Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-22


C-8~li there was not enough truth in the
following remarks TO cause modification, there
would ~bsenough of falsehood To excite anger
Oar posihon with the civilized world is any.
thing but AN enviable one lust Al present
whether we turn TO Oregon or Texas. We
hsye'neen showing a far more greedy desire tc
extend our territory than TO elevate the cI,,r-
acter oil our people; but the article that fol
lows is nevertheless presumptuous and dicta
torial to an extent that is well calculated TO
make those who have before denounced the
reckless career OF our government, come into
Its support i'll the measures adopted by it
we can dltier among ourselves, and do differ:
o~ 1t must not be presumed from that that
we oitfer before Goreigd foe.
lrrom the London Time of NJ ,rch 81.
Inc consent oil Congress To the annexation
vi ieHas Is an event SO long expected, that the
question OF its justice has gradually merged i'm
the vision OF It's certainty. There was a time
When the most enlightened and thoughtful
men oil the Union could venture to entertain
d suroilS moral objection against il; and their
Arguments are on record. Ii was clear, how.
ever, that the mass of the Union, It's ncwes,
ana most active elements, were i'm favor of the
measure. Their eyes were always rever,ine
10 Iexas: Texas Incorporated, like indie
pendent Niagara within sight. Of Athens. WAS
the eyesore OF the Union: not but that there
are other eyesores to the ambitious rae of tina,
people. Whatever they see they love, what
w .hey love they covet, whatever they COW
e, they expect and endeavor to obtain. But
Texas was the first thing in their wav. and
formed the bold foreground of their homes
ieNas adjacent, revolted, independent. still
inenaced and molested by the weak and i'm
poiitic rulers whose yoke il had broken. al
ready peopled and governed by the citizens of
the Lfnon, or adventures of the same Ian.
Suagc or principles, was an acquisition abso-
lo'ely necessary not so much to the happiness,
:? y ~ very comfort, the ease, the sleep, the
digestion, OF certainly more than half the re-
public. viz '
The only part Of the business. tbereforo on
I'M" mere could be any surprise. would he
,.o particular time and manner which ranub-
ncan wisdom and taste would select for IN.
acquisition. To AN European understandable
ll"re Is something quite grotesaue i'm the t;ms
anu .nsuiii actually adopted. The Congress
comes 10 tlis NOM n>ais dac;.;o, :, ,o
point of time between the two pie, ~ VIZ very
MIR. Tyler completes his career with a deter
mnation which he cannot have the smallest
share IN carving out. and Mr.. Polk will he
engaged throughout the whole term i'm the ar
aeous execution of a project imposed upon
nm al tme hrst moment of his official exist
ehcc. The iormer President as he approach-
rs his end, seems horror struck at the thnuoh,
oil leaving his four years a blank i'm his conn
trys annals.
From the Times of March %
IN The inaugural address delivered bv the
nav President ON the 18th of March. we find
iaithiully reproduced all the worst character
isles OF the American statesmen who have
peSn IN power since the Withdrawal of Mr..
NhebStpr from tho C.J:,.. = ~
III MI. folk was chosen as the thorough ranra-
sentative OF the party which makes slavery
rePuolatlon' and Tor ign aggression. its claims
10 olstlnctlon, we are bound To acknovledpe
tnit he mas not swerved from the intentions
oil ms constituents. His language on all tbese
SUBJECTS has the same unblushing inpu lencc
winch belonged TO his predecessors. and which
we mad iondly imagined that no one else could
hNdi' od. III MS mouth II has this very serious
ogSrayation; that it convinces us he is pre-
parfd To begin where the Others leave od
we nag carefully guarded ourselves AGAINST
my prScoilceptlons hostile TO Mr.. Polk; and
We nd0 enuedvOred TO persuade ourselves that
"esilouid ma more moderation i'm his oyyn
conduct than that of his adhcrents. but the
iisiuigent Illusion Is completely dispelled by
ue Irst words he utteTs; and the anxiety
,wNich was necessarily awakened by Mr.. w
Ter strange and incongruous efforts il ron
dsrcd infinitely greater by declarations from
the new President Of at least equal violence
ana We lear, much more significance.
One oil the first sentiments uttered h, NJ
Ok diter an exordium, in which .tbe most
admirable and wisest system of human minis"
receives an ample panegyTic, is that of ..deep
.egIel az the s;hemes and agitations of mis-
buiueu persons, whose object is the destruc-
.ehoi uoihSstc Institutions existing i'm other
sections oil the country" Amonost n,bc, ~.
tons the expression domestic institution"
.leslgnates all that is more sacred AMONG m"n
IN Inc united States il expresses that st,to az
bpndage which is most ablIorred nv the C,e,
tnht system OF slavery which other count.i.s
have practised, which some have rennIncoJ
winch all dePlore, but which The politicians
oi America have alone the courage to Eulo.
gre and defend. ~
Mr.; foik reserves his compassion however.
lB other objects. Happy would Il II, " sa,s
he, "for indebted States il thew were, GOD
from Their liabilities, many of which were in
cautiously contacted" That sentiment will
indeed, find an echo in every debtors GOAL
all over the world! We who feel for slsves
more than slave-owners, are apt To think mn
Paiu creditors even more To- be- ui,ipd than
ptoDl8d'e debtors; but in the New World these
mug are reversed, "The sound. moral AMI
no'praDle Feelings 81 the indebted States can
HVl De questioned" saws the pres;dun,. -.
whist sympathies aud eulopies ar. sin,ra" !,
upon th'm. what. with one recent exrc,sinn
Is osconl' OF Their unpaid dividends
Aiter TWO such paragraphs a. these. orr
r'al'fS VIII not b. surprised at any thing ,b,t
v,iy follow, more especially with reference to
tle loreign relations of the Union. A lie re-
l'ated after IL has been contr,dicted. and
secuted by all well informed and honest mn
ise lie raised toa higher powcr-the sora Of
= I've. Mr. Tyler intimlted in q message some
t"h' a23l' That doubts were entertained by
~ "HH1'r Texas had not, originally form
and ben Improperly alienated from tb,e,,. h.,
MG Polk rcsolutely aniams tIat .Texss CO..
Oiioe" IVA ol our country was mvyi>cly f.sIod
away 10 foreign power lsnO,y independent
All PIs'' ss' IS an mIloubted right to m.rgc her