Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-04-03

United States call our mines minerals sail hikes
and springs also, all public sditees, fortifea-
lions, barracks, ports and har6ors, nary and navy
yards, docks, magazines, arms, ornaments, and all
other property and means pertaining to vu6Ec de-
fence" We must also yield up our revenue and
our capacity to raise one which single item, UNI
der the financial regulations of our fostering stem
mother, would bring into her Treasury at least
three hundred thousand dollars per annum. for
which we have her kind permission TO retain our
Pooiic uen'' anu Keep our puddle domain subject,
however, to the payment Of the debt, ard circum.
seridcd within such limits as she may hereafter
be pleased to assign to our territory, in the exer
else OF her characteristic and (ar-sretcing diplo
macy, which once reached epen 10 The ,cesiern
oanks ~ he Sabine! We must, however. fruckke
10 her pet abolillonists by otigaing ourselves to
prohibit slavery north Of the parallel of ,hirty-six
degrees thirty minutes, known as the Missouri
compromise line.
we have always been warm and hearty ad-
vocate Tor the cause Of annexation but never did
we dream that the approval of the people OF Tex
as would be required to proposition so absurd,
30 degrading, as the one propounded by this res.
olution. Our space does not now admit Of fur.
ther detail. Suffice it that we contrast our pre-
sent elevated position as people-secure in the
respect and amiiy of the great enlightened nations
oil The earth; secure In the enjoyment of peace,
and In the speedy acquisition Of acknowledged in
dependence secure In the wealth which the COM
"e'"Po 10 "oout W pour intO our lap,
and In the increasing value OF our lands, arising
from extended occupation and the investment Of
foreign capital secure of becoming ''he most ia
rored' by those powerful and wealthy sovereign
ties whom both interest and policy impel to cher
ish our prosperity and growth, that their markets
, may be supplied with staples and secure
that the Increase of commerce will speedily rem
der no less consistent than desirable great dim.
mutton Of our present tarU-wiih the alternative
presented by this resolution, of Texas, divcsted
OF all these high privileges and advantages shorn
OF her attributes as nation, crippled in her com.
i merce, in her prosperity, in her domestic resour.
, ces, depressed in the burdens of public debt and
direct toIation, her land in CONSEQUENCE depreci
ated In value; and, in the event of final annexa
lion upon the proposed basis, our public domair
: moi only raced and morigdgcd to secure the nav
ment OF our debt, but even euiseraied of its mine
raj tceaM to swell the federal treasury.
This is, indeed, but dim and totally made
quate view OF the actual pit and grave of insip
nfcance and intamy into which the House O
representatives OF the American Congress have
} proposed to plunge this nation.
.'Since he, miscalled the morning star,
Nor man, nor iend, hath falln so far -
The Texas papers since received are no
whit less caustic in their remarks upon Mr.
Benton's bill, which is the substance of III,
Senatc's amendment 10 the Joint Resolution
, of the House.-So "Annexation.' for the pre
sent, may be considered "a dead horse'n