Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-06-26
The Wings and Texas.

There are a few '~'leading' Wings in this StateI
who, sincerely or insincerely, go for Oregon, Texas,
and their own country, against the Vaccinations of
England. Many of them, however, are still avow-
3edly hostile to the annexation of Texas, especially.
In this category is the Indiana Journal, and the pha-'
flank of Wing leaders by whom it is directed. That
spaper has repeatedly called upon its party to choose
men at the coming election, as Congressman and
members of the General Assembly Of the State, who
will defeat the c-onsummation Of Annexation, and
THUS disgrace their own. country, in the eyes of the.
whole world, for the qualification of the ambition and
vanity of Great Britain. To such as are disposed to
seven listen with the least complacency to the unpatri-
lotic advice Of the Journal, we commend the following
article from the Lexington, KY, Observer, a paper in
1.-THE confidence and conducted under the auspices of
Henry CLAY.
"The news we give from Mexico will arrest the atten-
stion of our readers. There can be no doubt that Eng
land is actively engaged in Mexican and Texian affairs.
What is now proper for the United States ?. When Mr..
CLAY wrote his letter from Raleigh against John Tyler's
presidential scheme of annexation, it will be recollected
that be expressly declared that the United States should
tolerate no European interference with Texas and if any
such was attempted, II should be resisted by US even at
THE hazard of war.
i awe think this was the substance of his declaration.
and it met a cordial response in the hearts of the Wings.
.Scorning, as the Wing party did, the Infamous motives
that induced the yer-to-be-remembered John Tyler to
make mat a miserable party question, which should al
ways be considered and acted upon as a measure of ma
IhOnGt concern, since II comprehends our foreign relations,
yet the Wings took then the broad and elevated ground,
Through their great leader and candidate, that Texas, from
her geographical position and other considerations, must
be wholly independent of all European connections. The
time has come when the United States must act with de-
Rcision and promptitude, il il shall turn out that England
has stimulated by her councils and her aid the Mexican
Congress to declare Texas independent, provided Tex
as will not annex herself to the United States, leaving
her full liberty TO annex herself to any other power on
searth.
8 alt is well known that we have opposed and do still
5oppose the Texas project, IN all its main features; but
we are still more opposed to its being annexed to any
sether, country. If Great Britain shall by her influence
be able to defeat the annexation to this country, il takes
but little ~sagacity to see that she will be able to make a
treaty with Texas, which will render the latter as much
"a mere commercial dependency upon the former as Can
ada now is. Against all this we make our protest and
we shall be glad to see the men now al the head Of ac.
fairs take an honorable stand, although our confidence in
them Is not so large as a grain of mustard seed.
) eve have said that the territory of the United States
rs large enough for US for centuries 10 come and that il
Is endangering the integrity of the Union TO enlarge our
territorial ImItsw without any adequate consideration but
all this loses its importance when the vast question comes
Eup, whether all this territory is to fall into the hands Of
the most grasping and powerful empire on this earth, and
sAtlantic a bold note of defiance to US through the prime
minister, and which was received by all parties i'm FarlIS.
ment with unqualified delight. The question is begin
ming to assume that complexion which, Mr.. Clay said, If
IT did assume, would make the path of duty on our part
plain and perspicuous.
: awe make these remarks upon the suppositlon that
four government shall be possessed of the fact that Eng
land is engaged IN this Mexican intrigue, although we
can. hardly tell how we are 10 get at il; for we have no
diplomatic relations with Mexico, and if we had. we
might as well have nobody there as Mr.. Wilson Shan
mon, whose brief diplomatic career has become so famous
in this country. But we have still hopes that the last
hard extremity will not be imposed upon the United
States by Great Britain, since it is essentially the interest
of both countries to be at peace. 1