Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-08-19
WHEN wnIs EDITORS DISAGREE Sc,

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Yesterdays Times. speaking Of The benri'c'''
effects OF The Tariff upon sugar. 'eie'' = ="
consistency Of Louisianas voting lot hee''"'>
President, and adds. ira
aye, We rather think Louisiana IS 4 al'll
State, and lha, Texas had greater CONF, 49,, "y,
her vote Than aEli-I'arti nnohs; pn -, u;s i
tc""td aayc g.ra tdc@ 1'F"s i"', - III il.;,
hey could be punished for iile " ISL, ~
best interests in voling ior ron. ;.
On he otter hand, The \. J. Tribune "'a"'s :
out 10 BE perfectly clear, iha NJ. Gay e'e''''''
would have certainly defeated ahheSa'''''--"'
leas, while \ single slave remained 10 Texas
and he Who'll. South wcull lave opposed s3'a
annexation As !: .rinnph Of aboli'ionisln. IN re-
reply 10 correspondent, who attempted 10 Jas''iy
the aboli,cnsls for MOI vol'rS Tor oiav' inc -
bune says:
uBu, saws sAn,i.slayery,' had Mr.. Clay been
el.r.,G Annexation might have been elected IN
periec, accordance with his published views
We answer, 50 il possibly might; but mere, Ta"e
I,ras ras cayyei sraa adr.fy MI. Ciay un'-
/ form conditions were: -,
on, which he regarded the measure as an ACT oil
war Toward our friendly ally, a breach 81 pubic
fairb. and of course dark stain on our National
honor.
~. Tie common toaaai ~ he Isioa, or as be
elsewhere explained, The assent OF all The SUES
OF the Union. moi Of all individuals.
as. Thai The public debt and other turlhens CT
Texas shall in no case devolvc on The Union.
"Now we say il was not possible ;hat The Sc
cond Of these conditions should be satisfied while
slavery should be cherished in Texas MOI one
Of he Northern Wing States would consent u"
,..I A., II
lihera,c. formal declarations Of Massachusetts.
cannsc,irur. Ncrnuntand Ohio, against hnneXa.
linn utJer any such circumstances, were well
known ia Mir. Clay aud The Country, when his
Alabama l.aefS we're written. II Understood
Ina, IN. mass d. IL. Northern Wings and all the
Wbia Tree State, wcull incyorahly oppose any
addition q. slave territory and slave power % our
Union Mr. Claws uniform conditions OF An
nexa,ion would III Effect have forever forbade ms
assent 10 thai measure while slavery remained IN
Texas
Is there any rational man, who believes, that The
G,s of,he>e conditions could have been satisfied
or that Mexico wc,,d have given her express and
free consent 10 annexaiion2 Upon these grounds,
then. il is perfectly clear, thai, had Mr. Clay tten
elected. Texas would have been kept ont Of the
Union, perhaps for ever lie Unparalleled
triumph Of The Democratic paiiy in Norcan-
Der, carried a moral force, which Frustrated
the opposition OF The Wings, and secured ihls
great measure Of the age Let then, the De-
mocrats who bore ali The brunt Of The bau!e vino
were violently siiamaiized by their Wing oppo-
ncnts a. "dsunoni..s AMI roracionS spectators
in pressing The "niqui;r,' have all the credit Of
tue measure, now that il has been achieved =
The election 81 James X. Poll; was The cheering
sianal for Ii, admission OF Teyas-thc elevation
OF Henry Gay would have been The dealh-kncll
81 annexation.
On this point hear, farther, The evidence Of the
New Vol, Tribune, which speaks Of the Bilney-
ties:
"rlry dilut waai 10 have MI Clay lake
ground that they could not object 10; they wanted
some excuse for the hardy assertion thai Mr..
CLAY >,ood on The same GROUND with Mr.. Polka
lie branded by The "ieady current Of political dis
-I>Iuiir. r.t'-tsfra"rr mr.
Wig 0rGtpJS and jpH,i,a's wcfe tutiing ogafnSi
anaer0firn--tac Lato Fares IN rs iar0r. parts
Of The South, where the Texas fever ran high, the
Wings made other topics override this, rs iar as
possible; Just 80 The Loco Focos did in This and
other States whele annexation was unHcpular.-
Bal lie intelligent crsrp,rdcrc understand, that to
u.c fof i'clt 7cGS 10 rate tor annexation; IL u0c
FIR Chm tr7s l9 pyp0r H. =