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permanently maintained in region which is 80
thny peopled, so poor, and hostile; and, how
ever irresistible an army OF l5O,000 men may APP
pear at the outset Of such campaign, the climate,
the prvations Of the soldiers and the difficulties Of
the ground, draw down that retribution upon the
heads Of the invaders which the native chiefs re-
entlessly complete. Would that one quarter Of the
horrible evils accustomed by the obdurate temper
and stern impocy Of one man lay within our
reach, and that II within our power 10 reckon
at what cost OF blood and happiness these reverses
paid for by the subjects OF the Emperor of Rus
sla, as well as by his gallant opponents! But these
events, which concern the welfare Of so many thou
sands OF human beings, concealed from the
world. Those who dare to commit such crimes,
dare not brave the casligation with which the pub
lie opinion Of the civilized world would infalbly
visit them; and they are unwilling to acknowledge
the cruel lessons Of defeat, although il is infinitely
less dsgraceful TO fail in such undertakings than to
purchase success at sacrifice Of the rights Of hu-
mainly and Justice. From first to last, the Crcas-
sian war has been as unjusl6able in its motives as
ithas been dsgracefulni results The Turks, when
they coded the province, had no authority over the
native chiefs, and no right dispose of their indie
pendence. Russia, in causing that cession TO be
introduced into the treaty of Adrianope, violated
the pledge she had given in her declaration of war;
and there is every to believe that her finances
have been drained, and her soldiers sacrificed, with
out the smallest advantage either to the policy Of
TIC empire, or the Icpuhuou OI Tic nusSiou ar
miles,"
No papers in the world were more vehemently
eloquent in their denunciations of the government
and people of the United States, upon the Texas
question, than were those from which we have made
the preceding quotations. Stern TRUTH however,
compels US to except some of the more violent of
our own wing journals. But we have right to avail
ourselves of the argument which these remarkable
specimens Of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the European
nations furnish in our behalf. We make acquisi-
tons by treaty-by the most peaceful means. We
incorporate Texas into our Union with her own
free, unbought enforced consent. We offer no bride
to overcome any coy reluctance. We draw no
sword, and shed not a drop Of blood, to seal the
annexation of the two republics. No American
can blush for the means which we employ to bring
these willing people within the pale of our free
and liberal institutions. When fairly annexed to our
country Texas will freely participate in the bless
ings of our institutions. Such is the congenial
character of republic that all share alike as part
and parcel of our country, whether the people Of
the State are living on the banks of the Penobscot
or of the Del Norte. Not 80 the inhabitants Of
Hindostan, or Of Circassia, or Of Agiers. The
sword is the weapon of their annexation. And
what American is there, whose eye does not see at
glance, and whose heart does not throb with de-
light, when he compares the process of annexation
which is carried out on one side Of the Atlantic,
with that which prevails among ourselves!