Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-04-10
From the Richmond Enquirer.
BRITISH INTRIGUES.

mas gwen rs no little uneaSlneSS as to
the stand which Texas may take upon
the terms of admission rendered her by
the United States. Most deeply do
we regret to hear that Houston, the
gallant victor at San Jacinto, is now
heading the English party' and tar
nishing his laurels by such an utilization
Has he lost all sympathy for the free
Institutions and noble associations of
his native land, and is he, from ram
pant ambition, or some other sinister
motive, about 10 destroy his fair fame,
by turning his back upon his native
and his adopted country, and surren-
dering the 'sLone Star" to the intrigues
and cupidity Of Great Britain What
shortsighted policy does he pursue,
ifhe hopes, by such a suicidal course,
to push forward his own schemes Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ! Let him but take
retrospective glance at the grasping
policy of the Ocean Queen in all past
time. She may, for time, fatter the
hopes and the vanity of Texas, by the
plausible show Of independence"
and its consequent blessings; but few
years will demonstrate the treaclerous
nature Of British possessions. While
the public mind is fla:tered by rich
promises, and, in the security of appa-
rent prosperity, is blinded to the machi-
nations of the willy mistress of Giplo-
macy, England will steathily intro
duce her subtle poison and her faithful
agents into every corner of Texas. and
by her intrigues and brides and impor-
ted voters, will subject the country to
her cunning policy, and reduce the peo-
pie to the vilest subserviency. With
her anaconda coils of treachery and
artihce, she viii enfold theyoung South
ern Giant, and when the proper season
arrives, will crush the last vestage Of
liberty and national pride. The"Lone
Starr Will be lost from the grand con-
stellation of independent nations; her
glorious struggle with Mexican tyran-
ny will be shrouded in oblivion, and her
noble origin and valiant deeds will be
forgotten, in the disgraceful event of
being rAerged, as an humble and OPP
pressed colony, in the overshadowing
power of Great Britain. Is not this a
true outline Of what will necessarily en-
sue upon the success Of the machina-
tons ofthe "Engiish party?" We ap-
peal to Houston, not to sacrifice his
own reputation, and the destinies of
Texas, so CALAMITY rescured by his
courage from Mexican oppression, to
the still more fatal, tho more insidious
and cunning, tyranny of British diplo-
macy. We appeal TO the people of
Texas, 'sbone of our bone and flesh of
our flesh,' % TO stand up for themselv es,
and hurl back upon Great Britain the
insult which she offers to american
born freemen. Upon the present ex-
pertinent much depends. The grand
question is to be decided, whether the
gold and cunning of Great Britain are
to succeed in spreading her indefinite
dominion over the American continent,
and gradually break in upon the SOW
ereignty and safety to the States of the
Union. What American can think of
the fatal consequences ofsuch an event,
and not feel his blood boil with indig-
nation' And yet the Richmond Wing
"ardeatly hopes'' that the annexation
of Texas will be defeated by her own
opposition, stirred up, as it appears by
British agents!
But admit that Texas is not ensla-
we'd by England "a most unnatural sup
position, in view ofthe glazing fact OF
her past history,) and continues an in
dependent nation, who can nationally
doubt the whitening influence of that
condition of affairs upon the welfare of
the United States. 1t will be to the
interest of England to make with Tex
as Treaty, by which the agricultural
products oflatter, her cotton, sugar, in
digo, and perhaps tobacco, will be in
trodnced into England free ofduty; and,
In return, the manufactured goods of
England will be brought into Texas
oioo "Aehou' uuot. Van tueTe De rea-
sonable doubt, III at with these facts in
view--and also the fu,her fact, that
smuggling will be successfully and full
ly carried on along our South Western
frontier-a deadly blow will be given
to our agricultural and industrial pur
suits~-the products of our soil will be-
come drugs in the market-and the
work shops of our manufactures cease
their hmm of business Mr. Lyons, in
his speech at "the little clique'' meet
ing on Wednesday night, portrayed
all these consequence in an eloquent and
logical manner. We hope he will ex-
cuse our ninsidious and treacherous
praise"(says the Rich. Wing oflast
year pdssin when we add, that he