The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-01-23

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cd = Erszi ssGrkss Sc Ausfssan nszn1-
f.kfswss Be- diey have hni shes lar rx-
riained h0w<hs . oAsPpsn. TIE preseni
consamers II 1exas. Il they ean su1ggie
Enxsish goods. can probably smnEgie Ame-
rican cnes alsa. In nnmheE. they certain
n are not two hundred lh0usand; 50 thai
their present consumption of goods : pro-
hahly not greater lhan ihai q Rhode lsl-
and q Delaware. and not nearly equal 70
thai ofeilher Of he cities of Philsddphla OF
New York. But leitheir population grow
- npidly as you please, SUI 4 viii have 70
BE peopled from our soil ellieily; 80 that,
aller al, he main difference % The manu-
facinFsr win be Thai q selling % men ~
Texas what he now sells % them m Ma
INLAND. Virginia. Nonh Carolina, South
caFnlina, Georgia, &c.
snch are The main aspects Of NE qncs-
tiUns, as thus Ear presented. in view OF
preff-evidenily iell 10 be the main one
-ihe most convincing. because the most
seductive: Ill other arguments in support
Of the expediency of annexation being in
deed substantially given up.
I On the ground of right. the reasoning Is
equally cogenl and consistent. First. they
have argued that Texas Is independent;
which. IL we understand the word, means
that she has no need Of any body 10 eight
her battles. maintain her rights, or pay her
debts. Being independent lsay iheyl she
Is sovereign; bot We. il appears, can, BY
. joint resolution. exiinguish what is in
exiingpishahle, ALLEVIATE what is inaliena-
bic. defeat what is indefeasible. prescribe
what Is imprescnplihle, and inrn her into
4 dependency, territory. Nay, il ap-
though all cur subsequent acts. mp 20
1916, avowed The fact again and again |;
pears that she is hut territory Of ours.
after all, though in 1904 we expressly de-
cidcd for ourselves. by law, under the
Administration making the acquisition Of
Louisiana. that she was no part Of IL;
though we never set up any but diplo-
matte claim, gplemnly abandoned At the
close Of the negotiation with Spain, for
an equivalent, now in our possession ;
though ever since 1924 we have, by re-
peaied offers 10 purchase il merely, recog-
nized al The rights Of others and the alb
scnce Of any on our paft; though we con-
firmed to Mexico, in 1892, our original
abandonment Of lit though in 1897 we
acknowledged its independence though
we have now legation there; and though
We say we are al peace with Mexico,
while she is making war upon our terrific
~ Of Texas.
Bat all this argument of annexation has,
at least a most honorable sourcc-a great
tenderness for the national konor-an in
vincihle attachment TO the faith and sane
tiiy Of treaties - no, we beg pardon, Of .
single treaty. The gentlemen select, for
all this jealous fidelity, the utter uneer.
tainiy las it is at besD of the treaty Of
1909 with France. for Louisiana; and,
so often cancelled BY our solemn. 'PR SlHile
tary, and certain acts, they cree, for US an
obligation towards the people Of Texas 10
admit them into our Union. Thus, for a
single most ambiguous argument towards
people not then in existence, and who
have only got 10 Texas by entering into
opposite engagements 10 another Power.
we are 10 break, through extreme good
faith, all other treaties, however direct,
however explicit, however repeated.
! Surh are the chief grounds taken, un-
der plea Of national law. Those Of cofi-
s:iiuticnal law are equally remarkable.
In this part of the business it is, of course,
| the strict constrciionists, the li;eralists,
the JelTersonian abs;ractionists, who figure
The nest notably.
/ At certain hours, through all the Ma
hommedaB counties, the votaries Of the
Prophet, no matter where they are or how
they may be employed, are hound 10 face,
rs well as they can, towards his tomb,
The kaaba, drop on their knees, and put
up PRAYER. But as few Bit as,rono.
mers can tell the exact direction, and the
men Of science are the least particular
about the place where the Prophet lies
it happens that no two Mcslsmites look
: the same way TO send their vows 10 the
sepulchre, and that manv turn their backs
precisely upon it. Such, nearly, is what
has happened throughout this search Of
! the faithful for the constitutional authority
10 annex Texas. Many of them turf a,
once 10 the provisions Of the Constitution
allowing the admission of States: but
there, unluckily, they are met at once by
! the decisive authority Of their prophe
, himself, who AYERS, uneguivocally, in HI.
6 letter to Mr.. Breckenridge, that there i,
! In the Constitution no authority whatcvo
for ihcorporatinga foreign territory. Tht
disciple who claims to overthrow his mas
. Ter is, Of course. ill-adviscd. Others, there
! fore, stunning that direct struggle, appea
to precedent; but forget, when they do go
: that tllcre are more precedents fora Bank 0
: the United States, or for internal improve
, ment, or for protection Of manufactures, o
for many other thugs which they dispute
than for annexation. Diners declare tina
the power Of acquiring territory is an inhe
rent faculty of all ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
that they themselves have often maintain
ed, or their doctors for them. that the Fe