Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-02-20

bargain thew can-no doubt oil lt-no uouut VI IL
The love of home applause would Temp mem
that far But when men are commissioned &c
make bargain ariihout Jail, they may DO The bes
they can. but they must make the barsain-ah
yes, bargain for Texas-we want texas, ahu
must have Texas-do as well, as we'll can, o."
be very sure, as you own our will and dread oui
ire-as you love yourselves, and reverence US
DoST FAIL But GET US TEXAS. POUNDS, Nlessieuis
can you believe that there is an idiot who IS pois-
ing himself upon that rickety islhmns, when Sc
vers mans knowledge from the brutes instincts
who could be persuaded, that one ballot was cas-
for Col Polk in the whole thrifty and sagacious
North with either the desire, or in The expectation
that he would repulse Texas from our doors Dy
any indircclion? or, yet more, that he would pluck
out Of lis deep foundations, that impossible BAT
rier that was reared under the Missouri CompTo'
mise to fix the lasting limits Of the pro ana anti
slavery interests and 10 which, though lusllce
lent il no sanction in lis origin, time has orous'i'
all its reverence, and vouchsafed its CONSCIENTIOUS
as the burial spot OF a nations controversy, ana
the Surviving pledge of a nations peace! Wnen
the issue is once distinct, Democratic ballos
speak Democratic sentiments, and when that mas
been done, Democratic principles en]oin lheis Cd
servance-such is the law which binds Democra-
tic Presidents, and it surely must bind, 10 an
canal extent, the Representative Democracy IN
ali paris of The Union. Ii the Texas question
was moi a main issae OF, and decided BY the Pre-
sidental election then it is sure that no question
ever can be made an issue in suchsa canvass,
nor be determined by itsrcsult.
When make the deductions do, ! speak,
however, Of men under the influences OF right
reason ard OF Representative duty. Now, OF the
&c States, Mr.. Clay obtained the votes OF bul II
States, and but three Of these eleven were slave
holding States 10 wit North Carolina, Tennes-
+ i ,nJ n ,.;l her lv ha
ed bnt thai all of these three are decidedly in ia
vor of annexation. Hence we infer, that there
are bul eight States, which is less than one-third
Of the whole number, opposed 10 it-and II thus
I appcars that annexation has more than t1c0-Lh,rdS
| OF The States in its favor Then again, these
eight States furnish blu; sixteen Senators out OF
| fiiy-,wo-bcine less than one-third-and of
! course, if The sentiments Of the remaining Is
1 States were truly expressed in the Senate, we
I should have lhiry-siX Senators more than two
, birds OF the Senate, in favor OF annexation
With more than ttrO-tiirds Of Nc States as they
arc-and more than tco-thiydS ~ The Senate as it
should bc-with an immense popular majority
besdes-I demand TO know, il there has ever been
one great national measure, SO canvasscd and so
contested and which has received as command
ing proofs of the public appreciation, as has the
annexation OF Texas 10 the United States ? IL
is the nations response which proclaims for me.
| NEVER
Well: though Texas may not command in the
! Senate the vote she is Justly entitled 10, not a
doubt can remain, that she has n decided majo-
rity Of friends there and, if she be lost TO in
such conjunclurc, the very walls will cry out
shame No man will have occasion 10 encoun-
Ter such responsibility, nor 10 contronthe popu-
| lar Indignation il would arouse, more Than once;
tar, far better would it be for him. that with a
\ will nd hn Te intn hp
ullermost depths OF the sea! Yet, il is too True,
that, when the patience of proud spirits has been
stretched 10 the last tether ofendurance, their pas
sions infamed TO the very point of combustion,
their sel-love CALLED TO the very quick Of torures'
men will summon up all their manhood, and,
turning upon their assailants, face even these
terrors, and defy them. There's the danger now !!
A disposition 10 arraign mems motives 10 goad
them into hostility BY personalities, has become
altogether too prevalent Propositions for annex
alton are arrayed against each other with sort
of beligercn6h and are estimated. not By their Sc
veral merits but by The fact Of, who are their au-
thors-who support, and who oppose them. II
this spirit lasts, Texas is lost and irrctrevably,
fear. Cancellation, harmony, union, can save
il, and nothing else. This course of remark is
drawn from me, in spite OF myself; and, though
it really be general application, YET, il wished
il, could no; conceal from your astuteness that |
have inmy mind eye very specially-Col. Benton
and his coursc-and the structures whchhave been
made upon il. But have no wish 10 conceal any
thing. | have the fewest possible secrets about
/ either public men or measures want nome
and seek none. have just as lille 10 do with
party ciiques-or 10 be Influenced BY other mems
partiales or aversions. Ii principle may not
command my esnousal OF resistance of this or
that measure, nothing else can. bow implicitly
to no man. | never dd-and never will. The
man who advocates or carries out my principles
is good enough for me. | wouldn't give pinch
OF Rappee for any mans share, in nominating
candidates for the Presidency-put forward your
man Of varied knowledge, OF unsuied virtues.
sound in principle and pure in purpose; and 1.-THE
party sanctions, he is my man; and may COM
mand for the cause all | am, or have or can
have. Railways was SO, and il ever will be So
| This disposition OF mind, with such tastes and
such sentiments, and such adherence 10 them,
give mr. very decided advantages over many
friends that have. II presents and il secures op-
poHuni,ies and keeps ever alive the desire and the
purpose 10 do justice to all men. 1t prompts and
ii enjoins me TO keep judgment upon an equi.
pose, by which am not tempted to applaud nor
| 10 practice that infinitely worse and more preva-
/ lent evil to condemn by irholcSaie. can calmly,
weigh conduct with conduct, and can and do strike
balances and credit them, as judgment decides
II is thus form opinions OF mems aris; their mo-
tires, beyond what the acts themselves avouch
for, are beyond my ken. know no farther. |
pry no farlher-and | bless God, that | may
persuade myself, that condemn no farther 1t is
in this spirit have Judged of Col. Benion's course
and il is in this spirit shall speak OF it. Personal
kindnesses, or animosilies have had nansht 10 do
with it. Our intercourse is altogether civil in
deed, but it is slight
In the midst of Wing Civilizations over our
ruptured peace and dishearening dissensions
have "many time and Off put the painful in
lerrogaliye TO my own bosom, can be, that Col.
! DgSToN is OPPOSED 70 ANNEXATION And I've
brought myself invariably TO the most gratifying
result, that IT CAN'T BE POSSIBLE That he gave
cause for rational suspicious cannot be denied
| That he was much 10 blame, is past doubt.
That his course last year was injudicious inicm-
reraic, erraiic, and so injurious for season as 10
impcri Democracy itself, is most true. That his
commanding abilities and exhansiless stores OF
knowledge enabled him to marshal more formi-
dable and imposing obstacles 10 Immediate annex
alton than the whole Wing party put together is
equally lrne. I'm very sure that can point To
States, who cast their votes Tor Mr.. Clay in whom
all Whisgcry could not have saved Waterloo
overthrow thilher, but for The Butcher arriro! ol
the salwaIl Missourian, with his fresh and vigor.
Gus eYics. So, think, his course at This SEES
sion, though temperate and courteous, and, to
some extent, concilialory, has been unfortunate
and injudicious. His bill was M-tined. 1t came
TOO late. Mems minds had all become commit
led. They had weighed and passed upon the vir-
tues and merits of many plans; and, after pro-
tracted and most solemn deberalion, and in COM
handing numbers, they pronounced their choice,
and sent il forth 10 the Senate and the country
A ne,r plan, in such conjuncturc, had the often
sive seeming Of arraigning the wisdom of The
House, and it at once encountered dislavor and
rcpusion. But be the opposition 10 it what il
may, look beyond j, ALL and can see in that plan
provisions OF which The House might have profit
ed, and think, would have prohied, had il been
brought 10 lis consideration in time. But re-
peat, it came 100 late. 1t wore The phase of a
6eQigeJeat proposition. 1t furnished a safety
valve. through which skulking discomfort could
hope 10 screen itself from its just responsibilities
10 annexation itself, and counenanced, perhaps