, II
! confined 10 lis own exhausted Soils must nave
declined and met a natural death al no ihcaicu'a-
HE interval of time, but which now, having Sc
cured la il most ample room and root, cannon DC
expected 10 pause ill il fills the whole lerrnoly
10 The Pacific, and deugeS The New Worlu, hoii
which il had been partly stayed OF ori'eh' WV"
lis flood Of misery and crime
The result Of such consummation - as re-
ga rds slavery and The slave trade, dePordo pie
moi ONLY is The interchange Of manacled human
flesh between Cuba add The mainland rendered
permanent, but The right Of search, secured py
orr treaty with Texas is Of course tom 2suilcei.
II is the fashion, however, To abandon rI.n's %
search. 81 we will not dwell upon that. ou' d
consideration as serious is The effect OF TINS iiiea-
sure on the American Union itself There lhe
i fundamental law IS that The South mus hoi out
vote The North Yet here are Two Florida states,
and heaven knows how many Texan ones, com
ing into The Union. The North, which has heeh
unable 10 prevent this, must At least nave lne
balance redresscd II must annex TOO, IN sell ue-
fence. II must create new states. Ii must stretch
10 Oregon and encroach upon Canada 80 lhal
! in giving up the Mexican frontier, we are dc-
,ually neces>laling invasion upon our OWL
i Numbers of New York people voted ior FOLK
and Texas annexation, because they were tolu II
was a step 10 Canada and the Oregon. Mr. f"lk
! himself admits this in The inaugural ADDRESS
which he has Just delivered. Having al some
length vindcaled after his fashion, The annexation
Of Texas he thus proceeds:
There is indeed, one glimpse OF hope bow
ever faint, and thai IS the resistance py Inc lex
ans, who might reckon IN the present Slate VI
Mexico on recognition by maj power. Dun u'e
inaepeDdent feeling of the 10000 white cilizens
of Texas is, we fear, not proof against the aug
menalion of value which their lands and pro
perry would Instantly gain by annexation to so
powerful an empire. And especially as Lord
Aberdeen or his envoy are 10 be the sole prompt-
ers and supporters of this independent feeling
there can be small grounds for It's maintenance
or triumph.
II is painful indeed, TO be thus driven 10 des-
pair; painful 10 behold, without struggle, sia-
very which we have SO long and So extensively,
and mol cileciually combated thus regain what IL
has Lost, and sweep, like huge sea, IN uncoh-
lrolled devastation, over surface oil such vas,
extent, Deplorable as IS snch prospect, uou
grant lha, We may hot have 10 contemplate some
Thing worse.
From London Globe March 81
| Fmpaly, freedom from debl and universal
peace, are The three general heads on which inosl
stress is laid by President Polk, in his inaugural
address. II is a shrewd remark, that men gene
rally most vaunl themselves u The virtues, or The
properties they possess least Of. Is tins llle case
with President Folks panegyrc on The Govern
ment Of his country? In the first place what Is
The Government OF that country According
10 President Folks statement OF il, il Is "a con-
federation OF independent States" Now, here i
the himble rig-we are soriyto use 50 Trivial an
expression-but il is the only appropriate one
| In order To make President Folks assertions
true regarding the Staes, the pea must be m
der one lhimble-n order 10 make them True re-
sardine The Union, il must be under The Other
| lmprimis then, as regards trugaly and freedom
/ from debt. These assertions, II applied IN ihal
| abstraction, the Union, may he true. Ihal Is
10 say, a Government, which is not Govern
ment 10 most inlenls and purposes, does not incur
| debts for purposes which il does mol fulhl Bu
/ il the Union instead oil being sort oil abstraction
or fictitious enily-ii The President, instead OF
being where deeds, not words, are concerned
/ on most occasions a man OF straW-uT, u re-
/ fine the phrasc-a man OF figure and representa-
rion-wcre The one a whole, OF which The States
were component paris; the other, the Executive
arm. welding The power Of that whole 10 assert
lis lawn short, il national unity were IN any
| consistent sense, practicable OF The Union, Pttsi'
dent Polk's rugahIy and solvency vaun'S would
1 be untrue They are untrue, IN any sense winch
| can satisfy moral beings The head has no llSh'
| Ia diScIaim responsibility Tor the mem5eTs. ~
far as The s,rales have been lavish, and are IN
detrel the vaunl ui the Union Of frugal freedom
from debt is a trick o, lhimble-rig Tins verbal
,himtie-rig consists in boasting, in one breath ol
the prosperity OF The States is an attribute ol
The Union, and Sinking, in The next, The lhsol
vents Of The States, as things The Union has nc
part in.
Fiji has part in The one il has part in the other
| lfilis entitled nightly 10 magnify these com
munilies a lis own, il cannot be entitled 10 repn'
dae their obligations, as not its own. IL cannot
be entitled To contrast their lol with The melanoho-
Is condition OF those European nations which have
debts 10 pay, and which pay their debts; and 10
exul in the contrast ave have no debts 10 pay
when compelled 10 subjoin, in The very next
breath, "tiappy would il be for The indebted
States, il they were freed from their Liabilities
many ofwhioh were incauiously contracted. =
Frugal folks do not contract debts incaullouSly-
honest oks paw those they have contracted. 1t is
high pitch Of etironlery III The chief magistrate OF
nation which includes those States, 10 affect ply
for The nations of Europe, whose solvency shows
they have preserved The idea OF national honor. :
President Polk 5 idea ofnations in 'melanchCly
condition." is the idea Of nations cnsaved-by
| their word aud bond IL is the idea oil ancient
| Pistol--basc is the slave who pays. The preten-
sion of culliva,ing universal peace has something
Of The same cYpiroYne about it, Like The hedghos
which the snake had given shelter 10 lis bole, II
only expands its prickly surface on III sides, 10 lis
own comfort and convenience. il others are IN
convenience il feels ITSELF Tor lis own part per
iectly comfortable. "The title OF numerous In.
dian tribes the old aborisina snake tovas tracts
OF country, has been exlingushed. New States
have been admitted into the Union; new territories
have been created, and our jurisdiction and laws
extended over them" The Remuneration O)
Of Texas 10 our Union al the earliest possible pc
riod y "Our title 10 tho country oil Oregon IS clear
and unreasonable" Well brislled, hedgehog.
President Polk observes lha, "loreign powers do
not seem 10 appreciate the true character OF onr
government" We submit that this may posi-
bly, be from the continual duplicity OF position
which President Polk and his predecessors have
dSSulUe'l iAo ~ A'su'S-i ~
er if they take fancy 10 hang an lrishman, or
lynch an aboitionisi, are, in such case, acting
simply as independent Slales." Again, ours
was Intended 10 be a plain and frugal govern
menl"-bul, il every one Of the State governments
think proper, on the contrary, 10 be lavish and
obbing, or wildly speculative, our government
knows nothing about it. The Union cullivates
universal peace; buI, if any State should prefer
border wal, the iIruplons OF lis citizens upon
friendly neighbors would noways concern the
| Union. As regards the Oregon 60
say nothing, al present, Of Texas the language
OF This address, Notwithstanding the saving clause
for obligations imposed by treaty" is loo similar
10 every thing else American Topularrpoticians
have put forth, and too fully deserves the animad-
version on former such language, bestowed by
MIR. Falconer, in his excellent little volume on the
mississippi andt Oregon"
at is greatly 10 be lamented," observes MIR. Fal-
coner iL,i in The IJriled States il should have been