Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-01-18

the session OF Congress, which majority oil that BODY Wnheu
at What was but snch war the Texas schemes knew
the Northern States would not embark nan unjust, UNI
righteous unprovoked and ungody with Mexico 10 rob
her of her eyoted province, and Mr. Calhoun for the
r extension and perpetuaton of slavery
Now whatever may be my feelings ON the subject OF sla-
very make bold Southern 10 declare, that in my
judgment these very insufficient for national
berry, for with friendly Power, making effort and
entertaining design interfere with that any other OF
our concerns
II South Carolina movement, FIRST dissen-
sion rtbumng and division between the North and the
South and if should he the result then to drive the
North from its support, and, in the accomplishment of their
hearts most earnest deone that daily ayowed by their
most prominent public men, to wit the dissolution of the
Unon-throw the odium and responsibility from their
shoulders upon the North, for refusing participate
for any such purpose. There thousands and millions
the North who believe this institution guaranteed by the Con-
stuhon to the South, and will adhere to the South this
question but there none, believe who desire its extern
sion and perpetuaon they rather depore its existence but
North might the South to back her in
for its determination, for the South ask the North to
to to extend and pepetuate it and this knew
better than the Secretary OF State the negoaor OF the treaty
Look too, TO the bold, open and reasonable proceedings
Of the friends and followers of the negotator South Caro-
lima, during the last and fall and you find nothing
but Dsunion, Dslnon Texas Texas !-Dsunon without
Texas and Texas and Disunion
To ascertain their views fully il well 10 look to the
declarations of of Mr. Calhouns friends from South Caro-
lima, made about the time Of the Texas treaty in the
House of Representatives. | Mr. Rhe, declared he
nahs to this Union while another of his faithful followers
TO the abandonment of all his former cherished prnci
PIES mean Mr. McDue,) entered into calculation in the
Senate Chamber upon the value of the union and undertook
show the advantages of three separate Coneacies formed
out of the United States declaring upon his soul that for
quarter of century, he had not knownth Government butor
its most inqutous oppresions and, when charged by Mr.
Benton to his face with reasonable designs in the Texas
movement, banched and qualed and could utter word
in his defence this Mr. McDufe who, his message
the South Carolina Legislature in 1885, when speaking Of
the application of Texas for admission into the Unon said
In my opinion, Congress ought TO entertain such
proposition in the present state of the controversy If adj
NIT Texas into Union while Mexico is still wagng war
against that province, with view reestabh her supreme
cy over it we SHALL by the very act ITSELF make ourselves
party to the take this step without mourning
this heavy responsibility until Merico herself shall recognise
the independence of her repoied Trocace" And now, dis
union being the bottom, this gentleman the first step
FORTH In the absence Of that recognition the part of Mex
co, and while our Executive complaining his annual mes
sages of the savage and nhuan carried by that Powe
against Texas, which he thinks ought to put stop hr
steps forward and proposes to take it. Os rons by the
simple adoption Of joint resolution, if ii matter of
no more moment than the payment Of messengers wages
well to show the degeneracy of the times and Of
people. few years back, and such proposition would
have aroused the Indignation of all of all parties and he
who would have presented would have been regarded lit
tie short of mailman, and the party that would have
tanned it would have been overwhelmed with popular resent
Well might Mr. Galatin have expressed his surprise
that such mode of acquiring Texas could have entered into
the imagination of man.
But again, period you find this able and
sul and accomplished negotator and dpomatist who
has done nothing but bunder and stumble like blind
horse poughed ground since he has been the
Observation-Disclosures senshes have been much shocked
the bare presentation OF abolition petitions from members oil
this Conedeacy to propose at time to the whole South
ern delegation in Congress to retire from the halls of Con-
gess, and thus by violence dismember the Governnen-you
find him throwing wide the whole question Of domestic sa-
very, and not only authorizing but inviting the interference and
cooperation of the French Government the treaty other
tangled mode of annexation for the purpose Of perpetual
ing the blessings and advantages of slavery Now if it be
conceded by Government that France may ghtfully in
erere, pray TO know upon what principle of civil inter-
national law the right be denied to Great Britain
whose pretended designs upon this question made the
first pretex for immediate, instantaneous annexation sa
be abolished and southern interests destroyed And
why is this interference the part of France with pecu
liar hreside domestic rights coued and eneated but that
lead to interference the part of Great Britain for its
destruction and which may lead by their natural sympahes
and afnes to cooperation between the abotionss of the
North and that Government that would tend unite more
closely the sympathes and interests of the South lead
division of the Empire, and annexation with Texas This
believe to be the design and this fear will be the result If
this Texas humbug not speedily and decsvey settled by
the good sense of countmen Upon other view Of the
SUBJECT can the weakness and puery should say madness
-of his diplomatic correspondence be accounted for.
But apart from all this apart from Mexican rights the
ona honor the integrity ofhe Unon whaare the advantages
that we are to derive from the annexation Of Texas We
already see that our negoaor and his conedeates have
placed US position towards Mexico that cannot
without dshonor the Executive branch of the Go
venmsn and we cannot get into without disgrace the
nation But, LEI that terminate may what ask are
the advantages De derived from such annexation with
The assent Of Mexico Is our territory already sufficiently
cspacous TO contain population Are millions Of un
sold public lands which must later the
benet Of the States to whom belongs be surrendered
rendered vauesss in order satisfy the demands of specua
tors IN Texas lands Texas SCRIP the views Of
political adesmen Are deprecate the land Of the old
States I'm nna for examp and depopulate State to
people Texas Are we TO despol il Of the active in
dustous, and useful portion Of its population by holding out
an invitation and ducemeni the energetic and enrprsnC
young men OF the State seek adventures and fortunes in
country Are plumber treasury TO pay the debts
OF Iexaata time, too, when the credit Of cur States Is
dshonoed Are we so harmonious councils now az
to make occasion for difficulties and new strife l. our
legislation satisfactory to all parts The present Union
we should desire to extend its influence diversity still more
the interests 10 be cared for and introduce among us an add
honal number OF dsafected dsganzers and pudaonists
Are to open still wider the door to fraud and corruption
not by the introduction OF individual foreigners but of TO
reign nation When has become interesting and pro-
mnent question whether shall restrict prohibit entirely
all future naturalization, is it expeden nauraizc two hun
dred thousand at batclIfeyen-enhs Of whom no doubt
have the dwelling and destructive propensies
to too many of our people Have we not as nation
deieroraied in morality sufficiently the sixteen years
without the introduction Of Texas adventures among us
To these objections, which have briefly stated without
the time to elaborate hem what to gain even fan he
money would have pay for must either embark
in wholesale system of swndng and repudiation or we must
pay the whole amount Of unasceaned and untold millions Of
her public debt.
We have been told that Texas forms natural boundary 10
the United States II this true is il a sufficient con-
sderation for the evils would entail But would not Ca