Litchfield enquirer., 1846-06-04
VVF ENQUIRER.
LITCHFIELD, JUNE 4, 1876.
ANNEXATION-WAR.

There are some IN every community who are
90 enveloped in the mists of party prejudice
that they cannot discover the most palpablC
truths; or rather, perhaps we should say, they
voluntarily shut their eyes to the light, ant
go il blind" for any and every measure which
their leaders may desire to accomplish. Thi.
is emphatically true with our opponents on the
" Annexation" question and its results. Wher
The measure was first proposed by President
Tyler, it was secuted as an absurd and wicked
scheme, by men Of all parties, except the 9y
1eyrtes. Mr.. Forsyth and Mr.. Van Furen, as i:
we'll known, denounced it in no measured
terms. Agreat meeting of the citizens of New
York, without distinction of party, was held,
the venerable AI.RERr GALLAr1N presiding,
with Vim. C. Bryant, John W. Edmonds,
Henry .NTcoH, 7Hos. w. Tucker, Vim. d.
Waterman ard other prominent Loco-Focos
among its officers, and Theodore Sedg,oick &
.DavM d. Field (also Locos) as chief speakers
This meeting, on motion of Mr.. Field, unani-
mously
&C ReSoirpd, That the Annexation of Texas
to this Union, as now contemplated, would,
according tot the acknowledged Law of Nations
Be positive Declaration Of Hdr against
.KfTiro-G acGr of conquest and an unj uSI
Var, in which the Nation would be supported
by no sense of right, and be condemned by the
unanimous voice Of the ci"iliZed and Christian
world"
But, in process of time, annexation became a
party measure, and the " democracy" always
ready for any emergency, wheeled into the line.
And now, as they are beginning to see some OF
the fruits Of their subserviency. they are endeav
oring to throw off the responsibility and locos
and ''liberty-men" have united in promulgating
the falsenood that Mr.. Clay was as much of an
".annexationist" as Mr. Polk! 1t is hardly
necessary to refute such stupid assertions. We
will, however, give brief extract from letter
written by Mr.. Clay, at Raleigh, N. c., bearing
date, April 18th, 1914.
Mexico has not abandoned but perse-
veres in the assertion of her right Ito Tex
as by actual force of arms, which if sus-
pended, are intended to be renewed. Under
these circumstances, if the Government Of
the United States were to acquire Texas, it
would acquire along with it all the incum-
berances which Texas is under, and among
them the actual or suspended war between
Mexico and Texas.-Of that consequence
there cannot be doubt. .lnneratiOn and
7rGr acih .Nc1ico are identical. Now, for one
I certainly am not willing to involve this
country in a foreign war for the object of
acquiring Texas" &c.
Mr.. Clay's Raleigh letter having been per-
verted and belied in some of the Southern pa
pers, he wrote from Ashland on the 23d of the
September following, saying, "I now wish dis
tinctly to state there is not feeling or senti-
ment expressed in my Raleigh letter to which
do not adhere" and adding. in relation to
Annexation" think it would be dishonorable,
might mvolUe them in soar, and would be
dangerous to the integrity and harmony of the
Union,'' SC. SC.
Let the responsibility of the Mexican wal
rest with its authors, and let US hear no more
Of Mr.. Clay's friendship for the unjust meas
ures which have produced that war.