Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-04-03
"ANNExArroS. IN TEXAS:

its constitutional authority bv AT. I
tempting to legalize, will, after all, be consum-
mated on the terms proposed. News from Tex.
as has been received at New Orleans to the 9Th
ultimo, ut which time information had reached
Texas Of the passage Of the Joint Resolution by
our House Of Representatives; which elected the
suoJoined commentaries from papers understood
10 be opponents Of the views Of the Government
Of that country. We copy them just as we find
Them. Our readers must receive different i'm
PRESTON from tho perusal Of them than we do, il |
they can imagine any form of annexation what.
over, that the United States conld possibly AGREE
TO, which would DO acceptable to, or accepted bv.
the authors of these commentaries.-Nat. Int.
From the Gaiucston Cirilian.
The article which we copy to-day from the
National Register affords gratifying evidence of
return, on the part Of the friends of annexation
Ia .n's SoIhty'' 70 proper sense of self-respec,
and an understanding of the position which Tex
as may and ought TO assume in relation to the
question. Our friends beyond the Sabine have
lost sight of the homely adage that it takes two
to make bargain; and only studied how TO shane
measures so as 10 make the "reciproci,y all ON
one side' until at length their utter sel6shness
and disregard OF the respect due to Texas as an
independent nation, which has thus far maintain
cd her nationality, rights, and liberties, begins to
produce the natural fruits Of disappointment and
aversion In those Of our citizens who had looked
10 'hai quarter Tor magnanimous and dsin,er-
ested regard Tor our welfare and happiness. The
helpless and perishing beggar may without hest
tation accept the most humiliating conditions for
ana agree TO become the mental Of him from
whom he receives the means Of averting famine
and death but the sturdy yeoman, whose honest
industry and strong arm afford him all the means
and rnfn ,s..,.. L.
dition and habits in life, may well shun the BAN
quet and the association if invited into the socie-
ty OF the more wealthy and presuming, when his
acceptance is TO be coupled with acknowledo.
ments OF vassalage and infeIiori,y.
From the (Ieras) National Register.
LIE PROPOSED ANNEXArIoN.-rhe Congress
oil the United States oh consent tina, tho terrific
~ included within and righyulIy belonging to
.ne HePuohc OIL Texas may be erected into a new
State, TO be called the Stale of Ylros with a 70.
publican form of government, 10 be adopted bv
the people OF said Republic, by deputies in Con-
ventlon, assembled with the consent of tho EXIST
ing government, in order that the same NAV he
Admitted as one of the States Of the Union.,'
Such is the language Of the first section Of tho
resolution which has passed the lower House of
the American Congress. What is its importa
The answer is, that " must Law aside our ma.
'oha name, abandon our present Constitution,
erect ourselves into new State, adopt the an
PeiatVe ot estate of Texas" organize new gov
einnlent OF republican form, by means of depu-
lies assembled In convention, and, after we have
passed through This prescribed reroI,,,ion amor
we nave thus voluntarily deprived ourselves of
every feature and lineament of Thai nationality
under which our independence has been recoG
h'sed oy foreign Powers; after we have. in fact.
u'"sn'd'eo oar identity as a community, and re-
P"o'ose0 eCen our name, so that we can neither
know nor be known in the rank and seat amona
,he halions which we have hitherto occupied. al
least without dishonor, and with the consent IF
Inc old world and the new; after all these sacri6
ces ana all This degradation, THAT shall we have
gained what Shall we have accomplished IN
the promise Of it,
Cnoer such circumstances all our connexions
WIN foreign nations would be dissolved. our re-
iaHohS toward them changed all advantages ac.
cruing from past negotiations cease; for no one
can pretend that the great European Powers will
ooiue 'heif amica6ie intercourse with our Gov
eminent as the Republic IF Teas, under the name
OF the "Sfafe Of Itras," habited in the garb of a
suppliant tor admission into the family of Ameri-
can STATES, The very cut and fashion of which
nave been prescribed by their Congress. WHY,
III such guise we should not even know our
i 1ones' III such state OF national abeyance and
'imoo, we could neither assert separate indie |
pendence for ourselves, nor claim any species of
aiiahce or connexlon ever known by any name
gwen under heaven or among men," with any
o.nel government In such an attitude of NOR
u'ying and humiliating indefniieness, we NAV
wen DC disaVowed, as distinct nation,
..By all our kind and kin, when thew
compare our day and yesterday"
And, having assumed this eouivocal nosture
Dy tne consent OF the American Congress- sin or
oer, as the resolution declares, "that we NAV be
aomitted as one of the STATES Of the Union" then
'oe arc 00"na unto Them, but they are moi bound
unto us. We are yet again, and for the fourM
knock Gcro I,.,,c
Sgore NE FIRST day IF January nert," with our new
CONSTITUTION In our hand, when that Congress
WIZ take Meir Jindl action (for against, as the
case Sc, may be) on The subject OF our application.
MS rs The substance and extent OF their ssgua-
Iahues' paraded, as the expression is in the res
the plural number! Have we any pledge that
we Snaii men De anne@ed! No; they only prom
Use thdt ihey Will once more consider The proposi-
'io!i' ahc TAKE what they are pleased to denomi-
maze tneir final action upon it. And, Judging
;Iohi 'he language they row hold we have moth
Ivy more no! less 10 expect than that they will
then "spurn' US as be!ore-Cor they can do so
"i,hout violating any pledge.
Du', u we ADOPT The course indicated by the |
IeSoiution' we do so under the formal sunction I
dno color OF their erpress consent. This would be
d 'aci' admission on the part of the Government
anu people OF Texas of the authority Of that CON
SEM, and would imply at least that we could not
lawfully act In the prescribed mode without H.
~ NO doubt We should be forced TO borrow largely
from .ne efilcacy of that consent TO carry MS
through the conspicuous part assigned to rs in
'''9 farce thus prepared for exhibition
,,a;. ne people OF Texas choose TO revolutionize
, me government, and institute some new and
oIiereDt republican organization, they nav do so
without the leave of foreign Government "Grstl
hdd and otfained." But the United States have
acknowledged our title to be recognised as an i'm
odePendent nation, both de Gacfo and de lure. |
NO .lONt Of.