Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-01-01

when Texas has settled down under wen
established Government and has greatly
increased IN means and population.
1t is possible she may be overrun. I'M,
TO expect to hold her in subsection with
her present population andmcans, at the
distance of more than twelve hundred
miles from the city Of Mexico, with diff.
cult intermediate country, destitute in q
great degree OF resources, would be ey.
IRENE folly. The very attempt would ex.
haust her means and leave her Frustrated.
No, the alternative is to drive out the in
habltants and desolate the country. or
force her into some foreign and unnatural
alliance; and this, the ferocious and SAVAGE
order of Gen. VOL shows, is well under.
stood by Mexico, and is in reality, the OBJ
ject of her policy.
Shall we stand by and permit it TO be
consummated, and thereby defeat a mea-
sure long cherished, and Indispensable
alike 10 the safety and welfare of the
United States and Texas? No measure
OF policy has been more steadily or lon
ger pursued, and that by both of the great
parties into which the union is divided
Many believed that Texas was embraced
in the cession of Louisiana, and was i'm
properly, if not unconstitutionally, sur
rendered by the treaty of Florida in 1919,
Under that impression, and the general
conviction of its Importance to the safety
and welfare of the Union, its annexation
has been an object of constant pursuit ev-
er since. 1t was twice attempted to &C.
quire it during the administration OF Mr..
| Adams--once in 1925, shortly after he
came into power, and again in 1927. 1t
was thrice attempted under the admins
tration of his successor, Gen. Jackson
first in 1929, Immediately after he came
into power, again in 1888, and finally, in
1885, Just before Texas herself made a
proposition for annexation in 1887, at the
commencement Of Mr.. Van Buren's ad-
ministralion, which he declined, not how
ever on the ground of opposition to the
policy of the measure. The United States
had previously acknowledged her indie
pendenCe, and the example has since been
followed by France and Great Britain.
The latter, soon after her recognition, be-
gan to adopt line of policy in reference
to Texas, which has given greatly in
creased importance to the measure of an
nexalion, by making it still more essential
to the safety and welfare, both Of her and
the United States.
In pursuance of this l,ng cherished and
: established policy, and under the convic-
ton of the necessity of acting promptly,
10 order to prevent the defeat OF the meas.
ure, the present administration invited
t Texas to renew the proposition for annex
alton, which had been declined by its pre-
decessor. 1t was accepted, and, as has
been stated, is now pending. The ques
/ ton recurs, shall we stand By quietly, and
, permit Mexico 10 defeat it, without ma.
king an effort to oppose her? Shall we
5 after this long and continued effort TO an.
5 mex Texas, now, when the measure il
? about to be cOnsummated, allow Mexico
TO put it aside, perhaps forever? Shall
the "golden opportunity" be lost, never
again to return? Shall we permit Texas
) for having accepted an invitation, rendered
, her at critical moment, to join US, anC
: consummate measure essential 10 thei
: and our permanent peace, welfare, anC
e safety, to be desolatad; her inhabitants tC
be butchered or driven out, or, in order tC
e avert so great a calamity, to be forcet
e against her will, into a strange alliance
{ which would terminate in producing last
t inc hostilities between her and us, 10 thu
e permanent injury and perhaps the ruin 0
# both?
# The President has fully and deliberate
n ly examined the subject, and has come t
Il the conclusion that honor and humanity, a
e well as the welfare and safety of bot
,e countries, forbid it; and that it is his duty
t, during the recess of Congress, to use a
at his constitutional means in opposition t
It, II; leaving that body, when it assemble.
50 to decide on the course which, in lis opir
in ion, it would be proper for the Cover
ment 10 adopt.
IF In accordance with this conclusion. III
is President would be compelled to regaI
&c the invasion Of Texas by Mexico, viii
is the question of annexetion is pending,
%. highly offensive TO the United States. Il
" entcrtains no doubt that we had the rig
to to invite her to renew the proposition (,
1g annexation; and she, as an independe
Stale, had right 10 accept it, witho
e. consulting Mexico or asking her leav
N. He regards Texas, in every respect, as i
Of dependent as Mexico, and as competent
on transfer the whole or part of Texas,
ss she would the whole or part of Mexic
it: To go no further back, under the cons
IS, tuition of 1924, Texas and Coahuila we
he members of the federation formed by Il
ur United States Of Mexico--Texas with c
y, ahulia forming one State, with the rig
Id guaranteed to Texas by the constitution