Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-01-01

Nuu oNaiISi1 Hopt " suCCctu uuNs uuutI
a leader of less skill and renown, anC
when Texas has settled down under a wei
established Government and has greniy
increased in means and population.
II is possible she may be overrun; bu
to expect to hold her in subsection will
her present population andmeans, at the
distance of more than twelve hundred
miles from the city of Mexico, with diff.
cult intermediate country, destitute in a
great degree of resources, would be ex.
IRENE folly. The very attempt would ex.
haust her means and leave her Frustrated.
No, the alternative is to drive out the in
habitants and desolate the country, or
force her into some foreign and unnatural
alliance; and this, the ferocious and savage
order of Gen. VOL shows, is well under.
stood by Mexico, and is in reality, the OBJ
ject Of her policy.
Shall we stand by and permit it to be
consummated, and thereby defeat a mea-
sure long cherished, and indispensable
alike to the safety and welfare of the
United States and Texas2 No measure
of policy has been more steadily or Ion
ger pursued, and that by both of the great
parties into which the union is divided
Many believed that Texas was embraced
in the cession of Louisiana, and was inn
properly, if not unconstitutionally, sur
rendered by the treaty of Florida in 1919,
Under that impression, and the general
conviction of its importance to the safety
and welfare of the Union, its annexation
has been an object of constant pursuit ev-
er since. 1t was twice attempted to ac-
quire it during the administration of Mr..
Adams--once in 1925, shortly after he
came into power, and again in 1927. 1t
was thrice attempted under the admins
tration of his successor, Gen. Jackson
first in 1929, Immediately after he came
into power, again in 1888, and finally, in
1885, Just before Texas herself made a
proposition for annexation in 1887, at the
commencement of Mr.. Val Buren's ad'
ministration, which he declined, not new
ever on the ground of opposition to the
policy of the measure, The United States
had previously acknowledged her indie.
pendence, and the example has since been
followed by France and Great Britain.
The latter, soon after her recognition, be.
gan to adopt a line of policy in reference
to Texas, which has given greatly in.
creased Importance to the measure of an
nexaton, by making it still more essential
to the safety and welfare, both Of her and
the United States.
In pursuance of this ling cherished and
established policy, and under the convic-
ton of the necessity of acting promptly,
in order to prevent the defeat Of the meas.
ure, the present administration invited
Texas TO renew the proposition for annex
alton, which had been declined by its pre-
decessor. 1t was accepted, and, as has
been stated, is now pending. The ques.
ton recurs, shall we stand by quietly, and
permit Mexico 10 defeat it, without ma.
king an effort to oppose her? Shall we,
after this long and continued effort to an
mex Texas, now, when the measure is
about to be consummated, allow Mexico
to put it aside, perhaps forever? Shall
the "goden opportunity" be lost, never
again to return2 Shall we permit Texas,
for having accepted an invitation, rendered
her at critical moment, TO join US, and
consummate a measure essential 10 their
and our permanent peace, welfare, and
safety, to be desolated; her inhabitants TO
be butchered or driven out, Or, in order to
avert so great calamity, to be forced
against her will, into a strange alliance,
which would terminate in producing last
ing hostiIilies between her and us, to the
permanent injury and perhaps the ruin of
both2
The President has fully and deliberate
y examined the subject, and has come to
the conclusion that honor and humanity, as
well as the welfare and safety of both
countries, forbid it; and that it is his duty,
during the recess of Congress, to use all
his constitutional means in opposition to
it; leaving that body, when il assemblies,
to decide on the course which, in its opin-
ion, it would be proper for the Govern
ment to adopt.
In accordance with this conclusion, the
President would be compelled to regard
the invasion of Texas by Mexico, while
the question Of annexetion is pending, as
highly offensive to the United States. He
entertains no doubt that we had the right
to invite her to renew the proposition for
annexation; and she, as an independent
State, had right 10 accept it, without
consulting Mexico or asking her leave.
He regards Texas, in every respect, as in
dependent as Mexico, and as competent TO
transfer the whole or part of Texas, as
she would the whole or part of Mexico.
To 90 no further back, under the consti-
tuition of 1924, Texas and Coahuila were
members of the federation formed by the
United States Of Mexico--Texas with Co
ahulia forming one State, with the right
guaranteed to Texas by the constitution to