Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-09-10

COnSoiduOu tneTe. Anu II Is IOr t1is stare
Of things that we hold responsible that gra-
tuitous mismanagemeni, - wholly apar,
from the main substantial rights and merits
of the question, 10 which alone il is to be
ascribed; and which had its origin in its
earlier stages, before the accession of Mr..
Calhoun TO the department of State.
Nor is there any just foundation for the
charge that Annexation is great pro.
Slavery measure--caIculated 10 increase
and perpeiuate that institution. Slavery
had nothing 10 do with it. Opinions were
and are greatly divided, both at the north
and south, as to the influence 10 be exert
ed by il on slavery and the slave States.
That il will tend 10 facilitate and hasten
the disappearance Of slavery from all the
northern tier of the present slave States,
cannot surely admit of serious question.
The greater value in Texas Of the slave
labor now employed in those States, must
soon produce the effect Of draining of that
labor southwardly, by the same unvarying
law that bids water descend the slope that
invites it. Every new slave State in Tex
as will make at least one free State from
among those in which that institution now
exists-to say nothing Of those portions of
Texas on which slavery cannot spring
and grow-to say nothing Of the far more
rapid growth ofnew States in the free West
and Northwest, as these fine regions are
overspread by the emigration fast flowing
ovei them from Europe, as well as from the
Northern and Eastern States Of the Union
as 1t exists On the other hand, it is I'M
deniably much gained for the cause Of the
eventual voluntary abolition Of slavery,
that it should have been thus drained of
towards the only outlet which appeared
TO furnish much probability of the ultimate
disappearance of the negro race from our
borders. The Spanish-lndian. American
populations of Mexico, Central America
and South America, afford the only recep.
tacle capable of absorbing that race when.
ever we shnll be prepared 10 slough i, off
10 emancipate It from slavery, and ISL
multaneously necessary TO remove il. from
The midst OF our own. Themselves alrea-
dy Of mixed and confused blood, and free
from the prejudices" which among us so
insuperably forbid the social amalgama-
lion which can alone elevate the Negro
race out of virtually sersile degrade
lion, even though legally free, the regions
occupied by those populations must strong.
y attract the black race 10 that direction !;
and as soon as the destined hour of eman-
cipation shall arrive, will relieve the ques-
ton of one Of lis worst difficulties, if moi
absolutely the greatest.
No-Mr. Clay was right when he de-
clared that Annexation was question
with which Slavery had nothing 10 do.---
The country which was the subject of An
nexation in this case, from its geographic
cal position and relations. happens 10 be-
or rather the portion Of il now actually
settled happens 10 be---a slave country.
But similar process might have taken
place in proximity to different section OF
our Union; and indeed there is great
deal Of Annexation yet to take place with
in the life Of the present generation along
the whole line of our northern border -
Texas has been absorbed into the Union
in the inevitable fulfilment of The general
law which is rolling our population west.
ward ; the connexion Of which with that
ratio Of growth in population waich is des.
tined within hundred years 10 swell our
numbers TO the enormous population OF
t,ro hundred and fifty millions (if moi
more), is too evident to leave Us in doubt
Of the manifest design Of Providence in
regard to the occupation of this continent.
II was disintegraied from Mexico in the
natural course Of events, by process per-
fectly legitimate on its own part, blameless
on ours; and in which all the censures
due to wrong, perfdy and folly, rest on
Mexico alone. And possessed as it was
by population which was 10 truth but o
colonial detachment from our own, and
which was still bound by myriad ties OF
the very heart-strings to its old relations,
domestic and political, their incorporation
into the Union was not only inevitable,
but the most natural, right and proper
thing in the world--and il is only aston
ishing that there should be any among
ourselves 70 say i nay.
California will, probably, next fall away
from the loose adhesion which, in such a
country as Mexico, holds remote pro-
vince in a slight equivocal kind ofdepend-
ance on the metropolis. Imbecilc and
distracted, Mexico never can exert any re-
oil governmental authority over such a
country. The impotence Of The one, and
the distance Of the other, must make the
relation one Of virtual independence; I'M
less, by stunning the province Of all naiu-
raj growth, and iorbidding that immigra-
ton which can alone develope iis capabili-
ties, and fulfil the purposes Of It's creation,