Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-01-25

terms. that General Jackson, bo ss very explicit
ranhcahon expressed unqua6ed srn,eA, q L Nc 11s
letters =. ' esn % Una, slse which saan s
General Jacksons upon this floor viii deny that ha oro
Were what have described Them take upon 80 v.o
these letters doubtless will be produced. - - ~
SIR, there is another point touching this eu.ra.. a.
whom was 1t given TO the inhabitants Of Texas W.,
Were they few Spanards settled around their miss
nouses who never were assmaed with the people Of ia
United States who asked, who desired 70 b. ~
cooraied with Union who suspected or dreamer
mat they were They, least believed that Texas VS.
not part Of Louisiana If they had anced that the area i
freedom had expanded TO their further cone they womb
have fled from back their old Spanish MEXICAN tow
with the same repugnance that American settler would A.
from hc extension Of the Of despotinn Such was
population who only could have claimed the guaranty ae,
any view Of it. There BESIDES is true other iII
'tanfs suppose must call them. There were prses bus
cts and dsorderly spns-loafers call them now
Oag over Texas as Of DID, General Long fitted sn
expedition Of some two hundred men, who went ters
pe"een ue years 1912 and 1872 with view to conquer IL
Conquer y from whom From us if we had the title |
seen 9oced IN the papers Of that time that Governor
caDone q Louisiana, had his hands full with these land
pirates. Ihey recruited in New Orleans and were oier,
broken up under the yagrant act This man Long in de
anee Of our laws carried his desperadoes into Texas;
ted himself with the famous pirate Late gave him CON
mission as Governor or inendant of Galveston He il WIS.,
with ms awess band who issued that declaration Of ns
az which has been often quoted this
debate h was merely an impudent farce Long and his
mdons We're subsequently expelled and LATTE and his pirates
broken up Sir, is worthy of remark however, that in this
manifesto Of Longs there not the slightest auson to any
claim under the guaranty Of the treaty Of 1903 Even h
was too srewd to set such claim The guaranty die
conception OF ls43 and belongs to the of reannexa
Long knew nothing Of it. His pretension was that emo
citizens OF Texas had long INDUCED the hope that ic
justment of the boundaries of the Spanish possessions IN
America and the Territories Of the United States they sstd
be included in the limits Of the latter" That this atter
expectation prevented any eecua effort throw of t1
yoke Of Spanish authority though it could not restrain
uapaing rebeons against odous tyranny" The treaty
dsspaed this illusion too fondy cherished" "They have
,Cere party literally abandoned the dominion Of tho
Crown OF Spain, and left prey, only mposons ~
ready ntoerabe but to all those cxactons which Spanish
pacafy 70 80 fertile in devsng" And thereupon show
themselves worthy Of the kindred Republics Of the Amc
can continent they resolved free Very pathetic and
very heroical But what does it prove First that Texas
was under Spanish dominion all the time and second
word of the guaranty. not the Spanish Inhabitants
who made this manifesto: General Long and his army
OF sixty seventy mem picked up the levec New Or
leans and associated with Lae Humhe and other bucs
niers of the Guf-Brehren of the Coast, they were
called in Sir Henry Morgan's time.
WE'LL sir these all expelled: ALL except such a.
were eaten up by cannbal race called the Carton Crow In
dans have letter published from Long, which satnd
this catastrophe The truth Texas without inhabitants
except in few hamlets General Lalemand describes it
1918, as being nearly altogether uninhabited
It cannot be pretended Mr.. Chairman, that the emigrants
to Texas since 1919 claim the guaranty. They hpva
gone there under another and very different expectation they
sir the who made the treaty Of 1888 with Does
not that treaty foresa all peenon of claim to
ton Does it not settle the question of guaranty beyond
all cavil II leaves not an argument for it.
Passing from this question: Mr. Chairman ask, what IN
ducement has Texas seek annexation with US Is it that
pay her debts protect her from INVASION regulate hsr
commerce The two latter of these she quite able to do
for herself The first not yet may not be long, howeve
before she compass this well the others At AE
events sir, she must know that will produce great hcs
burning in this country this Union her debts
We Of Maryland think we have better claim the Union
than Texas for at least portion of debt We believe
the Government rghuly large Of money, ard
we shall present claim, hope, before long There We
be sad hearburnng amongst our people Texas peefsd
to Maryland So with many other States III were Texsp
would not ask it. would not have your annexation.
would resist il TO the last extremity.
Texas wants Independence. She wants peace. But ssc
ought not to annexation 1t is not her policy
ceive, to sink her IDENTIFY her Individuality the lap of tins
great overshadowng Republic Of She has just started
upon her career Of national existence She has sprung forth
from the cradle of glorious infancy, and already rcnon
by her prowess in bae less than by the wisdom wi,
which she has conferred upon her people free ConstutoD
carefully adapted the present and future exgcncies which
may arise in her march to prosperity and power Lef 70
herself unimpeded by any political dependence upon this
Confederacy her destiny become the predominant Power
Of Central America United with us she becomes only what
may choose she shall be- Sir she is already, what
Of her friends TO have lost sight Of centre of freedom
and may be- quite appropriately her task to extend
the Freedom is amaer of race, and tribe, and kind
dred and its extended by the propagation of the s
cics Freedom viii find her voares marching fast enough
wards the Pacific whether they sally forth from
twenty whether they march with the lone star with fifty
stars upon their banner We need not ourselves
this generation least about that There heritage enough
in this hemisphere for centuries yet Let Texas guard
her destiny The lone has risen from bloody BIZ,
prosperous field and shines affair." acknowledged light
in the armament Of nations Give the land of that lone star
peace give her independence give her scope for her industry
give her the repose necessary to recruit her strengabovc
ALL give her the sympathy due to free Republic that hss
carved her way the respect Of mankind and you confer
her greater boon than you give her when
have sunk her yet unmascred sovereignty into provincial
presentation upon this floor She has but just nscbcd
her upon the roll Of nations why should she consento
extnguh her early domestic fire. to kindle paicr flame upon
this great altar Will she not lose IN con-
sderaon, in renown all the means OF influence she now
possesses hunded-fod than she ever gain nom
queruous and reluctant assumption Of her debt from
unnecessary and useless protection or, wcro
Texan, would none of it.
am led to believe this desire of annexation is very
dent sentiment genuine wish of hers There Is somcthng
to my mind derogatory in it something which does
port her proud bearing when she breasted the charge Of
the Mexican and sent him bootess home and weathsrbese
back" beyond the Bravo. unwilling hear her deded
growing tired of her honors CALAMITY. She
should not voluntarily expose herself to the jest conveyed
the epitaph upon newborn child
Since early am done for,
@n wonder what was begun for.
councils upon her destiny. Let her consider that she the
world debt Of fame, which plight her and her
chdens faith to pay She has begun in outbur Of
husasD, and done her work far better than infant
Rome Let her continue build up her republican pyramid
until civilization and christianity shall gather their millions
around its base and late postcrity shall delight IN the
shine that gds its summit That may be, sir, monument
worthy Of Freedom which this side Of the Sabine should
neither envy fear.
Our policy in the time should be TO assist this enter
prise friendly neghbor nation and kindred people should
Inv her