New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-01-07
a. Ann Iour NJ. Ro1rs has published pov

orfu letter to a personal friend who is Texas
snitten, avcwing himself a candidate Tor Inc
next Congress (unless Wing Convention should
eslect another and at the sanc time most de-
termined, uacomp,omisirg, unconditional apo
nen; OF the Annexation Of Texgs. He utterly
denies the Constitutionali;y OF Admiration, and
its expediency in every view, 1eernng the uiu-
mate dangers to the South involved in its con-
summation far more rnomcntous than any lmine-
date advantages. We make q brief but ;oTclble
extract:
II there is no power granted by the Constitution
f1r the ACQUISITION Of Territory, as Mr. JsneTson
supposed, where can ,he power be found Tor incor,
poraiing any other government win ours AS
said before, grant the pTacuce OF the governments
has settled the question otherwise IN regard 10 ac
nnison of territory merely, and that settled prsc
ice has ali grown out Of The precedent established
nv the treaty for Louisiana, the power tor "hicn
was denied q; the time by the nego'I1tor himself
Here s presented another question, lar ranscending
the other in importance, and precedent IN ,hs case
NAV soon ripen into practice and for one. am Tor
meeting tbs question the frat hop, and never per
hitting il TO obtain icotnold for moment as the
only security we have for the future.
"This Government. trust, is TO endure for ages
to come and, looking into the vista OF tire, am
now for guarding against future danger Establish
this precedent-s The authority oil power
(ul President and thirds OF u corrupt Senate as
il might be- to unite this Government oil ours, the
United States with any other Government, and lei
all Europe become again convused with general
war-let another Napoleon arise TO pull down KING
doms and build up empires-io shake the world oy
the force of his genius and his army, ana lei our
people, and particularly public men, degenerate
in the same rapid degree that they have done IN the
last sixteen years since vice usurped The reward OF
virtue and INSCRIPTIONS par,isanshp has been made
the only les; OF ueri,-and how might we and
our free and pendent Republic coDseflsd-aye,
ond coasiutionai;y conserted-hy President anu
So Senators, into mighty king dcIl-oUr President
made King, and our Senators mace EaEis, Lords
and Bar1ns, Tor their basensss and irer reacntry
IL will no, admit that my liberties and The !ibsr-
ties OF my children are held by any such tenure
will not admit that any &c that live or breathe,
or that God will ever make, can thus AdutaHy, con-
stituliondiiy barter away my Government and my
country and the government OF ~ 0oo oil iiee-
men, 10 crafty their avarice rapacIty or aulDi-
| ton But if they can consltutionally incorporate
| this Government, with Texas why not with Russin,
! England France, or the Ceesta! Empire ~" !.
This is country 10 itsef-the land OF liberty anc
the resting-plsce Of Freedom; 80 let us preserve II,
| untrammeled by, and unconnected with, any oiner
| Government on earth.
Al treaties are, by the practice OF the government
| kept secret they unknown until they are rat
fled or rejected, except TO the negotlators ana 'Ee
Executive branch of the government; and DO not
know but that otis practice more honored in the
| breach than The observance" yet SO tits. NO" 10
the late Ashburon treaty, III settling permanent
| and convenient boundary line between two great
nations, slip of land was acquired here and cor
ner surrendered there, and no one was disposed TO
raise q question of constitutional difficulty. But
suppose upon The ratification oil that treaty mad
been ascertained that il contained provision IN
| cooperating this government with that o! Great
Britain and question then TO De determined
by the numerical strength OF the two parties, winch
form Of government was 10 prevail their nereoitary
| monarchy, or our republic, should we all nave
folded arms in tame and silent acquescence, ana
have nuttered through teeth, thut the President
and Senate had confined themselves 10 the exercise
Of their constitutional powers, and We had no right
| 10 complain Ii they had the power, and we mad
given il 10 them we would have no rightto resist II
and il they have the power in the case OF Texas,
they woald have had it in the case OF England.
SHOOTING AND SrABBISG.--The East Alaba-
milan of Dec. %, published at Lafayette, gives
an account of three disgraceiul scenes Of VIC
lencc which lately occurred in that vicinity. In
| the instance first mentioned Mr.. J. H. Lightfoot
discharged both barrels OF double arreiled gun
at Mr. Green Harvlle, one SHOT taking effect
| through the lungs. The circumstances Of the
quarrel are no: mentioned. In the other two in
stances, Mr.. Massngale and Mr.. Miller were
stabbed and dangerously wounded.
BOLD ATTEMPT AT RoBBERY.-An attempt at
| robbery OF rather singular kind took place on
Monday the Both u!t, in the lumber-ofice of NJ.
Sheldon & Son, $40 West-street. The thieves took
| the precaution TO poison large dog which was
kept on the premises, Sunday, and then made
their entrance into the premises by way OF the chin
ney taking off the top from Is inches TO two feet, in
order TO make an aperture large enough TO crawl
through. After getting into the Office, they worked
on the safe, 10 all appearance, for some hours, as
they bored holes through it, pried off the iron in
many places, hammered upon ii with an immense
stone, end cut deep into the woodwork. The sin
gular feature in this affair is, where the watch
men all this time The office is close on the street,
and the thieves hammered and worked on the safe,
! making noise enough 10 rouse the neighhors, yet
the watch heard nothing of it. Are those respecta
BILE guardians Of the night rnprovidcd with ears or
do they plug them with cotton, or how thieves
hammer on suie with stone weighing 80 weight
directly on the street, and they not hear? Forum
ately for MIR. Sheldon, his safe of more use than
| the entire Watch.
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