New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-04
r.,a.-A Running ACCOUNT.

Gen JAMES HAMILTON, formerly chi-slric Null
lfser and Governor of South Carolina, recently
Texas Spectator, Foreign Enbassador and
money borrower in Europe, has been attending the
Session of the Texan STATE Legislature q, austin,
and On leaving wrote q letter TO Gen z. Burleson.
President Of The Senate setting forth his views, MS
services 10 Texas. and his desire 70 her Pablo
Debt paid, not only SO fsr as il IS coming 10 hiE
but also The much larger amount SIZE owes Faro
peans who len, !, on his urgent and positive repre-
sentations He closes
Thai Texas has both the willingness and tne aoiii'J
70 pay every debt which fair and equitable exarns-
non can De Justly brought against her cannot De doubted
By those who have any Knoviedse Of her int<Aisent
population and OF her public and as tue best
mesns OF meeting the legitimate demands OF Her cree
i;ors permit (Tho Ike yourselves is lhHd hotter
free holder and taxpayer IN Texan 20 suggest me oc
Of transferring your bic land. Governren; OF
the Unted States upon such terms as would place ms
character and credit Of your state upon oify grounds
and her an immediate prosperity The puotc
domain inert mass far TOO unu;elcy Tor ycu-
STATE Government handle would become ncer sucn
arrangement source Of value and oenehcen; useii-
ness 70 yourselves snd the whole uniou Their puF-
chase by United United States is great measure Of
national policy. which bas 20 90 win the al
sumption OF State Debts than the purchase OF Louisiana
from France necessarily involved al assumption OF heF
revolutionary assgnats.
ri, pkoily ns.o,r,si uhai ordinance, Of Animation
III, United STATES May hare passed :ney cannot aSe youf
Custom Houss. appropriate 10 themselves s
with all the attributes which oelonR to zoe Ise
ui,y Of indirect taxation rO; prcrdD9 9T ebts j1r
uhich those rev rsrenues pl67ef when therefore
you propose surrender your public domain for me
purpose Of paving your public debt you axe grst1-
irous concession the sacred OBJECT OF your toc ait
equally credtabe 10 your honor and integrity
With d renewed insurance OF my gratitude to your
honorable body for the distinguished compliment ;hey
have paid am with greatest respect, your obi serv
JAMES HAMILTON
Here the catastrophe of the Annexation drama
begins 10 make itself manifest True. Congress
was barely driven coaxed. bribed. bought and bul-
lied into con-eniiDg to Annexation the solemn and
reasonable stipulation that no par, of The Debt OF
Texas should become chargeable upon or should
be paid by the U. Ststes-but that is moonsbine,
saws Hamiton-we have taken the dark haired
sister TO bed and board and must pay her debts il
defiance of the marriage settlement And not this
only, but we are TO take her Land -Jobbne into our
hands, and thus enormously extend the power and
patronage Of our Federal Government. We fear all
this is inevitably so; yet il behoves every man who
heeds the voice of Right and Conscience even
when opposed to the dictates OF Majorities and
Cabinets TO battle it to the last. We are Ma
,ionally involved in the SlaveJobbng which
tore Texas from Mexico and added her 10 the
Union; bu, her Laud.Jobbing we are yet clear OF
and cannot be implicated in ii without farther
struggle. When the question comes up, the right
funess, wisdom policy of Governments selling
rich man monopoly of One Million Acres OF God
earth, and declaring doarless man from the use
of any land al ALL will certainly be inquired into
We think the Texan Land-Jobbers will hardly do
better than 10 club together and pay their own Debt
instead of attempting TO saddle ii upon the Ameri
can People. They have reaped the entire benefit OF
its expenditure let them pay it and keep their
dirty acres TO do it with We very much doubt
the existence OF fifth part the Public Land in
Texas after all the pirate claims shall have been
satisfied that is pretended but much or little, the
United States want TO enter upon no new land
speculation Keep away from Congress all brides
ard threats and the Assumption of the Texas Deb,
can never be carried