The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-14

THE NATIoNAEs INTELLIGENCER AND
IT'S ASSISTANT ssMEN IN BUCKRAM."


For the Union.
THE NATIoNAra INTELLIGENCER AND
IT'S ASSISTANT "MEN In BUCkRAM."
This little regiment-while they cannot deceive
their own countrymen, and while their efforts to
curtail her rghtfu territory met with just indg-
nation and rebukc by men of their own party
may congratulate themselves the comfort they
communicate TO such editors in Europe those Of
the London Times. That journal takes up and
echoes back, with alacrty kindred to the zes Of
the lnteigencer and its small company of presses,
the accusations against our country, of overweening
cupidity in the extension of our claim to the Rio
Bravo. In the able statement of the argument in
the "Union" of October 9th, the accusation is once
again demolished. But what is the effect of sound
on deaf ears' Just powerful as that of fair and
conclusive argument on prejudced partisanship.
The repetition of it WILL Notwithstanding, be Of eff
fective benefit to the great interests of the country,
and will not be lost even on the wings. The gon-
GUS result of the Maryland elections shows that the
positions Of our government in relation alike TO the
buster of Mexico, the Just demands of Texas, and
the tariff, have the sanction of the power which, in
this country, shapes the main measures of govern
ment--as il ultimately sustans them, when neces-
sary, by its mighty physical energies,
The claim of Texas to the Rio Bravo has been
known and asserted by all well-informed political
WRITER'S ever since her declaration Of Independence.
The Times newspaper has not till recently taken
the ground of combining Texas to the Nueces. The
writer has no inconsiderabe acquaintance with its
on this subject; and has not seen or heard OF
any argument ntmation, until lately, in It's col
umns, that such restriction was imposed on the
territorial limits of Texas, by British recognition or
otherwise On the contrary, he well recollects that,
in all its arguments about Texas, while she remain
ed independent suggestion occurs of the proprle-
ty of combining its limits in the manner il now pro-
poses. Most clearly, so far as the opinion OF the
Times can have weight, land we may appeal from
Philip drunk to Philip sober,) its suffrage may be
claimed for the full extension of its boundaries ac-
cordng to the views of our government, which are
precisely the views of Texas herself
In November, 1874, the s'Tmes" declared: "Had
Texas consented to abolish slavery, all her political
difficulties would long since have been terminated;
and instead of being an object Of mingled contempt
and desire to the population of the United States, she
would have placed her whole social condition on a
higher and more secure basis than theirs and pould
be prepared to play conspicuous part in the history Of
the .Nsw World" And again, referring to a certain
contingency, it said in the same article, "and the
gro,c Of her Independent interests io place her be-
yond the reach Of competition" 1t would be absurd
in the extreme to aver that an editor of such poll
teal sagacity and experience as he of the "Times"
should believe that Texas to the Nueces only could
possess territory sufficient ito play conspicuous
part in the history Of the New World" land that
The gro,pM of her Independent interests we have
italicized these words, with view to attract aten-
ton to them suould place her beyond the reach Of
competition Texas, with but one hundred and
thirty-fve thousand square miles, could never be
nationally expected to "play conspicuous part in
the New World" still less to be placed ''beyond the
reach of competition" Such was not the Texas
which the Times" then wished to assume the
character of an independent nation, guaranteed as
such by Great Britain and the United States But
TO make the evidence more decisive in proof that
the "Times'' has now changed its tone altogether,
and that the force of circumstances and political
nrediIectona md antpofhiAa haa NOV cauaed tn
advocacy of the Nueces as the Texan boundary,
we insert considerable portion of the arctcle to
which we have referred:
From the London Times of Nov.
II is not unreasonable to contend that the European pow
which have recognised the independence Of Texas
bound in good policy well in good faith to demand Of
Mexico well Of every other power that this state
be acknowledged and unmolested II we had sufficient
with other Europe prepared resist
the annexation of Texas the United States act Of
slavery and to create rival maritime power il the
Gulf Of Mexico would appear be more than just
and above ALL by declaration Of the principal Of
Europe to terminate this state Of uncertainty
Had Texas consented to abolish slavery all her political
difficulties would long since have been terminated and
stead being Of mingled contempt and desire to
the population Of the United States she wond have placed
her whole social condition higher and secure ba
sis than theirs and would be prepared TO play conspcu-
between the slave policy ofthe United
States and the free policy Of Mexico England But If
IN honestly to the future well
fare the country they adopted and who contemplate
something than the base transfer OF their national
and there Is too much reason to fear that unless the inter-
venon OF the European settles this question
war IT. however the independence of Texas be recog-
missed by Mexico under suitable conditions and with the
guarantee Europe The national existence of that state is
safe from everything but the reachery Of her cizeDs
and the growth of her independent interests will place
beyond the reach Of competition
The "Times" here plainly announced that Eng
land wished to have Texas 'as useful ally" This
was one good reason for her opposing annexation
Another (Which might, perhaps, by strict analysis,
be resolved into the first was, t'to create rival
maritime power in the Gulfof Mexico" But Texas,
narrowed in her territorial limits to the Nueces,
could not be regarded by any sane and experienced
politician as capable Of becoming ga rival maritime
power in the Gulf of Mexico to the United States
To cover the entire space to the Rio Bravo, would
have been an Indispensable condition ofsuch rivalry
and, doubtless, il the basis of this territorial
limit that England built up her hopes, now deprived
Of ga local habitation," that Texas would become
the successful maritime rival in that Gulf, of the
North American Union.
In the leading editorial of the "Unionn of the
7th instant, it is remarked: 'The election of Pres-
bolt As soon that election was known, the
whole fabric of her hopes and antcipations toppled
down wtha crash England relied too securely on he eff
forts sotg party anneration" The keen
ness was vivldy exhibited IN the
waiting and invectives of the t'Times - "Liverpoo
Mail and other kindred prints the reception Of
the news Of this ''untoward event" The London
Times Of the 25th November, 1874, in referring to
that election, said:
What therefore, we chiefly deplore the present
cnsion Is the defeat Of those who and
most willing to have abored to restore the financial
political credit Of their country who they unable
to shake the curse Of slavery have ven
prevent the consequences OF slavery from becoming the
guiding OF O Union.
who would have abtained from rapine, maintained peace
and adhered 10 the doctrines which shed honor the
characters of American statesmen Clay and Webster
still entitled TO that hut the time past when they
could guide the desnies of their couny aud by casting
them of in the honr OF trial. the people of the United
have only rendered the vices Of their present condition
more conspicuous and prepared the way for the increasing
evils and excuses OF their future careers
They appeared thunderstruck at the result They
ought not surely, to have wondered that the Amer
lean people should be indsposed to permit mother
Britain to go on in the colonial manner, and name
for them treasurers and secretaries-whch she would
virtually have been doino hv tho aelcct;on NJ III.