Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-04-24
Anne ration If California in prospect!

By the lime thai The question Of I,Xss annexation
shall have fairly settled down, We may expect hear
tie acquisition Of aurnia gravely proppsed and
onsly urged And We do not really thai airy Of
The arguments periuaciuusy urged aud relied upon in
the case, will mol be equally tcibe and conclusive
in the other. II. 10 The cant phrase oflte cay be
our IL ssi'n 10 "txhnd he OF rredom,' ard 10 diff
Fuse the blessing oil Republican freed, N 10 every people
WHO will listen 10 teachings. Calilna presensa
field for our rroIasandiss by far extensive and inv
ting 10 be neglected. fTexas be necessary 10 rornd
of" our frontier. not less essential will California be
deemed FL" that purpose the rich cotton lands Of this
connent must be all under regime The annexation
of California will be indispensable that of Texas
II we desire additional territory Of which carve
Slave States, in order 10 preserve the balance of powe
or. iospeak accurately to proven, an augmentation
of The already decisive majority Of the savthudng
States in the federal government the immense region
stretching from Arkansas and Missouri the Pacific
ocean becomes populated by free labor pros the
orsan'za"n Of sovereign States, must of necessity
add CaIilnna 10 the Union Ii We need good porls on
the Pacific California is said to have the finest and sa
fest harbors in the world. five have dee med i, in por-
ian, to Texas, because of The saury of lis eli
nale the fertility o It's soil and It's great natural advan-
iages, We cannot hesitate 10 lake Oaurna also, which,
in these respects, has been already declared ore
valuable than Ttxas and Oregon combined Hence,
We are no at all surprised at article in The Nashville
Onion. Gone OF the accredited organs Of Ioculcolsn
and, from lis Intimate connection with the Fee F0 Fun
Of that parry at The Hermitage and his puppet Wash.
ingon, entitled 10 special aiientn) an ady pointing
sign fcan,ly To this cunsunmalion. II SAYS:
''lhe last advces trum California Inform us that the
expe the teNcans and having every prospect o
CESS The struggle viii I've shori, It II has ALREADY
Terminated. We learn also that many Of our cl,izrns
VII" emlgraed 10 Oregon have fallen down and seled
IN North California, ard thai they have found the most
delightful climate and rich sill. They affirm that
Oregon hut bleak barren waste, compared with Cal
liorua. We refer 10 these facts show thu II is not
al all unreasonable suppose that California may be
condition al avery early day 10 be annexed 10 our u,
mon"
The hos I Of emlerants now setting towards Oregon
from many of the Western Slaes will not be content
long with that 'bltak and barren waste" while the
bland climate and eeming soil of Caliirnia lies like
the Promised Land, just beyond them. inviting Them To
ard posstss it. And needs no seer to pre-
diet that, mol many years will eapse beure these An
alo Saxon tmiaranls III throw vi The Mexican woke
and set up for hemselvesand then, with many in.
ducemenls 10 listen 10 their application, how can we re-
fuse 10 them, being. like the Texaus "bune If
our hone and flesh OF >h," to this great Conf de
racy?