Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-02-18
EXACT ANY THING MORE OF TEXAS It, THAN an
THE COMPROMISE, AND SHE Is LUST ~ os
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Union, it can have no night Whatever " Pi0 W IVY
that line through Tsras-and il Iexas shali per.
nit it to be so rum it will be very great concession
on her part but 10 ask her besides 10 lower lha'
10 Mirty-tour degrees OF North latitude, or 10 SP
her tropical domains in twain, BY longitudinal Oh
visions that shall sever 10 the waters edge, bel
Gull-washed shores why this is demanding Oh
foreign Nation 10 do with her territory, what you
have never done before even with goir otc'l. Inns
most surely is too much TO ask for and SUI more
surely. is more than will be conceded. Inc con
sderalon which shall annex Texas 10 inc union
will be OF mutual contributions and ouShtin IiShl-
full compact TO be equal Ii her contributors are
less than ours if she takes from us, more tan she
brings 10 us. let her stand severed and dislunc'
from us, say we, evermore But an, oirs, we
know better much better For, all that texas
lakes from us in the way of protection, OF Snaie'
with us in The way OF Legislation, IS amply re-
paid in The quintuped means she vouchsdes u''
in protecting and prospecting all that is our own
But what equivalent can we ever give 10 ieAds,
for the exclusive control she gives us over her
trade, her commerce, her customsl What sac
rfce would be TOO great, TO secure 10 Us the mo.
nopoy of the only remaining colton-resion OF
value in the whole word-to prevent Great Br'-
tain securing that monopoly and that market 10
herself-to secure in the markets OF lcxas, COLL
mandins and enduring preferences Tor Inc pro.
ducts and fabrics, commerce and shipping OF the
other States? Az, indeed-its too p!an-lhat,
after we have paid over 10 Texas all that we may
have 10 bestow, there will still stand 10 her credit
such heavy balances OF augmented blessings ana
benefits, that they would bankrupt whole treasu-
ries 10 repay Well, though annexation secures
us Texas-so valuable and SO prized-slves US
her, and gives rs her ail-ye, misers that we are
we craze something more;-despots that we are
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power 10 assign Limits within the very body OF
Texas-within her own acknowledged domains
in which her own citizens are TO be forbidden 10
60, or TO remain with their property, protected
as it is uIder The laws of Texas )-nnder the high
penalties Of confisca,on and forfeiture! Texas,
for peace sake, and for annexation sake, IS Will
ling 10 concede 10 YOU that Identical aWi-slarery
line which You yourselves made through Texas,
when you owned all Teyas;-when, with ample
knowledge, and entire power, you had It all your
own way, and made your own cholce;-Dut you
may rest well assured, that Texas IS scarcely
more willing than the South to make you lnr-
lhcr concessions. If you want Texas, take what
she offers you;-if you do not, she will scarcely
grant you, except on the strongest tonade'at'0hS "
interest, or in the utmost hJeraliig of Y,ra.
CONSIDER, Democrats of the North, further and
finally, lha, the resolutions which have passed The
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hoped will pass the Senate, and put this aglla-
ing question at rest forever, are oil The most iDeTat
character. They consult your interests as well
as those OF the Southland, permit me 10 add,
even the preJudices Of our Northern brethren
They give YOU, as it were in fee simple that
portion Of Texas which lies north OF 3Gt degrees
latitude. But when they come 10 regulate the
territory south Of &c! degrees, they give the
Southern States only a contingent title. Ever The
State Of Texas herselfis not peremporily given
over TO the occupancy oil enigrants from the
slayehodng States She may choose not 10 en-
graft such provision upon her constitution. From
the prcsen! character of her population ills how
ever, 10 be presumed that she will become Slave
holding Stale. But The destination OF the other four
States, that are 10 be carved on, OF her bosom,
may be different 1t depends upon themselves
They are 10 he admitted into The Union, "irth CT
riihom si0rery, as the people Of each State. ask
ing admission may desire" A portion OF that
territory is conceded 10 be so mountainous and
cold that is much better fitted for the residence
OF the white, than the black man-and, therefore,
some ofthe strongest reslrclonsts have declared
that the question is Of lille practical Importance,
for the probability is, that two out OF the five
States may become on-slaveholding States
address myself then, 10 the liberal, the wise.
the patriotic citizens of the Northern States. ]
have demonstrated, as humbly think, the follow
ing propositions:
lst. That the Slavehodng States, being par
ties TO the Federal Compact, are entitled 10 far
participation of the benefits OF The Government,
and, OF course, of the public territory.
2l That By the terms and al the time OF The
Missouri compact, the slaveholdng States
have a much larger share ofthe territory, accord
ing 10 their population or representation in The Go
IL ,bsYp
3D. That under that compromise, and according
10 the Missouri line of 3Gl degrees, the Southern
States would have right 10 claim SO much OF
Texas as lies South OF the line-and even with
all that portion, the Northern States have still an
undue proportion OF the public domain.
ih That The Southern States, however, agree
10 waiTe their strict rights under the Missouri
Compromise Tor whilst they are willing TO con-
cede The whole of The territory North Of 36i, ex-
tending TO The Pacific, and embracing the whole
of Oregon, without any participation of it by the
Southern States, and whilst they assign 10 the
Northern States that portion of Texas which lies
North of 36i, they do not insist peremptoriy up
on the Missouri ine-bnl are perfectly will
ling, under Browns resolutions, 10 share the ter
rlory of Texas, even South Of the line, with their
Northern MISUNDERSTANDING them 10 be "admil-
led into the Union, with or without slavery, as
the people OF each State asking admission may
d,Suc'
Such are the propositions upon which we rest,
and with which we honestly press upon your Sc
majors, Dix, Fairfield, Anterior, Niles, Tap
pan and Allen, &C., the adoption of the resou-
lions of the House If Representatives. We ask
them frankly ought our Northern Partners 10 have
The whole magnificent country North of 36s de-
grees. without claim on our part, and then OF
The territory South of it 10 claim TO share il with
US acknowledgements a ne,c compromise, which
would defeat the Missouri Compromise Of 1902
We appeal 10 your lihcralily, 10 your own good
sense, 10 your patriotism. Throw out Of the
element The discussion OF Slavery, in which,
excuse US for saying, you have no political
right TO enter. However slavery may have
been fastened upon the South, We best know
its evils, we best know IFS remedies and we
know. that Texas, whilst il would not add one
slave 10 the number, would carry off many
of them from our fields, 10 that region, with.
out shaking, in the slightest degree, your
political preponderance in The Union.
The slaves, we repeat, are now here-yel did
the Northern States agree TO unite with us in
the covenant of the Consiitution-admit US as
co-parlners, along with Washington, and Jcffer-
son. and Madison, and the other noble spirits
whom The South contained. We came in as
equal partners into the Union, and We have a
RICH, To demand equal privileges with yourselves
We will not consent TO be s,ripl Of those
rights. We are still free, equal, sovereign
States, as we'll as yourselves-and Your ia
nalic Aboilionists have no right TO raise this
panic clamor against us, and deprive us OF
one Atom of our privileges If you permit The
influence OF that unhallowed and disunon spirit
10 regulate your course and your votes, il only
furnishes the stronger reason why zee, who would
be so strangely deserted by you, should lake
care Of ourselves. We will not bow to the rage
OF fdnaticism, because we know that further
concession will but provoke further aggression>;
and Ike defeat We sustain in Texas will extend itself
10 our every hearlh-stones in Virginia and South
Carolina. We cannot yield, therefore, 10 The ar
rogant demands OF the ianatics-and we will re-
sist them NOW. The Southern States will never
consen, TO be treated like tho Paras Of this great
ConieGeracy. We claim cur rights, and We will
maniully stand up 10 them, sow and forever. We
love the Union as much; more, perhaps, than you
do-and We show our love by preserving the guar
antics of The Constitution, and culiivatins a spiri:
nd