The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1845-02-18
A GOOD SIGN.

age Will Dc carried yet AS IL Is not OOlOucl
Benton's purpose to speak any further on the
subject of his bil-which was introduced after
the Joint Resolution had been thoroughly dis
cussed and adopted in the House Of Represen-
tatves, and, of course ought TO defer 10 priori-
ty-we entertain the encouraging belief that he
will not press it, in the event Of the passage OF
Mr.. Browns proposition, for which we hope be
will vote Should Colonel Benton pursue this
course-should he, laying aside all personal and
sectional considerations, resolve to obey the
voice of the People of Missouri, and of a vast
majority of the People of the Union-we are
certain that the advocates of the measure will
hasten To expunge every line that they may
have recorded to his prejudice. Allwill be for
given, all will be forgotten, if he will only con-
tribute 10 save the measure In this trying emer-
gency.
There can be no doubt that threats of British
interference are whispered in the ears of Sena-
tors, to intimidate them; and there can be no
doubt that while these threats are uttered in
open day in our Capitol, the most seductive al
lurements are offered from the same source in
the Capitol of Texas. Under such circumstan-
ces-while the sword of an European power Is
brandished threateningy in our faces to deter
US from admitting sister Republic into the
Union and while the same grasping power is
urging the most enticing arguments 10 induce
that Republic to decline admission under these
circumstances, we ask, should any friend of his
country, any Senator, whose official aspirations
extend beyond and above his present term, and
his present station, hesitate for one moment be-
tween the British and the American side of the
question We hope not; we hope that none
but Americans are sitting in The Senate Cham
Der.
But. however much, and disastrously for
themselves, some of the Senators may be dclu-
ded into conscientious belief that duty requires
of them TO oppose the measure with an unbro-
ken front on the Democratic side of the House,
and the three or four votes from the opposite
side, which may be counted upon, we are conf
dent that the House measure can be carried
through. And such being the case-and who
doubts tive will not indulge the belief that
Messrs. Benton, Tappan, and Dix, will incur
the awful responsibility of defeating the Joint
Resolution. We learn that Senator Allen will
stand up 10 defence and vndicaton Of his coun-
Try at all hazards and 1t was but yesterday that
Mr. Tappan presented resolutions imbodying
the sentiments Of the Democracy of his State,
that he should not obey the hasty and unsus-
tanned instructions of the temporary Wing ma
jority of the Legislature acting in defiance of
the popular will, The rest Of the Democratic
Senators from the free States are not only I'M
,rammelled at home, but are encouraged by
their constituents 10 go forward boldly TO the
glorious achievement. They will 60 forward
boldly-for they are animated by the same
thrill Of patriotic emotion which has been man
ifested by Messrs. Buchanan and Woodbury.,
whose eloquent and determined tones, but now
uttered in the Senate, are already revsrberating,
like inspiring bugle-notes, over the land. They
strike responsive chord in every honest heart,
and sympa helic notes will be echoed back from
every direction.
The present and the fulure-ay, and the
past-will unite in wreathing chapets of i'm
mortal glory for the brows of those indomitable
spirits who shall contribute most in rescuing
a sister Republic from the pouung clutches Of
the panderng agents Of crumbling monarchies
-monsrchies decaying with their own corrup-
lions And, on the other hand, an indellble
stigma will forever dis6gure the brow Of every
man who may participate in the disgrace OF a
violation and Dissertation of our Lone Sister,
should it be her fate to be dragged away from
The great family of Republican States.
If the conservators OF the Union-the grave
Senators now assembled in the Capirol-shall
pause, and again permit the opportunity TO slip
is there rational man who will say that hope
is not entirely extinct2 viii Texas consent
again to negotiate with us2 Is she not wei
aware that the question Of slavery in her terri
tory can never be so adjusted as to command
two-tbrds of the Senate in favor of any future
agreement And is it not apparent in our coun
try that the contending claimants for the Presi
dency will seize upon this subject to excite III,
passions and rouse the preJudices Of their re-
spective sections, for the purpose of arrestins
the advancement of each other and thus, Will,
the incoming Administration will be overwhelm
ed with gra,uitous and unnecessary embarrass
men,s, the probabilities Of ultimate Annexation
will be lessened instead Of increased To de
LAWS to defest-to pause is to perish
The Hartford Convenlionisis of New Eng
land have seized upon this question prerex
10 batter against the foundations Of the Union
Il this not proof that Annexation is right p
But if the Hartford Conventionists shall prevail
will there not be serious commoIion in anoth
sr quarter, and 4 more determined one7 w
believe that failure TO annex Texas, at thi
session, will be the signal for an internal con
vu,,ioo. such az was never witnessed before
w. On for the Union, with or without Texas