The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-07-04

; Mexico is not an impossible event, and III,
country ough; to be, and we hope is, pre-
pared TO NEE. il. BY annexiBg Texas, ",
did, in the opinion OF many, declare va
upon Mexico, who had not de lure, al
though she cer,ainly had de fdc.o, rein
qulshed her claim 10 that portion Of lei
territory.
II was then assumed that Mexico va.
too weak and contemplate Power 10 re-
slst OF 10 meet such declaration Of val
By any other course than the mos, quiet
submission. And, proceeding upon In.
assumption, L was argued that The annex.
ailo0 az Texas would be closed as IA IN.
7 poiiant dramatItal event, By It's declara.
ton q assent 70 The terms Of annexation
proposed Is il by the Unred safes. THIS
IS sill the received opinion Of great por.
ton Of the press and !; J. an opinion sane.
toned aud approved Ly leading states.
man Of lie South end his Po.ttica, friends.
Sail tie fact mus. begin to make itself
evident tu them, as i, does TO MANY WHO
hitherto have partaken Of this opinion at
The North tina, the solution of HE prUylem
Of cur first step towards territorial ~.
grandizemeut Is uot vet at hand, We
may he oponlng upon a new chapter Of
events. We may be on the eve u pass.
log quietly, and almost lmnetcep;iby, into
a new course OF action, which Shall pat 10
rest for some years much Of the activity
and enterprise Of peace, and awaken euer.
gles and instincts natural to the human
bresst, and not wholly foreign 10 HE A.
glo.Saxon race.
Two years ago we were quite con,en, To
look around upon our already widely .ex.
fenced borders to view with feeling OF
patriotic satisfaction the rapid and uns1.
ampled progress Of tho arts Of civilization
and Of peace 10 dwell with natural pride
upon the general diffusion Of knowledge
and religion under the protection Of our 10.
sll,uions and 10 Limit our autcipaloas,
al least for the present generation, 70 the
admission Of FIorids, Iowa, and Wisconsin,
into The Conlederacy, and tile gradual ia.
corporation Of the Northwestern Territory
into the Onion. Now We are too restiye
and impatient 10 content ourselves wit.
these narro" limits. We think, talk,
and perhaps dream-of Texas,
Iexas-Oregon, Ofegon-.Ca.toruia.-
and sweeping the Brush from iAe lace Of
the Continent.
In Tie mean time, If the American PEG.
pie are determined upon this change Of
habhs-ltone Of those periodical mutations
IN human eiiatss, from which the Atlantic
world has been long exempt, is abou, 10
take place, We may as we'll be prepared for
i. II The alarm IS true enc, it would be
unpsrdonatIe neg igcGce on cur par; to
meet II uuPreparcd If false, We shall, in
preparing ourselves for war, hayo only
doue tia, which the Father Of his Counlr-
enJelned upon -, and which, 10 our haste
10 d.stl butte among the Safe. the surplus
revenue which they never should have re.
ceiFeI, We Neglected 10 10 at The proper
Tina.
The Washington correspondent Of d
morning paper submits two Alternatives,
either Of which he thinks s likely Ia be.
get war. To the first of these, which a..
sumes that Great Britain win 70 the ex.
tent Of five millions 10 order 10 buy d ma.
jori'y in The Texan Congress, it ia per
maps nat necessary to pay much attention.
such purchases can never be made openly.
Indignant virtue takes tie alarm, und, ala.
ng lie naiura. impulse to DO good by
rapid calculation Of the greater advantages
o 5e derived from an haae5l course over
me so iltEranl.y dishonest, enables weak
laman nature 10 resist the evil. 10 the
second alternative, which II, that anuaga.
ion takes place BY the popular voice, uud
hal Mexico, stimulated and encouraged by
england not by my direct assurance Of.
nd, but by The hostile attitude assumed bq
ha' Power towards Us CT the Oregon cues.
100, Hl.! proceed 10 repossess herself u a
'oFiloa al least Of her territory, carnes at. +.
cation mcsl BE given. f. is here, aad 10
MS way, that the beginning Of The end
nay arise
MEXICO has force under GenerrI Ari..
=, upon the Aln Grande. The line Ste
Ppears determined 70 take IS within The
mus Of Texas A collision between the
American aui Mexican troops may AXE
'iace upon tuIs ground, fgr Texas w.., ngt .
teid iaIs portion # The territory, and tho ,
American Government has already 70 aced
1 IS disposal naval force to co.Ygera,r
10 tH,, point, end has stationed IN reserve
force Of eighteen conpanls. Of dragons
nd 'niaa'g ready Gor action Il the locsla {
,e sounded
l. J.. one Of the anomalies IN affairs Of
10 see how distant and com. d
ara'iye.y un'mPorsnt spot often rlgs,s Il
ne aHsn.9n @; taa whole Christian world. b
'hde Il almost appears to overlook 10 +
ealer aud more immediate inlefest,.- ,
hu', cuucg lhe past twenty years, Eng. q
md, France, Russja, and the German /
have occupied thcmsel ives. bv p
lrns, with the affairs Of Greece, Of Sua,a.
the LeYsHi, Of Aiaisrs, Of India, end OF.
re faclag isles. Yet there we're some
hfty millions Of people ~ England, as :,
ANY N France, twice that number in :
.ossia and Germany, aad wc do not ven. =
IRE very bold assertion "a saying that IN 81
5ilhcr Of these countries IS government :.
ct cruelty perfect, nor the social system :,