Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-04-03


o., .-sr.,,i u...n with ias couult,. TO-.
seua ofrcr. feeling les rnlg-ed
10 '.' c-cr, D.Dn he ptiI Teiis incn
,..ss Souiu--snd VelH may.
.Hia .; J.ta'!r,n' Is now tthcid ~ al
t,vatjt. tic POSITION on Tettau, votrg
ft.,,t1.at, ~td uouiG So vonins, de,f r
ts Ad,i,o 81 man o. dad lie, popJ tie .
saesrun .---and N.s TEXAS b-ss TO - s
,0sd wed Jonathan !, young ,nd trcen |
,,'..-ih.s ishis fret affair n ih. kind, ard |
vthoYe 'hl'te~ill now take warning .uy
a. .n.e, and 20 longer Indulge Ia ,c .urorn
h.fs u be,anng h, rendition by UNION
win su-ha naunung and G,ung, belle as
Nis, T,ras proves 10 be
Il would sp3elt from tie following sriicl-
witch We copy from ,ie National keeisie
Published a, " ash,hgton, the sea, C Gov
etnmtn Mt OF 1elas. THAT uis lst' one Is We,
10 hef minotiy and VIA, her guardians arc
dbposed 10 shlen tie leA5lng s'ungs, That
she may dcnve as good bargain visa brother
JOnA,nan a. may be, and u il 10 be feared that
he, like many a raw galIan, before HIN,
viii be disposed to e, her have /, all her
own wBv, andyirld to all Ter ,zacuons. The
Register says
Ell the people nf Tc1cs choose to revolt
iioni1e Their Governneht, aud institute some
new AMI different organization, they may 90
- without the consent Of a foreign govern.
ment first had and obfa'nfd.' b, the l.
nned States have acknowledged our title 10
be recognized ms an independent uation, both
dr. facfo and de Jurt. Should we adopt tie
course designated by their resolutions, We at
uice ioo-o tie benefit Of that acknowl ige-
mrut We pass Into n state Of imheCIe and
hopeless dependency upon that powet---io be
annexed '.--cef,alnly never, Until their aspl.
rng patilzans shall cease to need the mate!
Ha.s we now furnish for the manufacture OF
political capital. oar relation with other gov
,t"nienls dissolved, aud our own nationality
tennunced. the Gnied States may consent TO
hold. as they shah have consente to place
I'm a state OF pcuul,mate bat unaccora-
pushed annexation
Dul c.en this consent by the American
Congress moagct and valuclrss as IT is TO
tie people OF Texas. but Tor which We are
requested TO give the United States a lien Up.
uu ouf country sovereignty worthless
consent, as If beerudged 10 Texas, is eked
uut 10 her at mIsers Usuty, and Is shackel-
ell with what lawyers cali conditions prece.
dent" Passing by the required sacrifice O..
our nights 10 ADJUST the boundaries ul our ter
Iiloty, the consent OF thai Congress, even
once more to ascertain the Texas quesllonls
coupled With tie cold assurance, that we
arc ever somltted into tie | MON ~ all, We
most code to the United Sistes. AN our
mines. minerals. salt lakes aud springs, also
all our public edi6ces. foulhcalions, bar
racks. ports and harbors, navy and navy
yards mag zines and arms, ornaments, sni
all other property and means pertiiniug to
the public defence"
We must also yc'l up our revenues and
our capacity 10 raise one which lnGIe
item, nnicr the financial regullt0ns Of our
fostering step mother, wanj bring into her
treasury n, Ieas, three hundred thousand
dollars per nnnum or which we have
her KIND permission to retain our public
debts md keep our public domains sub.
irrt, however to the payment Of the dot
and clrcumscubCd within such limits as she
may hereafter be- pleased to assign to our
territory IN the exercise OF the Characters
tic and frs,renched diplomacy, which
once reached even to the western banks OF
the Sabine We must however tucklc p
her pc, nbollonls,s, by oblgng oursc,
10 prohibit slavery north OF the parallel o
thlftv.six degrees thirty minutes. known as
the Mis- SCUM compromise ilne.
We havc always been a warn and hear
ty advocate of annexation bu, never dll
We dream lhat,hc approval OF the people
orTcxas would be required to proppos,ior
so absurd so d.crndmg, ms the one PROFOUND
cdiby this resolution Our space does no
now admit of further detail Suffice It, tina
We contrast our present elevated position a
people, secure IN the respect and anl'y o
the great. enlightened nation OF the ehrth
secure in the cnioymcn's OF peace, and u
the speedy acquisition Of acknowledge IN
depcndancc secure IN the wealth which th'
commerce Of Europe is about to poar 1at'
our laps. md in the increasing Taise Of on
lands arising from extended occupation, am
the investment of foreign capital secure O
locominy tthe mos, favored by ihos
powerful and wealthy soyercigni'cs, whom
both interest and policy lmpeI TO chrHs'
our prosperity and growth that lhclt mar
hrts may be supplied with our staples an
secure that the increase OF commerce VA
speedily render no less consistent than d's
rab0e \ great dimlnulion oflhc prcscn: ia A
with tho alternative presented by this RS
oluuou, Of Texas div,s,cd Of all these hlg
privileges aud these advantages shorn r
her nuributcs rs nation crippled N he
commerce, IN her prosperity, in her dom6
TIC rosourccs; depressed by the burdens {
public Acb, and dircc, TAXATION the land .
oon'oquence dcprccla,rd N vaisc and n
tho o0ru' NJ fn1i 7nnrSs''on, on he pro
posed bass our pubic domain. not on'
RACED and monqaccI to sccnre ,he pay