The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-08
THE LONDON TIMES,
AND AMERICAN WRITER'S IN LONDON.


s n. .Tmes'' inspires our counrymen abroad. BE
,,.v friends of annexation, or lie they not--oe ihey
.h;ss, or be they republicans-they cannot see un'
..ovsd the hot shot which is poured in upon us.
ri. .n.cks which are profusely hurled at our char
lar and our measures, are enough to move the pa
ola saint and TO rouse up the resentment ofhe
.,,;o, Weare charged with pundering the Mex
nc. with sending our countrymen into TeYas, for
y. D,roose first Of obtaining foothold upon her
.ol and then oftransferrng it to the United States
w. are abused for our ambiiion--for an inordinate
..;,, Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, with the most odious
e,,ds and the most detestable cupidity.
p,, the London Times" is pleased to forget the
h;s,orieal details of the transaction. II "remem-
-. 70 foreet." that some Of our countrymen had
roo. 10 Texas whilst she was already part Of
%. limited States, under the treaty Of Louisiana;-
h, tbey protested against the cesslon OF her terri
,o,v to Spain--that, at a subsequent period, Mex
20 herself opened the doors to emigration and in
v;,ed our countrymen to settle in Tcxas;that when
msxico attempted to abolish the federaiive system,
Go,o which the Texans consented TO enter,) and to
bs,i,u,e in It's place central government by military
,,r,e Texas refused to submit protested against
,he consolidation, and flew to arms to assert her
,ghts and then to assert her independence-that she
succeeded on the bloody field of San Jacnto;-that
Mox;co WINS never able TO subdue the people, nor
even to plant stationary foot upon their soil;and
that in consequence Of their gallant establishment
and continued support Of the government de Jacio,
the limited States first, and then England, France,
and Belgium, recognised her independence. Texas
thus became in the words of our own Declaration
Of Independence, a "free and independent State"
with "fu power to levy war, conclude peace, con-
tract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all
other acts and things which Independent States may
ofright do" One ofthe most important of these rights
was to regulate her own fortunes and control her
own destinies, and to unite her territory and her
people with those of the United States. And is it
wonderful that, yielding to her natural affections and
to her solid interests, Texas should have felt dis
posed of her own free accord, without force, with
out intrigue, without seduction, to unite her desti-
MES with those of the United States'
The London "Tmes,'' therefore, has done the
grossest injustice to our motives, as well as to our
measures There is no suspicion Of fraud, nor any
trait Of robbery, in the whole transaction The vol
unery union of two republics has been conceived
and accomplished in the true spirit Of the age. II
is a political phenomenon which reflects the greatest
credit on the age itself It's the extraordinary
Of two free people consulting their own great in
terests and uniting their common destnies for their
common welfare. II laughs to scorn every appear
anee of analogy with the disgraceful partition Of
Poland. Has Mexico any cause of complaint
None, under Heaven! Great Britain herself so de-
cided when she recognised the independence of Tex
as Thai is the pivot upon which the whole ques-
ton turns. That is the argument which dssipaies
all the sophsms of the "TTimes." When the British
government signed the declaration Of Texan indie
pendence, they Acknowledged her absolute right to
form whatever government she peased-to regulate
her own destinies-to remain independent, or to
unite herself with u.s. She has preferred the latter al
,ernaiive--and wisely has she decided; and nei-
Their the government nor the journals Of England have
any right to gainsay her decision, object to her
own free, independent arrangement. If England,
then, has done any mischief to herself, il was ac-
complished not when zoe received Texas into our
bosom, but when she recognised the independence
ofTexas.
This view of the question is so perfectly clear,
that we are surprised the London "Times,'' with
all its antpathy and jealousy towards the United
States, should have wasted its ingenuity in the
matter That "leadng Journal" however, has not
escaped without reply. Two Americans in Lon
don have come forward to vindicate their country
from its vtuperation--the one in its own columns
>cC ,tI,n -, IL, r G
aminer" of the next day. We publish both arti-
cles below, for the satisfaction Of our readers
THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS.
To the Editor ofihe London Times:
SIR: Acknowledging the Just influence of your
Journal in America, well as in this country, per-
init me to take exception to the spirit and tone of its
articles on the United States-especially as large
portion of the remarks not confined TO facts but
to differences and deductions not, as ] think, fairly
warranted by them.
Such is the nature Of your structures on the Texas
affairs in the Times Of Wednesday; and they are
similar in substance to other charges on the same
subject, not only complaining of what the United
S'aes have done, as matter of fact, but imputing
the worst possible faith and designs to their govern
ment end people, past and future.
wall not here stop TO inquire into the inevitable
tendency of such constant mpuations upon the re-
interest prompts TO mutual kindness and peace; nor
ITO dwell upon what we have too long Witnessed with
regret in our countryside natural irritation and
monal prejudice which the general course of British
writers and travellers has caused. But will here
simply ssy, that you do injustice to America in the
facts az represented.
In regard to Texas, il is not true that there ever
was covert or systematic plan on the part of the
people OF the United States to wrest il from Mexico
While desert wilderness, the government Of Mex-
co invited settlers from oil parts Of the world to cu-
uvate the so--to do that which Mexico never would
nave done--with promise Of land TO every inhabit-
ant
The naturally adventurous character of the west
cin people of the United States led many 10 migrate
thithcr, and natives OF other countries were also
found among them. The settlement was in good
ai'hi and It is gratuitous assumption, not warrant
Gu oy any evidence, to suppose the contrary.
IN Inc course Of time, when the settlements had
increased, much of the lend had been subdued, and
several thousands Of farmers and Traders with their
wives and families, were quietly settled down under
'ne guarantees OF free institutions from the Mexican
government, revolution in Mexico broke out,
~nch resulted IN the overthrow Of all The republican