New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-18
"Pocketing the stakes y


th. heading did not do full justice 10 it, Significant
title The term appropriate In It's Application 10 VIC
contamination Of the Texas lniquity not a. ine''
figure Of speech bat the very literal statement
Of fact which the the means ana the en-"
THE STAKES" in this game were OF mos'
| convenient form The bribes distributed among
the leading Loco Foco and % Heafrat Editors mere
| and .l.eybere 70 insure the changes Of newspaper
o,.;,;o, ubicb have excited 50 much wonder IN the
-, ti;c mind consisted arnos, exclusively OF things
whose value was entirely conditional and dePehneh'
nm The resul;.-ihngs nearly or entirely "onnies'
| ~ Lon, az Texas remained separate and indepeh-
A.o, nm, of great and increasing value as soon as
| ,,oexa,ion was complete. Never was nea'er'
safer form of bribery invented or one tna' 20 e.
fectuay secured the interest OF the 0T'oeTs ana e
abouous fidelity and jealous services OF the orloee
The public have long understood these iacts IN
rels,ion 10 Texas Government Securities, Bonds,
scrip. Treasury Notes, &c, bat there was another
form Of this gambling stuff not so well known in
this connexion but which in fact served the pur-
pose much better than any thing else. These were
certain peculiar claims and titles to land, the legal
establishment and confirmation Of which depended
the United States over the territory and the conse-
quent application TO them Of the common la" a.
expressed in the standard decisions Of the supreme
Court Of the United States THE LAW, fixed be
yond reversal By this authority declares all the old
Spanish and colonial grants Of land 10 be good
titles and secures them to the heirs and assigns OF the
grantees. in cases where the grant was conditioned
on certain service TO be performed or improvement
to be made eren h0ugh mat condition r0s nerer
co,npl,cd ruth There are many grants Of this
character in the Texan territory. which have been
converted into stock and are represented by certif
Gates from Land Companies Of which great
numbers appeared in this city in 1886 Under the
Independent Government OF Texas, these grants
would never have been recognized by such Judges
as would be found in courts constituted in complete
dependence on public opinion" or rather, the
popular will and local interest. BY the complete
enforcement of Annexation. these cases are brought
under the jurisdiction Of the Supreme Court OF the
United States, although Texas retains the mere
ownership of her proper pubifc lands and the
holders of these before worthless land titles and GER
ufcaics now prepared ''recoive the iull reward
Of their long and aborious services in bringing
about this consummation so devoutly wished
The Editors of certain prominent "neutrals who
distinguished themselves so much during the last
year by their apparently disnterested though rather
suddenly manifested zeal in behalf Of Annexation
will at once realize their conditional compensation,
and will readily justify the force and appropriate
ness Of our expression" pocketing the stakes. -
The position of the late Editor of the Richmond
ENQUIRER now of the Organ" at Washington, on
this subject, was made public by exposures las,
year; but we have good instances nearer home.
The stock of many of these and-companies will
prove better than that Of certain country banks,
whose funds are kept in the neighborhood of Nassau
street There is also very respectable sixpenny
sheet cmineniy religious neutral and independent,
and Loco Foco to boot, whose first start in favor
of the strikingy moral measure of Annexation, had
singular connection with the coincidcnt possession
of Texas Scrip"
We are not very familiar with this sort OF things
but perhaps the Courier and Enquirer can give the
aud present raluc of the certificates of the Texas
and Arkansas Land Company" each of them en-
ttng the holder TO " four SdtiOs," about Il, 900
acres Of the land granted TO John Enrico. These
certificates are occasionally about tswn' and
arc signed by certain prominent politicians and fl
nanciors of this city.
What were they worth bcfore the Annexation OF
Texas was accomplished And wha, they
worth BY whom are they now mostly owned
some light might be thrown on the motives of such
" higs as have all 0iOHg been in favor of Anncxa-
lion by full answer 10 these queries.